Well, at least Seven is keeping its faith in the show though I fear next year’s season could be the last, if ratings don’t improve.
MKR was “rested” after 2020 though returned last year, in a stripped down format, eliminating much of the “drama” that plagued the show towards the end of its original run (remember that “you have been excluded from the table” drama that aired just after the 2018 Commonwealth Games?).
Star-making series returns Monday, 29 January 2024
This is where stars are made: welcome to Australian Idol!
Twenty years after Guy Sebastian pipped Shannon Noll to become Australia’s first Idol, the international star-making sensation returns to Seven and 7plus for a second big season on Monday, 29 January 2024.
Radio king Kyle Sandilands and TV WEEK Logie Award winner and acclaimed singer Amy Shark will be joined by a new judge: Australian Idol OG and pop legend Marcia Hines. The trio will traverse the country to find the next Guy, Casey or Royston.
Set to be the toughest season yet, with only room for the best of the best, the judges are looking for the complete package: a singer with the sound and style to woo the nation.
A global success since 2001, the Idol franchise has launched the careers of many Aussie and international music icons including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert.
Hosts Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie are back to help make dreams come true. Australian Idol is produced by Eureka Productions for the Seven Network.
Emotional Australian Idol audition brings judges to tears
There are singers, and then there are Idols.
Australian Idol , the international star-making sensation returns to Seven and 7plus for a second big season starting Monday, 29 January 2024, ready to unearth the next generation of extraordinary talent.
When 30-year-old Dylan Wright from Bangalow, NSW enters the Australian Idol headquarters, judges Kyle Sandilands, Marcia Hines and Amy Shark know they have witnessed a star-on-the-rise.
Dylan’s moving acoustic rendition of the Crowded House classic Better Be Home Soon left the judges in tears.
Dedicating the audition to his late mum, an amateur opera singer who encouraged Dylan’s talent and took him to see Crowded House live, Dylan tenderly acknowledged: “one day I’ll be coming back home to her.”
Marcia declared the audition: “One of the most heartfelt performances I’ve seen because you are singing it to someone you love. That’s how I felt about my mum.”
Kyle admitted: “I don’t usually cry in the presence of other men. What a sweetheart you are.”
Amy affirmed: “I think you’re a superstar.”
A global success since 2001, the Idol franchise has launched the careers of many Aussie and international music icons including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert.
Australian Idol Returning Monday, 29 January 2024 on Channel 7 and 7plus
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Ricki-Lee also performed a duet with Guy last night.
Has this years winner, whoever that might have been, had any sign of any kind of a career in the months since?
I did hear his new single “Dreaming” played on Nova a couple of times, a few weeks ago.
Bring back the Sydney Opera House live finale and move the show to Q4 in 2025. Also live-streamed on 7plus online.
During its initial run, the finale was on a Wednesday in its debut season in 2003 but from 2004 onward it was on a Sunday night
A brother’s love provides hope and healing on Australian Idol
The healing power of music shines when international star-making sensation Australian Idol returns Monday, 29 January 2024, on Channel 7 and 7plus.
Twenty-year-old Jake Carlson’s Australian Idol dream extends beyond personal success.
The music therapist from Mernda, Victoria aspires to reach a broader audience and make a positive impact through the transformative power of music.
Dedicating I Won’t Give Up by Jason Mraz to his brother, sharing: “My brother was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old. We didn’t know how to help him. He didn’t know what he needed help with. The music became a tool for that.”
Jake’s audition brings him one step closer to his dream, after wowing judges Kyle Sandilands, Marcia Hines and Amy Shark.
Amy declared: “He’s lucky to get a brother like you, that was just so beautiful. It’s a huge yes. You are amazing.”
Set to be the toughest season yet, with only room for the best of the best, the judges are looking for the complete package: a singer with the sound and style to woo the nation.
A global success since 2001, the Idol franchise has launched the careers of many Aussie and international music icons including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert.
Why wouldn’t it be…?
Search for Australian Idol sweeps the nation
Judges Kyle Sandilands, Amy Shark and Marcia Hines are looking for the next generation of singing sensation when Australia’s biggest star-making competition, Australian Idol, returns Monday, 29 January on Channel 7 and 7plus.
For some contestants, Australian Idol is bigger than a dream, it’s a calling.
Amy Reeves, 24, got her first taste of performing as a child. The self-described “little diva” grabbed hold of her dream and never let go.
Amy shares: “I come from a really massive Filipino family. The first time I performed I was four years old, and I just refused to get off the stage.”
Raised in the small coastal town of Broome, WA, Amy’s ambition can’t be contained by borders: “Broome is a world away from where I’m going. When it all started that seemed a world away too.
“I don’t know what will happen after those two minutes. I don’t know which path my future is headed.”
Amy’s Australian Idol audition leaves Amy speechless before Kyle interjects: “I think the word you’re looking for is f*****g amazing. There is no reason you can’t win this competition.”
A global success since 2001, the Idol franchise has launched the careers of many multi-award-winning artists, including Aussies Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Matt Corby, Shannon Noll, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Anthony Callea, Stan Walker, Casey Donovan and Courtney Act. International music icons Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert also launched their brilliant careers on the Idol stage.
Watching Seven in recent weeks, they have been advertising a lot for Idol. Luckily not just showing the same ads over and over (like 10’s Deal or no Deal). But it now feels like we have seen just about every auditionee on the ads. Around 4 with sob stories, a dozen “good singers” and a handful of “bad ones”.
So by the time the show starts in 2.5 weeks, there’d be no surprises when the contestants come out and reveal what song they’re going to sing.
Australian Idol returns Monday, 29 January
This is where stars are made: welcome to Australian Idol!
Twenty-one years after Guy Sebastian pipped Shannon Noll to become Australia’s first Idol, the international star-making sensation returns to Seven and 7 and 7plus for a second big season on Monday, 29 January.
Radio king Kyle Sandilands and TV WEEK Logie Award winner and acclaimed singer Amy Shark will be joined by a new judge: Australian Idol OG and pop legend Marcia Hines. The trio will traverse the country to find the next Guy, Casey or Royston.
Set to be the toughest season yet, with only room for the best of the best, the judges are looking for the complete package: a singer with the sound and style to woo the nation.
Excited to be unearthing Australia’s next singing superstar, Marcia is looking for a strong, pure and melodic voice “that makes the hairs on your body stand up,” regardless of the genre.
The celebrated singer is also looking forward to re-joining Kyle and Amy on the judges’ desk following her guest judging role on the series last year.
“I consider Kyle a good friend and Amy is one-in-a-million and a real individual, without trying to be. Also, Kyle’s a Gemini, Amy’s a Taurus, and I’m the Cancerian in the mix and those three star signs get along very nicely.”
Returning to the Idol judges’ desk for his sixth season, Kyle admits there’s no definitive formula for the ultimate performer, but they have a presence and energy that’s hard to ignore: “The ultimate performer is someone that you admire for their talent, and they’ve got a little swagger or a pizzazz about them that just makes them stand out from the crowd.”
Amy added: “I’m usually blown away if someone can potentially showcase their personality, voice, style and direction in the space of 10 minutes and leave me wanting more. If I want to learn more about you, I’m interested.”
During their audition, contestants will be on the hunt to score a Golden Ticket to progress to the next round, but with just 30 Golden Tickets across the whole auditions, only the most talented performers will claim their coveted spot in the Top 30.
A global success since 2001, the Idol franchise has launched the celebrated careers of Aussie hitmakers including Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Matt Corby, Ricki-Lee, Anthony Callea, Stan Walker, Casey Donovan and Courtney Act.
International music icons Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert also launched their brilliant careers on the Idol stage.
Australian Idol is hosted by multiplatinum-selling, ARIA Award nominated singer-songwriter Ricki-Lee – who was discovered on Australian Idol in 2004 – and internationally renowned entertainment presenter and former E! host Scott Tweedie.
Based on the starting times of other new shows as revealed in Seven Network schedule thread this week, it looks like week one audition episodes will all be 100 minutes long including ads.
So what’s the point of Seven releasing the contestants prior to the airings of the Auditions of Idol? Don’t want viewers to tune in, to see who makes it to the next round? As I mentioned in an earlier post, they are realising way too much info of the contestants in the commercials too…
100 minute, plus the usual overrun, is too long too.
Singing over heartbreak hump
Australian Idol leaves no stone unturned in the nation-wide search for the country’s next megastar when it returns to Seven and 7plus Monday, 29 January.
Queensland Camel farmer, Trent Richardson, enters Australian Idol headquarters nursing a broken heart and uncertainty about stepping into the spotlight: “I’ve always sang, but I’ve had a lot of self-doubt and been told I’m no good, so to do it for myself and my dad is awesome.”
Trent’s dad, John, reveals: “He was a good kid. He’s a true-blue Aussie. He always had a bit of a kick, he’d be jumping around, he’d be singing. I think that’s what got him into his singing career.”
The 22-year-old from Emu Park might have been singing from a young age, but the stage is far from his comfort zone: “I’m not from the city. I’ve grown up on the camel farm.”
Auditioning with Bless The Broken Road by Rascal Flatts, Trent divulges: “I picked the song because it means a lot. There’s been a bit of heartbreak.”
Judge Marcia Hines remarks “You’ve got a lovely stage presence, its quiet but its honest.” Fellow judges Kyle Sandilands and Amy Shark agree Trent’s resilience and unique voice could see him winning plaudits on the Australian Idol stage.
A global success since 2001, the Idol franchise has launched the celebrated careers of Aussie hitmakers including Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Matt Corby, Ricki-Lee, Anthony Callea, Stan Walker, Casey Donovan and Courtney Act.
International music icons Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert also launched their brilliant careers on the Idol stage.
Thankfully the average viewer doesn’t read press kits for shows…
A good photo shoot. That could have been a good cover photo for TV Week.
