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Being Booted From Idol Has Hit Mark Da Costa Hard
9:02PM Clem Bastow | It seems Mark Da Costa is not coping as well with his Idol rejection as he first thought, and has turned to spamming innocent MySpace members about amazing Macy’s gift cards.
After all, all the girls are straight up lying when they say talent doesn’t matter.
We look forward to seeing Mark on late-night telemall within a few months, or possibly standing out the front of the Australian Diamond Company wearing a sandwich-board.
ED: In Mark’s defence, he’s in good company – half the bands we’re friends with on MySpazz have come to us with news of the amazing Macy’s gift cards. In fact, Defamer Australia’s favourite Facebook hater, Mr Dan Luscombe of The Drones, once retorted when the subject was raised by several chums at a bar “Have you actually bothered to check the offer out? I might have been alerting you to a really good deal, you ingrates!”. More » 
Mark Da Costa Vows To Keep On Rocking; Marcia Hines Cancels Stock In Kleenex
9:43AM Clem Bastow | We’re not sure about Mark Da Costa being a “shock evictee” in the same league as Ricki-Lee or Bobby Flynn, but we will miss his Cester-lite hairdo and high-note crazy eyes – so we are pleased to announce (for Marcia Hines’ benefit, mainly) that he has made it his life’s mission to keep rocking in the free world (and not returning to a life of couriering, as we at first predicted).
Da Costa plans to release an independent disc of no-doubt RAWKIN’ numbers, pulling in favours from a couple of industry pals including, er, the proprietor of Sydney pub The Welcome Hotel, amongst others.
Adding a wealth of experience to the album project will be producer Craig Porteils, who has recorded big name international acts including Guns N’ Roses, Fleetwood Mac and Rod Stewart.
Da Costa is likely to record his first album offering in the Eargasm studio in Kings Cross run by Porteils, who has been pals with the singer for eight years.
If this “album project” doesn’t feature a) a power ballad or b) a photo of Da Costa staring into the camera with arms outstretched, we’re ringing Channel Ten for a refund on the roughly $3.05 we spent voting for Mark before we became bored of him. More » 
Idol Round-Up: Mark Da Costa Leaves As Viewers Finally Realise He Is Not The Missing Member Of Jet
10:47AM Clem Bastow | “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. More » 
Australian Idol’s Long Lost Cester Brother Makes Most Of Fleeting Fame To Score “Pash” From Mysterious Brunette Tartlet
9:39AM Jess McGuire | Mark Da Costa, perhaps sensing that once this season of Australian Idol is over and buried he will be forgotten as quickly as the other Idol contestants of yesteryear upon whom the “rock” tag has been attached (see also ska-pant enthusiast Kelly Whatshername from Season One), has quite wisely begun making the most of his brief time in the spotlight, happily mentioning his Idol connection to all and sundry in a Sydney club in an attempt to kick some boudoir goals for his penis.
Looking to enjoy a rock star’s night out on the town, the 28-year-old Sydney singer traded a night at the Idol compound for drinks and pick-up lines with mates at Darlinghurst hot spot Ruby Rabbit. Confidential understands that Da Costa, taking advantage of the venue’s “Open House” themed weekly party, wasted little time introducing himself to the ladies in the crowd – quoting his full name and making sure his status as an Idol contender was known.
“He was trying to use his new found ‘fame’ and did his best to pick up a number of girls,” one party-goer reported yesterday. “Unluckily for him, the hot blonde girl he was trying to chat up all night told him she wouldn’t go home with “such a sleaze”.
Undeterred, Da Costa continued to work the room, and eventually struck lucky. A brunette lass must have been quite taken with Da Costa’s song and dance routine, with the pair being busted “pashing on” later in the night.
We can only hope his bedroom technique is free of the bulgy eyed, one-leg hopping, fist pumping antics of Sunday night’s “performance” of U2’s Vertigo.
Do what – and who – you can, Mark. We salute you. More » 