Before Idol, Wes was a member of a band that released an
album and singles that charted in the Australian independent music
charts. During Idol, Wes gave a great performance of Michael Jackson’s
single Black or White. The judges were very impressed with the
performance including guess judge, Jermaine Jackson.
In his teenage years Damien, formed a family band that
recorded in New York and later played in venues around Australia.
Before entering Idol, Damien worked as a chemist making use of his BSC
degree obtained at University College Dublin.
A former swimming teacher, who is also a
member of the
multi-platinum selling Australian girl-group the Young Divas. Kate had
previously auditioned for Australian Idol in both seasons one and two,
but failed to make it past the audition stage.
Casey Donovan won Australian Idol in 2004 at the age of
16. At the
time it made her the youngest winner of an Idol series anywhere in the
world. Her victory came somewhat as a surprise because the favourite
Anthony Callea was widely expected to win.
Guy is the winner of the first series of
Australian Idol.
He was born in Malaysia but moved to Australia with his parents as a
child. Before entering Australian Idol, Guy worked as a recording
engineer and singing teacher.