Australian Idol review - Top 8

The 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.