Brandon Stewart was born May 24th in Louisville, Kentucky. He was raised in Carrollton, Kentucky and attended Carroll County Public Schools. He is the son of Melanie Tomlinson Stewart and Mike Stewart. He has two brothers, Ryan Stewart and Tyler Stewart.
Stewart appeared on-stage throughout his time in school, then landed on American Idol (2002) during Season 12, after appearing as an opening act for George Jones' Farewell Tour. He graduated Carroll County High School in May of 2013. Stewart attended college at Bellarmine University before transferring to the New York Film Academy. He now resides in Burbank, California.
Stewart found his passion after launching his talent/brand social agency in 2020, that has gone on to earn more than 16 billion views worldwide, launching hundreds of careers, and entertaining hundreds of millions of subscribers across 63 new media channels. Now a producing partner at XRM Media, and the founder of Brandon Studios, located in Burbank, California. He has been forging 'fingertip entertainment' that breaks the algorithm, creating viral videos on apps like TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and even former social focused sites like Vine, Musically, and Twitter. Stewart is bridging the gap between Gen Z and Gen Alpha's shorter attention spans, and traditional viewing trends for Boomers and Millennials.
Stewart's Brandon TV streaming app is the next phase in his media strategy, combining social media and streaming all in one place. A community that gamifies the streaming experience, with the reality TV genre becoming the conduit that starts it all. The first series to premiere on the app was titled Mad House (2023) and was a huge success, garnering over 192M views in 5 days across social media.
