▁Agu il era ' s ▁hit , ▁" Be aut iful ". ▁During ▁the ▁final ▁nine - week , ▁Ma ub oy ▁had ▁a ▁s ore ▁thro at ▁that ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁medi oc re ▁rend ition ▁of ▁Phil ▁Collins ' ▁" An other ▁Day ▁in ▁Parad ise " ▁and ▁near - el im ination , ▁which ▁land ed ▁her ▁in ▁the ▁bottom ▁three . ▁Following ▁that ▁week , ▁she ▁never ▁land ed ▁in ▁the ▁bottom ▁three ▁again , ▁and ▁ended ▁up ▁progress ing ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁show ▁with ▁Dam ien ▁Le ith . ▁The ▁grand ▁finale ▁was ▁held ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁November ▁at ▁the ▁Sydney ▁Opera ▁House . ▁After ▁the ▁vie wer ▁votes ▁had ▁been ▁tal lied ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Ma ub oy ▁was ▁runner - up ▁to ▁Le ith . ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Ma ub oy ▁signed ▁a ▁recording ▁contract ▁with ▁Sony ▁Music ▁Australia ▁– ▁two ▁weeks ▁after ▁Id ol ▁ended . ▁▁ 2 0 0 7 – 0 9 : ▁The ▁J our ney , ▁Young ▁Div as ▁and ▁Be en ▁Wait ing ▁Ma ub oy ▁released ▁her ▁debut ▁live ▁album ▁The ▁J our ney ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁which ▁contained ▁two ▁disc s . ▁Disc ▁one ▁contained ▁re - record ed ▁covers ▁of ▁the ▁selected ▁songs ▁Ma ub oy ▁performed ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁twelve ▁on ▁Australian ▁Id ol , ▁while ▁disc ▁two ▁included ▁a ▁DVD ▁of ▁her ▁performances ▁on ▁the ▁series .