Australian Idol Final 2007

Opening sequence filmed outside and inside Sydney Opera House. A massive production effort and Lionel Richie made a surprise appearance which was extremely cool.

 

Floorplay 2007 - Act 2 Intro

An original piece written and recorded for Jason Gilkison's "Burn The Floor - Floorplay"

 

Australian Idol 2009 - Stan Walker, Liza Minnelli

 Stan Walker performs "We Will Rock You". Includes workshop with Liza Minnelli. This is one of those Idol moments which can excite, mystify or terrify an arranger. In this case, possibly all three. At the workshop I was asked to give this classic rock song a twist and we eventually settled on a Middle Eastern flavour. I'm OK with the arrangement and a bunch of people liked it. Others think it verged on sacrilege.

 

OK, time for some self-incrimination. Wind back to 1988 and my first time working in Australia. I came here with 'Hawaiki', which was the band for New Zealand entertainer, Billy T James. This is a clip of us on breakfast show, "Living" performing "Close To You".