Australian Idol season 4

[1] The auditions for the fourth season of Australian Idol started in March 2006 in Mount Isa, Queensland, and concluded on 4 June 2006 in Sydney.

Auditions were held in thirteen towns and cities across Australia: Adelaide, Albury-Wodonga, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Broken Hill, Byron Bay, Hobart, Melbourne, Mount Isa, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney, and Townsville.

Advancing to the top 12: Ricky Muscat, Guy Mutton, Klancie Keough and Chris Murphy * Shows in which the contestants brought instruments onto the stage with them.

Mauboy received the first Touchdown of the year from Mark Holden for her performance of "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera during the Top 10-week.

Muscat sangShai's "If I Ever Fall in Love" at the Melbourne auditions, winning the judges over to make the Top 124 in Sydney.

Following a controversial falling out on day two of the theatre round with trio member Jorge Bec, Muscat gained a place in the Top 24.

Originating from Albury, New South Wales, Miller immediately wowed the judges with her unique voice and talent.

[citation needed] In February 2007, Williams took over Ricki-Lee's spot in Young Divas temporarily while Coulter went overseas to record her second studio album.

A rock enthusiast, Mutton was teaching but with his bandSoulframe rising in popularity and gaining national recognition, he was encouraged to focus on music.

[citation needed] In December 2006, Keough was signed by the man behind Keith Urban's success, Greg Shaw, to a management deal.

Born in Maida Vale, Western Australia, Derry attended Perth Modern School on a vocal scholarship.

From the age of 8, Gatehau has played acoustic guitar and sung, but as the family was not able to afford formal music lessons until he was 14, he is essentially self-taught.

released an album called "Move On" made with Donald Tauvao aka Boy Shy from The X Factor winning band Random" in 2005.

[citation needed] The Australian Idol Grand Final was held on 26 November at the Sydney Opera House.

It followed the pranks, gags and interviews of host Josh Zepps as he roamed behind the scenes of the Australian Idol set while the show went to air.