Delta Goodrem's take-no-prisoners assault on the US continues as she rapes and pillages Duluth, leaving only smoking shells of buildings and the charred bodies of dead infants gears up to appear on The Late Show With David Letterman, which her label no doubt hopes will introduce her to the audience she has been so desperately trying to court (night-owls and shift workers, natch). And how is our very own postmodern mermaid feeling about her talkshow debut? Bless her nylon sockettes, the little thing is nervous!

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A bit of a bland missive from Jodhi Mail central this week, mostly consisting of tears and sooks and nothing much else.

The girls were forced to "face their fears" in a live modelling 'performance' featuring their worst phobias, which led to the extremely entertaining sequence in which Leiden had a total meltdown over her phobia: Edward Scissorhands. Seeing Jonathon Pease patting her on the back while she wheezed and sobbed, saying, "Don't worry, babe, he's not here", was the highlight of the night.

It was mostly downhill from there...

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OH MY GOD YOU GUYS!!1 Guess what?! Pete Doherty is headed back to jail!

Really, Defamer Australia? Yes! Looks like, in a move that is completely out of character for the fine, upstanding young singer/songwriter, he breached his probation conditions and is back in the clink! For 14 weeks!

We know, we found it hard to believe ourselves! But the proof, as they say, is in the pudding (and the pudding is stained a queasy tinge of green and smells like stale cigarettes and wine dregs).

Parlophone Records said the Babyshambles frontman's show at the Royal Albert Hall scheduled for April 26 would have to be postponed.

"Peter was very much looking forward to the show and would like to offer his sincerest apologies to all his fans and all those concerned," the label said in a statement.

Adrian Hunter, Doherty's manager, said there were "numerous reasons" the singer/songwriter had been jailed.

"One of them was his latecoming at probation hearings," he said.

Doherty has been in and out of court over recent months in connection with his well-publicised battle with drug abuse. Tuesday's sentence was handed down at the West London Magistrate's Court.

File this one under the 'unscientific yet mightily entertaining and wholly vindicating' header: a UK survey has found that of all the sounds that put them to sleep, most reach for Coldplay when they feel the need for soporific songs.

We're not sure they really needed to conduct a survey to find this out, but it's still nice to have it confirmed in some way.

Britons like a dose of rock band Coldplay to help them fall asleep, a survey from hotel chain Travelodge found today.

The band, whose frontman Chris Martin says he avoids caffeine and alcohol and is known for a lifestyle that is anything but rock 'n' roll, came top in a poll of music choices to help you nod off.

Other artists chosen for their slumber-inducing qualities were James Blunt, Snow Patrol, Take That and Norah Jones.

Once we'd recovered from hearing that the So You Think You Can Dance Australia kids were happy to shag anything with a pulse, and then suffered the indignity of having respected choreographers calling their high-stepping "hideous", we kind of forgot about the show. Its momentum wasn't exactly captivating and we'd begun to realise that there was about as much personality in its combined cast as there is in fat-free granola.

So, along those lines, comes the scintillating news that Melbournites Rhys and Demi took a well-earned break this week just past. And, er, that's it:

They both let off steam at their favourite nightspots.

Rhys Bobridge dropped into Prahran's the Market, where he works as a drag queen, while Demi Sorono visited South Melbourne club Seven and tried a few of her moves.

"I wasn't up on a podium or anything but I busted out a few freestyle moves and I got a bit of a circle around me watching," she said. "It was pretty cool."

Bobridge also caught up with his boyfriend and said it was hard saying goodbye again and returning to the high pressure of being in the final 10.

There goes whatever tenuous reason most people were using to watch the show. Now they'll have to, like, actually dance well and entertain the viewers, shock horror!

This year's Australian Idol final two are a counfounding pair. You'd have to be blind and deaf not to get that Matt Corby and Natalie Gauci are excellent performers and good looking enough to shift records, it's just that they're so... boring.

Dicko said it, everyone has been thinking it, and now the final two themselves have more or less confirmed it by giving the most boring interviews possible in the lead up to the big bash at the Opera House on Sunday.

That's the nature of Idol. It's a plunge into the deep end without floaties.

"People see our family, see where we live, see our bedrooms. I'm sure we haven't seen Beyonce's bedroom or Missy Higgins' bedroom," Gauci says.

There was also controversy over the singers' religious beliefs, with speculation Corby's church, Assemblies Of God, allegedly encouraged its congregation to vote for him.

Both Corby and Gauci are adamant that people's religious beliefs should be allowed to be kept private.

"What we believe is up to us," Corby says on the subject. "It's not Religious Idol."

Offers Gauci: "It's one thing to judge you for your singing, another thing to judge you for your religion."

In fact, we thought we'd never say it, but we're starting to miss Tarisai.

Come back you crazy bitch, all is forgiven!