WEBVTT - UNPACKED REALITY - AUSTRALIAN IDOL - KIANI & Drea 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:05.120 TV Reload the podcast to take that right. Hey, guys, 0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:08.160 welcome back to TV Reload. I want to apologize I've 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:10.079 been of its slack this week. The episodes are a 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:12.840 little bit backlogged, but I've got some amazing content coming 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:15.080 up over the next few days, so stick around for that. 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:18.520 But today we are talking to Kiani Andrea, this week's 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:22.279 eliminated singers from Australian Idol on Channel seven. Twenty years 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:26.439 after Guy Sebastian pipped Shannon Nolda become Australia's first Idol, 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:31.040 the International starmaking reality TV Sensation has returned to Channel 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:33.919 seven and seven plus and if you aren't watching, you 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:37.920 were missing out on some sensational television. With the top 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:41.080 twelve losing two of the most talked about contestants in 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:44.720 that first week. Each week since then has been very 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:48.240 hectic and very unpredictable on who is going to go home. Today, 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:51.280 I'm sitting with Kiani Andrea to get all the goss 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:53.960 on their time in the competition. We will unpack how 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:57.800 Kiani's age affected her time on Australian Idol. Drea will 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.160 talk about the judges and if a younger arts us 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:03.520 with experience in launching music with social media like TikTok, 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.720 could be added to the lineup of judges. Both girls 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.360 will discuss who they think is going to win the competition, 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:12.640 and I will also ask about that secret relationship that's 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.600 happening behind the scenes, plus how the show might have 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:18.920 been affected with their never being two separate singing groups 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:22.680 and the Top twelve always singing together. There's so much 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.600 to unpack today with the girls, and they're really genuine 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.400 and lovely to talk to. So sit back and relax 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:30.920 as we dive just that little bit deeper into the 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:34.399 world of Australian Idol. Hi girls, So excited to have 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:37.399 you both here to talk about Australian Idol. Drea, I 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:40.200 want to know what has the interaction been like with 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:41.160 the public so far. 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.560 I've actually had a lot more younger kids approaching me 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:46.280 with their parents. 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:48.440 Which has been really really sweet, and even online as well. 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:50.840 I get a lot of messages from kids being like 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.040 we love watching you and like we're supporting you, and 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.560 we've got everyone in our school watching and I have 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:59.160 loved that and I think I obviously try and respond 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:01.520 to everybody. I do stually respond to everybody because it's 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.240 just like, this is what I do it for. Like 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:06.200 I love I love teaching kids. I love sewing into 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:08.600 the next generation. So to have that connection with them, 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:10.040 even in the public is really nice. 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.760 Well, it's interesting that you talk about the younger people 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.320 coming up to you and talking to you about this 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:19.120 experience on the show KEWNTI. You're actually seventeen, the youngest 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:22.000 contestant that was still in the competition. What's it been like, 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.480 I mean, it's a huge talking point. Is it harder 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:26.880 to sing up against people that are a little bit 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:27.360 older than you? 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:31.520 It definitely was interesting. Like one of the things that 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.560 I think was quite hard for me was seeing that 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.880 I was so young. You know, everyone's so much older, 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.000 They've had more experiences and like I don't mean just 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:42.760 in music, I mean like in life, you know, so 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.720 you know there's times where they would want to go 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:50.160 out and drink and party and you know I couldn't go. 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:53.120 So there was times like that that was hard, being 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:56.320 you know, underage and being young. But overall, like everyone 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:58.600 was so sweet and they you know, they treated me 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:00.959 so well and cared for me and stuff, so it 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:01.600 was really great. 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:03.880 Have you made lifelong friends out of these people? 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:06.960 I definitely have. You know, like there was a few 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:10.800 people that, you know, some people you would struggle to 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:14.480 kind of get really well along with. You know, like 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.160 everyone was so sweet and I loved everyone, but there 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.680 was those few people that you got really close with 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:21.560 and then those people that you talk. 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.880 To, Yeah, you kind of get bonded together in this 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.040 really extreme way, and you know, I can tell you 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.079 that they'll probably be friends with you for the rest 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.000 of your life because no one will really understand the 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:33.200 experience like the other people that were around you. 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.400 Yeah, exactly, Like it was really great and you know, 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.080 having all that support as well. 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:41.520 So you know, girls, they say that Idle is less 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:45.120 about creating TV moments like the Voice and more about 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.920 singing that allows us to see your personalities. Do you 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.640 think Australia has got a real chance or a real 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:52.200 depiction of who you both really are. 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.720 Yeah, that's kind of something that I struggled with a 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.480 lot on the show, just the fact that trying to 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:00.440 show my full personality and who I am to Australia, 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:03.400 but you know, people thought I was a bit young. 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:05.080 Drea, do you feel the same way or do you 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:07.280 feel like Australia got to know you quite well? 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.920 Yeah, I think Australia got to see who I am 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:11.760 as a person. What you see is what you're going 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.120 to get. Like, I'm a bit weird, a bit quirky, 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:16.680 that is me, and as an artist, I want to 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:19.200 stay true to that. Like I can be very serious 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.080 and diplomatic when I need to be, I can be 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.839 very emotional at times, and then I can just be me. 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:26.600 Drea, can you say why you would pick being on 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.400 Australian Idol over doing the Voice or one of the 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:30.279 other singing shows. 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:34.000 Honestly, I think there's such a legacy behind Australian Idol 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:38.520 and how it's impacted the music industry in Australia. And 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.120 for me, like I grew up listening to Guy Sebastian 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.080 and like I bought well, I didn't, my dad bought 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:48.240 his first CD. And then like I watched Ricky Lee's Journey, 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:51.920 and then I watched Jessica Nowboy's Journey and like, because 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:53.880 I met her last year at a gig that we 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:56.680 both did together, Like it was just like that connection 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.240 was just there. And then Stan Walker absolutely Adored's well, 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:02.000 so I was kind of like, oh, it would be really. 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:03.560 Cool to be a part of that history. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:05.720 So my heart, I mean, I was like I could 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:07.200 go on any of them, but my heart was really 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:08.520 leaning towards Australian at all. 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.240 I actually always want to know from contestants how they 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.920 feel during the night. Did you guys have any idea 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.320 if you were going to be the people being eliminated? 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.880 Did you, Kiani have any idea that that was going 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:20.040 to be your last week singing? 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.839 To be honest, like I had a really good feeling 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:24.479 that I was going to be in the bottom four, 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.520 and even like being in the bottom two, I was 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.640 a little bit like I felt like a little bit 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:31.560 that was going to happen. But there was like a 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.800 slither of hope where I was just like, you know what, 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.520 maybe I can power through this, but no, it's okay. 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:40.320 I can't know. Had a feeling and then when they 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:44.360 called the bottom four, I felt peace in my heart. 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:47.760 I was like it's okay, Like you were fine, You've 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.200 done what you've needed to do, You've achieved more than 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:53.200 you set out to do, have fun, enjoy the rest 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.240 of it, and then we'll see what happens. 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:57.040 I thought you did such a good job. I mean, 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:59.600 these judges have big personalities and they've got a lot 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.880 to say. How did you go being critiqued by these people? 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.799 Did you get scared of Kyle Sandalanz? Did you connect 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.200 with Amy? Like what was your interpretation of having to 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:10.040 perform and then get their critiques? 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.680 It was so cool, you know, like I've always been 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.840 such a fan of Amy, and you know, the first edition, 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:19.040 I was definitely really scared to meet Kyle because of 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.640 the things you hear and see, but he is such 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:25.479 a great guy. Like honestly, everyone's so sweet, and especially Marsha, 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:29.679 Like I'm not gonna lie. Being so young, I wasn't 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:33.160 exactly too sure who she was at the very beginning, 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.520 you know, I was kind of like Marsia heines, I 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.080 know her, but I don't know of her. So it 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.120 was great, Like they was so sweet and they had 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.440 great things to say, and it it was good. 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:44.479 Well what do you think of Marsha now? Is she 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:45.240 your bestie? 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:45.400 Like? 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:46.520 Do you love her? 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:50.600 She's so sweet and so genuine and like even she 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.039 has so much hope for me as well, Like she'd 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:56.280 talk to me a little bit offset as well, and now. 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.720 She always said to me, age doesn't matter, like she 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.880 came to show at sixteen, and she really believes in me. 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:06.600 So Miss marsh I would say, is her career has 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:10.040 spanned for so long and she's seen the changes, but 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.360 she's still incredible in her own right. 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.480 If if that makes sense, does make sense. Something that 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.360 probably didn't make as much sense to some of the 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:19.560 viewers and to me was the decision to put you 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:22.720 guys into two separate groups. I wanted to know from you, Drea, 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.400 did do you think that the order on the elimination 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.200 would be the same if you'd all been put into 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:31.000 a top twelve as opposed to being separated. 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:35.040 I think what we can learn from this whole series 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.400 is like the shocks and eliminations that happened the first 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:40.960 week with Ripley and Imagen kind of just proved to 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:42.560 me that anything can happen. 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.239 So I feel if we had all twelve together, people 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:45.800 would say. 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:47.720 Would be a level playing field and we would have 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:51.920 had different a different top six, But I honestly cannot say. 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.520 I think it was whoever was going to go, was 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.000 going to go kind of thing regardless of the two groups. 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.000 I get the feeling though, with Dylan being in the 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.000 bottom this time and being as popular as he is, 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.239 I wonder whether next week he'll get a lot more votes. 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:07.160 I actually feel like that's going to help him in 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:08.960 a way get to the finale, is that we've kind 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:10.440 of been scared that he's going to go. 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.360 I think so too. He's such an amazing artist. I 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.160 really hope he does get through again. He deserves it 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:20.440 so much. And yeah, I think it was a big 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:24.920 scared to Dylan fans because you know, everyone wasn't expecting it, 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.000 Like you should have seen our face drop, Like he 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:30.560 was honestly the last person I would think that would 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:31.920 be in the bottom pool. 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:32.720 So it was crazy. 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.400 But yeah, I think everyone will definitely vote for him. 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:37.240 More now, like you never know what's going to happen. 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.880 And that shocked me seeing Dylan in the bottom four 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:43.000 because he's an absolutely incredible artist and an incredible human 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.800 being for that fact as well. And yeah, I think 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:49.200 that will definitely. I think we're all starting to learn 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.199 our lessons that you actually have to vote to keep 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:52.360 people in this competition. 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.760 If we didn't know that before, how well did. 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.640 You know The song Rush, which was by Troy Sevin 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.960 because as far as group performances go, So I actually 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.680 feel like that you guys nailed that one. The best 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.240 is that because that song was more known to all 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:07.839 of you, Like, what's your thoughts on that? 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.640 Like, it wasn't something that I knew personally, But as 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.760 soon as we were given that song and I just 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.600 heard it was a dance chin, I was all amongst it. 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:18.560 I was like, I love this, this is right up 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:20.760 my alley. I'm ready to party with it. And it 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:22.880 was so much fun. And it's cool because it is 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:23.439 very modern. 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.480 You know, all the other groups songs we've done, they're 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.800 more older, you know, like I didn't really know Freedom. 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:33.040 I didn't know was the other one straight Lines? 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.120 Yeah, great lines. Yeah, it's my favorite song of all time. 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.720 So really yeah, that's great. 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:39.120 Yeah. 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.960 Well I wasn't too sure about those ones. But Rush, 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.320 you know, like that's that's in my generation. Like even 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.240 Amy was really funny. When we first heard that song. 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.240 We were all thinking, what is that song because we 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.839 didn't know about the name, and Amy just starts going, ah, 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.280 I feel the Rush, and everyone just starts singing and 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:57.680 we're all like, we know this song. We finally know 0:09:57.840 --> 0:09:58.360 this song. 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:00.600 Well, I think being a little bit younger, and we 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.120 think about like the people that and the artists that, 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.720 you know, maybe the judges are a little bit older. 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:08.200 Could you imagine maybe a younger panel, like do you 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.760 think Troy Savann would work? Who's cool at the moment? 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:12.240 Who do you think would be a good judge on 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:12.679 this show? 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:17.080 Oh Man, Noah Kahan, if he was a judge, I 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.640 think I'd have a bloody great chance, to be honest. 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:24.199 I love Noah Kahan, so him. Even the younger generations 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:27.560 they love him too well. Tash Sultana, Yeah, I'm just 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.240 listing my favorite artists at this right. 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:31.920 This is really showing my age because I don't know 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:33.280 who the hell you're talking about. 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:37.240 So oh, you should listen to them. They're so good. 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.120 It's interesting when you talk about artists and you talk 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.760 about how people are getting music out these days, it's 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:46.120 almost worth having someone like Troy Sevan or a person 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.200 who's used TikTok or other social media platforms to get 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.400 their music up. Do you think it's worth putting a 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.880 judge maybe on the panel that's maybe using some of 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:57.000 these modern ways to get music out. I don't know, 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:57.880 what do you think Treya. 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:00.679 I honestly, I kind of agree with you there. 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.200 I feel like, with the way that entertainment is changing, 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.440 sometimes we need to change our viewpoint as well to 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:08.040 support that. But again, you don't want to lose the 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:11.840 essence and the realness in what people have done prior, 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:14.280 which is why I respect someone like Marsha so much. 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.880 What I thought was really funny about watching last night 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:20.920 was Ricky Lee. Ricky Lee has been through this competition before. 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.400 Did you learn much from Ricky throughout the season? 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:27.000 Yeah, well, you know, like I've always known Ricky just 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.960 like watching her own stuff, and like even people I 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:33.200 get people commenting saying that I'm like a young Ricky Lee. 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:34.800 You rather young Ricky Lee. 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:38.079 People are saying that, and like even the fact that 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.160 she went out in top eight and now I've gone 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.800 out in Palpe, It's just like, oh my god, she 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.240 had such a cool performance. Like even the fire, the 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:49.000 fire was insane last night, So. 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:51.600 I'd be distracted by that fire, That's all I can say. 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.319 The fire would be a little bit distracted. I'd be 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:54.720 worried that I'd singe myself. 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:56.439 Yeah, no, sane. 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:58.960 I would have tripped over and probably landed on it 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:01.120 so to her. 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:02.559 The first time I met her and I. 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:03.880 Looked at her and I was like, if I could 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.800 have a dream job or have a dream career, it 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:08.720 would be hers. 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:10.960 She still gets to release music. 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.400 She's a radio host, which is so cool, and she's 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:15.520 a TV show host. 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:18.559 People know if you say Ricky Lee in Australia, people 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:19.040 know who. 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.720 She is, and that is a testament to how hard 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.840 she works and the amazing art that she puts out. 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.439 Watching her on stage yesterday was mind blowing. I was 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:31.600 just gobsmacked. First of all, she's gorgeous address slade, but 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:35.120 her voice and you could just like the lyrics that 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:36.960 she's singing like on my own. 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.400 It's such a oh, how do I even explain this? 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:42.520 Like her journey and I feel. 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.760 Like we've got out at the same spot in the competition, 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.720 So I would really resonate with that, being like she's 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.400 been in the industry, she's had all the management and 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.480 the contract and now she's completely independent. 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:54.840 She's doing it on her own and she's still killing it. 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:57.560 So it just goes to show that like her. 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:00.920 Careers spanned over twenty years, she's had the ups and downs, 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.240 but she's she's still at the peak of her career 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:06.559 because she's just worked hard, she's just kept going. So 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:09.600 I was like, I am an ore of you right now, 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.280 and I like, I'm so glad to have met her 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.520 and like to have her in my corner and having 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.080 her encourage me as well, being like you got this, 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:17.920 I keep going. 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.480 It was it was beautiful, so beautiful. And that CD 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:24.120 on my own is out now and I believe it's 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.280 doing very well on the charts. You know something that 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.640 we're all talking about in the media. I think Kyle 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:30.960 Sandy Lands has put a bounty on this is the 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:34.280 secret romance that apparently is happening behind the scenes. I 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.360 don't know if it's okay to ask you guys this, 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.600 but what are your thoughts? What can you tell me? 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:40.959 Who is having the secret romance? 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:42.800 Oh? No, Ben, don't do this. 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:46.920 Sorry, this is gonna hurt so much. 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:48.240 But no, I. 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:48.920 Don't know anything. 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.920 Okay, Well you're no good, Drea? What about you? Can 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:54.400 you help me out? I know that you've been on 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.000 Kyle and Jackie. Oh did they ask you? I got 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.800 tweety's been asked about. Everyone's being asked. Surely you can 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:01.800 tell me something, Kyle asked again. 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.160 He was like, what what's the gas? And I was like, 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.480 there's no gass, Just focus on the shot. 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.640 No, No, this is what we live for. This is 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.440 what people live for. They want to hear the stuff 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.880 from behind the scenes. I think everyone likes to be 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:18.160 their own private investigator. I have a feeling that it's Trent, 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.280 and I think it's Trent with someone else. But you know, 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.640 speaking of Trent, he's kind of got the popular vote. 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.600 How do you think he's going in the competition at 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:26.320 this stage? I mean, I don't think he had the 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.920 best voice to start with, but he's charisma his personality. 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:31.920 Do you think that's going to help him win the show? 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:34.880 You know, you brings so much stuff to his performance 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.640 as well, like you know, like even Amios says, he 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:41.680 hasn't got the strongest voice, but as a person and 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.240 as a performer, he's great. He's so good. 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:46.640 Well, he's got all of those camels voting for him 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:47.960 as well, remember and. 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:48.680 All the girls. 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:50.960 He's got all the girls voting for him. 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:52.000 To do that. 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:56.880 Drea, what what is the plan moving forward? Looking at 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.480 your time after Australian Idol has come to an end, 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:01.200 what do we to expect to see from you. 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:04.000 For me, I think I'm going to just go heavy 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:05.720 on the writing again. I've been taking a bit of 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.520 a break from that, and when I get the chance too, 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:10.720 I'm going to start up my gigs again in Perth 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:15.440 and then I'll go back to speaking at schools, maybe 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.920 not just in Wa but maybe across Australia now, which 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.920 would be amazing. And I'm looking forward to going back 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:24.240 and teaching my students my babies, I missed them so much, 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.800 and maybe doing little tutorial sessions and just you know, 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.680 giving people advice. I'm all for the people I love, 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:36.680 encouraging the next generation, older generations whoever. So yeah, my 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:40.080 career is very multifaceted. It's not just music music music. 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.880 Well, guys, I actually think both of you have amazing 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.960 careers to look forward to moving out of Australian idol, 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:47.800 which you know, a lot of these singing shows are 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:52.120 a bit of an invitation to a much much bigger career. Kiani, 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:53.800 I want to know from you. Can you tell me 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:54.840 who you think is going to win? 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:59.520 I hope my guesses. I reckon Amy has a really 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:03.440 really high chance. She's amazing, and you know, like what 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.960 you see of her on TV is the exact person 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:09.320 she is in real life, which is so important, you know, 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:11.640 like you want to stay true to yourself through the 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.920 whole show, and she's definitely done that. And yeah, you know, 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:18.080 like all Australia loves her. We love her, So I 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:19.480 really hope that she wins. 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:21.840 Drea, any chance, so you can tell me who you 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:22.880 think is going to win the show. 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.200 I think it'll be between Dylan and Amy. 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:27.880 Well, it sounds like everybody is in an agreement with 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.960 Dylan and Amy being in the final two. Who knows. 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.440 I mean, we've seen a series full of shocks. I 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.640 do hope that Dylan wins, but I'm slowly coming towards 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.440 the party of Amy. Maybe we need a female Idol 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:40.160 winner this year. 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:43.840 I think we should. It would be great, We need it, Drea. 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:46.680 I want to finish the podcast with you, what is 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.040 something with some question that I ask everyone who joins 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:51.440 the podcast. What is something from behind the scenes, something 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:53.360 that we didn't get a chance to see, kind of 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:56.040 like a behind the scenes secret from what it's like 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.600 to be on Australian Idol in twenty twenty four. 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.040 I think I think I'd have to say that the 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:04.639 friendships that you see on screen are. 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.480 Even more genuine behind the scenes. 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:09.199 If you ever come into well we ever let a 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.120 camera into the talent hold, a lot of us are 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:16.320 dancing on tables and franking each other and throwing. 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.919 Kermit around and just having a good old time. 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.160 Kermit of a code for trend chase. 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:28.280 So the literal kerments at okay, great, no, no, oh gosh, 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:30.360 that that could be a biscuitstrut. 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:34.360 No, but yeah, we are all like genuine friends and 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:36.360 like we supported each other. 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:39.320