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I'm not the new Dicko, says Sandilands
Date: 15/06/05
By Amy Fallon
New Australian Idol judge Kyle Sandilands insists he's not the new Dicko.
But he warns the third series of the talent search program will be the toughest yet.
Ten's reality television show - responsible for turning winners Guy Sebastian and Casey Donovan into household names - will return at the end of July.
While celebrity judges Mark Holden and Marcia Hines are back for another season, the controversial Ian "Dicko" Dickson is notably absent.
Ten has recruited the outspoken Sandilands, best known as co-host of the Kyle and Jackie O show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, in his place.
There is speculation that Sandilands will be just as harsh on Idol contestants as Dicko was.
Dicko sparked controversy after he commented on one contestant's weight during the first Idol series.
Sandilands insisted he wasn't the new Dicko and that he wouldn't be controversial for the sake of it.
But he said the 2005 competition would be the toughest one yet.
"Weaklings will not make it," the new panelist warned.
"If you're the sort of weak person who cries at the drop of a hat, then this isn't the job for you."
He denied calling a female contestant "a slut" at auditions.
"I said when I look at that skirt I think slutty," Sandilands recalled.
But the new judge did admit he had already come to loggerheads with Holden.
Sandilands said while he was looking for the "complete package" Holden was on the search for simply "a voice".
"He told me he's looking for a Barbara Streisand," Sandilands said.
"I said I'm looking for more of an Ashlee Simpson."
The two were now getting on "pretty well".
Despite admitting he had seen "heaps of hopeless losers", Sandilands said there were some "superb voices" and the three judges were having trouble picking the top 100 finalists.
seven.com.au/news/topstories/87405
Date: 15/06/05
By Amy Fallon
New Australian Idol judge Kyle Sandilands insists he's not the new Dicko.
But he warns the third series of the talent search program will be the toughest yet.
Ten's reality television show - responsible for turning winners Guy Sebastian and Casey Donovan into household names - will return at the end of July.
While celebrity judges Mark Holden and Marcia Hines are back for another season, the controversial Ian "Dicko" Dickson is notably absent.
Ten has recruited the outspoken Sandilands, best known as co-host of the Kyle and Jackie O show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, in his place.
There is speculation that Sandilands will be just as harsh on Idol contestants as Dicko was.
Dicko sparked controversy after he commented on one contestant's weight during the first Idol series.
Sandilands insisted he wasn't the new Dicko and that he wouldn't be controversial for the sake of it.
But he said the 2005 competition would be the toughest one yet.
"Weaklings will not make it," the new panelist warned.
"If you're the sort of weak person who cries at the drop of a hat, then this isn't the job for you."
He denied calling a female contestant "a slut" at auditions.
"I said when I look at that skirt I think slutty," Sandilands recalled.
But the new judge did admit he had already come to loggerheads with Holden.
Sandilands said while he was looking for the "complete package" Holden was on the search for simply "a voice".
"He told me he's looking for a Barbara Streisand," Sandilands said.
"I said I'm looking for more of an Ashlee Simpson."
The two were now getting on "pretty well".
Despite admitting he had seen "heaps of hopeless losers", Sandilands said there were some "superb voices" and the three judges were having trouble picking the top 100 finalists.
seven.com.au/news/topstories/87405
