Australian Idol

Stan Walker wins Australian Idol and wants Guy and Acting

A mere few days after winning Australian Idol, Stan Walker has expressed his desire to follow in the footsteps of his idol Guy Sebastian. For those who don’t know, Sebastian won Idol a few years ago and Walker apparently thinks it’d be wise to take after him in his career path. Walker’s album is due...
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No Glee for Australian Idol fans this season

Tonight’s episode of Australian Idol was an odd one. The cast from US hit series Glee appeared on the show, in the audience and they then had to suffer through the whole episode with barely a word from any of them. I was following Twitter during the broadcast to get a general consensus of what...
By Angela Share

Delta Goodrem and Brian McFadden hated or loved by Aussies?

  I’ll admit I’m not a fan of either and Delta’s recent stint as a guest job on Australian Idol did nothing but cement my view that if she were chocolate she’d eat herself. It would seem – at least according to Twitter – I am not alone in this view and in fact, some...

What do you think of new Australian Idol judge Jay Dee Springbett?

  As with American Idol, Australian Idol has had its judging panel reshuffled due to the exit of Mr Nasty Kyle Sandilands. They’ve replaced the outspoken Sandilands with record exec Jay Dee Springbett, but what do you think about that? I wasn’t really a Kyle Sandilands fan, I always found him to be obnoxious and...
By Angela Share

Is Paula Abdul joining Australian Idol?

  This seems so unlikely, but here goes. Rumor has it Paula Abdul will be replacing Kyle Sandilands on the Australian version of American Idol. Various sources are stating the singer is presently in talks and that an announcement will be made on August 23. Here’s why this seems highly unlikely to me. Firstly given...
By Angela Share

Australian Idol back with no pizazz

Australian Idol returned to Channel Ten Australia tonight with poor ratings, little excitement and no real plan for the future. The show dropped around 12.7% on ratings compared to last year and was even beaten in the early 6.30pm timeslot by Nine’s Domestic Blitz and Seven’s Dancing With the Stars. The show featured disgraced radio...
By Angela Share

Richard Grant vs Marcia Hines over Australian Idol – ding ding!

Seems like Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines is more than a little annoyed at British actor Richard E Grant. It seems comments he made to an Aussie paper sparked Marcia into a bit of an angry tirade because he’d said a few things about the show and its affect on the young folk that appear....
By Angela Share

Cyndi Lauper does Australian Idol

Thank you to whoever had the idea to bring Cyndi Lauper onto Australian Idol as a guest judge and mentor for the week. The show was more interesting in the last two episodes than it has been the entire season. Lauper joined the remaining contestants as a mentor, giving them helpful tips on how to...
By Angela Share

Australian Idol woes and whiners

Don’t you just hate it when these people who get booted off Idol start saying how it’s a better move that they did because it would have probably ruined their musical integrity if they’d progressed in the competition? Whether it’s the Australian, the American or the original UK version, there’s always one uppity little idiot...
By Angela Share

Marcia Hines Goes Badass on Idol

  If any of you have been watching the new season of Australian Idol, you’ll notice that there are changes in the judging line up this year. Oh yeah, it’s not that there’s new judges, although to be fair there may as well be. Marcia Hines, the usually congenial fence sitter of a judge has...
By Angela Share

Naked Cowboy on Australian Idol and own show

One of New York City’s most infamous inhabitants is grabbing a slice of the reality pie. Yes, Times Squares Naked Cowboy is going to be appearing on a TV screen near you soon. Robert Burck, aka The Naked Cowboy, will be getting his own reality TV show which is described as American Idol for street...
By Angela Share

Dr. Phil and Ryan Seacrest make ugly list

Okay I think this is a little bit harsh, especially given Ryan came in at number seven on the top 100 unsexiest of 2008 and nutcase president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran was number 6, there’s pretty much a world of difference there. Dr. Phil, aka Mr Schmoozy (just a name I this very moment made...

Touchdown for Holden!

  Australian Idol fans were either gleeful or heartbroken with the news this week that one of the long time judges Mark Holden has been booted from the show. Having been a regular on the show for 5 years, Holden was most famous for awarding the contestants a ‘touchdown’, similar in style to Paula Abdul...
By Angela Share