Speaker 1: It's in the news today, but it was actually on
Speaker 1: TV reloaded the podcast last week. Thereby, Hey guys, welcome
Speaker 1: back to TV Reload. I want to thank you for
Speaker 1: clicking and downloading. On today's episode with Bonnie and Hannah,
Speaker 1: the next two contestants who've been booted from Australian Idols
Speaker 1: Top ten, the competition is really heating up, and honestly,
Speaker 1: I think week after week fans are going to be
Speaker 1: pulling at their heads after seeing their favorites go home.
Speaker 1: It's anyone's guess on who's going to take out this
Speaker 1: year's competition. I'm going to say that I'm not completely
Speaker 1: shocked at this week's eliminations. I think these two are
Speaker 1: both fantastic artists, but I truly don't know if this
Speaker 1: show would have brought these two artists anything more or
Speaker 1: any more gravitas than they'd already got from being on
Speaker 1: the show thus far. Just my opinion. Bonnie is going
Speaker 1: to discuss his career trajectory. He's very ambitious, let me
Speaker 1: tell you, and if he will take Kyle Sandilands up
Speaker 1: on his offer to record in his private studio. Hannah
Speaker 1: will share how she really feels about being called a
Speaker 1: giraffe by one of the judges. I will find out
Speaker 1: the game's going on behind the scenes with this year's
Speaker 1: Top twelve and what joke went too far for one contestant.
Speaker 1: You were going to get everything from their thoughts on
Speaker 1: the song choices, how much public interaction they are really getting,
Speaker 1: and we will talk about auto tuning that might be
Speaker 1: happening outside of just Bonnie. There is actually so much
Speaker 1: to talk about, with so many inside revelations on this
Speaker 1: series of Australian Idol. To sit back and relax as
Speaker 1: we unpack the wonderful world of this amazing singing competition,
Speaker 1: which returns this Sunday night on Channel seven. How are you,
Speaker 1: mate me?
Speaker 2: I'm fantastic, My god, how are you?
Speaker 1: I'm very well. You know you just interrupted me because
Speaker 1: I was rewatching your performance from last night.
Speaker 2: I know, yeah, that's a good interruption there, my friend.
Speaker 1: You know how weird it is for me though while
Speaker 1: I'm watching this and how good you are on this
Speaker 1: show and then to hear your voice this is amazing.
Speaker 3: I appreciate you more, brother, Thank you.
Speaker 1: What did you think about getting this far in this
Speaker 1: competition when you signed up? Did you think you would
Speaker 1: make it this far.
Speaker 2: No, to be honest, you didn't think much of it.
Speaker 2: It's like, for real, I mean we made it this
Speaker 2: far off. I don't know made it this far?
Speaker 1: You know you had some hills to climb. My friend
Speaker 1: didn't do well on this show. How did you approach it?
Speaker 1: I mean, did you know much about Australian idol because
Speaker 1: this is in your home country.
Speaker 3: I thought it was a singing contest, to be honest
Speaker 3: with you, and at the time, I just like I
Speaker 3: need more exposure as an artist.
Speaker 2: So I just signed off on a whim, like one night.
Speaker 3: Just because I think we add toll up on Instagram
Speaker 3: just randomly.
Speaker 2: I was like, you know what, I'm gonna sign up
Speaker 2: for it.
Speaker 4: Wow.
Speaker 1: So yeah, was it a shock to go home at
Speaker 1: this point of the competition because I like reading into
Speaker 1: what I think I can see on the TV, and
Speaker 1: I kind of felt like you've got everything you needed
Speaker 1: out of the show. At this point. I felt like
Speaker 1: you could just take what you've been given with this
Speaker 1: exposure and go in a different direction, which is still up.
Speaker 3: Oh we're going international with this direction. But the way
Speaker 3: I like to see is like, look, I'm a competitor
Speaker 3: at heart.
Speaker 2: If you're not first to your last.
Speaker 3: And the opportunities that make you, you make the opportunity,
Speaker 3: you know what I mean, So regardless of work, of
Speaker 3: course I would have loved to opportunity that can make
Speaker 3: the most of you know, coming first, but you get
Speaker 3: what you get.
Speaker 5: The city's going to break, The city is gonna love
Speaker 5: me to leave me alone. The city is gonna be jaesiss.
Speaker 5: It's been a couple of months as I've got like
Speaker 5: a bold am I getting bossert where the city is
Speaker 5: going to a break, She's always going to break your heart.
Speaker 1: I feel like going with an original song at this
Speaker 1: point might have been what elevated you or kept you
Speaker 1: in the competition. Did you have many conversations about bringing
Speaker 1: in your own music and seeing what that might have done.
Speaker 1: I feel like that's the only thing we've been stolen
Speaker 1: from you.
Speaker 3: I think everyone had the general consensus and we were
Speaker 3: all told we're not saying no to the originals, but
Speaker 3: the chances of you getting it are quite slink is one.
Speaker 3: We do want to also cater to the audience, and
Speaker 3: the audiences most popular songs, and it's easy to get
Speaker 3: behind something familiar.
Speaker 1: Did you feel limited by the choices in music though.
Speaker 1: I mean the music that you were singing was very recognizable,
Speaker 1: and mate, you did such a good job, like it
Speaker 1: was so good every week to see it get up
Speaker 1: there and sing. But I did wonder whether or not
Speaker 1: this was truly the sort of music that you would
Speaker 1: be releasing if you were recording in a studio.
Speaker 3: If you asked me what, maybe four years ago, I'd
Speaker 3: be like, yeah, But as I've discovered myself more as
Speaker 3: an artist, I would say no, you know, but not
Speaker 3: to say that it's not good, you know. I quite
Speaker 3: enjoyed the songs I did, you know, end up performing.
Speaker 3: You know, my biggest inspiration is a Justin Bieber and
Speaker 3: Issuan and I did one of the songs that go
Speaker 3: on together, you know Ala.
Speaker 2: So I guess you know that paid comments to that.
Speaker 2: But na an.
Speaker 3: Opportunity to get out of my comfort zone made me
Speaker 3: feel a bit comfortable.
Speaker 2: I don't know if that makes sense, do you know
Speaker 2: what I mean?
Speaker 1: I hear what you're saying when you're saying, that's the
Speaker 1: sort of music I would have been singing four years ago. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: because I think the way that this show works is
Speaker 1: it's a bit like you know, it's catering to a
Speaker 1: younger audience, songs that everyone would know, kind of like
Speaker 1: what you'd say on like a Disney show. Do you
Speaker 1: know what I mean?
Speaker 2: Pretty much?
Speaker 1: Yeah. So then you as an artist now are in
Speaker 1: a different space where I think that for you to
Speaker 1: go and take this music internationally, there needs to be
Speaker 1: the key sound of who you are and you can
Speaker 1: sing without the auto tune. We definitely saw that. Do
Speaker 1: you think if you do go into the recording studio
Speaker 1: at this point it would be a mix of the
Speaker 1: auto tune and just using your own voice, Like, what's
Speaker 1: what's the I look at this point?
Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you what I think.
Speaker 3: I was get a really fantastic job of confusing people
Speaker 3: of my style of audo tunes. Plus everyone does use
Speaker 3: aoudy tune. It's just I think what they wanted to
Speaker 3: do was be able to at least for the audience.
Speaker 3: It doesn't understand what audi tune is. Turn it up
Speaker 3: to a point where it's like a distorted effect.
Speaker 2: Essentially, it is just an effect. But I use auditude
Speaker 2: in all my tracks, right, you know what I mean?
Speaker 3: It's an industry standard. It's just that I don't use it.
Speaker 3: To the point where it dilute my own vocals, I
Speaker 3: use saying that we're almost trying to take the soul out.
Speaker 1: Are you saying, though, that Australian Idol is using auto
Speaker 1: tune like that? Are you saying all artists are using
Speaker 1: auto tune like that?
Speaker 3: I would say, through my experience, that's how my artistry
Speaker 3: was being used, Okay, through audition like that.
Speaker 2: If that makes sense, you know.
Speaker 1: That makes sense. The interesting thing about this is that
Speaker 1: you are kind of like an artist for this generation.
Speaker 1: Like it sounds to me like and it was for
Speaker 1: me when I was watching you, I could see that
Speaker 1: what you're doing is probably more current at the moment
Speaker 1: than you know, just getting up and straight singing. Do
Speaker 1: you feel like you, in a way brought something more
Speaker 1: current to Australian Idol by bringing this dimension in?
Speaker 6: Yes?
Speaker 2: I would.
Speaker 3: I would say I have brought something more current, Okay,
Speaker 3: because the new sounds, you know, the Travis Scott's and Drakes,
Speaker 3: you know, the one that the kids are really bopping,
Speaker 3: you really use it like that, the little babies, you
Speaker 3: know what I mean, the really big the really big stars.
Speaker 3: You know, you can hear it very prevalent. I don't
Speaker 3: know if he's gotten lazy. Especially in Justin Beers vocals.
Speaker 3: You know, he has a bit, he has it tuned
Speaker 3: up a bit, and if you listen to Chris Brown,
Speaker 3: he pretty much records his order tune on, you know,
Speaker 3: so that's all.
Speaker 2: You kind of get.
Speaker 3: So yes, I would say something that is I did
Speaker 3: bring something that is more familiar. But at the same time,
Speaker 3: it depends how deep you look into it. I've done
Speaker 3: all the I've done the research that I've needed to do,
Speaker 3: and I continue to so I learn more about.
Speaker 2: Which artists you use it. But it's very prevalent, man,
Speaker 2: It's very especially in live shows. Oh my god.
Speaker 3: To be honest, I feel like I bought what the
Speaker 3: standard is right now and at least the you know,
Speaker 3: the R and B hip hop kind of vibe.
Speaker 1: Give couple lot of flak when you're trying to do
Speaker 1: something against the norm. Is that a part of your
Speaker 1: personality to kind of push yourself and go against the majority.
Speaker 3: I don't know if if that's innately what I'm doing
Speaker 3: on purpose, but I do know I do things that
Speaker 3: I enjoy, you know, and if it's like you know,
Speaker 3: for if I can if it's one of my songs
Speaker 3: Big That was the first time I played with auto tune,
Speaker 3: like how they would have it on how they had
Speaker 3: it on Idol, like you know, the reaching people. But
Speaker 3: it was you know, music more tally to me. I
Speaker 3: don't know if that answered the question.
Speaker 1: No, it does in a way, you know. It was
Speaker 1: also kind of beautiful to watch, was the reactions from
Speaker 1: the crowd for you. And then that's the live audience
Speaker 1: and you might have friends that have come along and
Speaker 1: support you and family, But what's been the reaction walking
Speaker 1: down the street, like are you on a primetime TV
Speaker 1: show and everyone's running up to you? Like I'd love
Speaker 1: to know what people are thinking and where Australian idol
Speaker 1: fits into the general public.
Speaker 7: Psychist, Well, I didn't mean to even get recognized as
Speaker 7: much this morning, but I've been recognized last night and
Speaker 7: this morning more sad to see me go I get
Speaker 7: after everything that happened last night, But I don't I
Speaker 7: don't even know why I seem so recognizable, But people
Speaker 7: don't even have to be close Like this morning, I
Speaker 7: think maybe I was fifteen meters and maybe away from
Speaker 7: this van and there's somebody.
Speaker 2: Just plant them like Bonnie, like what I look.
Speaker 3: Maybe that talking about me.
Speaker 1: Maybe they're like me, they've woken up this morning and
Speaker 1: they're just replaying all the songs that you sung throughout.
Speaker 2: The show, hope, so get them Trees of the Back.
Speaker 1: I've been listening to it though, Like I was listening
Speaker 1: to God as a Woman by Ariana run Day, which
Speaker 1: you did right at the stage.
Speaker 2: I enjoyed that one.
Speaker 1: Yeah you were great, Like that was quite amazing. But
Speaker 1: then even the Ed shering bad Habits, what do you mean? Like,
Speaker 1: I love that song by Justin Timberlake. To be honest
Speaker 1: with you, it's one of my favorite. It's probably my
Speaker 1: favorite Justin Bieber's song. But I loved that. Yeah, there's
Speaker 1: the sound that you have, and I think people will
Speaker 1: continue to come back to your versions of these songs
Speaker 1: and listen to it, and you should share it to
Speaker 1: see what Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeron have to say,
Speaker 1: Like I.
Speaker 3: Think, I mean, if I have it post it that
Speaker 3: that'd be super dope, you know. At the same time
Speaker 3: I do I would like to get I get maybe
Speaker 3: your mind frame out.
Speaker 2: Of like the audit to sound okay, because.
Speaker 3: Evidently people are saying, oh, you know you have an
Speaker 3: amazing voice, and I hear it over and over again, and.
Speaker 2: I'm just like, what are they listening to?
Speaker 3: They're listening to my music or they listening to Idle
Speaker 3: And this is after everything, and you know, people are
Speaker 3: even referencing, Hey, listen to his students. If you don't
Speaker 3: think he can have seen I'm not too.
Speaker 1: Sure, Bonnie. I think you go out there, you ring
Speaker 1: Kyle Sandalans today, and you go and drop something original
Speaker 1: into a recording studio that you're willing to have because
Speaker 1: these eyes are on you today. You understand that you
Speaker 1: were standing next to a van and they all point
Speaker 1: at you. You know, that kind of height that comes
Speaker 1: off a show like this is very limited. I think,
Speaker 1: you know, you could be a winner of this show,
Speaker 1: and it's still going to be limited. But if you
Speaker 1: give people while the eyes are on you something to digest,
Speaker 1: something tangible, I think, yeah, that's what that is where
Speaker 1: you go from this at this point?
Speaker 3: And I look, if I could have been in Kyle's
Speaker 3: studio last night after the work, after the show there,
Speaker 3: he would have let you all, I could do the.
Speaker 2: Things that I don't have a contacts.
Speaker 1: Anything you want to add before, Bonnie Lee's the Art
Speaker 1: States for the last time.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you're my top thirty wild card. I'm so glad
Speaker 4: we brought you back. You're a real vibe, You're real energy.
Speaker 4: And if I own a recording studio, if you want
Speaker 4: to use it, it's free.
Speaker 3: Twenty four seven. I appreciate that. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Give him a call today because I mean, Kyle is amazing.
Speaker 1: I think he gets a lot of flak in this
Speaker 1: industry for his personality. I think along of it's mister,
Speaker 1: A lot of it's misdirected at the moment, but he
Speaker 1: has always been very supportive of me, very supportive of
Speaker 1: Ricky Lee and plenty of people in the Idol family.
Speaker 3: If I can put up plainly, if someone can see
Speaker 3: something in me that I give him my respect, you know,
Speaker 3: because I've been doing this. I wouldn't say for quite
Speaker 3: some time, but I've been doing this for some time,
Speaker 3: and you know, no one really back an iron. I
Speaker 3: stick with people that when they first meet me and
Speaker 3: they see potential.
Speaker 2: That's another level of way.
Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't even know how to explain
Speaker 3: the gratitude that I have for him. This is even
Speaker 3: before he offered his studios to recording, Like I already
Speaker 3: had a high regard of him because she saw something
Speaker 3: in me that's other people didn't. He's probably going to
Speaker 3: keep getting Black cops to him because of, you know,
Speaker 3: the decision he made, because yeah, they're still on him.
Speaker 2: I'm like, what the fuck?
Speaker 3: Like show out.
Speaker 1: He knows what he's doing though, you know, Bonnie, he
Speaker 1: knows what he's doing. He is in music studios, you know,
Speaker 1: and supporting artists and has been doing so, has been
Speaker 1: doing that for decades. Like and I guess that's one
Speaker 1: of the things I really do appreciate it about him,
Speaker 1: is his sincerity. As a judge on this show, did
Speaker 1: you feel that sincerity from the judging panel?
Speaker 3: I don't. I don't know, because I'll be honest with you,
Speaker 3: there's been a lot of whiskers.
Speaker 2: You know, I'm very naive to.
Speaker 3: Me my first time doing something like this, and they've
Speaker 3: got there's whiskers you here because people have done this before,
Speaker 3: and yeah, and that had made me believe, you know that,
Speaker 3: like I don't know, when they're on camera, can you
Speaker 3: really believe what they say? But that even knowing that
Speaker 3: had never really changed how I felt about him from
Speaker 3: our first experience, and you know how I'm just like, well,
Speaker 3: you know, he's still seeing something in me that other
Speaker 3: people didn't, you know, to bring me back. And I
Speaker 3: don't know how much of that as a part of
Speaker 3: the show, how much of that was him, he was
Speaker 3: still there. You know that.
Speaker 2: That really doesn't mean a lot to me.
Speaker 8: Man.
Speaker 3: I don't know how to show gratitude or whatever it is,
Speaker 3: but I will. I will in ten foles. He'll see
Speaker 3: it for sure.
Speaker 1: And I think there is an ability to live up
Speaker 1: to being a television judge, and then there's living up
Speaker 1: to being a mental you know, in someone's career. And
Speaker 1: however that transcends, we'll probably see with you because you
Speaker 1: do need that support right now. And if that happened
Speaker 1: to that, yeah, before you go, I have to ask
Speaker 1: you very quickly, how did you get along with the
Speaker 1: topeve welve? Did you get along with the Top twelve? Well?
Speaker 2: Oh, man, fantastically.
Speaker 8: Man.
Speaker 3: These these are people that one day when I'm touring
Speaker 3: Big There two and Big two Men and we just
Speaker 3: mix shows like these These are people.
Speaker 2: But I look forward to.
Speaker 3: More the drinks off of the shows with because they're
Speaker 3: just the best people to talk to. Biggest hearts, best smile,
Speaker 3: best advice. And I didn't realize till last night what
Speaker 3: I had been yearning for for years was looking for
Speaker 3: fellowship within the music industry because I never had that
Speaker 3: in prison, so small, and last night just made me
Speaker 3: realize that because the top twelve haven't been roadly just
Speaker 3: the top twelve, man, you know what I mean, people
Speaker 3: from the top thirty, you know, like.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's wild. I ask everyone about it, you know,
Speaker 1: like a behind the scenes sort of question, you know,
Speaker 1: to finish off my chat with everyone. And I was
Speaker 1: wondering whether or not from behind the scenes you could
Speaker 1: tell me who's your ride or die, Like as in,
Speaker 1: who out of the top twelve have you been hanging
Speaker 1: out with that you can see yourself still being friends
Speaker 1: with in say ten years.
Speaker 2: Oh right, Diet, I'll be honest with you, John. I
Speaker 2: love that kid. Man.
Speaker 3: He's such a good kid, big heart, biggest smile. I
Speaker 3: just I don't know, you know, he's got the charism,
Speaker 3: he's got the swag.
Speaker 2: Guy.
Speaker 3: You know, we just found itself easy to get along.
Speaker 3: Like cracking Joe, Yeah, like he's it's just the cood an.
Speaker 3: Same with William, Like, oh, man, yeah, i'd say William
Speaker 3: and John.
Speaker 1: I mean, it must have been hard to be standing
Speaker 1: there with John, you know, in that in those final
Speaker 1: save me moments, you know what I mean, Like you
Speaker 1: want to be supportive of your you know of the
Speaker 1: other people that are still left there, and you still
Speaker 1: want to route for yourself. So it's a it's an
Speaker 1: awkward situation to be in.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it definitely is.
Speaker 3: And maybe this is my ego talking, but I think
Speaker 3: I'm probably more capable at this stage to do what
Speaker 3: I need to do than he probably is being a bit.
Speaker 1: Young, and I think that's being arrogant at all. I
Speaker 1: think that has been very realistic about the trajectory that
Speaker 1: I think both of you will need to go on
Speaker 1: to make yourselves be successful and in this industry. And
Speaker 1: there's a lot right here right now for you. I
Speaker 1: genuinely believe that where I can see for him, you know,
Speaker 1: there's still some work to be done before he could
Speaker 1: penetrate charts and and be top of mind amongst studio executives.
Speaker 1: Do you know what I mean? He's cute, but you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, can congratulations on making it to
Speaker 1: the top twelve. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching you week after
Speaker 1: week and I can't wait to see what happens next few.
Speaker 1: I'm in your audience.
Speaker 3: I'm telling you, bro, you've got to keep your eyes open.
Speaker 2: It's going to happen real quick.
Speaker 1: Oh, I'm doing it. I'm doing it. What a fantastic
Speaker 1: chat I'm going to say with Bonnie and some great
Speaker 1: insights there. Now we are going to unpack the Australian
Speaker 1: Idol journey with Hannah, who I'm sure will also have
Speaker 1: some pretty interesting tales to tell.
Speaker 8: Hi.
Speaker 1: Hannah, how are you good?
Speaker 8: How are you?
Speaker 1: I'm doing very well. Did you manage to get any
Speaker 1: sleep last night? Or as adrenaline still running through your bones?
Speaker 8: Look, I got some sleep, but I just realized as
Speaker 8: I walked out that I was wearing my pants backwards,
Speaker 8: so clearly not quality.
Speaker 1: Where did you go with your pants on backwards.
Speaker 8: Just to cross the road? Lucky there's no one around me?
Speaker 1: Yeah right, okay. Did you go to get a coffee
Speaker 1: and you've got your pants on backwards? It's a great
Speaker 1: way to start the day.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's not noticeable, and I couldn't notice it until
Speaker 8: I try to put my hands in my pockets and
Speaker 8: nothing quite working properly.
Speaker 1: Note to self, if the zipper on the front of
Speaker 1: the pants is on your craig, what a mistake to
Speaker 1: the makeup?
Speaker 8: Well that was the problem. It was on the side.
Speaker 1: Oh that's right. You see, I'm a man, so I
Speaker 1: only we only ever worked with the zipper in the front.
Speaker 1: So you know. I wanted to say to you about
Speaker 1: the reaction to Australian Idol this year because the talent
Speaker 1: is next level. Since it's been back in this rebooted format,
Speaker 1: we haven't really seen this level of talent until season three.
Speaker 1: It feels like it's taken a couple of years to
Speaker 1: get to that point. Why do you think that?
Speaker 8: Yeah, well, I know there must be something in the
Speaker 8: water when it comes to all the children being born
Speaker 8: around in this generation. Who knows. You're absolutely right when
Speaker 8: you say that everyone that in the competition, that was
Speaker 8: in Top twelve and onwards are massively talented and deserve
Speaker 8: to be there.
Speaker 1: What was your relationship with Australian Idol growing up? I mean,
Speaker 1: did you watch this show and was this something on
Speaker 1: your bucket list?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 8: I mean grew up watching Australian Idol. That was one
Speaker 8: of my favorite shows. I think that might have been
Speaker 8: the reason why I got into singing in the first place.
Speaker 8: I would have. I mean, I was watching Ricky Lee
Speaker 8: and to be on stage with her as a host,
Speaker 8: to be next to her was kind of surreal. But
Speaker 8: I didn't actually think I was ever going to do it.
Speaker 8: I didn't think I had regards to do it. And
Speaker 8: then last year I just thought, hey, why not. This
Speaker 8: is a chance that I might not be able to
Speaker 8: get in the future, and I've tried everything else, so
Speaker 8: this is just the next thing.
Speaker 1: I still after a few ones on a Friday and
Speaker 1: I put on some like Paulini from Series one. There's
Speaker 1: just there's so many iconic moments. Is it strange for
Speaker 1: you to think that now there's people out there that
Speaker 1: are probably going to have you as their hype up
Speaker 1: song before they go out.
Speaker 8: Yeah, well again, that's just so for real to me
Speaker 8: to think that I could be that person for the
Speaker 8: little ones like Paulini and Ricky and all that were
Speaker 8: for me. I mean, how lucky? Am I? Absolutely lucky?
Speaker 8: Am I?
Speaker 3: Well?
Speaker 1: You are kind of a disco queen, any kind of
Speaker 1: owning that? Where do you see yourself taking that sort
Speaker 1: of disco diva act because it can be quite a
Speaker 1: niche sort of area. Is that, like nightclubs are recording artists,
Speaker 1: Like where do you see that fit.
Speaker 2: The end of the moment, Well, I mean the disco
Speaker 2: was just.
Speaker 8: One subgenre of what I want to do. I mean,
Speaker 8: I like the old school eighties women, those ballad singers,
Speaker 8: and disco was massive in the eighties in a different way,
Speaker 8: and seventies musicians as well. I mean, my dad grew
Speaker 8: up with listening to his vinyls and sitting in the
Speaker 8: car next to him and him playing all the old
Speaker 8: school classics. I really want to venture down there and
Speaker 8: be an artists and kind of bring back the old school,
Speaker 8: whether that big disco or any other kind of genre.
Speaker 8: I want to bring back, you know, the old fashion
Speaker 8: music that has some heart and soul in it.
Speaker 1: I think I'm so here for that. A girlfriend of
Speaker 1: mine's getting divorced at the moment, and she was like,
Speaker 1: you know what, I just want to go dancing. I
Speaker 1: just want to go out and have a good time.
Speaker 1: I just want someone to take me through all of
Speaker 1: the eras. And I think there's a real yeah pays
Speaker 1: for that, don't you reckon?
Speaker 8: Absolutely there is one hundred percent. They will always be
Speaker 8: a place for that.
Speaker 1: I mean you can still record songs and have them
Speaker 1: in the charts. Is there an artist at the moment
Speaker 1: that you see yourself in that's quite current?
Speaker 8: I mean Chapel Of course. When I got to sing
Speaker 8: her song, I was over the moon because you know,
Speaker 8: she embodied not just as a musician, but as a
Speaker 8: person that I resonate with her a lot. You know,
Speaker 8: her advocating for things that she cares about, even though
Speaker 8: it might put her career in deputy. I absolutely love
Speaker 8: that about her and standing for the right things. Even
Speaker 8: Australian musicians The Preachers for example, very old school indie
Speaker 8: rock band, and yeah, so many artists that have been
Speaker 8: popping up lately that kind of embody, that old school
Speaker 8: classic field and kind of keeping my heart and soul
Speaker 8: of musical lives.
Speaker 1: Yeah for sure. Is there a bird in the background?
Speaker 1: What is that in the background?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm so sorry that is I'm so sorry I had.
Speaker 1: To sounds like they're having it. Sounds like, how do
Speaker 1: they sound like they're having a really good time?
Speaker 8: They actually I think they are somewhere in my parents backwards.
Speaker 1: You've got your pants on backwards and they've lost their ship.
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh my.
Speaker 8: God, Okay, I think they've stopped now.
Speaker 1: I hope you haven't, you know, sprayed them with water
Speaker 1: or shot them out of the tree with.
Speaker 8: A baby No never, never, no, no never.
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny that you mentioned Chapel because that's
Speaker 1: what I was listening to before you came on and
Speaker 1: was chatting to me. I was chatting to Bonny before
Speaker 1: and listening to some of his music, and then I
Speaker 1: was listening to yours, and I thought, good luck, babe,
Speaker 1: it was so amazing. You did such a great job
Speaker 1: of that song. Do you think you'll reach and send
Speaker 1: your music so, because I mean, you've your playlist is huge.
Speaker 1: You know, Dual Leaper is in the country right now.
Speaker 1: You know there's a lot of these songs where you
Speaker 1: could tweet these people and include them. Are you going
Speaker 1: to reach out and see what they have to say
Speaker 1: about your versions of their music?
Speaker 8: I mean, I'm going to do everything I possibly can
Speaker 8: to utilize this opportunity and keep the momentum after this show.
Speaker 1: Well, use one of those birds, Hannah. We're like a
Speaker 1: homing pigeon. We'll just put a little note on that
Speaker 1: bird outside the window off to dual lipa. Listen to
Speaker 1: my version of don't start now?
Speaker 8: Thank you love a pigeon carrier?
Speaker 1: Yeah, of course? And who I mean, who doesn't you know?
Speaker 1: It was interesting that when I was watching you perform
Speaker 1: a couple of times, there was some moments where it
Speaker 1: felt like you were a little bit uncomfortable in the
Speaker 1: Australian Idol vehicle. And I wondered, because I get to
Speaker 1: talk to you today, I get to actually ask that question,
Speaker 1: and I don't know if we got to hear an
Speaker 1: answer to it when you were in those moments where
Speaker 1: the cloud made front of your dancing or you did
Speaker 1: feel a little uncomfortable in that What was going on
Speaker 1: in your mind? Why were you uncomfortable? Were you doing
Speaker 1: something you didn't want to do?
Speaker 8: I mean, I guess the nature of the show is,
Speaker 8: you know, you have to step out of your comfort zone,
Speaker 8: and sometimes I mean giving up bits of yourself or
Speaker 8: doing something that you would normally do for yourself. I
Speaker 8: think I know myself quite well, and I know my
Speaker 8: strong suits, and I know you know I can't actually dance,
Speaker 8: and so I probably want to avoid that. But I guess, hey,
Speaker 8: I would never go out and talk badly about my
Speaker 8: experience because at the end of the day, the decisions
Speaker 8: that were made for me in all areas of the show,
Speaker 8: it helped me to get as far as I have,
Speaker 8: and without those decisions, I probably wouldn't have been here
Speaker 8: in the first place. But yeah, I mean it was challenging.
Speaker 8: At some point. I definitely did feel quite out of place,
Speaker 8: and I would have liked to show a more authentic
Speaker 8: side of me and the direction of music I had
Speaker 8: been working on and where I want to go after
Speaker 8: the show. But I mean, if I've gotten as much
Speaker 8: as I have out of this, then I'm grateful for
Speaker 8: everything I am singing. And if I got to make decisions,
Speaker 8: I definitely would wear longer shorts or a bit of
Speaker 8: a longer dressed and wouldn't go for the sixth and
Speaker 8: heels on stage.
Speaker 9: But I think there was a there was a place
Speaker 9: to be filled, and if I got to do that,
Speaker 9: then that's what I was there for.
Speaker 8: And some of the decisions would in terms of upfits
Speaker 8: or even songs that were made I gratefully accepted and
Speaker 8: it helped me to do what I did, and it's
Speaker 8: proven to me that I can step out of my
Speaker 8: comfort zone and I can do these things that I
Speaker 8: thought I would be too afraid to do. And I
Speaker 8: mean in terms of gosh, some of them are my
Speaker 8: greatest friends. I'm so lucky to have met them, and
Speaker 8: I know that we're going to have lasting relationships after
Speaker 8: the show as well.
Speaker 1: Will you try and stay connected to any of those
Speaker 1: three judges? I mean, you've got those judges doing a
Speaker 1: great job this season. I think they've been quite fantastic.
Speaker 1: If you could pick maybe one of them to continue
Speaker 1: like a mentorship with, is there one of those three
Speaker 1: that you think would still be a would still have
Speaker 1: things to teach you?
Speaker 8: Yeah, Well, I mean it's hard to say because they
Speaker 8: all would offer something so incredibly different. I mean, Marsha's
Speaker 8: just an absolute powerhouse woman in it of itself. But Amy,
Speaker 8: I mean, I think I really connected with Amy, even
Speaker 8: at lost stage talking to her. She really had a
Speaker 8: belief in me that people didn't get to see on
Speaker 8: the show, and she was so considering what she said
Speaker 8: to me and very very kind. And I think he
Speaker 8: knows what it's like to be a woman in this
Speaker 8: industry and to cop certain things about image and whatnot.
Speaker 8: And yeah, I think I would have a lot to
Speaker 8: learn from Amy, she who was quite inspiring throughout the season.
Speaker 1: Have you forgiven Kyle to calling you a giraffe? Like? What,
Speaker 1: let's go on?
Speaker 8: Absolutely? I never held anything again, I never held anything
Speaker 8: against him. I got off days and I was absolutely
Speaker 8: enhausted and was upset that my family couldn't make the
Speaker 8: show that evening. So for that to top it off,
Speaker 8: I was just thinking, oh gosh, why did he say that?
Speaker 8: In this moment? I just don't want to break. I
Speaker 8: want to bloody break.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we know you've got a very powerful voice. You
Speaker 4: really stand out every time we see you. You're very memorable.
Speaker 4: And the only thing that performance was missing was David
Speaker 4: Attenburg going and the baby giraffe takes the first steps
Speaker 4: as it stumbles to its legs. It takes the first
Speaker 4: nervous steps on earth. But you're not a dancer. You
Speaker 4: admitted it, but you gave it everything, and I wouldn't
Speaker 4: have noticed if you didn't say anything. I would have
Speaker 4: just thought I would have just paid attention to the voice.
Speaker 4: But because you pointed it out, everyone was paying attention.
Speaker 4: So fake anything, you're no good at, just fake it.
Speaker 8: I was just trying to dance in six inch heels
Speaker 8: and now he's just called me dru, which can agree
Speaker 8: with to an extent, and Bloody felt like it. But yeah,
Speaker 8: I mean, if anything, it somewhat helped me in that
Speaker 8: situation because I think people thought, well, damn, she had
Speaker 8: to dance, and she gave it a go, and now
Speaker 8: he's making fun of her, so let's help her get through.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he gave you a TV exactly.
Speaker 8: Right, exactly right. How could you be mad at the man?
Speaker 8: He might say some funny things every now and then,
Speaker 8: but he's a solid blow backstage, and he's a family
Speaker 8: orientated man.
Speaker 1: He's being a parent now has changed him quite a lot.
Speaker 1: He's mellowed.
Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, oh slightly, only slightly slightly.
Speaker 1: Don't read about anything that's being said in the news
Speaker 1: before you go. I have to ask you, what is
Speaker 1: something from behind the scenes of your time on the show.
Speaker 1: Is this something that that happened along the way, kind
Speaker 1: of a funny story that your fans might like to know.
Speaker 6: Well, yes, Jamien and I had a bit of a
Speaker 6: fun joke between us, and one day I slipped the
Speaker 6: letter underneath his door, trying to be pretending to be
Speaker 6: a grave fan, and.
Speaker 8: He felt quite scared by it. He got quite scared
Speaker 8: about it, and I pretended it was someone else. And
Speaker 8: then he came into the studio the next day and mentioned,
Speaker 8: oh god, you know, someone found where I'm staying the
Speaker 8: hotel room. And I was just thinking, oh my gosh,
Speaker 8: he's way more freaked out than I thought. I thought
Speaker 8: he was going to laugh at laugh about it, and
Speaker 8: so by the next day I had to tell him.
Speaker 8: I went. He was sitting in front of his family
Speaker 8: telling them about it, and I just like to say, look,
Speaker 8: I can't lie to your face anymore. I'm so sorry.
Speaker 9: It wasn't the time.
Speaker 8: I was going to keep it going for however long.
Speaker 8: I was going to get crazier and crazier in the letter.
Speaker 8: But the next day he decided to get back at
Speaker 8: me and made wardrobe tell me that I was going
Speaker 8: to be wearing an outfit that was completely out of
Speaker 8: this world. It was. I was terrified when they put
Speaker 8: me in this wardrobe out bit and then Jamon walked
Speaker 8: out wearing my little short shorts and cape and bikini top.
Speaker 1: And we bitched that they've really managed to create an
Speaker 1: energy with it amongst the cast as well, which I
Speaker 1: think is really beautiful to watch.
Speaker 8: I wish that the audience got to see those sides
Speaker 8: of things, a real authentic moments instead of it being,
Speaker 8: you know, the produced, tavy side of things. I wish
Speaker 8: that there was more moments like that that was captured.
Speaker 1: They I wish to say it as well, but in
Speaker 1: the first season of Vinyl, we used to watch them
Speaker 1: go into industry, which was all the rage at the time.
Speaker 1: This is before your time, yeah, And like I guess
Speaker 1: it'd be the to prey for back in those days.
Speaker 1: And we watched like them like Milsey and Shannon. I'll
Speaker 1: be told they could get any outfit from Maya and
Speaker 1: like they was so hoilenious to watch them go are
Speaker 1: you joking? And the shit that they were wearing and
Speaker 1: the insights that you got to see into their personality.
Speaker 1: I think there's some space for that.
Speaker 8: Absolutely there was. I mean, if you're set of sundry
Speaker 8: joke and it was off camera, sometimes you'd get out
Speaker 8: to do it again and need to seek Oh, it's
Speaker 8: not funny anymore.
Speaker 1: It's the fly on the wall stuff that you know
Speaker 1: that it is not something you should have seen that
Speaker 1: makes reality TV what it is. Can I just say
Speaker 1: I loved watching you and I have to let you go,
Speaker 1: but good luck with this. I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of people rooting for you, wanting to see where you
Speaker 1: take this. I'm in your audience and yeah, I can't
Speaker 1: wait to see where you take this and if you
Speaker 1: take it and do what you were saying where you
Speaker 1: were talking about sort of a retrospective. I'm there, like honestly,
Speaker 1: I'm there right now.
Speaker 8: Yeah, Oh, thank you. And can I just say I'm
Speaker 8: a massive fan of yours too. It's a big brother day.
Speaker 8: Absolutely loved Oh god, no no, I remember you quite well.
Speaker 8: I remember you quite well. I absolutely loved you well,
Speaker 8: I love love you now.
Speaker 1: I'm a fan of you. You know that's what happens
Speaker 1: is here.
Speaker 8: Thank you.
Speaker 1: The people that you watched on television are now watching idol.
Speaker 1: I hardly say that after yourself was lovely chatting you
Speaker 1: as well.
Speaker 9: Take care, see you later, Bye bye,