Jess & Matt
Australian pop duo
Jess & Matt are a pop music duo consisting of husband and wife Jess Dunbar and Matt Price. They started out as solo artists but became a duo in 2014.
Career
2015: The X Factor
In 2015, Jess & Matt auditioned for season seven of The X Factor Australia singing "Georgia" by Vance Joy. In the second week of the live shows, Jess & Matt were in the bottom two with fellow category member, The Fisher Boys, but Jess & Matt were saved by the judges in a majority vote. However, voting statistics revealed that The Fisher Boys received more votes than Jess & Matt, which meant that if the result went to deadlock, Jess & Matt would have been eliminated. They made it to the Grand Final and were mentored by Guy Sebastian, ultimately being the last contestant eliminated behind Cyrus Villanueva and Louise Adams.
denotes a performance that entered the ARIA Singles.
denotes having been in the bottom two.
2016–2017: Jess & Matt and Belmont Street
Immediately after The X Factor 2015, Jess & Matt signed with Sony Music Australia and released their would-have-been winners single "Nothing Matters". It debuted and peaked at number 29.
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