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Mark Holden Has Been Kicked Off Australian Idol!

5:57PM Jess McGuire | Wow, we knew the Idol franchise was going to require a decent revamp in order to draw in the punters this year, but we weren’t expecting to find out that Mark Holden has been given the flick from the show! According to the Daily Telegraph – From touchdown to comedown – outspoken personality Mark Holden has been culled from the Australian Idol judging panel in an attempt to reinvigorate the tired format of the Channel Ten talent quest. It is understood the network, together with Australian Idol production company Fremantle Media, reached the decision this week and will rush out a press release after the news – scheduled to be announced on Thursday – broke to media prematurely this afternoon. 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.   More »