Comments on: Australian tragedy

By: ali

ali — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:37:11 +0000

Gee Duncan, I didn’t know “fat”was actually an ethnic identity.

Get over yourself. Maybe, Australian Idol is actually practicing a policy of affirmative action in the music industry.

Or maybe white fat blocks just can’t dance….

By: Vishal

Vishal — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:14:15 +0000

If you wanted to amend this than leave the original content and strike it out and put the new content after that.
This how you update a blog entry… not how you have
made it, as for newcomers … they will not get the context until they read the comments.

By: duncan

duncan — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:07:17 +0000

Amended, it’s been pointed out to me that Jessica isn’t solely aboriginal, hence the change.

By: duncan

duncan — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:34:33 +0000

And while I’m at it, Mark Holdens paddy jokes about Damien: that’s racist beyond all belief, imagined if he joked about Jessica being a Gin? the country would be in uproar. Reality is, the judges don’t back the white boys in the same way they do for competitors with a non-anglo heritage (ie white). I’m not trying to be racist here, but it is true, and Mark Holden in particular is the worst offender. Maybe the Australian public will get it right, after all the judges wanted Emily Williams to win last year and she didn’t, although last year was a difficult year all in all, the talent wasn’t there, where as this year there’s a lot more depth across the board.

By: duncan

duncan — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:31:27 +0000

Sorry, and I know it’s not PC to say so, and certainly I wasn’t trying to be intentionally racist, but look at the past winners…and probably more importantly look at which singers went on to have a great singing career. The Australian public sides with the so-called underdog every time, and unfortunately for Damien this year Jessica it is, and to make matters worse she’s getting far more support from Mark Holden than anyone else would if they sang like she does, the touch down the week before last is case in point: if anyone else had sung like that it would never have happened….and then go back some more, when she killed songs, absolutely terrible performances, Mark wouldn’t say boo about them, the most we got is “she’s 16″ and “I was disappointed”. Lisa Mitchell (who was crap) got her just deserts, so it can’t be the age factor, can it?

By: Vishal

Vishal — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:19:00 +0000

“she?¢‚Ç¨‚Ñ¢ll win because she?¢‚Ç¨‚Ñ¢s female and black”

This sounds like discriminatory and bit racial duncan.

It looks you don’t have faith in Australian public’s judgement.

Vishal

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:51:12 +0000

Duncan, I had no idea you were the type to watch [insert-country-of-choice] Idol!

Having said that, I think the quality of contestants on Australian Idol is usually pretty good to the ones over here in NA.

Rock on sir, rock on.
t