For the most recent season, see Australian Idol season 9.
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Australian Idol
Created by
Simon Fuller
Presented by
Andrew Günsberg
James Mathison
Ricki-Lee Coulter
Scott Tweedie
Judges
Ian Dickson
Marcia Hines
Mark Holden
Kyle Sandilands
Jay Dee Springbett
Meghan Trainor
Amy Shark
Harry Connick Jr.
Country of origin
Australia
Original language
English
No. of seasons
9
No. of episodes
309
Production
Running time
1–2 hours (includes commercials)
Production companies
FremantleMedia Australia (seasons 1–7)
19 Entertainment (seasons 1–7)
Eureka Productions (season 8–)
Original release
Network
Network 10
Release
27 July 2003 (2003-07-27) – 22 November 2009 (2009-11-22)
Network
Seven Network
Release
30 January 2023 (2023-01-30) – present
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Australian Idol is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial 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 its first seven series and was broadcast on the Southern Cross Austereo Radio Network between 2005 and 2007. The series returned in 2023 after Seven Network announced they would be picking up the show.
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