ARIAs 2025: Aussie music stars, English sensation Olivia Dean dazzle on red carpet in Sydney
Zach Margolius
The Nightly
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ARIAs red carpet looks. Credit: Getty Images
The biggest names in Australia’s music scene have landed at the 2025 ARIA Awards red carpet, held at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday.
While some are looking to make a fashion statement ahead of the official proceedings, others will have their eye on snagging an award and marking their name down in ARIA history books.
English pop star Olivia Dean is set to perform, dazzling on the red carpet as she greeted fans.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Olivia Dean attends the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images) Credit: Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images
Former supermodel Tyra Banks arrived equipped with a lifetime’s worth of jewellery, staring down the runway in all black.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Tyra Banks attends the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) Credit: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
For fans of kids entertainers The Wiggles, you might’ve been forced to look twice as the group strayed from their regular shades of colour to rock bold new shapes — and not all fits were so kid-friendly.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Tsehay Hawkins and Caterina Mete of The Wiggles attend the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) Credit: Brendon Thorne/Getty ImagesSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Anthony Field, Lucia Field, Caterina Mete, Simon Pryce, John Pearce, Lachlan Gillespie, Tsehay Hawkins and Dominic Field of The Wiggles attend the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images) Credit: Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images
Australian Idol 2024 winner Dylan Wright went down the country chic route in boots and shades, hoping to carve out a career for himself beyond his Idol days.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Dylan Wright attends the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) Credit: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
And for singer Kita Alexander, her white sheer frock appeared innocuous on the surface, until light touched her dress to reveal her very bright undergarments.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Kita Alexander attends the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) Credit: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
Budjerah and Charlie Pittman showed what growing up looks like, but from different ends of the spectrum, with the First Nations singer appearing dapper in a black coat and white button-up as Pittman dressed down in a school boy tie and shorts.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Budjerah attends the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images) Credit: Wendell Teodoro/Getty ImagesSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Charlie Pittman attends the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images) Credit: Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images
Singer-songwriter Charlie Collins appeared primed to launch off the carpet and travel south for the summer, rocking a tassled black number and very little underneath.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Charlie Collins attends the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images) Credit: Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images
While Gretta Ray appeared confidently coy in a dark two-piece, as the leggy Charley flaunted her trim figure in a sparkling black suit.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Gretta Ray attends the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) Credit: Brendon Thorne/Getty ImagesSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Charley attends the 2025 ARIA Awards at Hordern Pavilion at Hordern Pavilion on November 19, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images) Credit: Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images
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