“We’re going to have to teach him to dance, too” Marcia adds. “I’ve got to find a girl for Scott. He’s a good boy and he’s really close to his mum. To me, if you have a partner that had a good relationship with his mother, he’s going to treat you well.”
Brook Hall discussed the new season in more detail in the annual programmer’s wrap with TV Tonight. He said the Top 21 episode was yet to be filmed.
A feature interview with Ricki-Lee appears in the Weekend magazines in News Corp papers today (paywall).
Aaliyah Duchesne and Christina Roberts’ audition performances will be shown on Tuesday, February 4.
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As mentioned on KIIS thread, Kyle revealed he would take a few days off from radio to have surgery on his brain aneurysm. Could this affect the filming of Idol’s top 21 episode and the early portion of live shows?
I read that he’ll be off air for 6-8 weeks, which likely means he’s done for the season after the initial stages.
Obviously, it’s not under ideal circumstances (and I wish Kyle all the best) but I was thinking last night that this season feels a bit the same and lacks something. So bringing in a different judge for a few weeks could be a nice change.
They’ll probably call Dicko in.
Their stand-in judge from last year is probably not an option this year, given he’s left The Voice.
Considering the ongoing campaign from MFW (Mad Witches on Facebook adn #VileKyle) which seems to be gaining a lot of traction to get advertising taken away from K&J on the radio it could be used as a chance to trial a new host for next year as well. I’m surprised they haven’t targeted Kyle as much on that one but seeing that there have been some big names pulling their radio advertising it could be a concern for 7 that they could become targeted.
I’ve never been a fan of Kyle and his attitude and I certainly wouldn’t miss him. I shouldn’t wish ill will on people but hopefully this might be a chance for him to be a better person.
Kyle is very good on Idol. In fact, all 3 judges work well together.
Yeah, he might be good on one show but he’s proven to be a tosser so many other times that I’d much rather someone else got an opportunity on the show and the income from it but that’s just my personal opinion.
A singer in the audition room who reads Tarot cards is invited by Sandilands to give him a reading.
28 year old singer Mzuki from Melbourne does just that, and delivers him the Death card.
The scene was filmed around September – October last year but will not be edited from the show, despite yesterday’s news.
Sandilands is understood to be comfortable with the scene proceeding in next Monday night’s episode.
The top 21 show will be filmed at Sydney Coliseum in Rooty Hill across three days, from February 21 to 23. All are twilight sessions.
Tickets are now available at That’s the Ticket website
EDIT: audience tickets for the live shows will be released at 9am AEDT on Tuesday, February 25.
I went to one of these recordings last year and had a good time, so if you are in Sydney and like Idol I would recommend. Once they get going it is filmed very close to as if it was live, taking very similar length breaks for commercials too. The only thing that took a while was when they judges went off to decide which contestants would go through.
I went to a recording in March 2023 when they had OneRepublic perform on the live elimination show. Was a fantastic experience.
Synopses for next week
Sunday 16 February
The final four Golden Tickets are up for grabs on Australian Idol, and it’s the last chance for hopefuls to secure a spot in the top 30.
Monday 17 February
It’s Top 30 Week! Our singers are tested with 3 massive challenges, designed to see who is worthy of a spot in the Top 21. A series of bombshells & surprises make the competition tougher than ever.
Tuesday 18 February
It’s time for the 2nd challenge of Top 30 Week: Group Challenge! The pressure mounts as 3 contestants are sent home & the remaining hopefuls advance to the final round of Top 30 Week - Solo Challenge.