Jeston Cade has gone from working in a clothing store and singing in bars to living in a mansion and being groomed as a member of America's next "supergroup."

The Okawville native is one of six singers who won an Internet talent show hosted by music manager Johnny Wright last spring, when he was living in Nashville, Tenn.

The pop group, known as "Y6," hasn't made any public appearances yet, but the four young men and two women are recording original songs and rehearsing for auditions with record labels.

"There's six of us in the group, and the Y stands for Generation Y," said Jeston, 23, who grew up as Jess Boeschen. "We were all born as part of the Y Generation, which is also called the Net Generation, and we were discovered on the Internet."

The group lives in a 16,000-square-foot, lakefront compound in Orlando, Fla., with housing and office space, two recording studios, a movie theater, bowling alley, arcade room, workout facility, basketball court, sand volleyball court and swimming pool.

Members have been bonding and working on their individual and collective images, with Johnny's guidance.

Jeston is partial to black, white and gray clothing, dark denim, leather jackets, scarves and necklaces.

"When we're out, people are like, 'What are you guys, a band?' And we're like, 'Yeah,'" he said. "We dress like pop artists. It's not just jeans and T-shirts. You want to look the part. Whenever you're out in public, you don't want to look like everyone else."

Jeston graduated from Okawville High School in 2006, attended Southwestern Illinois College and earned a music degree at Belmont University in Nashville.

He has been home for the past month, visiting his parents, Bill and Julie Boeschen. He'll return to Florida on Jan. 5.

"It's his dream," said his father, an Okawville insurance agent. "And as parents, we've tried to steer our children toward their dreams instead of the fundamental, 'Go get a job, spend the rest of your life working and retire.'"

Johnny has managed groups such as New Kids on the Block, the Backstreet Boys, 'NSync and the Jonas Brothers.

Thousands of singers and musicians across the country entered his Internet talent show, called "Cambio on the Spot." Judges narrowed it to 20 semifinalists, who met entertainment challenges broadcast on the Cambio entertainment website each week.

Nine finalists spent a month at Johnny's musical "boot camp" in California.

"The group that (he) put together is like a vocal juggernaut," said contest judge and Jonas Brothers guitarist John Taylor when the six winners were announced. "There is no stopping them vocally."