Michał Szpak

Michał Szpak (born 26 November 1990) is a Polish singer who rose to fame after he received second place in the Polish first series of X Factor in June 2011. On Sunday, 5 June 2011 Szpak and Alexandra Burke sang Hallelujah during the finale of the show. Musical influences: Queen, Muse, Zbigniew Preisner, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Marilyn Manson, Michael Jackson. Szpak was born in Jasło, a small city in southern Poland. He has two sisters and one brother. Szpak started singing when he was nine years old, and admits to never having taken any formal music lessons. As a high school student Szpak was part of the Whiplash band playing mostly hard rock style of music. In addition to his musical accomplishments with Whiplash, Szpak has recently...