While she didn’t bring down the house with a rousing rendition of Eye of the Tiger or a tear jerker like More Than, the mum of two used her five minutes of fame to reach out to fellow Australians in the name of charity.

Mrs Hall made the trip to Sydney to raise awareness of the United Nation’s World Food Program with Ricki-Lee Coulter interviewing the local KFC manager.

Last year, Mrs Hall who was on Australian Idol as a KFC representative, one of the main sponsors of the Show, raised $13,000 for the UN’s program through KFC’s Bathurst store which she then managed.

It was the most money raised world-wide.

The 40-year-old’s efforts saw her travel to the Asian country of Laos in January this year where she saw first-hand how the World Food Program benefits the local people.

“We went to villages where money is being used for programs such as Food for Work and Food for Education, which encourages children to go to school by offering a free meal at school,” she said.

The campaign has started and will run until November 23 with YUM! customers asked to donate what they can to the cause.

Locally, Mrs Hall wants to raise $10,000 and is calling on the Singleton community to help to meet that target. Her trip to Laos and meeting its people has truly inspired her to raise money for this cause.

“I stood in the village and looked at the people and saw the emotion and desperation in their eyes yet they had so much gratitude for what we were giving them,” she said of her life-changing experience.

“It gives you a whole other perspective. I had travelled overseas but I have never seen that sort of poverty before, it gives you a whole new understanding what poor is,” she said.

Mrs Hall said the plight of Laos people had touched her particularly the children who were often barely clothed with no shoes and had little food to eat.

The local KFC store, with Mrs Hall had the helm, has a target of $688 a day to reach $10,000. They will sell wristbands, frisbees bees and pens to get them on their way and will ask customers to donate what they can.

“We simply want customers to donate their spare change,” she said.