Damian McGinty, Jr. is an Irish singer and actor from Derry, Northern Ireland, and was a member of the group Celtic Thunder.
He has been performing for the past ten years, winning his first music competition before the age of six. After winning a singing competition in 2006, Damian's public profile was significantly boosted and he made appearances at various concerts including the Millennium Forum for Derry City football team. On 21 August 2011, he was announced as one of the winners of The Glee Project, which guarantees him a seven-episode story arc on the TV series Glee.

McGinty first came to the attention of the producer Sharon Browne and music director Phil Coulter at the age of 14, when a CD he recorded for charity was passed along to them.
He was invited to audition and was cast in the role of the "teenager" or "boy wonder" among the five performers in Celtic Thunder. He was with Celtic Thunder for four years, toured with them to the United States and Canada, and recorded seven CDs and shows.

After he won The Glee Project, McGinty announced that he would have to leave Celtic Thunder due to his commitments to Glee. Coulter, Celtic Thunder's music director, stated how proud he was of his former protegé in a Twitter message: "Well done Damian! Brilliant. I still remember his demo CD arriving on my desk way before [Celtic Thunder]. Knew he was going places but WOW..."

Here are some interesting things about Damian:
-He is the youngest member of "Celtic Thunder".
-He is the youngest contestant on the show (September 9th, 1992), with the second being Alex Newell (August 20th, 1992).
-Damian's favorite color is red.
-Damian has had trouble acquiring a U.S. visa to work for the Glee Project and almost had to drop out of the competition. However, his visa pulled through last minute and he was able to be a part of the final 12.
-Favorite singers are Michael Bublé and Frank Sinatra