Arena sang " The Flame " ( written by John Foreman ) at the 2000 Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics on 15 September . Seven Network covered the national broadcast across Australia , which become the highest rating TV telecast in Australian history . John Farnham , Olivia Newton-John , Vanessa Amorosi , Human Nature and Julie Anthony were some of the other Australian artists who appeared at the opening ceremony and contributed to the various artists ' album , '' The Games of the XXVII Olympiad : Official Music from the Opening Ceremony '' ( September 2000 ) . She recalled , " When I sang at the Olympics , I cared about the fact that I was Australian . And I was touched because I was an ethnic girl , of ethnic blood but that WAS Australian . Because I was born here , this is where I grew up , this is where I learned everything . " At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 in October , Arena received an Outstanding Achievement Award . In the following month she issued her first compilation album , '' Souvenirs '' , which reached the ARIA top 40
2000 Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Tina Arena