| Year | Entertainment | Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair" |
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| 1977 | Barry Crocker performs "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"[1] | Barry Crocker |
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| 1978 | Keith Michell performs "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"[2] | — |
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| 1979 | Mike Brady andJohn Farnham | — |
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| 1980 | Peter Allen performed "I Still Call Australia Home".[3] | Peter Allen |
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| 1981 | Jon English performsWaltzing Matilda | — |
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| 1982 | Rolf Harris sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Rolf Harris |
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| 1983 | Glenn Shorrock sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Glenn Shorrock |
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| 1984 | Slim Dusty sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Slim Dusty |
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| 1985 | Diana Trask sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Diana Trask |
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| 1986 | Olivia Newton-John sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Olivia Newton-John |
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| 1987 | Daryl Somers sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Daryl Somers |
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| 1988 | Noel Watson sang "Waltzing Matilda" | The Australian Children's Choir, The National Boys Choir,The Band of the 3rd Military District andThe 3rd Division Australian Artillery Band |
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| 1989 | John Farnham sang "Waltzing Matilda" | John Farnham |
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| 1990 | Normie Rowe and Lucy Gale | Normie Rowe |
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| 1991 | Daryl Braithwaite.Angry Anderson performed "Bound for Glory". | Daryl Braithwaite |
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| 1992 | Joan Carden | Joan Carden |
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| 1993 | Maroochy Barambah,Archie Roach andYothu Yindi | Maroochy Barambah |
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| 1994 | Debra Byrne.The Seekers performed "I Am Australian", "Georgy Girl" and "Waltzing Matilda". | The Seekers and the Australian Youth Choir |
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| 1995 | A celebration of Australian films, withJohn Paul Young performing "Love is in the Air" | Tina Arena |
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| 1996 | A collection of past singers to celebrate the centenary grand final, includingDaryl Somers,Normie Rowe, Venetta Feilds,Slim Dusty, Lindsay Field,Maroochy Barambah,Glenn Shorrock,Diana Trask,Barry Crocker,Lisa Edwards, Noel Watson andJohn Farnham. They performed "Waltzing Matilda". | Daryl Somers,Normie Rowe, Venetta Feilds,Slim Dusty, Lindsay Field,Maroochy Barambah,Glenn Shorrock,Diana Trask,Barry Crocker,Lisa Edwards, Noel Watson andJohn Farnham |
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| 1997 | Cafe of the Gate of Salvation performed "When We Were Kings" in tribute to retiring stars and the 1997 class of theAustralian Football Hall of Fame.James Morrison,Tommy Emmanuel,Tommy Tycho,Nathan Cavaleri andMarina Prior performed "Waltzing Matilda",Kelley Abbey performed "True Colors", "That's the Thing About Football" and "Up There Cazaly" andColleen Hewett performed "The Power of the Dream" before all of the performers joined together to perform "If the House is Rockin'".[4] | Marina Prior |
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| 1998 | Muhammad Ali made an appearance.Mark Seymour sang "Holy Grail".Rob Guest sang "This Is The Moment".Jane Scali andMichael Cormick sang "Waltzing Matilda"; Donna Fisk andMichael Cristiano sang "Rock 'N Footy (Rock The G)". | Rob Guest |
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| 1999 | Human Nature performed "Waltzing Matilda". | Human Nature |
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| 2000 | The Idea of North,Trish Delaney-Brown, Megan Corson,Andrew Piper and Nick Begie,Mike Brady,Russell Morris andRick Price.Bachelor Girl performed "Waltzing Matilda". | Bachelor Girl |
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| 2001 | Men at Work performed "Who Can It Be Now?" & "Down Under",Vanessa Amorosi performed "Rise Up" & "Shine" andINXS withJon Stevens performed "Kick" & "New Sensation".[5][6] | Julie Anthony |
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| 2002 | Mark Seymour performed "Holy Grail",The Whitlams performed "I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" & "Best Work",Killing Heidi performed "Mascara" & "Outside of Me",Kate Ceberano performed "Waltzing Matilda" andGreg Champion &Mike Brady performed "That's the Thing About Football" & "Up There Cazaly".[7][8][9][10][11] | Kate Ceberano |
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| 2003 | The finalists from thefirst season ofAustralian Idol performed "One Day in September" and "Up There Cazaly",Michael Falzon, Katie Hoolihan and the Australian Cast ofWe Will Rock You performed amedley ofQueen songs includingAnother One Bites the Dust,We Will Rock You, aMashup ofThe Pride of Brisbane Town &Seven Seas of Rhye, aMashup ofGood Old Collingwood Forever &One Vision,We Will Rock You (fast version) andBohemian Rhapsody andChristine Anu performedWaltzing Matilda.[12][13] | Christine Anu |
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| 2004 | Guy Sebastian performed "Waltzing Matilda".David Hobson performed "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)".Kath and Kim performed "Lady Bump" andThe Ten Tenors performed the club songs for the two competing teams.[14][15] | Guy Sebastian |
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| 2005 | Delta Goodrem sang "I Am Australian". A celebration of the then upcoming2006 Commonwealth Games with athletes representing all 16 sports played at the games doing a lap of honor. The finalists from thethird season ofAustralian Idol performed "Waltzing Matilda".Silvie Paladino performed a cover ofFaith Hill's "There You'll Be" in tribute to retiring stars and the 2005 class of theAustralian Football Hall of Fame.Michael Bublé performed "Feeling Good" andDame Edna Everage performed "I Still Call Australia Home" and "Up There Cazaly".[16] | Silvie Paladino |
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| 2006 | Irene Cara performed "Flashdance (What A Feeling)". The finalists from thefourth season ofAustralian Idol performed "Waltzing Matilda". TheYoung Divas performed "You're the Inspiration" in tribute to retiring stars, Members of theAustralian2006 FIBA Women's World Championship team, the 2006 winners of theBrownlow Medal (Adam Goodes),Coleman Medal (Brendan Fevola) &AFL Rising Star (Danyle Pearce) and the 2006 class of theAustralian Football Hall of Fame. Artists from theCountdown Spectacular tour (Brian Mannix,John Paul Young,Sean Kelly,Daryl Braithwaite,Joe Camilleri andShane Howard) performed amedley including "Yesterday's Hero", "I Hear Motion", "The Horses", "Solid Rock", "Everybody Wants to Work", "Hold On to Me" and "Up There Cazaly".[17] | Brian Mannix,John Paul Young,Sean Kelly,Daryl Braithwaite,Joe Camilleri andShane Howard |
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| 2007 | TV Rock performed a DJ Remix that was set to highlights of the2007 AFL Season andJet performed "Rollover DJ", "Rip It Up" and "Are You Gonna Be My Girl".[18] | Natalie Bassingthwaighte |
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| 2008 | Powderfinger performed "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" andAC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top" accompanied by the City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band,Ian Moss performed electric guitar versions of "Up There Cazaly" and the competing club theme songs. | Lucy Durack andAmanda Harrison |
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| 2009 | Mark Seymour performed "Holy Grail" on stage, followed byJimmy Barnes singing "No Second Prize".John Farnham then sang "You're the Voice", joined later by Seymour and Barnes. The QANTAS Choir performed "I Still Call Australia Home". | The cast ofJersey Boys (performeda cappella) |
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| 2010 | Pre-match entertainment was provided byINXS, who performed "Suicide Blonde", "New Sensation" and "Kick". Followed by theMelbourne Symphony Orchestra who performed orchestral arrangements of the Collingwood and St Kilda theme songs. Lyrics for the two songs were performed byMatt Hetherington (for Collingwood) andParis Wells (for St Kilda).Lionel Richie was the grand final replay and post-match entertainment.[19] | Cameron andTaylor Henderson
Julie Anthony (replay) |
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| 2011 | Meat Loaf performed a twelve-and-a-half minute medley of his best-known songs. | Vanessa Amorosi |
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| 2012 | Pre-match entertainment wasTim Rogers andPaul Kelly.
Half-time entertainment was provided byThe Temper Trap.[20][21] | Marina Prior |
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| 2013 | Birds of Tokyo performed "Lanterns".Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly".Hunters & Collectors performed "Do You See What I See" and "Holy Grail". | Tina Arena |
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| 2014 | Ed Sheeran performed "Sing" and "The A Team" and was then joined bySir Tom Jones where they sang "Kiss", "Mama Told Me Not to Come", "Delilah" and "If I Only Knew".[22]Mike Brady performedUp There Cazaly.[23] | Olivia Newton-John |
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| 2015 | Chris Isaak performed "Great Balls of Fire", "Wicked Game" and "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing". He was then followed byEllie Goulding who sang "Love Me Like You Do" and "Burn".Bryan Adams sang "Run to You", "Summer of '69" and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started".Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly". | Kate Ceberano |
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| 2016 | The pre-match entertainment started withMike Brady performing "One Day In September", followed byVance Joy who sang "Fire and the Flood" and "Riptide", thenThe Living End performed "Keep on Running", "Prisoner of Society".Sting performed "I Cant' Stop Thinking About You", "Message in a Bottle". With his appearance, Sting became the first artist to perform at both theNFLSuper Bowl (in2003) and theAFL Grand Final. | Vika and Linda |
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| 2017 | The Killers performed "When You Were Young", "Somebody Told Me", "The Man", "Forgotten Years" (aMidnight Oil cover), "Read My Mind" and "Mr Brightside".Mike Brady then performed "Up There Cazaly". | Dami Im |
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| 2018 | Jimmy Barnes andBlack Eyed Peas | Mahalia Barnes |
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| 2019 | Tones and I performed "The Kids Are Coming" and "Dance Monkey", followed byDean Lewis, who performed "Be Alright" and "Waves".John Williamson performedWaltzing Matilda, followed by Paul Kelly who performed "Leaps and Bounds" and "Dumb Things".[24]Mike Brady also performed "Up There Cazaly". | Conrad Sewell |
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| 2020 | Electric Fields,Thelma Plum,Busby Marou andQueensland Symphony Orchestra opened the pre-match entertainment with a cover ofPaul Kelly's "From Little Things Big Things Grow".Cub Sport performed a cover ofPowderfinger's "These Days". TheDMA's performed theirLike a Version cover ofCher's "Believe" and their song "Criminals",Wolfmother'sAndrew Stockdale performedJoker & the Thief, andMike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly" from the MCG.[25] | Tim McCallum |
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| 2021 | Abbe May performed "Thunderstruck",Baker Boy performed a cover of "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Meditjin",John Butler performed "Ocean" before being joined byStella Donnelly,Vicki Thorn,Donna Simpson,Gina Williams andGuy Ghouse for a cover ofIcehouse's "Great Southern Land".Eskimo Joe performed "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" and then a cover of "Kick" byINXS.Colin Hay performed a version of "Down Under" via video from the USA.[26] | Amy Manford (performeda cappella)[27] |
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| 2022 | For the first act,Mike Brady performed his iconic song "Up There Cazaly". Then,Robbie Williams performed a few of his hits, including "Let Me Entertain You", "Angels" and "Rock DJ" as well as "You're the Voice" to pay tribute toJohn Farnham, who was suffering from cancer. A tribute was also paid to the lateShane Warne. This was then followed up withDelta Goodrem joining Williams on stage to sing "Kids".[28] | Katie Noonan[29] |
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| 2023 | Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", andKISS performed "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Shout It Out Loud" and "Rock and Roll All Nite".[30][31] | Kate Miller-Heidke |
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| 2024 | Christine Anu & Zipporah Corser-Anu performed "My Island Home",Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", andKaty Perry performed "Roar", "Dark Horse", "Gorgeous", "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "I Kissed a Girl" (withTina Arena), "Chains" (with Tina Arena), "Lifetimes", and "Firework".[32] | Cody Simpson |
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| 2025 | Baker Boy performed "Thick Skin",Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", andSnoop Dogg performed "The Next Episode", "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang", "Drop It Like It's Hot", "Down 4 My N's", "Sweat", "Signs", "Beautiful" (withJessica Mauboy), "Still D.R.E." (with Baker Boy), "Gin and Juice", and "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" (withTash Sultana).[33] | Vera Blue |
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