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1:30PM Jess McGuire | Recently ousted Australian Idol contestant Sabrina Batshon has told reporters she believes the program is fake and boring, pointing out that most of the feedback from the judges is often “just for show and entertainment”. Later, Sabrina informed the press that the sky is blue and the ocean is blue. More »
Idol Contestant Believes The Show Is ‘Fake’ And ‘Boring’
1:30PM Jess McGuire | Recently ousted Australian Idol contestant Sabrina Batshon has told reporters she believes the program is fake and boring, pointing out that most of the feedback from the judges is often “just for show and entertainment”. Later, Sabrina informed the press that the sky is blue and the ocean is blue. More » 
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4:14PM Jess McGuire | Former Australian Idol judge Mark Holden has piped up now that the program’s ratings are suffering and claimed that the show’s woes stem from losing too many members from the original line up. You know, James Mathison, John Foreman, and… oh yeah! A certain carnation throwing, Amorosi-discovering fellow named Mark Holden. TOUCH DOWN! More »
Mark Holden Thinks Idol Needs More Familiar Faces, HINT HINT
4:14PM Jess McGuire | Former Australian Idol judge Mark Holden has piped up now that the program’s ratings are suffering and claimed that the show’s woes stem from losing too many members from the original line up. You know, James Mathison, John Foreman, and… oh yeah! A certain carnation throwing, Amorosi-discovering fellow named Mark Holden. TOUCH DOWN! More »
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1:00PM Jess McGuire | Hopefully it won’t be too long before Australian Idol hits our screens and fills the space left by The Biggest Loser, but perhaps you’re the type of person who is missing the talent show so very much that you urgently require some kind of hit from the Idol bong, yeah? Thanks to a kind reader, Defamer Australia can help you. More »
Here’s A Little Bit Of Australian Idol Gossip For You…
1:00PM Jess McGuire | Hopefully it won’t be too long before Australian Idol hits our screens and fills the space left by The Biggest Loser, but perhaps you’re the type of person who is missing the talent show so very much that you urgently require some kind of hit from the Idol bong, yeah? Thanks to a kind reader, Defamer Australia can help you. More » Dicko Set To Make An Appearance In The Idyllic Fatty Boombah-Free World Of Ramsay Street
4:29PM Jess McGuire | Australian Idol judge Dicko is going to be making many of his British friends jealous with news he’s making a cameo on Neighbours shortly. His role? A “hard-nosed, tough-talking music executive”. But of course.
“I don’t know why they cast me in that role,” the Australian Idol judge joked. His character is involved with the budding music careers of the roles played by Dean Geyer and Caitlin Stasey.
Good god. Does that mean we can expect more actual singles from the fictional characters appearing in the shops?
Dicko goes on to reveal his secret weapon when it comes to remembering his lines. More » 
The Idol Journey TM Is Emotionally Draining Chrislyn!
4:15PM Jess McGuire | Sad news from Idol HQ. Chrislyn, the teenage contestant on this year’s Australian Idol series who made Cyndi Lauper cry – in a good way – with her interpretation of ‘True Colours’, is apparently not coping very well with the , and was recently allowed by the Idol Gods to visit family in Brisbane in an attempt to cheer the young lass up.
Teenager Chrislyn Hamilton is the latest Australian Idol contestant to crumble under the pressure of Channel 10’s reality television series.
Hamilton was given special permission to travel home to Brisbane to be with her family and friends after concerns were raised that she felt lonely and ostracised from the other contestants
Not that bloody Mark “Sex On Fire” Spano is feeling overly sympathetic toward Chrislyn. More » 
Australian Idol Round-Up: Vesna Is Not Amused
10:00AM Clem Bastow | Old-timer Big Brother fans would’ve been thrilled to see the nation’s favourite hairdresser and fan of “intimate wash” pop up on Australian Idol the other night. However, the pint-sized firecracker was not there to sing, but to support her boyfriend Sebastian Pluchinotta – and what happened next was typical of the show’s increasingly dodgy “direction”. To wit, Dicko and Kyle were not satisfied that Pluchinotta was straight, and made him sing his chosen song directly to Vesna’s face; Dicko then mock-stormed out, evidently in protest of the massive amounts of gaydar his antennae were picking up (I picked up roughly 5% gaydar, and that was from the loving looks Dicko and Kyle were giving each other). Pluchinotta did not get through. Unsurprisingly, Vesna is pissed, and is letting everyone know about it. More »
Australian Idol Round-Up: It Continueth
11:00AM Clem Bastow | So we’re now two days into 2008’s edition of Australian Idol and already I’m reaching saturation point. Is slamming us with six solid nights of auditions a good way to begin a season? Jump over the, er, jump and we can discuss last night’s effort. More » 
Australian Idol Round-Up: It Beginneth
10:30AM Clem Bastow | So, Australian Idol has begun – they couldn’t even wait until after the Olympics closing ceremony, such was the enthusiasm of another year of hopefuls – and was it everything the incredible, Jacksons-aping, James Spargo-highlighting promos made it out to be? Let’s hold hands and go over the jump to discuss Idol’s opening salvo. More » 
Matt And Nat Hit Back At Dicko’s “Boring” Claims; A Nation Shrugs
10:02AM Clem Bastow | Just days after Ian “Dicko” Dickson “accidentally” let slip that he thought this year’s Australian Idol final two were “beautiful but boring”, the pair have used their Sunday night spotlight to get their own back.
Matt Corby has had a go at the judge and mentor, while Natalie Gauci chose to employ The Power Of Music™ to get her point across (which incidentally left her looking loopy and over-emotional instead of focused and intense; the latter was presumably the effect she was going for, but we could be wrong).
When presenters showed concern for the singer after a subdued performance of his second song, Jamie Cullum’s hit Dry, the 17-year-old turned the tables with a snappy aside of his own, with the quip: “I feel sorry for Dicko. He must be bored out of his mind.”
Melbourne finalist, Natalie Gauci got a dig in of her own, perhaps, belting out current top 10 hit, Apologise by One Republic, and the Kate Bush classic Running Up That Hill with its key lyrics “So much hate for the ones we love. Tell me we both matter don’t we?” taking on special meaning.
All this doesn’t really matter, of course, because as we’ve learned every Idol year before this, it doesn’t actually matter how good the Final Two are – because the winner’s single is always, without fail, total and utter pants.
Maybe Dicko was talking about the song? More » Dicko, The Guy Who Wrote Avril & Deryk’s Wedding Song, And The Musical Director Of Prince’s ‘New Power Generation’ Team Up To Find The Next Great American Band
8:39AM Jess McGuire | We cannot be the only ones slightly surprised by the news that Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson has just signed on to star as a judge on The Next Great American Band – a search for the, erm, next great American band – alongside Johnny Rzeznik from The Goo Goo Dolls* and Sheila E.
Says The Age -
Like Idol, The Next Great American Band will challenge groups to perform in several different styles as it searches for the top unsigned band in the US. The three judges will narrow down the field to 10 finalists who’ll perform live each week, playing a mix of their own music and cover tunes. Viewers will have the final say in who stays and who goes. Australian Idol has only recently started its sixth series on Network Ten, and is not scheduled to end till December. Comment was being sought from Dickson.
We’re seeking a comment from him too – specifically, an explanation as to how the fuck he pulled this off! Congratulations Dicko. Now you’d best prepare yeself for the smack-like buzz of fame on a much, much bigger level.
*Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley enjoyed their first dance as man and wife to the tune of his hit song Iris
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