Stan Walker is a judge on New Zealand's X Factor due to his musical achievements.
Stan Walker rose to prominence, as the winner of "Australian Idol" (2009), and comes from an extremely talented musical family. His brother, Russ Walker was a finalist on, "The Voice Australia" (2017), and was already an established entertainer, performing on the local circuit, but is now a highly regarded entertainer, both in Australia and New Zealand
Stan Walker has a strong history of cancer in his family, and has actually had his stomach removed due to cancerous cells being discovered. Interestingly, his parents are actually cousins, which could explain the initial cause of the cancer, in his ancestry