2005 ARIA Music Awards

2005 ARIA Music Awards
Date23 October 2005 (2005-10-23)
VenueSydney SuperDome,
Sydney, New South Wales
Most awardsMissy Higgins (5)
Most nominationsMissy Higgins (8)
Websiteariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNetwork Ten
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The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were held on 23 October 2005 at the Sydney SuperDome at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening.[1][2] A varied cast of presenters included Merrick and Rosso (who opened the televised show), stand-up comic Dave Hughes, Gretel Killeen, David Hasselhoff, and Hamish & Andy.

On 14 July 2005 ARIA sought to create a separate standalone 'ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame' event as only one or two acts could be inducted under the old format due to time restrictions.[3] Six acts were inducted into the Hall of Fame in July with an additional act inducted at the following ARIA Music Awards in October.[3]

  1. ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2005: 19th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Australia 2005 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ^ a b "ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.