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February 28, 2004

My Idol

Something is rotten in the state of Australian culture. No, it’s not ausculture.com.

Apart from my distaste for reality television in general, I also have a very real distaste for the transplanting of the school talent quest format to a national television festival.

When I was growing up I never much liked school talent quests. Sure, there were the obvious moments of brilliance such as the obligatory Irish dancer or bad rendition of “Greatest Love of All” but overall, the talent quests at school were crap…

I don’t think they’ve improved any.

Everyone’s favorite person who didn’t win Australian Idol Millsy, has confirmed that he will be starring in the upcoming Australian movie “G’Day LA.” Millsy plays an outback camel racer Ryan “Rhino” Cobb.

A movie entitled “G’Day LA”, about a camel racer, starring Millsy. I can hardly think of anything more Australian, we can only hope that Cosima will sign up to play his trusty sidekick.

As the Australian Idol judges remarked that Millsy was destined for stardom, I’m quite confident that the movie will be a huge sucess and propel Millsy into the stratosphere with such megastars as Paul Hogan.

Then again, I remember the judges at one school talent quest proclaiming that the young girl whose haunting rendition of “Greatest Love of All” we’ve all heard was also bound for stardom. Last time I checked she hadn’t got there, yet. Still, those judges weren’t working for a major record label.

I’m still waiting for Australian television networks to have a competition series for some traditional Australian skills such as drinking beer.