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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 » Marcia Hines Is Furious About Richard E. Grant’s Bleak Career Predictions For Idol Contestants
10:18AM Jess McGuire | Uh-oh! The Marcia God is laying the smackdown on My Fair Lady actor Richard E. Grant, who you’ll remember made some rather sobering and depressing predictions about the future careers of our current crop of Australian Idols (well, sobering and depressing unless some of our Idols actually desire to work in the food industry, specifically the production of fried chicken).
Marcia is completely unimpressed with Richard’s comments, and isn’t afraid to say so publicly.
Australian Idol nice gal Marcia Hines might be full of kind words for contestants on the show, but she’s shown another side after the karaoke-fest came in for some criticism from top British actor Richard E. Grant.
I believe you’ll find a young lass from Bega named Chanel Cole who’ll vouch the appearance of Marcia’s ferocious bitch side long before Richard E. Grant decided to try his hand at musical theatre/shattering the youthful dreams of singers, but I get your point, Daily Telegraph. More » Words Of Wisdom With Marcia Hines
4:19PM Jess McGuire | I’ll leave the incisive Australian Idol wrap ups to Clem, who did a marvellous job this morning (she was so close to her Bui dream!), but I did want to point out that there were a handful of absolutely spectacular Marcia Hines moments that had me both clapping like a spazz and shaking my head in disbelief.
Firstly, when someone referenced a contestant having gone for a little bit of a Britney Spears look, Marcia deadpanned the following nugget of brilliance.
“There’s sexy, and then there’s ho.”
Something we can all learn from.
Marcia also had some helpful tips for our young singers on how to get the most out of their voices.
“You need to get more air into your voice… and the air is sex…. and it’s sexy.”
But my absolute favourite piece of nonsensical advice, delivered in the style of an Anthony Robbins-esque life coach, was this:
“Just fly… fly… fly, darlin’…”
If she keeps this up, I am dedicating a small patch of Defamer Australia to collecting her Greatest One Liners, and at the end we can publish a Bradley Trevor Grieve-y kind of book full of pictures of cute animals with ridiculous quotes from The Marcia God underneath. 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 » Deni Hines Not A Fan Of Cheerleading Sister Girlfriends
12:42PM Jess McGuire | A trip to a basketball game is, for most people, normally a pleasant experience full of sporting goodwill and athletic joy, but not for punters at the recent Sydney Kings/Melbourne Tigers grand final. Hoop lovers were forced to witness a foul-mouthed Deni Hines running amok and lashing out at cheerleaders.
Hines was a guest of Sydney Kings shareholder Dorry Kordahi and, alongside other celebrity attendees Jane Flemming and partner Ian Purchas, was treated to front-row seats at the blockbuster match held at Sydney Entertainment Centre. The only problem being Hines was in the mood for some slam-dunking of her own – at the expense of the Sydney Kings’ cheerleading squad.
Spectators sitting close to the singer told Confidential they were appalled when Hines, the daughter of Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines, began abusing the cheerleaders in an expletive-ridden rant after one of the girls accidentally brushed past her.
“She was saying things like, ‘Get your f…ing s… out of my face’ and pretending to kick the girls while they were sitting courtside doing their job,” one witness reported yesterday.
Now, now. What would your impeccably mannered mother say, Deni? (“That moody cow?” – Chanel Cole)
Confidential’s source for the story manages to include a tasty anti-Deni zinger in their version of events, huffily declaring -
“I have to say, I was absolutely appalled by Deni’s behaviour – there is a right and wrong way to conduct yourself and she behaved inappropriately. Besides, I’m sure the cheerleaders have received more work than Deni over the past few years.”
They shoot, they score!
As one would expect, Deni’s management are denying the entire thing ever happened. More » 
There’s Nothing Better Than When An Ex Idol Contestant Goes Batshit Crazy, Is There?
8:00AM Jess McGuire | Ha! We’re kinda loving the fact that Tarisai Vushe appears intent on tearing anyone she’s ever met a new one post-Idol booting. First her explosion at Mark Holden which was broadcast on Monday night’s show (we’ve got to admit, she’s right about him talking complete fucking shit most of the time, and every time he says “That’s what I wanted to see!” during the fight, we want to smack him about the chops), then she’s whining about the viewers who called her fake.
And now? She’s taken aim at Natalie “Just call me Holly Hunter because I’m all about The Piano, motherfucker” Gauci (she’s rude and horrible - Gauci, that is), and let fly on the topic of her sister-girlfriend Marcia Hines.
There’s no faking it – Tarasai Vushe is one angry woman, turning her vitriol on Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines yesterday after being booted from the show.
Still simmering from the backstage brawl with Mark Holden – which she claims cost her spot on the show – Vushe explosively told Confidential it was Hines who was “fake” and the latest judge to betray her.
After being challenged by Holden and Dicko for not showing real emotion in her public performances, the 20-year-old said Hines’ silence during the live spat on Sunday only added to her tears.
“But she came to talk to me after the show, before the fight with Mark,” Vushe explained.
“She comforted me and said, ‘I don’t think you are faking it, but I kept quiet because I didn’t want to enter the argument.
“I believed her when she said that, then I heard she went on radio yesterday (Monday) and said to Dicko, ‘I agree with you that she’s fake.’
“So who’s being fake now?”
The Zimbabwean-born singer said she had relied on Hines for motherly support during the series, but now felt “betrayed”.
“She lied to me. She told me to go and talk to Dicko and Holden.
“It was probably just a set up.”
EVEN THE JESUS WON’T BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR REPUTATION NOW, TARISAI!
She’s all yours, Hillsong. Put those pipes to good use.
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Is Marcia Hines Gonna Have To Choke A Bitch?
9:52AM Clem Bastow | As much as we like to lovingly poke fun at her seemingly endless supply of Peter Pan-collared kaftans and slightly confusing commentary, Australian Idol wouldn’t be the same without Marcia Hines.
So, we were more than a little alarmed to read that the talent quest – which shows no signs of being left to die with dignity despite this year’s complete lack of personality – could be set to become an all-male zone, at least as far as the judging panel is concerned. Marcia’s cracked the shits!
Tensions between the four-person judging panel boiled over on air during Sunday night’s show, when the diva turned on Mark Holden and Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson in defence of contestant Ben McKenzie.
Hines was dubbed ‘Thumper’ by Dicko after her animated spray, during which she declared she had the “shits” with Holden, pounding the desk to make her point.
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