John Foreman

Who is John Foreman?

John Gregory Foreman is an Australian musician and television personality. In 1992, he joined the Network Ten team for Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton, serving as Music Director until retiring in 2004. During 2003–2008 he was Musical Director of Australian Idol.

Foreman hails from Newcastle, New South Wales, and studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

In 2000, he wrote the Olympic Flame song, "The Flame", performed by Tina Arena for the 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. In December 2005 Foreman began hosting The Big Night In with John Foreman. The premiere episode featured an interview with actor Russell Crowe, as well as interviews with vocalists Deborah Conway and Tina Cousins.

Foreman is the Musical Director for Melbourne's Christmas Eve 'Carols by Candlelight', at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, since 2003. In 2008 he appeared alongside Ian Dickson, Cosima De Vito and Guy Sebastian to pay tribute to Shannon Noll on This Is Your Life.

In February 2012 he joined the reboot of Young Talent Time as the Musical Director.

In 2013 he produced Anthony Calleas Christmas album 'This Is Christmas'.