John Foreman (musician)

John Foreman
Birth name John Gregory Foreman
Born 24 April 1972 (1972-04-24) (age 39)
Australia
Occupations musician, television personality
Years active 1992–present

John Gregory Foreman[1] (born 24 April 1972) is an Australian musician and television personality. In 1992, he joined the Network Ten team for Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton as Music Director until retiring in 2004. During 2003–2008 he was Musical Director of Australian Idol.[2]

In 2000, he wrote the Olympic Flame song, "The Flame", performed by Tina Arena for the 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.[1]

In December 2005 he began hosting The Big Night In with John Foreman. The premiere episode featured an interview with actor Russell Crowe, as well as interviews with Deborah Conway and Tina Cousins.

Foreman was the conductor for Melbourne's Christmas Eve 'Carols by Candlelight', at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl during 2003–2008.

He recently appeared alongside Ian Dickson, Cosima De Vito and Guy Sebastian to pay tribute to Shannon Noll on This Is Your Life.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b ""The Olympic Flame" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=The%20Olympic%20Flame. Retrieved 25 February 2010. 
  2. ^ Dennehy, Luke (31 May 2009). "Musical director John Foreman's Idol end". Sunday Herald Sun (News Corp). http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/sunday-heraldsun/musical-director-john-foremans-idol-end/story-e6frf92x-1225718665674. Retrieved 25 February 2010. 
  3. ^ "John Foreman : your guide to unlocking the Australian music industry : a definitive guide to getting started and succeeding in one of Australia's toughest industries / [John Foreman]". catalogue. National Library of Australia. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3421337?lookfor=author:%22Foreman,%20John,%201972-%22&offset=1&max=1. Retrieved 24 February 2010. 
Seasons
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Former hosts
James Mathison (2003–2008) · Andrew Günsberg (2003–2009) · Ricki-Lee Coulter (2008–2009)
Former judges
Mark Holden (2003–2007) · Kyle Sandilands (2005–2009) · Jay Dee Springbett (2009) · Marcia Hines (2003–2009) · Ian "Dicko" Dickson (2003–2004, 2007–2009)
Winners
Winner's Singles
Runners-up
Notable contestants
Other personalities
John Foreman · Young Divas
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