Poetry Idol Final 2010

Poetry Idol Final 2010

As part of the 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival
with special guests Les Murray, Michael Crane and Trish Anderson
BMW Edge, Sunday 5th September 2010

Whitmore Press winner: Jamie King-Holden
Best bio winner: Joel McKerrow
Audience runner up: Emily Manger
Poetry Idol 2010 Winner: Rhys Rogers

Poets in order of appearance:

1. Kane Wilson/Animator
2. Julie Mclean
3. Andrea Thomas
4. Caroline Hirsch
5. Judy Thompson
6. Lisa Jacobson
7. Maria Pinto
8. Michael Kemp
9. Joel McKerrow
10. Maurice Mcnamara
11. Kerry Loughrey
12. Avril Bradley
13. ?
14. Sonya Dobson
15. Laura Smith
16. Tom McCathie
17. Rhys Rogers
18. Meena Shamaly
19. Toby Guthrie
20. Gavin Sanderson
21. Cherie Mills
22. Anthony Doig/Antman
23. Bronwen Manger
24. Bronwen Lovell
25. Emily Manger
26. Steve Smart
27. Thomas Kent
28. Cameron tea
29. Initially No
30. Andrew Finnegan

The fourth Poetry Idol final I have photographed and unfortunately it also spells the end of regular Poetry Idol contest with next year's final being held in a different format.

Due to work and other things that came up I wasn't able to attend the last three heats but they must have gone well or there wouldn't have been such a good contest in the final.

I thought it was great final with lots of excellent contestants and not much between them. I still remember seeing Rhys Rogers at the Mornington Heat where he won the audience prize and it was good to see him win.

Cheers to Trish who I haven't seen for a while and it was also great to see Les Murray read as I hadn't seen him since last year.