Ian "Dicko" Dickson

Australian Idol is the Australian version of the British TV hit show Pop Idol that airs on the Ten Network. It is a talent contest to find a pop performer and is hosted by Andrew G and James Mathison. The first season started on July 27, 2003, and finished on November 19. The winner was Guy Sebastian ahead of Shannon Noll. The 2004 season saw Casey Donovan win ahead of Anthony Callea. The 2005 season was won by Kate DeAraugo ahead of Emily Williams. Australian Idol - About the Show. The panel ...

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• Australian Idol - About the Show
• Australian Idol - First season 2003
• Australian Idol - Second season 2004
• Australian Idol - Third season 2005
• Australian Idol - Commercial success

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World Idol (Germany: SuperStar Weltweit, Middle East: SuperStar El Alaam) is the title of the one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol. The competition was held in December 2003. After presenting the competitors, viewers from the 11 participating countries were allowed to vote by telephone, but not for the participant from their home country. All participants sang in Engl ...

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• World Idol - Results
• World Idol - Judges

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Paulini was born in Fiji and moved to Australia in 1986 with her family at the age of four. Her family settled in the southwest of Sydney where she went to school and regularly attended church. Her father coaxed her to enter a church talent contest at the age of 10 which she won and decided to become a singer. Paulini was spotted as a promising talent by her high school and was put into the New South Wales Talent Development Program. This led to her entering and winning the televised talent contest "Starstruck" at the age of 16. Her s ...

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Paulini Curuenavuli, Paulini Curuenavuli - Career History, Paulini Curuenavuli - Controversy, Paulini Curuenavuli - Discography, Paulini Curuenavuli - Albums, Paulini Curuenavuli - Singles

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Popstars Live first appeared on the Seven Network in February 2004 and was scheduled to run for 16 weeks. The program was originally slated to air on Sunday and Wednesday nights. Popstars Live - Popstars. Popstars Live was based on the original Popstars, a reality television program that was broadcast on the Seven Network between 2000 and 2002. The aim of that progam was to select members for a pop group or a pop singer and follow the process of recording a single and/or album and the sub ...

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Popstars Live, Popstars Live - Television Program, Popstars Live - Popstars, Popstars Live - Original Program, Popstars Live - Problems, Popstars Live - Album, Popstars Live - Sales Performance, Popstars Live - Track Listing

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The first series of My Restaurant Rules aired in 2004 and featured the following restaurants and couples: Nick & Emily - The Red Sea, Adelaide Simon & Nathalie - My Little Kitchen, Brisbane Peter & Tayissa - The Seven Stones, Melbourne Ashley & Amanda - Room Nineteen, Perth Sam & Catherine - Cucina Vera, Sydney In the series finale Perth's Room Nineteen and owners Ash and Amanda were declared the winners, beating ...

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My Restaurant Rules, My Restaurant Rules - Series One, My Restaurant Rules - Series Two

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After being turned back from her first audition, performing Christina Aguilera's "The Voice Within", in her hometown of Canberra—denied by Idol judges Ian "Dicko" Dickson and Mark Holden, voted "yes" by Marcia Hines—she travelled to Sydney to try again. This time Mark Holden changed his mind and agreed to give her a chance to perform in the first round of Australian Idol in Sydney. During the first round she performed Sarah McLachlan's "Angel", thought by many of her fans to be one of her best performances in the competitio ...

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Hayley Jensen, Hayley Jensen - Biography, Hayley Jensen - Australian Idol, Hayley Jensen - Trivia

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The success of Australian Idol has been reflected on the Australian charts with a finalists album and four contestant albums all enjoying considerable success so far with the finalists of the second season to release debut albums within a few months. So far, the albums released or due to be released shortly are: Australian Idol: Final 12 reached #3 on the charts and achieved double platinum status; Just As I Am, the debut album by winner Guy Sebastian debuted at #1 in December 2003 and has ac ...

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Australian Idol, Australian Idol - About the Show, Australian Idol - First season 2003, Australian Idol - Second season 2004, Australian Idol - Third season 2005, Australian Idol - Commercial success

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Universal Music released an album Popstars Live: The Finalists featuring the finalists singing versions of well-known songs. The first single "Stand Up Next To Me" features the finalists singing on the track. Popstars Live - Sales Performance. In their first week of sales from 5 April 2004, the single barely made the Australian Top 50 and the album could only debut at number 61. Although Universal Music shipped enough copies of both the single and the album to stores to achieve gold status in Austra ...

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Popstars Live, Popstars Live - Television Program, Popstars Live - Popstars, Popstars Live - Original Program, Popstars Live - Problems, Popstars Live - Album, Popstars Live - Sales Performance, Popstars Live - Track Listing

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The second season of Australian Idol debuted on July 13, 2004. The level of success of the contestants in the first season has lured over 50,000 people throughout Australia to audition. As well as the five larger cities, the judges also visited Canberra, Hobart, Darwin and Tamworth this year. Of the twelve finalists, three were from Sydney, two were from Melbourne, and one each from Brisbane, the G ...

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Australian Idol, Australian Idol - About the Show, Australian Idol - First season 2003, Australian Idol - Second season 2004, Australian Idol - Third season 2005, Australian Idol - Commercial success

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The second series of My Restaurant Rules aired in 2005 and initially featured the following restaurants and couples: John & Justine - The Greedy Goose, Adelaide Todd & Francesca - Restaurant Louvre, Brisbane Dan & Rob - Two Words, Melbourne Andre & Sandy - Mint Leaf, Perth Evan & Bella - Pink Salt, Sydney Later Dan and Rob were eliminated, surrendering their restaurant to new contestants Nathan & Georgia, who renamed the restaurant "Whisk". In the series finale Adelaide's The Greedy Goose and owners John and Justine were declared the winn ...

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My Restaurant Rules, My Restaurant Rules - Series One, My Restaurant Rules - Series Two

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Australian Idol was produced by Fremantle Media subsidiary Grundy Television in association with UK company 19TV. The first season was broadcast on Network Ten for 19 weeks in the latter half of 2003. The judges included faded 70s popstar Mark Holden, icon Marcia Hines and former BMG Music representative Ian "Dicko" Dickson. Australian Idol quickly became one of the most popular shows on Australian television, the final between Guy Sebastian and Shannon Noll being the most popular show broadcast on Australian television ...

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Australian Idol, Australian Idol - About the Show, Australian Idol - First season 2003, Australian Idol - Second season 2004, Australian Idol - Third season 2005, Australian Idol - Commercial success

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The third season of Australian Idol debuted on July 26, 2005. The first of three semi-finals was held on August 16, 2005 with three of the Final 12 contenders announced the following night on August 17, 2005. The replacement judge to Dicko was 2Day FM radio host Kyle Sandilands. For the first time in Australian Idol history there were 13 finalists. This came about during the Wildcard Verdict show on September 5, 2005. The judges initally choose James Kannis and Emily Williams to go through to the final. This left one spo ...

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Australian Idol, Australian Idol - About the Show, Australian Idol - First season 2003, Australian Idol - Second season 2004, Australian Idol - Third season 2005, Australian Idol - Commercial success

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