\n\t\t\t\t\tGuy Sebastian becomes mentor for S2 of ABC’s breakout hit, plus returning favourites back in 2026.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
EXCLUSIVE:<\/p>\n
The Piano is returning to ABC in 20w6 for Season Two, with Guy Sebastian\u00a0joining Andrea Lam as mentor.
The Assembly is returning for Season Three
Take 5 with Zan Rowe is returning for Season Five.<\/p>\n
All three will be announced shortly at ABC\u2019s 2026 Showcase.<\/p>\n
The Piano returns for its second season, once again unearthing everyday pianists from all over Australia through the celebration of the street piano, giving everyday Australians the opportunity of a lifetime when they are invited to play at busy public locations around the country.<\/p>\n
What the pianists don\u2019t know is that they are being observed by two renowned expert musicians, one of Australia\u2019s greatest classical concert pianists, Andrea Lam, and joining her this season is Australian music royalty and multi-instrumentalist Guy Sebastian.<\/p>\n
Hidden away watching every note played by our piano enthusiasts, together they will choose a pianist from each location to mentor and play at a special end-of-series concert on one of Australia\u2019s most revered stages, Sydney\u2019s City Recital Hall.<\/p>\n
Hosted by Amanda Keller, The Piano\u2019s secret mission is to find and meet incredible community pianists who don\u2019t aspire to stardom but simply have a passion for playing piano. Some of the most amazing performances have been filmed and gone viral, watched by millions online. But who are these people playing the world\u2019s favourite instrument?<\/p>\n
One instrument. A universal language and the power of music to connect us all. This Arts series uses the piano as a unique device to tell the stories of ordinary Australians, with an extraordinary musical gift.<\/p>\n
Production Credit
Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. A Eureka, a Fremantle production for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Major production investment from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Executive Producers: Bethan Briegel-Jones, Gemma Murphy, Josie Mason Campbell. ABC Commissioning Editor: Julie Hanna. ABC Head of Arts, Music and Events: Kath Earle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guy Sebastian becomes mentor for S2 of ABC’s breakout hit, plus returning favourites back in 2026. EXCLUSIVE: The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-296573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}