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Delta Lea Goodrem was born on November 9, 1984, in Sydney and signed with Sony Music at 15, in 1999, according to Wikipedia. She has nine ARIA number-one singles and 17 top-ten hits, has sold more than eight million albums worldwide, and has won three World Music Awards, 12 ARIA Music Awards and an MTV Video Music Award.
In 2002 she played shy schoolgirl and aspiring singer Nina Tucker on Neighbours, which helped launch her music career. Her debut album, Innocent Eyes (2003), spent 29 weeks at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, and with more than four million copies sold it is the second-best-selling Australian album of all time.
She recorded her second album, Mistaken Identity (2004), while being treated for Hodgkin lymphoma, and it became her second number-one album. Delta (2007) gave her a third, with the number-one single "In This Life." Child of the Universe (2012) brought "Sitting on Top of the World," Wings of the Wild (2016) topped the chart with the number-one single "Wings," and Bridge over Troubled Dreams (2021) was her fifth number-one album.
She was a coach on The Voice Australia for eight seasons between 2012 and 2020, and on The Voice Kids in 2014. Since 2020 she has hosted Nine's Christmas with Delta. She represented Australia at Eurovision 2026 with "Eclipse" and finished fourth, and her eighth album, Pure, is on the way.
She is competing on the 24th series of Strictly Come Dancing with Kai Widdrington. The pair topped the Week 3 leaderboard with 33 points before an injury gave her a bye in Icons Week. Follow along in Strictly Come Dancing 2026: who's left and how to vote.
Sources: Wikipedia
Our newest Delta Goodrem story, from October 19, 2026, is "Strictly Come Dancing 2026: Who's Left, How to Vote, and the Returning Star Who Topped Week 3": Twelve couples are still chasing the Glitterball, the show is back on BBC One on Saturday, Oct. 24, and one early front-runner is returning after an injury bye. Here's your complete guide.
Yes, on the 2026 series with Kai Widdrington. She had a bye in Icons Week because of an injury (our Strictly guide).
She represented Australia with "Eclipse" and finished fourth (Wikipedia).
Nina Tucker, a shy schoolgirl and aspiring singer, starting in 2002 (Wikipedia).
