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Former Australian Idol judge Jay Dee Springbett and the mother of his two children are dunzo. Despite denying a break-up in April, Jay Dee and Louisa McCole have confirmed that their relationship is over. The Sony executive has been the subject of rumours saying that he’d had flings with several starlets that he’d signed to the label, which he’s denied.
We can finally stick a fork in Australian Idol— at least for 2010. The series is being “rested” after a year of embarrassing ratings and may be relaunched in 2011. The show definitely needs a nanna nap. Those two hour Sunday night marathons were a hard slog towards the end.
The tide has turned. Australian Idol producers, who sacked shock-jock Kyle Sandilands five months ago, are now desperado for him to return to the show. They dropped him like he was hot after the infamous stunt gone terribly wrong on his radio show involving a teenage rape victim, but now they’ve changed their tune.
Drumroll, please...the new Nova 969 breakfast team in Sydney has been announced. Singer and TV host Ricki-Lee Coulter and former Triple J presenter Scott Dooley will join Merrick Watts. Friday marked the last day for Tim “Rosso” Ross and Kate Ritchie.
Australian Idol runner-up Hayley Warner has scored a recording contract with Sony Music. The 17-year-old announced the news at the ARIA Awards last week. Winner Stan Walker was automatically signed with Sony and the two will go head-to-head on the charts.
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Um, hello? New Moon, New Moon and then more New Moon.
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Pearl Jam Eddie Vedder and crew perform at Sydney Football Stadium with support acts Liam Finn, Ben Harper and Restless7.
We love a little Michael Buble and are tracking his every move like a spy satellite. But not in a creepy, stalkerish way, thank you very much. He is currently in Oz promoting his new No.
Word on the street has it that Australian Idol will be canned next season and instead The X Factor will return to take its place. Judge Ian “Dicko” Dickson added fuel to the fire today by admitting that so far none of the Idol judges have been invited back for next year. The X Factor was on Ten in 2005 and was hosted by Daniel MacPherson and featured judges Mark Holden, Kate Cebrano and John Reid.
Michael Buble is in Australia and it’s his turn to weigh in on the Britney LipsynchGate controversy that has ridiculously turned into an international media incident. He says, “You'd think she killed someone. As an artist, and a human being, some of what has been written about her is so nasty.
Thank God last night was the final regular episode of Australian Idol because we’re seriously bored already. Last night was basically a repeat of last week – Stan Walker and Hayley Warner were selected as the final two contestants and they each sang THREE songs. James Johnson was predictably sent packing.