The teenager, who sang in his school choir for five years, said: “Even as a kid I used to sing to myself.”
He added: “As I got older I wanted to sing pop music, that was more fun.”
Thousands of teenagers auditioned to be in Simon Cowell’s latest boy band.
Fadare said: “I actually wasn’t going to audition, if not for my dad convincing me to go on the day.
“I was a bit hesitant but he was like ‘you never know. Give it a shot’.
“If not for that support I don’t think I’d be here.”
The teenager was flown to Miami with 15 others for the final stages of the auditioning process.
He said: “When people watch the show they tell me ‘your parents were amazing’.
And I’m like ‘what about me?’.”