[4] Terry auditioned for the thirteenth series of The X Factor in 2016, singing a cover of Ben E. King's "Stand by Me", which earned him four yes votes from the judges.
[citation needed] Terry was placed in the "boys" category and reached the live shows, where he was mentored by Nicole Scherzinger.
Scherzinger, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne voted to send him through to the final.
He immediately released his winner's single, "When Christmas Comes Around", an original song written by Ed Sheeran.
[9] In 2017, Terry featured in a new version of "Súbeme la Radio", with Enrique Iglesias and Sean Paul.
[11] The next month, he made his acting debut in the UK production of Madagascar – The Musical.