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August 15, 2004

Tonight’s Idol - Pre-Show Thoughts

Last week’s group of ten contained heaps of my favourites in the competition but this week, no one has particularly stood out to me - well, musically at least. I know of Yasmine as “Tommy Lee’s new shag”, Barry as “The Stud”, Angie as “The Soul Mamma” and Gabriel as “Marcia’s Lust Bunny”, but there are a few people in this week’s group of ten who are an absolute mystery to me. Adrian? Where did he appear from?! Chloe? Tara? They could be brilliant or rubbish so I’m curious to see how they go tonight.

Incidentally, I wonder if I’m the only one to find Gabriel rather over-rated by the judges. Maybe it’s his song choices (I find “Cherish” particularly insipid personally, and “One Sweet Day” is standard school talent quest fare, though admittedly generally sung far worse) but I just don’t get why they carry on about him as though he’s the messiah. Plus he pulled out one of those overly-confident sound bites on Thursday night (“… and that’s why I’m going to win Australian Idol”) which never endears someone to me.

Oh, and Friday afternoon I managed to stumble across Mark Holden being interviewed on 2Day FM and scarily agreed with him regarding Chanel. Dear Chanel, while you can do no wrong in my heart of hearts, I must implore ye to ensure the humble act is toned down just ever so slightly next time we see you on our screens. While I am sure you really were surprised that Ngaiire didn’t make it into the Top 3 (after all, the little gal’s a pocket dynamo of soul!) some people out there might think that you were being insincere, and we don’t want that, do we? So go back to being the cheeky little scamp we lost our hearts to and worry not about any perceived egotism getting in the way of your inevitable success - after all, last year’s Top Twelve contained a few swollen egos and it didn’t seem to do them any harm.

Speaking of, how about Cosima’s music video sneak peak on Thursday’s Inside Idol show? I take no pleasure in saying this (ha!) but the song sounded rather like tacky 106.5 adult-oriented schlock. So no surprises there then. Cosima still frightens me a bit. I wonder if she’s related to Aphrodite from Big Brother?

Will actually report something and not just ramble on after tonight’s show.

Posted by Jess at August 15, 2004 7:25 PM
— Filed under Australian Idol 2004 Blogfest