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Broadcast from 13 July – 21 November 2004
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)
Finalists
(with dates of elimination)
Casey Donovan Winner
Anthony Callea 16 November
Courtney Murphy 8 November
Hayley Jensen 1 November
New Zealand Chanel Cole 25 October
Marty Worrall 18 October
New Zealand Ricki-Lee Coulter 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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