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Post by Inside Australian Idol on Mar 30, 2004 1:16:23 GMT 10
Stay tuned for Logies info With the nominees for the Logies having been chosen, all that remains is to name the presenters 29mar04 THIS year's list of celebs for the Logies is piling up. The A-list includes singers Anastacia and Michael Buble, Australian Idol pair Guy Sebastian and Shannon Noll, comedy legend Mel Brooks, and of course, Delta Goodrem. Now we hear a past Logie guest is making a return trip. Bold and the Beautiful hunk Ronn Moss is coming back, this time just to sit in the audience. The square-jawed actor/singer was in Melbourne for the Logies in 2002 and returned later in that year for a concert tour. There are still some international guest presenters to be announced, so stay tuned. www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9109822%255E2902,00.html |
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Post by Inside Australian Idol on Mar 30, 2004 1:16:56 GMT 10
Britney ushered out March 29, 2004 - 12:33PM Pop princess Britney Spears has been knocked off the number one perch on the Australian singles chart this week by Usher and his friends Ludacris and Lil' Jon. Eamon debuts at number two with F**k it (I don't want you back) and Anastacia moves up one spot to break into the top 10. In the albums chart, it's an all-Aussie one and two with Pete Murray and The John Butler Trio occupying the top two spots. Indeed Aussie bands and artists have snagged half of the top 10 spots in the album charts with Shannon Noll, The Vines and Jet at four, seven, and 10 respectively. Australian Singles chart 1 (-) Yeah - Usher feat. Ludacris & Lil' Jon (ARI/BMG) 2 (-) F**k it - (I don't want you back) Eamon (JIVE/BMG) 3 (1) Toxic - Britney Spears (JIVE/BMG) 4 (2) Superstar - Jamelia (CAP/EMI) 5 (5) Suga Suga - Baby Bash (INI/UMA) 6 (3) Turn me on - Kevin Lyttle (EW/WAR) 7 (4) Hey Mama - Black Eyed Peas (INI/UMA) 8 (7) The way you move - Outkast (BMG) 9 (8) My Immortal - Evanescence (EPI/SONY) 10 (11) Left Outside Alone - Anastacia (EI/SONY) Australian albums chart 1 (3) Feeler - Pete Murray (COL/SONY) 2 (1) Sunrise Over Sea - The John Butler Trio (JAR/MGM) 3 (2) Patience - George Michael (EPI/SONY) 4 (4) That's what I'm talking about - Shannon Noll (BMG) 5 (5) Fallen - Evanescence (EPI/SONY) 6 (6) Feels like home - Norah Jones (EMI) 7 (-) Winning Days - The Vines (CAP/EMI) 8 (7) On and on - Jack Johnson (MOD/UMA) 9 (-) Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses (GEF/UMA) 10 (9) Get Born - Jet (CAP/EMI) AAP www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/29/1080412282430.html |
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Post by Inside Australian Idol on Mar 30, 2004 1:18:16 GMT 10
Judges differ on Popstars From Adelaide Confidential 29mar04 POPSTARS went live last night - well, except for that half an hour delay thing anyway. Channel 7's great hope to combat the success of Australian Idol has so far failed to get the nation's feet tapping, but with two shows a week coming, the station is banking on the tempo to lift. With an audience of about 1000 people at Sydney's Fox Studios, a VIP party before and after at the nearby Arena Restaurant, no expense was spared for the big launch. VIPs included Sunrise co-host David Koch, Big Brother contestant and TV Week writer Peter Timbs, Big Arvo presenter Jenny Hardy, Home and Away beauty Tammin Sursok and Ground Force's Mel Symons. But the attention of the show has shifted from the 11 remaining hopefuls to the judges - with simmering friction between Molly Meldrum and Tania Doko boiling over into what appears to be out-and-out disdain. Doko was given a backstage role last night - hopefully not because she and Meldrum cannot be on the same stage together. The two-hour show last night launches the twice-weekly format, with Wednesday's show, Popstars Live - Your Call, a verdict show which will make or break contestants. Voting works along similar lines to Idol, with viewers asked to phone or SMS for their favourite performer. www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9118305%255E10431,00.html |
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Post by Inside Australian Idol on Mar 30, 2004 1:19:15 GMT 10
Juggling acts fall flat By David Dale March 30, 2004 Greed comes before a fall. Channel Seven and the ABC were both regretting programming decisions that looked decidedly foolish when ratings figures came out yesterday, and Channel Nine may be feeling the same way today. Ten already had its dose of embarrassment this year, forced to kill one reality show, The Resort, and compensate sponsors for the poor results of another, The HotHouse. Seven was chortling over Ten's discomfort and celebrating the relative success of its reality show My Restaurant Rules, which reached 1.2 million viewers in the mainland capitals last week. That didn't stop Seven replacing My Restaurant Rules on Sunday night with Popstars Live, for which it had higher hopes, based on audiences above 2 million for the first Popstars series in 2000 and for Ten's Australian Idol last year. But 300,000 people who would have watched My Restaurant Rules didn't like Popstars Live, which averaged 850,000 and peaked at 1 million. Even more embarrassing - Popstars Live failed to capture its target audience of viewers aged 16-39, who preferred American Idol on Ten. The ABC has been going gangbusters this year, averaging 17.7 per cent of the prime-time audience (when it was pleased to reach 15 per cent in past years) and getting audiences above 1.2 million for Silent Witness, Australian Story, The Bill and Wild Australasia. But the new Australian drama, Fireflies, was averaging only 700,000 in its Saturday night slot. Thinking it might collect some younger viewers (who tend to go out on Saturday nights), the ABC moved Fireflies to Thursdays, only to have the audience drop to 384,000. In retrospect, this is not surprising: it was up against perennial favourites ER on Nine and Law & Order: SVU on Ten, both of which appeal to a similar audience. At 8pm on Mondays, Nine was attracting more than 1.6 million viewers to the US family sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. Last night it interrupted the program halfway through a series (with a promise to bring it back later in the year), and replaced it with Two and a Half Men, starring Charlie Sheen as an enthusiastic bachelor. This was apparently an attempt to reach the younger male demographic, which has been drifting away from mainstream TV to the internet and computer games. Today's ratings results will reveal whether Nine - like Seven and the ABC - has done a Thorpie. www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/29/1080544423695.html |
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Post by Ava on Mar 30, 2004 2:08:48 GMT 10
Eamon debuts at number two with F**k it (I don't want you back) when crappy attempts at Rnb ballads like this make it to number 2...i know Guy's ballads would do amazing things (Just as I am is just WOWSA!) In the albums chart, it's an all-Aussie one and two with Pete Murray and The John Butler Trio occupying the top two spots. Indeed Aussie bands and artists have snagged half of the top 10 spots in the album charts with Shannon Noll, The Vines and Jet at four, seven, and 10 respectively. 1 (3) Feeler - Pete Murray (COL/SONY) 2 (1) Sunrise Over Sea - The John Butler Trio (JAR/MGM) 3 (2) Patience - George Michael (EPI/SONY) 4 (4) That's what I'm talking about - Shannon Noll (BMG) yay!! i saw Pete Murray live tonight...absolutely brilliant!! and i might go see Shannon in May...never been so passionate about aussie music before!  |
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Post by SASunflower on Mar 31, 2004 14:40:50 GMT 10
when crappy attempts at Rnb ballads like this make it to number 2...i know Guy's ballads would do amazing things (Just as I am is just WOWSA!)
I totally agree. "Just as I am" is a brilliant number performed so sensitively by our Guy. I have asked BMG if they are going to release any more singles from JAIM and they said quite possibly. Everyone of you - call them up or email them asking for another single. It's too good an album for them to not do so.
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