Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Australian Idol is the Australian version of the British hit show Pop Idol. It is a talent contest to find a pop performer. The first show started on July 27th, 2003, and finished on November 19. The winner was Guy Sebastian, with runners up Shannon Noll (2nd) and Cosima Devito (3rd). The panel of judges for the Australian show were Mark Holden, a former pop star and now music producer, Marcia Hines, soul singer, and Ian "Dicko" Dickson, marketing manager of BMG Australia. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.