Thetalentzone

Female Contestants

Kate Cook entered Australian Idol age of 26 and was previously working as a meat cutter at an abattoir. Kate is an avid musician and grew up in the family home singing around the camp fire at the end of a long day. It was a heartfelt performance of a song dedicated to her mother who sadly past away, that won her many admires and saw her through to the Australian Idol Live finals.

Audition Performance: Kate's Own Song

Twenty one year old Kim Cooper from Queensland worked in fashion retail before entering Australian idol. When she was just 17, her father was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Kim said that period was a very difficult time for her, coping with her father’s situation and other issues in her personal life at the time.

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Haley Warner from Sydney at 17 years old is one of the youngest contestants in this season Australian Idol. She currently works in retail at a surf shop and is also the lead singer of her Band, Bleached Academy.

Audition Performance: Daughters

Sabarina Basthon from Sydney entered Australian Idol age 24 years old. She is an experienced singer who worked in the theatre appearing in various productions including “The Wizard of Oz”. Her theatre career was put on hold when she was diagnosed suffering from depression.

Audition Performance: Nature Boy

Ashleigh is an 18 years old student from New South Wales. She grew up performing in music festivals with her family. She previously auditioned for Australian Idol in 2007 but failed to make it through to the later rounds.

Audition Performance: Nobody Knows

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  Idol 2009 Audition's Panel
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  Ian Dickson (Dicko)
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  Marcia Hines
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  Jay Dee Springbett

Nathan Brake

Nathan Brake entered Australian Idol at the age of 17. Nathan from Sydney, is the lead singer of his band, Ackolade and is also a student who studies at the Australian performing Arts School. Nathan’s influence to peruse a singing career comes from his family. His father is a singer and a number of his mother’s relatives are also singers.

Audition Performance: Bohemian Rhapsody

James Johnston

At the age of four, James Johnston made his first public appearance as a performer. Now at the age of 18, he steps onto the biggest stage in Australia. He built his reputation in his earlier years singing country music, but has since move to a acoustic musical style.

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Stan Walker

Soulful singer Stan Walker, a shop assistant from Queensland entered Australian Idol at the age of 18. Stan spent part of his life growing up in New Zealand and it was there he was first inspired to enter the competition when he watched Guy Sebastian performed on the show. Stan’s only previous public performance before Idol was singing in church.

Audition Performance: Ordinary People

Scott Newnham

Melbourne’s Scott Newnhman age 20, has never sung in front of anyone except his best friend before entering Australian Idol. Even his mum and dad did not know of his singing talent. Despite this, Scott was tipped by many as the early favourite to win the competition this year.

Audition Performance: You Give Me Something

Toby Moulton at 30 is the elder statesman of this season Australian Idol. Toby from Melrose, South Australia is a primary school teacher teaching year 6/7 children. Like a number of this seasons constants, Toby comes from a musical family background. He is a gifted pianist and guitarist and before Idol, has never sung in front of a large audience.

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Tim Johnston 28 from New South Wales auditioned for The X factor while living in the UK a few years ago. He made it to bootcamp but failed to advance any further. This year he hopes he can go all the way to the Australian Idol grand final.

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Singer song writer Casey Barnes from Tasmania is a 30 year old father of a young child. Casey played in pubs and clubs for many years but made a name for himself after playing along side various prominent musicians in Australia. The highlight of his career came when he opened for Bryan Adams at an open air concert.

Audition Performance: Fire and Rain