The sixth season of Australian Idol premiered on Sunday, 24 August 2008, on Network Ten.
[1] Andrew G was temporarily absent while he prepared for his wedding and Ricki-Lee Coulter is acting as a new back-stage host.
[2] The London auditions featured guest judges Tina Arena and Darren Hayes.
[3] Auditions were held in the following cities: Registrations were also conducted online,[4] although not mandatory, allowed users to enter a draw of $2,000.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Wes Carr moved to Bondi as a 15-year-old.
Before he auditioned for Australian Idol, Wes Carr performed and had regular resident gigs around Sydney.
After The Rain topped the ARIA Australian Country Artist Album Chart and also hit No.
Mark Spano fronted band The Need for seven years, but had to stop after losing his voice due to polyp in his vocal cords.
Born in Gold Coast, Queensland, Teale Jakubenko recently toured with renowned Australian singer Wendy Matthews.
Hamilton was eliminated during the Top 5 results night, and for the first time, the contest was left with four male finalists.
Born in Sri Lanka, Priddis moved to Australia as a 6-week-old when she was adopted by an Australian family.
Originally from Maryknoll, Victoria, Paterson moved to England to pursue a music career.
Originally from New Zealand, Parker moved to Australia in order to make a better future for her son and pursue her musical dreams.
He joined a band from Melbourne named At Sunset (later Lynk) in March 2014, but he left to focus on solo music in June 2016.