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Australians To Be Reminded That The Safeways Sinatra Is Still Infinitely Preferable To The Bi-Lo Buble
8:56AM Jess McGuire | Carl Riseley must be ropable at news Michael Buble plans on stealing his post-Idol thunder with an Australian tour in early December.
Michael Buble has confirmed his sixth visit to Australia next year off the back of the hugely successful Call Me Irresponsible album.
That
record has already achieved triple platinum sales after six months in
the ARIA charts, adding to the 1.4 million albums already in Australian
homes.
“I love coming to Australia. You are all so nice. Sort of like Canadians but with good suntans,” Buble jokes.
In Carl’s favour? The cheap Michael Buble tickets cost $65, which is roughly $60 more than you’ll pay to see Carl bring his big band swing to an RSL near you. Bah-da-boop-ba-doop-eh-WAH-wah-shooo-be-dooo-paaaaah!
Hey, we’re rooting for Carl, we really are. The boy is damn cute. In fact, he’s so bloody handsome he’d probably make a killing if he decided to forge a career in the other kind of scat business. Our credit card is at the ready… SCHIZER! More » 
The Elusive Idol Signings: Did Andrew G Speak Too Soon?
10:46AM Clem Bastow | Remember at the beginning of this year’s Australian Idol finals, Andrew G and James Mathison announced, steely faced, that they had a surprise for the Final 12 – that only one finalist would be signed to Sony BMG this year, the winner?
And all the finalists looked a bit miffed that their chance at Ricki Lee/Anthony Callea/Young Divas/Shannon Noll-esque runner-up success had been dashed upon the rocks of big business?
Now it seems it was just a ruse, with word that Sony BMG are already wording up third-place-getter Carl Riseley in the hope of giving the nu-swing trumpeter a deal.
The navy trumpeter told Confidential he was expecting to meet with label executives who had approached him “straight after the verdict” when he was voted off the starmaker show on Monday night.
While publicists for both Idol and Sony/BMG were keen to play down the secret session, Riseley said he was buoyed by the prospect, after hitting a bum note and missing out on a final two spot.
“(Sony/BMG) have been really supportive and embraced the idea of Australia having its own jazz guy,” Riseley told Confidential yesterday.
Australia’s former “own jazz guy”, James Morrison, was seen furiously voting for Matt and Natalie at his local Telstra dealership.
In any case, it’s probably a good thing Carl looks set to be signed, because if his MySpace activity is anything to go by, it looks as though – like Mark Da Costa – this whole business has really hit him hard.
He’s gonna BLOW her TRUMPET, and he’s TOTALLY JAZZED to do so! Etc, etc. More »
Idol Round-Up: Carl Sails Out Of Competition
9:07AM Clem Bastow | Trumpeter and (ex?) sailor Carl Risely was the last to be kicked off Australian Idol prior to the grand final, leaving Natalie Gauci and Matt Corby in the final two.
Oddly enough, considering most would’ve assumed Matt Corby to be most popular, Gauci – “the Gauch”, according to an unusually excitable Marcia – was the first to be declared safe, meaning she’d garnered the most points.
Andrew G was naturally quick to rain on that particular parade, maintaining that there was 4% between “first” and “second”.
We’ll miss Carl’s warbling (and wish they’d let him be more Chet Baker-esque and have his trumpet with him all the time, as those performances – It’s Not Unusual in particular – were always miles above the rest) but it was probably his time to go some weeks ago, let alone last night.
Tips for the finale? We’re stumped, actually! “The Gauch” has pulled off quite an impressive Cosima (without the ‘nodgews’) in the final dash, and Corby isn’t as popular as he once was, so we’ll just hope for one thing: that the stylists don’t fuck up the female finalist’s wardrobe choices for this year’s Opera House gig.
It’s not much to ask. More » 