John Gregory Foreman OAM (born 24 April 1972) is an Australian musician and television personality. In 1992, he joined the Network Ten team for Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton, serving as Music Director until retiring in 2004. During 2003–2008 he was Musical Director of Australian Idol. Early life Foreman was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, and studied at Kotara High School in Newcastle, before moving to the Conservatorium High School and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Career Compositions and albums Foreman released No Jivin''' in 1993 on the BMG label which received an ARIA Award nomination for Best Jazz Album. In 2000, Foreman wrote the Olympic Flame song, The Flame, performed by Tina Arena for the 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. Foreman wrote Melbourne Girl for the Closing Ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, UK which was performed by Vanessa Amorosi. In 2004, he produced, orchestrated and conducted Anthony Callea's recording of The Prayer, which received an ARIA Award for the highest selling single by an Australia artist. He wrote Light The Way for the 2006 Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games in Doha, performed by José Carreras and Majida El Roumi. Foreman produced albums and/or singles for Marcia Hines, Silvie Paladino, Guy Sebastian, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Carl Riseley and Greta Bradman. In 2013, he produced Anthony Callea's Christmas album This Is Christmas. In 2017, Foreman produced Callea's ARIA Number 1 Hits in Symphony, which featured the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He produced the single Proud for Casey Donovan, released in January 2020. Foreman wrote the background music for Chris Lilley's television shows, Ja'mie: Private School Girl and Jonah from Tonga. Other television work In December 2005 Foreman began hosting The Big Night In with John Foreman. The premiere episode featured an interview with actor Russell Crowe, as well as interviews with vocalists Deborah Conway and Tina Cousins. Foreman became the Musical Director for Melbourne's Christmas Eve Carols by Candlelight, at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, in 2003. He is Musical Director for the TV Week Logie Awards. In 2008 he appeared alongside Ian Dickson, Cosima De Vito and Guy Sebastian to pay tribute to Shannon Noll on This Is Your Life. In February 2012 he joined the reboot of Young Talent Time as the Musical Director. Foreman was musical director for Oprah Winfrey's telecast from the steps of the Sydney Opera House, which featured Hugh Jackman, Nicole