WEBVTT - UNPACKED REALITY - AUSTRALIAN IDOL - DYLAN (WINNERS CHAT) 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:05.520 TV Reload the podcast last week that Hey, guys, welcome 0:00:05.559 --> 0:00:07.560 back to TV Reload. I want to thank you for 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:10.920 clicking and downloading on today's episode with Dylan the winner 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:13.680 of Australian Idol for twenty twenty four on Channel seven. 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:18.360 Twenty years after Guys Sebastian pipped Shannonol to become Australia's 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:23.080 first Idol, the international star making reality TV sensation returned 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.880 to Channel seven this year and if you missed this season, 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:29.000 I highly recommend you go back and watch the whole 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:32.120 thing right from the start because Idle twenty twenty four 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:35.120 genuinely had the most talented group of singers that we've 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:37.960 seen on any singing show for quite a long time. 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:42.040 The competition this year was the toughest since season one, 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:45.879 and that finale was Anyone's Guest. Between our top three 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.920 Amy Denver and Dylan, they were equally talented and that's 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:53.239 certainly made for a nail biden grand finale, which I 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.400 still haven't quite recovered from. Guys. This is a very 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.480 juicy conversation that Dylan and I managed to have this morning, 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.400 and he definitely gives us the backstage pass to his win, 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:06.200 which I'm sure that everyone's gonna love. Dylan opens up 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:08.679 with me today about his family and his journey to 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:12.520 Idle Glory, from his audition song being changed due to copyright, 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.840 to the after party once the show went off their 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:17.720 last night. We will unpack the winner's song, how it 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:20.520 was chosen, and what he did to change the lyrics 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.280 in the final few days. Plus we will get the 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:26.480 runners up reactions, exactly what Denver and Amy were able 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:29.479 to say to Dylan backstage, and we will also get 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.800 the truth behind the rumors of romance that has plagued 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:36.600 the entire series. There's actually so much to unpack with Dylan, 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.640 and he was so lovely and so down to earth. 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:41.840 I think anyone that's had anything to do with him 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:45.399 today has talked about his humble and genuine attitude. So guys, 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.240 sit back and relax as we dive just a little 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.600 bit deeper into the world of Australian idol. 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:54.480 He sorry, we could hear you talking. We could Okay, 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.120 you're trying to talk back, but nothing. 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.400 That's usually what I'm like if I'm not on a zoom, 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:01.280 is just me sitting in am talking to myself. 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.520 Yeah, of course, of course that's what I did too. 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:06.440 Well, congratulations mate, this is so exciting. 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.000 Thank you. I know it's crazy, you know, I. 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:11.639 Don't think I've actually picked and got the winner right 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.480 since series one I went for Guys Sebastian, not Shan 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.680 and know, and it's taken me many seasons to get 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:21.200 back to this moment. But congratulations. Just so exciting, Thank. 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:21.720 You very much. 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:25.480 Yeah, incredible, It's surreal. I'm pinching myself, like it doesn't 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:26.320 feel like a dream. 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:26.760 You know what. 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:30.280 You opened the twenty twenty fourth series and closed it 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:34.160 by winning. That has to be some kind of seriously coincidental. 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:36.560 First for a singing show, oh. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.160 So weird, and to be singing like to open the 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.520 series with better Be Home Soon. And then when I 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.200 was playing that last night, I was just looking out 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:45.680 at the crowd with a huge smile on my face 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:47.520 because I like, this is the last time I'm going 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:49.480 to be doing this, because I just I didn't think 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:50.840 that I would win, and I was just trying to 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:52.440 take in every second of that song. 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:56.280 Well, you know, it was interesting because Idle came back 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.639 last year and everyone was excited to see it back 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:00.760 and we sort of had a taste what idol could 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.959 really do. And when it was returning again now and 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:07.480 we saw that first episode. I actually made a group 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:11.200 of my friends watch it, and just after watching your performance, 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:13.720 all of them kept watching the whole show. 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.680 So, oh wow, yeah, this is amazing. 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.800 Just meeting the contestants like fellow musicians along the journey 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:24.280 like that. Top twelve was incredible, Like every one of 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:28.919 those people are amazing singers and songwriters and performers that 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:30.440 just bonded for. 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:31.080 Life over this. 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:33.880 Well, I thought the Ripley might be your biggest competition, 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:35.800 but we got him. We got written him right at 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:36.559 the start. 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:38.520 Him and Imagen like that. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:42.200 My face was on the floor after that, I could 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:42.920 not believe that. 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:45.680 Well, your choice of crewdit House, which you were just 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:48.520 talking about before, really did pay off. But I wondered, 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.440 you know, you get this one opportunity to audition, did 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:54.160 you take with you sort of a few songs that 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.720 you might have been singing? Was what was the possibility 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:57.800 that you might have auditioned with. 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:01.440 Oh I really wanted to audition with Golden Slumbers by 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:02.040 the Beatles. 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.120 Oh wow, you can't do the Beatles. 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:06.240 There's a lot of artists that you can't do, which 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.360 I don't know if people know that. So it's pretty 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.280 limited to what you can do. And I always get 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.200 messages of like, oh, you should do this and this. 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.640 I'm like, I can't do that. I really want to, 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:15.360 but I can't. 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:17.320 I feel like it'd be rude of me right now 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.080 to then ask you to sing a little bit of 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:21.600 that song. But I don't know if maybe my podcast 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:22.880 doesn't even have the rights to it. 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.040 Who knows, maybe no one does at all. I don't 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:26.480 think Paul McCartney does anymore. 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:27.840 So we'll get him on the phone. 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:29.200 We'll ask you. 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:33.400 You looked genuinely shocked, Like you genuinely look shocked when 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.680 you were standing there with the girls at the start, 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:37.880 and then right there at the very end. I wanted 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.000 to know, like what was going through your head at 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:40.719 that point. 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:43.200 I knew that Amy would be there in the final 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:46.520 from top thirty, and then I knew that Denver would 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:47.560 be there as well. 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:49.560 I didn't see myself there at all. 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:53.039 So when that first elimination kind of happened and Amy 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.960 got through, I was like, yeah, of course Denver's next, 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.040 and then my name got called to go through. I 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:00.680 was just like, what do you talk about? Like this 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:04.839 is the girl's night, and yeah, I think imposter syndrome 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.000 has just been a massive part of me as well. 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.720 So when my name was called that I won, I 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:13.200 was just in disbelief, like Amy is such a powerhouse 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.719 and such an amazing performer that she's going to be 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:17.880 amazing no matter what. 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.000 I have full fate, like I'll be front row at all. 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.680 Her concerts and buying all her merg Yeah, she's going 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:24.560 to be fine. 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:26.479 Do producers talk to you? But does it go to 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:28.839 an ad break? Because it's live, you know, live television. 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.800 And I remember I won Big Brother eleven years ago, 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:33.960 and I remember, just as we're about to come back 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.880 from the ad break, Big Brother, who I'm pretty sure 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:40.080 was a producer, said okay, guys, we're coming back from 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.400 the break. And we'd not spoken to a producer, by 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.280 the way, in four months, so it was bad. And 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.760 so they were like, just remember, you know, be humble 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:49.640 with your win. I don't know if they expected me 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:51.920 to slap Lailer or what they thought I was what 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:53.720 they thought I was going to do, But what sort 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.000 of communication did you have just before it came back 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:57.800 from that ad break. Did they give you a final 0:05:57.839 --> 0:05:58.359 pep talk? 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:01.120 No, Like, we're kind of rushed backstage and then he 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:05.040 come through the doors and like where like for yourself 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.839 as well on the outside you don't know the support 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.400 really and then you kind of get rushed around and 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:12.479 then it's like all right, let's go time, and then 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:15.520 there's confetti in the air. You're like, what has just happened? 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.240 Like I thought I just auditioned. It's just it's been 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:19.960 a crazy two months. 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.000 Were you worried that you might not be able to 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:24.960 sing or that you might get soill overwhelmed with that 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.440 Winnis song because Royston last year. I don't know if 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.159 you watched it, but Royston was so overwhelmed that he 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:33.719 had to please mike earpiece out And yeah, it was. 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:34.840 A bit of trouble there. 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:36.520 Yeah, I know, I thought tears are just going to 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:38.599 come streaming down my face. I looked over to my 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.720 family and I was like, oh, geez, it's happening. 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:43.080 Don't look at them. Don't look at them. 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.039 So yeah, as soon as they came on stage and 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:47.479 my little one was running towards me, I stopped singing 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:48.120 and that was it. 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:49.760 I was just tears central. 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.640 It was such a good television moment. You know, I 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.200 was thinking about your partner and the journey that she 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.960 must have been on watching you on this show. Was 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.120 she believing that you were going to win this the 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:00.679 whole time? 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:01.360 Was? 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.919 Probably? She's just the best. She's so support Like, she 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:06.279 is my absolute rock. 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.080 She was like I met her first av seven and 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.680 she saw me do my first little singing concert when 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.360 I was thirteen. And then for her to be on 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:17.600 stage in the winning last night is just amazing. For 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:19.680 her to be there the whole entire way has just 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:20.640 been incredible. 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:22.480 Well, both of you are not hard to look at. 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:24.560 I just want and also this is a podcast, so 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:26.840 people can't see you, so I have to now just 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:29.480 say that for a person who won a reality show 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.600 last night, you were looking mighty fine. You're looking very 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:34.320 well rested. I don't know how you're doing this. 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:37.680 Thank you solid four hours, so it's good. Lots of 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:38.600 have you makeup? 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.320 How much of the rehearsal did you get with that 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:44.680 winner's song? I could imagine that they would have needed 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:46.520 to run through that quite a few times on the 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:49.320 off chance that you would win. Were you up late 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:51.560 the night before, did they How many times did they 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:53.720 get you on stage to prepare for that? 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.320 Yeah? Yeah, we run through it like three times before. 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.280 So each of us were singing each other's winners singles 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.400 in rehearsal because the other two were so catchy. Yeah, 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.080 we kind of knew what each other ones. So hopefully 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:06.840 they get released because they're really good. 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.920 Well, that would be really funny if you started singing 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:10.239 one of their songs instead. 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:14.160 I almost did, but it was really cool because I 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:15.680 got to rewrite. 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.800 The verses and kind of made it into this idle 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.600 journey song, which I think, like thinking back on guys 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.080 when a single Angels brought me here, like I can 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.400 still sing that I reckon. I felt like, that's just 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.600 such an idle book end moment of a song, and 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.440 then you kind of go onto this next chapter. 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.800 I feel like we've heard some really shit, idle winner 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.840 songs and when you're want to start it, no, I 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.600 just it was so bizarre to me because as you 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:42.320 were getting up to sing, my first reaction was, oh God, 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:44.480 please be able to remember the words, please be able 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.160 to sing. But then I was also like, oh no, 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.880 the winner song could be shit, And then I found 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:50.800 myself really enjoying it. 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:51.720 Oh awesome. 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:55.160 Yeah, it was kind of surreal because it felt very contemporary, 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:58.240 It felt very you. It sort of aligned itself with 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:01.760 the style of music you had been singing and singing covers, 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.839 which it's a really hard transition for audiences to come 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.400 with you from a cover to an original, Like how 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:09.920 is the song found? Like how did it come about? 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:14.040 Sony? They've done such a great job of looking for songs. 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:18.320 That's thousands of songs out there and they've found this one. 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:20.600 And instantly I was like, yeah, love it, and I 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:23.800 just wanted to rewrite just a little bit and kind 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.400 of have that moment and share the song as well. 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.200 What did you add into it? Like, what was the 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:29.000 was the something? 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:32.800 So the first there's just a couple of verses and 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.480 it's kind of what is it? I'm kind of talking 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:38.520 about dreams and being in the spotlight kind of thing 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.880 and being there for my like if it wasn't for 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.160 my family and friends, like I wouldn't be here kind 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:44.319 of storyline. 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:46.559 Okay, So tweak that bit, tweak that a little. 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.840 Bit, Yeah, just to make it, you know, for them 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:49.800 and the moment. 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.720 Of course, of course, I mean that's so amazing that 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:54.720 you wanted to include them, because I think in the 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.719 way in which that you considered them and included them, 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:00.120 you kind of included the audience as well well. 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.920 I think definitely, Yeah, yeah, I mean the audience the 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.640 community have gathered around me, like all the followers online, 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:09.680 has just been overwhelming. 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:11.599 I did not expect that support. 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.160 And yeah, honestly it feels cliche to say, but if 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:15.960 it wasn't for them, there's no way that I would 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:17.319 be here right now talking to you. 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:20.560 What was the interaction like with Amy and Denver. I 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:22.480 mean we could see how supportive they were. I mean, 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:26.000 the reactions to the girls when their eliminations happened looked 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.040 like that they'd won something. I thought, maybe they've read 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:29.679 the Teley problem to wrong, you know what I mean? 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.559 I know, but their reaction after the show, how are 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.000 they processing their runners up position? 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:38.200 Oh? I mean they're both such massive supporters. 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:41.200 We're going to be supportive whoever won, because that top 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.920 three were so close. And I mean it's a bittersweet 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.280 as well, because I was gunning for them as well 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:47.560 as much as they were gunning for me. 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:51.480 But I think we've all kind of won especially the 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:52.040 Top twelve. 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:55.120 Like this whole Australian Idle season, we've all done such 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:59.400 an amazing job of just forming those bonds and making 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:00.600 the show how it. 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:01.000 Used to be. 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.080 Like it's not just about the voice, but it's about 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.680 the artist as a person, and I feel like the 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:09.280 audience has grown with us on our journey as well. 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.199 Yeah, I feel like we know you where it felt 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:13.680 like last year, you know, we got to know them 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:16.200 like a sort of young talent time in a weird way, 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:19.320 like they felt we had like a sensation of them 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.800 as a group. But individually, I feel like we've got 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:23.640 to know you all, And I mean that's what this 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.080 show I think is all about. That's what separates it 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:27.679 from the Voice or X type take. 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:29.120 Yeah exactly. 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:31.880 You kind of you get to see them, yeah, grow 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:34.720 over a two month period, and then you get to 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.319 have your favorites, and then you cry when your favorites leave, 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.599 and then you get new favorites. 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.240 And get to like people that you didn't like in 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:43.079 the beginning as well. 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.000 I feel like that happened because you kind of gave 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:50.600 everyone a chance, So it was really sweet to witness that. Yeah, 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.040 I mean, like I could talk about the other contestants 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.480 all day because they're all so amazing and they're. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.320 All so nice and calling you like a dad. They 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.079 kept I n what was going on behind the scenes. 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:02.840 Is it because you felt a bit older than them, 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.880 Like why were they all coming to you? I mean 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:09.040 even Ripley said that one of his favorite moments about 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.880 being on the show was when he was eliminated and 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:13.719 then he saw you come out of an elevator and 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.280 give him a hug, and I thought that was that 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:19.600 was quite powerful, and it showed a true representation of 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.000 how much you cared for, you know, your competitors. 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.600 Oh and we weren't competing even last night. We weren't 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.719 competing because at the end of the day, we're all 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.560 musicians and we're all trying to learn as much as 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:33.360 we can from the show and each other. 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.280 Like we'd forget lyrics. 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.199 And then we'd someone be like, oh, what if you 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.760 thought of it like this way? And then you'd remember 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:42.280 the lyrics and if you had a bad day, someone 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.199 be there to just talk you through it because we're 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.600 all in this experience together. And yeah, I feel like 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:49.960 you can't stop learning. So it was just it was 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:51.240 really it was like a little family. 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:52.160 It was really nice. 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:54.400 Did they have to shoot you with like a tranquilizer 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.320 gun to get you to go to bed last night 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.040 so that you could talk to the media today? Like 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.680 how did they separate you from everybody? Like were you 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:01.120 able to. 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:03.360 Get to sleep? There was a big ghost bomb moment. 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.600 I just well, Cleah, Yeah, after the party, I just 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:08.880 had to get out and my alarm was set for 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.600 five point thirty. Went to bed at one thirty. Here 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.000 I am all day. Yeah, It's been like I'm just 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:15.840 riding away. I'm just so excited. 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.200 What did the celebration look like at that party? Like 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.000 do they take you to a bar? Was there a 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.240 party in Kyle Sanderland's dressing room? 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:27.720 What is no backstage at the theater? And it was wild? 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.160 There was some there were some moves getting thrown not 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.160 from me, from everyone else. 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:32.920 They can dance. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:35.960 You were letting them have their time to shine. You know, 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:40.120 Shannon Nol was incredible, like so incredible with that you 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.240 ed It felt like a bit of a slam dunk 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:44.960 for you in the first part of this grand finale. 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.800 You know, how much did you know of Shannon? And 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:50.960 was it surreal to be there singing. 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:54.400 Which amazing, Like I remember being in year three playing 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.640 handball in primary school and we're all just like, no, 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:01.760 Shannon's gonna wear, No, Guy's gonna wear Like that was massive. 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:04.240 Did you vote for did you vote for Shannonol or 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:05.559 did you vote for Guy Sebastian? 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:07.839 I voted Okay, great? 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:12.000 Actually yeah, And over the years, like I've watched I've 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:14.680 been front row just singing songs that I didn't even 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:18.200 know that I knew that were his, Like he's just 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.480 such an entertainer, and being in a crowd watching him 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.960 to them being on stage next to him and singing 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:27.400 what about Me into his eyes and then guys there 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:28.440 singing along. 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:31.480 It was just an incredible moment. Yeah. 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.920 Yeah, you did something though that he's never been able 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.119 to do. I mean, this man's been on I'm a celebrity, 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:42.160 the mass singer Idol, He's never won. Do you feel 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:44.120 out of jealousy? 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.400 We did it? This is this is as much as 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:49.440 my winners. It is his. 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:53.640 Okay, great, you can send him the check. Did you 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:55.760 get any advice from Guy or Shannon? 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:55.960 Like? 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:58.000 What was what we didn't get to see on camera? 0:14:58.040 --> 0:14:59.840 Were there any moments that you got to have with them, 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:01.680 and did they give you any good advice? 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:06.160 Yeah, just to kind of stay grounded and stay true 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.400 to yourself and ride this wave because it's going to 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:13.040 be wild. But to have that family support, like everyone 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:16.440 was saying that. Amy was saying that, Kyle Marsha, just 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:19.000 the family support is the most important thing. 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:20.440 And I've got such an. 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:24.080 Incredible family and without them, yeah, I'd be lost. 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.480 Yeah. I mean, Kyle, you know, was going pretty public 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:32.440 though with Amy and his supportive Amy. Did that affect 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:34.880 your relationship with him? Did you just to try and 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:36.880 I guess you can't really slip a man that's earning 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.640 two hundred million dollars for a radio contract five bucks, 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:42.320 you know, to get him to say something nice. But 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:46.720 what was your take on him being so supportive of Amo? 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.880 I was supportive of Amy too. I love it. 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.080 No, that's the thing, like, I didn't see it as 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:55.600 a competition. I just saw it as a big learning 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:58.280 curve for me and all the judges were I mean, 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.880 I made him cry twice and we kind of had 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:03.920 that bond of young dads. 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.800 We're both young, which is amazing. I'm so glad you 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:08.800 were able to share that about that connection with the 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:10.480 two of you. I mean it did come across on 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:13.040 screen when I was going through the internet about what 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:15.720 people wanted to know from you today, the same question 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:19.360 seem to keep circulating. We saw some amazing arrangements of 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:22.640 songs that you chose to sing throughout the competition. Would 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:26.120 you be looking to do a covers album to start off, 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:29.240 you know, and introduce you into the charts or are 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:30.880 you going to want to do are you going to 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:32.120 try and write your own songs. 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:35.120 I've got songs ready to go, and I've been writing 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.160 NonStop throughout this whole entire process because there's so many 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:41.320 stories that you hear from people are the contestants, and 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:45.680 I'm like a storyteller songwriter. So yeah, they're there in 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:47.400 the bank ready to go. But I'd love to do 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.240 at least a couple of songs. But we'll just we'll 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:51.520 see what we can make work. 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.160 Yeah, We'll reach out to Sony, see what they're going 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:57.240 to say. You're my last Idol chat for the year, 0:16:57.280 --> 0:16:59.200