Australian Idol

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Australian Idol
Created by	Simon Fuller
Presented by	Andrew Günsberg James Mathison Ricki-Lee Coulter Scott Tweedie
Judges	Ian Dickson Marcia Hines Mark Holden Kyle Sandilands Jay Dee Springbett Meghan Trainor Amy Shark Harry Connick Jr.
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	309
Production
Running time	1–2 hours (includes commercials)
Production companies	FremantleMedia Australia (seasons 1–7) 19 Entertainment (seasons 1–7) Eureka Productions (season 8–)
Original release
Network	Network 10
Release	27 July 2003 (2003-07-27) – 22 November 2009 (2009-11-22)
Network	Seven Network
Release	30 January 2023 (2023-01-30) – present
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Australian Idol is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller. Australian Idol was televised on Network Ten for its first seven series and was broadcast on the Southern Cross Austereo Radio Network between 2005 and 2007. The series returned in 2023 after Seven Network announced they would be picking up the show.