Shannon Noll reveals the spooky message from his dad after he died
Aussie musician Shannon Noll has made a spooky discovery about his late father after returning home from his six-week stint in the South African jungle for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
During his time in the jungle, Noll received a reading from famed psychic John Edward.
Noll admitted that he was initially confused and cynical of the reading but has now realised its significance after speaking to a friend.
Edward spoke to Noll about his father, who was sadly killed in a freak accident on the family farm in 2001.
“He said something about dad telling me he was in the car when I was singing In Your Arms,” Noll said.
“It didn’t register to me.”
After Noll returned home, a close friend who was aware of what happened behind the scenes of his Australian Idol audition in 2003, helped him understand the message.
Many people know that Noll propelled to fame after auditioning for the show with the balled Hold Me In Your Arms. However, Noll originally planned to audition with Michael Jackson’s Ben and only switched songs after a producer asked him if he had anything else to sing.
Noll admitted that the choice of his second song was completely random and he now believes that his late father planted the song in his head.
“I have only ever said that (Hold Me In Your Arms) popped into my head out of nowhere,” Noll said.
“I remember I was driving between the farm and Condobolin and had just gone over one of the bridges when it popped into my head and I started singing it in the car; the auditions were about a week or two later.
“I forgot about it again until I was sitting in a room with 1500 other hopefuls in Melbourne and it popped into my head again.
“I sing Ben and the executive producer Greg Beness asked me if I got anything else and so I sing him Hold Me In Your Arms. He told me to shelve Ben for the big audition in front of the judges.”
Noll said he had “total goosebumps” when he returned home from the jungle and realised the message Edward had given him.
Noll explained that he tried to “pick holes in it all” because Edward had also said “something about your father and a belt” which was a story Noll had shared in the jungle a few weeks earlier.
“I never sang to dad in the car, I never sang to him when we were working on the farm,” Noll said.
“A lot of things have happened over the years that have culminated in everything turning out the way it has for me, too many coincidences, but I’ve never really looked at it this way.”
Noll was crowned the runner-up in the jungle and comedian Fiona O’Loughlin took the crown.
The musician said he was grateful for the opportunity to get in front of the Australian public once again as he released his comeback album Unbroken.
Noll explained that the test of pushing himself to the limit for six weeks had inspired him to try new challenges.
“I really want to step it up with the show,” he said.
“I’m learning how to play a song called Breath of Life from the new record on piano and go back to playing the guitar on stage,” he said.
“I have concentrated on my vocals so much over the years so I let myself off the hook as a musician.”