GALLERY: AI-generated listener nominations for the 2026 Commonwealth Games mascot

It has been reported today that school children will be asked to help come up with a mascot for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

We want to save them the trouble and get you, the listener, to do it instead!

3AW Breakfast listeners called in to share their concepts for the mascot, and we put them in AI image generator, Bing Create, to see what it came up with!

But first… here’s Ross’s creation — a cow, skiing down Mt Buller, drinking a bottle of De Bortoli.

Image (above): Russell Crowe eating a pav riding Pharlap

Image (above): Mark — a map of Victoria with a octopus sitting on top of Melbourne all the tentacles putting to all the regional towns that are holding the events.

Image (above): Kim — penguin with footy playing AFL

Image (above): Luke — eucalyptus leaf dressed up to run 100m, wearing a Pat Cash headband and eating Vegemite

Image (above): Anne — sulphur crested cockatoo with a gold nugget

Image (above): Colin — Dame Edna holding gladiolas and a Barry award in the other hand

Image (above): Shepparton mayor Councillor Shane Sali’s nomination

Image(above): Cookie — penguin driving a caravan

Image (above): Cameron — koala having a coffee on a scooter