Jacob Hoggard
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Jacob William Hoggard is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 singer. He finished in third place on the second season
Canadian Idol (season 2)
The second season of Canadian Idol debuted on June 1, 2004, and became the most watched show in Canada, drawing in over 3 million viewers each week.Auditions were held in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax, Regina, and St. John's...

 of Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol is a Canadian reality television competition show which aired on CTV, based on the British show Pop Idol. The show was a competition to find the most talented young singer in Canada, and was hosted by Ben Mulroney. Jon Dore was the "roving reporter" for the first three seasons...

. He is currently the lead singer of Hedley
Hedley (band)
Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...

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Early years

Hoggard was born in Burnaby, British Columbia
Burnaby, British Columbia
Burnaby is a city in British Columbia, Canada, located immediately to the east of Vancouver. It is the third-largest city in British Columbia by population, surpassed only by nearby Surrey and Vancouver....

, and raised in Abbotsford
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...

 and Surrey
Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

.
He learned to play piano at the age of five from his aunt, and taught himself guitar at the age of 12. He was educated in Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District...

 at Senator Reid Elementary School and Mennonite Educational Institute, and at L A Matheson Secondary School
L A Matheson Secondary School
L A Matheson Secondary School is a public high school in Surrey, British Columbia and is part of School District 36 Surrey. The school opened in 1969 as a junior secondary school as a feeder to Queen Elizabeth Secondary School but in 1998 became a full secondary school serving grades 8 through 12.-...

. He formed the band Hedley with four friends; the name was inspired by a small mining town
Hedley, British Columbia
Hedley is an unincorporated town in southern British Columbia, Canada, named after Robert R. Hedley, the manager of the Hall Smelter in Nelson. Hedley is located at the foot of Nickel Plate Mountain in the Similkameen. The town had a population of approximately 400 as of 2005. In the early...

 in Canada which the group had learned was available for sale in its entirety. . Jacob married his highschool sweetheart in 2006, which ended in divorce in 2010.

Canadian Idol

Week Theme Song choice Artist Result
Audition N/A "Forever in Blue Jeans
Forever in Blue Jeans
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Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
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Top 32 N/A "Only the Good Die Young
Only The Good Die Young
"Only the Good Die Young" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 pop rock album, The Stranger. The song was controversial for its time, with the lyrics describing a boy who tries to convince a Catholic girl who is a virgin to have sex with him....

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Billy Joel
Billy Joel
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Advanced
Top 10 Canadian Hits
Music of Canada
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"Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Put Your Head on My Shoulder
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka. Anka's version, released as a single in 1959, became very successful, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100....

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Paul Anka
Paul Anka
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Top 9 British Invasion
British Invasion
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"Space Oddity" David Bowie
David Bowie
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Top 8 Rock & Roll "Everything" Lifehouse
Lifehouse (band)
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Top 7 Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
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"Brick House
Brick House (song)
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Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
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Top 6 Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot
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"Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot
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Bottom 2
Top 5 Summertime Hits "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
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Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

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Top 4 Standards "Straighten Up And Fly Right"
Unforgettable
Unforgettable (song)
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Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
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Nat King Cole
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Top 3 Judges' Choice "If You Don't Know Me By Now
If You Don't Know Me By Now
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"I Want You To Want Me
I Want You to Want Me
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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
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Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick
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Eliminated

Post-Idol

When he returned after Canadian Idol, he and his former band mates decided to go their separate ways. A re-formed Hedley, with Hoggard as the only remaining original member on vocals, Dave Rosin on guitar, Tommy Macdonald on bass, and Chris Crippin on Drums, then released their self-titled debut album Hedley
Hedley (album)
Hedley is the self-titled debut album of the rock band Hedley, released in Canada on September 6, 2005. The album has been certified double platinum in Canada and garnered a Juno nomination for "Rock Album of the Year"....

on September 26, 2005; their second album, Famous Last Words
Famous Last Words (Hedley album)
Famous Last Words is Hedley's second full length album released on October 30, 2007 in Canada. It debuted at #3 in Canada upon release.The first single from the album, "She's So Sorry", was released to radio on August 21, 2007. The video was shot in Toronto, Ontario on August 30 and premiered on...

, was released on October 30, 2007. Their third album, The Show Must Go
The Show Must Go
-Charts:-The Show Must Go... on the Road Tour:Hedley announced a tour across Canada in support of the album. Fefe Dobson and Stereos were supporting acts for the entire tour, while Boys Like Girls supported the dates from March 28 to April 10, and Faber Drive supported the other eight dates.A...

, was released November 17, 2009. And now their forth album 'Storms' released November 8, 2011. Jacob was also featured as one of the "Young Artists for Haiti". He was one of the many Canadian artists who sang 'Waving Flag', originally by K'naan. He was featured from 1:22 to 1:25. Recently Hedley has broken into the U.S, making The Show Must Go available to people in the United States.

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