J.D. Fortune was born Jason Bennison in Mississauga, Ontario and raised in Salt Springs, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. J.D. grew up listening to his grandfather sing and started performing at a very young age. He attended Cawthra Park Secondary School and West Pictou Consolidated School but dropped out before graduating after being offered a job on a television show. Bennison is his estranged father\'s name, and Fortune is his mother\'s maiden name. He has a sister, Sarah-Jane, and a pug named "Presley" (after Elvis Presley).\n', '

Fortune performed at the Friendship Festival and at Toronto\'s SkyDome in front of 50,000 people. He also worked as an entertainer and pop songwriter for an Ontario TV show, an Elvis Presley impersonator he fronted a band named JUICe, which recorded an album named In Retrospect, and recorded the song "Always Be In The Game" for the Beyblade V-Force: Let It Rip soundtrack.\n', '

Fortune was living in his car, under a bridge, when he applied for and was selected as a contestant on CBS\'s TV show, Rock Star: INXS. On September 20, 2005, after an eleven-week televised audition process, Fortune won and joined INXS.\n', '

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