Brandon Steve October (born May 30, 1977) is a South African pop singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after being runner-up in the first season of the reality television show, South African Pop Idols.

Brandon October was born in Cape Town at Groote Schuur Hospital - home of the world's first heart transplant.

A third generation Jamaican, German and Dutch he was surrounded by a family of singers.

As a child, Brandon listened to a considerable amount of Classical music, and one of his early influences was the Maestro Luciano Pavarotti.

Evidence of his singing talent was evident from an early age and very soon he was performing vocal solos in church. He then went on to perform with various choirs and quartets in which he gained more experience. Thereafter he sang first tenor with a gospel group called From The Heart Singers and spent 5 years with the group touring around South Africa. He then moved to Johannesburg and joined a four piece gospel group called No Compromise.

While singing for No Compromise a work colleague entered him in the South Africa version of Pop Idol.