Name	Casey Donovan
Height
Naionality	Australian
Date of Birth	13-May-1988
Place of Birth	Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Famous for	Singing

Casey Donovan is the youngest winner of the Australian Idol series, winning the second season of Australian Idol, at the age of 16. Casey Donovan came from a family with several of her relatives pursuing musical careers, including her father, a member of indigenous country band The Donovans. After her parents divorced, her mother and siblings moved in with stepfather Norm Axford. Growing up, Casey was always interested in singing and was lucky enough to stay in touch with cousins Shalena and Jaleesa as well as occasional contact with Emma.

Contact with the Donovan cousins fostered interest in both singing and playing guitar which led to busking on the streets of Tamworth during the Country Music Festival when she was 10. Casey's musical interest was noticed at Bass Hill Public School and Georges Hall Primary but was not enough to have any public notice. It was not until her life at Condell Park High that her talent became noticed and was supported especially by both her mother and stepfather. Donovan transferred to the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney's Surry Hills in 2004 and it was in this year that her stepfather encouraged her to audition for the second season of Australian Idol. While Donovan performed well throughout the Australian Idol competition and received countless praise from all three judges for her flawless performances and studio standard vocals, she was not widely considered a favorite to win.

During the competition she received some outside success and won the Most Promising New Talent Award at the 2004 The Deadlys, which honours indigenous talent in Australia. Nevertheless, she surprised many by being the first to get through to the 2004 final where she defeated widespread favorite Anthony Callea. Despite critics claiming her record sales were low when compared to other Idol finalists such as Season 1 winner Guy Sebastian, Season 1 Runner-up Shannon Noll and even her own runner-up Anthony Callea, Donovan has achieved 5 Platinum accreditations, making her the sixth highest selling Australian Idol alumni overall.