1:25PM Jess McGuire | So everyone’s well aware of the chart woes currently affecting Australian Idol winner Natalie Gauci (who will be referred to as The Gauch from hereon in, just because we can). Suffering from a severe bout of Casey-itis, it seems The Gauch’s victory at the Opera House finale last year hasn’t been enough to guarantee album sales, with her single Here I Am
only managing to reach the dizzying heights of the #2 position (good under normal circumstances, but when you’re part of the Idol juggernaut and the associated publicity power that comes with it, not so good) and
her album debuting at #12.
But even we were surprised when checking out the 50 members of the Facebook group “
I NEED A GIG IN MELBOURNE!!!!!!” to see her name pop up.
Surely Sony-BMG aren’t forcing her to arrange her own shows via Facebook?! This’d never have happened to Matt Corby – IT IS A TRAVESTY!
Poor The Gauch :(
On the upside, she’s not alone. Former E-Street star (and deliverer of The World’s Greatest Lyrics TM – “If you wanna wait til later, hands off my detonator”) Melissa Tkautz is also part of the shouty group. Can we organise a Gauch/Tkautz double-header at a small, intimate venue like
The Empress? We’d pay the $7 cover charge. Anything to support our Australian Idol!
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