Australian Idol (season 2)
| Broadcast from | 13 July – 21 November 2004 |
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| Judges |
Ian "Dicko" Dickson Marcia Hines Mark Holden |
| Host(s) |
Andrew G James Mathison |
| Broadcaster | Network Ten |
| Finals venue | Sydney Opera House |
| Casey Donovan | |
| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Song | "Listen with Your Heart" |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Rock |
| Anthony Callea | |
| Australian Idol (season 2) | |
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Finalists (with dates of elimination) |
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| Casey Donovan | Winner |
| Anthony Callea | 16 November |
| Courtney Murphy | 8 November |
| Hayley Jensen | 1 November |
 Chanel Cole
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25 October |
| Marty Worrall | 18 October |
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Ricki-Lee Coulter
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11 October |
| Daniel Belle | 4 October |
| Emelia Rusciano | 27 September |
| Amali Ward | 20 September |
| Dan O'Connor | 13 September |
| Angie Narayan | 7 September |
The second season of Australian Idol debuted on 13 July 2004. Over 50,000 people throughout Australia auditioned.
As well as the five larger cities, the judges also visited Canberra, Hobart, Darwin and Tamworth this year. Of the twelve finalists, three were from Sydney, two were from Melbourne, and one each from Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Hobart, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide and Bega.
The winner was Casey Donovan. Runner up Anthony Callea (2nd), Courtney Murphy (3rd), Hayley Jensen (4th) and Chanel Cole (5th). The final 2, as well as Ricki-Lee Coulter (7th), were the only contestants of the Top 12 to score hits, with Callea ending up the highest seller with his first release of "The Prayer" being named the second highest selling song of the last decade by ARIA in January 2009. Chanel Cole and Daniel Belle teamed up under the label Spook to release an album in October 2005, and a bootleg album for Chanel was also released in November 2005. Ngaiire Joseph (Top 30 contestant) and Marty Worrall released a single each in late 2005, and Hayley Jensen released an album in September 2007. To this date Anthony Callea is the only Idol contestant to make the final 3 without being in the bottom 2 or 3 throughout the course of the show. For this second series of Idol, the Grand Finale remains the highest rated Idol show in the whole 5 series.
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