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| JoanneVIP | Dec 23 2006, 01:56 PM Post #1 |
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Delta force December 24, 2006 12:00am Posted Image Australia's young diva Delta Goodrem is coming home for Christmas and she couldn't think of a better way to kick off the festive celebration than by taking centre stage at Vision Australia's Carol's by Candlelight on Christmas Eve. Goodrem will return to the Australian spotlight for the first time since the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in March, performing at the Sidney Myer Music bowl in Melbourne before a sell-out crowd of more than 10,000. Televised live on Nine, the traditional festive gala will be watched by some 2.5 million viewers. "I can't wait to see all the Melbourne gang, and all my family and friends in Melbourne and to be at Carols, performing," Goodrem says. "Melbourne is the place where it all started for me and I love being back there." After spending the past two years working in the US, the UK and Japan, the former Neighbours star says she's thrilled to be back in Australia with her boyfriend, Westlife singer Brian McFadden, to spend Christmas and the New Year with her family and friends. And despite topping the charts with her self-penned tunes, singing Christmas carols remains one of Goodrem's favourite pastimes. "I love Christmas carols so much," she says. "If I could sing carols all year I would be a happy camper, because it is one my absolute favourite things to do. "It (Christmas Eve) is one of my favourite nights of the year. I love it when the Carols come on the TV at home. "It is so nice to be able to sing at Carols for the first time this year. I am really looking forward to the night." And the 22-year-old does have much to celebrate, having bravely endured through her battle with cancer – Hodgkin's lymphoma – diagnosed in 2003. (Goodrem's triumphant appearance at the 2003 ARIA awards was voted the most powerful moment in the 20-year history of the event). With that ordeal of illness now behind her, Goodrem has been busy working on her third album which is almost complete and scheduled for release next year. Since departing Australia she has also released a compilation of tracks from her first two albums in Japan. Titled Innocent Eyes, it features the song Flawed, written for the Japanese film Adiantum Blue, which hit No 8 in the international Japanese album charts. It's been "very busy and very crazy and all within a space of three years" she says, which explains why this festive season, Goodrem just wants to have some fun. "I want to have a very merry Christmas and be with my family and my loved ones; Brian, my mum, my dad, my brother," she says. "I am cheeky and I like to have fun. I think that sometimes people think that I am a little serious," she says. Hopefully I will be able to remind people that I sing and I play piano and that is why they got to know me in the first place." Hosted by Ray Martin, Carol's by Candlelight will feature the traditional star-studded line-up, this year including Dannii Minogue, Hi-5, Bert and Patti Newton, Daddy fabarooney, Silvie Paladino, Gorgi Quill, David Campbell and Anthony Callea. "This is my sixth year," Campbell, a self-confessed Carol's by Candlelight addict, says of the event which dates back almost 70 years to 1938. "You do it once and you have to keep coming back for more, it's such a wonderful night. I'm trying to break Denis Walter's record. I think he's up to 22. Australian Idol star Anthony Callea, who is set for his third Carols, agrees. "It's a great night," he says. "It's just one of those gigs that you hope you get the phone call for. It's a great night that gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling. But Callea is not too sure everyone in his family would agree with his assessment. "As anyone will tell you, it's like a big family backstage with all the performers. And, being a good Italian boy, there's a big family out the front of the show - all my aunties and uncles come out with their picnic blankets and candles. "Last year we had a bit of a disaster. One of my aunties, who was telling all the kids to be careful with the candles, managed to set her hair on fire. And, being Italian, she had plenty of hairspray on, and went up in spectacular style. I'm sure I saw her glowing from the stage." Like Callea, Campbell will have plenty of family support at Carols. "My girlfriend is from Britain and this will be her first Carols. I know she'll have an amazing time," he says. |
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