Speaker 1: It's in the news today, but it was actually on
Speaker 1: TV Reload the podcast last week. That right. Hey, guys,
Speaker 1: welcome back to TV Reload. Thanks so much for clicking
Speaker 1: and downloading. On today's episode, You're in for a very
Speaker 1: good chat. I'm talking with William, Jake and Jamn, the
Speaker 1: latest three contestants to be eliminated from Australian Idol, which means, yep,
Speaker 1: the Grand Final is happening this Sunday night, and guys,
Speaker 1: I am so pumped for that. This competition had been
Speaker 1: seriously fierce this year. Jake had been one of the
Speaker 1: best country singers I can remember seeing on Australian Idol,
Speaker 1: and Jamn just the sweetest guy with a heart of gold. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I'm still processing this week's results and seeing William Gough,
Speaker 1: who is quite a number of your favorites, was actually
Speaker 1: quite devastating to watch. A quick reminder, don't forget to vote.
Speaker 1: This is it, guys. It is in our hands now
Speaker 1: and there's very few reality shows that we get to
Speaker 1: do this, so I'm honestly thrilled if Eilish Marshall or
Speaker 1: Gizilla take it out. But before we crown the winner,
Speaker 1: we've got the bitter sweet task of saying goodbye to
Speaker 1: our top six. William chats to me about discovering his
Speaker 1: love of swing music and what he thinks his debut
Speaker 1: album could sound like. Jake gets real about being the
Speaker 1: oldest contestant, the songs he wanted to sing but couldn't,
Speaker 1: and how his tour might look a little different from
Speaker 1: what we've seen on the show. And Jamen opens up
Speaker 1: about going head to head with Gisella and what was
Speaker 1: really going through his mind during that emotional elimination moment.
Speaker 1: We have got backstage stories, emotional reflections, and some big
Speaker 1: revelations about the standout performances. So sit back and relax,
Speaker 1: get comfy. Let's dive into the world of Australian Idol
Speaker 1: with the finale just around the corner. Hi, mate, how are.
Speaker 2: You, hey, Ben? How's we go on?
Speaker 1: I'm good. I'm quite excited to be talking to you
Speaker 1: because all season long I've been saying to everyone that
Speaker 1: I'm obsessed with your teeth. I can't stop looking. This
Speaker 1: is going to be the weirdest thing that anyone says
Speaker 1: to you throughout talking to the media. But I honestly,
Speaker 1: I just have been waiting to talk to you. The
Speaker 1: teeth are are they your born teeth? Are they real?
Speaker 1: I don't know. They're the best teeth I've ever seen
Speaker 1: on a human ever.
Speaker 2: Oh, thank you.
Speaker 3: They are like they And you know what, it's so
Speaker 3: funny because calling on them, What are you doing with
Speaker 3: your teeth?
Speaker 2: What are you doing?
Speaker 4: I'm like, I'll just brush them my mom. I might
Speaker 4: use a bit of a whining tube place every now
Speaker 4: and again. But yes, I'm very I've had a good Danders.
Speaker 4: I have to I have to give a shout out
Speaker 4: to my Dentercy.
Speaker 2: He did a good job.
Speaker 1: Well you're from Melbourne. I'm from Melbourne. I need to
Speaker 1: go there. I need to go to that.
Speaker 5: Ah.
Speaker 2: I'll have to give you the details then.
Speaker 1: I'll hit you up offline.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 1: You know, you were one of the more unusual performers
Speaker 1: this season in the sense that there was something very
Speaker 1: unique and it was something that we hadn't seen on
Speaker 1: idol since I guess that had come back on Channel
Speaker 1: seven oh seven up.
Speaker 6: Turn around.
Speaker 1: See. I was it kind of good to have the
Speaker 1: edge that you weren't really competing against another swing singer,
Speaker 1: that you kind of owned that category.
Speaker 2: I was great.
Speaker 7: I mean and to be like the only swing person
Speaker 7: and I was in my own lanes. So for me,
Speaker 7: I didn't, I just I just had to focus on
Speaker 7: being myself and having fun. And I mean that was
Speaker 7: obviously definitely a bonus. But I mean for the other
Speaker 7: contestants that the competition, I mean, this year has been
Speaker 7: so good because everyone We've got so much.
Speaker 2: Diversity this year, and you had rappers, you.
Speaker 7: Had R and B, and then you had swing, you
Speaker 7: had pop, so that that was the beauty of it.
Speaker 7: And I think that it worked well for all of
Speaker 7: us because we just got to focus on just being
Speaker 7: ourselves and.
Speaker 2: Going out there and having fun.
Speaker 1: Honestly, it is the best lineup of any season. I
Speaker 1: thing since season one, well, I remember the very season
Speaker 1: you Weren't Born. I'm pretty sure nah that it was
Speaker 1: so iconic because everyone owns sort of a bit of
Speaker 1: a category, but they all have these big personalities, where
Speaker 1: with you this here, I feel like I've gotten to
Speaker 1: know you all.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, that's very true too.
Speaker 7: And even the way that they portrayed, like those of
Speaker 7: the stories and the packages that you see before we
Speaker 7: go up had been fantastic And it's always fun to
Speaker 7: film those things and then you know, we just show
Speaker 7: Australia a little bit more of what we're about and
Speaker 7: different sides, I mean, even ourselves. Like for me, I
Speaker 7: learned I didn't even know that Giselle had a twin
Speaker 7: brother until they said, you know all these things that
Speaker 7: you that you uncover on the show, is it's so cool?
Speaker 1: Well, I can tell you that one of my best
Speaker 1: friends who is obsessed with this show, I was at
Speaker 1: a movie premiere last night, so I had couldn't watch
Speaker 1: it live, and and I could watch it when I
Speaker 1: got home, and he was absolutely devastated that you're out
Speaker 1: of the competition because you were his favorite. Has there
Speaker 1: been an unusual reaction for people seeing you leave the
Speaker 1: competition because I know a lot of people thought you
Speaker 1: could take it out.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Look, I think a lot of people were quite quite upset.
Speaker 3: I mean I've just had a very very brief looking
Speaker 3: idea and they're quite full on, like, which is I
Speaker 3: mean so special to know that there's so many people
Speaker 3: that really wanted me to see me there in that
Speaker 3: grand finale. But I mean, look for me, it's not
Speaker 3: I'm not down, I'm not upset about it. I'm more
Speaker 3: just just thankful and grateful and blessed that to come
Speaker 3: this far and to be a part of just that group,
Speaker 3: not even just the six, but the twelve and even
Speaker 3: the twenty one. I mean, it's just a blessing.
Speaker 7: Because to be a part of it, to do what
Speaker 7: I love to do. And it's like I said last night,
Speaker 7: I said, this is my dream come truy, my dream
Speaker 7: has come true.
Speaker 2: So I didn't expect anything.
Speaker 7: I came to the competition not having any expectations. So
Speaker 7: for me, I take this as a win, to be honest,
Speaker 7: because it's just a celebration of accomplishing what I've always
Speaker 7: dreamed of accomplishing.
Speaker 1: What I love about you is your commitment to the genre.
Speaker 1: When I saw you the very first time, I did
Speaker 1: some stalking online to try and find out more about it,
Speaker 1: and the thing that really shocks me about you is
Speaker 1: that you were sort of this unusual character on stage,
Speaker 1: but then when I could see your interactions with all
Speaker 1: of your friends, you're kind of sporty and like this
Speaker 1: footy guy that likes cars, and then you just turn
Speaker 1: into this person by nighttime, like a superhero, does you
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like it's almost a bit of
Speaker 1: an alter ego. Where did you find out that you
Speaker 1: liked this genre of music?
Speaker 7: I mean, I've always liked Ever since I was young,
Speaker 7: I was always amused, like I loved music. I loved
Speaker 7: I listened to it. I had all these inspirations. I
Speaker 7: loved dancing aspects of it. I love the show aspect.
Speaker 7: That's what I do. A great like Michael Jackson and
Speaker 7: all these great performers that used to put on an
Speaker 7: epic show. And then I think I just started listening
Speaker 7: to Sinatra, Elvis Presley, like all those great then martyrs,
Speaker 7: and I just sort of started thinking, oh my god,
Speaker 7: this is really cool, like I like the style of music,
Speaker 7: and then I started singing it. I think the first
Speaker 7: song that I sang was my Way, and then ever
Speaker 7: since it was the rest.
Speaker 2: It's been easier.
Speaker 7: I've just been I mean I remember every day used
Speaker 7: to come back home from school, I mean, after you know,
Speaker 7: we used.
Speaker 2: To have sports.
Speaker 7: I loved footing, and I just used to knuckle down.
Speaker 7: Used to go into my little music room. I had
Speaker 7: my own little room there. I used to just practice
Speaker 7: and practice and practice, and then there you go. I
Speaker 7: used to just refine my craft, have fun and the
Speaker 7: rest of this story.
Speaker 1: Really it should be really camp and it should be
Speaker 1: really dagging. It should be, but somehow you made it
Speaker 1: look so cool and so swamped. Every week I'm like,
Speaker 1: I don't know how this guy's going.
Speaker 2: It was so fun.
Speaker 7: And then to do it, and like even to do
Speaker 7: that Amy song, yeah, I mean to do that and
Speaker 7: to perform it in front of it, And when we
Speaker 7: were doing the arrangement, I was thinking, Okay, look, I
Speaker 7: want to mess with the song too much, But at
Speaker 7: the same time, I do want to mess with that
Speaker 7: song like I want to, you know, really pushed the
Speaker 7: boundaries as much as I can with this one, because
Speaker 7: it only was a risk, you know, because she could
Speaker 7: have turned around and said that was you just ruined
Speaker 7: my song, but she didn't.
Speaker 2: She loved it.
Speaker 8: How then I stay, I'll we just find a more
Speaker 8: about me, tell about us out.
Speaker 1: Come on girls.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 7: We had the dancers there with the hands going through me,
Speaker 7: and I was that was pretty cool. And then obviously
Speaker 7: with all those twists.
Speaker 3: That I've done, I did that Eagle Rock Ross Wilson ended.
Speaker 2: Up seeing it.
Speaker 3: So just I mean, it's crazy to know that there's
Speaker 3: so many people.
Speaker 7: That have been invested in it that have seen it,
Speaker 7: and I loved it so and like every single time
Speaker 7: that I've prepared for like a song and done me
Speaker 7: rangement and done the staging when we all got down
Speaker 7: together ideas on the drawing board, it's just been so
Speaker 7: much fun. I've been like literally in my element. It's
Speaker 7: it's so good.
Speaker 1: I just don't know how you don't fall back into
Speaker 1: singing the songs like we know them, because these songs
Speaker 1: that you're singing so many of them, they have such
Speaker 1: a unique they have a particular style, you know, they
Speaker 1: sound a certain way. I would be like, if the
Speaker 1: nerves got the best of me, I feel like I
Speaker 1: would just I would stop the swing. I feel like
Speaker 1: I would fall back into the way in which it
Speaker 1: sounds on the radio or the way that I was
Speaker 1: used to it. Were you ever worried that you would
Speaker 1: lose the arrangement and you would go back into the
Speaker 1: traditional arrangement of the.
Speaker 2: Song, Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 7: I Mean there was always moments where I thought, oh,
Speaker 7: should we go you know, should we pay.
Speaker 2: More tribute to the song?
Speaker 7: I mean I definitely had that with Eagle Rock because
Speaker 7: it's such an iconic song, and I didn't want to
Speaker 7: muck around with it.
Speaker 2: That's why I kept it.
Speaker 7: I mean, we sped up a little bit, but I
Speaker 7: really wanted to keep the like the melody was the same,
Speaker 7: the whole thing. So I think that was always especially
Speaker 7: when you're taking on a song like that and you
Speaker 7: have to be careful because then it can go two ways.
Speaker 7: People will just say you just ruined this song. We
Speaker 7: can't recognize it. And that's the thing when you're twisting
Speaker 7: a song and almost making it not unrecognizable but not
Speaker 7: you know, to what it's really known for, because people
Speaker 7: know that song when it's played at the pub, played
Speaker 7: at the wedding or whatever. The okay, that's biga rock.
Speaker 7: You know, we're jamming to this song. So that was definitely, Yeah,
Speaker 7: definitely crossed my mind for sure.
Speaker 1: I loved talking to Scott Tweet the other day. I
Speaker 1: was chatting to him and he said to me, some
Speaker 1: of these artists, you know, there's so much nervous energy
Speaker 1: that goes into it. And then he was like, well,
Speaker 1: you when he finishes the songs, there is sweat pouring
Speaker 1: out of this kid's hands, Like, honestly, is that a
Speaker 1: true story? Is he telling me a liar. Is that
Speaker 1: what happens?
Speaker 2: Oh, that is that's true. I just because I've put
Speaker 2: it all on the stage, like I don't leave anything.
Speaker 2: I don't believe it's not.
Speaker 3: Literally like I mean, I'm always because I just.
Speaker 2: I have much fun.
Speaker 3: I think it's just any adrenaline. And yeah, I mean
Speaker 3: especially on the results and doing it quite sweaty, because
Speaker 3: you're very very nervous.
Speaker 1: But your face look like it's all. I don't know,
Speaker 1: maybe all the sweat glands have moved to your hands.
Speaker 9: I don't know, because you look it's.
Speaker 1: So strange to me. And also you could tell that
Speaker 1: this genre of music is something you're very passionate about,
Speaker 1: because I could see other contestants this year, you know,
Speaker 1: trying really to stay with their choreography, where with your
Speaker 1: choreography it's so specific to you it almost feels like
Speaker 1: it almost I never sounds strange, but I almost felt
Speaker 1: like when I would watch you, I imagine that's what
Speaker 1: you'd be like as a kid, dancing around your lounde
Speaker 1: room to this sort of music.
Speaker 3: But tually, and that's what it is, and that's what
Speaker 3: I've done, like the whole thing, and that's what they
Speaker 3: told me that to just be William like and that's
Speaker 3: what I've done.
Speaker 2: Like even with HEP You Rock, I didn't care if I'm.
Speaker 3: Going to let's do a twig, let's turn around, and
Speaker 3: let's let's run across this stage, and I just whatever
Speaker 3: came to my whatever happened in the moment I get.
Speaker 2: I didn't think think it twice.
Speaker 7: I mean, I think we've I said, high, it's a
Speaker 7: bit more you know, Okay, we're going to start you know,
Speaker 7: in the center. Then we're going to move up here
Speaker 7: with the dancers. So that was a bit more you know, choreographed.
Speaker 3: But for the majority of the part, I just said,
Speaker 3: let's just have fun because I think that's what people like.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: Obviously I want to still have a polish performance, but
Speaker 3: I feel like, you know, it just brings out the
Speaker 3: best of me when I just when I'm William, when
Speaker 3: I'm there and have fun and I don't really care
Speaker 3: about you know, what happens is whatever happens happens, and
Speaker 3: it brings out the character that I want to show
Speaker 3: with especially for some of those songs, like for egor Rock,
Speaker 3: that's the character I wanted. It's that song that it
Speaker 3: comes on in the part, and then you know everyone does,
Speaker 3: you know, their job, their decks and everything.
Speaker 2: Not that I was probably going to do that, but
Speaker 2: I thought, let's just have fun with this one.
Speaker 1: Yes, just so amazing too. I think these days, you know,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of trouble in the world. You know,
Speaker 1: we want to be.
Speaker 2: Happy, you know what I mean.
Speaker 9: Like and you you particularly, you just exube this joy
Speaker 9: and I think that is really important to have when
Speaker 9: it comes to entertainment at the moment.
Speaker 1: And I think that's probably why you've been there right
Speaker 1: to the end. And look, I'm going to sound really
Speaker 1: old when I say this, but I remember I used
Speaker 1: to buy my music at a music stories to go
Speaker 1: into brashes insanity. Ask your mum, she'll tell you, you know,
Speaker 1: but I used to buy my music. And I remember
Speaker 1: a friend of mine got a job working at Sanity
Speaker 1: in the nineties and it was when Michael Bublay became big.
Speaker 1: It was just as Michael Boublay's first album came out,
Speaker 1: and I remember I had no idea, I said, who
Speaker 1: is Michael Bubble? Like I was so out of the
Speaker 1: loop with it. But these albums were flying off the
Speaker 1: She was like Ben we cannot stock this album. We
Speaker 1: are selling it out all the time. To me, I
Speaker 1: feel like that's where you are. I feel like if
Speaker 1: you were to drop an album at the moment tomorrow,
Speaker 1: more so than anyone else that's in this competition, I
Speaker 1: think it would fly off the shelf.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 7: I mean even Amy said that to me last night.
Speaker 7: I said the omen crisis like I'm calling it if
Speaker 7: you do a swing album of color, And that's really
Speaker 7: has opened my eyes. And now I'm thinking, Okay, you know,
Speaker 7: what can I do? I've got I've got so many
Speaker 7: like original songs. But at the same time, I know
Speaker 7: people love me changing and twisting iconic songs and you know,
Speaker 7: pop songs and rock songs and whatever. So there's a
Speaker 7: lot going through my mind now where I'm thinking, Wow,
Speaker 7: this is this can truly be something, especially where people
Speaker 7: are going to get all over it by the album,
Speaker 7: you know, listen to it played.
Speaker 2: I want people to play.
Speaker 3: It at their weddings, play at their parties, you know.
Speaker 7: Like that that's for me, Like every time I've gotten
Speaker 7: on those stage, I just want people to have fun, enjoyed,
Speaker 7: And like you were saying, then, you know, people just
Speaker 7: want people to be happy. You know, we need more
Speaker 7: happiness in this world. Yeah, yeah, exactly, that's what I
Speaker 7: want to bring.
Speaker 1: I think that album and don't don't ask me because
Speaker 1: I'm not a music producer, but I just think in
Speaker 1: at original song as is your leading track, and then
Speaker 1: get the rights to see if you see what some
Speaker 1: of these songs that you've covered, you're allowed to get
Speaker 1: the rights to and throw that out as soon as
Speaker 1: possible because people are talking about you now. You know,
Speaker 1: people want to go hands with you now. So I
Speaker 1: just hope you don't give up with this because this
Speaker 1: is like like this is in your DNA, this is
Speaker 1: what you were born to do.
Speaker 2: So look literally and that's how I feel every time.
Speaker 7: It's just like like I'm saying, I'm in my element
Speaker 7: when I'm doing this stuff.
Speaker 2: It's just that I love it.
Speaker 1: Well, can we talk about your parents, because like, your
Speaker 1: mom looks like the swinging lady in the world, Like,
Speaker 1: how did she cope last night? She looked very excited
Speaker 1: to see you get up there and do your swing.
Speaker 1: Do you think and I don't know, she just connected
Speaker 1: with the audience. I saw so many people online saying
Speaker 1: about how sweet your mum is. What was her react
Speaker 1: os parents are.
Speaker 2: I think there was just more supportive.
Speaker 3: I think Mom was just so happy to see me
Speaker 3: up there and having fun and doing what I love.
Speaker 2: Because she knows this is what I love. This is
Speaker 2: me Andy.
Speaker 7: And I remember, you know, when I was singing that
Speaker 7: second change like that solo. When I did that solo,
Speaker 7: I looked at her and I just saw her smile.
Speaker 7: I'm like, you know, this is it was just special.
Speaker 7: Even when I did Happy Sunday Night, I just looked
Speaker 7: at her all my family, my brothers and dad and Mum,
Speaker 7: and I remember just thinking to myself, this is truly
Speaker 7: special to have my family there, and they've been there
Speaker 7: every single week. Every time I look up at them
Speaker 7: and I see them there, It's just it's so touching.
Speaker 3: And Mom is just so supportive because she knows this
Speaker 3: is what I love. And regardless of the results, she
Speaker 3: knew and I would be happy either way. I mean,
Speaker 3: even if I didn't make it to top twelve or
Speaker 3: whatever I was, I was just yeah, so happy. And
Speaker 3: I'm just lucky to have a mom that you know,
Speaker 3: loved me so much and the supportive of what I do.
Speaker 1: It's it's so obvious though and like from the moment
Speaker 1: I saw it, Yeah, this kid comes forward. These kids
Speaker 1: has good parents, Like they've never done a thing. Oh honestly, No,
Speaker 1: She's done.
Speaker 2: Fantastic and just sacrificed so much for me. So I
Speaker 2: just couldn't have asked for more her for this journey.
Speaker 1: Well, before you go, ask everyone, what are something from
Speaker 1: behind the scenes, Like, do you have a behind the
Speaker 1: scene from your time on the show. You know so
Speaker 1: many people want an audition and get on the show
Speaker 1: that may never get to stand on that stage. Is
Speaker 1: there anything that you can share that's kind of you know,
Speaker 1: what it's like to be a contestant on a show
Speaker 1: like this.
Speaker 2: I mean it's I mean, it's so cool.
Speaker 3: I remember in Top thirty week, I mean we were
Speaker 3: all so nervous and you know.
Speaker 2: It's our first topic.
Speaker 3: You know, we've got the gold ticket and there's dirty
Speaker 3: of arts and everyone was just so good. And I
Speaker 3: remember I think we got us down once and all
Speaker 3: together as the group and we're all done. I can't
Speaker 3: remember when. I think it was freedom that we sung
Speaker 3: the last year Top twelve song.
Speaker 2: They just did it.
Speaker 3: They just said, okay, guys, let's have a sink and
Speaker 3: I remember me, I was.
Speaker 2: Just shitting myself. I thought, oh my will this is
Speaker 2: you know this everyone's so good.
Speaker 3: I'm thinking, oh, you're probably never going to make you know,
Speaker 3: And everyone was looking at each other and we were
Speaker 3: talking about it last night.
Speaker 2: That's the contestants. We were saying how how crazy it
Speaker 2: was coming.
Speaker 3: From that where everyone was like, wow, what's going to happen?
Speaker 2: Because we didn't know what was going to happen. It
Speaker 2: was just you didn't know.
Speaker 7: I mean, you know, there's been so many you know,
Speaker 7: shock eliminations and stuff like that where we thought, wow,
Speaker 7: we didn't expect that person to go home. But I
Speaker 7: think it's just a matter of believing in yourself because
Speaker 7: look at me, I was in there doing that little
Speaker 7: we were doing that little practices, everyone singing that song,
Speaker 7: thinking that I'll never know. I'll probably just make it
Speaker 7: maybe out of this round and that's it. But just
Speaker 7: always believing yourself that. That's my advice to anyone if
Speaker 7: you are going to audition, just audition, because I remember
Speaker 7: I didn't want.
Speaker 3: To audition at first. I thought, oh, maybe maybe it's
Speaker 3: not for me. I probably won't make it. At swing,
Speaker 3: no one likes it and then I just kept on
Speaker 3: seeing it on Instagram and on social media, and I
Speaker 3: just thought, I don't know, just something came across me
Speaker 3: and I thought, let me apply, and I did it
Speaker 3: and I got the call back, and I thought, oh.
Speaker 2: I'm just so glad I did. So that's my advice.
Speaker 3: I just believe believing yourself and never ever doubt your stuff.
Speaker 2: Reach for the start.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm in your audience like a lot of people,
Speaker 1: So good luck with this. Take those guys the limit
Speaker 1: it really is, you know, And I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Speaker 1: So good luck. Enjoy chatting with the media. And yeah,
Speaker 1: thanks for being so gentle and sharing a story with
Speaker 1: me today.
Speaker 2: Oh, thank you, Ben. I's absolute pleasure to speak to
Speaker 2: you today. Thank you so much for having.
Speaker 1: Me say load to your mother for me. She's a
Speaker 1: good lady.
Speaker 2: I will I will, I will, of course, thank.
Speaker 1: You man, See you mate. By Now what a great
Speaker 1: chat with William? I mean, could I be more obsessed
Speaker 1: with his teeth? Kind of awkward for me, and he
Speaker 1: gave us such cool insights into his time on the show. Now, guys,
Speaker 1: let's shift gears and unpack the idle journey with our
Speaker 1: country boy Jake. I've got a feeling he's got a
Speaker 1: few good stories up his sleeve.
Speaker 2: Hey, I'm doing well.
Speaker 1: I'm very excited to be talking to you though, No,
Speaker 1: thank you very much. Well, I just think you were
Speaker 1: such an asset to this competition. And I want to say,
Speaker 1: I'm going to be really honest. I'm not always the
Speaker 1: biggest fan of country singers in these competitions, but I
Speaker 1: have listened to your version of Staying Alive more times
Speaker 1: than anyone else's performance this year. So I'm I'm I'm
Speaker 1: a big fan.
Speaker 3: I really appreciate that. It means a lot to me.
Speaker 1: How did you get that song on the road like
Speaker 1: a sin? Was that something that you'd ever sung before?
Speaker 1: Like were you surprised that you were able to tackle
Speaker 1: that song with such gusto?
Speaker 3: Like?
Speaker 1: What was the process like in putting that song together?
Speaker 3: It was a bit of a mission that one putting
Speaker 3: together Stand Alive. It's never someone thought I would doing TV,
Speaker 3: that's for sure. And we pulled inspiration from a few
Speaker 3: different places. You know, I wanted to go Western to start,
Speaker 3: and then I want to bring that disco vibe back.
Speaker 2: I don't want to go full.
Speaker 3: BJ disco, so there was a few other covers around
Speaker 3: that we saw that we kind of took ideas from
Speaker 3: and then kind of made a big scrambled egg and
Speaker 3: put it together and send it out for everyone. Well,
Speaker 3: on my Boots and I'm the dancing Man.
Speaker 8: I just can't little you know what's on?
Speaker 1: It's you get track the upside effects on man? Well you.
Speaker 2: Loud?
Speaker 3: Did you make him in there?
Speaker 5: Everybody shooting loud?
Speaker 1: The strings were amazing violin yea. I just thought that
Speaker 1: was definitely one of the highlights of the season. And
Speaker 1: was it something that you'd been doing for a long
Speaker 1: time to sort of put a twist on pop songs
Speaker 1: and make them sound country.
Speaker 3: No, not at all for me. I've always been doing
Speaker 3: country music and country music's my heart and soul, and
Speaker 3: I would have loved to do country on the on
Speaker 3: the competition, but unfortunately, unfortunately, fortunately whichever you look at it,
Speaker 3: people liked it when I did the twist on BEHEMI
Speaker 3: Your Rhapsody, and I kind of just really had to
Speaker 3: help hold that through and keep going. And honestly, the
Speaker 3: biggest challenge musically I've ever had in my life to
Speaker 3: try and change these songs, you know, I was everythingle
Speaker 3: song was so far out of my lane, which made
Speaker 3: me work harder and I really enjoyed it. It was good
Speaker 3: for me, It's good for my musicianship and I think
Speaker 3: it really helped me level up as artist.
Speaker 1: Was there songs that you kept asking if they could
Speaker 1: do and was there reason for not doing them was
Speaker 1: to try and keep you in that lane of sort
Speaker 1: of sounding pop or was it they didn't have the
Speaker 1: rights to it, or were they worried that maybe people
Speaker 1: might not be as familiar with those tracks. What was
Speaker 1: the roadblocks and maybe singing some of the songs that
Speaker 1: you were more used to.
Speaker 3: I think just the viewers and the people what they wanted.
Speaker 3: They wanted the remixes, so they that'sought we gave them.
Speaker 1: What was your reaction to making it so far through
Speaker 1: the competition?
Speaker 2: Grateful?
Speaker 3: It is my reaction. I guess I never thought of
Speaker 3: it three years as let alone make it to the
Speaker 3: top six of Australian Idol and be one week WoT
Speaker 3: from the Grand Final, like so grateful that the people
Speaker 3: that rally behind me and supported me from communities all
Speaker 3: over Australia country folk really stood up to me and
Speaker 3: you being the only go to find a flag the
Speaker 3: country music on Australian Idol and being one of the
Speaker 3: biggest genres in Australia just proved that country really has
Speaker 3: a place here on the radio and throughout Australia.
Speaker 1: I think you're just a likable blow. Not only were
Speaker 1: you a great singer and did you offer something unique
Speaker 1: and something quite different. You seemed very genuine and very
Speaker 1: comfortable in your skin. And maybe that might be the
Speaker 1: age difference, I don't know, like or maybe it's the
Speaker 1: amount of time that you've had actually being live and
Speaker 1: singing for live audiences.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not sure. I just might have think coming
Speaker 3: in the show, my rule was just to be unapologetically
Speaker 3: myself and I wasn't going to put a character on
Speaker 3: or pretend to be somebody else for the show, because
Speaker 3: you know, I did this music thing already and I'm
Speaker 3: going to keep doing it, and I didn't want to
Speaker 3: change myself for TV. So I'm proud that. I guess
Speaker 3: if people liked me and enjoyed me, that was I
Speaker 3: guess the goal, and it was really nice that people
Speaker 3: could relate with me and be a part of the journey.
Speaker 1: In connect I think that's the thing is like, as
Speaker 1: a musician, you have to connect through the screen.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: The judges were there to sort of help you along
Speaker 1: the way. Did you have any take homes from Amy
Speaker 1: and Marsha and Kyle, Like, what sort of advice did
Speaker 1: they give you that's helpful for you moving forward?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Good question.
Speaker 3: I guess there were a good bit their advice and things,
Speaker 3: and Marsha's always comes up with a really nice way
Speaker 3: to explain things to you. And it was good that,
Speaker 3: you know, just to find that kind of stillness in
Speaker 3: the moment and really believe what you're singing in the
Speaker 3: lyrics and the matter of the song. Find a way
Speaker 3: to connect and connect to people, And that was a
Speaker 3: really big thing I took away from that.
Speaker 1: I thought you were very humble in your reaction last night,
Speaker 1: But I also thought Eilish was quite amazing in her
Speaker 1: humble reaction and acknowledging you are you shocked at how
Speaker 1: some of these young people that you've been competing against
Speaker 1: have had to grow up throughout this idle process.
Speaker 3: Look, they've been amazing, Like Eilish is a great girl,
Speaker 3: and she's like a little sister to me. We've really
Speaker 3: come close to the show which is awesome, and I
Speaker 3: suppose all the contestants we have there's been no cadinginess
Speaker 3: of between us for all of them. Mates and the
Speaker 3: young ones have done an amazing job of you know,
Speaker 3: like Giselle's sixteen, Eilish seventeen, Marshall nineteen incredible, all young
Speaker 3: also talented, have a head screwed and really well and
Speaker 3: you can see that. You can see that they come
Speaker 3: from great families and they're great musicians, and really it
Speaker 3: really shows.
Speaker 1: Being the oldest and a father. Do you think that
Speaker 1: you parented a lot of them along the way.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think we really looked at the age
Speaker 3: of the factor between all of us. We're all kind
Speaker 3: of just mates hanging out. I think a few times
Speaker 3: that they might have come to advice and a few questions,
Speaker 3: but I I'm solicit this anyway. So I think we're
Speaker 3: all going to just really together and we're role in
Speaker 3: this crazy boat ride together. Because none of us had
Speaker 3: done this before together. So you know, I've done music
Speaker 3: for my whole life and I haven't done a TV
Speaker 3: show before, so it was all new to all of it.
Speaker 1: Do you want to do more TV or has this
Speaker 1: kind of put you off.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't they put me off.
Speaker 3: But I'm happy to be pushing my own, my own
Speaker 3: career for the future going forward, I think I have
Speaker 3: a break from reality TV for a while.
Speaker 1: That's a feere Well tweety. When I was talking to
Speaker 1: him the other day, I was asking him for some
Speaker 1: of his favorite moments of work on this season, and
Speaker 1: he mentioned going to a concert with you. Did you
Speaker 1: enjoy doing that kind of stuff where you were I
Speaker 1: guess using your celebrity to be able to go and
Speaker 1: see that kind of stuff hang out with people like
Speaker 1: Scott tweeting, Yeah, O was the spinout.
Speaker 3: Actually that was quite a cool night. I just got
Speaker 3: a call and I was hanging out with Dylan right
Speaker 3: and I said, get some clothes on your head. Then
Speaker 3: to see Christapleton, and I was like wow. Also, Scott tweeted,
Speaker 3: I said, how good that.
Speaker 2: Let's go.
Speaker 3: So it looks a really cool night hanging out to
Speaker 3: score he got the corporate box, watched Chris Stapleton, one
Speaker 3: of my favorite artists of all time, and I think
Speaker 3: it was some cool fellas and have a beer and
Speaker 3: watch it was. It was actually a pretty special event
Speaker 3: and something that would never happen if I can get
Speaker 3: to go on Australia Idol.
Speaker 1: Well, he just said he just kept looking at your
Speaker 1: face and watching you sort of absorbing at all and
Speaker 1: he was like, that's that was the highlight. So good
Speaker 1: to watch someone who is a musician, you know, just
Speaker 1: being so enamored and absorbed into a moment like that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's it, like in one of those things
Speaker 3: like you said earlier, like the connection, and that's an
Speaker 3: artist that you can really connect to and watch. And
Speaker 3: you can see with Chris Stapleton and his live performances
Speaker 3: in the shows, he doesn't have to overperform or overdo anything.
Speaker 3: He just stands there, him and his wife and his
Speaker 3: band and he sings He's sign and he doesn't perfectly
Speaker 3: and people can really connect it that way. And it's
Speaker 3: a testament.
Speaker 2: To that guy.
Speaker 1: Who is the most famous person that you've met along
Speaker 1: the way throughout this idle journey or has followed you
Speaker 1: on social media.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've had a.
Speaker 3: Bunch of cool ones come through, which is cool. You
Speaker 3: like women Evans followed me and sent me a couple
Speaker 3: of months messages, which was really cool. Obviously, Scotty and
Speaker 3: Ricky and the crew from there But my one I
Speaker 3: was actually most excited about was Greg the Yellow Wiggle,
Speaker 3: the original Wiggle.
Speaker 2: I said, I was a big fan of yours growing up. Mate,
Speaker 2: that is so cool.
Speaker 3: He followed me and sent me a message saying that
Speaker 3: he's enjoying what I was doing, which is really cool.
Speaker 2: I was actually chucked.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, that is actually amazing. It's so weird
Speaker 1: when people that you grew up with watching on TV
Speaker 1: and then talking to you about your experience. It's just
Speaker 1: such a spin.
Speaker 2: Out, massive sit out. Massive.
Speaker 1: What about your wife? I thought she was so well
Speaker 1: spoken and played along so well, what's her reaction at
Speaker 1: the stage.
Speaker 3: She's amazing. She is my rock and I could have
Speaker 3: not done this without her. She's been down here and
Speaker 3: really you're listening to all time living in an apartment
Speaker 3: with almost toddler and I don't know a hash hit
Speaker 3: of sanity. But she's managed to do it. And you know,
Speaker 3: coming home to her and Edie each night is a
Speaker 3: really big part why I could get through it. A
Speaker 3: otherwise I wouldn't have survived, to be honest, Oh no.
Speaker 1: I just thought she was so well spoken, you know,
Speaker 1: whenever they handed her the mica as I was going
Speaker 1: to say your partner or I certainly my partner doesn't
Speaker 1: want to do that because you know, so it's a
Speaker 1: hard thing to be handed a microphone and have to
Speaker 1: sort of talk.
Speaker 3: Yeah, she actually did a little bit nervous those things.
Speaker 3: But she's a great speaker and of those kinds of things.
Speaker 3: And she was a school teacher, so I think she
Speaker 3: used to standing in front of a bunch of people
Speaker 3: are telling them, tell them things. So maybe a bit
Speaker 3: of experience there, I guess.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: Kyle said that the song that he sung last night
Speaker 1: was one of his favorite songs. Were you surprised by
Speaker 1: how much the judges embraced your contribution to the show?
Speaker 3: No, I think I'm surprised. I'm just grateful, and I
Speaker 3: think it's a word that gets We've been thrown around
Speaker 3: a lot, but it's nice that they do appreciate that
Speaker 3: we're there in us contestants, and by the end they
Speaker 3: all love and all of us and had nice kind words,
Speaker 3: and it.
Speaker 2: Was it was really good.
Speaker 1: If you're going to release music, what was the song
Speaker 1: that you sung in the competition that sounds like the
Speaker 1: sort of music you were going to release When you
Speaker 1: are pumping out your music. Is there a song that
Speaker 1: we sang through the competition that that sounds like what
Speaker 1: you want to do?
Speaker 3: It's a hard one, right because I didn't really get
Speaker 3: to be in my lane the whole time on the show.
Speaker 3: I had to kind of step out of my box
Speaker 3: and sing songs that aren't country songs.
Speaker 2: But if I did, I would look, I would say, let's.
Speaker 3: Go a mix between kind of that stand alone first
Speaker 3: part with a bit of Dayjern looks a little bit
Speaker 3: of thinking Outland and all I kind of mind, you know.
Speaker 5: I'm thinking about best ways. Maybe it's such a pan.
Speaker 1: You sing.
Speaker 5: I just want to to you.
Speaker 1: There's just so many songs like I Reckon. You could
Speaker 1: just release that album and that would go to number one.
Speaker 1: I've really enjoyed you on the show. I can't say
Speaker 1: that enough. Like I honestly thought you were so fantastic.
Speaker 1: So thank you so much for being so generous and
Speaker 1: chatting with me today, and good luck with this journey.
Speaker 1: You know, like a lot of Australians, you know I'm
Speaker 1: in your audience.
Speaker 3: No, I appreciate that, mate, and anyone susten definitely do
Speaker 3: keep up with me. I'm going to release an EP
Speaker 3: this year, I'm going.
Speaker 2: To be on the road.
Speaker 3: I've got some big goals, certain a big fire in
Speaker 3: the belly to keep this going. So keep an eye
Speaker 3: for Jake Whittaker.
Speaker 1: What's your Instagram handle? We should throw that in there
Speaker 1: right now, just so people know.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Whittker, that's it.
Speaker 1: There you go amazing. Well, have fun chatting with the media,
Speaker 1: enjoy this process. I look forward to seeing your contribution
Speaker 1: in the finale that's coming up this Sunday. And yeah,
Speaker 1: good luck.
Speaker 3: With it, mate, Thank you mate, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: Yeah, nowhere is at all. Take care. Now it's time
Speaker 1: for us to hear from Jamon, who I think was
Speaker 1: feeling a little overwhelmed and understandably quite tired after the
Speaker 1: elimination episode. Let's dive into his side of his IDOL journey.
Speaker 1: Hey here you go, mate, I'm all good. I'm just
Speaker 1: wondering how much sleep you've been able to have since
Speaker 1: last night? Do they do they manage to get you
Speaker 1: to bed somehow?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 10: Yeah, he went, had a little elevatory drinks of the
Speaker 10: RSL and then yeah I went to bed. It's been
Speaker 10: a big in big journey, massive days and definitely exhausted,
Speaker 10: but definitely had some sleep.
Speaker 1: People don't realize that the show is filmed at Rudy Hill, which,
Speaker 1: by the way, is one of the weirdest names for
Speaker 1: an RSL slash pub slash restaurant, but less it's an
Speaker 1: all in one venue, so they can take you downstairs
Speaker 1: to Rudy Hill. People listening to this podcast right now
Speaker 1: are probably going to think that I'm being crass, but
Speaker 1: that's genuinely the name of the place that the show
Speaker 1: is made.
Speaker 10: That's is definitely right, mate, Rudy Hill is out here,
Speaker 10: and yeah, this has been my.
Speaker 1: Home for the last two months, so it kind of
Speaker 1: looks like something that you would see in Rockhampton, though,
Speaker 1: don't you think.
Speaker 3: Yeah, not wrong, it's the beautiful pub.
Speaker 1: I've spent a lot of time in Central Queensland. I
Speaker 1: did breakfast Radio there for three years and so I'm
Speaker 1: very familiar with your home ground. It was very exciting
Speaker 1: for me to be I've now lived back at home
Speaker 1: in Melbourne, but then to see how much Central Queensland
Speaker 1: got behind you, I thought that was really beautiful. That's
Speaker 1: kind of the culture of the.
Speaker 3: Place, that's right, mate.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I'm very lucky, very lucky to come from Rockhampton
Speaker 10: and have such a bit of communing.
Speaker 1: Behold me, have they already got your booked into doing
Speaker 1: like club appearances and like some of those rocky pubs.
Speaker 3: Not so much rocky pubs at the moment. I haven't
Speaker 3: really been taking bookings or just because you know, I
Speaker 3: didn't know the outcome of the show. Didn't want to
Speaker 3: let anyone down when it came to you know what
Speaker 3: I mean, And I being that person when you have
Speaker 3: to let someone down, say you can't do that gig or.
Speaker 10: So I just decided not to really book anything and
Speaker 10: just to wait to see the outcome of the show.
Speaker 10: And yeah, I'm already into booking stuff now already.
Speaker 1: So how quickly do you get to go home? Do
Speaker 1: you get to go home today or do they keep
Speaker 1: you around in Sydney? Like what does the schedule look like?
Speaker 3: So the week coming is the grand finale week, so
Speaker 3: we're just staying the whole time. I'd love to quickly
Speaker 3: pop home and say today, but there's no real point.
Speaker 3: I've got to snap back in the gear in the
Speaker 3: next two days anyway, so it's not really not really
Speaker 3: home yet, so I won't kick in until obviously I'm
Speaker 3: at Home, but I've still got stuff to.
Speaker 1: Do, Mike Alan, Home was epic and I think, you know,
Speaker 1: if you're going to have a TV moment on one
Speaker 1: of these shows, that was certainly that for you. People
Speaker 1: are going to be talking about that for a long time.
Speaker 1: That song couldn't have saved you with an emotional backstory
Speaker 1: to it. I don't know if there was any other
Speaker 1: song that would have been able to do that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, mate, it was such a special one. Very very
Speaker 3: honored to perform as that song, and.
Speaker 10: You know, get a take to home because you know,
Speaker 10: they've been behind me and by my side throughout this
Speaker 10: whole journey and my whole life as well. Obviously it
Speaker 10: was the most special moment in my life, I can
Speaker 10: confidently say, and I hope that it is remembered for
Speaker 10: that reason and for the reasons, and yeah, I'm very
Speaker 10: honored to sing it.
Speaker 2: You dedicated.
Speaker 1: I don't think anyone watching that show wasn't crying. I
Speaker 1: was like, I'm not crying, You're not crying, and like,
Speaker 1: I'm not even that much of an emotional person. I
Speaker 1: was like, Okay, got to get the tissues.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: The post Malone song that you sung is one of
Speaker 1: my favorite songs, which you did last night.
Speaker 6: Because we can.
Speaker 5: Run away, who were running?
Speaker 8: Run Away?
Speaker 7: Run Away?
Speaker 1: But I know from singing that song in my car
Speaker 1: that there is a lot of key changes that happened
Speaker 1: in that song. What was it like in the moment
Speaker 1: trying to get that song out, because if you are
Speaker 1: emotional or if you are slightly out of breath, that
Speaker 1: song is almost impossible to sing.
Speaker 2: Yes, no, it was tough.
Speaker 10: You know, we get given the songs in advance, so
Speaker 10: it's just about practicing and practicing them and yeah, I'm
Speaker 10: giving those lyrics in your head and have it become
Speaker 10: second nature if that makes it so. It all just
Speaker 10: depends on how hard you work and how hard you
Speaker 10: want it.
Speaker 1: Did you know that post Mylone song before they gave
Speaker 1: it to Ah?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 10: Yeah, yeah, I knew the Postal alone song, so that
Speaker 10: was also just a I think that made it a
Speaker 10: little bit easier knowing the song. Yeah yeah, I'm a
Speaker 10: massive Postal line stand and it was such a cool
Speaker 10: finger thing on to his song.
Speaker 1: Do you know what I would do if I was
Speaker 1: on these shows is that I would put these on
Speaker 1: social media and I would actually tag the artists to
Speaker 1: see whether or not, like you know, baiting the artists
Speaker 1: to see what they say. Will you put your music
Speaker 1: out there and tag post alone and see whether or
Speaker 1: not he critiques your version of it?
Speaker 10: One thousand percent Yeah, if it ever comes to and
Speaker 10: it it's out there, I'll definitely tag him. I remember
Speaker 10: tagging James one and commenting on that and tagging him
Speaker 10: and just to see if you'll reach out again when
Speaker 10: I sung You're Beautiful a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 3: So yeah, you never know, there's no harm in trying.
Speaker 1: Everyone talked about your cheeky nature through Like I have
Speaker 1: a lot of people I know a lot of people
Speaker 1: at work on the show, and they said that you
Speaker 1: kept the you were sort of the life of the
Speaker 1: party throughout the process this.
Speaker 3: You know, the least I can do is try and
Speaker 3: put a smile over in space and try and make
Speaker 3: everyone feel comfortable. It's been an awesome journey and I
Speaker 3: wouldn't change it for the world.
Speaker 1: This is how I would be. I'd be sort of
Speaker 1: second guessing the whole thing. Did you think when they
Speaker 1: put you with Gisella that that was going to be
Speaker 1: a tough person to be?
Speaker 3: Like?
Speaker 1: When did they tell you who you were going to
Speaker 1: be matched up with for the Revelation.
Speaker 3: We only got told I Reckon about five minutes before
Speaker 3: I got on stage who I was performing for, So yeah,
Speaker 3: that was definitely a shock.
Speaker 10: She is an absolutely amazing bocs, an amazing performer, just
Speaker 10: at sixteen. You know, it's a credit to her, to
Speaker 10: credit to her family. I've never heard a voice like
Speaker 10: that before, and especially from sixteen year old girl. Such
Speaker 10: a special talent, and I wish i'd not to look the.
Speaker 1: Best kind of feel like the way that they matched
Speaker 1: you up, like if I mean, she's probably the favorite tween.
Speaker 1: I don't know, it's either between her and Hamburger. Do
Speaker 1: you have any idea as to who you think is
Speaker 1: going to take out this competition at this point?
Speaker 3: No idea. Mate awesome in their own individual way, And yeah,
Speaker 3: I literally couldn't pick it.
Speaker 10: Man.
Speaker 3: I feel honored to be a part of such a
Speaker 3: such an awesome, awesome series.
Speaker 1: Well, one of the questions I'm asking everyone this morning
Speaker 1: is you know what their favorite song was to sing?
Speaker 1: Because I want to know what sort of an artist
Speaker 1: do you want to sound like when this whole competition
Speaker 1: settles down. Did you have a song that sort of
Speaker 1: sums up who you're going to be when you start
Speaker 1: releasing your own music.
Speaker 10: To be honest, I think the last two were probably
Speaker 10: the closest representation of what I want to be as
Speaker 10: an artist. You know, My Own Home has that emotional,
Speaker 10: lyrical kind of feel to it that I kind of
Speaker 10: aim for, and what I the songs are kind of wrote.
Speaker 6: Reality across as this and that a close now to
Speaker 6: very remersy.
Speaker 10: Man, you know, really really touching on emotions and being
Speaker 10: able to hit a feeling and being able to connect
Speaker 10: through that is what I'd want to be like. And
Speaker 10: you know, I want to be like an R and
Speaker 10: B kind of poppy artist as well, So you know
Speaker 10: that post alone kind of song was kind of close
Speaker 10: to that as well.
Speaker 3: You know, he's a pop artist.
Speaker 10: Rapper and now our country singer, so I'm from the country,
Speaker 10: so yeah, that's kind of where where I'm aming. So
Speaker 10: it's a good way to end and represent myself that way.
Speaker 1: I think that's always the strongest connection is if you
Speaker 1: can utilize what is relevant to you, all of that
Speaker 1: will shine through because that's authentically who you are, and
Speaker 1: I think that's authentically what's shone through throughout the season
Speaker 1: for you. I genuinely think that there's a huge audience
Speaker 1: out there that's going to support you throughout all of this.
Speaker 1: I guess before you go, i'd love to know what
Speaker 1: was the reaction like after your elimination, What was the
Speaker 1: audience reaction, Like.
Speaker 2: You know, it's hard.
Speaker 10: It's hard when you know we've come so far in
Speaker 10: this journey, so it's kind of like unlucky that congratulations
Speaker 10: at the same time, it's a it's a it's a
Speaker 10: mix between between that and I guess that's the best
Speaker 10: way to put it. You know, so lucky to make
Speaker 10: it this far, but you know it is unlucky that
Speaker 10: you get to the Grand Final. You know, we're not
Speaker 10: here to win, here just to knuck around, Like I
Speaker 10: was definitely here to win and do my best and
Speaker 10: you get as far as I could. That's just not
Speaker 10: the case. And whatever happens happens, and whatever will be
Speaker 10: will be, And that's just how it turned out.
Speaker 3: And I'm very honored and very grateful that I even
Speaker 3: got this far. Though. Yeah, everyone's words were just kind
Speaker 3: of along those lines.
Speaker 1: What about teasing us with anything from the finale? Do
Speaker 1: you know anything at this stage.
Speaker 3: I know nothing, mate, I wish, I wish I did.
Speaker 3: Sometimes people around the around the camp here are always
Speaker 3: you know, bit a gossip, bit of this and trying
Speaker 3: to guess it and trying to but you never actually know.
Speaker 3: And it's probably a good thing to be honest that
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 1: It's going to need to get some sleep today before
Speaker 1: probably all settle sales in before you go out it
Speaker 1: correct everyone I speak to before for doing this podcast,
Speaker 1: I asked them as a behind the scenes secret, can
Speaker 1: you give me a behind the scenes secret about what
Speaker 1: it's like to be a contestant on Australian Idol.
Speaker 10: Behind things, I like to say, the group song, there's
Speaker 10: people that help us out and direct us around and
Speaker 10: create that staging for it.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well maybe another secret would be what sort of
Speaker 1: interaction do you get to have with the judges after
Speaker 1: the show? Do you get much time with them?
Speaker 10: Oh, that's a good one.
Speaker 3: Not really, mate. We kind of see them, you know,
Speaker 3: after the show finishes, and you know, they're very busy
Speaker 3: people as well, so the fact that they even come
Speaker 3: up to us and have a yard and it's awesome,
Speaker 3: But no, we don't really get to see them much.
Speaker 1: Of Cara, will you take any advice to heart from
Speaker 1: any the three of them? Like, is there anything that
Speaker 1: you've taken from what they've given you throughout the competition.
Speaker 3: I think I'm.
Speaker 10: Saying to me that, you know, they think I'm a
Speaker 10: good human. I think that's really important to me. And
Speaker 10: that's specially you know, you can be as an artist
Speaker 10: who as a business person or supports person, whatever it is.
Speaker 10: But I think you know, if you're a good human,
Speaker 10: it goes a long way. So I think they're kind
Speaker 10: words and saying that you keep being that person. I
Speaker 10: think that's something I can take away from this journey.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, the best thing I can always say is
Speaker 1: just be true to yourself. You know, you know, you
Speaker 1: don't have to try and be correct the most outrageous person,
Speaker 1: the most extroverted person, if you are slightly introverted, be that.
Speaker 1: You know, people will gravitate towards you being genuinely yourself.
Speaker 1: And I think you already know that, like you're When
Speaker 1: I watched you in this show, I thought, this kid
Speaker 1: is the world's beyond what I would have been at
Speaker 1: your age. So yeah, look well done, and congratulations on
Speaker 1: making it so far in the competition.
Speaker 10: Thank you so much, Ane, I appreciate thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: Amazing look after yourself. I'll chat to you soon.
Speaker 2: Kids.
Speaker 3: Thank you all the be