With every home visit the judges go to, will they always be a “yes”?
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Anyone else really emotional watching this? I don’t know if it’s the nostalgia or… what.
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From what I can gather, the locations for the auditions are as follows:
- Sydney: Aware Super Theatre (in Darling Harbour)
- Adelaide: Adelaide Oval
- Perth: Optus Stadium
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At last, the original theme!
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Was that the first original theme? Finally!!!
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THEY JUST USED THE OLD THEME!!
edit: LOLS
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Yeah, definitely the original theme and the first time.
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Gold Coast: The Langham Hotel
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Brothers bring it Holmes
Singing siblings from Queensland shine on Australian Idol
Australian Idol continued tonight on Channel 7 and 7plus, with judges Harry Connick Jr, Meghan Trainor, Kyle Sandilands and Amy Shark searching for the nation’s next global superstar.
All four judges were mesmerised by Perth student Angelina Curtis’ voice and piano-playing skills as she performed Split Enz’s Message To My Girl. A flabbergasted Harry said: “You’re fif-fricken-teen years old. You’re supposed to do this.”
With First Nations Australian Idol alumna Jessica Mauboy as his inspiration, music student Royston Sagigi-Baira, 23, travelled from Far North Queensland to audition for the judges. Singing I’m Not The Only One by Sam Smith, Meghan was entranced, declaring “I only have one word for you, and that word is SLAYYYY”, before celebrating with the latest golden ticket recipient.
Gold Coast-based brothers Angus and Bobby Holmes’ auditioned separately, but after learning the pair are related, the judges asked them to perform together. Singing Anyway You Want It by Journey with synchronised dancing, the brothers left the judges thinking they would be better suited to a band. Kyle said: “You were both great, but I think you’re better if I could fit a rubber band round both of you.” Giving them a chance, both are granted a golden ticket.
Harry travelled to Newcastle to surprise Piper Butcher, 18, at her home and asked her to audition on the spot. Her impromptu performance of Radioactive by Imagine Dragons left Harry wanting more. “I would buy that tomorrow. Your voice is amazing, and your time is dead on. There are four of us judging, and I can assure you the other three would say exactly what I am saying and that is… welcome to the top 50.”
Maya Weis, a 28-year-old yoga instructor from Victoria, left a lasting impression on Amy with her version of Little Mix’s Wings. “I’m obsessed with your mouth,” Amy said. “You’ve got that Alanis Morrisette, Steven Tyler mouth that really opens up and I was just couldn’t stop looking at you. I was captivated. It’s so nice and refreshing when you’ve got it all happening at once.” With all judges tapping along and vibing with her performance, Maya secured a place in the next stage of the competition.
Some singers weren’t as successful with their auditions, with Brisbane author Ali Morris failing to arouse the judges with her sexual take on The Veronica’s Untouched. Despite her performer look, Chenai Boucher also failed to impress all four experts as she sang My Immortal by Evanescence.
Aspiring crooner Charlie Check caused a stir, as he refused to take on Harry’s feedback, while charismatic singing teacher Kaitlyn Thomas wowed the judges with her female empowering version of Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson and received a golden ticket.
Finally, it was Perth-based rugby player Taigh Wade, who turned to music after shattering his ankle. Despite Kyle saying he was “a bit rough round the edges”, the judges saw his raw talent when he performed Dancing On My Own by Calum Scott and gave him the chance to improve in the next stage of the competition.
See tonight’s audition highlights :
Golden ticket winners
- Angelina Curtis – Message To My Girl by Split Enz
- Royston Sagigi-Baira – I’m Not The Only One by Sam Smith
- Angus Holmes – April Sun In Cuba by Dragon
- Bobby Holmes – Love Really Hurts Without You by Billy Ocean
- Holmes brothers – Anyway You Want It by Journey
- Piper Butcher – Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
- Maya Weis – Wings by Little Mix
- Charlie Chech – Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra
- Kaitlyn Thomas – Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson
- Taigh Wade – Dancing On My Own by Callum Scott
Tomorrow night on Australian Idol: As the top 50 takes shape, the stakes haven’t been higher and everyone wants a golden ticket.
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It can still drop and unfortunately I think it’ll be on a downward trajectory from here. I can’t see how it’ll suddenly gain viewers unless it’s moved away from MAFS and Survivor.
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That literally what I said 
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At that time, Joh Griggs was very active on Twitter and interacted with viewers daily about the show. I know she replied to many of my messages (she even followed my account). I really believe this hard work helped build the show.
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Ouch - didn’t expect Idol to come third in the battle but not surprising in hindsight. With both MAFS and Survivor you need to watch the whole episodes really to follow the series - with Idol you can just watch a couple of clips of the key auditionees and keep up with it that way if you’re interested enough to follow it but want to save yourself a couple of hours a night.
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For those expecting ratings to shift when the live shows commence, it might be worth looking at the wiki pages for season 6 and 7 which have episode by episode ratings breakdowns. These were arguably the least popular seasons and they do not show any marked improvement following the auditions and top 50 shows.
We know too that The Voice tends to have the opposite trajectory once auditions are over. If the interest isn’t there now, I don’t see it climbing much for the live shows. I will be happy to be proven wrong because there is life in this format - it’s just been scheduled against a powerhouse in MAFS.
Agree that there could be an initial spike if Seven get the promotion right - but I think viewers will catch on if this is promoted as live and then we are treated to an edited pre-record from the night before. If the pre-record is to help with set reconstruction between acts, fine, but if it’s to cover up takes where the hosts messed up their lines or the judges said something offensive - those that are watching will see through it. Show it warts and all or suffer the consequences.
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Although aren’t the Idol live performances generally little more than a singer with a mic - so no real need for big set changes between the acts.
There is just a reluctance it seems to do live TV in Australia.
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How are they advertising ‘watch live’ Sunday night when it’s another audition episode?
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Watch it live on the telly (instead of streaming) to increase its overnight television ratings 
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I did think that. Bit of a stretch isn’t it tho?
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They should say watch live to air.
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