"Australian Idol" (2003) TV series 2003-????

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Creator:

Simon Fuller

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | unknown

Release Date:

27 July 2003 (Australia)

Genre:

Game-Show | Music | Reality-TV

Tagline:

You be the judge

Plot Keywords:

Judge | Australia | Pop Music | Competition | Singing Contest

Awards:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Andrew G	...	Himself - Host (229 episodes, 2003-2009)
Marcia Hines	...	Herself - Judge (229 episodes, 2003-2009)
James Mathison	...	Himself - Host (209 episodes, 2003-2008)
Mark Holden	...	Himself - Judge (178 episodes, 2003-2007)
Ian Dickson	...	Himself - Judge (156 episodes, 2003-2009)
Kyle Sandilands	...	Himself - Judge (145 episodes, 2005-2009)

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Fox Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Grundy-Fremantle Media Group

Trivia:

Starting with Season 6, judge Mark Holden departed, and, for the first time, auditions were to be held in London and Los Angeles, due in part to the success of Aussie ex-pat Michael Johns on "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002). However, the L.A. auditions were cancelled due to the judges' scheduling conflicts. Season 6 was also Ricki-Lee Coulter's first season as host, and James Mathison and John Foreman's final season.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "This Is Your Life: Shannon Noll" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Jolene

Addictive Viewing!

Here in australia we only just recently got our version of the "idol phenomenon" and it's gotten us all hooked. Sure there's the bad few apples that still think it's karaoke, when u can see the band every episode! This, like the other 'Popstars' and 'starsearch', is just a way of manafacturing pop artists, but it's gotten so much deeper than that with seeing the contestants perform on stage everyweek and have their songs touch us or make us cry, and we get disappointed when our favourites leave, or get in the bottom three. It's become such addictive viewing they need it on everyday of the week to keep our household happy!

The show is much more than a reality tv karaoke, if we wanted that we'd switch over to channel 31 and watch 'Kangaroo Karaoke' ps GO MILLSY AND PAULINI!