32 Facts About Altiyan Childs

Altiyan Childs was the winner of the second season of The X Factor Australia in 2010, and subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia.

Altiyan Childs's second studio album Born Before the Sun was released in September 2015, and was preceded by the release of six singles.

Altiyan Childs was born Altjian Juric in Mount Isa, Queensland but grew up in Sydney.

Altiyan Childs's father is of Croatian descent and his mother is Serbian.

At the age of 13, while a student at Chatswood High School, Childs was the front man for a rock band called Over the Edge and, less than two years after graduating from high school, he formed a band called Masonia with Daniel Rivers, Mo Bloomfield and Nathan Meryment.

Masonia disbanded in 2008 and Altiyan Childs decided to retire from music.

Altiyan Childs auditioned for the second season of The X Factor Australia in 2010.

Chatfield and Altiyan Childs became the final two and after the public votes had been tallied it was announced that Altiyan Childs was the winner, making him the first contestant from the Over 25s to come first.

Altiyan Childs's self-titled debut album was released in Australia and New Zealand on 10 December 2010, featuring re-recorded covers of the songs he performed on The X Factor.

Altiyan Childs shared the property with other housemates, including his manager.

Altiyan Childs had moved out of the property days before the raid took place.

Altiyan Childs's manager was charged over illegal weapons, which included rifles, pellet guns and a Taser.

Altiyan Childs revealed plans of marrying his 19-year-old girlfriend, Nikki Kingston, whom he had met through Facebook.

In January 2012, Altiyan Childs was found guilty in Taree Local Court of having methamphetamine and marijuana in his system after being pulled over while driving in November 2011.

The incident led to Altiyan Childs falling out with his X Factor mentor Ronan Keating.

On 24 January 2012, it was announced that Altiyan Childs had parted ways with Sony Music Australia.

In late 2012, Altiyan Childs signed with independent label Oxygen Music Group.

Altiyan Childs's second album Born Before the Sun was expected to be released in 2013.

In March 2013, Oxygen Music announced Altiyan Childs was no longer their client.

Altiyan Childs was signed to Vibe Management and it was announced Childs would be going to the US to sign a recording deal, and doing a series of performances and interviews, including shows at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego and Tao Nightclub in Las Vegas.

An article in the Daily Telegraph stated that these venues all denied Altiyan Childs was performing at them.

Altiyan Childs returned to Australia in May 2013 and made a statement on Facebook saying the trip had not gone as planned because he had been let down by his American agent.

Altiyan Childs claimed he had then been offered a contract to release his album in the US and France.

Altiyan Childs stated he was no longer with Vibe Management.

On 20 December 2013, Altiyan Childs released "Dreams" as the first single from his second studio album Born Before the Sun.

On 13 March 2014, Altiyan Childs independently released the album's second single, "Girl".

The album is a collection of material Altiyan Childs had written over the past 15 years and comes almost five years after his self-titled debut album was released.

In 2016 Altiyan Childs was cast in the title role for Gateway Theatre Production's Jesus Christ Superstar.

In late 2016, Altiyan Childs married his girlfriend of four years, Samantha Greenland, in a private ceremony.

On 15 April 2021, Altiyan Childs released a five-hour YouTube video on Freemasonry.

Altiyan Childs claimed to be a former member of the Masonic fraternity, breaking his Masonic oaths in order to produce his presentation.

In 2023, Altiyan Childs made a comeback to music, releasing singles from 11 January to 20 July independently.