While competing on Popstars, the Final 7 contestants released a compilation single with each providing a cover version of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition", which peaked at number seven.
[2] By 2000 Cain was living in Perth where he worked as a furniture polisher and was also lead vocalist in a band, Funkapation.
[1] They released an album, Peanut Butter Brick, in 2000 and competed in the Hastings Valley Battle of the Bands earning Cain the award for Best Vocalist.
[5] Despite protest from Cain, his label, Warner Music Australasia, released his second single as "Crazy People Rock", which peaked at number 39.
[6] Cain had intended to release "Perfect Day", co-written by himself with Nick Howard,[6] as his second solo single but he was prevented by Warner.
In 2003, he began hosting the AMTV show on the Disney Channel,[7][8] and released the song "Step into My World" on a Roadshow compilation.
The following year, Cain signed with ABC Kids and released his second album, Roller Coaster (October 2004).