Kayne Taylor

Kayne Taylor is a pop music singer from Melbourne, Victoria who won the 2004 Australian series of Popstars Live. Taylor started singing ten years ago and can also play bass and guitar but had failed to win success.

Taylor was working for Australia Post when a friend dared him to audition. He did so becoming a finalist and then the winner. On the Popstars Live: the Finalists, Taylor covered Jealous Guy first performed by John Lennon and later an Australian number one hit for Roxy Music in 1981.

After winning the series, Taylor entered the studios in early June 2004 to record a debut album. The first single Heartbreaker was released on 21 June 2004 and debuted at #8 on the Australian singles charts. He co-wrote this song himself.

Critics have attacked him as superficial and, on the whole, unworthy of a record deal. This is not so much an attack on Taylor himself, as the concept of the 'karaoke show', like Popstars Live and others such as Popstars, Australian Idol and The X Factor. This criticism is evident in record sales, both of the individual and the format. The Seven Network's Popstars Live franchise was never very successful, and the latest series reflected this both in ratings and sales. None of its finalists or winners have achieved real success.