Casey Donovan (Born May 13, 1988) is a singer-songwriter who initially shot to fame when she won the second season of Australian Idol in 2004, at just 16 years of age. Making her the youngest person to ever to win Australian Idol and one of the youngest in the World. Her unique style and emotionally charged performances won her many fans. Including the Idol judges, most notably Ian “Dicko” Dickson who proclaimed her “not only one of the finest young talents in this competition, but in this country”. Notable performances included ‘Here’s Where I Stand’, ‘Special Ones’, ‘Beautiful’ and ‘You’re So Vain’ all of which received Touchdowns from Idol judge Mark Holden.
On 17 July, 2006, it was announced that Donovan had been dropped by her label Sony BMG because of concerns about her image and poor sales of her albums.
Since then Casey has made an effort to distance herself from Idol, spending much of her time away from the spotlight writing songs, as well as collaborating with respected Australian song-writers for an upcomming EP of which Casey is currently in the studio recording (August 2007) |
