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| These are the contestants who took part in Series 1 in 2005. |
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Gemma is 16 years of age from Nunawading in Victoria. Ella Fitzgerald, Natalie Cole and Eva Cassidy are among her list of favourite performers. She comes from a family very much involved in entertainment including her mum who has worked in amateur theatre and singing and her dad who's a cameraman. |
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Jacob is a 22 year old electrical appliance specialist from Littlehampton in South Australia. His motivation to audition in Adelaide came from a dream he had. He plays the guitar, piano and drums and songwrites, plus he performs with band, Single White Male. His nickname is 'Jakey B, the Rock Kid'. |
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Vincent is a 22 year old dance tutor from Bondi in New South Wales. Originally from New Zealand, Vincent has execlled in the performing arts earning himself a related diploma. He has made it big on stage performing on Guy Sebastian's concert tour and starring in Disney's 'The Lion King' in Sydney, as Simba. |
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Janie is 47 years old and works as a renovator in Samford, Queensland. She has had previous experience in the music industry having been signed up and released a single at age 19. Now recently she got back into singing gaining the confidence to audition for The X Factor. Neil Young and Joni Mitchell are amongst her singing idols. |
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Rosslyn is a 30 year old office administrator from Granville in New South Wales. Of Samoan and Tongan descent, Rosslyn has been involved in a family band in New Zealand. Since childhood, Rosslyn has played piano, piano accordion and violin. She moved to Australia in 2000. |
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Russell is from Narrogin in Western Australia and is 27 years of age. Working as a recreation centre supervisor, Russell lives with his wife and 7-year old daughter, Shenae. He says that one of his dreams is for his daughter to say 'My daddy's famous.' Russell has had previous singing contest experience, although probably not on the same scale as The X Factor in Narrogin's Duke of York Hotel's talent contest. |
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Kaya is a quartet made up of Alexandra (29), Julieaah (23), Sally (25) and Emma (22) all from New South Wales. All of them attended the University of Western Sydney and by chance got together over time to form their group, Kaya In August before renaming themselves Kaya. They've previously appeared at Sydney's The Basement.
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Random are a five piece collaboration composed of Wayne (The Wizard) (19), Tasesa Jr. (also known as TJ) (16), Donald (16), Andy-Iese (also known as Jesse) (21) and Xy (aka Xylocaine). From Brisbane, the individual members auditioned as separate acts or were simply in to provide support but they've come together as a star act and have featured on talent contests before. |
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The Brothership are indeed a band of brothers composed of Adam (30), George (33) and Michael (29). George is from Sydney while Adam and Michael reside in South Australia. The Brothership are actually quite a success story having made it big in the UK. They came together in 1995 and got signed up to RCA. Under the Universal label they released three singles and made numerous live stage performances. |
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| Week by week evictions and results from Series 1 (2005). |
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Random are the winners |
Semi-final |
Russell evicted |
7 |
Vincent evicted |
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Kaya evicted |
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Rosslyn Mahe evicted |
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Jacob Butler evicted |
3 |
Gemma Purdy evicted |
2 |
Janie Shrapnel evicted |
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The Brothership evicted |
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| These are the authorities deciding who had The X Factor in Australia... |
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John Reid has 30 years vast experience in the entertainment industry and his biggest talent find must be Reginald Dwight, better known as Elton John. As well as managing Elton for some 28 years, John had also had the opportunity to be manager for stars as diverse as Queen, Lionel Richie, Kiki Dee, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Jackson Five and Dame Edna Everage star, Barry Humphries. John was born in Scotland and started life in his career working for EMI and the Tamla Motown label back in 1967. He has brushed with big name stars like Elvis Presley and Diana Ross. John has declined offers to judge on the UK versions of 'Popstars' and 'Pop Idol' so The X Factor is his first try at scriutinising potential stars on TV. |
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Singer and songwriter, Kate Ceberano is a well-established performing artist having won multiple ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) awards. She is the proud artist behind five platinum and four gold albums in Australia. Kate began her climb to success at age 15 when she was part of funk band, 'I'm Talking'. I'm Talking did very well scoring three top ten singles. Kate left the group and went solo to continue her reign of success with outstanding albums like a live debut album, 'Kate Ceberano And Her Septet' in 1987 followed by the release of 'You've Always Got The Blues' in 1988. 1989 saw Kate release her third album, 'Brave' which included her best selling single of '89, 'Bedroom Eyes'. Kate continued to remain in the spotlight with a starring role as Mary in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' across Australia amd in 1993 she had her own cabaret TV show, 'Kate Ceberano and Friends'. Further albums emerged: 'Blue Box' in 1996 and her latest is '19 Days In New York'. |
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Mark Holden is no stranger to singing contests in Australia as he's the host of 'Australian Idol'. A former singer and now songwriter and music producer, Mark has been successful with his own releases including 'Never Gonna Fall In Love Again', 'I Wanna Make You My Lady' and 'Last Romance'. Mark lived in the USA during the 1980s and in that time collaborated with performers like Belinda Carlisle and David Hasselhoff. He also worked with The Commitments' Andrew Strong and with The Temptations and had the opportunity to work with actress, Milla Jovovich. During the 1990s, Mark returned to Australia where he set up his own music artist management company, MarJac Productions. He has been a co-writer on songs from artists like Delta Goodrem and Sophie Monk. |
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| Here are the hosts of The X Factor Australia... |
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Daniel MacPherson is the presenter of The X Factor Australia. Having starred in the UK's police drama, 'The Bill' and having appeared on 'Neighbours', Daniel has had previous experience in television presenting and theatre. |
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Chloe Maxwell is the presenter of The Xtra Factor Australia. Working as a model she has made numerous appearances including in the Jeanswest commercials. Her television presentation experience extends to being a VJ on Channel V, hosting Good Morning Australia, 'The Today Show' and '100% With Tony Squires. Chloe has also starred in a number of films including 'Sisters In Blood' and 'Directions'. |
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