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Mark Holden (born 27 April , 1954 ) is an Australia n Singer and Television personality. He is one of four Judge s on the hit television series '' Australian Idol ''. BIOGRAPHY Acting career Holden was a television and film actor. He was an original cast member of Soap Opera '' The Young Doctors '' when it began in late 1976. Film roles included ''Blue Fire Lady''. He was awarded three Logie s; when awarded a Logie in 1978 he was not available to receive it because he was in the bathroom. Music career Holden has around 30 years experience in the Music Industry , beginning his career in the 1970s . As a singer he presented a clean-cut image of white suit and red Carnation s. Signed to EMI he released songs including "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "I Wanna Make You My Lady" and "Last Romance". He achieved platinum album sales. After moving to the United States in 1980 he had hits as a songwriter with several artists and had covers of his songs performed by such people as Belinda Carlisle , Fleetwood Mac , Donny Osmond and David Hasselhoff . After the birth of their daughter Katie in 1996 , he and his wife Anna moved back to Australia , where he formed Marjac Productions with friend Jack Strom . This company managed popstar Vanessa Amorosi until early 2006 , when Ralph Carr took over. He has written songs for Amorosi, Delta Goodrem , Nikki Webster and Sophie Monk . Australian Idol As a judge on '' Australian Idol '' Holden is famous for the catchphrase "Touchdown!" (a phrase also used heavily by Paula Abdul in the early seasons of American Idol ), as well as his entertaining but somewhat eccentric attempts at speaking Cool ("bling bling", "bada bing bada boo", "bogaly bogaly to the max times 10" and less decipherable Nonsense ). He is seen as more compassionate than Kyle Sandilands and Ian "Dicko" Dickson , but still has bouts of harsh criticism compared to the "nice" judge Marcia Hines . Holden also produces much of the music performed by winning Idol contestants. X Factor Mark also appeared as a judge on the poorly rated '' The X Factor '' in 2005 . (along with John Reid and Kate Ceberano ). The R&B group he had been mentoring during the show, Random , went on to win and their first single "Put Your Hands Up" reached #7 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart. TRIVIA
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