1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Jerzy and Amanda jam Nation. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 2: Well, it's one of the iconic reality shows that brought 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 2: us Sky Sebastian, Shannon Nol, Ricky Lee, Jessica mow Boy. 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 2: Since creating The Big Stars, Australian Idol has been on hiatus. 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 2: But it is back. It is back, baby, and what 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 2: a way to launch with one of the biggest stars 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: as one of their judges. He's no stranger to judging panels. 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: He's come from American Idol, but what does he think 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 2: of the talent down under Harry Knick Junior. 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: Hello, hey guys, what's going on? 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 3: Not much? 12 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 4: Good to talk to you. 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 2: It's so nice to talk to you. It's so nice 14 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 2: to have you back on our screens again. So with 15 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: American Idol, when you if you didn't hear the Australian 16 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: accents with people warming up, et cetera, could you tell 17 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 2: Australian people are different when they're singing? 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: You know? The only time I could tell is when 19 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: we went out to some of the cities during the 20 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: audition tour and they had they had a couple of 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: performers who were were like country singers, and first of all, 22 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: when they spoke, I really had no idea what they 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: were saying. Like, I've been to Australia enough time to 24 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: you know, be very familiar with the accent. But a 25 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,559 Speaker 1: couple of these folks were like, what are they saying? 26 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: So I turned to Amy who was sitting next to me, 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: and she would be laughing because She's like, no, they 28 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: have pretty strong accents. But then when they sang it 29 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: definitely sounded Australian, which I love. But you know, ninety 30 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: five percent of them you couldn't really tell. I mean, 31 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: the accent kind of goes away, as you know when 32 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: people start singing. 33 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 4: Sure. Sure, and you're working because you did three seasons 34 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 4: of American Idol with Jennifer Lopez Keith Urban. Now you're 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 4: doing it with Carl Sandler's Meghan Trainer and Amy Sharks, 36 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 4: So it must be the dynamic between the judges, is it? 37 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 4: Is it? Do you like the dynamic that you've got 38 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 4: with the new judges? 39 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: Well, it's really fun, you know, I mean, I love 40 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: I love Idol. I mean that's why I'm doing it again. 41 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: It's it's it's a lot of fun. And the way 42 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: these shows work is like when I was doing American Idol, 43 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: like Jennifer was sitting right next to me, and she's 44 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: the one I kind of got a chance to talk 45 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: to the most. And you don't really they kind of 46 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: bring you in for the show and then you leave. 47 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: So you know, there's a I would talk to keep 48 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: a little bit, but it's hard to to do it 49 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,839 Speaker 1: on the air just because of the way that we're 50 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: set up, and so this is even harder. Like Kyle 51 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: is on the far end, so I rarely get to 52 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: kind of see him, And then Megan's next to him, 53 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: and I talked to her a little bit, but you know, 54 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: our comments are pretty brief and to the point. So 55 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: but but you know, I think all four of us 56 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: bring a completely different perspective, and I think I think 57 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: the audience will will benefit from that because we all 58 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: have our own experience and our own views on on 59 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: what we think. So you know, I think the audience 60 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: wins because they they're getting four completely different perspectives. 61 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 2: It'd be very hard for someone like me who's a 62 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 2: people pleaser and wants people to you know, I want 63 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 2: people to like me, which is very hard. How and 64 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 2: you seem like such a likable man. How hard is 65 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 2: it to tell people hard stuff? 66 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: Well, I don't think of it as telling them hard stuff, 67 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: but I think it's really important. Listen. You have to 68 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: think these kids are out there singing for their professional lives. 69 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: I mean, they're singing for their careers, and listen. I 70 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: want people to like me too as a performer. I 71 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: think I'm a people pleaser too. But you know what 72 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: would really be bad is if I went out there 73 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: and told them things that everybody knew just weren't true. 74 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: I mean, we had a bunch of people come in 75 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: that just shouldn't be singing for a living. I mean, 76 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: more power to them, but you know, this is a 77 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: competition for serious singer, serious performers, and the ones that 78 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: are really taking it seriously are the ones. I'm just 79 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: gonna be honest with them and listen, if they're singing 80 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: out of tune or if they're doing something I think 81 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: they could improve, I'm just going to tell them. And 82 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: that's what I would want for myself, That's what I 83 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: would want for my kids. You know, I'm just being 84 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: honest with them. So I have no problem doing that, 85 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 1: because I think the real problems occur when you give 86 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: somebody some advice and there's no specificity to accompany that. 87 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: Like if you just say I didn't like it, well, 88 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: I don't like the way you look like that. That's 89 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: not what I'm doing. I mean, I'm going to be 90 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: really prepared. I'm going to know everything about the song 91 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: that they're singing, and then I'm going to give them 92 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: something very specific that they can work on. And I've 93 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: never had a contesting come up to me and say, oh, 94 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: he's you know that that was mean, because because it's 95 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: not about being mean, it's about helping them. And I 96 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: think you know, they appreciate that. I know I would. 97 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 4: You know, it's what I like about Odle and I 98 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 4: forgot about because it's been a while and spin on 99 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 4: as screens, But you get the deluded on that, you 100 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 4: get the nuts. All those people that think I can 101 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 4: sing an accountant. 102 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: His grandma's have said you should. 103 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's funny like in the early days of American Idol, 104 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 3: they used to bring people on that clearly you know, 105 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 3: shouldn't have been there, some of them because they couldn't sing. 106 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: And if we can be totally honest, you know some 107 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: of them, you know, may have been dealing with some 108 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: mental issues. I'm not a fan of that, and I 109 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: think the uh, the folks, the producers, the people putting 110 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: on this show are they're they're not into that either. 111 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: So yes, there were a few people that came in 112 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: that definitely you know, shouldn't have been there, but most 113 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: of those folks were were it had something to offer 114 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: for television. But I just, you know, I'm not going 115 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: to be the type of person who who who makes 116 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: fun of people. You know that that that shouldn't be there. 117 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: That that's just that's just not what idols become. It 118 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 1: used to be that in the early days, where they 119 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: would really make fun of people. But that's I don't 120 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: I don't like that these folk that came in. 121 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was just going to say, it's funny because 122 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 2: we live in a society now where people say, follow 123 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 2: your bliss, if you want it enough, it'll happen for you, 124 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 2: and that's not true. My thing might be, Hey, I 125 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: want to be an acrobat. I can't be an acrobat. 126 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: You need somebody to say, but just wanting it enough 127 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 2: is not enough? 128 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: Is it? Not? Really? I mean, I think the more 129 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: abstract you get in terms of the vocation, then maybe 130 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: so like acrobatics, you know, to use that as an example, 131 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: takes in a mental amount of skill and craft. Like 132 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: a lot of people are famous singers that are not 133 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: very good singers. So a lot of people think that 134 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: they can they can do it, but maybe they can. 135 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: But you know, MY only job is to respond to 136 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: what I'm hearing and seeing, and almost immediately, even if 137 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: you don't know anything about music, you can tell right 138 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: away if somebody is just shouldn't be in this particular competition. 139 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean they lack worth, obviously not. But everybody 140 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: is precious, you know, I think it deserves to be 141 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: loved and to have the chance to find their passion. 142 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: But this is a this is a singing competition for 143 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: you know, superstars. So you know, I just respond to 144 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: that and I try to give them some some specific 145 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: feedback and then you know, the the audience decides who 146 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: they like the best. And that's that's really why idol 147 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: has been so success successful. It's because it's an old 148 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: school you know, sing your best and let the audience 149 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: pick who they like the most exactly. 150 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 4: And if you saw Amanda come out singing Oh by 151 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 4: myself and a leotade on. 152 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 2: High Wile, I think you'd enjoy it. 153 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, High wires. Yeah, and that in that case you 154 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: may need the high Wire. I'd help you as much 155 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: as I can. 156 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 4: Harry, it's always great to talk to you. Australia Idol 157 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 4: Premium seven thirty on Monday or Channel seven and seven plus. 158 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 4: Harry cottag Jr. 159 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: Thank you. Thanks guys, it was great talking to you. 160 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: And uh, I'll be looking for you on high Wire. 161 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 2: I'll be there, thanks Harry. 162 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 4: Look, thank you. 163 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 2: I'll change my name to Annette.