These celebrities have kindly contributed advice for Finding Your Voice:
 | Toni Childs is an American singer and songwriter, a 2004 Emmy award-winner, who describes her voice 'as being that of an eighty-year-old black woman'. She is well known in Australia for the song 'Many Rivers to Cross' which featured in the National Bank advertising campaign. She works tirelessly for ending violence against women and recently starred in the Hawaiian production of the Vagina Monologues. |
 | Shannon Fricke is passionate about renovating and interior design, which shines through in her role as on-air stylist for the the LifeStyle Channel's series Home. She started her career in magazine publishing. She has been beauty editor, style editor and general editor on magazines ranging from CLEO to Australian Good Taste. |
 | Peter Howard has had over fourteen years in television as the food editor of the Nine Network's Today Show. He is a food and wine commentator, the author of fifteen books and is food editor for Friday Magazine, Rural Press. Peter is a popular speaker on the speaking and show circuit. He is also a councillor of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. |
 | Deborah Hutton started her career at 16 as a model and has since become one of the most recognisable and best-known personalities of modern Australia. She is editor-at-large of The Australian Women's Weekly, hosts a number of top-rating Nine Network shows and is an ambassador for Qantas, Holden and Medallist. Deborah's style and grace make her an in-demand host for national awards events and other prestigious gala occasions. |
 | Simon Marnie is host of the popular Weekends with Simon Marnie on 702 ABC Sydney radio. Simon has been in radio for almost twenty years and started off life at Triple J. He has worked in community and commercial broadcasting, both behind the scenes and in front of a microphone. Simon has also conceived and produced SBS TV's nomad, as well as reporting for ABC Television's TVTV. |
 | Lyndey Milan is the food director for The Australian Women's Weekly and co-host of Nine Network's Fresh - Cooking with The Australian Women's Weekly. Lyndey is the immediate past president of the Food Media Club of Austalia. She is also Chair of the Fine Foods Committee and a councillor of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Lyndey is also well known and well loved for her passionate debating skills. |
 | Tania Nash is an educator with over a decade of experience in speaking and presenting workshops. After completing a Bachelor of Applied Science degree majoring in Parks and Recreation, she opted for a complete change of pace and has worked predominately in the food world, where she has spent the last fifteen years educating and entertaining people. |
 | Ian Ross, Channel Seven's nightly news presenter in New South Wales, has over thirty-seven years in television. He started work in radio at 2GB, before heading for the surf and 2MW Murwillumbah, and then back to 2SM in Sydney, before joining Channel Nine as a reporter and newsreader. Before his recent move to Channel Seven, Ian was news anchor with the Today Show on Channel Nine for eleven years. |
 | Adam Spencer is the co-host of Triple J's Breakfast Show. He is also the author of Adam Spencer's Book of Numbers. With an almost-completed PhD in Pure Mathematics, Adam has been a popular fixture on the ABC TV science scene for quite a few years, hosting Quantum and the summertime science panel discussion show FAQ. |
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