Aussie pop legend and inaugural Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines will make a full-time return to TV screens, joining Channel 7’s reality singing show for its upcoming 20th anniversary season.
Two decades after Guy Sebastian pipped Shannon Noll to become Australia’s first Idol, Hines will join radio king Kyle Sandilands and Logie-winning acclaimed singer Amy Shark on the judging panel.
While Hines served as a guest judge in last year’s revival of Australian Idol, she will reprise her seven-season panel role in the show’s ninth season on Channel 7.
Next year’s season of Idol, which airs from Monday, January 29, marks 20 years since the first Australian season, where Hines joined Ian “Dicko” Dickson and Mark Holden in crowning Sebastian the first winner.
The show has set up a number of major Australian artists’ careers, including Rob Mills, Casey Donovan, Anthony Callea and Damian Leith.
Marcia Hines will return to Australian TV screens in 2024. Credit: Supplied/Scott Ehler
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