Australian Idol judges 2023

Thanks to a lucky encounter, Sara's Australian Idol audition was arranged while she was in the midst of surgery.

“I mean, I love strong women anyway - I’ve been surrounded by them my whole life. “I had a blast playing with you and I want to thank you for that honour.” “Your whole attitude when you were singing, you were so confident and so fun to watch,” Amy said. Sara blew the judges away with her rendition, with Harry encouraging her to “sing some more”. As she finished the emotional song, Kyle told her: “Yesterday was yesterday and today is whole f****** new day.” She added that it would be a “dream” to be in a position to give back to others in a similar way. Sara explained her diagnosis as a child had resulted in “mass complications”. Sharing more details of her cancer struggle, Sara said she was diagnosed in 2004 and was in hospital “for quite a long time”. “Ricki-Lee came into Ronald McDonald House when I was very unwell and mum and I were losing our minds,” she recalled. So as she underwent a “clean up” procedure at hospital, she had no idea her step mum was travelling to the airport to meet singing superstar Ricki-Lee. “She had met Ricki-Lee and the judges at the airport. “They wanted me to come down today and audition,” the 26-year-old added before pulling Ricki-Lee into a hug as the cherished photo from years earlier was pulled out.