the Australian Idol thread

[Blitzkrieg]

Spawn, are you high? Hayley sucks, she was my worst this week, along with Marty. Marty wasn't too bad until he got to the chorus, which he took nowhere.

Chanel and Daniel were both pretty average. Emelia wasn't great, but she wasn't bad. One of her better performances. One of those should round out the bottom three.

Ricki-Lee was again the standout, followed by Courtney. These two were really good.

Anthony and Casey were quite solid as well.

 

[spawn]

I thought Hayley did great

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I think she has sucked every week, yet no-one says a bad word about her. It frustrates me.

 

[Spruce Goose]

Hayley was pretty amatuerish last night. I thought she would have gotten absolutely smashed by Dicko for being a good karaoke singer, or a cheap cruise ship cabaret act. Especially with those cheesy as fuck poses she was pulling.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

That's exactly what I thought. I don't understand how they can say negative things about someone like Anthony (who isn't perfect), but give Hayley (who is shit) nothing but praise.

 

[Goreripper]

I think it's significant that Hayley had to audition twice to get through.

 

[Spiff]

Once Hayley, Marty and Emelia are gone we'll be left with a pretty damn good group of singers. That's assuming Chanel gets her act together - she's the disappointment of the series for me. I was a huge fan of her at the beginning but there's something seriously wrong with how she's approaching the whole thing, and I don't know what it is.

 

[spawn]

I think maybe Dicko and Holden were right, she wants to win too badly and the stress is screwing her up.

 

[Goreripper]

Yep. They're right. She can't handle it.

 

[Spruce Goose]

I think she is just too fake. I can't stand her, and never ever liked her. She puts in the same performance week after week. She's not trixxing me

 

[phlogiston]

I'm with Spiff on Chanel. At first I though they should just stop the comp and give it to her. Now it's Casey, Rikki-Lee and Courtney for mine.

 

[Goreripper]

And I agree also. We were talking about this last night. Chanel has no variety in her performance. I think she was lucky not to be in bottom three last night.

 

[Spruce Goose]

Rikki Lee is pretty much the standout performer, favorite, and most marketable of the lot.

I like her, Daniel, and Courtney. If one of those 3 don't win, I will be disapointed. In my opinion, the only other person that could win would be Anthony. He is a complete package, but his style is saturating the market already. Atleast the other 3 are a little different to the mainstream

 

[Goreripper]

I don't think Rikki Lee is that different to the mainstream either, but she does seem willing to take a risk. Doing Michael Jackson was genius.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I didn't ever think Chanel was that great. Perhaps she hasn't lost anything, it is just that at first we didn't see that she wasn't versatile, and now we have.

The same thing has kind of happened with Daniel, I thought he was one of the best at first, but that was just because I hadn't seen much from him. Now after seeing him not do so well on the theme shows, but seeing people like Ricki-Lee kick arse at everything, I am not as much of a fan.

Ricki-Lee was my pick to win it from the final 30, and each week I just think she is more and more likely to win. I think Anthony is the second most likely to win, but I agree with what Spruce said about his style already saturating the market, so it would be good to see someone else win. I really like Courtney, but I don't think he is that great a singer, he just has a rad voice.

 

[Celestial-Todd]

I think because Anthony's style is saturating the market, it gives him a better chance of winning. At least they know his style is popular....

 

[Spiff]

Chanel has a huge following though. There were Chanel Cole websites popping up after the first show she was on, before the finals even started.

 

[Celestial-Todd]

Well I think they may as well cancell the rest of the show, because they have a winner already!

 

[spawn]

You mean there were people out there who didnt watch the Grand Final?

 

[phlogiston]

I've said that about Chanel and Courtney so far Todd. One performance doesn't make a winner. That said, that one performance is going to hold him in good staid for quite some time now. Fuck me, he was AWESOME! I think Dicko was right when he said it was teh best performance ever on that stage.

Bottom three? Marty (again), and, as much as it pains me to say this, Chanel and Courtney.