Australian Idol Round-Up: We Are Devastated To See Jacob’s Chipmunk Cheeks Exit Our Screens

Our “favourite” Idol was given the boot last night; it was sayonara to Jacob Butler’s sweat-tinged upper lip and breathless versions of the hits of the UK recording industry as the Melbourne singer became the latest Idol reject. (We also like the fact that that News Ltd headline, “Jacob Loses Australian Idol Fight” makes him sound like a plucky cancer sufferer in a midday movie.)

His “rousing” parting rendition of The Beatles’ Let It Be (complete with “Everybody out of your seats” moment) was a perfect crystallisation of all the reasons why we’re happy to see the back of him (but wouldn’t actually be happy to see the back of him, eh, eh).

In fact, if they can somehow manage to shuffle Marty off next week, the Final Six could actually make us enthused about following the journey to the Opera House with more than the passing curiosity we have currently, the interest levels of which are about on par with “Hmm, there’s a black mark on the carpet, wonder how that got there?”