Nine wanted Kyle too

By David Knox on March 14, 2010 / Filed Under News 26

Channel Nine was just as interested in hiring Kyle Sandilands as Seven, the new Australia’s Got Talent judge has said.

Both networks were on the phone on January 1st -his first day out of contract with TEN after being dumped from Australian Idol.

“I couldn’t do anything after I got sacked because I was still contracted to TEN,” he told the Sunday Herald Sun.

“But then Seven rang and had this (AGT) on offer while Nine said they wanted me to do something, but they had nothing, and I didn’t want to do Burke’s Backyard.

“Seven was the only one that was real and had something that I was interested in doing.”

Sandilands has been recording audition episodes with Dannii Minogue and Brian McFadden.

Source: Sunday Herald Sun.

26 Comments »

  1. Manj March 20, 2010 at 3:08 pm -

    Kyle Sandilands is a low level “talent”.

    one argument is here : there are 3 important areas where the talents contribution to our civilisation in history. they are music, visual, and number. Kyle difinitely doesn’t know much on number. for you missed to select someone who should be appear on the 4th searies at channel 7…
    you just don’t know much. how can you let more people to watch the program.

    “Never make the same mistake twice, There are so many new ones, Try a different one …”

  2. Manj March 20, 2010 at 2:45 pm -

    Kyle Sandilands is a low level “talent”. ask to re-judge the panel of judge by TV higher boss. Kyle should answer few questions to the public audiences before being the chief judge: 1. who is austraian? 2. what’s the difference between “got” and “has”? 3. what’s the “talent” mean?

    one argument is here : there are 3 important areas where the talents contribution to our civilisation in history. they are music, visual, and number. Kyle difinitely doesn’t know much on number. for you missed to select someone based on your level, who should be appear on the 4th searies at channel 7…
    don’t be scary. you just don’t know much. how can you let more people to watch the program.

    “Never make the same mistake twice, There are so many new ones, Try a different one …”

  3. "Anonymous" March 14, 2010 at 10:24 pm -

    Guy’s a jackass. He doesn’t belong anywhere near a TV camera or a microphone.

  4. Mathew March 14, 2010 at 10:16 pm -

    I know Kyle did all the stuff on air with aus stearo, but during the filming of aust’s got talent last night, while Kyle bagged the bad performances, he was very friendly, constructive with his feedback and very caring. I can’t say what he did exactly, but once the episode airs it will show how he has changed, and nothing like he was on Big Brother.

  5. PH March 14, 2010 at 8:17 pm -

    The man is severely in love with himself. Whoever said that “low self esteem” was a problem was Not thinking of Kyle Sandi-paper.

  6. Steve March 14, 2010 at 6:44 pm -

    I find it hard to believe that Nine wanted Kyle unless I hear it from a Nine or Ten source, he over-rates himself sooo much and doesn’t mind throwing the odd lie in to make himself look better. I remember his fight with Hughesy when he claimed Hughesy’s radio manager called Kyle praising him, which later turned out to be false.

  7. astrogirl March 14, 2010 at 6:35 pm -

    I won’t be watching that is for sure. AGT doesn’t really have enough pull for me to see past him being there. I’m pretty sure I am not alone in that. I think the execs might have underestimated just how many people are sick to death of Kyle. I wonder if the ratings will reflect that or not.

  8. bindi March 14, 2010 at 5:37 pm -

    you couldn’t pay me to take him!

  9. Jen Why March 14, 2010 at 5:27 pm -

    aust may have talent, but network execs sure Don’t have brains if they employed this goose. when will they learn?
    We do not want Kyle on TV.

  10. Andrew March 14, 2010 at 2:43 pm -

    Can you believe he has a mansion here and now one in LA on the same street as Scarlett Johansson! How much does this idiot get paid!?

  11. Steve March 14, 2010 at 2:40 pm -

    Kyle Sandilands? What to people see in that talentless hack?

  12. Craig March 14, 2010 at 12:58 pm -

    I just thought if Nine gets him and they don’t have anything for him to do we won’t see Kyle again LOL

  13. vrom March 14, 2010 at 12:09 pm -

    if both Seven and Nine wanted him, maybe us viewers just dont see what the networks do.

  14. damo March 14, 2010 at 11:10 am -

    well he will be off tv soon any way. agt won’t last especially when no one is going to watch a bunch od untalented idiots thinkig they are thext big thing

  15. Dave March 14, 2010 at 11:06 am -

    Thats just what we need… a bidding war for Kyle’ s ego!

  16. Jerome March 14, 2010 at 10:42 am -

    @DanR, welcome to tv world.

  17. Andrew March 14, 2010 at 10:31 am -

    I thought that would be right up Sandilands alley, signing with 9 and getting millions for doing nothing.

    AGT with flop bad this year with him and McFadden on, who wants to tune into them?

  18. DanR March 14, 2010 at 10:26 am -

    Hypocrites at Channels 9 and 7 leading the ‘Sack Kyle’ cheer squads. Obviously more about damaging Idol and Channel 10 than anything else

  19. Vince March 14, 2010 at 10:26 am -

    Kyle last night at the Australia’s Got Talent recording in Melbourne showed what a big heart he has. Viewers will be really surprised at what Kyle offers a set of contestants. Top bloke.

  20. Adam March 14, 2010 at 10:20 am -

    David S seriously AGT is quite a good show and has been on for a while now

  21. Steve March 14, 2010 at 10:17 am -

    What actually happened and what Kyle said…are probably two different things!

  22. Jerome March 14, 2010 at 10:00 am -

    my family went to a filming yesterday at Hamer hall. they all said that brian was the star of the panel.

  23. Craig March 14, 2010 at 9:54 am -

    Yes kids, bad behavior is rewarded!

  24. sarah March 14, 2010 at 9:28 am -

    Nine has no current comedic or light entertainment talent whatsoever…and they won’t get any good people unkess they start making people legitimate offers. It’s no great loss that they couldn’t entice Sandilands but they need to entice some of Australia’s comedic and hosting talent asap…2 1/2 Men can’t last forever!

  25. steven guy March 14, 2010 at 9:18 am -

    Will 9 ever get over the wharehousing mentality ?

  26. David S. March 14, 2010 at 7:53 am -

    Yet another ‘talent’ show (with Kyle Sandilands yet!), yeah that’s what Australian TV needs. Australia may have talent (though years of Australian Idol seems to indicate otherwise) but it certainly isn’t located in the executive offices of our commercial TV networks.

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