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Carols by Candlelight: a very Idol xmas

This year's Carols by Candlelight on Nine will be top-heavy with Australian Idols.

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acThe full line-up for Carols by Candlelight has now been announced.

Lisa Wilkinson and Karl Stefanovic will once again host for Nine. John Foreman is again conducting.

The roll call includes

– Carols by Candlelight ambassador Anthony Callea
– Guy Sebastian
– Ricki-Lee Coulter
– Paulini Curuenavuli
– Carl Riseley
– The Ten Tenors
– Jersey Boys
– Frankie J. Holden
– Wilbur Wilde
– Joe Camilleri
– Ross Wilson
– Glen Shorrock
– Hi-5
– Humphrey B. Bear
– and Santa Claus who will take time out from his busy schedule to make an appearance at the Bowl.

It airs 8pm December 24th on Nine.

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  2. From a young persons perspective- quite a good line up!! I am a teacher and see every day how popular these idol people are that you guys constantly ‘bag’. The younger generation have grown up with these people!!

    For me, I am looking forward to Paulini- such a beautiful angelic voice!! Perfect for Christmas carols!!

  3. I hope there is a tribute on the night to Brian Naylor who perished in the Black Saturday fires.

    Not only was he a legend in Melbourne television, he was the Nine Network’s first host of Carols By Candlelight once Channel O (before they were Channel 10) sold the rights, and was the host until Ray Martin took over in the mid-80s.

  6. @ Amber

    Seems Seven snagged Stan (lol) for their Carols in the Domain next weekend. This is going to be the first time in many years that i miss it 🙁 And they always have a great cast line up, esp this year with Ronan Keating *sigh*

  7. Why don’t they start these at 8:30pm. There would be considerably less light and where is the winner of Idol 2009 Stan. Why is Humphrey there, I thought nine had him on a limbo. And are we allowed to know who portrays Santa Claws? I also have to say the usual suspects are a tad better than the Idols. Those Idols expect screaming teens with fake candles, they don’t know the classic Carols by Candlelight.

  9. Who cares if some of them came from Idol? Guy, Anthony, Ricki-Lee and Paulini all have talent and are wonderful singers. Not too sure about Carl Risely though…

  10. While Vision Australia organisation is a charity for the visually impaired, they definately have great vision & the forsight to see these people as artists in their own right not as idols. What more do they have to prove, all of these guys have been in the industry for many many years, Anthony Callea the ambassador for the second time, has been involved in this Carols for the past 6 years. Other countries such as the US and the UK, treat the artists that are discovered through Idol as artists. Heck they even win Grammy Awards!

    If people don’t start excepting them as artists in their own right, where will the Ross Wilson’s the Glen Shorrick’s the Kate Cebrano’s of the future be? stop living in the past, its a whole new world.

    @DavidKnox – Just for further information David this is not the full lineup, if you go to the Vision Australia website you will see some of the other artists and then some.
    – Marina Prior
    – Sylvie Paladino
    – Denis Walter
    – Lorin Nicholson
    – Australian Girls Choir
    – National Boys Choir

    and believe there are still others not yet listed. Remember this is for Charity, for the blind and visually imparied who need VA’s assistance. Its always a wonderful event with a lovely family feel. visionaustralia.org/info.aspx?page=1186

    1. I’d given up visiting the VA site every second day to see if the artists had been added. I ran the names as supplied to me by Nine. I believe Tim Campbell and Matthew Newton are two more on the list…

  11. i just like to congrats anthony callea onces again for being the ambassador for the carols,well done my dearest i am sure looking to hearing you sing that night cheers anth ur fannorma xo

  12. Agree with michael*oz – no Marina Prior or Sylvie Paladino = appallingly bad line-up. It isn’t Carols without at least one of them to sing the feature songs

  13. As David said ‘the list includes’…it isn’t complete.

    Sivie Paladino, Marina Prior, Hi 5, the National Boys Choir…all the usual suspects are listed on Vision Australia’s site.

  14. Oh come on people lighten up, its Christmas! 🙂 Part of the appeal of Xmas Eve carol’s is them wheeling out the old favourites. I think the most pressing question – where the heck is Legs Burchmore??? How can she not attend Carols? PS I’m sure Callea will do an amazing job as he always does.

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