Reality Ravings

Jessica Mauboy Is Now Single.
Adelaide Now says that Jessica Mauboy three year relationship with her boyfriend Abdullah is now over. Time apart is the reason given. However she can console herself with the news that her single Burn is number ten on the charts. Source The West.

Simon Cowell Judgement Gets Clouded By Sex
Now Mag quotes Simon Cowell's ex girlfriend Sinitta who says his judgement is clouded by sex. Personally I think this is way to much information.

Sinitta appears to keep her media profile high by gibbering about her famous ex all the time. He must not care as she is holidaying with him in Barbados. I wonder what she will divulge from there.

Kara DioGuardi The New Judge On American Idol Has Hit The Publicity Trail
New judge Kara DioGuardi is now out spruiking the show that will be commencing next week. She thinks the male contestants may have the edge this season. Full interview here.

Top Chef Chicago Chef Spike Is Holding a Burger Presidential Inaugeration Party.
Spike, who really should get his own show with his off sider from Top Chef Season Four Andrew. Who would ever forget Andrew saying about Spike "I am not gay but I would let him bang me."
Anyway he is holding a more relaxed inauguration party at his Burger Joint in DC.

If you are lucky enough to be in Washington at that time the details are here.

Updates On What Top Chef Contestant's Are Now Up To.
People mag has an article which outlines what some of the chefs are now up to, and where they are cooking.

Also Adventurous Tastes Blog reviews Top Chef Chicago runner up Richard Blais's new burger restaurant in Atlanta, and gives it the thumbs up. I am not sure about the Krispy Kreme milkshake.

America's Next Top Model Cycle 10 Winner Whitney Thompson Honoured.
Whitney who was the first plus size model to win ANTM has named as one of MSN Lifestyles Most Influential Women In 2008.

Natalie Bassingthwaite To Perform At Mardi Gras Party.
You know you have made it in Sydney when you are asked to perform at the Mardi Gras party. Congratulation to So You Think You Can Dance Australia host Natalie Bassingthwaite as she will get to shimmy and sing there. Full story in here.

Update On What Former Australian Idol Marty Simpson Has Been Doing
I'm With The Band has an update on he who went much further then he should have, Marty Simpson, and what he has been doing post Idol, apart from smoking pot.

David Cook American Idol Winner Apparently Has Proposed To Kimberly Caldwell.
Now this could be a load of bollocks as there is not much coverage of it. If it is true that these to American Idol contestants are engaged it would make them a reality TV couple in the league of Rob and Amber (from Survivor and The Amazing Race fame).

Source: here.

Simon Cowell To Build a 10 million pound house in Barbados.
Apparently he also wants mirrored panels in the house. I don't think I really needed to know that.

The Sun has the full story.

New Reality TV Series Starring '80's Teen Idols Like Christopher Atkins.
TV Tonight has an article stating that on VH1 in the US has a new reality TV show starring former teen Idols called you guessed it Confessions of A Teenage Idol.

Christopher Atkins from that iconic but crap film Blue Lagoon is in it, and the series is directed by Chachi from Happy Days (Scott Baio.).

It is unknown whether this show will be coming to Australia. If it is does it is guaranteed every Gen X female will be watching it.


Project Runway Winner Christian Siriano Says Being On The Show Fastracked His Career By Five Years.
The Arizona Daily Star has an interview with Christian Siriano, who says that by winning Project Runway opened so many doors that it fastracked his career by five years. He also discusses his new maternity wear line.

If You Want To Experience American Idol Go To Disney Orlando.
If you sing a little karaoke you may want to consider this. There is now an American Idol attraction at Disney in Orlando, Florida.

Hopefuls will go through the audition process and perform in front of a live crowd, just like their favorite contestants on the TV show.

Wannabes will sing for a Disney's Hollywood Studios producer for the chance to be cast in a theme-park show.

The person with the most votes will compete in an end-of-day Grand Finale show at Walt Disney World, and the winner of the Grand Finale show will receive a guaranteed reservation for a future regional stadium audition.

I think I will just stick to It's A Small World After All ride.

Full story here.

Time For The American Idol Predictions For The Upcoming Season
Examiner.com has an amusing article outlining their top 10 predictions for American Idol 2008.
I particularly liked number 5 which is Randy Jackson will spend a lot of time pimping his new book, "Fat F--k," inspired by the popular novel "Skinny Bitch" (foreword by Oprah Winfrey)

Australia's Next Top Model Winner Alice Burdeau Has an 18 Page Spread in Elle UK.
Alice Burdeau shows she is still getting major modelling assignments OS with this spread in Elle UK. Go to Australia's Next Top Model Blog to check out the pictures. They are sensational.

Former America's Next Top Model Contestant Bianca Golden Has Had Assault Charges Dropped.
Last year Bianca Golden from ANTM Cycle 9 was is in a bitch slap with Nikki Blonsky from Hairspray at some Carribean Airport. They were both arrested at the time, but now the charges have been dropped. Full story on this unedifying incident here.

Jennifer Hudson To Perform At Barack Obama's Inauguration.
Way to go girl. Full story here.

Kristy Lee-Cook Gets Dumped By Her Record Label And Is Blaming Carrie Underwood.
Kristy Lee-Cook, she who crucified The Beatles song 8 Days a Week has again been dumped by Arista. She blames a former Idol winner Carrie Underwood for getting all the record label's attention. Full story on The Boot.

News and tech blog Inquisitr have received an email from Simon Cowell's lawyers telling them to remove the photo of Simon topless in Barbados as publication constitute an egregious violation of Mr. Cowell’s substantial rights of privacy, including specifically under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as incorporated into the U.K. Human Rights Act of 1988.....

Personally I thought it was quite a good photo and he looked pretty hot in it, but maybe he is embarrassed that we now know he waxes his chest.

If he is so concerned about his privacy why doesn't he shut up his ex girlfriend Sinitta, who he is currently vacationing with.

Every time I open the internet she is gibbering about Simon and how great in bed he his or the latest on his breakup with Terri Seymour.

In her latest interview on Mail Mirror she again is gibbering about his sexual proclivities. Apparently sex clouds his judgement, and the ins and outs of his last relationship.



I think their is a bit of hypocrisy or vanity occuring here.


Previous post on Simon's chest here.

I know this blog is being reduced to the lowest common demoninator, but here is a photo of Simon Cowell on Christmas holidays in Barbados.

Yes he apparently he is single now, but girls don't get to excited as his ex-girlfriend Sinitta is on holidays with him. She sang some dodgy song in the '80's and then was never heard of again until now.

Anyway are those man boobs, pectorals, or implants? Please discuss.

Source of photo Bauergriffin

This season on American Idol the producers have added in a fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi. Nigel Lythgoe thinks this is not such a good idea.

"I don't like fourth judges," Lythgoe told The Post yesterday. "I think once you've been told 'You suck,' you don't need to be told another three times."

Australian Idol had a season of four judges and it was not great, they quickly reduced it again to three this year. Mark Holden being the one to be sacked.

Also Nigel Lythgoe gives Simon Cowell a little tickle up, as it appears to have been Simon's decision to add the extra person.

"But he's [Simon Cowell] never produced anything on television," says Lythgoe.
"As an executive producer, he can be an adviser and I think that's fair enough because he knows what he's doing.
"But at the end of the day, you have to leave it for the producers to produce, because if you're in it, you're seeing it from a completely different perspective and he's going to need to realize that.

"Sometimes you can't see the woods through the trees and you tend to lose the most important thing, which is so often forgotten: common sense."

New York Post article here.

In other Nigel Lythgoe news he reveals to TV Guide that he is developing a new dance show. It would be along the lines of the dance Olympics where dancers from different countries would compete against each other in their specific dance genres. They would then be scored. I presume there would be cash prizes rather then gold medals!

Project Runway Judge Jayson Brundson Has Testicular Cancer.

Rumours have been put to rest after the non-appearance of fashion Designer, and Project Runway judge Jayson Brundson from the social circuit last week. It has now been revealed that he has is suffering testicular cancer. He was diagnosed two weeks ago, but concluded filming his Project Runway commitments. He is now recuperating from his operation.


Article from the Sunday papers here.

Australia So You Think You Can Dance Now In Rehearsals For Top 10 Tour.
The top 10 from Australia's So You Think You Can Dance have now commenced rehearsals for the Australia wide tour. This commences next month on 5 July 2008. Daily Tele link here.

Simon Cowell Dating A 22 year old - That Is So Wrong.

An article in the UK Daily Telegraph here reveals that Simon Cowell has split from his long term girlfriend Teri Seymour, and apparently bought her a multi million dollar house as a payoff. But now is apparently seeing the 22 year old Jasmine Lennard. Isn't he close to fifty??? What do these men want in woman? He would be as old as her father. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Natalie Bassingthwaite admits she was crap in the first few weeks of So You Think You Can Dance.

In an article here on the Daily Terror website Natalie Bassingthwaite admits her performance on the first few weeks of So You Think You Can Dance was under par.

She said:
"In the first few episodes I was absolutely petrified and it obviously came across," she said at Redfern CarriageWorks where the series is filmed.
"Some of the criticism did hurt, it did make me feel I shouldn't have done this.

"But I never went out there to say I'm the best host, but you know - I'm having a go.

"So I got through that moment and I'm happy with how I progressed - if you strip it all back and be true to yourself, that's what works the best."

We all remember the weird stoned autocue eyes, and stilted repartee, however she has improved in leaps and bounds and does look more comfortable in the role.

I like her honesty.

Channel Ten taking show cross promotion to a new heights by revealing Big Brother contestants on their other programs this week.

Obviously Channel 10 think that the Big Brother viewing audience is desperate to know who will be going into the Gold Coast compound next week by saying that the contestants will be revealed across other top rating Channel 10 tv programs this week.

The first inmate will show their face in a reel to run on So You Think You Can Dance tomorrow night, followed by the second and the third housemates being announced on Bondi Rescue and The Biggest Loser respectively.

I think I will just wait to get the information off the Big Brother forums.

Link to article on Daiy Terror Website

Simon Cowell Thinks This Year's Idol's Lack Personality.
As we know Simon Cowell does speak the fountain of truth.

He said in article to Variety American Idol cast lacks personality as exemplified by how they have presented themselves on the program thus far.

“They are giving very safe answers to questions, making safe song selections,” Simon said.

“We are not getting a sense of who they are. We have to try to pull it out of them more.”
Simon also said Michael Johns’ elimination, which was a shock to many – including the singer himself, shouldn’t have been so unexpected.

“You cannot deliver an uninspired performance at the top of the show,” Cowell said. “And you can’t be up there imitating another singer.”

I know Simon it makes you long for Danny Noriega to be back on the show. Maybe the voting public cannot handle anything other then bland?

Speaking of bland here is some post elimination tidbits from Kristy Lee Cook

EW exit summary with Kristy Lee Cook. She admits to the record contract at 17 years which was released.

American Idol Co-Host in Season One Brian Dunkleman admits he was an idiot to leave the show after one season.
Now we all make poor career decisions in our lives, but not ones as big as Brian Dunkleman who was co-host of American Idol in Season One with Ryan Seacrest, who decided not to continue on in the role after one season

As we know Ryan Seacrest is now mega rich, famous radio and TV personality with lots of blond women hanging off him.

Now where is Brian?

Well read the article here. to find out.

Jordin Sparks, last years winner of American has revealed she had a crush on Simon Cowell. The article here quotes Jordin as saying she had a crush on Simon before she went on American Idol.

Simon Cowell does appear to have some weird type of sex appeal. Is it something to do with women liking men who are bastards? He definitely gets the most attention out of all the American Idols.

I would have a crush on Simon Cowell too, if he had bought me a $5 million (US) house in LA.
News.com.au reveals he bought his Leona Lewis, the winner of the UK show The X Factor $5 million house in Beverley Hills.

Mariah Carey who you either love or hate is going to redefine the definition of sacrilegious by judging Beatles songs on American Idol this week.

In the producers fervour to give us another week of Beatles songs clearly they couldn't move Mariah guest judge appearance as it would have interfered with her new album promotion schedule.

At least it is not going to be the Mariah Carey song night - though that could have been amusing as only about 3 of the eleven would have been able to hit the notes.

Fox News for the full story.

More American Idol news:
Paula Abdul admits to a Freudian crush on Simon Cowell.
Paula Abdul subconsciously fancies Cowell - dubbed TV's Mr Nasty - even though she finds his sharp-tongued comments hard to take.

With these comments and her dreadful reality tv series Hey Paula there is not much more her credibility can take. Click here for the details

Simon Cowell Predicts Jason Castro to be in the final four
Simon on Oprah gave his predictions for who is going to win idol.

Simon: "Well, I think the front-runner right now is David Archuleta.(applause from audience). But don't rule out Brooke (White), David Cook and Jason Castro. Any one of these guys could win. I think it's going to get very, very interesting

At least he has stopped talking up Carly Smithson. Neighbours blog have details of his Oprah appearance.

Picture of Danny Noriega on a cruise ship with Rosie O'Donnell
For those wondering what Danny Noriega has been up to - here is a picture of him on a cruise ship with Rosie O'Donnell. Danny has been singing on the ship on the cruise Rosie organised.

Picture here. Nice to see they both got dressed up. NOT.

Tonight American Idol headed into corn country - Omaha Nebraska, but where was Paula Abdul?

Randy Jackson, and Simon Cowell had to hold the fort until she turned up.

Paula was a no show as apparently her plane was late. But somehow I was not buying that excuse, as she appeared to be struggling the whole show. There was the hiccups the barely able to speak, and her sanity was in question when she said yes to the amusing but very terrible former female wrestler Sarah Whitaker aka Lady Morgue.

If Paula was wanting to put to rest the alcohol or pill rumours that do the rounds on the internet, this episode did not assist.

One of the first auditioners to be shown was Chris Bernheisal a 24 year old who could only be described as enthusiastic. He had presents for the judges, and photos of himself with Kelly Clarkson.

To keep the Kelly Clarkson theme going he then sang "Since You've Been Gone".

He said what he liked about Idol was about "It gave people a second chance at their dream". For him the second chance was not going to happen as his voice was very ordinary.

Chris however was not going to be deterred he then asked to audition as a red carpet interviewer for the American Idol final.

Not doing much better the judges smirked as they told him to contact the local Fox station and tell them that he is to report for them at the Idol final.

Chris was over the moon about this development, he did not seem to realise that Randy and Simon were snickering at him, but hell if he gets to do the red carpet who cares.

Jason Rich a 21 year old farmhand nearly blew his opportunity as he could not remember the words of his song. Obviously Simon and Randy were feeling benevolent by giving him a few chances and then a golden ticket to Hollywood.

Rachel Wilkes claim to fame prior to auditioning for American Idol is winning arm wrestling competitions. She did not look butch but she must be strong.

Ryan Seacrest had arm wrestling match (it was a draw), but Simon refused as he knew losing on camera would be bad for his image.

Her country voice got her through to Hollywood, however would be very surprised if she got further then that.

Samantha Sidley a pretty 22 year old obviously caught the judges in a bored patch. As she had to put up with Ryan coming into the judging panel, whilst Paula did the interviews outside. To be honest it did not add any value to the show. But it probably gave Randy and Simon a break from inhaling Paula's alcohol fumes! (only joking).

With all the shenanigans going on Samantha sang nicely with a husky voice and got herself a ticket to Hollywood.

The heart string story this week was Angelica Puente, who currently lives with her grandmother as she was not getting on with her father. Apparently he was really strict, probably didn't let her boyfriends stay over and smoke pot in her bedroom. But the whole vignette was about how much she loved him, and wanted to make him proud. Tears really flowed once her rendition of the "Power of Love" by Celine Dion got her through to Hollywood. I was surprised she got put through, but maybe it was poor pickings in Omaha.

Then rocker David Cook 24 who was inspired by former Idol success story Daughtry sang 'Living on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi. Simon said " a little worthy but good" and was given the green light to California.

Time for another comedic interlude with Johnny Escamilla who was correct when he described himself as weird. His gold glitter jacket was always going to be a hindrance in getting the judges to take him seriously.

His voice was not terrible, however he did a bizarre rendition of the Johnny O'Keefe classic "Shout".

Simon crucified him by saying he hated everything "the jacket, the singing, the dancing".

Last for the day was Leo Marlowe - as he said his mum said she raised a great homecoming queen it was just a pity it was not one of her daughters!

Could Leo be the first out gay person in the top 12 contestant? Well his voice was certainly showed that he could be, and as Leo said he was popular.

Simon reckons he is popular as well. Maybe he won't be anymore once his friends hear some of the comments Simon has been making during the auditions. Tonights clanger was when he said "Friends are never glad when you do well."

By the end of the day 19 people from Omaha were onto the next round in Hollywood.

Idolstalker has this great video of Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul snogging Apparently this is from Season 2 of American Idol.

It is nauseating/hilarious particularly because of Paula's very poor acting skills. She actually looks like she was enjoying it. Yuck.

American Idol - Season 7 hit the Australian TV screens through Fox 8 apparently only five and half hours behind the screening in the US. I cannot figure out the time zone so I will just have to believe them.

Also with the time frame does this mean Australian's vote this year? Somehow I doubt it but with the technology these days it cannot be far off where there will be some international voting for some reality TV show.

After last years poor showing the American Idol series should be expected to rate highly this year because there are no other shows on TV due to the continuing writers strike in the US.

The Idol juggernaut went to seven cities, and over 100,000 people auditioned with the hope taking out the title or maybe just to get their face on TV.

Anyway first up was Philadelphia where the biggest crowd ever showed up. Isn't there anything better to do in this city maybe they need to build more skate board ramps or something.

The show started with Simon Cowell looking bored, Paula Abdul flashing her white bra through a sheer top (couldn't wardrobe afford a camisole?) , Randy continued to laugh at contestants he thought were bad, and Ryan Seacrest trying to look interested when he was interviewing the wannabe hopefuls.

Always on Idol the contestants have got to have a story - so first up contestant Joey Cattalone story was he had lost over 200lbs. Randy had sympathy for him as he also has had a huge weight loss though this season it looks like it has plateaued. With a ok singing voice he got the golden ticket through to Hollywood.

One of the things that does frustrate me with Idol is the Producers putting through to the judges auditionees with clear mental health issues. One of these contestants called Al was clearly nuts and there he was having Simon roll his eyes at him and Randy and Paula snickering.

Another person who was given this treatment was James Lewis a guy who sang in a low gravelly tone flat voice - who was bewildered to have Paula laughing at him. Is it really necessary to inflict national humiliation of a vulnerable person like this?

Website A Typical Girl also raises this issue./

I am not a wowser some of the bad auditions are hilarious but some are just sad.

American Idol this year were also showing the good singers that were getting through to Hollywood.

Melanie Nyema a back up singer, Jenot Joiner, and Johnathan Baines were examples of this.

Temptress Brown a black sixteen year old footballer was in Philly to audition for her sick mother. Her mother had come to the audition in a wheelchair. She was huge and her body was clearly the sign of her physical ailments. Why wasn't she hospitalised to lose weight? Or is that not paid for on the public health system in the US? If not it should be. She has clearly eaten herself to death.

Temptress had huge expectations and you really wanted her to be good, but she was hopeless singing a Jennifer Hudson number. Simon for once put her down gently - and then she started sobbing. Paula was hugging her and the judges walked her out of the room to meet the family.

Has Simon found a heart I thought? But was reassured later in the show that he hadn't when he said to Randy that American's are weird that when a friend gets good news they celebrate it.

Randy looked gobsmacked - especially when Simon continued by saying " I could not do it". Does he have any friends and if so don't bother ringing him to tell him you got a promotion, won the lottery, or are getting married as obviously he cannot give a rats. Also maybe it is why his girlfriend Teri Seymour always looks so miserable in photographs.

A weird Paul Materano came into do a love song for Paula Abdul - It was called the stalkers song it had lines in it like "If I were Columbo, I'd Peter Falk her." and other innuendos. I was surprised it did not have a line that said "If I were a pig, I'd pork her".

Anyway was this guy a creep or a set up? Well it has been revealed on Idolater that this guy does it for a living? So are the producers now paying people to perform at the audition shows. It made sense as Paula did not seem overly creeped out by it or maybe with all her botox and her face is having difficulty showing any expression.

Another contestant who I thought may have been a plant or just producers using a nutter was Alexis Cohen some sort of glitter dyke who lived with her mother in a bed sit. A fulltime student at 24 always screams mental health issues to me.

Simon thought she was a bit possessed and reminded him of Willem Dafoe in the Batman movie.

I thought the judges had put her down gently, but when she got out of the room she had a mega meltdown swearing and raving on, added to the fact that they had a shot of her living space I thought is this real or set up?

Then were the heart string stories of Angela Martin 26 with a daughter with Rhetts diesease who deservedly got the golden ticket.

Also there was Kirsty Lee Cook from Oregon who apparently had to sell one of her horses to get to Philly to audtion. But again the show did not reveal that she has previously had a contract with Arista Records. Popwatch Blog has more details

This was apparently the same for pure nanny Brooke White who has never seen a R rated movie - they did not mention she was in a band and has a full on my space page. I don't have a problem with professionals applying but don't portray them as amateurs and expect the google loving public to fall for it.

One person I did feel sorry for not getting the golden ticket was Christin Talisano - the Princess Leia fan who even dressed like her. I thought she was hilarious.

So come on American Idol a bit more transparency please.

With American Idol Season 7 to commence tomorrow night it is good to see the publicity machine at work.

The American Idol judges plus Ryan Seacrest on the USA Today website give their views on the best seasons of American Idol.

It is good to see Fantasia rates up highly there. She was phenomenal.

Last season predictably did not rate with any of them.

I predict a cracker year to compensate for the lameness of last season, which I stopped watching or did Channel ten pull it off air?

Simon Cowell has offered Britany Spears a helping hand during her current custody and many meltdown crisis's. More info on that good samaritan deed here.

However maybe he needs to offer that same assistance to his fellow American Idol judge Paula Abdul who recently had a mega meltdown at LA airport.

As first reported by Radaronline .com, Abdul reportedly had what a source said was an ''insane nervous breakdown that lasted 10 minutes'' during the LAX incident. According to the tipster, ''One minute she was hyperventilating. The next she was yelling into her cell phone in this deep, rage-filled 'Poltergeist' voice.''

However the The Sun Times reported that an inside mole on Idol said it was unusual for a day to go by on the American Idol set without her having some meltdown.

Also the article reports she is high maintenence and staff need to spend much more time dealing with her then the other two judges, Randy Jackson, and Simon Cowell.

However in good news for her apparently Paula will be playing at the SuperBowl. Lets hope it is better then Britany's MTV appearance!

In breaking news Carly Simon has decided to dedicate her '70's anthem 'Your So Vain' to Simon Cowell after his comments in the media this week.

The millionaire music mogul Simon Cowell believes that he doesn’t need to bother with cheesy chat-up lines - because he can just smile and the ladies just come running.

It was always rumoured the song was about noted lothario Warren Beatty, however it appears Mr Cowell has well and truly taken over the mantle as biggest ego in Hollywood.

Simon who is currently on vacation in Barbados with his long term girlfriend Teri Seymour, and his mother also says “I don’t need to use chat up lines I just look at a girl and smile, and if she responds that means she’s interested.”

If you need to read more on this American Idol judge click here.

On an American website Buddy TV there is an article with Nigel Lythgoe on how what they are going to do to improve the show, and therefore the ratings for Season 7 on American Idol.

Nigel who does a great job as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance is also a producer on American Idol.

The show will be shown on Fox 8 here from January at the 'same' time it is shown in the States.

This year for the first time in American Idol allowed contestants to audition with instruments, however they are still undecided if they will let them play them on the show.

I hope they do as this will make it much more interesting, and the first year they did this in Australian Idol it was a rating bonanza. Did not work so great this year however.

He also states they will cut back on the guest judges and edit so the audience is able to get to know the contestants better.

Someone was telling me that it is free to vote for American Idol, which I find interesting. Can anyone confirm that this is still true? Does that mean fans and family just keep on repeatedly voting for the same person. Therefore when they say they have had 20 million votes some people may have voted over a thousand times?

Currently I am undecided if it is a good or bad thing. However I am looking forward to the new season of American Idol - Simon Cowell just cracks me up.