Josh Smith's Great Chat Show
Delta Goodrem on Eurovision, Cancer, Losing Her Voice & Fighting for Equal Pay
Published: 6 May 2026 at 06:00 Europe/London
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Episode notes
From Neighbours teen to the Australian pop icon behind Innocent Eyes, one of the best-selling debut albums of all time, Delta Goodrem has spent more of her life in the public eye than out of it. And through all of it, she has refused to stop.
In this chat with Josh, Delta opens up about the moments that tested her most: being diagnosed with cancer as a teenager at the height of her success, the quiet battle of finding her voice again after illness changed everything, losing her voice entirely in 2018 and having to relearn how to speak, and advocating for equal pay on ‘The Voice’. She reflects on why those chapters, as brutal as they were, shaped the artist and the person she is today.
She also tells the full story of how Born to Try came to be written in 20 minutes in her family home, the moment she knew her life changed, why she burst into tears when she got her Neighbours script and demanded they rewrite her character, and how she walked away from a 20-year major label deal to launch her own record label and take full control of her career.
Plus, Delta talks about representing Australia at Eurovision and why she absolutely cannot perform without a wind machine.
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