Udo Mechels (Brussels, 10 May 1976), artist name Udo, is a Belgian singer. He won the first Belgian edition of X-factor in 2005. 　　
　　
In 2003 Udo was one of the participants of the first edition of Belgian Idols (Idool 2003). Unfortunately, in the semi-finals, not he, but Chris D. Morton and Tom Olaerts made it to the next round. In 2005 he gave it a second shot with The X Factor. This was his breakthrough. He won the show convincingly in December 2005. Since then, his debut album U-turn was released, and he scored his first number #1 hit with his debut single "Isn't it time" (cover of the Babys song). He received a gold record for this album (for more than 20 000 sold copies) during the TV-programme Tien om te Zien (4 July 2007) 　　
　　
After this, he released the singles "Winter In July", "Back Against The Wall" and "Eyes Of A Stranger". 　　
　　
2006 was also the year he received a TMF Award for "Beste Nieuwkomer" (best new artist) and the Radio 2 trophy for "Doorbraak van het Jaar" (breakthrough of the year!)