Australian Idol

[Laney]

I was watching with the sound off, and can you imgaine how stupid it looked?

I really need to watch with the sound on for full stupidity effects tho. *g*

[it's SPAM-tastic!]

I had alot of respect for the following peopleon that show:


-The guy who sung "Bat out of Hell"
- The girl that sung "pussy town"
- The big group of people who started singing "Asshole" (Though I do prefer the original version, not their crap one)
and the girl who sung "I'm a little teapot". I think there was something about her that had an essence of me

[hellokitty]

The UK version was the original, created by the same guy who brought us the Spice Girls.

I thought that was the uk's Pop Stars

oh well, it's all basically the same isn't it?

[Munchkin]

Originally Posted by hellokitty

I thought that was the uk's Pop Stars

oh well, it's all basically the same isn't it?

American and Australian Idol are both franchises of UK's Pop Idol.

[hellokitty]

*meh* it's all mindless television

i find it scary you know this much about trash television, munchkin!

[Moogie]

Originally Posted by it's SPAM-tastic!

I had alot of respect for the following peopleon that show:


-The guy who sung "Bat out of Hell"
- The girl that sung "pussy town"
- The big group of people who started singing "Asshole" (Though I do prefer the original version, not their crap one)
and the girl who sung "I'm a little teapot". I think there was something about her that had an essence of me

The chick who sung "Pussy Town" tried out for Popstars too... and for a useless piece of trivia, she was in the fabulous children's show "Ship to Shore" playing the character of Babe! :lookarou: Don't ask me how I know!

[aussiechica]

The chick who sung "Pussy Town" tried out for Popstars too... and for a useless piece of trivia, she was in the fabulous children's show "Ship to Shore" playing the character of Babe! Don't ask me how I know!

Lol that is the most ace bit of trivia Ive heard all week
So, how do you know? :lookarou:

[veronica tghf]

Originally Posted by aussiechica

Lol that is the most ace bit of trivia Ive heard all week
So, how do you know? :lookarou:

I knew she looked familiar... and yeah, I thought I saw her on Popstars but I wasn't certain.

I think the thing that has me most amused was the first day of Sydney auditions I had lectures for university, and of course the Sydney auditions were at my uni. So I'm walking past this huge massive queue of people... I really had no idea THAT many people would turn up... and it was only the first day.

[Danny Boy]

Will The Winner Of Australian Idol Be The Biggest Loser?
By Paul Cashmere, first published on the Undercover Media website.

Australian Idol is great for television ... and an utter disgrace for the Australian Music Industry. A warning to entrants, the biggest loser of the show will most likely be the winner. Read on.

Yes, I watched it, but then again I also looked at those Odai and Qusai Hussein pictures.

Promises that this was going to be "the credible" talent quest up against last years Popstars were soon extinguished. How many times did we hear comments like "Image is everything, you must look your best at all times" and that was when they were being nice. What about the utter rudeness of "I'm not going to sign an artist who looks like he could lose a fight to Nikki Webster" or to the over weight girl "You haven't got a voice that will over-rule the way you look".

Hang on a sec, wasn't this from the same guy who said "the difference between Popstars and Australian Idol is that someone as talentless as Scott Cain could never win Australian Idol"? This monstrosity was being paraded about as if it has standards. It clearly doesn't.

One girl who obviously couldn't carry a tune was told "I want to say yes. I think you look great". She got though on looks after the judges admitted she didn't have the goods in the vocal department. Australian Idol is not a talent quest, it is a fashion show.

Let's look at the selection process. Did anyone actually write and perform their own song? Did anyone play an instrument? Not that I saw. But come along with your own karaoke version of 'The Greatest Love Of All' and you were immediately whisked off to Sydney.

The judges priority was to look and listen to the kids auditioning (in that order, apparently). The only judge who seemed to show any compassion was Marcia Hines who I often saw close her eyes as the performance started and at least absorbed the talent from the voice. The other two boofheads more often than not came across like Beavis and Butthead walking past a ladies underwear store.

At least Dicko (or Dickhead as one of the performers referred to him) let his guard down at one stage to announce "the other judges might have perfect pitch but I'm the one signing the cheques". Hooray, finally an honest comment.

So let's talk about those cheques. Australian Idol is advertising that BMG Records will launch the winner's career with a $1 million budget. Hey, that's pretty cool. You'll win $1million, right? WRONG. Let me tell you how the industry works. If you are signed to a contract in the record industry you are liable to owe that money back to the record company out of your earnings. Australian Idol is not a musical version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. It is a musical version of your local bank manager and you are offering up the rest of your career as collateral.

The winner could be liable to pay back the $1 million to the record company through record sales, live performances or in fact from wherever your income comes from. You'll have little say in the songs you sing, the way you look in public or the management you will sign to nor will you have any say in the label you are signed to. That's already been determined.

Here's a case study of a winner from a similarly formatted show:

60% of their earning immediately went to the production company who produced the TV show and 20% went to their management. The album and all associated costs had to recoup out of 20%.

When they went out to perform live, a further 12% went to the agencies leaving the artist with 8% to pay all production costs to do with live appearances plus your wardrobe, travel, accommodation etc.

In the album scenario, you would have to have gross earnings of more than $5m to pay back the $1m owned from the advance. How talented do you feel now?

If you are competing in Australian Idol, ask now how the contract will break down. Don't go through this whole exercise only to find out this is not right for you.

Anyone entering Australian Idol with the view to getting to the end is seriously recommended to seek legal advice before continuing. The winner could potentially be the greatest loser of them all.

[Abundance]

So Veronica, did temptation and opportunity of fame and fortune get the better of you...did you join the queue?

[veronica tghf]

Originally Posted by Abundance

So Veronica, did temptation and opportunity of fame and fortune get the better of you...did you join the queue?

Unfortunately no...

1. I can't sing/don't wish to humiliate myself on national tv... hang on, I've already done that *bg*

2. It was the lead up to exams so I especially didn't wish to skip my chemistry lecture, and hey... Chemistry ended up being my best subject so I guess I made the right choice.

[Mythor]

I didn't watch because it looked like Popstars Reloaded and I didn't watch the original Popstars so I'm not watching something else that's the same!

Interested in the results, though. Particularly to see if the career of whoever "wins" lasts longer than other "winners".

[Stripes]

argh. Model Girl in my class auditioned. she's such a bimbo *shakes head* she got through to the second round and has been talking about it since *kicks her and her neverending voice*. i didn't watch it because i don't want to, not interested in the music or the people, it's just another bit of ditzy reality tv. meh.

[Ginger_bread_gurl]

I watched it and I thought that it was pretty funny indeed. I also thought that it would be much like popstars and yet it managed to suprise me with one of the idol judges distroying peoples hopes and dreams with just a few words like "thats not a voice, thats a nucler desaster" and other fantastic lines that will destroy there fragile younge egos for years to come.
Thankyou Australian Idol.

It's good to know that I'm not the only person to notice that Cleo was from Ship to Shore. She was also my dance teacher and she has a 4 year old daughter. She is such an amazing person and I'll be voting for her.