Australian Idol finalists Hayley Warner and Stan Walker. November 22, 2009 - 8:49AM Idol speculation Tonight's Australian Idol finalists are ... STAN WALKER A huge fan of former Idol Guy Sebastian, 18-yearold Coolangatta shop assistant Stan Walker had mostly sung in church before auditioning for the show.

READ THE FINE PRINT: The tattoo on Stan Walker's neck says "ataahua'', which means beautiful.

Season season reaches a spectacular climax as the final two take to the stage to discover who has been voted this year's Australian Idol.

JESSICA MAUBOY is poised to break the Australian Idol curse at the ARIA Awards. ''I feel like saying 'take that','' Mauboy said of critics of television's talent quest.

RnB superstar, Jordin Sparks, will return to Australia this week for a whirlwind promotional tour which will see the singer team up with Guy Sebastian again to perform their new duet at the Australian Idol Grand Final.

With Bear Grylls down a hole, his production crew is surely wondering: should we stay or should we go now? Photo: Supplied ANY TV show featuring one of those relentlessly butch ''I'm an industry professional, don't try this at home kids'' voice-over warnings at the beginning has got to be worth watching and tends to put one in a very nice mood.

In part one, Aussie breakouts , we named our top 10 homegrown heroes. In part two, Hits and flops , we named the five best and five worst songs of the Noughties.

Finalists Stan Walker , Hayley Warner and James Johnson on stage with Andrew G. Map: Sydney 2000 Crowd favourite Stan Walker and rock chick Hayley Warner will fight for the title of the 2009 Australian Idol after Newcastle teenager James Johnson was voted off the program.

Pop star Delta Goodrem signs autographs as she arrives for the Australian Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards / Getty Images Rove McManus wins at kids' choice awards Joel, Benji Madden among celeb guests Pictures: On the orange carpet TV talk-show host Rove McManus was dumped in a pool of a slime as he took out the top prize at the Nickelodeon Kids' ...

Australian pop star Guy Sebastian will be donning his cowboy hat as he headlines next year's CMC Rocks The Snowys music festival.

Toby Moulton has quit Australian Idol . Photo: Janie Barrett Australian Idol has taken an unusual turn, with schoolteacher contestant Toby Moulton quitting the show, saying he prefers the classroom to the spotlight.

AUSTRALIAN Idol has been rocked by the shock exit of Toby Moulton, with the popular school teacher quitting the television singing contest to get back to his real passion - the classroom.

Australian Idol contestant Guy Sebastian has just returned from the US after recording a duet with American Idol performer Jordin Sparks.

THE original Australian Idol , Guy Sebastian, believes the TV singing contest has legs to survive many more years, but admits he's not impressed with the latest series.

Hamish and Andy won four gongs, including the coveted best on-air team award, at the annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards in Sydney tonight.

Last Friday night on the box, an intriguing inter-TV channel and transtasman battle was taking place.

Michael Idato visits Idol central and realises the industry has changed its tune.

It is a universally acknowledged truth that, with only one exception - Seven's inexplicably steady Packed to the Rafters - all television programs will eventually decline in the ratings.

Australian Idol judge Ian 'Dicko' Dickson is the latest celebrity to sign on as the face of weight loss programme Jenny Craig.

Suspended shock jock Kyle Sandilands has more problems brewing. His chart-topping radio show has taken a huge hit on Nielsen's radio ratings, released today.