There’s just one week left to enter Toyota Star Maker – Australia’s longest running and most prestigious country music talent search. Crowned in January 2026, during the Toyota 54th Tamworth Country Music Festival, the 46th Toyota Star Maker will join an impressive suite of alumni including Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan, James Blundell, Travis Collins, Gina …
30 May 2025 The search will soon begin for Australia’s next Toyota Star Maker – with entries opening 1 June, 2025 for the nation’s longest running and most prestigious country music talent search. Crowned in January, during the Toyota 54th Tamworth Country Music Festival, the 46th Toyota Star Maker will join an impressive suite of …
Tingalpa’s Felicity Kircher has been crowned the 45th Toyota Star Maker, after a stellar showcase of emerging country talent at the 2025 Grand Final concert, held earlier tonight during the Toyota 53rd Tamworth Country Music Festival. Fellow competitors were Briana Dinsdale (Longholme Qld), Cait Jamieson (Toowong Qld), Ella Powell (Terrigal NSW), James Keith (Warriewood NSW), Kaitlyn …
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Friday 17 January 2025: Today, the first day of the Toyota 53rd Tamworth Country Music Festival, the 44th Toyota Star Maker Wade Forster releases his EP, The Drifter, along with his fourth Star Maker single, Denim, a vocal collaboration with Max Jackson, the 2022 Toyota Star Maker. Wade said; “I had a lot of fun …
WADE FORSTER RELEASES THE EP THE DRIFTER & DROPS NEW SINGLE DENIM DUET WITH MAX JACKSON Read More »
A new generation of country stars will compete in Australia’s biggest country music talent search in January, in the Toyota 45th Star Maker. For more than four decades, the Star Maker competition has provided emerging country artists a launchpad to boost their career. On 19 January, 2025, another artist will join the impressive line of …
In January 2025, Toyota Australia will celebrate a 30-year milestone as the longest continuous sponsor of an Australian country music event, partnering with Star Maker, Australia’s longest running and most prestigious country music talent search which offers over a $100k prize pool. Toyota’s contribution to the Australian country music industry goes beyond Star Maker having …
TOYOTA CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF SPONSORING THE 45TH TOYOTA STAR MAKER **ENTRIES OPEN NOW** Read More »
Winton, Queensland’s Wade Forster has been crowned the 44th Toyota Star Maker, after an excellent showcase of emerging country talent at the 2024 Grand Final concert, held earlier tonight, as part of the 52nd Toyota Country Music Festival, Tamworth. Thousands of festival-goers filled Toyota Park for the grand final concert, where the top ten played …
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Organisers of Toyota Star Maker are excited to announce the Top 10 Pop-Up Concert Tour is back, with the 2024 finalists holding a series of free performances in the lead-up to the Grand Final event in January. First held in 2022, the tour will see each finalist perform at their local Toyota dealership or a …
A new generation of country stars will head to Tamworth in January to compete in Australia’s biggest country music talent search, with the top 10 announced today, in the 44th Toyota Star Maker. This year there are five females and five males in the 2024 Toyota Star Maker top 10, with one returning for their …
Loren Ryan releases Suddenly, her first single as the 2023 Toyota Star Maker winner. The song was one of two songs Loren performed in Tamworth this January at the Star Maker Grand Final. Loren said; “Nostalgia is the core theme of this song. Everyone says time passes by so quickly and to savour every moment …