Controversial media figure Kyle Sandilands has been given a lifeline in the TV industry, after being poached by Channel Seven to join the judging panel of their reality series, Australia’s Got Talent. After disgracing himself on national radio six months ago, when a 16 year-old girl revealed she had been raped on his breakfast show, [...]
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Cowell to Step Down as Idol Judge
The news keeps going from bad to worse for the singing reality television series, Idol, with news the American shows judge, Simon Cowell, will leave the show at the end of the year. While many versions of the franschise continue to decline in ratings across the globe, the American version of the show has still [...]
Australian Idol Rested for 2010
Just as Big Brother did two years ago, the reality singing series Australian Idol is finally on the scrap heap after a mediocre 2009 season. This time it was the judges in the higher office who made the decision on the shows future, with producers deciding another year of Dicko, Marcia and Jay Dee Springbett [...]
Jay Dee Yet to Re-sign for Idol
Current Australian Idol judge, Jay Dee Springbett is facing a nervous wait to se if his contract is renewed for the 2010 series of the singing reality TV series. Springbett was thrown into the vacant judges seat after the controversial sacking of Kyle Sandilands mid way through last year. However he never really found a [...]
Sandilands Sacked from Idol
Shock-jock Kyle Sandilands has been dumped form the Channel Ten Reality singing series, Australian Idol. His sacking comes a week after the controversial station stunt on his 2DayFM breakfast show
Kyle Sandilands Facing the Idol Axe
Following the effects from his breakfast radio stunt gone wrong, in which a 14 year-old girl publicly admitted to being raped, Australian Idol judge Kyle Sandilands is now in risk of losing his spot on the highly rated Channel Ten reality series. Idol producers have been meeting with Ten Network executives to discuss the future [...]
Idol rumour: Dicko fired?
Users of social networking site Twitter have claimed that Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson was eliminated from the long running reality show Australian Idol. Those using the site wrote tweets claiming the judge was fired on the eve of the Sydney auditions.