Cynthia Negash | Australian Idol 2024

Cynthia Negash is an Australian retail worker and soul vocalist from Kurunjang, Victoria.

She was a contestant in Season 9 of Australian Idol in 2024.

Cynthia is 19 years old.

She has a soul-pop sound with a newfound courage to chase her musical dreams.

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During the auditions, Cynthia Negash performed her own rendition of “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” by Etta James.

She received 3 ‘Yeses’ from judges Amy Shark, Kyle Sandilands, and Marcia Hines.

At the end of the audition day, Cynthia had a Sing-Off with Saskia Doran to determine who would receive the Golden Ticket from the judges.

During the Sing-Off, Cynthia Negash performed “Diamonds” by Rihanna.

The judges were fully impressed with Cynthia’s Sing-Off performance and thus rewarded her with a Golden Ticket to the Top 30.

During the Top 30 week, there were three performance challenges namely; “Chorus Line Challenge”, “Group Challenge”, and “Solo Challenge”.

For the “Chorus Line Challenge”, Cynthia Negash was in a group with Ivana Ilic, Natasha Rose, Drea Onamade, and Olivia Britton.

She sang “Addicted to You” by Avicii and was put On Notice by the judges and eventually eliminated from the competition.

Round	Song Choice	Original Artist	Theme (if any)	Result
Auditions	“Something’s Got a Hold on Me”	Etta James	–	3 ‘Yeses’
Auditions Sing-Off	“Diamonds”	Rihanna	–	Golden Ticket
Top 30 Part 1	“Addicted to You”	Avicii	Chorus Line Challenge	Eliminated

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