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| Australian Idol | |
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Australian Idol title card
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| Created by | Simon Fuller |
| Presented by |
Andrew Günsberg James Mathison Ricki-Lee Coulter |
| Judges |
Ian Dickson Marcia Hines Mark Holden Kyle Sandilands Jay Dee Springbett |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 262 (as of 22 November 2009) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Greg Beness Suzanne Mitchell |
| Running time | 1 – 2 hours (includes commercials) |
| Production company(s) |
FremantleMedia Australia 19 Entertainment |
| Distributor |
Grundy Television FremantleMedia Australia |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network Ten |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | 27 July 2003 – 22 November 2009 |
| Website | www |
Australian Idol was an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller. Australian Idol was televised on Network Ten for all seven series, and was broadcast on the Southern Cross Austereo Radio Network between 2005 and 2007.
Australian Idol sought to discover the most commercial young singer in Australia through a series of nationwide auditions. The outcomes of the later stages of this competition were determined by public voting. The original judging panel featured Mark Holden, Marcia Hines and Ian 'Dicko' Dickson. In 2005, this was changed as Dicko was replaced by Kyle Sandilands.
In 2007, Dicko again returned to the program, when Mark Holden left at the end of the season. In 2009, Kyle Sandilands was replaced by Jay Dee Springbett.
Network Ten made the decision to "rest" the program for 2010, supposedly due to a clash with the Commonwealth Games. The show has not returned since.
Rumours of a return in 2014 were denied.
Auditions were held in major cities around Australia to find each season's contestants. Any contestant who got a "yes" from a majority of judges was put through to the top 100 in Sydney. The TV episodes showed the most interesting auditions, which generally meant the worst and the best.
Around 100 people made it to Sydney to compete in the Top 100. Over a few days, these contestants were narrowed down to the semi-finalists
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