Amali Golden

Amali Golden (née Ward) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress. She came to prominence as a contestant on the second season of Australian Idol when she was 16 years old. She made it to the top 12, before being eliminated in tenth place. Post-Idol, she decided against signing with a record label and instead finished school. Golden worked as a session vocalist and keyboard player, and released her self-produced EP Amali Ward in 2007. This was followed by her debut album Back In Time in 2013, which was recorded in Los Angeles. That same year, Golden made her acting debut in the soap opera Neighbours. In 2014, she appeared on the sixth season of The X Factor Australia and made it to the final 24. She then undertook a year long course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).