For a few weeks in 2005, Nova Scotia native J.D. Fortune was living in his car in Toronto with his pug, Presley.

Listening to the radio, Fortune, then 31, heard an ad talking about auditions for an upcoming CBS reality television show. The program, , saw 15 contestants vie to become the new lead singer for Australian band INXS.

The three-time Grammy nominated band had been looking for a new permanent singer since the 1997 death of Michael Hutchence.

Fortune turned to his dog, who was named after musician Elvis Presley.

"I said to him, 'I'm going to win this,'" said Fortune. "Something just hit me. It was like a bolt of lightning."

On the Aug. 31, 2005, episode of Rock Star: INXS, Fortune comforts contestant Ty Taylor, centre, after he was eliminated from the show, while contestant Jo

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