Australian Idol review – Top 8
Cellobella | Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 | Comments OffThe fabulous Meg over at Blogpond has summarised this week’s Idol so well that I only need to add my postscript…
It’s been a couple of weeks since I last posted about Idol. My Melbourne trip came in the middle. I wasn’t unhappy about Mark leaving but was gobsmacked that Marty survived… and this week when Dicko called for him to be euthanised – despite me cheering from my sofa, I had to agree with Mark that it was a sure fire way to get him to stay. We Aussies don’t like to be told what to do by Pommies in positions of authority.
The Hillsong thing… well I didn’t know they were Hillsongers until Channel 7 pointed that out so I’m not sure how effective a guerilla branding move it was until then… and according to The Age – they might just be Christians and not associated with the Hillsong church.
Or maybe they are just good singers who believe in God.
I must say it’s the one thing that gives me the irrits about Tarasai – the whole “I have a gift and I thank the Lord for it” sweet as pie thing she was doing in the early rounds. Give me a break! But the girl CAN sing and should her beliefs disbar her from winning a competition?
Come on! This is egalitarian Australia. All beliefs (theoretically) welcome!
Anyway the Brit Pop Show. Disappointing really – there have been some fantastic Brit Pop songs but once again the song choice was ordinary… apart from Tarasai – can’t go past Queen in my opinion.
So my top four: Tarasai, Natalie (really crappy song choice – but I thought Mark overstepped himself here with his comments – is the man on drugs?) Ben and Matt…
Of the rest? Carl – I’m so OVER that jazz niche thing you’ve got going on boyfriend, Marty – enough said, Daniel – I agree with Kyle – there’s something about you that I don’t connect with. Jacob – a very gracious exit.
Re: Tarisai – that was giving me the irks too. I think someone might have suggested for her own good that she “tone it down”. Not that I’m against someone having the “faith”, it just gets a bit much… I wish she’d stop saying “thank you” in that tiny voice all the time – that’s starting to annoy me.
Oh don’t get me started! It just sounds so put on… a peaches and cream personality… too sweet for your own good!