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Australian Idol is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise , Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol , which was created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller .
Prior to Australian Idol, she had many years singing experience with rock bands throughout South Australia, before auditioning in 2004. Dubbed "The Rock Chick" by judge Ian "Dicko" Dickson, she covered a selection of harder edged rock songs throughout the series, at odds with most other contestants who chose to cover pop songs.
Ricki-Lee Coulter and Scott Tweedie are the hosts, with the judging panel consisting of former American Idol judge Harry Connick Jr., former Australian Idol judge Kyle Sandilands, Amy Shark and Meghan Trainor. [5] [6] Original judge Marcia Hines appeared as a guest judge. [7] The series is produced by Eureka Productions.
The ninth season of Australian Idol premiered on 29 January 2024. [1] It is the show's second season to air on Seven Network , after the network bought the rights to the series from Network 10 . The grand final was won by Dylan Wright who released his winner's single, "Paper Heart", on 25th March 2024.
Australian Idol is an Australian talent reality television series that first aired in 2003. As of December 2008, there have been six seasons. As of December 2008, there have been six seasons. During every season, the final round of competition features twelve singers, except for season three when it had thirteen finalists.
In May 2003, Hines endured the illness and death of her mother Esme; [9] [16] [18] she returned to the public eye with her role as a judge on the television show Australian Idol from July 27, 2003. She has been described as "the nice judge" and has been accused of being a "fence-sitter" [31] – unable to provide criticism of any kind. Hines ...
After his success at "Idol," Cowell went on to help create shows like Fox's "The X Factor," NBC's "America's Got Talent," and ITV's "Britain's Got Talent," where he appeared as a judge as well.In ...
Australian Idol and The Next Great American Band were filmed simultaneously, which meant Dickson traveled back and forth between the U.S. and Australia for his filming duties. In 2008 and 2009, he was again a judge on Australian Idol for seasons six and seven, the final seasons of the series. [citation needed]