The second season of ''

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'' debuted on 13 July 2004. Over 50,000 people throughout Australia auditioned.

Overview

As well as the five larger cities, the judges also visited

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, Darwin and Tamworth this year. Of the twelve finalists, three were from Sydney, two were from

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, and one each from

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, the Gold Coast,

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and Bega. The winner was Casey Donovan. Runner-up

Anthony Callea Anthony Cosmo Callea (born 13 December 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor who rose to prominence as the runner-up in the 2004 season of ''Australian Idol''. Callea's debut single, a cover of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli' ...

, Courtney Murphy (3rd),

Hayley Jensen Hayley Jensen (born 7 January 1983) is an Australian singer and songwriter who became known after appearing on the second series (2004) of ''Australian Idol''. She was the fourth finalist, leaving the show on 1 November. She spent three years ...

(4th) and Chanel Cole (5th). The final 2, as well as

Ricki-Lee Coulter Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter (born 10 November 1985) is an Australian singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, raised in Gold Coast, Queensland, and began performing at age 15. Coulter rose to fame in ...

(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

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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

is the only Idol contestant to make the top 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 first five series.

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, a major sponsor of the series, made an embarrassing error when they issued a series of half-page advertisements in major newspapers congratulating Donovan on her victory, with a reference to her website. However, the address was incorrect, leading to a website about

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porn star Casey Donovan, rather than the singer's. The company issued a prompt apology upon realising their mistake. After the season, judge Ian Dickson left the series, though he would return for Seasons 5 to 7. The 2004 season was also notable for an Asian contestant named "Flynn", who sang the

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song "Push Up" after being found from a terrible audition, in the same vein as

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Semi-finals

Group 1

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) Advancing to the Top 12: Courtney Murphy, Chanel Cole and Hayley Jensen
Wild Card Contenders: Anthony Callea, Ngaiire Joseph and Emily George

Group 2

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) * '' Tara Del Borrello'' – " My Immortal" (

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) * '' Daniel Belle'' – "

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) * '' Amali Ward'' – " Some Kind of Wonderful" (

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) Advancing to the Top 12: Angie Narayan, Daniel Belle and Amali Ward
Wild Card Contenders: Tara Del Borrello, Adrian Hood and Liza Schulberg

Group 3

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) * '' Casey Donovan'' – " Here's Where I Stand" ( Tiffany Taylor) * '' Marty Worrall'' – "

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) Advancing to the Top 12: Ricki-Lee Coulter, Casey Donovan and Dan O'Connor
Wild Card Contenders: Garth Ploog, Carlos Velazquez, Emelia Rusciano, Marty Worrall

Wildcards

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) * ''Marty Worrall'' – "

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Top 12 – Australian Made

The Top 12 Contestants

Casey Donovan

Casey Donovan finished in first place for the second series of Australian Idol. She blew the judges and her fans away with powerful renditions of songs such as "Symphony of Life" and "The Special Ones". She came close to elimination twice when she landed in the bottom two during the Top 6 and the Top 4, thus making her the only winner of Australian Idol to date that has enden up in the bottom group on more than one occasion. All other winners were in the bottom group only once, or not at all. She scored four of Mark Holden's touchdowns during the Top 30, the Top 8, the Top 5 and the Top 3. Casey and season 4 winner

Damien Leith Damien Leo Leith (born 18 January 1976, in Dublin) is an Irish-Australian singer–songwriter. He was the winner of the Network Ten music contest ''Australian Idol'' in 2006. Since winning the title, Leith has released nine studio albums, four of ...

hold the record for the most touchdowns at four apiece. After Australian Idol Casey was signed to Sony BMG and she released a number one single and released a platinum selling album. She is no longer with Sony BMG but released an EP independently in 2007 and plans to release an independent album in the near future. :''Audition'': " A Million Tears" (

Kasey Chambers Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian country music, Australian country singer-songwriter and musician born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Mount Gambier to musicians Diane and Bill Chambers (musician), Bill Chambers. Her older ...

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Shake Your Groove Thing "Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by Contemporary R&B, R&B duo Peaches & Herb. The single reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 4 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B chart ...

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), " Listen with Your Heart" ''(winner's single)''

Anthony Callea

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's duet "The Prayer." Judge Ian 'Dicko' Dickson said Callea's performance of the latter was the finest he had seen during his two years with the show and rendered him speechless. Mark Holden invented a new concept of the 'Grand Royale' Touchdown for his fine performance. This, to date, remains the only 'Grand Royale' Touchdown given out by Mark Holden. :''Audition'': "

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) :''Top 12'': " You Weren't in Love with Me" ( Billy Field) :''Top 11'': " No Matter What" (

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) :''Top 7'': "Got to Get You into My Life" (

) :''Top 6'': "Oh Sherrie" (Steve Perry (musician), Steve Perry) :''Top 5'': "What a Fool Believes" (The Doobie Brothers) Bottom 2 :''Top 4'': "For Once in My Life" (

), "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington) ~ ''TOUCHDOWN'' :''Top 3'': "Somebody to Love (Queen song), Somebody to Love" (Queen (band), Queen) ~ ''TOUCHDOWN'', "My Love (Paul McCartney & Wings song), My Love" (Paul McCartney) Eliminated Murphy played the parts of "Roger" a "T'Bird" in the ''Grease Arena Spectacular'' which toured Australia from May until June 2005. He has released a CD in the group "Murphy's Lore" with his brothers. Murphy appeared as a guest on ABC's "Spicks and Specks" in 2005 and briefly revisited his performance of Billy Field's "You Weren't In Love With Me", causing co-host Myf Warhurst to become visibly emotional. Murphy's performance of the song is credited in Billy Field's 2005 released Best Of compilation as the impetus for a significant increase in interest in the back catalog of Billy Field (Australian singer), Billy Field. Murphy performed the Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair" before the test match held between Australia and India at the WACA Ground in Perth, Western Australia on 16 January 2008. Recording and mixing of Murphy's debut album "Big" was completed in September 2009. Mastering by Sterling Sound, NYC to be completed October 2009. The full-length album is set for independent release in January 2010, and features production, performance and mixing contributions from LA-based power pop artist Bleu (American singer), Bleu. Courtney's brother, Chris Murphy (Australian singer), Chris Murphy, later competed in the Australian Idol season 4, fourth season of

, where he was placed fourth.

Hayley Jensen

Hayley Jensen (born 7 January 1983, in

, Australian Capital Territory, ACT), was eliminated on 1 November 2004, placed fourth. Like Marty Worrall, she was placed in the bottom 3 five times including elimination. :''Audition'': :''Theatre Week (Round 1)'': :''Theatre Week (Round 3)'': :''Top 30'': "

" (

) :''Top 12'': "Weir (song), Weir" (Killing Heidi) :''Top 11'': "Left Outside Alone" (Anastacia) Bottom 2 :''Top 10'': "To Sir, with Love (song), To Sir, With Love" (Lulu (singer), Lulu) Bottom 2 :''Top 9'': "If I Can't Have You (Bee Gees song), If I Can't Have You" (Yvonne Elliman) :''Top 8'': "Release (George song), Release" (

) Bottom 3 :''Top 7'': " Yesterday" (

) :''Top 6'': "I Feel the Earth Move" (Martika) Bottom 3 :''Top 5'': "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell) :''Top 4'': "It Had to Be You (song), It Had to Be You" (

), "Nature Boy (song), Nature Boy" (

) Eliminated

Chanel Cole

Chanel Cole (born 13 November 1977 in Hamilton, New Zealand) was eliminated on 25 October 2004, placed fifth. :''Audition'': "When I Get Low, I Get High" (Ella Fitzgerald) :''Theatre Week (Round 1)'': "Alcoba Azul" (Lila Downs) :''Theatre Week (Round 3)'': "Pretty Boy (Roy Orbison song), Pretty Boy" (Roy Orbison) :''Top 30'': "

" ( Portishead) :''Top 12'': "Green Limousine" (The Badloves) :''Top 11'': "History Repeating (song), History Repeating" (Propellerheads / Shirley Bassey) :''Top 10'': "Walk On By (song), Walk On By" (Dionne Warwick) :''Top 9'': "Never Can Say Goodbye" (The Jackson 5 / Gloria Gaynor) :''Top 8'': "Constant Craving" (k.d. lang) Bottom 2 :''Top 7'': "Across the Universe" (

) Bottom 2 :''Top 6'': "Stop! (Sam Brown song), Stop!" (Sam Brown (singer), Sam Brown) :''Top 5'': "Hit 'em Up Style (Oops!)" (Blu Cantrell) Eliminated

Marty Worrall

Marty Worrall (born 8 February 1978, in Kerang, Victoria, Kerang, Victoria, Australia, Victoria), was eliminated on 18 October 2004, placed sixth. He was placed in the bottom group 5 times, including elimination. :''Audition'': "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" (The Darkness (band), The Darkness) :''Theatre Week (Round 1)'': :''Theatre Week (Round 3)'': :''Top 30'': "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" (

) :''Wildcards'': "

" ( Keane) :''Top 12'': "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (Jimmy Barnes) :''Top 11'': "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" (Jason Mraz) Bottom 3 :''Top 10'': "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones) Bottom 3 :''Top 9'': "More Than a Woman (Bee Gees song), More Than A Woman" (Bee Gees) Bottom 2 :''Top 8'': "Broken Wings (Mr. Mister song), Broken Wings" (Mr. Mister) :''Top 7'': "Oh! Darling" (

) Bottom 3 :''Top 6'': "The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News song), The Power Of Love" (Huey Lewis and the News) Eliminated (Australia)

Ricki-Lee Coulter

Ricki-Lee Coulter (born 10 November 1985, in Auckland, New Zealand), was eliminated on 11 October 2004, placed seventh. She had been one of the favourites to win the series from the Top 12 until the Top 7 where she gave a poor performance and was eliminated. Like Daniel Belle, who was eliminated the week before her, Ricki-Lee had never appeared in the Bottom 3 or 2 until her elimination. :''Audition'': "Don't Let Go (Love), Don't Let Go" (En Vogue) :''Theatre Week (Round 1)'': :''Theatre Week (Round 3)'': :''Top 30'': " Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (

) :''Top 12'': "Hopelessly Devoted to You" (Olivia Newton-John) :''Top 11'': "Work It Out (Beyoncé Knowles song), Work It Out" (Beyoncé Knowles, Beyoncé) :''Top 10'': "Proud Mary" (Tina Turner) :''Top 9'': "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" (

) :''Top 8'': "I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston) :''Top 7'': "We Can Work It Out" (

) Eliminated

Daniel Belle

Daniel Belle (born 20 May 1983, in Sydney, New South Wales) was the fifth contestant to be voted out of the competition, on 4 October 2004. Daniel was never in the bottom three until his elimination week. :''Audition'': "Thank You (Boyz II Men song), Thank You" (Boyz II Men) :''Theatre Week (Round 1)'': :''Theatre Week (Round 3)'': :''Top 30'': "Rock DJ" (

) :''Top 12'': "You Were There (Southern Sons song), You Were There" (Southern Sons) :''Top 11'': "You Raise Me Up" (Josh Groban) :''Top 10'': "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Hollies / Neil Diamond) :''Top 9'': "Working My Way Back to You" (The Spinners (American group), The Spinners) :''Top 8'': "Your Song" (Elton John) Eliminated

Em Rusciano

Emelia "Em" Rusciano (born 1980, in

, Victoria (Australia), Victoria) was placed ninth, being eliminated on 27 September 2004. She gave an outstanding performance of

' "

" on the wild card show, resulting in her being the judges choice to join the Top 12. :''Audition'': :''Theatre Week (Round 1)'': :''Theatre Week (Round 3)'': :''Top 30'': "

" (

) :''Wildcards'': "

" (

) :''Top 12'': "Just the Thing" (Peter Morris (singer), Peter Morris) Bottom 2 :''Top 11'': "Family Portrait (song), Family Portrait" (Pink (singer), Pink) :''Top 10'': "Anyone Who Had a Heart (song), Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Dionne Warwick) :''Top 9'': "Turn the Beat Around" (Vicki Sue Robinson) Eliminated Em joined Mark Trevorrow (Bob Downe) for the Adelaide Cabaret festival in late 2004 for his highly acclaimed I-Bob show and received rave reviews for her performance. She then went on to work for SAFM filling in for the "Milly and Lehmo show" and doing a number of live performances around Adelaide. Emelia impressed Austereo bosses so much that she was offered a full-time breakfast hosting role in Western Australia. In 2006, she participated in the quiz show ''Australia's Brainiest, Australia's Brainiest Idol''. Em went on to host breakfast radio for the Austereo network in Perth for years. Her first co-host was Michael "Wippa" Wipfli from 2006 to 2008 after Wippa left to host drive for Nova FM in Melbourne Sam Mac moved to Perth to co-host the show, Em was fired in 2009. While in Perth Em also guest starred in "Hair the tribal rock musical" alongside Idol alumni Cosima De Vito and Rob Mills. Em Rusciano is married to Scott Barrow and has two daughters Marchella (b. 2001) and Odette (b. 2007), and one son, Elio (b. 2019). She lives in Melbourne. Rusciano has appeared on All Star Family Feud, The Circle, The Project, Studio 10 and Hughesy, We Have a Problem. In 2009, Rusciano left the 92.9 breakfast show in Perth after four years and returned to Melbourne. From August 2012 to May 2013, she co-hosted the radio show Mamamia Today with Dave Thornton on the Today Network. In January 2016, Rusciano toured Australia with her stand-up comedy show, Em Rusciano Is Not a Diva. In June 2016, Rusciano joined the Hit Network to host The Em Rusciano Show on Sunday nights. Rusciano published her memoir Try Hard: Tales from the Life of a Needy Overachiever on 26 October 2016. In January 2017, Rusciano was announced as one of two hosts for 2Day FM's new breakfast show. In September 2018 Rusciano announced she was leaving the show, stating she decided to leave due to her pregnancy. Rusciano admitted her time at 2Day FM was a "mixed bag". In April 2020 Em started a very popular podcast called Emsolation which she hosts with her best friend, screenwriter, Michael Lucas. The podcast won second place in the people's choice category of the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards. In 2021, Rusciano appeared on season three of ''The Masked Singer Australia'' and finished runner-up as “Dolly”.

Amali Ward

Amali Ward (born 2 June 1988, in Sydney, New South Wales) was placed tenth in the competition, being eliminated on 20 September 2004. Auditioning in

, Amali was one of only two people chosen from Hobart to progress to the Sydney theatre rounds. Born to an English father and a Sri Lankan mother, and the sole finalist from Tasmania, she was also one of the youngest participants, at 16 years old, attending The Friends' School, Hobart, The Friends' School in

. :''Audition'': "

" (

) :''Theatre Week (Round 1)'': "Some Kind of Wonderful" (Joss Stone) :''Theatre Week (Round 3)'': "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours, Signed, Sealed, Delivered" (

) :''Top 30'': "Some Kind of Wonderful" (Joss Stone) :''Top 12'': "Emotion (Samantha Sang song), Emotion" (Samantha Sang) Bottom 3 :''Top 11'': "Shackles (Praise You)" (Mary Mary) :''Top 10'': "I Say a Little Prayer" (Dionne Warwick) Eliminated After the competition, Amali moved to Sydney and released her debut, self written and produced EP. The Daily Telegraph commented "taking her time has paid off" and Amali won a MusicOZ award that year. Since the release of her EP, Amali has toured Australia playing shows including the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival (Byron Bay Blues & Roots Festival), The Southern Roots Festival and 2009 Rosemount Fashion Week for designer Kirrily Johnston. She has supported local artists such as The Bamboos, Paris Wells and True Live and international acts such as Naturally 7, whom she opened for at the Enmore Theatre. Amali has also done significant co-writing, both locally and internationally, with writers and producers such as Jack Splash (

, Cee-Lo, John Legend), Cristyle (Rihanna, Beyoncé,

) and Warryn Campbell (Kanye West, Mary Mary, Musiq Soulchild). Her song 'Ten Things To Prove' was featured in the Sony Pictures film Center Stage 2: Turn it Up. Amali has also appeared in television commercials for US department store Mervyns, AAMI (department store), AAMI, Optus, Commonwealth Bank, Outback Steakhouse, Bonds (company), KFC, Mazda and was chosen as a brand ambassador for Rexona Girl, appearing in a nationwide print and television advertising campaign. In 2011/12, Amali hosted the television series Save Point on 10 Bold, One HD, discussing video game releases and gaming news. April 2012 saw Amali selected as the support act for Seal (musician), Seal on his 2012 Australian 'Soul 2' Tour. In the lead up to the release of her debut album, Amali released several live versions of the songs on her YouTube channel, including the songs 'Handbag', 'Upside Down' and 'Knock You Out', the latter winning the John Lennon Songwriting Contest Lennon Award, in the R&B category. Amali announced that she recorded her debut album in Los Angeles with producer David Ryan Harris and members of John Mayer's live band, with mixing and mastering by Grammy winner S. Husky Höskulds. October 2012 saw the release of her debut single Leave Me Alone. In February 2013, she released second single Knock You Out. March 2013 saw Amali win the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Stephen Schwartz Songwriting Award as part of APRA's Professional Development Awards. On 5 May 2013, Amali released her debut album, Back In Time. The Sydney Morning Herald described Amali as a "soulful singer with a Motown heart on her sleeve." In June 2013, Amali supported David Ryan Harris on his Australian club tour dates and completed an Australian east coast tour to promote the album. In September 2013 it was announced that Amali would guest star on 3 episodes of long running Australian soap opera Neighbours, appearing as herself in a storyline with character Paul Robinson, played by Stefan Dennis.

Dan O'Connor

Daniel "Dan" O'Connor (born 23 October 1978, in Sydney, New South Wales), was eliminated on 13 October 2004, placed eleventh. :''Audition'': "I Surrender All" (written by Judson W. Van DeVenter) :''Theatre Week (Round 1)'': :''Theatre Week (Round 3)'': :''Top 30'': " Amazing" (

) :''Top 12'': "All for One (The Screaming Jets album), Better" (The Screaming Jets) :''Top 11'': "Higher (Creed song), Higher" (Creed (band), Creed) Eliminated

Angeline Narayan

Angeline (Angie) Narayan (aged 26, from

, Queensland) was placed twelfth in the contest. Auditioning for Australian Idol in the Gold Coast, she performed Disco Inferno by The Trammps which blew the judges away with her soulful, R&B voice. In the semi-finals, she performed Aretha Franklin's

and the judges said it was the best performance of that night and she was the first contestant from her group voted through to the top 12 the next night. At the first top 12 live show, she performed A Touch of Paradise by

, which left the judges a bit disappointed by her performance. Angie told them that she has been suffering from the flu. She was eliminated the next night. Angie, like Dan O'Conner, was not featured on the season 2 contestant's cast album. Why only the Top 10 were featured on the album is unknown. :''Audition'': "Disco Inferno" (The Trammps) :''Theatre Week (Round 1)'': :''Theatre Week (Round 3)'': :''Top 30'': "

" (

) :''Top 12'': "A Touch of Paradise" (

) Eliminated Since her elimination, Narayan has released several demo singles and written many new songs, and has produced an album named 'Undeniable' through an independent record label called 'Locus Records', in which she covered Aretha Franklins' "Chain Of Fools".

Elimination chart

References

External links

Official Australian Idol website
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