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If you had been wondering where Australia Idol’s winner Wes Carr’s second album was well we now have the answers.

The Daily Telegraph reports:

As the Qantas flight taxied down the Sydney runway, the anxiety disorder Carr had tried to ignore since recording his post-Idol debut record The Way The World Looks took over.

The 28-year-old singer-songwriter was on his way to Nashville last August to write songs when he told flight attendants he had to get off.

“I was having a full-blown panic attack, people were taking photos of me with their phones and I had to get off the plane. It was horrible,” he said.

Carr sought refuge and treatment on the North Coast for six weeks before heading back to work on his record late last year.

“I have always had problems with anxiety, even when I was a kid, but I swept it under the rug and adopted this persona of Wes Carr from Australian Idol,” he said.

And of course news of his anxiety disorder comes on the day his new single Been A Long Time hit the airwaves. I think talking about mental illness is important but I do get a bit cynical when this is used as a publicity hook to get news of his new single.

Wes Carr’s album The Way The World Looks is out today. Good luck with it Wes. Does anyone else think Wes needs to get a haircut?

Which begs the question when will 2007 winner Natalie Gauci’s first album be released?

Australian Idol winner Wes Carr will be going on tour to coincide with the release of his album The Way The World Looks. Which gets me thinking are we ever going to hear Natalie Gauci’s album?

The dates are as follows:

Wed May 27 – Redlands Performing Arts Centre, East Bris
www.rpac.com.au

Thurs May 28 – Nambour Civic Centre, Nambour
www.mve.org.au

Fri May 29 – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane
www.qtix.com.au

Sat May 30 – Gold Coast Arts Centre, Gold Coast
www.gcac.com.au

Sun May 31 – Ipswich Civic Centre, Ipswich
www.ipswichcivichall.com.au

Fri June 5 – Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide
www.bass.net.au

Sat June 6 – Burswood Theatre, Perth
www.ticketek.com

Thurs June 11 – Wyong Leagues Club, Wyong
www.wyongleagues.com.au

Fri June 12 – Mounties, Mt Pritchard
www.mounties.com.au

Sat June 13 – Revesby Workers, Revesby
www.revesbyworkersclub.com.au/
www.ticketmaster.com.au

Sun June 14 – Rooty Hill RSL, Rooty Hill
www.rootyhillsrsl.com.au

Thurs June 18 – Southern Cross Club, Canberra
www.cscc.com.au

Fri June 19 – The Palms at Crown, Melbourne
www.ticketek.com

Sat June 20 – The Palms at Crown, Melbourne
www.ticketek.com

Thurs June 25 – Parramatta Leagues, Parramatta
www.parraleagues.com.au

Fri June 26 – Souths Juniors, Kingsford
www.southsjuniors.org.au
www.sharkies.com.au

Sun June 28 – Blacktown Workers, Blacktown
www.workersclub.com.au

Thurs July 2 – Brothers Leagues Club, Cairns
www.brotherscairns.com.au

Fri July 3 – Townsville Civic Theatre, Townsville
www.townsville.qld.gov.au/theatre

Sat July 4 – Mackay Entertainment Centre, Mackay
www.mackayentertainment.com.au

Sun July 5 – Proserpine Cultural Centre, Proserpine
(07) 4945 2312

Tues July 7 – Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton
www.venuesandevents.com.au

Wed July 8 – Brolga Theatre, Maryborough
www.brolgatheatre.org

Thurs July 9 – Moncrieff Theatre, Bundaberg
www.bundaberg.qld.gov.au/moncrieff

Sat July 11 – Twin Towns Services Club, Tweed Heads
www.twintowns.com.au

Sun July 12 – Caloundra RSL, Sunshine Coast
www.caloundrarsl.com.au

More details here.

Author Kathy Lette Using Gordan Ramsay’s Philandering To Promote New Book.
Popular author Kathy Lette has been opportunistically using the reality TV chef’s philandering on his wife Tania to promote her book. She has sent her book To Love Honour and Betray (Til Divorce Us Do Part).

And has said Lette said she believed Tana Ramsay was handling the crisis the wrong way.
“I don’t think she should be doing that whole standing-by-my-man routine,” Lette said.
“When you have made your entire fortune from perpetuating the myth of being the ultimate family man … it’s hypocrisy.”

Full story in the SMH.

Kristy Hinze Furthering Her Education
In the Daily Telegraph it reveals the Project Runway host is furthering her education by sitting for the SATs, which is the equivalent of the HSC. Kristy left school early to further her modelling career. A decision that paid dividends in the long run.

She must be very good at time management, as she has a busy career, a new fiancee to tend to, and million dollar houses to examine on Sydney Harbour. Full story here.

Wes Carr To Perform on Channel Ten’s New Years Eve Coverage.
But alas it will not be the Michael Jackons number. Wes says “..it is a party trick.”
Full story The Daily.

Carly Smithson From Last Season’s American Idol Talks About Life Post Idol.
The LA Times has an interesting and indepth article with Carly Smithson and what life is like once the tour and the press junkets are over.

Donald Trump The Executive Producer Of The US Version Of Ladette To Ladies.
Donald Trump appears to continue to dabble in reality TV. He is the executive producer of the US of version of Ladette To Ladies. It will be called The Girls of Hedsor Hall. To be screen in 2009. Reality Blurred has further details on this and other reality TV shows to hit the US next year.

Video clip of single “You”

Wes Carr shows that unlike former Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan he is extremely media savvy.

In this interview in the Herald Sun Wes manages the following:

• To plug his girlfriend Charlotte Gregg’s TV show Out Of The Blue, which is tanking.
• To diplomatically address the issue of the “unpleasant power struggles” that Ben Gillies from Silverchair talked about when discussing their former band Tambalane;
• To show he has music credibility by refusing to have covers on his upcoming album; and
• To pitch a mockumentary.

If his music career does not work out he could always go into media training.

Farmer Wants A Wife Ben Has Now Split From Sydney Nanny Sarah Walton.

Ben the dairy farmer from Jambaroo struck it luck in love on Season 2 of Channel 9′s Farmer Wants A Wife. However the fairy tale romance is now over with Sarah Walton moving out of the farm to take up a job in Sydney.

Clearly the early starts on the farm were not what she wanted, and Ben is now looking for a local girl.

The only couple still together a the now engaged Rob and Jo, previous post here.

Full story News.com.au.

Wes Carr Had To Reshoot Video As It Was Deemed To Be Too Dark.
Poor Wes will have a bit less cash from his hit single Yes as he had to reshoot the video to the single as it was thought to be to dark. The shooting of a video costs about $20,000.

It should be on the video shows by this weekend.
Full story on Herald Sun.

Wes Carr Auditioned For Australian Idol Because His Pub Audience Was More Interested In The Football.

Here in the Courier Mail is an article where Wes Carr, the winner of Australia Idol reveals why he auditioned for Idol. Combine 20 in the audience and football on the TV and you have it.

However Defamer has a much more humorous interview with Wes, and asks the questions you really want to know like whether he is dating Ricki-Lee.

The Amazing Race Casting Director Says It Is A Relationship Game Not A Race Around The World.
In an interview on Reality Blurred Lynne Spillman the casting director of The Amazing Race said she casts on the strength of the stories of the relationship and how the race will test them.

“We want to know where they are, how their relationship is going to change on the race. You’ll see happy dating couples, but they’re usually at a crossroads of, you know, moving in together or getting engaged. You’ll see happily married couples but they’re a little bit in a slump or they’re about to retire. They always have a story where the Race is going to change something, and people don’t get that when they apply,” Spillman told me.

Also she will not cast Survivor cast members unless they have a high profile like Rob and Amber.

Luke Dickens To Perform At The Young Cherry Festival.
Australian Idol Runner Up will make it to his home town for the Cherry Festival this weekend.

The Young local paper reveals Idol Luke Dickens makes his triumphant return home, meeting fans from 10am until 11.30am at Joyce Mayne before heading to the Big W car park at 12pm to shear what everyone believes will be his last sheep.
Luke will also be performing on stage with his own backing band and available for photographs and autographs for a gold coin donation to raise money for Sydney Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House.

Blayne From Project Runway Reveals What He Is Up To.
Blayne the fluro freak from Project Runway Season Five reveals what he has been up to post Project Runway in this article in the Star Bulletin.

The Rachel Zoe Project Will Be Renewed For A Second Season.
Hooray this is fantastic news. Taylor Rachel’s assistance is great reality TV as she is such a bitch.

Wes Carr has hit the charts with his new single ‘You’ in the number 3 position. This is a much better start to his post Idol career then last year’s winner Natalie Gauci.

Wes has sold nearly 1000 more downloads then the Gauch, but he had the advantage of a tailor written song, rather then the one song must fit all contestants approach of previous years.

Full story on Daily Telegraph.

Also here is an interview with Wes from Who Magazine.

Update: Livenews reckons may not be that great compared to the sale of Guy Sebastian who sold over 120,000 of Angels Brought Me Here.