Idol Round-Up: Mark Da Costa Leaves As Viewers Finally Realise He Is Not The Missing Member Of Jet

“Rocker” Mark Da Costa is the first male Final 12 contestant to be booted from this year’s Idol, after his “groovy” acoustic version of Yellow (with excess use of the word “thang”) failed to keep him in the game.

We actually felt a little sad at Mark’s leaving, mainly because of the look in his eyes that said, “I’m 28; I will get exactly four months more exposure out of this and then I will be a courier until the day I retire to dream about what might have been” – but also because dear old Marcia actually seemed genuinely upset to see him go, even despite Andrew G and James Mathison’s offer of a “cup of tea” backstage after the show.

We’d like to see Surfin’ Marty leave next, if only to attempt to address the gender imbalance in this year’s Final 12. It’s just not cricket.