WEBVTT - Scott Tweedie: Australian Idol - Host 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:05.800 TV Reload the podcast last week. Aline Welcome TV Reload listeners. 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:08.959 My name is Benjamin Norris, and this is your podcast 0:00:09.000 --> 0:00:11.880 to get all the inside goss on the popular TV 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:15.360 shows you may be watching from around the world. Undeniably, 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:17.599 our TV sets are a major part of our home 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:20.880 entertainment and very little is known about how our favorite 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:23.680 shows get made. 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Scott Tweety is an Australian television, radio host, 0:00:56.560 --> 0:01:00.400 presenter and producer. Tweety is currently back in Australia hosting 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:03.120 Australian Idol. However, the last couple of years he's been 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.480 calling the US home on the E Network. The first 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:09.679 few weeks of Idol have definitely shown audiences that the 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.640 brand integrity has been kept in tact and hasn't strayed 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.160 too far from what fans of the show No One love. 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:17.000 I will find out. 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:20.440 From Scott about his casting journey on Idol. We will 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:24.399 discuss agism in the television industry. I will also ask 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.319 if this series we will get a week by week elimination, 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.800 which I'm pretty sure everyone wants to know. I personally 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.160 am a big fan of Scott and I'll try not 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:36.080 to annoy him or yourselves by falling all over him. 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:36.959 Anyway. 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:38.840 I'm going to bring him into the podcast now. I 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:43.240 really hope you enjoy this episode. Hi, Scott, how are. 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:46.160 You, Benjamin? I'm very well. Thank you A great question 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.320 to kick things off. It's been good because I actually 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:50.600 am living overseas at the moment. It's been winter and 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:53.680 I landed two days ago prepping for episode and one 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.600 of Idol, and I'm so excited it's summertime. As a 0:01:56.680 --> 0:02:00.160 buzz in the air, fourteen years since Idle has been on. 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.680 So yeah, it's an exciting time in my life, that's 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:03.080 for sure. 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:05.160 I follow you on social media and have done for 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.800 a very long time. I'm actually a Scott tweety superfan. 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:11.639 So does that mean you're watching my stupid breakfast reviews, 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:12.960 watching my edits that I do? 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:16.320 Everything I've been watching. I'm like ready to say, you know, 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.200 welcome home. I saw you walking in Bondi yesterday. I 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:22.120 wasn't following you. I was just, you know, watching you 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:24.160 on your social media. So that's less creepy. 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.040 We've got to get a beer. Then, what city are 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:26.280 you in? 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:28.520 I'm in Melbourne. I'm in Melbourne, so you're in Sydney. 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.680 But well I'm no plans for Melbourne this time around 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.360 when our auditions were being filled, which will happen again 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.240 at the end of the year. Let's get a beer. 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:39.000 One hundred percent. Okay, Well that's great, you can meet 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:41.160 your official super fan. Anyway, we're going to get away 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.160 from this. People are like Ben, you'r banks so annoying. 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:46.640 I have to ask how long are you going to 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.120 be back here in Australia? Are you back here just 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:53.560 for the Australian Idol finishing this season with the live episodes? 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:54.600 Is that how long you're here for? 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.760 Correct? Yeah? So here for just over two months. This 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:00.360 is the dream scenario, by the way, because I moved 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.480 over to the US three years ago and loving life 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:05.760 over there. It's very different in America is a different 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.920 beast altogether. But I think the hub of film and 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.480 TV is over in Los Angeles. But I've always loved 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.320 TV in Australia and we do make better TV here. 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.160 So coming home for a show this big and the 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:21.320 schedule in summer time three months of the year I 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:24.480 can be Sydney based and then nine months of the 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:26.520 year over in the US, it's a dream come true 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:26.800 for me. 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.360 Really, you're living the dream. How did idle come about? 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:32.680 Because I have been saying for years that this is 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.600 your gig and you may need to just follow me 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:38.560 on Instagram because you'll then reveal all the messages that 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.160 I send you and when they announced it, I'll coming back. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:43.800 I wrote to you and said this has to be 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:44.280 your gig. 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:48.160 Well that makes you and osher Ginsburg because Osha texts 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.960 me as well and he was like, tweety, this is yours. 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:54.120 You gotta go through it, and you're right when it 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.120 got announced. I've always wanted to, to be honest, I've 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.400 done a screen test to host The Voice for four, 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.320 to host X Factor before, and it's just all about 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.640 timing in your career. For some of those shows, I 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:07.800 still look too young. I did have enough experience. It's 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.800 all about right time, right place, and I knew in 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:13.200 my gut. I was like, this is the right time 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.840 for me. This is the right time where I feel 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:18.880 I've got the runs on the board, my relationship with music, 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:22.960 my relationship with Australians, it's all come to this and 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.000 I want it. And when you really want something and 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:27.960 you go hard that the problem with when you watch 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:30.440 something bad enough is the rejection if you don't get it. 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.600 And I've now been rejected enough to know that it's 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:35.440 all part of it. If it doesn't happen, it's not 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.880 your fault because it's just a subjective process of people 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.800 going through. It can be execs, it can be you know, 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.120 a wrong pairing with another host, any of that. But 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.640 I was like, this is the show that I want 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:48.919 to come back to Australia to host, and I just 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.080 lined everything up so I had chats with Channel seven execs, 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.880 I had screen tests. The screen tests I did were 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.320 my best I've ever done. So once again, I was like, 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:01.159 I don't get this. It's all cool, but I think 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:02.320 I'm the best guy for the gig. 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:04.719 I actually thought that you would have been good to 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:07.279 host the newer version of Big Brother. So that came 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.880 back in twenty twenty and I started talking about you then. 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.320 So this is like three years ago, and I was like, 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:14.919 you know, if Sondy Krueger doesn't come back and do 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:16.920 this job, I actually think that Scott twenty would be 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:19.400 great at this because it kind of was a different 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:21.200 format and I thought that you would give it the 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.760 fresh vibe. I also thought you'd be really good at 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.920 sort of interrogating those housemates. Did they ever ask you 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:27.560 to do that gig? 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:29.960 Never? No, that was never on the cards that one. 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:32.320 I've been up for a few different shows, but not 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.120 that one. But Ben, do you want to be my manager? 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.200 You want to shot me around? This is great, man, 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:39.320 This is great for the ego. 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:41.279 I put your name out there at the time. 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:43.880 It was like twenty nineteen they were rumoring Big Brother 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.640 coming back and I mentioned it. You on a podcast, 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:49.919 and then you ended up being in the Sports Bet 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:54.480 at number five on most likely to host Big Brother 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.880 when it came back. So I was like, I feel 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:58.280 like I might be the only one talking about I 0:05:58.320 --> 0:05:58.680 don't know. 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:01.040 Who was four three two, who was ahead of me? 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.880 You had Christy Swan, you had Sondy Krueger. Of course, 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:08.440 you had Colleen Yeah, and you had Tim Dormer. I think, 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:11.280 I mean, I mean that's off the top of my head, but. 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.160 I mean there are all powerhouses right there. So it's 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:16.119 a privilege to be in that top five with those 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:18.360 those wonderful ladies and Tim Well. 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:20.320 Speaking of Osho, he was on the podcast a couple 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.919 of weeks ago and he was talking about you and 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:25.000 talking about how he thought that you should do this role, 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.159 which is quite amazing to get that tip of the 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:31.760 hat from someone so iconic and so linked to Australian idol. 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.840 You know, has he been a huge inspiration for you 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:36.760 and is it hard not to kind of, you know, 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.320 impersonate him a little bit in this hosting role. 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.799 Ausha and I couldn't be more different. We are so 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.599 completely different. However, we did go to the same high school, 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:49.000 we did start in Brisbane Radio on the street team 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:51.240 of I was at Nova. He was at B one 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.680 oh five at the time and he did host Channel 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:56.479 V in a music show. I hosted The Loops. So 0:06:56.480 --> 0:07:00.599 there's similarities, but we are completely different people. Well you can't, 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:03.400 I mean, in your career. I can only be myself, 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.400 and that's what hosting is is being yourself, building a 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.280 relationship with an audience and delivering a message in a 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:11.640 very natural way. That's what we do for a living, 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.440 and connecting with people. I think we're both in the 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:18.560 business of making people feel good. We as hosts. It's 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.000 not about us, It's about whatever's happening in front of us. 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:23.720 So the less we can do to make people look better, 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:26.440 we've done our job. We're better at our jobs basically. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.880 So I can never compare myself or think I'm similar 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.360 to Asher. I think he's had an incredible career. I'm 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.560 just another brizzy boy having a crack and having a 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:40.720 good time. And I think just working really hard. Like 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.560 I think anyone that's worked alongside me knows that I 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:47.320 just go hard. I just and I enjoy it. I 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:50.360 enjoy that whole process, which is why how good Into 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.360 TV is I love editing. I love filming and editing 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.760 and storytelling, and I think that's helped me get a 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.120 lot of my jobs as well, just getting stuck into it. 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.840 And then when I work on shows with the editors, 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.920 listening to producers, listening to directors and just trying to 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:04.640 get better and better. 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:08.080 Really, I think you're interested in people. That's what I've 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:11.080 noticed with your work on Studio ten, whether it was 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.280 The Loop wherever. I have seen some of your work 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.120 that I got to see, you know, online when you're 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:17.920 in New York. I think there's something of a currency 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.760 that for you. Yes, you look attractive and can be, 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:22.880 you know, a host like this and get those jobs, 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.280 but that all seems to drop away and I can 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.680 see you genuinely engaging in people and getting good content 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:29.200 out of them. 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.320 Yeah, it's something I want to work on more and 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.840 more every year. I think I'm a perfectionist, like a 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:35.600 lot of us are media and we want to be 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:39.240 the best of the best. And I edit so many 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:41.000 videos that I don't put out because I'm like, no, 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:43.120 I'm bored, I'm I don't find that entertaining and I 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:44.760 don't do it, and I should put them out more, 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.559 because Yeah, I think it's the art of just being 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:51.360 the most authentic, genuine version of yourself that people connect 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:53.800 with the most. And I think it's when we try 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:57.400 and be too presentory or too polished that people kind 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:00.400 of lose interest. So yeah, I've been working over the 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:04.240 years of just being myself and the talking to people 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.800 and seeing what's out there that works the best when 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:09.480 it comes to content and hosting. 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:14.040 Absolutely, you know, talking about Australian Idol, it's back this week. 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.280 People have got to see it. It's very much like 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.440 the Australian Idol that we know. They've been very true 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.839 to the format. But I wanted to know how old 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:25.360 were you when the show first debuted in two thousand 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:25.920 and two. 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.920 I was in two thousand and two, so let's do 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:33.280 some math here to fourteen years of age. So fourteen 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:36.280 and I was invested in it. I thought it was 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:39.400 the greatest TV show I was. I didn't know whether 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.640 to go for Guy or for Nolesy. I ended up 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.600 voting for Guy Sebastian and to this day I've done 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.600 a lot more work with Nolesy. I've never told him 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.120 I voted for Guy. Will not bring that up. It 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.520 just it was a moment in time in Australian history 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:57.160 where there's those key moments where things just happened, and 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:58.840 you know, like I think there was like the America's 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.199 Cup years and years ago, not comparing Idle to that, 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.480 but it was a massive moment in Australia where people 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.360 would never engaged in a show like this before, and 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.600 the public were so vital to what happened for the 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:14.199 results of the show. And it was also seeing amazing musicians, 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.160 like it was a really incredible period of time. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:21.360 I just remember watching Oh were you ben this? Because 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:25.199 this reveals how old I am? I think I was? 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.240 I was I was twenty two and I watched it 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:28.520 in this apartment that I mean, now. 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.320 The hell do you have less gray hairs than me? 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.120 And what's your skincare? Recing? What is going on? 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.120 That is good lighting? My friend? I mean, it's quite funny. 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:40.000 I auditioned for something that was a hosting role and 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.280 I went and based all my look on what you 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.280 were wearing on the Loop that week. It was like 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.160 a white shirt and this jacket anyway, and then I 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:50.520 said to my partner, I was like, what do you reckon? 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:50.599 Do? 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:52.280 I can I put some of those grays in. 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.959 My hair like Scott Tweety. 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.079 They're getting more and more. I was actually nervous getting 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:00.600 the idle role. I was like, they can to ask 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:01.000 me this. 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:02.840 I love this. Don't touch the gray hair at all. 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:04.280 It's so signature, it's so you. 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:06.880 Well, yeah, I was just wondering that. I was like, 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:08.920 are they going to tell me to diet to be 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:11.719 more as I say, youthful. And it's like, guys, I've 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.600 spent half my career looking too young, you know, half 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:16.680 my career like nah, you just don't look old enough. 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:18.920 So now let me have this moment. But I think 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.120 it's going to go. It's going to be white pretty 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:22.840 quickly all over it. 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.320 It's not funny that people always say things like you're 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.800 too young, Like I'm now in my mid forties and 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.319 I still get told I look too young for shows 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:33.920 Like that's the feedback that I'll be all of a sudden, 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:35.520 I'm going to be like, I'm just going to get 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:37.760 this huge Buddha belly and you know, I'm going to 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:40.600 just look my age and then they'll be like, oh, sorry, 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:42.760 you're too old, and they'll be like a window of 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:44.640 like a day that I could have been able to 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:48.760 do something exactly. We get this horrible feedback and it's 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:52.480 very tough industry, but I have to say, it's been 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:55.000 so good to watch what's happened with your career, and 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.839 I think this is something that's really going to propel you. 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:00.560 I think it really will huge deal. 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.040 It's a massive you're just for me personally, and I 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.560 think also the production Itselfie, I've never worked on a 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:09.760 show where everyone involved, from the executive producers down to 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:13.319 the camera guys, to the runners to the contestants. There's 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:16.600 so much love for this show and the amount of 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:20.080 energy and the vibes on set, I've never had anything 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:23.680 like it. It truly was a moving experience and we 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:25.240 haven't even done the live shows yet. 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:26.880 Did you get nervous though, I mean, this is what 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:28.880 I was nervous about coming back to watching the show. 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.199 I was hoping we would see the good singers and 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:33.640 the bad singers, because that kind of was idle like 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:36.280 we got to see the worst of Australian singers and 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:40.080 the best. However, the cringe factor in twenty twenty three, 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:42.960 watching some of these singers that can't really sing is 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:44.480 sometimes hard to watch. 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:46.480 How did it make you feel to watch. 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.880 Some of these performers get up there and not be 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:49.560 able to sing. 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.080 I loved every moment of it, and I loved it 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.800 more because we get a feed if it's either Rickie 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.600 or myself doing the door. So yeah, the contestant come in, 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.440 we wait, there they go in. We can't hear or 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:02.200 we don't really know what's going on in the room 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:04.560 until they walk out. Have a golden ticket or not 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.800 a golden ticket. If we're not doing that, we're back 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:08.560 in our green rooms and we've got a feed of 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.080 what's happening in the room. And if there's a bad one, 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.240 I'm one of these people that sits there and I'm like, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.720 what's Kyle going to say? What is Kyle going to say? 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.560 And then he says it. And to be fair to Kyle, 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.040 I think because he's just had a child, he's softened 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:26.960 up a bit more and he's critiquing or judging hasn't 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:28.720 as been as harsh as what I thought. But no, 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:31.600 you need it because I think as well some people 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:34.680 a live in this world where either their friends and 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:38.040 family haven't been honest, and it's you're part of it. 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:41.600 The entertainment industry. It's hard, and it's you get judged 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.840 all the time, you get knocked back, you get rejected 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:46.319 all the time. It's all part of it. So it's 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.160 how you bounce back from that. And then if there's 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:51.160 an actual point in your career you're like, Okay, maybe 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.280 this isn't for me, or you keep going harder and harder, 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.720 you're like, Okay, I've got to crack through somewhere else. 0:13:57.280 --> 0:14:00.680 But I think also all of the judges aren't leaning 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.600 into oh there's one nasty judge and where the nice ones. 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:06.720 I mean, they're all giving constructive criticism to these people 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.400 standing there. Like even Meghan Trenor saw this girl and 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.040 she was so wonderful. I can't remember her name this week, 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:15.440 and she was so talented. However, she kind of overcooked 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.320 the performance. You know, she was dramatically pointing and doing 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:20.560 all this stuff, and Megan was able to give her 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:24.000 that constructive criticism, that tough love that you need to 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.520 prepare these young people for. I mean, it is not 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:29.440 a walk in the park. The industry is incredibly tough. 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:33.600 People are going to be critiquing you online every single day, 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.400 and if you can't take it from these people at 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.560 this point then it's really time for them to leave 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:39.200 the competition. 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:42.440 You are correct, and it's I thought they gave great 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.880 feedback to a lot of singers, a great fear that 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.080 a lot of them can take, and it applied to 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.240 other areas of their life as well as singing. So 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.760 all in all, it's been a really good experience so far. 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.440 But the fun is just getting started because once we 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.560 start live, that is where it all happens. 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.040 What's Ricky Lee like to work with? I've been obsessed 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:03.840 with her. She's great, She's got so much energy and 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.360 I love that she is still connected to the Australian 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.200 idol brand. Has it been fun to collaborate with her 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:09.720 on the show? 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:13.520 A dream come true? An absolute dream come true. She 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.960 is a bogan from the Gold Coast. I'm a bogan 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:21.520 from Brisbane and when two Queenslanders come together, it's a joy. 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:24.560 It's an absolute. But she's so talented but just down 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.280 to work. She's just what you see is what you 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:30.440 get from Ricky Lee, which is you know, in our industry, 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:35.000 sometimes it's not the case with her, pure joy. I 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:37.000 really every day I get to work with her, it's 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:38.840 like an honor to be standing next to her. 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:40.960 How long was the production shoots for that? Like, were 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:42.480 you filming for days on end? 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.160 Like, yeah, we were, but they most audition days were 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.600 just one whole long day. But then we have a 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:51.160 travel day we'd filmed beforehand in that city. We might 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:55.160 film some stuff afterwards as well. So not a massive schedule, 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:56.240 but enough. 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:58.160 And do we know how many live episodes we're going 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:00.760 to get, because you know, this is live television back 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.080 for the first time in a very long time. 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:05.640 Are we going to get four or five or six? 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:07.640 Do you even know how I know the number? 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:09.320 I don't know if I can tell you at this point, 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:11.720 I think that a secret. But yeah, there is enough. 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:15.280 There's enough where you're going to get to know these contestants. 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:16.280 Because I want to know, like, are we going to 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.640 get like a week by week elimination or is it 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.880 going to be like mass walkouts week by week? Okay, great, 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:22.760 that's all I want to know. 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.600 That's the money so they'll be buying. That's that's the 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:28.440 Idle brand. You need to evolve and get to know 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.920 and build a relationship with these singers week after week, 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:32.840 and that's really important to the format. 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:34.440 Who do you have a favorite? From the first week. 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:38.440 We've seen some amazing singers already. Is there anyone that 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:41.000 stays in your mind that thinks, oh, that's someone to follow. 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.480 Yeah, I've got my favorites, but I can't leave my 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:45.800 mind because we've got to play Switzerland. 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:47.120 As the host. 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:49.120 I like, once again, it's my opinion, but I'm not 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:50.800 on the show to judge. I'm on the show to 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:53.520 make sure every contestant has the best experience and they 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:54.720 they feel comfortable. 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.440 I can imagine that you would have had the opportunity 0:16:57.480 --> 0:16:58.960 to interview with these judges before. 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:00.640 You've probably met them all before. 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:02.840 But is there some one of the judges this series 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.040 that you've connected with more than the others. 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:08.920 I mean, I was lucky enough to when the process 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.560 of getting screened for this, and there was discussions and 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:13.400 then this went over two years. There's sort of long 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:16.159 process to get this hosting role. Kyle san Lands was 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.920 pushing for me. He was back in LA He saw 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:21.199 me on E News in the US and he was 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.240 like this young Ossie guy, like he's great. I really 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:26.639 enjoy him. So he pushed hard for me to be 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.240 one of the hosts. He's he claims I got the 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:31.840 job from him, which is probably right. Like Kyle has 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:35.080 so much pull and he has so much credentials in 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:38.200 the film and TV world with radio as well, so 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.439 I have a lot to thank for Kyle. But also 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:46.119