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Dicko lines up for Hey Hey
Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson will appear on the new season of Hey Hey it’s Saturday in place of Molly Meldrum.
Meldrum is unable to appear due to his contract with Seven / Foxtel.
While the Australian Idol judge will appear on the first episode, it seems no deal is yet done.
I hope they make the most of this and pepper his segment with those Marcia Hines grabs, “Right on Daryl & Ossie” and “This show is deep.”
The Daily Telegraph notes Daryl Somers is believed to have successfully lured back Ernie Carroll as Ossie Ostrich, …
Nine wanted Kyle too
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 …
Is Dance patronising the audience?
I happen to think the dancing on So You Think You Can Dance Australia is exhilarating stuff.
The young dancers are terrific with their energy and art, putting celebrity dancers on other shows to shame.
But it’s an endurance test to sit through the rest of the showjust to watch the dance content. It feels like advertorials and verbal padding outweight the actual dance.
If TEN wants to look at one of the reasons why the show is down this year maybe they should be asking if there is too much filler?
On Wednesday night …
X Factor on the horizon again
The X Factor could be headed back to Australian television according to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph.
Nine’s director of production and development Andrew Backwell, Seven programmer Tim Worner and Sony Music chief Dennis Handlin have attended a London summit called by the show’s creator Simon Cowell last week.
The talent show previously aired in Australia on TEN, hosted by Daniel McPherson, but after following Australian Idol it didn’t succeed.
In the UK it continues to be a ratings blockbuster, while Simon Cowell is set to leave American Idol to bring the …
Ricki-Lee joins Mardi Gras telecast
Pop diva Ricki-Lee Coulter will join Foxtel’s live coverage of the 2010 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade this weekend.
The Nova radio host and Australian Idol star will be an on-the-ground reporter, alongside drag queen Mitzi Macintosh.
Coulter will interview participants, audience and VIPs at Taylor Square.
She joins Charlotte Dawson, Bob Downe, Julie McCrossin, and Molly Meldrum covering the parade for Arena.
It airs live this Saturday, February 27th from 7.30pm (AEDT).
Got Talent no Idol wannabe
Seven’s head of programming Tim Worner says Australia’s Got Talent will remain true to its format despite hiring former Idol identities Kyle Sandilands and Executive Producers Greg Benness and Suzanne Mitchell.
“In talking to producers [FremantleMedia Australia] about the show, we have never discussed Idol,” Worner told the Sunday Telegraph.
“We are certainly not marching into Idol or Popstars territory, that is not the intent. But we are marching towards a bigger and better show.
“Thousands are turning up for the auditions in cities across the country and the numbers are double – sometimes …
Fighting over the same carcasses
In entertainment news it’s reasonable to expect that journos at some point or another will all be fighting over the same carcasses.
It’s best done with a point of difference either in fact or opinion.
So it is with some interest today that a story on Australian Idol producers shifting to Australia’s Got Talent appears in one metro daily newspaper today -after it was published by TV Tonight yesterday.
No attribution. No advancing of the story. No name of the journo. Not even asking for a quote for the story.
…..thanks for that.
Coincidence? You …
Australia’s Got Talent to become the new Idol
The “Idolisation” of Australia’s Got Talent continues with word that two producers from the TEN reality show are now working on the Seven show.
FremantleMedia Australia produces both shows, and while there is still no clear outcome for Australian Idol, its Executive Producers Greg Benness and Suzanne Mitchell have shifted to become consulting producers on the Got Talent audition tour.
That could also suggest Idol is increasingly unlikely to return this year given auditions for the TEN show normally begin in April. Both talent shows would overlap behind the scenes.
Benness and Mitchell look …
Dannii returns to AGT, Brian McFadden imminent.
Talk has ramped up on the two judging chairs beside Kyle Sandilands on Australia’s Got Talent.
The Sunday Telegraph reports on the return of the expectant Dannii Minogue, noting a Seven spokesperson confirmed her imminent signing.
Meanwhile media has tipped Brian McFadden to indeed win the third seat on the judging panel.
Last Thursday, entertainment reporter Peter Ford confirmed his role on Radio 3AW despite Seven declining to comment. Today the Sydney Morning Herald adds fuel to the fire, claiming he is in negotiations with the network. Both claims follow previous speculation that …
Kyle to join Australia’s Got Talent
Kyle Sandilands is set to return to judging TV talent on Australia’s Got Talent, according to the Daily Telegraph.
The controversial radio man, who has previously been tipped to join the show, will reportedly announce his judging role on his breakfast show tomorrow.
Sandilands was famously dumped by Australian Idol following a controversial radio stunt last year, but later acknowledged he understood the reasons behind the network’s move.
The newspaper says neither Seven nor Sandilands’s agent Andrew Hawkins returned calls on the question of his AGT role, but noted that TV industry sources confirmed …
Got Talent, got McFadden?
Another hint today that Red Symons might be exiting Australia’s Got Talent and returning to Hey Hey its Saturday.
Both the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph claim Symons could be departing the talent show, in favour of his former variety show at Nine.
That would leave a vacancy -or two of Tom Burlinson is not asked to return.
Kyle Sandilands and his pal Brian McFadden are two names believed to be in contention. On the safe list is Dannii Minogue, who ironically replaced Sandilands and Jackie-O on radio when they were pulled off air …
Liza joining Ugly Betty
Liza Minnelli is reportedly joining the cast of Ugly Betty for a multi-episode arc.
The legendary entertainer will apparently be playing Lena Korvinka, a high school drama teacher at Justin’s (Mark Indelicato) school -totally camp idea!
Liza was going to have knee replacement surgery at the end of January, but her shoot is supposed to begin in Brooklyn this week.
“Ugly Betty’s producers presented her with a great offer and a hilarious story and they kept coming back to her,” said one source. “She’s going to be playing an outrageous drama teacher and it …