Nicki Gillis

Nicki Gillis is a female vocalist and entertainer from Australia who was born in Western Australia and grew up a child of entertainer parents from Croatian and Italian backgrounds. She spent her early years working on the family farm just out of Perth as she attended school and watched her parents work at nights in various entertainment venues around Western Australia.

Background

At the age of 15, Nicki had her first professional engagement as a backing vocalist for Jackie Love's Western Australia tour. At 17 Nicki joined her first band, Perth's "The Power Station" a seven piece rock covers band that later became a five piece "Cold Chisel" cover band called "East".

Nicki played in numerous Perth based bands and toured nationally with Buckshot Dolly a six piece Country Rock band that she formed with her mother Lucy D'Olimpio in 1992. In 1996 she decided at the last minute to enter Australia's premier country music talent competition, the Gympie Muster Talent Quest, which she won[1].