news articles 22 october

[Inside Australian Idol]

Job-hunting Millsy chases the limelight


October 22, 2003

AFTER Idol on Monday night, Millsy said he'd be spending the coming months "being smart" and chasing the limelight.


"This has just been the chance of a lifetime. I'd be stupid if I didn't use this experience for what I can," he said.

An entertainer as much as a singer, Millsy said he'd love a career in television – anything from Neighbours to hosting.


"Even the theatre, you know. I'd just like to keep performing."


WHILE Millsy wants to stay in the spotlight, unfortunately his departure from the Ten show means his mum, Mrs Millsy, has lost a regular gig, too. For the past couple of weeks, Mrs Millsy has been helping warm up the live audience, belting out a few of her favourite tunes. After seeing her do Hey Big Spender on Monday night, Confidential can see where her son got his entertaining streak from.




THE Yanks started it, then came British Idol, then the Aussie version.


Now, in the tradition of Idols worldwide, comes World Idol _ a sing-off between the finalists from each host Idol nation, challenging each other for the world title.


Confidential hears the sing-off is set down for early next year.


"HAVE I missed something?" asks Confidential reader Catherine.


"Last night on Australian Idol Marcia Hines directed Australians to vote for Cosima . . . forgive me for being stupid, but wasn't one of the previous contestants dismissed from the competition after doing a radio interview because it was unfair to the other contestants?" she asked.


"I didn't think bias was part of the judges' job description."


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[Inside Australian Idol]

Millsy dig at judges
From The Eye
October 22, 2003

WE thought with all the teenage girls behind him, Victorian Rob Mills would have made it through Australian Idol on Monday night.


Millsy and Cosima on the red carpet last night.


Last night, he let his hair down at the ARIAs, and was looking at the positive side of leaving the show.

"As Marcia (Hines) said to me the other week, it's already been written," Mills said. "So what happens, happens for a reason." (Audio: Millsy, Guy, Paulini and Dicko)

It is rumoured that more than 900,000 votes were received this week – a large majority for Paulini Curuenavuli after judge Ian Dickson's infamous weight comment.

Mills said our girl Paulini was OK with the comments.

At Idol HQ last week, the five finalists discussed what they thought of the judges.

"We had a big chat about it the other night and what Shannon (Noll) said was spot on," Mills said.

"The judges need to be a little more positive. When they are criticising, they should have a positive spiel as well, and say what you need to work on."

Mills, 21, said his reputation as a party boy was a little over the top, and said he never went out the night before a show.

"I was out appropriately," he said. "I went out on Sunday night, but never went out on Saturday or even Friday.

"Last Sunday when Levi (Kereama) went out, no one wanted to go out and party. "

Mills did confirm that he had been approached by more than a few girls.

Last night at the ARIAs, he was looking forward to catching up with Candice Alley, an old friend.

"She's a superstar," Mills said. "She's been really good to me, just about things like handling the media."

Next Sunday, Mills will be back to what he does best, performing at the Red Eagle in Albert Park.

Mills' song from the Australian Idol, which is called Dirty Girl, is released to radio this week.

Herald Sun

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[Inside Australian Idol]

Melbourne’s Millsie heads home
By eBroadcast staff and agencies.
Oct 22, 2003, 09:11


Australian Idol said goodbye to one of its larikans this week, fare-welling Melbourne’s Robert Mills.

Rob joined Cosima De Vito in the bottom two, the later experiencing a downturn in popularity in the past week. Some suggest she is not at her best due to continuing voice problems.

However, the 21-year-old pub band singer ultimately failed to impress audiences in the controversial R&B night. Not even his many adoring teenage fans could save him from the fierce competition of his rivals.

Next week the Big Band will be rolled out for the remaining contestants – Cosima, Paulini, Guy and Shannon.

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[Bek Fan]

Props to Paulini fans......You Know how Milsys Single is the new one to come out of idol? Well the next relese from the Idol Album comes from the one and only Rebekah Lavauney.....This single promises to be one of the biggest RnB singles that will come out of Australia..Its called "Dance with me" and it features a rap by none other then "the dude" Levi! ....so there you go eh!Dont forget to check out Rebekah Lavauney website at rebekahlavauney.biz.ly

[Yvonne]

Shannon was by far the best performer last night. Finally he added some groovy moves to complement his version of Ol Blue Eyes's "New York, New York". I was so pleased with his performance and have already done my fair share of votes. It is so hard now I cannot pick anyone. I even liked Guy last night for the very first time. I have been following Shannon and Cosima's progress throughout the comp and I absolutely adored Millsy. Cosima made me cry and Shannon set my pulses racing last night. Those are the two for me.

Yvonne LeSage

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[Rastamon]

[glow=green,2,300]ur wrong it was started by the brits and called POP IDOL when will young and gareth gates were the 2 finalists[/glow]