[16][17] Prior to entering The X Factor, Im was a gospel singer and occasionally taught piano and voice to support herself during this time.

[7][26] On the first day of bootcamp, Im sang "I'm with You" by Avril Lavigne in front of her entire category and judges Redfoo, Ronan Keating and Dannii Minogue.

[26] Im made it to the third day of bootcamp, where she sang "Jolene" by Dolly Parton to the judges and a live audience of one thousand.

[28] However, Im was called back for the home visits round in New York City to replace Matt Gresham who decided he could not commit to the competition.

[32] For the Top 10 Hits-themed third live show, Im sang Thelma Houston's version of "Don't Leave Me This Way",[34] and her performance of the song debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 67.

[32] For the Judges' Challenge-themed seventh live show, Im sang Zedd's "Clarity", which was chosen by Keating, and her performance debuted at number 77 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

[40][41] Im received a mixed feedback from the judges following her performance of John Farnham's "You're the Voice" during the Aussie Week-themed eighth live show.

[42] For the Power and Passion-themed ninth live show, Im sang "Saving All My Love for You" by Whitney Houston and "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus.

[57] It was reported on 19 January 2014 that fashion label Alannah Hill had signed Im to be the face of their autumn and winter 2014 collection.

[58] On 24 January 2014, Im released a cover of "I Am Australian" with Henderson, Jessica Mauboy, Justice Crew, Nathaniel Willemse and Samantha Jade, to coincide with the Australia Day celebrations.

[64] On 3 September 2014, Im performed at The Marquee in Sydney as part of Nova FM's Red Room Global Tour.

The pairing of Im with Tasiken in the duet performance is also notable in that they both share remarkably similar journeys in their music competition experiences.

Three music videos of her performing the songs "(They Long to Be) Close to You", "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" and "Yesterday Once More" were released on 14, 17 and 19 April, respectively.

Clarke remarked that Im's journey as a migrant to Australia at the age of nine and learning English from songs of Kylie Minogue was conducive to the multiculturalism and diversity of the European competition.

Im performed tenth in the running order and successfully progressed to the final with the highest score and top ranking of her semi-final.

[86] On 7 April 2017, Im released a new recording of "Hold Me in Your Arms" with original Southern Sons singer, Jack Jones.

On 9 April 2017, it was reported that Sony Music Australia CEO Denis Handlin was moved by Im's earlier live performance of the song on Australia Day with Guy Sebastian that he "spared no expense securing the original voice of the song Jack Jones (Irwin Thomas) to re-create is 1990 hit with Dami Im.

[88][non-primary source needed] In April 2017 Im made a special guest appearance in the Brisbane production of Grease: The Arena Experience.

[91] In October 2019, Im performed in Korea at the Asia Song Festival alongside prominent K-pop artists such as Sunmi, Eric Nam, Stray Kids and Itzy.

In early 2020, Im was announced as a contestant on the seventeenth series of Dancing with the Stars, being paired with new professional dancer Shae Mountain.

[108] In 2023, Im competed on the fifth season of The Masked Singer Australia as Snow Fox, making it the second time she appeared in a version of the singing competition.

Im credits her home influences, with her mother being an opera singer, and her own training in piano, as providing her the grounding and work-ethic, instilling in her the love for music and performance.

Since parting with Sony Music, she has written and released her own songs with deeper personal meaning such as Marching On, Crying Underwater and Kiss You Anyway.

[113] In 2014, Im was invited to perform a rendition of Macy Gray's "Beauty in the World" for part of the soundtrack of Paper Planes, an Australian children's movie.

[114] Paper Planes starred Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman and Ed Oxenbould, and was co-written by Steve Worland and Robert Connolly.

On 15 November 2016 multiple media sources announced that Im would be making her film debut in the Australian release of DreamWorks Animation's feature Trolls.

Media also reported that Im joined Justin Timberlake at the Australian premiere of the film on 20 November at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park, Sydney.

The other performers include Anthony Callea, Tim Campbell, Kate Ceberano, Shane Jacobson, Lucy Durack, Marina Prior, Silvie Paladino, David Hobson, Denis Walter, Darren Percival, legally blind opera singer Michael Leonardi, and Ol'55, who celebrated their 40th anniversary at the event.

[141] After Eurovision 2016, against the advice of many in the industry, Im went ahead with a pre-planned trip to visit her eighth sponsor child, Jovia, in Uganda.

[145] Im has appeared in numerous public performances marking special occasions and on live TV including: Headlining Supporting