Cosima De Vito
Week # Song choice Original artist Theme ( if any ) Result
Top 40 My Heart Will Go On Celine Dion Semi Final Group 2 Declared Wildcard Finalist
Wildcard Predictable Delta Goodrem Wildcard Declared Top 12 Finalist
Top 12 Hot Stuff Donna Summer The 1970s Safe
Top 10 I Wan na Dance with Somebody Whitney Houston Number One Hits Safe
Top 8 When the War Is Over Cold Chisel Australian Hits Safe
Top 6 What 's Love Got to Do with It ? Tina Turner The 1980s Safe
Top 5 I Believe I Can Fly Respect R. Kelly Otis Redding Soul , R & B Bottom 2
Top 4 L-O-V-E Smile Nat King Cole Charlie Chaplin Big Band Safe
Top 3 You Do n't Have to Say You Love Me River Deep - Mountain High Dusty Springfield Ike & Tina Turner The 1960s Withdrew
Australian Idol
Main article : Australian Idol ( season 1 ) In May 2003 , Cosima De Vito successfully auditioned for the first season of TV talent quest series , Australian Idol , with a performance of Celine Dion 's `` I Surrender '' . From July to November she appeared on the weekly televised episodes and moved to Sydney that year , [ 4 ] she entered as one of the judges ' wild card choices . De Vito finished in third position after having to withdraw from the competition due to a diagnosis of throat nodules when she lost her voice singing `` River Deep – Mountain High '' . Idol judge , Ian Dickson , claimed that she would have won . However , following medical advice , she withdrew from the competition and underwent speech therapy allowing fellow contestant Shannon Noll to join Guy Sebastian in the series grand final . According to opera singer and music teacher , Juliette Hughes , in The Age , De Vito and other contestants : .mw-parser-output .templatequote { overflow : hidden ; margin:1em 0 ; padding:0 40px } .mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite { line-height:1.5em ; text-align : left ; padding-left:1.6em ; margin-top:0 } Timeline of De Vito on the series :
Cosima De Vito (born 1 November 1976), also known as Cosima, is an Australian pop and R&B singer-songwriter. In 2003, she was in the top 3 of the original Australian Idol TV talent quest series, before withdrawing due to throat nodules affecting her singing. In August 2004 her debut double A-side single, When the War Is Over / One Night Without You, was issued, which reached No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. On 11 October, her debut album, Cosima, appeared, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart. On 29 September 2007, she released her second album, This Is Now.