Taking a Look Back at 2014, when 25-year-old operatic tenor MATTHEW GARWOOD stunned the judges on The Voice TV Show in Australia, the moment he opened his mouth.  They included Ricky Martin, Kylie Minogue, Will.i.am and Joel Madden, and when they caught sight of this handsome, heavily tattooed man,  they were bowled over.   He was singing All I Ever Ask Of You so beautifully that it landed him a spot in the Semi-Final and a recording contract that’s made him Decca Australia’s first domestic signing.   The YouTube video of his performance has had over 900,000 views, and he has 8800 Instagram followers.

His debut album The Tattooed Tenor (November 2014) peaked at No. 47 on the ARIA

In this never-judge-a-book-by-its-cover story, in 2023 Garwood was elected Mayor of his home town of Launceston, Australia  , the same year he fathered his baby daughter