Well after wrapping the series for 2009, its time to take a break!  Our mates at Traveltrain are ready to help out with a great trip on the cards for May 2010. We are off on the Sunlander in style in Queenslander Class for a fabulous journey to Cairns. This is a 6 day adventure with Ian Maurice and myself, Pauline Bell as your hosts.

Once in Cairns there is four days of sightseeing to enjoy with a range of activities and tours. Including the Kuranda Scenic Railway, Skyrail Experience, a fantastic dinner at Flames of the Forest, a full day at Green Island and  Great Barrier Reef Adventure.

So if you have a hankering to get away, come and join us!!!

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For more information or to book call 1300 883 750 or email travel@nationalseniors.com.au

Caloundra RSL was standing room only when a capacity crowd of over 1,000 people came to cheer on and see the diverse range of talent the Senior Superstar Finalists had to offer.

13 acts including singers that covered all genres of music, two troupes of tap dancers even a horse had everyone entertained.

Judges performer and producer Paul Dellit, Sunshine FM Radio Station Manager Ken O’Flaherty and special guest judge Gold Logie winner John Wood had a tough job on their hands.

In third place was 87-year-old Ann Finch from Birtyana.  Three was a lucky number for Ann as this is the third year she has entered. Ann played on the harmonica a Waltzing Matilda/Danny Boy medley.  John Wood was impressed as were the crowd as they sung along to her playing.

Ann won a $300 Woolworths gift Voucher courtesy of All Smiles Denture Clinic and a $100 gift voucher from Caloundra RSL.

Johnny Bee, 68 from Currimundi looked spectacular in a suit he made himself coming in second place as he rocked the house singing the Johnny O’Keefe classic “She’s My Baby”.

Johnny won 2 night’s accommodation at Mantra Legends Hotel at Surfers Paradise, with dinner for 2 in the hotel’s Fables Restaurant compliments of National Seniors Travel plus $100 Gift voucher from Caloundra RSL

The winners of Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast 2009 were a duo called the Likely Lads who sung a song entitled “Working Where the Sun Don’t Shine”. The Likely Lads, Brian Williams, 62 from Buddina and Geoffrey Harrod-Eagles, 58 from Minyama dressed in surgery outfits sung an amusing song about the pitfalls of being a “below the waist” surgeon! Brian and Geoffrey were wrapped to have won and can’t wait to use their prize from Travel Train of the trip for two to Cairns Queenslander Class on the Sunlander. The prize includes four nights accommodation in Cairns, a Cape Tribulation 4WD Safari with Tropical Horizons, and a Kuranda Scenic Railway and Skyrail Experience. The value of the prize is $3,000.

Plus a $200 Gift voucher from Caloundra RSL.

A huge thanks must go to all our sponsors, supporters and performers for making this the biggest Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast series. See you all in 2010!

Cheer on your local Senior Superstar!

Thirteen of the Sunshine Coast’s most talented mature-age acts will compete for the coveted Senior Superstar crown in the Grand Final on Saturday 7 November at the Caloundra RSL. This year’s competition has seen 58 acts perform over three heats in Noosa, Maroochydore and Nambour. With the oldest entrant coming in at 92, entrants have proved that talent only gets better with age!

Join special guest judge, Gold Logie winner John Wood, to see the following finalists:

• Self taught Harmonica groover Ann Finch, 87 from Birtinya, performing a Medley of Waltzing Matilda and Danny Boy on the harmonica
• Rock’n’roll singer and retired Tailor, Johnny Bee, 68 from Currimundi, who will get the crowd rocking to the Johnny O’Keefe classic “Sing, Sing, Sing”, in one of his hand made suits.
• Tap dancing group Allez Katz who will show some smart tapping moves to the tune “Get Happy”. Most of the ladies have not been on stage since they were young girls.
• “Rocco and Rosella” dressage sketch, George Farmer, 62 from Caloundra
• Singer and guitarist Miha Waahi, 56 from Sunshine Beach, singing “I Can’t Stop Loving You”
• Soprano master Rosie Camilleri, from Buderim, performing “Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera
• Comedic duo The Likely Lads, Brian Williams, 62 from Buddina and Geoffrey Harrod-Eagles, 58 from Minyama, will perform a very funny song called “Working Where the Sun Don’t Shine”.
• Retired Executive Chef and ballad belter Ron Smith, from Beerwah, performing the Frank Sinatra classic “My Way”
• The Tap Katz will attempt to dance their way into the hearts of judges and the audience with “Beyond the Sea”
• Tom Doyle, 71 from Moffat Beach, performing the Elvis version of “The Impossible Dream”
• Singer Roger Hardy, 66 from Buderim, singing a self-penned song about his love of the Sunshine Coast called “Where I am Now”
• Trevor Mitchell, 66 from Mooloolaba, who only started singing 4 years ago, will be performing the Chris De Burgh hit “Lady in Red”
• Band ‘Rockin On’ with members from across the Coast performing a medley of “Tiki Stomp and Johnny Be Good”

Hosts are Pauline Bell and special co-host Rob Brough. They’ll be presenting a great afternoon of entertainment and discovering who will be the Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast for 2009.

Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast Grand Final

Saturday, 7 November, 2pm (Doors open at 1pm)

Caloundra RSL

19 West Terrace, Caloundra

Admission is FREE

Nambour RSL swung open the doors and put down the welcome mat for the final heat for Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast. Over 300 people attended and encouraged every act. The standard was so high that there was a tie with the top 6 acts being within a 5-point range. The audience overwhelmingly unanimous voted to let all 5 acts through and Nambour RSL obliged as well and offered a 5^th prize so no finalist would miss out.

Rosie Camilleri from Buderim discussed the funny differences between Italian engagement and an Australian engagement before singing “Oh My Beloved Daddy”.

Roger Hardy 66 of Buderim, sung a self-penned song about his love of the Sunshine Coast called “Where I am Now”.

Ann Finch, 87 of Birtinya proved she still has a great set of lungs as she played a Medley of Waltz on the harmonica, which had the whole crowd joining in for a sing-a-long.

Trevor Mitchell 66, from Mooloolaba’s version of the Neil Diamond hit “If You Know What I Mean” had many a seniors lady’s heart swooning.

5 ladies who formed the tap dancing group called Allez Katz showed everyone present some smart tapping moves to the tune “ Stepping Out”.

All were ecstatic to have made it through to the Grand Final on the 7^th November at Caloundra RSL. Special guest judge for the Grand Final is Gold logie award winner and star of stage and screen John Wood.

Heat 2 of Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast was full of surprises and talent at the Maroochy RSL. 14 Acts presented a variety of performance to the 250 plus crowd.  The heat even had a loyal gallery of fans.  Singers, a poet, tap dancers, a belly dancer, comedian and even a horse ensured a great afternoon’s entertainment. Choosing for finalist was once again not an easy task with such a high standard of entertainment.

Tom Doyle, 71 from Moffat Beach sung Robbie Williams “Angels” and the crowd responded with a “Countdown” moment complete with hands swaying in the air.

The Tap Katz danced their way into the hearts of both judges and the audience to “Anything Goes”. The girls even danced an encore when they joined judge Paul Dellit on stage when he sung at the end of the show.

The Spring Racing Carnival may be in full swing but dressage featured at the Maroochy heat with George Farmer, 62 from Caloundra.  Rocco and Rosella performed a hilarious routine, which earned a starting place in the Grand Final.

The Likely Lads - Brian Williams, 62 from Buddina and Geoffrey Harrod-Eagles, 58 from Minyama presented a song called “Wendy”, about a girlfriend full of air.

The final heat for the series is on Saturday 17 October, 2pm at Nambour RSL.  Come along and see who will be the last 4 finalists to go through to the Grand Final.

The first heat for Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast kicked off in amazing style at the Tewantin-Noosa RSL on Saturday 3^rd October.

14 acts displayed the variety and talent these talented seniors had to offer.

Over 150 people attended the first heat eager to see and support their local talent.

The standard was very high making the judges decisions even harder. The four finalists to go through to the Grand Final were:

Miha Waahi 56, from Sunshine Beach sung “How Great Thou Art” incorporating his Maori heritage by singing one verse in Maori.

Johnny Bee, 68 from Currimundi got the crowd rocking to the Johnny O’Keefe classic “She’s My Baby”.

Ron Smith from Beerwah came straight form his hospital bed to perform the Matt Monroe classic “Born Free”

Rockin On from across the Sunny Coast performed the Ventures classic “Pipeline”.

Next week brings a variety of acts to Maroochy RSL. Singers, tap dancers, bush poets, a belly dancer and even a horse will perform!

Heat 2

Saturday 10 October, 2pm

Maroochy RSL, Memorial Avenue, Maroochy

It’s not too long before we kick off our Sunshine Coast series. Auditions are on Wednesday 16 September commencing 10am at the beautiful Living Choice Twin Waters Retirement Village.  So if you’ve been thinking of being a part of Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast, now is your chance! We would love to see you. The registration form is on this website. Just go to Sunshine Coast and go to entry details. You can check out the terms and conditions as well. If you don’t want to enter you are still welcome to come along and be a part of the audience.  There will be tea,coffee and food available to purchase as well. If you have any queries about auditions or can’t make it but still want to enter please contact us.                                                                                              See you then!

Auditions Senior Superstar Sunshine Coast

Living Choice Twin Waters Retirement Village

21 Baywater Drive, Twin Waters

Wednesday 16 September 2009, 10am start

After six heats and two semi-finals the City Hall welcomed over 1200 people to see who would become the 2009 Senior Superstar.

12 acts from across Brisbane presented an extraordinary afternoon of entertainment.
Singers performed a range of sings. Max Johnson, Angelita Paloma, George Prior and Pam Hodgson performed jazz, Broadway and musical hits. Jianrong Zhang sung Chinese Opera, Elvis (Jim Hodgson) was also in the building as well pianist Dot Williams, poet Anita Reed and comedian Joy Darmody.

Guest judges Simon Gallaher and Rachael Beck were amazed at the standard and talent. As were regular judges Judy Glen and Paul Dellit. This made their job even harder.

In third place was Barbara Tyrrell who sung the Irving Berlin classic “How Deep Is the Ocean”.
Second place went to first time entrant Michael Burke. Michael’s version of “Unchained Melody” had everyone breathless.

The winner of Senior Superstar 2009 is no stranger to the series. Darcy Turgeon from Deagon had the audience screaming for more. Darcy entered last year and made it through to the final coming in 3rd place with his performance of the Gender bender Boy George’s song Karma Chameleon” complete with heels, hosiery and make-up.
This year Darcy sung the Manhattan Transfer song “Operator” in a holier than thou gospel robe and dreadlocks. He then transformed into mid song into a wayward Billy Idol look- a-like, which brought the house down.
Darcy will be travelling to Cairns Queenslander class on the Sunlander courtesy of Traveltrain. He also won 2 Emerald tickets to see Liza Minnelli at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

Everyone at Senior Superstar congratulates Darcy and all the contestant that entered this years series. They have all proved that talent has no age limit.

Only days to go until we discover who will be Senior Superstar 2009.   The finalists have been busy working on their performances and their outfits. It’s going to be a great show. Our special guest judges Simon Gallaher and Rachael Beck will be joined on the panel by Opera Diva Judy Glen and our resident judge Paul Dellit. We also have special guest performances from previous years winners Patricia Newton, Peter Vance and Glad Graveson.
This is a free event and is not ticketed. Doors open at 1.30pm. You can also have a chance of winning 2 Emerald tickets to see Liza Minnelli on 30 October at the Entertainment Centre. Pick up a flyer from the ushers and you could win!
See you then.
Senior Superstar Grand Final
Saturday 15 August, 2pm
Main Auditorium
City Hall

Here’s a clip of Senior Superstar winner from 2007 Peter Vance entertaining the crowds at the second Semi-Final at the Broncos.