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WHO WILL BE AUSTRALIA’S NEXT BIG COUNTRY STAR?
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
FOR AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY MUSIC’S
BIGGEST TALENT SEARCH
Tickets are now on sale for Australia’s most significant country music talent search –
Toyota Star Maker.
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When it comes to unearthing new country music talent in Australia, Toyota has well and truly come of age. The 37 annual
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Toyota Star Maker talent search in January 2016 will mark the 21 year of sponsorship with the motoring giant.
The Star Maker Top 10 Final is a major event on the first weekend of the Toyota Country Music Festival Tamworth and will
feature the 10 finalists. Three grand finalists will be selected on the night and will compete for the 2016 Toyota Star Maker
Winner title at the big Toyota Concert In The Park on Friday 22 January 2016 at Toyota Park Tamworth NSW.
Other performances on the night are outgoing winner Mickey Pye who returns to prove just why he was chosen in 2015,
2012 winner with his musical amigos The Bob Corbett Band will have the audience dancing in their seats and 1996 winner
Darren Coggan will host the evening making this another memorable night in the history of Star Maker.
The iconic festival will be held from Friday 15 January to Sunday 24 January 2016.
The 2016 Toyota Star Maker Winner will be added to an honour roll that includes Lee Kernaghan, James Blundell, Keith
Urban, Beccy Cole, Kylie Sackley, Travis Collins and many more (listed below).
EVENT DETAILS
The Toyota Star Maker Final will be held at the Tamworth Town Hall from 7pm on Sunday 17 January 2016 with the top 10
and will feature former winners The Bob Corbett Band (2011), Mickey Pye (2015) and host Darren Coggan (1996).
The Toyota Star Maker Grand Final will be staged in Toyota Park from 6.30pm on Friday 22 January 2016 with the Top 3 as
well as superstar Lee Kernaghan along with Travis Collins, Bella, Luke Austen, Luke Dickens, Kaylee Bell, Jared Porter, Grant
Richardson and some surprises.
Tickets can be purchased online through http://entertainmentvenues.com.au/events/342/TOYOTA_STAR_MAKER/ or by
phoning 02 6767 5300.
Standard ticket is $25; Pensioners/Seniors $20; Children Under 16 FREE; *VIP tickets $40 which includes a copy of Mickey
Pye’s debut album Unleashed, a souvenir program and VIP seating at the Toyota Concert In The Park.
For further information including the winner’s prize package please visit www.starmaker.com, contact Fairfax Rural Events on
02 6768 5800 or send an email to [email protected]
STAR MAKER WINNERS 1979-2015
*1979 Grand Junction *1980 Tommy Miller *1981 Leanne Douglas *1982 Lee Kernaghan *1983 The Vic Lanyon Band *1985
Great Divide *1986 Jane Maddick *1987 James Blundell *1988 Jenine Vaughan *1989 Craig Robertson *1990 Keith Urban
*1991 Gina Jeffreys *1992 Warren Derwent *1993 Beccy Cole *1994 Clint Beattie *1995 Tanya Self *1996 Darren Coggan
*1997 Lyn Bowtell *1998 Kate Ballantyne *1999 Brendon Walmsley *2000 Grant Richardson *2001 Kylie Sackley *2002
Kieran Lancini *2003 Todd Williams *2004 Travis Collins *2005 Samantha McClymont *2006 Cat Southern *2007 Kirsty Lee
Akers *2008 Talia Wittmann *2009 Liam Brew *2010 Luke Austen *2011 Luke Dickens *2012 Bob Corbett *2013 Kaylee Bell
*2014 Jared Porter *2015 Mickey Pye
ABOUT STAR MAKER
Star Maker is an annual search for an individual that has the greatest potential to take advantage of the opportunities
offered. The winner’s prize package includes full use of a Toyota motor vehicle including fuel card for their winning year,
guaranteed performances at major festivals throughout Australia, monthly media exposure in Country Music Capital News,
introductions to many of Australia’s great industry personnel, recorded music and accompanying videos and a return flight to
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Nashville to attend the CMA Festival and a performance at the 13 CMA International GlobaLive Concert an event which
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precedes the 44 CMA Festival in June 2016 staged by AristoMedia and produced by the CMA Nashville and much more –
valued at over $100,000.
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