Jakob VanderWaal

ABOUT JAKOB VANDERWAAL

Brother of singer Grace VanderWaal . He said he was "in shock" when she won the 11th season of America's Got Talent in 2016.

He attended the Camden Military Academy in South Carolina.

He retweeted posts by celebrities such as A$AP Rocky and Wiz Khalifa . In June 2016, he retweeted a photo of his family getting Starbucks after school.

His parents are named Tina VanderWaal and David VanderWaal. He has two sisters.

Simon Cowell called his sister "the next Taylor Swift ."