She was a final 10 contestant on the 2005 season of TV talent show Australian Idol and was eliminated on 26 September.

[2][3] She admires Celine Dion and "a lot of the Boy bands who were doin amazing things with harmonies".

[2] In 2005 Laura Gissara was 21 years old when she auditioned for TV talent show, Australian Idol, in its third season.

[1][2] In July, after her successful audition her first performance was "All the Man That I Need" (originally by Whitney Houston) as a line of ten for the top 100.

However, despite the poorly judged performance, Gissara made the finals on the public's votes alongside Kate DeAraugo and Milly Edwards.

During her time in the Top 13, allegations were made that her father, a Telstra employee, had tampered with the telephone voting results.

"Ti amo" is a cover version of Laura Branigan's 1984 rendition of the Umberto Tozzi 1977 original.