Category — Australian Idol Season 6

Who is voting for Teale Jakubenko? I am not getting it at all. He is like the Marty Simpson of 2008, having gone further then their actual talent would suggest.

It was a predictable bottom 3 Chrislynn, Teale and Mark and I was a bit sad that Chrislynn got the chop as even though her performances were a bit bi-polar one week sensational and the next week ordinary.

The highlight of the episode was the psycho stalker chick in the audience who was trying to appear all sexy for Teale and him freaking out when Andrew G brought her to the couch. He would not even look at her and was literally squirming.

If he wants to be a famous sprock star he is going to have to learn how to handle groupies.

TV Week has a story this week on Australian Idol rumours – Are they true or false?

Do the judges play favourites?
Roshani says this is true. She said “Yeah, there are favourites and that happens every year. It’s just the nature of the game, but that’s fine because sometimes the underdog gets up.”

Everyone’s jealous of Wes
Rosahin says says false. She said “I don’t think so, because Wes is a good guy. He’ll end up in the bottom three eventually -it’s only a matter of time. But I think he will win. He’s a good performer, a great musician, has a really down-to-earth, humble personality and hasn’t tried to change himself or play anybody else the whole way through.”

Chrislyn’s the Idol outcast
Roshani says false. “I think her ‘I’m lonely’ comment was probably blown out of proportion. You’ve got to take it with a grain of salt, I guess. Chrislyn’s the only girl left now, so it might be a whole different show!”

Luke’s a party animal
Roshani says false. “Things get blown out of proportion. What Australian man doesn’t like beer? Luke is just like any other Aussie bloke. What you see is what you get with him. He’s the funniest guy in the world.”

Teale doesn’t take advice because he is arrogant
Roshani says false. ” He’s not arrogant or stubborn at all. He’s only trying to do what he feels comfortable with. He’s got to start believing in himself a bit more – he doubts himself too much, that’s the problem. He’s a great performer and he needs just to believe it.”

Mark’s a lady-killer
Roshani says true. “Mark is just a bad boy, and women love that! That’s all. He’s not clean-cut, he’s got a cool husky voice, he’s a bit of a smart arse, he’s cheeky and lots of fun.”

Ricki-Lee’s column had some interesting tidbits. Roshani was in tears in the toilets after her performance on Rolling Stones night – not happy with the judges comments.

Also on the Monday elimination show when she found herself in the bottom three – and on the receiving end of some very rude comments from Kyle. Roshani was extremely upset during the ad break telling me she felt “humiliated”. Also after she was voted off Kyle did not bother to come up on stage to wish Roshani well.

How often do you get to play out your guilty pleasure on a high rating TV show? Well Wes Carr did tonight. The Bondi muso exterior was stripped from him as he played out a dream from when he was five to sing Michael Jackson on national TV, and to give that dream justice he was not going to trick it up or make it cool, his young boy’s fantasy was out there for all to see. It stole the show.

To be honest I was unsure what I thought about Australian Idol idolising Micheal Jackson for a night. What next a Gary Glitter retrospective?

But Jermaine Jackson was to be the special guest judge, as Michael Jackson could not get a visa due to being a person who if he was a NSW resident would possibly be on the Child Protection Register. Only joking about the visa bit he is currently ensconced in Las Vegas hiding his kids under scarfs and home schooling them.

If any of my readers are make up artists or hairdressers can you please explain to me what Jermaine does with his hair. The sides look like he had lathered black boot polish on it.

Teale Jakubenko – Billy Jean
At first I thought Teale decided to do a “Nights In White Satin” version of Billy Jean, but by the end of it I thought he was trying to Michael Buble it. Considering last week he said he would classify the music he wants to sing as SPROCK, which is soul, pop and rock, there appeared to be none of any of those genres in it. I thought it was dull, but clearly I was in the minority.

All the judges including the plasticised Jermaine Jackson gushed over it. Dicko thought it was brilliant, and said he had put some mongrel in it.

Mark Spano – Bad
Michael Jackson week was always going to be hard, as really who has a high voice like him? The chorus was great and he came across quite sexy. You knew he was in trouble with the verses when he started prowling the stage like he did on his below average performance on Abba night.

Chrislyn Hamilton – Thriller
Chrislyn was the first one to not to play around with the arrangement of the songs and just sang it straight ala Jackson.
There were a few pitch problems and I was not sure about the musical theatre moves, but the second half was stronger then the first.

Was Kyle serious about saying she should have come out in a skeleton costume, and done some zombie dancing? That could have made it a complete kitsh train wreck.

Luke Dickens – The Way You Make Me Feel
Before Idol started tonight I said to the other household reality TV under duress couch potato that this could be Luke’s last night as Michael Jackson will trip him up. By the end of the song I was kicking myself for not putting a lazy $10 on Luke to win Australian Idol at the beginning of this year’s series.

It was fantastic. I think Luke comes across as the happy go lucky type, but he has been making some very canny song choices. The blues arrangement just suited his style and the lyrics.

Wes Carr – Black Or White
Sorry Luke, I was just about to text you a vote and then Wes and his inner five year old came on.

For a second (but only a second) I thought is this going to be like an older version of Young Talent Time.

It was sen’fucking’sational. I could not stop laughing but also thought he was sexy cool when he was doing it. It was a truly memorable Idol moment in a good way.

Bottom three Teale, Mark and Chrislyn

Australian Idol Competition – You Could Sing With One Of The Idols.
To coincide with Xbox 360 launching a new title calle Lips there will be competition starting this Sunday on Australian Idol (well in the ad breaks) where the prize is singing with one of the Idol’s.

Lips is a singing game, it measures both your performance and vocal ability, with wireless motion-sensitive microphones so you can jump around the room as you belt out your favourite songs.

I would advise not mixing this with a drinking game as things could get veeeerrrrrryyyyy ugly. I won’t be entering this comp, I will just concentrate on winning the MacDonald’s $50,000 Top 10 song comp.

Denise Richard’s: It’s Complicated Has Been Picked Up For A Second Season.
Charlie Sheen’s won’t be very happy that his ex-wife will be pimping her kids on TV for another season of her hit show Denise Richards: It’s Complicated. Prior to the first season Charlie went to court to stop her from putting the two girls on the show, however he lost.

The show is a staged reality show shown on E.

More information about the show can be found on Reality Heaven./

Interview With So You Think You Can Dance Mary Murphy.
Canada is currently screening their first season of SYTYCD. Mary Murphy is guest judging on the show. Here on Dose is an interview where she gives her thoughts on the Canadian version plus other SYTYCD background information. Apparently Nigel Lythgoe has the final say in who goes home in the US Version.

Is another Australian Idol voting scandal emerging? Roshani Priddis fans are saying they had difficulty getting through on the voting lines on Monday night.

The Tamworth Leader was inundated with calls from people concerned their inability to get through on the busy phone lines either by text or to the 1902 5555 phone number may have resulted in Roshani‘s departure.

A disgruntled viewer who sent a “Roshani” text at 7.41pm told The Leader a minute later, at 7.42pm, he received a text back from the 191010 number which said: “The service you have requested is not currently available. Please try again later. You have not been charged.”

The issue of voting anomalies has previously be raised by Brook Adamo’s father. See previous post here.

Fremantle media say everything is above board.

Today Tonight has already tried to beat this story up – it will be interesting to see if they do so again.

In an article in Woman’s Day Ricki-Lee reveals why she left her husband. She said she fell out of love with him and they wanted different things.

“I started to fall out of love with him and I wasn’t happy in the end,” she says, fighting back tears. “But it was still hard for us to end it.”

It is easy to forget how young she is – as she is only 22. Far too young to be hooked into marriage.

After the Aria’s there was speculation that Ricki-Lee and Teale Jakubenko, a contestant from this year’s Idol had something going on. Previous post on that story here.

UPDATE: In the full article in Woman’s Day Ricki-Lee denies any romance with Teale. She said it would be wrong as she mentors the Idol contestants.

The Monday night hour long Idol show is just a lot of filler.

Do I really want to hear the bottom three songs again, why don’t they get the person who wins the Cadbury star moment to sing again.

Also Chris Brown why is he so big and why does he need an entourage of 36? I know some teeny bopper will make a voodoo doll of me but thought he was very overrated.

The bottom three was inevitably Luke Dicken, Teale Jakubenko and Roshani Priddis, with Roshani deservedly going as she was the weakest link last night.

Next week Michael Jackson night, now that is going to be interesting. I predict Luke’s performance will be a train wreck.

Speaking of trainwreck’s Ricki-Lee mentioned her Idol train wreck to Roshani Priddis. It was Beatles night and she sang We Can Work It Out. She was eliminated after it. For those who have forgotten here it is below.

You wonder what the king of cool Mick Jagger would think about Australian Idol contestant’s mauling his songs. But then again Mick who is a notorious tightwad might just be glad to get the royalties.

A couple of thoughts on tonights show:

• Yes we know Wes is hot but do we really need the lighting to make his hair and face red at the beginning of the song? and
• Roshani Priddis needs to ban the producers from playing the footage of her working in a call centre type situation, as it only reminds people of those annoying phone calls they get from India just as they are sitting down to dinner. Not something that is going to win her votes.
  
  Wes Carr – Jumping Jack Flash
  I really wanted Wes to put his gravelly tones to “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” so I was disappointed. This disappointment was compounded when Teale butchered it later on in the show.

  Wes really sexed it up tonight and to think he has performance anxiety (not in that way) as you would not know it once he is on stage. Points should also be given to Wes for making me listen to a maraca and NOT think of Peter Allen.

  Roshani Priddis – Wild Horses
  Roshani appeared to have done a Hillsong rendition of this song, and I think she is in danger of going home this week. Her pitch was all over the place and only Rolling Stone aficionado’s would have heard of it.

  Kyle was right when he said her outfit looked like “the dog had savaged the takeaway chicken container.”

  Also she has to lose some of her intensity in her pre-performance interviews. Take a leaf out Luke Dicken’s laid back approach as that is working for him. Grab a cow to milk or something.

  Luke Dickens – Honky Tonk Woman
  I cannot believe Luke is highly likely to make top 3. I cannot believe that he is one of the performances I look forward to watching each week.

  I didn’t think this was his strongest performance, but he is smart with picking songs from the Triple M playlist. The judges gushed over him, but I think he will be bottom three this week.

  Teale Jakubenko – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
  I cannot believe he is still here and even worse he is butchering my favourite Stone’s song You Can’t Always Get What You Want.

  He actually thinks he can make it to the Opera House. I am presuming he will fade into oblivion after Idol.

  The judges praised his rendition just because of the logistics of compressing a seven minute song into a minute and a half. It was all chorus and I did not like the acoustic version at all.

  He made it as bland as Kraft single when I like the song with a bit more bite like vintage cheddar.

  Chrislyn Hamilton – Get Off My Cloud
  The girl is sassy. She kept with the traditional Rolling Stone’s melody and her voice had the husky blues tones. Chrislyn sings like Roshani would like to with those effortless high notes.

  Chrislyn does have to be careful with doing the crazy eyes into the camera – not a great way to connect with the audience at home.

  Mark Spano – Angie
  What is it with the judges this year and touchdowns? Can’t they think of their own way to get the point across that they thought it was a standout performance? And really was this a standout performance?

  I thought it was good, and by playing the guitar it gave Mark a bit of muso cred but will I remember it by tomorrow night I don’t think so.

  Bottom three predictions – Teale Jakubenko, Roshani Priddis, and Luke Dickens.

Want to meet Wes, kiss Mark or give Chrislyn a hug of support. Well the six contestants left in this year’s Australian Idol will be at the centre court at Westfield’s Parramatta between 10.30am and 12.30pm. There will be the ususal performance and autograph session.

More details here.