WEBVTT - Anya Alchemy, Amali Dimond & Ben Sheehy - Australian Idol - Contestants 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:04.840 TV Reload, the podcast last weep Aline. Welcome back to 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:07.560 TV Reload. My name is Benjamin Norris and this is 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:10.200 your podcast to get all the inside goss on the 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:14.440 popular TV shows you may be watching from around the world. Undeniably, 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:16.599 our TV sets are a major part of our home 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:19.479 entertainment and very little is note about how our favorite 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:22.280 shows get made. Each episode, I find guests that want 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:24.280 to dive just that little bit deeper into the shows 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.240 they're currently making, so you can hear all their exclusive 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:31.120 stories and gain access to the biggest names in Australian television. 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:33.640 I want to thank you for downloading or subscribing to 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.559 this podcast. I love hearing your feedback, so make sure 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:39.400 you leave a comment on your chosen podcast platform and 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.559 I will make sure you feel as included in the 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:45.680 production of this show as I possibly can. We had 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.560 our top six performers cut down to our final three 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.360 this week. My first guest is Anya Alchemy, a young 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:55.000 blues singer songwriter from the Depths of the Dandidong Rages Victoria. 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:57.760 We will talk about the pressure of the show and 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:01.000 why anyafeld a little cross with the judges comments this week, 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.880 and you will also talk about Royston and why she 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.840 thinks he should win. I'll also find out why she's 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:10.240 ruled out any more singing competition shows. We will then 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:13.479 bring Amali Diamond into the podcast and equally get her 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:17.040 inside story on the Idle journey. Amali was the early 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.760 favorite to win, with an amazing voice for her age. 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:22.399 The popular teenager from New South Wales took to the 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.000 competition like a duck to water. We will talk about 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.640 the pressures of being the early favorite and how that 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:31.119 impacted her time on the show. Amali will also revere 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.640 how she really felt during that shock elimination. I'll also 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.720 chat to Amali about her parents' support during her time 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.280 on the show and what they really thought of her auditioning. 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.720 Then we'll bring Ben Sheehey into the podcast and equally 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:46.760 gets some interesting perspectives on his time in the competition. 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:50.240 Ben Sheehey is a composer and a musician based in 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.720 North Brisbane, Queensland, and while he wasn't exactly what audience 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.800 has expected, he's certainly left an impression on anyone that 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.400 heard him sing. I will talk to Ben about how 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.559 comfortable he was trying to fit into the Australian idol mold. 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.040 Ben will also share why he thinks audiences were so 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.160 supportive of him during his time on the show, and 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:12.519 while he wasn't exactly what audience has expected, he's certainly 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.519 left an impression on anyone that heard him sing. I'll 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:17.960 also talk to Ben about how he discovered his voice 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:21.440 and where he discovered he could sing big songs. Plus, 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.239 we will get some exclusives on the new series, including 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:27.160 some behind the scenes secrets from all three guests, which 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.200 I'm sure you will love. However, let's bring Anya into 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:33.079 the podcast first and stick around for Amali and Ben, 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:36.480 who'll be coming straight up? Hi Bear, how are you? 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:37.440 Hi? Good? 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:40.400 How are you well? Very excited to follow you in 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.040 this competition this year. You were definitely one of the 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.480 standouts as far as my friends were concerned. 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:46.720 Oh that's so nice. 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:49.640 Thanks for coming on the podcast and unpacking the series. 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:52.079 Thank you excited. 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.320 Do you think that they should have stuck with the 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:59.120 single eliminations this year or do you feel happy with 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.440 the fact that we would do doing two and now three? 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:06.359 Well, I think for TV it made sense to create 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.440 more drama by like halving the numbers and having two 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.640 people go, but possibly to the public, it felt rushed 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:14.720 and it felt like you didn't get to see enough 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.799 of people or learn enough about people. So I think 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.480 there's like two sides of it. I would have liked 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.000 there to be more themes and more weeks, so probably 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.000 I would have liked it to be like one person 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:25.360 a week. 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.240 But that's just me in some ways, though. Is it 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:30.760 good that you actually have like a couple of compadres 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.120 for you, that there's two other people leaving at the 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.240 same time. Do you think that had you left by 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:37.080 yourself would seem more stark? 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:37.560 Yeah? 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:41.000 Absolutely, Yeah, that's so true because like that support when 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.640 you go back, it's not like people like, oh, are 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:46.040 you okay. It's like there's two other people that are 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.320 experiencing the exact same things as you, So it's not 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.520 like people are talking down to you in a sense, 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:53.480 you know, because they don't know how to deal with 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:54.280 you going home. 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:57.720 I could imagine that if I was you, and I 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.320 don't know you, but I feel like I do. I 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.640 feel like you would then be looking after the other two, 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:04.320 like I feel like you would have been there to 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:05.640 be moral support for them. 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.960 Yeah, I mean, Ben is like cool as a cucumber, 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:12.880 so nothing really knocks him around. And I think Ben 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.920 and I both kind of you or going home, so 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.200 we were just like high fiving ready to get it 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.400 over with Amali. I think it was really hard, you know, 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.440 she was a favorite and she's so young, and that 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:27.160 was still a surprise to me, like are you one 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:28.680 of the favorites was going to go home? But that 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.000 was I think that was half of me to see 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:33.680 her face and all of that. But yeah, there's definitely 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:35.400 a lot of support. I feel like a little mother, 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.440 hen so I'm like trying to gather my little babies 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:41.800 and make sure they're okay. But she'll be fun. 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:42.159 You know. 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.360 I love Australian Idol because I actually feel like, yes, 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.120 it's a singing show, but also it's always been a 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:52.440 show where we've gained big personalities in Australia. Although this series, 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.200 I don't necessarily know if everyone we got to know, 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:58.440 Like for you, you're quite easily accessible, like your emotions 0:04:58.440 --> 0:04:59.880 are on your face and I kind of feel like 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.160 I know you. But do you feel like we could 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.280 have had more interactions with you to find out a 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.560 little bit more about your personality or even have more 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:09.960 time on stage to actually answer questions. 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.680 Absolutely, I think I knew that I wasn't going to 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:16.279 win from the start because they hadn't given me that 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.760 kind of exposure and they had with everyone else. And 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.560 even even on the last step with the episode that 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.279 I went home last night, they played a snippet of 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.440 everyone else singing but me, like still, and I'm like, 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.920 so from day dot I just wasn't getting the coverage 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:33.919 that everyone else was getting, and it like they were 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.599 keeping me in but then crapping over me, you know, 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:39.080 crapping on me on TV and whatever, and so it 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:40.640 was just like, why still. 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:41.560 Keeping me in just to do this? 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:43.440 And a lot of people still don't know who I 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:46.080 am now because they just haven't shown that. So I 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:48.760 think it's really hard, Like I've got a massive personality 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:51.360 and a lot of that was just edited out, and 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:55.400 it's so hard because I'm like quirky and different and 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:58.919 loud and opinionated, and all of that was just I 0:05:58.960 --> 0:05:59.919 feel like, minimized. 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:02.440 But I can see that. I mean, I read people 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.440 quite well and I could see your personality shine. I 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.000 just feel like for the wider audience, you know, we 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:10.200 might have been stolen from some of those things. But 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.479 I will say to you, I loved that you showed 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:14.760 your feelings with the judges, and I know that you 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:17.039 didn't say things back to them, but I could see 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.640 your face reacting to them. I mean, this is my 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:21.760 question to you. You looked a little unhappy what was 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:24.240 said this week, and I wondered whether or not that's 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:26.919 because they're talking to you about the arrangements, which really, 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.240 you guys have no control over. So is that a 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:30.760 very fair critique? 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:34.240 That's exactly right, like whatever. Like at the start, it 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.720 was a lot easier to make arrangements, and this time, 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.120 you know, people would just put their opinions in your 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.320 head and say, no, you can't make Flowers by Miley 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.840 Cyrus a ballad. You can't do it your way because 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.080 it's going to drag on. That's not what the public want. 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.600 And so you listen because if you put your foot down, 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.080 you're treated like you're hard to work with or you're 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.919 too assertive or whatever. And then so you sing a 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:58.000 song similar to the original, and then the judge is like, 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:00.440 why did you change the arrangements? So it's like you're 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:04.159 just being hit from both sides. It's so hard and 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.919 you're just standing there having to just know and be like, yep, cool, 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:09.480 I deserve that. Yep. It's just ridiculous. 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.080 I think that's where Amy Shark will be really handy 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.239 for you, because Amy would know this better than anyone. 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.840 You have to work out how to stand up for 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:19.720 what it is that you're going to say over pleasing 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.640 people like you will always be put in these situations 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:24.760 where there'll be a lot of voices in your head 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:27.160 sometimes saying to people, know, this is how it's going 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.200 to be. Isn't a rude thing to say? Do you 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:29.680 know what I mean? 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:30.160 Yeah? 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.440 Yeah, definitely. That's like one of the biggest things I've 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.000 learned is that you've just got to do you and 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:36.840 put your foot down to be as certain of me, 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:38.480 like no, this is the way that I want it, 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.200 and still listen to people. But if it doesn't resonate, 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:42.840 you don't have to do it if you don't want 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:43.120 to do it. 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.560 Well. I still thought that Flowers and the way you 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:47.880 sung it was actually quite smart, and I think Kyle 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.440 was alluding to that as well, because in some ways 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.880 it was very close to the original, and I think 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:54.800 a lot of the people that vote for Australian Idol, 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:56.880 they don't want too much out of the box, do 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:58.320 you know what I mean? Like, I think I'm not 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:01.520 saying they're not bright, because that's terrible, but I'm thinking 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.119 they want to hear it the way that they know it. 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:08.160 Yeah, it's hard because if you completely dissect a song 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.760 and change it up, then people like, oh, I hate 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.400 that version, like you've ruined it well. And then you 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:15.120 do the same thing and then they're like, she just 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:18.160 did does karaoke and this just sounds like a karaoke 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.880 cover and whatever, and so finding that bang is so hard, 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:25.520 And like the judges comments are so influential on what 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:28.239 the public thinks, and I don't even know if people 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.000 realize that, you know, they just go off whatever the 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:34.559 judges say for the most part, and it's just like okay, cool. 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:35.920 You know. 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.200 I still think you must have resonated pretty well because 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.959 I noticed your lack of screen time and yet people 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:42.840 were still voting for I me And you've made it 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:44.960 to the second last episode of this show. I mean, 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:47.920 we've only got the finale to go, and you still 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:49.400 have resonated with audiences. 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:50.080 Thank you. 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:52.920 Well, that's what my mom said, And I wasn't even 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.400 shown at all in Top fifty week on the episode 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:57.280 at all. 0:08:58.679 --> 0:08:59.920 And they knew that I got through. 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:02.760 So I was just like, no, whatever, I'm just gonna 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:04.400 see how like it right away? 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.920 For well, what's been your I mean, you've managed to 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:10.520 maintain you since if you were here today and I 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:14.280 love what has been your highlight from your Australian Idol journey? 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.800 Obviously meeting all the contestants and they are all really 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:22.280 really lovely and I'm honest, if they were crappy human beings, 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:26.040 I would be honest, but they all all really really 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.040 know seriously, I haven't met many that I didn't like. 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:32.959 I wonder though, you know, with you having going through 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.440 this singing competition, like, do you think that you would 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:37.520 apply for a singing show like this again or do 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.079 you think that you've done this now and you will 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:42.680 try and look for you know, resonating with your audience 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:43.319 in a different way. 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.240 Yeah, I don't think that I would do it again. 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.880 I mean it's been full on. I've got like ten 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:55.760 mouth ulcers just from the stress. But no, I wouldn't 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.520 do it again. I think you do it once and 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.720 it turns out how it turns out, and to try 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:02.920 and do the kind of saving again a different show 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.960 is just trying to twist your fate, you know. I 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.880 just think whatever happens happens, and the world has a 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.360 plan for everyone, and I'm just going to try and 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:15.520 follow that and whatever way it guides me. But it's 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.280 been an incredible experience. It's been one of the hardest 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:23.280 things I've ever done. Emotionally. I've cried on TV like 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:28.560 twenty times. But that's okay, you know, it's fine, it's real. 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.640 But yeah, I'm excited to work on a lot of 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.560 new music. Like I'm a songwriter. I'm a singer songwriter. 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.680 I play piano and guitar, so that's like my main thing. 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.040 So I'm excited to get the EP going. 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:42.839 I think, well, I mean, you have an accomplished sound, 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:44.800 so I think it'll be very easy for you. What 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:47.840 sort of advice are they giving everyone that's leaving the competition? 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:51.360 Are they saying music these days is best distributed through TikTok? 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:53.120 Are they still saying that a record dealer is the 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:55.200 only way forward? Like, what kind of advice are they 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.439 leading you with? You know, walking out of this competition? 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:02.600 Well, I think obviously social media now is really really important, 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:06.720 and if you don't go, I think record labels. Basically 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.959 what they've said is record labels are important unless you're 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:13.080 massive on social media and can do it independently through that, 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.840 and you can market yourself through your own socials because 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.200 they're popping off. But if they're not, then a record 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:20.760 label is really important because they can do that marketing 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.080 for you. And like, I feel like that is what 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.840 it comes down to most of the time, is marketing 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.440 is a lot of what makes songs pop off, and 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:31.520 a lot of what makes artists who they are and 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.319 how it finds their audiences and stuff like that. So 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:37.680 they've all basically said just don't stop, just keep going, 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.120 keep going, keep going because black and I find like 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:43.280 it doesn't really matter how good your voices or whatever whatever. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:46.040 If you've got good songs and you just are resilient 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:48.760 and you just persevere and don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.400 then you can just do anything. You can do anything. 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:52.520 So that's what I'm going to do. 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.600 I would say the best advice that I've ever heard was, 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:58.320 you know, work really hard when you are working and 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.240 get content out. That's good content. Don't be like a 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:04.360 slave to just needing to feel like you're always available 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:08.040 online and always turning things out Like it's about key content, 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:11.280 being really strong and knowing how you want to use that. 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.920 You know, I've seen so many people, so many failed influences. 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:17.920 You know, they think consistency is key. I've just got 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:19.880 to put out stuff that you know, sometimes that isn't 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.280 the way forward. Yeah, I feel like I'm being your 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.480 mentor because I want you to succeed, and so no, I'm. 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.160 Just please mentor me, guard me. I need it. 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:31.120 So who do you think is going to win out 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:32.480 of the top three? I want to know. 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.440 To be honest, I really hope that Roston wins because 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.800 I think, you know, he's representing communities that need representation. 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:40.880 And that's what I tried to say last night, and 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:42.920 people thought it was about me being in secure and 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.960 that I didn't deserve to be hit. No, it's about representation. 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:50.320 It's about indigenous representations, about gay representation, and people need 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:52.680 that and they need someone to look up to, especially 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.920 someone that's religious and stands for all of these values 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.880 and still is blazing their own path out. What Roaston 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.640 to win because people need that and they need someone 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:03.160 to really make that mark. 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:05.160 What's your relationship going to be like moving forward with 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:06.840 the rest of them? Do you think that there's anyone 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.360 in the show that you will collaborate with or do 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:10.760 you think that they will just be friends? 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:12.040 It's hard to tell. 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.240 I think I still talk to everyone, even like Top 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.520 twenty four, I still talk to everyone in the Top 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:22.160 twenty four. There's a lot of people, but I text 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:26.760 very fast, so you know, it's fine. I think I'm 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.640 close with Harry. I'm really close with Harry Hayden, so 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:33.280 I think we'll definitely end up collabing or digging together 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.800 or something. Same with Josh. I think I'll end up 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:38.199 doing some plan of song with him. 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:40.600 How's Harry going? By the way, come following him on 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:44.600 Instagram and he's got a very different look. He mixed it, 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:46.840 He's mixed it up. What's going on with him? 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:49.760 I think he's just there's so much control that they 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:53.400 have over everything that once that once those hands are 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.320 kind of taken off your shoulders, it's like, oh, so, 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.560 I feel like that's what he's feeling, is that I 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:01.520 can finally do what I want, you know, and I 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.760 can finally shave my head and put cheetahprint, leopard print, 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.480 whatever on it and just feel like my true self 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.000 without someone telling me how I should address every day. 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:13.559 You know, well, I will follow your journey after Idle. 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:15.559 I think that you're an amazing person. I think you're 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.640 an excellent singer, and I can't wait to see what 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:18.280 you do next. 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:19.720 Oh, thank you so much. 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:23.960 A great chat with Anya and a good warm up 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:26.200 for things to come with my next guest, let's bring 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.800 Amli into the podcast. I'm sure you'll get some really 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.920 fun exclusives here. Anyway, I hope you enjoy part two 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:36.400 of today's episode. Hi am Ali, how are you? 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:37.880 I am good? How are you? 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:41.000 I'm very well. You know, I was really lucky to 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:44.720 see a preview of Australian Idol late last year actually, 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:47.080 and all we got to see was the very first 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.760 audition of yours, and then I knew straight away that 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.120 this show is going to be amazing because of your boys. 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:55.680 Thank you so much. That's so that's so awesome that 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:56.400 you got to see that. 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:58.800 So we were in a cinema and there was like 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:02.000 lots of celebrities there, Sonya Krueger, everyone, we all got 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.800 to watch this preview and everyone was really nervous, but 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.040 we heard the Australian Idol backtrack play and then we 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.960 got to see your performance, and straight afterwards, you know, 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:12.920 there was a bit of a cocktail party and everyone 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.960 was talking about it, and everyone was like, how amazing 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:19.120 was that girl? My god, Ah, that's so awesome. 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:20.960 I didn't even know that. That's so cool. 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.480 People never tell you this stuff, and that's why for me, 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:26.000 I always tell everyone anyone that's on a show like this, 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:28.920 I'm like, yeah, there's been some sort of amazing celebration 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:30.560 behind your back. You need to know about it. 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.640 Yes, that's so nice. It makes you feel so good 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:33.200 to know that. 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.120 Well, thanks for coming on the podcast and unpacking your 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:37.320 time on Australian Idol. 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:38.640 Yes, no worries. 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:42.240 Was it hard to convince your parents to go on 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.600 a show like this, because I can imagine that whilst 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:46.960 it sounds exciting, you know, your parents might have been 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:48.120 a little bit nervous about it. 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:50.960 Not at all. My mom was like she dragged you 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.440 down there, like help, you know, making me an audition 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:56.720 for all these kind of things. She's very My mom's 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:59.880 very supportive and always wants me to go out and 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:02.960 do my things. So yeah, she was very very get 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.400 your audition in and get your audition in. So yes, 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:06.600 she's awesome. 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:09.200 What has their relationship been like, has your mum been 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:11.400 surprised with the way that it's all gone down and 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:13.280 she'd been happy with it? Like, how has she felt 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:14.640 watching you on the show? Oh? 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:16.600 Mom, My mom's been I think she's just been lowing 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:20.320 watching me perform every single time, and of course she's upset, 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:23.840 like obviously that I'm that I've been like eliminated. But 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:25.960 it's also exciting because I think there's going to be 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:29.680 some really cool things happening in the future, and we're 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.520 just taking this as a launch pad to hopefully a 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:33.320 really cool career. 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.880 Just remember those things, because that often happens when you're 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:38.880 in the heat of it, someone says to you, Oh, well, 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.600 what about David Guada, you know, ghetto or however you 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:43.840 say his name. But hang on to those things. Make 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:47.080 them happen because people need to be held to account. 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:49.800 I totally agree. I just I'm really excited to just 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:51.320 start getting things going. 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.640 Really, what was it like for you last night, because 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:55.360 you know, I had to kind of hide behind my 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.880 television because you were a favorite for me and I 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.440 thought that you really easily could have won this whole thing. 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.920 You've managed to keep it together pretty well. But once 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.280 you were eliminated, what was going through your mind? 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.400 Well, honestly, I was just I knew I was gonna 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:12.480 miss performing again. But I was really happy that my 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.320 last performance I got to sing Warrior, and I was 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:17.280 so happy because I think it was one of my favorites. 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:19.679 I got to do a big ballad finally, and I 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:22.960 was just thinking about how far I'd coming out amazing 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:24.960 it wants to even be in the top six? Was 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:27.240 it was a bittersweet moment? Really? 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:28.840 Do you think it's hard though? When you are the 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:31.679 favorite right from the start, Like everyone was like, Okay, 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:33.320 this girl's got this in the bag. Like a lot 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:35.080 of people were like, oh, I don't even need to 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.240 watch the show because they feel like this girl's gonna win. 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:39.560 And was that sort of hard to come out from underneath? 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:42.480 Of Well, I think that it's awesome to know people 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:45.040