List of AFL Grand Final pre-match performances
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The AFL Grand Final is held annually on or near the last Saturday afternoon in September. Each year, pre-match entertainment is provided by musicians from past and present.
Tables
1977
1977
Year
1977
Entertainment
Barry Crocker performs "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Barry Crocker
1978
1978
Year
1978
Entertainment
Keith Michell performs "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
—
1979
1979
Year
1979
Entertainment
Mike Brady and John Farnham
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
—
1980
1980
Year
1980
Entertainment
Peter Allen performed "I Still Call Australia Home".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Peter Allen
1981
1981
Year
1981
Entertainment
Jon English performs Waltzing Matilda
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
—
1982
1982
Year
1982
Entertainment
Rolf Harris sang "Waltzing Matilda"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Rolf Harris
1983
1983
Year
1983
Entertainment
Glenn Shorrock sang "Waltzing Matilda"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Glenn Shorrock
1984
1984
Year
1984
Entertainment
Slim Dusty sang "Waltzing Matilda"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Slim Dusty
1985
1985
Year
1985
Entertainment
Diana Trask sang "Waltzing Matilda"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Diana Trask
1986
1986
Year
1986
Entertainment
Olivia Newton-John sang "Waltzing Matilda"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Olivia Newton-John
1987
1987
Year
1987
Entertainment
Daryl Somers sang "Waltzing Matilda"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Daryl Somers
1988
1988
Year
1988
Entertainment
Noel Watson sang "Waltzing Matilda"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
The Australian Children's Choir, The National Boys Choir, The Band of the 3rd Military District and The 3rd Division Australian Artillery Band
1989
1989
Year
1989
Entertainment
John Farnham sang "Waltzing Matilda"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
John Farnham
1990
1990
Year
1990
Entertainment
Normie Rowe and Lucy Gale
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Normie Rowe
1991
1991
Year
1991
Entertainment
Daryl Braithwaite. Angry Anderson performed "Bound for Glory".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Daryl Braithwaite
1992
1992
Year
1992
Entertainment
Joan Carden
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Joan Carden
1993
1993
Year
1993
Entertainment
Maroochy Barambah, Archie Roach and Yothu Yindi
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Maroochy Barambah
1994
1994
Year
1994
Entertainment
Debra Byrne. The Seekers performed "I Am Australian", "Georgy Girl" and "Waltzing Matilda".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
The Seekers and the Australian Youth Choir
1995
1995
Year
1995
Entertainment
A celebration of Australian films, with John Paul Young performing "Love is in the Air"
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Tina Arena
1996
1996
Year
1996
Entertainment
A collection of past singers to celebrate the centenary grand final, including Daryl Somers, Normie Rowe, Venetta Feilds, Slim Dusty, Lindsay Field, Maroochy Barambah, Glenn Shorrock, Diana Trask, Barry Crocker, Lisa Edwards, Noel Watson and John Farnham. They performed "Waltzing Matilda".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Daryl Somers, Normie Rowe, Venetta Feilds, Slim Dusty, Lindsay Field, Maroochy Barambah, Glenn Shorrock, Diana Trask, Barry Crocker, Lisa Edwards, Noel Watson and John Farnham
1997
1997
Year
1997
Entertainment
Cafe of the Gate of Salvation performed "When We Were Kings" in tribute to retiring stars and the 1997 class of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. James Morrison, Tommy Emmanuel, Tommy Tycho, Nathan Cavaleri and Marina Prior performed "Waltzing Matilda", Kelley Abbey performed "True Colors", "That's the Thing About Football" and "Up There Cazaly" and Colleen Hewett performed "The Power of the Dream" before all of the performers joined together to perform "If the House is Rockin'".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Marina Prior
1998
1998
Year
1998
Entertainment
Muhammad Ali made an appearance. Mark Seymour sang "Holy Grail". Rob Guest sang "This Is The Moment". Jane Scali and Michael Cormick sang "Waltzing Matilda"; Donna Fisk and Michael Cristiano sang "Rock 'N Footy (Rock The G)".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Rob Guest
1999
1999
Year
1999
Entertainment
Human Nature performed "Waltzing Matilda".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Human Nature
2000
2000
Year
2000
Entertainment
The Idea of North, Trish Delaney-Brown, Megan Corson, Andrew Piper and Nick Begie, Mike Brady, Russell Morris and Rick Price. Bachelor Girl performed "Waltzing Matilda".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Bachelor Girl
2001
2001
Year
2001
Entertainment
Men at Work performed "Who Can It Be Now?" & "Down Under", Vanessa Amorosi performed "Rise Up" & "Shine" and INXS with Jon Stevens performed "Kick" & "New Sensation".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Julie Anthony
2002
2002
Year
2002
Entertainment
Mark Seymour performed "Holy Grail", The Whitlams performed "I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" & "Best Work", Killing Heidi performed "Mascara" & "Outside of Me", Kate Ceberano performed "Waltzing Matilda" and Greg Champion & Mike Brady performed "That's the Thing About Football" & "Up There Cazaly".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Kate Ceberano
2003
2003
Year
2003
Entertainment
The finalists from the first season of Australian Idol performed "One Day in September" and "Up There Cazaly", Michael Falzon, Katie Hoolihan and the Australian Cast of We Will Rock You performed a medley of Queen songs including Another One Bites the Dust, We Will Rock You, a Mashup of The Pride of Brisbane Town & Seven Seas of Rhye, a Mashup of Good Old Collingwood Forever & One Vision, We Will Rock You (fast version) and Bohemian Rhapsody and Christine Anu performed Waltzing Matilda.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Christine Anu
2004
2004
Year
2004
Entertainment
Guy Sebastian performed "Waltzing Matilda". David Hobson performed "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)". Kath and Kim performed "Lady Bump" and The Ten Tenors performed the club songs for the two competing teams.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Guy Sebastian
2005
2005
Year
2005
Entertainment
Delta Goodrem sang "I Am Australian". A celebration of the then upcoming 2006 Commonwealth Games with athletes representing all 16 sports played at the games doing a lap of honor. The finalists from the third season of Australian Idol performed "Waltzing Matilda". Silvie Paladino performed a cover of Faith Hill's "There You'll Be" in tribute to retiring stars and the 2005 class of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Michael Bublé performed "Feeling Good" and Dame Edna Everage performed "I Still Call Australia Home" and "Up There Cazaly".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Silvie Paladino
2006
2006
Year
2006
Entertainment
Irene Cara performed "Flashdance (What A Feeling)". The finalists from the fourth season of Australian Idol performed "Waltzing Matilda". The Young Divas performed "You're the Inspiration" in tribute to retiring stars, Members of the Australian 2006 FIBA Women's World Championship team, the 2006 winners of the Brownlow Medal (Adam Goodes), Coleman Medal (Brendan Fevola) & AFL Rising Star (Danyle Pearce) and the 2006 class of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Artists from the Countdown Spectacular tour (Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite, Joe Camilleri and Shane Howard) performed a medley including "Yesterday's Hero", "I Hear Motion", "The Horses", "Solid Rock", "Everybody Wants to Work", "Hold On to Me" and "Up There Cazaly".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite, Joe Camilleri and Shane Howard
2007
2007
Year
2007
Entertainment
TV Rock performed a DJ Remix that was set to highlights of the 2007 AFL Season and Jet performed "Rollover DJ", "Rip It Up" and "Are You Gonna Be My Girl".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Natalie Bassingthwaighte
2008
2008
Year
2008
Entertainment
Powderfinger performed "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" and AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top" accompanied by the City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band, Ian Moss performed electric guitar versions of "Up There Cazaly" and the competing club theme songs.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Lucy Durack and Amanda Harrison
2009
2009
Year
2009
Entertainment
Mark Seymour performed "Holy Grail" on stage, followed by Jimmy Barnes singing "No Second Prize". John Farnham then sang "You're the Voice", joined later by Seymour and Barnes. The QANTAS Choir performed "I Still Call Australia Home".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
The cast of Jersey Boys (performed a cappella)
2010
2010
Year
2010
Entertainment
Pre-match entertainment was provided by INXS, who performed "Suicide Blonde", "New Sensation" and "Kick". Followed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra who performed orchestral arrangements of the Collingwood and St Kilda theme songs. Lyrics for the two songs were performed by Matt Hetherington (for Collingwood) and Paris Wells (for St Kilda). Lionel Richie was the grand final replay and post-match entertainment.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Cameron and Taylor HendersonJulie Anthony (replay)
2011
2011
Year
2011
Entertainment
Meat Loaf performed a twelve-and-a-half minute medley of his best-known songs.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Vanessa Amorosi
2012
2012
Year
2012
Entertainment
Pre-match entertainment was Tim Rogers and Paul Kelly.Half-time entertainment was provided by The Temper Trap.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Marina Prior
2013
2013
Year
2013
Entertainment
Birds of Tokyo performed "Lanterns". Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly". Hunters & Collectors performed "Do You See What I See" and "Holy Grail".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Tina Arena
2014
2014
Year
2014
Entertainment
Ed Sheeran performed "Sing" and "The A Team" and was then joined by Sir Tom Jones where they sang "Kiss", "Mama Told Me Not to Come", "Delilah" and "If I Only Knew". Mike Brady performed Up There Cazaly.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Olivia Newton-John
2015
2015
Year
2015
Entertainment
Chris Isaak performed "Great Balls of Fire", "Wicked Game" and "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing". He was then followed by Ellie Goulding who sang "Love Me Like You Do" and "Burn". Bryan Adams sang "Run to You", "Summer of '69" and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Kate Ceberano
2016
2016
Year
2016
Entertainment
The pre-match entertainment started with Mike Brady performing "One Day In September", followed by Vance Joy who sang "Fire and the Flood" and "Riptide", then The Living End performed "Keep on Running", "Prisoner of Society". Sting performed "I Cant' Stop Thinking About You", "Message in a Bottle". With his appearance, Sting became the first artist to perform at both the NFL Super Bowl (in 2003) and the AFL Grand Final.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Vika and Linda
2017
2017
Year
2017
Entertainment
The Killers performed "When You Were Young", "Somebody Told Me", "The Man", "Forgotten Years" (a Midnight Oil cover), "Read My Mind" and "Mr Brightside". Mike Brady then performed "Up There Cazaly".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Dami Im
2018
2018
Year
2018
Entertainment
Jimmy Barnes and Black Eyed Peas
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Mahalia Barnes
2019
2019
Year
2019
Entertainment
Tones and I performed "The Kids Are Coming" and "Dance Monkey", followed by Dean Lewis, who performed "Be Alright" and "Waves". John Williamson performed Waltzing Matilda, followed by Paul Kelly who performed "Leaps and Bounds" and "Dumb Things". Mike Brady also performed "Up There Cazaly".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Conrad Sewell
2020
2020
Year
2020
Entertainment
Electric Fields, Thelma Plum, Busby Marou and Queensland Symphony Orchestra opened the pre-match entertainment with a cover of Paul Kelly's "From Little Things Big Things Grow". Cub Sport performed a cover of Powderfinger's "These Days". The DMA's performed their Like a Version cover of Cher's "Believe" and their song "Criminals", Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale performed Joker & the Thief, and Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly" from the MCG.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Tim McCallum
2021
2021
Year
2021
Entertainment
Abbe May performed "Thunderstruck", Baker Boy performed a cover of "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Meditjin", John Butler performed "Ocean" before being joined by Stella Donnelly, Vicki Thorn, Donna Simpson, Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse for a cover of Icehouse's "Great Southern Land". Eskimo Joe performed "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" and then a cover of "Kick" by INXS. Colin Hay performed a version of "Down Under" via video from the USA.
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Amy Manford (performed a cappella)
2022
2022
Year
2022
Entertainment
For the first act, Mike Brady performed his iconic song "Up There Cazaly". Then, Robbie Williams performed a few of his hits, including "Let Me Entertain You", "Angels" and "Rock DJ" as well as "You're the Voice" to pay tribute to John Farnham, who was suffering from cancer. A tribute was also paid to the late Shane Warne. This was then followed up with Delta Goodrem joining Williams on stage to sing "Kids".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Katie Noonan
2023
2023
Year
2023
Entertainment
Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", and KISS performed "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Shout It Out Loud" and "Rock and Roll All Nite".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Kate Miller-Heidke
2024
2024
Year
2024
Entertainment
Christine Anu & Zipporah Corser-Anu performed "My Island Home", Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", and Katy Perry performed "Roar", "Dark Horse", "Gorgeous", "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "I Kissed a Girl" (with Tina Arena), "Chains" (with Tina Arena), "Lifetimes", and "Firework".
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Cody Simpson
2025
2025
Year
2025
Entertainment
Baker Boy performed "Thick Skin", Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", and Snoop Dogg performed "The Next Episode", "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang", "Drop It Like It's Hot", "Down 4 My N's", "Sweat", "Signs", "Beautiful" (with Jessica Mauboy), "Still D.R.E." (with Baker Boy), "Gin and Juice", and "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" (with Tash Sultana).
Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Vera Blue
| Year | Entertainment | Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair" |
| 1977 | Barry Crocker performs "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" | Barry Crocker |
| 1978 | Keith Michell performs "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" | — |
| 1979 | Mike Brady and John Farnham | — |
| 1980 | Peter Allen performed "I Still Call Australia Home". | Peter Allen |
| 1981 | Jon English performs Waltzing Matilda | — |
| 1982 | Rolf Harris sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Rolf Harris |
| 1983 | Glenn Shorrock sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Glenn Shorrock |
| 1984 | Slim Dusty sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Slim Dusty |
| 1985 | Diana Trask sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Diana Trask |
| 1986 | Olivia Newton-John sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 1987 | Daryl Somers sang "Waltzing Matilda" | Daryl Somers |
| 1988 | Noel Watson sang "Waltzing Matilda" | The Australian Children's Choir, The National Boys Choir, The Band of the 3rd Military District and The 3rd Division Australian Artillery Band |
| 1989 | John Farnham sang "Waltzing Matilda" | John Farnham |
| 1990 | Normie Rowe and Lucy Gale | Normie Rowe |
| 1991 | Daryl Braithwaite. Angry Anderson performed "Bound for Glory". | Daryl Braithwaite |
| 1992 | Joan Carden | Joan Carden |
| 1993 | Maroochy Barambah, Archie Roach and Yothu Yindi | Maroochy Barambah |
| 1994 | Debra Byrne. The Seekers performed "I Am Australian", "Georgy Girl" and "Waltzing Matilda". | The Seekers and the Australian Youth Choir |
| 1995 | A celebration of Australian films, with John Paul Young performing "Love is in the Air" | Tina Arena |
| 1996 | A collection of past singers to celebrate the centenary grand final, including Daryl Somers, Normie Rowe, Venetta Feilds, Slim Dusty, Lindsay Field, Maroochy Barambah, Glenn Shorrock, Diana Trask, Barry Crocker, Lisa Edwards, Noel Watson and John Farnham. They performed "Waltzing Matilda". | Daryl Somers, Normie Rowe, Venetta Feilds, Slim Dusty, Lindsay Field, Maroochy Barambah, Glenn Shorrock, Diana Trask, Barry Crocker, Lisa Edwards, Noel Watson and John Farnham |
| 1997 | Cafe of the Gate of Salvation performed "When We Were Kings" in tribute to retiring stars and the 1997 class of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. James Morrison, Tommy Emmanuel, Tommy Tycho, Nathan Cavaleri and Marina Prior performed "Waltzing Matilda", Kelley Abbey performed "True Colors", "That's the Thing About Football" and "Up There Cazaly" and Colleen Hewett performed "The Power of the Dream" before all of the performers joined together to perform "If the House is Rockin . | Marina Prior |
| 1998 | Muhammad Ali made an appearance. Mark Seymour sang "Holy Grail". Rob Guest sang "This Is The Moment". Jane Scali and Michael Cormick sang "Waltzing Matilda"; Donna Fisk and Michael Cristiano sang "Rock 'N Footy (Rock The G)". | Rob Guest |
| 1999 | Human Nature performed "Waltzing Matilda". | Human Nature |
| 2000 | The Idea of North, Trish Delaney-Brown, Megan Corson, Andrew Piper and Nick Begie, Mike Brady, Russell Morris and Rick Price. Bachelor Girl performed "Waltzing Matilda". | Bachelor Girl |
| 2001 | Men at Work performed "Who Can It Be Now?" & "Down Under", Vanessa Amorosi performed "Rise Up" & "Shine" and INXS with Jon Stevens performed "Kick" & "New Sensation". | Julie Anthony |
| 2002 | Mark Seymour performed "Holy Grail", The Whitlams performed "I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" & "Best Work", Killing Heidi performed "Mascara" & "Outside of Me", Kate Ceberano performed "Waltzing Matilda" and Greg Champion & Mike Brady performed "That's the Thing About Football" & "Up There Cazaly". | Kate Ceberano |
| 2003 | The finalists from the first season of Australian Idol performed "One Day in September" and "Up There Cazaly", Michael Falzon, Katie Hoolihan and the Australian Cast of We Will Rock You performed a medley of Queen songs including Another One Bites the Dust, We Will Rock You, a Mashup of The Pride of Brisbane Town & Seven Seas of Rhye, a Mashup of Good Old Collingwood Forever & One Vision, We Will Rock You (fast version) and Bohemian Rhapsody and Christine Anu performed Waltzing Matilda. | Christine Anu |
| 2004 | Guy Sebastian performed "Waltzing Matilda". David Hobson performed "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)". Kath and Kim performed "Lady Bump" and The Ten Tenors performed the club songs for the two competing teams. | Guy Sebastian |
| 2005 | Delta Goodrem sang "I Am Australian". A celebration of the then upcoming 2006 Commonwealth Games with athletes representing all 16 sports played at the games doing a lap of honor. The finalists from the third season of Australian Idol performed "Waltzing Matilda". Silvie Paladino performed a cover of Faith Hill's "There You'll Be" in tribute to retiring stars and the 2005 class of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Michael Bublé performed "Feeling Good" and Dame Edna Everage performed "I Still Call Australia Home" and "Up There Cazaly". | Silvie Paladino |
| 2006 | Irene Cara performed "Flashdance (What A Feeling)". The finalists from the fourth season of Australian Idol performed "Waltzing Matilda". The Young Divas performed "You're the Inspiration" in tribute to retiring stars, Members of the Australian 2006 FIBA Women's World Championship team, the 2006 winners of the Brownlow Medal (Adam Goodes), Coleman Medal (Brendan Fevola) & AFL Rising Star (Danyle Pearce) and the 2006 class of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Artists from the Countdown Spectacular tour (Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite, Joe Camilleri and Shane Howard) performed a medley including "Yesterday's Hero", "I Hear Motion", "The Horses", "Solid Rock", "Everybody Wants to Work", "Hold On to Me" and "Up There Cazaly". | Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite, Joe Camilleri and Shane Howard |
| 2007 | TV Rock performed a DJ Remix that was set to highlights of the 2007 AFL Season and Jet performed "Rollover DJ", "Rip It Up" and "Are You Gonna Be My Girl". | Natalie Bassingthwaighte |
| 2008 | Powderfinger performed "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" and AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top" accompanied by the City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band, Ian Moss performed electric guitar versions of "Up There Cazaly" and the competing club theme songs. | Lucy Durack and Amanda Harrison |
| 2009 | Mark Seymour performed "Holy Grail" on stage, followed by Jimmy Barnes singing "No Second Prize". John Farnham then sang "You're the Voice", joined later by Seymour and Barnes. The QANTAS Choir performed "I Still Call Australia Home". | The cast of Jersey Boys (performed a cappella) |
| 2010 | Pre-match entertainment was provided by INXS, who performed "Suicide Blonde", "New Sensation" and "Kick". Followed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra who performed orchestral arrangements of the Collingwood and St Kilda theme songs. Lyrics for the two songs were performed by Matt Hetherington (for Collingwood) and Paris Wells (for St Kilda). Lionel Richie was the grand final replay and post-match entertainment. | Cameron and Taylor HendersonJulie Anthony (replay) |
| 2011 | Meat Loaf performed a twelve-and-a-half minute medley of his best-known songs. | Vanessa Amorosi |
| 2012 | Pre-match entertainment was Tim Rogers and Paul Kelly.Half-time entertainment was provided by The Temper Trap. | Marina Prior |
| 2013 | Birds of Tokyo performed "Lanterns". Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly". Hunters & Collectors performed "Do You See What I See" and "Holy Grail". | Tina Arena |
| 2014 | Ed Sheeran performed "Sing" and "The A Team" and was then joined by Sir Tom Jones where they sang "Kiss", "Mama Told Me Not to Come", "Delilah" and "If I Only Knew". Mike Brady performed Up There Cazaly. | Olivia Newton-John |
| 2015 | Chris Isaak performed "Great Balls of Fire", "Wicked Game" and "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing". He was then followed by Ellie Goulding who sang "Love Me Like You Do" and "Burn". Bryan Adams sang "Run to You", "Summer of '69" and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly". | Kate Ceberano |
| 2016 | The pre-match entertainment started with Mike Brady performing "One Day In September", followed by Vance Joy who sang "Fire and the Flood" and "Riptide", then The Living End performed "Keep on Running", "Prisoner of Society". Sting performed "I Cant' Stop Thinking About You", "Message in a Bottle". With his appearance, Sting became the first artist to perform at both the NFL Super Bowl (in 2003) and the AFL Grand Final. | Vika and Linda |
| 2017 | The Killers performed "When You Were Young", "Somebody Told Me", "The Man", "Forgotten Years" (a Midnight Oil cover), "Read My Mind" and "Mr Brightside". Mike Brady then performed "Up There Cazaly". | Dami Im |
| 2018 | Jimmy Barnes and Black Eyed Peas | Mahalia Barnes |
| 2019 | Tones and I performed "The Kids Are Coming" and "Dance Monkey", followed by Dean Lewis, who performed "Be Alright" and "Waves". John Williamson performed Waltzing Matilda, followed by Paul Kelly who performed "Leaps and Bounds" and "Dumb Things". Mike Brady also performed "Up There Cazaly". | Conrad Sewell |
| 2020 | Electric Fields, Thelma Plum, Busby Marou and Queensland Symphony Orchestra opened the pre-match entertainment with a cover of Paul Kelly's "From Little Things Big Things Grow". Cub Sport performed a cover of Powderfinger's "These Days". The DMA's performed their Like a Version cover of Cher's "Believe" and their song "Criminals", Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale performed Joker & the Thief, and Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly" from the MCG. | Tim McCallum |
| 2021 | Abbe May performed "Thunderstruck", Baker Boy performed a cover of "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Meditjin", John Butler performed "Ocean" before being joined by Stella Donnelly, Vicki Thorn, Donna Simpson, Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse for a cover of Icehouse's "Great Southern Land". Eskimo Joe performed "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" and then a cover of "Kick" by INXS. Colin Hay performed a version of "Down Under" via video from the USA. | Amy Manford (performed a cappella) |
| 2022 | For the first act, Mike Brady performed his iconic song "Up There Cazaly". Then, Robbie Williams performed a few of his hits, including "Let Me Entertain You", "Angels" and "Rock DJ" as well as "You're the Voice" to pay tribute to John Farnham, who was suffering from cancer. A tribute was also paid to the late Shane Warne. This was then followed up with Delta Goodrem joining Williams on stage to sing "Kids". | Katie Noonan |
| 2023 | Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", and KISS performed "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Shout It Out Loud" and "Rock and Roll All Nite". | Kate Miller-Heidke |
| 2024 | Christine Anu & Zipporah Corser-Anu performed "My Island Home", Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", and Katy Perry performed "Roar", "Dark Horse", "Gorgeous", "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "I Kissed a Girl" (with Tina Arena), "Chains" (with Tina Arena), "Lifetimes", and "Firework". | Cody Simpson |
| 2025 | Baker Boy performed "Thick Skin", Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", and Snoop Dogg performed "The Next Episode", "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang", "Drop It Like It's Hot", "Down 4 My N's", "Sweat", "Signs", "Beautiful" (with Jessica Mauboy), "Still D.R.E." (with Baker Boy), "Gin and Juice", and "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" (with Tash Sultana). | Vera Blue |
References
- Audio snippet of Barry Crocker singing THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM at 1977 VFL Grand Final pre-gamehttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/DVuPINRRVt8
- 1978 VFL Grand Final pre-match entertainment - Keith Michell singing "The Impossible Dream"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISM7-d6kBD8&feature=youtu.be
- Peter Allen "I Still Call Australia Home" & "Advance Australia Fair" VFL Grand Final 1980https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgpsP6rixiI&feature=youtu.be
- 1997 AFL Grand Final Pre-Match Entertainment. Opening. VFL/AFLhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHMrMYWc5ww
- www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsMZ_IMc-nc
- AFL Recordhttps://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8673206&file=FL17796279
- www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efo6YeL-gm4
- www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbSw_EfQdd8
- www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eEoiiQORDU
- www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIV_EjxoHgw
- AFL Recordhttps://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8764831&file=FL17817783
- www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsAcUyl6zck
- AFL Recordhttps://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE9092983&file=FL17815928
- 2004 AFL Grand Final: Port Adelaide v Brisbane (Pre-Game Entertainment)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bW_VR3Tfrs
- AFL Recordhttps://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE23041963&file=FL23044393
- 2005 AFL Grand Final pre-game. Channel 10https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZTDC7mNc1M
- 2006 AFL Grand Final Pre Game Show and Post Game Presentationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkUthA-g6_E
- 2007 Pre-Game Grand Final entertainmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q9tnJindoc
- "Richie to hit high notes at grand final replay"http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/richie-to-hit-high-notes-at-grand-final-replay-20100929-15xe3.html
- "Paul Kelly, Tim Rogers And The Temper Trap To Headline 2012 AFL Grand Final Entertainment"http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/afl/news/blog/paul-kelly-tim-rogers-and-the-temper-trap-to-headline-2012-afl-grand-final-entertainment/20120904-h40w.html
- Sunday Herald Sunhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/tim-rogers-paul-kelly-and-temper-trap-owned-the-stage-for-afl-grand-final-entertainment/story-e6frf7kx-1226484526442
- www.afl.com.auhttps://www.afl.com.au/news/62362/tom-and-ed-ready-to-rock
- www.afl.com.auhttps://www.afl.com.au/news/443881/olivias-grand-final-anthem
- PerthNowhttps://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/footy-fans-slam-the-afl-grand-final-pre-game-entertainment-ng-b881337521/
- AFLhttps://www.afl.com.au/news/517059/gabba-set-to-glow-afl-locks-in-locals-to-rock-historic-grand-final
- PerthNowhttps://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/music/afl-grand-final-2021-pre-game-entertainment-featuring-baker-boy-and-eskimo-joe-sends-fans-wild-ng-b882018098z
- AussieTheatre.comhttps://aussietheatre.com.au/features/from-the-west-end-to-the-afl-grand-final-amy-manford-to-lead-national-anthem
- ABC Newshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-24/afl-grand-final-entertainment-robbie-williams-delta-goodrem/101470390
- AFLhttps://www.afl.com.au/news/838707/five-in-five-aussie-line-up-to-be-revealed-for-telstra-pre-match-entertainment
- ABC Newshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-30/grand-final-pre-game-entertainment-kiss-mcg-lions-collingwood/102920574
- Yahoo Lifehttps://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/kiss-slammed-over-afl-grand-final-performance-disgraceful-054152411.html
- AFLhttps://www.afl.com.au/video/1232215/g-roars-for-electrifying-katy-perry-performance
- AFLhttps://www.afl.com.au/video/1431286/full-show-snoop-dogg-drops-it-hot-at-the-g-in-epic-performance