WEBVTT - Maya Weiss & Jasey Fox - Australian Idol - Contestants 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:05.320 TV Reload the podcast part Deepabine. Welcome to TV Reload. 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:08.119 My name is Benjamin Norris, and this is your podcast 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:10.680 to get all the inside goss on the popular TV 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.960 shows you may be watching from around the world. Undeniably, 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:16.360 our TV sets are a major part of our home 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:19.160 entertainment and very little is known about how our favorite 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:21.920 shows get made. Each episode, I find guests that want 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:24.080 to dive just that little bit deeper into the shows 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:26.560 they're currently making, so that you can hear all the 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:30.120 exclusive stories and gain access to the biggest names in television. 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:32.640 I want to thank you for downloading or subscribing to 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:35.639 this podcast. I love hearing your feedback, so make sure 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:38.519 you leave a comment on your chosen podcast platform and 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:40.800 I'll make sure you feel as included in the production 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.040 of this show as I possibly can. On today's episode, 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:46.879 I have a full debrief with the eliminated contestants from 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:50.240 Australian Idol twenty twenty three. We had our top twelve 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:52.760 performers cut down to ten this week, and I for 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.200 one was quite shocked with some very talented singers getting 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:59.120 sent home. Maya and jac brought a lot to the 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:02.960 Channel seven competition and I think, if anything, we now 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:06.319 know how tough the twenty twenty three rebooted Australian Idol 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:08.959 is going to get. My first guest, Maya is the 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:12.040 oldest contestant this year at twenty eight years of age. 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:14.880 I love that she always saw herself going on the 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:18.399 Idol stage and never back down from her dreams. We 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:21.640 will talk judges comments, being the Mamma Bear amongst a 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:25.000 very young Top twelve, how she took the elimination and 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.479 what is next. Then twenty five year old jac Fox 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.080 will join me to unpack his time on the show. 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:34.160 It's no secret that he was my favorite, so you 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:37.280 may notice a lot of information coming from me. Jayce 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:40.319 has a truckload of talent and an infectious passion for 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:44.240 the entertainment industry. And today we will discuss taking rejection, 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.600 not giving up, and we'll also talk about Australian Idol 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.160 and why it isn't just about the voice. Plus we 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:52.880 will get some exclusives on the new series, including some 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:56.280 behind the scenes secrets which I'm sure you will love. However, 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.120 let's bring Maya into the podcast first and stick around 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:01.840 for Jayce as he'll be coming up straight after. How 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.840 are you feeling off the back of that last night's elimination? 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:05.840 Ah? 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:09.720 God, you know, I woke up actually last night I 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:13.240 was a little bit maybe a bit embarrassed, a bit sad. 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:14.720 The shock was strong. 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:19.240 Woke up this morning to an amazing surprise, which was 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:23.160 hundreds of people being like, you were robbed, this is 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:24.560 really do we love you? 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:27.600 What the hell would have voted more? All this stuff 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:29.840 that I just did not expect. 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:33.640 So what a time to be alive, What a time 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:34.639 to get yeah, and. 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.880 What a time to go off the show too, Like 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:38.800 I don't think I would have if I had gone 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:40.720 on longer, would have had this response. 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:42.240 So that's been amazing. 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:44.200 Well, this is a part of your story. So that's 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:45.720 the one thing I always say. You've got to listen 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.200 to the ground and then move with the flow. And 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.079 being one of the first two out of the top 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.160 twelve may look a certain way at the time, but 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.360 then you make that work in a way. 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:55.720 You know. 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:58.160 I was going to ask you though, Live TV was 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.000 back last night and it must have been quite exciting 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.400 to be a part of it. How was the experience 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:03.959 last night? 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:05.200 It was intense. 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:07.520 I mean, there was a lot of energies going around, 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:11.800 a lot of people on nervous streaks. But yeah, it 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.560 was great to see Megan perform. It was great to 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.000 get a group performance before we left as well. 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:17.720 Loved that. 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.640 But yeah, I think that's the part that I'm most 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:22.480 sad to leave is the live shows. 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.000 Once the lights came down, you know, what was the 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.200 aftermath like for you? I mean, where did you go 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:29.119 after the show? And where was your head at? 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:30.120 I think I was. 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.200 I felt a little bit like I was in a dream, 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:35.200 you know, because I guess you don't really know how 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:38.000 to expect to leave. I knew in my gut the 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:39.720 whole day that I was going to be in the 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:42.600 bottom four. And I feel bad saying that because we 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:44.640 should all try to be positive, but I knew it. 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:46.840 I could just sense it, so I was kind of 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:49.640 I was just kind of expecting it. I was walking 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:51.600 around as soon as the lights went down and just 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.720 saying my goodbyes mentally to the studio that i'd been 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.280 in for the last two months, basically living next door 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:01.400 in the hotel. And I actually, actually the more it 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.440 settles in, I'm not as sad as I thought i'd 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:08.440 be last night. Like last night, I was thinking, Oh, 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:10.160 I'm going to be so embarrassed. I'm going to wake 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.240 up in the morning. I'm going to feel like a failure. 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.600 I'm going to, you know, think that all these people 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:18.120 see me like a failure. But just waking up to 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.479 so much positive energy and so many people, it's a 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:25.479 game changer. And I think that the other contestants are phenomenal. 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:30.120 Jac and I are definitely different performers and different people 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.960 in a way, We're a bit more experienced, So I'm 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:37.800 not upset to leave as like a representation of my 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:38.839 career anymore. 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:40.960 I'm not feeling that like I was last night. 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:44.200 You nailed these performances, Like you know, I'm looking back. 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.800 I was rewatching them this morning. I went back and 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:49.919 I watched everything that you contributed vocally to this series, 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.479 and you are such a talented woman. 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.640 I really appreciate that because for me, performing is my 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.840 favorite and I don't even think this show I really 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:03.760 got to give my strongest performance yet. So I just 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:05.880 want to try to make as much content as I 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:09.560 can to show people now with my own platform, what 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:11.560 I can do. But I hope people come to my 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:15.360 gigs because like live, I really yeah, I really really 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:18.840 love just connecting with people in a live format. 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.360 Do you think that maybe the voters this year might 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.720 be a little bit too enamored with well, this person's fifteen, 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.160 you know. Do you think maybe there's a little bit 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.680 of something extra I guess to support because wow, they're 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:31.840 younger contestants. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:33.279 Yes, I definitely do. 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.680 And that's why I've been saying all morning with jac 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:40.400 there's no possible way to compare me to someone like 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:45.120 Angelina or Amali or Phoebe. We are so different, we 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.800 come from completely different levels of expertise. 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:49.080 I just can't. 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:53.240 I feel like they deserve and need to be there 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.560 in a way, even maybe more than me from now on. 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:58.039 I think that is a good way for you to 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:00.719 look at this, because you know, also, so we haven't 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:04.000 had Australia really controlling the vote on a reality show 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:05.920 for quite a while, so we don't really know who 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.680 picks up the phone anymore. And maybe this is telling 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:11.680 as to the type of people who are voting. Maybe 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.320 younger people are voting, and maybe younger people are voting 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:17.040 for people that they can see more in themselves. 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:18.400 Yeah, and that's it. 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:20.600 I was looking around in the crowd, and I've been 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:24.479 looking online and it is I think just because of 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.239 the age limit as well, and how jac he's twenty 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:29.760 five and he was the second oldest to me, and 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.800 then everyone else is below twenty four. So I definitely 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:35.880 think the people watching are young. And I think when 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.520 you're a young kid. I remember watching Idol, I did 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:40.559 not connect at all with the people who were above 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:43.560 twenty five because I was like thirteen and just saw 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:46.640 them as adults. And I think now that they have phones, 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.520 they're sitting there and they're texting every single second, and 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.960 I just my fans are more people who don't have 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.800 that need inside of them. They just look at me 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:57.720 and they think, oh, she's a great singer. 0:06:57.920 --> 0:06:58.640 We like her. 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.159 We're not going to sit there day texting over and 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:03.120 over again. We might just give her a follow on 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.320 the internet and follow her career. It's just a different thing. 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:08.560 With you know, so many of those young contestants. Was 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.120 it hard not to mother them a little bit? I mean, 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:10.600 what was going on? 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:15.440 I was mummy Maya. It wasn't even if from the 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.880 minute I got there, I was designated mama. And that's 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.680 maybe where you know, if I was a competitive person 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:24.360 at all, which I'm not, I would have maybe you know, 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:33.560 no way, but just maybe taking more time to sleep 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:35.880 and not have been there as much for some of 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:37.440 the people that I had. 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:39.280 But at the end of the day, I wouldn't have 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:40.680 changed that even if I tried. 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:43.560 You know, I'm a person who just loves people and 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:48.560 loves especially musicians, and I would give everything over and 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.240 over again to go like I would go out again 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:54.320 at this time, just to have helped and connected with 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:56.640 the other contestants in the way that I did. And 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.520 I think that will that they'll remember that, and I'll 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.760 remember that coming out of this experience, and all the 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:06.120 producers were saying, you know, like how easy and I 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.440 was to work with and how sad they were to 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.440 see me leave, And I just don't think they'll forget that, 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.840 or I'll forget that. So I'm happy that I just 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.200 at least finished it in such a positive way. 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.480 Well, I think this is a good question to ask you, 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:22.240 but as far as the judging goes, who do you 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:26.000 think actually gives the best advice for the competition? 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:29.480 Look, I personally think that people put a lot of 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.240 hate on Kyle, but I think he's got a really 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:37.920 semi honest perception of people and music, and especially in 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.240 his face. You know, I think it's really hard on 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.120 this show because you want to encourage everyone, and everyone 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.640 deserves the chance to be told they're great. But there 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.280 is times when I think some people are told they're great, 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.880 but they're actually just in my opinion, it wasn't their 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.760 best performance. And I think the show's had a fair 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:56.480 bit of that lately. And I think that's where I've 0:08:56.520 --> 0:09:00.000 appreciated the judges who have kind of come out and said, nah, 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:01.960 wasn't doing it for me, because I think even if 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:05.400 you're young, you always need to know when you're shit. 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:09.679 And I think that was the reason I came on 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.160 the show, was to grow for myself in a better way, 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:15.440 and I appreciated every bit of constructive criticism that I 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:16.920 got from each judge. 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:19.600 Well, I think it's to Kyle's defense, and I mean 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:21.640 I was watching it with friends who were like, Oh, 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.800 he's the devil or why did he say that? Oh? No, 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:26.440 you know, and I was like, you know what, in 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.280 the real world, people are going to say these things 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:30.520 to these people online, no matter how old they are. 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:32.880 How you know, how experienced they are, so I think, 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.680 you know, preparing the harsh realities is an important part 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.120 of the competition, But do you think he's doing that 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:40.680 to prepare you or do you think he's looking for 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:41.520 a TV moment. 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.120 I think there's a bit of both. 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.080 I think there's definitely a need to be like a 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:49.280 harsh judge. I think there was times, not necessarily with 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:52.520 my performance, but others where he said things that I 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:54.439 don't feel we're right for the performance. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:57.040 They felt a bit like he was just feeling a quota. 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.400 But I do think I think their needs to be 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:04.840 some level of honesty within the judges, and I think 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:07.120 Harry's trying to do that too a little bit. I 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:10.000 think sometimes he's harsh, like especially with the younger people 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.240 like Bobby for example. I don't know if you saw, 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.560 but he I think gave so much growth and so 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.800 much energy, and all they did was tell him off 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:19.839 for not having his brother there, which wasn't his fault, 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.640 and stuff like that, Like especially with me with the song. 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.920 A lot of people know we don't necessarily and I'm 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.319 not supposed to say this, but we don't always get 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:32.040 control with what we do. And I would have loved 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:34.160 if I had had a bit more feedback on my 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.160 vocal ability or my performance and less to do with 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:38.439 that being a shit song. 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:40.559 Which is a f I think to you to say, honestly, 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:41.880 that is a fair comment. 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.720 Feed Yeah, because I was just trying to do I 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.200 was trying to make everyone's life easier and not be 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:51.880 arguing for something better for me. And I think that's 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.760 where as artists on these shows, you know, you can 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:56.760 be seen as such a diva or you can be 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.760 seen as an argumentative performer, but at the end of 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:01.240 the day day, if you don't fight for who you 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.440 are as an artist, you can end up being in 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:06.680 my position where you're kicked off for not hitting people 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.000 with the right emotion or you're told that you look 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:11.479 like bad because you're wearing an outfit. 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:12.840 That you didn't get to choose to wear. 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.760 So I just think tips for anyone who ever wants 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.040 to go into these shows or into the industry is, 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:20.600 you know, stand your ground in a positive way. 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.320 But then there's also time constraints, you know, as to 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.079 what you feel you can say, and if you've got 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.000 a time constraint on what you can get across, it's 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.520 a dangerous place to be. And because if you do 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.920 sound like you give a right of reply, which you 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:35.880 have a right of reply of what these people are saying. 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:40.160 Sometimes people will say she's not grateful, or why did 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.240 she clap back, you know, all of those sorts of things. 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.600 There's a lot of factors there. But I do think 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.199 out of all the contestants I saw, you had a 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.120 right of reply, which I don't think because seeing you 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.480 as a person would have landed badly. I think you 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.560 would have been able to ask a question and maybe 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.040 push them to a critique on your voice or something 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:01.440 that's going to help you long might have been okay. 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.559 Yeah, absolutely, And that's where I've. 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:09.480 Really really learnt from this, and I think I definitely 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:13.480 think that that. I. Yeah, it's just so hard to 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:17.520 know the line, especially as a as a female, I think, 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:19.400 and it sounds a bit bad to say, but it 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.240 is hard because I think people like Sasha and I 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.080 were speaking about it yesterday and he really had to 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.640 fight for some arrangement stuff, and same with Anya, and 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:30.080 I don't think I did as much. And I think 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:34.400 they were lucky because they're arrangements. They helped them feel 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.760 more centered in the song and you. 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:38.560 Don't want to say. I mean, I know this happens 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:41.439 quite a bit, especially in the industry. You're like, if 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.120 I'm a woman and I speak out like this, then 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.000 I'm a bitch. Like I'm a gay man if I 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:48.320 say a thing, Oh, he's always a bitchy gay you 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:50.280 know what I mean. And then you're so not that, 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:52.400 You're so not that at all. 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:54.800 Yeah, And that's the thing I think. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:56.800 You know, it's funny you say you were a gay 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:58.440 man because you would feel that, and I feel that 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:02.160 sometimes it's really hard because we get sometimes boxed a 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.040 little bit, and if we come out and say things 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.800 that might be yeah, yeah, a truthful, people kind of 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:13.680 sometimes think it's a bit maybe touch aggressive. And that's 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:17.720 where you know, the younger people, it's it's easier for 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:21.000 them because they they're just kind of very you know, 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.480 you just give them a role and they'll just do it. 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.720 Whereas with people in my position with performing, I know 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.440 jac as well. He had a lot of opinions on 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:33.040 how he wanted to do his performance. And it can 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:34.640 be seen as a good thing, it can be seen 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:36.800 as a bad thing. And if I were to do 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:39.000 it again, the only thing that I would have changed 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:43.400 is just standing my ground with the music, because that, 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.640 to me is very important in my in the way 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.200 I'm perceived as an artist. But I can now, you know, 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:51.719 go and do any cover I want online. So at 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.199 least I, you know, gave because I do want to. 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:58.040 Go you'll have at that point. And you know, just 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:01.040 remember there's been people that have been on who didn't 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.400 even make it to the top twenty four, who've had 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.480 number ones on the dance on the Dance charts, So 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:11.280 you know, this is just a really exciting chapter for you. 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.440 And as Amy Shark said last night, it might just 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:16.800 be a shitty day, but I honestly believe it. I 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:18.679 can hear it in the way that you're talking today. 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.160 I could see it in the music that I really 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.360 listened to this morning. And you have a real place 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:24.440 in the music industry. And I just think you pick 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:26.160 this up and you roll with it. 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.040 Yeah, thank you, because it's tad. You know, you're get 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.640 in your own head. But I really think if I 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.560 just keep sharing and trying to connect with people and 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:39.000 releasing fresh and new content, that I think all I 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.320 wanted out of the show was to reach more people 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.120 and to get growth, and I feel I have like 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:47.720 you've done it definitely grown so much, and I'm so 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.680 proud of everyone in it, and I can't I'm excited 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.560 for what happens with all of us too, Like we're 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.840 all boosting each other in ways I can't even begin 0:14:56.960 --> 0:15:00.160 to explain. So I know I'm going to be reading 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.480 for everyone and they're going to be rooting for me too, 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:03.920 So it's an amazing feeling. 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.120 Do you feel like you know? Because I love you 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.280 were talking about your instincts before, do you feel like 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.160 when we ask you about your instincts on who's going 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:12.480 to win this, do you feel like you know? 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:13.640 I do, and I don't. 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.960 I've definitely been surprised a lot, but I also know 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:22.080 in my gut just what works for these types of environments, 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.880 And yeah, I just can tell from how things have 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.960 gone already. My gut's kind of in right. But I 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:31.760 also am so open to being shocked. And I think 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:36.120 that's where it is up to just who's doing well 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:40.560 with the public and who's surviving the stress and just 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:44.120 kicking on. But either way, anyone from now on has 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:46.800 the chance to take their own career in their own hands, 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:51.680 with or without the show, can you give us the name? Look, 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:56.240 I mean I always always thought that Royson was going 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:58.600 to do well, just because he's such a little gem 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:02.600 and he's got, you know, to me, such a great message. 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:06.920 But I do not know. I have no idea. I 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:10.200 love them all. I just have a feeling that he'll 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:11.960 maybe be in the top three. 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.840 And something I ask everyone who joins the podcast is 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.160 what's something from behind the scenes. You know, we finished 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.680 the podcast like this every time. What's something that was 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:22.480 something that happened to you while making this show, something 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:23.720 that the audiences won't say. 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:26.480 I Harry spoke to everyone who came off the show, 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.800 but the way he spoke to us was so surprising 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:33.880 and real, and I appreciated that, Like it's not easy 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:37.000 to make time for people when you're at a level 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:41.240 like that in a celebrity way. And I was, yeah, 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:44.360 I was really loving that side of it. 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:46.120 I mean, if I met him in real life, I'd 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:47.560 just be like, I know, your friends with Sandra Bullet, 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.240 can we call her on the phone. Let's just sit 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:52.160 around and talk to Sandy and see what she has 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:53.680 to say. 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:55.240 Yeah, but that's it. 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:58.560 Like that's where I was a bit surprised that he 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.000 was the one out of all of them. I mean, 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.440 Kyl has been amazing to me from the start. He's 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:08.880 actually given me proper like hugs and real genuine off 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:14.760 camera chats. But I didn't expect Harry to voluntarily choose 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.160 to talk to every contestant who came off the show. 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.600 So a little yeah back thing on him would just 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:21.840 be that that was amazing that he took the time. 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.359 I love chatting with you in your audience. It'll be 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:28.159 so exciting to see where you go. You know, the 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.560 dance chat so I think is a really good place 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:31.560 for you to look at. 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:34.960 Yes, thank you, and yeah, I hope we get to 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:35.840 chatt again soon. 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:38.919 A great chat with Maya and a good warm up 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:41.040 for things to come with my next guest, let's bring 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.320 jac into the podcast. I'm sure you'll get some really 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:48.280 fun exclusives and I hope you really enjoy this chat. Hi, Jacey, how. 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:52.160 I I'm good man. I feel very grateful, I feel 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:54.439 very peaceful and happy. 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:56.760 I'm just going to start this off by saying I 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:59.960 feel terrible because I've had fans from Australian Idol hitting 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.480 up overnight saying that I jinxed you because I came 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:06.320 out and championed for you hard yesterday and then you 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:08.119 went home. And I mean, I don't think I've got 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:09.760 that much power in the universe, but I just want 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:11.320 to apologize just in case I do. 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:13.560 Yeah, Nah, I don't reckon you. Jinks me. I think 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.840 you're doing me a massive favor that I'm going to 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:17.960 run with and I love you for it. I think 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:18.960 it's really really sweet of you. 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.240 I mean, what a ride this Australian Idol journey has 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:21.680 been for you. 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:25.160