Delta Goodrem

Delta Lea Goodrem (born in Sydney on November 9, 1984) is an Australian musician, singer and actress, who started her career as Nina Tucker on the television soap opera Neighbours. She has released two number one albums, "Innocent Eyes" and "Mistaken Identity," and had 7 number one singles in Australia.

Further Controversy

In late February, a charity concert for Childline was held in Dublin, Ireland with Goodrem and McFadden both performing at the concert. When the couple finished singing their single "Almost Here", the crowd reportedly booed the couple. Many fans at the event say the reports are unfounded, with Brian McFadden stating, "The Irish people love Delta. We have heard that there was a couple of people planted in the front row who may have booed, but we certainly weren't booed off stage."

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At one point, Goodrem was reported as saying that she was becoming deeply depressed, and isolated with the media intrusion on her private life, and relationship with McFadden. Also in February, Paris Hilton accused Delta of using her split from Mark Philippoussis to find fame in the US, according to tabloid reports. Hilton also denied previous claims that she had ever been romantically involved with Philippoussis. She also said in a press junket to promote her guest appearance in the movie "House Of Wax" that she "loved Goodrem's music and wants to release similar-sounding tracks herself."

Related Topics:
Paris Hilton - Mark Philippoussis - Press junket

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In April 2005, Goodrem's international record contract was extended to the USA, with Columbia Records, an imprint of Sony Music, buying the USA rights to her music.

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Reports circulated that Columbia would 'drop their deal with Goodrem unless she dropped her mother as manager'. Further reports said that, since her mother took over as manager, Goodrem's career was spiralling into controversy and disrepair. Goodrem and her mother both responded angrily, and both quoted that they would 'always work with each other', although Delta amended the statement with "only in dreams."

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Tabloid reports in the UK also claimed that Brian McFadden had proposed to Delta in April. He later released a statement claiming that this was untrue. There was further speculation in July, after Goodrem was spotted sporting a diamond ring on her ring finger while walking through Brisbane airport. However, a spokesperson insisted, "There's nothing to tell." Delta is well known for wearing rings on any finger; incidentally, publicity shots from early 2003 feature her wearing a ring on her engagement finger.

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