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10 confirms Melbourne Cup entertainment

Bonnie Anderson, Jon Stevens plus Delta, James Reyne, Pete Murray to feature as part of Cup Week.

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10 has confirmed entertainers at its coverage of Melbourne Cup will see Bonnie Anderson singing the National Anthem, plus Jon Stevens at Flemington.

Across the week-long Carnival other artists will perform from various locations: Delta Goodrem, The Rubens (Sydney), Pete Murray (Byron Bay), Illy (Brisbane), Sam Fischer (Los Angeles).

Also appearing are James Reyne, Kate Miller-Heidke and Casey Barnes.

Crowd allowances are yet to be confirmed.

A star-studded line-up of Australian music sensations will take to the stage throughout the 2020 Melbourne Cup Carnival, with the Victoria Racing Club announcing an impressive field of local chart-toppers broadcast into living rooms right here on 10, with extended performances available on 10 Play.

The performances, pre-recorded in iconic locations across Australia in the lead up to Cup Week, kick off on AAMI Victoria Derby Day with former Australian Crawl front man and rock royalty James Reyne.

The singer-songwriter has just released his 12th solo studio album, but it will be his 80s cult classic, Motor’s Too Fast, that will have audiences singing along.

The AAMI Victoria Derby Day line-up will also feature multiple ARIA-winning genre defying artist, ILLY, performing his energetic hit anthem, Then What, from Brisbane.

On Lexus Melbourne Cup Day, multiple ARIA award-winner and multiplatinum singer/songwriter Delta Goodrem, will sing her aptly named latest track, Solid Gold. The big day will also showcase alt-rock band The Rubens performing their nostalgic new single Time of My Life from the picturesque Sydney Harbour.

Prior to the running of the 2020 Lexus Melbourne Cup, Pete Murray will lead a celebratory moment marking the 160-year-old journey of our greatest race performing his original song, Found My Place, from Byron Bay.

The Masked Singer Australia winner and Neighbours star, Bonnie Anderson, will then have the honour of singing the Australian National Anthem live from Flemington Racecourse. Jon Stevens and his band, including an eight-piece string section, will also feature from Flemington Racecourse, belting out the anthemic Never Tear Us Apart by INXS.

Kennedy Oaks Day sees the operatic talents of songstress Kate Miller-Heidke and 2020 ARIA Award Nominee, contemporary country rocker Casey Barnes, delighting viewers.

The Carnival reaches its crescendo on Seppelt Wines Stakes Day with Sydney-born, LA raised global sensation, Sam Fischer, who will connect with Australia from across the globe performing his smash hit track with over 250 million worldwide streams, This City, from Los Angeles.

Closing out the stellar entertainment line-up, Bonnie Anderson will return to perform on the final day of racing.

In a year like no other, everybody has a ticket to the Cup as the 2020 Melbourne Cup Carnival is reimagined right here on 10.

It all begins with AAMI Victoria Derby Day on Saturday, 31 October, followed by Lexus Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday, 3 November, Kennedy Oaks Day on Thursday, 5 November and Seppelt Wines Stakes Day on Saturday, 7 November, live and free on Network 10 and 10 Play.

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  1. It will be nice to see an Australian horse win the Cup for a change. The Cup falls on my Birthday this year, as it often does, and it’s also the US Election, so a boozy lunch, and Joe Biden winning election should make for a good day 🤗

  3. How the hell is the Melbourne cup not cancelled? The whole city is in lockdown and half the field is international horses who clearly can’t get here due to Covid. Plus surely all the lead up races for rankings were all cancelled this year. Will this even count for the sport or is it all just for show. Absolutely baffling decision.

  4. Wow ,so this is what $100M for 4 days over 5 years buys ,now we know why they axed so many good reporters and local news shows to make up for the ineptitude of this decision.

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