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Personal facts
-Jacob's full name is Jacob Michael Whitesides.
-His birthday is November 11, 1997.
-He had a gerbil named Mr. Bieber, who passed away in March 2013.
-He also has a puppy. He asked his fans to come up with names and in the end he chose to name him Benji. Benji Whitesides is a bordercollie mix and can be found on Twitter, @BenjiWhitesides. Benji was born on August 8, 2012.
-He plays the acoustic and electric guitar, drums and ukulele.
-He has been playing since the age of eight.
-He was inspired to make music when he saw the Nashville band 'The Steeldrivers' perform at a Bluegrass Festival in 2008.
-His dad's name is Michael. He's also very much into music.
-He has a brother and sister named Caleb and Sierra.
-For his 15th birthday, Christian and Caitlin Beadles wished him a happy birthday on Twitter.
-In December 2012 he got to see Grace Potter in concert in Washington DC. It was a Christmas gift from his family and it took them 6 hours to get there.
-He enjoys playing basketball and football.
-He would like to live in California.
-He loves to hang out with fans on Twitter and Facebook, and frequently sends out tweets like 'Good morning gorgeous!'
Favorites
-His favorite color is green.
-His favorite musicians are John Mayer, Bruno Mars and the band Maroon 5.
-His favorite candy is Sour Patch Kids.
-He loves tacos.
Career facts
-The first video he ever posted was a cover of Justin Bieber's 'One Time', but he took it down and he doesn't have the video stored anywhere. The link to the video was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQfukHMv5WQ, and it was posted in January 2010.
-He was named Knoxville's 'Best Young Voice' in 2011 in the junior voice competition, singing his original 'I Love You' (listen to a later version of it here) and covering Bruno Mars's 'Grenade' (listen to his audition for the competition here).
-Together with the rest of the top twelve he recorded a song called 'I Can'. Jacob's part is at the start! Listen to it here. You can buy it on iTunes for only $0.99 here.
-He performed at TeenHoot 2012. The line-up also included Eben Franckewitz (from American Idol), AJ Silva, Dylan Hyde and Jacob's friend Jimmy James Hunter. Christian Beadles was one of the hosts.
-His weekly Ustreams are on Fridays, 7PM EST and on Saturdays at 12PM EST (noon).
-His new YouTube channel is www.JacobTube.com (http://www.youtube.com/JacobWhiteside), his old one was http://www.youtube.com/TheGuitarboy151. Check out his old covers and performances there!
-He auditioned for America's Got Talent last year, and for X-Factor this year. Check out Jacob talking about his X-Factor experience here.
-His cover of One Direction's 'One Thing' was tweeted by band member Liam Payne.
-He released his first EP in February 2013, and released his first original on iTunes ('You Are Mine') on Valentine's Day 2013.
-Jacob's full name is Jacob Michael Whitesides.
-His birthday is November 11, 1997.
-He had a gerbil named Mr. Bieber, who passed away in March 2013.
-He also has a puppy. He asked his fans to come up with names and in the end he chose to name him Benji. Benji Whitesides is a bordercollie mix and can be found on Twitter, @BenjiWhitesides. Benji was born on August 8, 2012.
-He plays the acoustic and electric guitar, drums and ukulele.
-He has been playing since the age of eight.
-He was inspired to make music when he saw the Nashville band 'The Steeldrivers' perform at a Bluegrass Festival in 2008.
-His dad's name is Michael. He's also very much into music.
-He has a brother and sister named Caleb and Sierra.
-For his 15th birthday, Christian and Caitlin Beadles wished him a happy birthday on Twitter.
-In December 2012 he got to see Grace Potter in concert in Washington DC. It was a Christmas gift from his family and it took them 6 hours to get there.
-He enjoys playing basketball and football.
-He would like to live in California.
-He loves to hang out with fans on Twitter and Facebook, and frequently sends out tweets like 'Good morning gorgeous!'
Favorites
-His favorite color is green.
-His favorite musicians are John Mayer, Bruno Mars and the band Maroon 5.
-His favorite candy is Sour Patch Kids.
-He loves tacos.
Career facts
-The first video he ever posted was a cover of Justin Bieber's 'One Time', but he took it down and he doesn't have the video stored anywhere. The link to the video was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQfukHMv5WQ, and it was posted in January 2010.
-He was named Knoxville's 'Best Young Voice' in 2011 in the junior voice competition, singing his original 'I Love You' (listen to a later version of it here) and covering Bruno Mars's 'Grenade' (listen to his audition for the competition here).
-Together with the rest of the top twelve he recorded a song called 'I Can'. Jacob's part is at the start! Listen to it here. You can buy it on iTunes for only $0.99 here.
-He performed at TeenHoot 2012. The line-up also included Eben Franckewitz (from American Idol), AJ Silva, Dylan Hyde and Jacob's friend Jimmy James Hunter. Christian Beadles was one of the hosts.
-His weekly Ustreams are on Fridays, 7PM EST and on Saturdays at 12PM EST (noon).
-His new YouTube channel is www.JacobTube.com (http://www.youtube.com/JacobWhiteside), his old one was http://www.youtube.com/TheGuitarboy151. Check out his old covers and performances there!
-He auditioned for America's Got Talent last year, and for X-Factor this year. Check out Jacob talking about his X-Factor experience here.
-His cover of One Direction's 'One Thing' was tweeted by band member Liam Payne.
-He released his first EP in February 2013, and released his first original on iTunes ('You Are Mine') on Valentine's Day 2013.