Kyle’s appeal is quite simple really. Look at the amount of chatter there’s been on here about him. No other judge gets as much feedback (whether it be positive or negative) than him. The fact that he’s so polarising is what makes him the highest paid media personality in the country. He’s no different to the classic heel role in wrestling. The more people talk about him (i.e.: you two) the more he becomes known.
I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but surely as people interested in the media you can at least understand why Kyle works, right?
Ricki-Lee is away from her radio show Wednesday to Friday this week to record the next round of Australian Idol. Then that’s it for this year. She mentioned that there’s a format change for these episodes being currently recorded.
At first it sounds like a cost cutting exercise i.e. less people coming gto auditions so only having a top 30. Hopefully it as the article states though, Top 30 makes it harder to get a ticket at audition. It means the judges will be more critical and fight to get people through more.
I mean, hasn’t Seven learnt its lesson? It all started when Nine acquired the Australian Open rights for 2019 (though their association was meant to start in 2020, it was brought forward when Seven acquired the cricket rights).
Every show Seven has pitted against that Nine juggernaut has crashed and burnt, and in some cases shafted channels to 7flix.
Considering how this show use to be produced in the past, it now looks cheap and nasty. I thought the first season on seven flopped? Not sure why it’s being brought back and particularly against that MAFS program that seems to rate well for some unknown reason.
When Ten bought the franchise in 2003, they went all out in promoting the show and produced it like no other, such as having the Grand Final at the Sydney Opera House (though for the last two seasons or so, they had the finale on the forecourt rather than inside the hall).
Seven stripped it down, like they did with Big Brother, and they paid the price. Conversely, their attempt to revamp “The Mole” in 2013 also backfired and for the second half of that series the show got buried in a post-10:30pm timeslot.
The reason why MAFS is doing so well is primarily because Nine went all out to promote the show during its Australian Open coverage. Acquiring the rights to the first major international sporting event of the year (with no disrespect to the cricket intended) helped Nine reclaim its mantle as “Still the One”.
While I agree those shows may be more different to MAFS is, seven has basically had a different show every year for the last few years.
Idol is never going to beat MAFS, that show will die on its own over time. But I think having a consistency year on year for the first time since MKR is a positive thing.
