1. The reality of reality television
The combined effort to produce a star.
A show that headlined Australia and produced a few new stars. This article will attempt to fathom the journey that was Australian Idol.
The concept of journey, is in everything that one does; it can involve the spirit, the mind, the heart and the body, or all of these, and the consequences can "make or break" one, but the underlying assumption is that all journeys result in learning experiences and gained insight. The co-hosts, the judges, the contestants but especially Guy Sebastian, all embarked on a long, arduous journey that resulted in each of them gaining greater insight and understanding of themselves.
Australian Idol, the audience-interactive show took the nation by storm with more than 2 million people tuning in to watch week after week. The show was a selection process to determine the one Australian talent that could withstand the critical eye of the judges, the stress of performing a song each week and the burden of Monday night eliminations.
From the very beginning, hosts Andrew G and James Mathison have witnessed the trials and tribulations, the tears, the joys, the disappointment, the successes and failures, and all consequent emotions. At the end it was they who stretched the seconds into what seemed like hours, before announcing who was going to be disconnected from the rest of the Australian Idol journey. However, they themselves joined in on the journey. Both of these two men have a strong background in the music industry, being hosts of one of Australia's leading music channels, Channel V. This made them ideal hosts for Australian Idol. Throughout the duration of the show they themselves learned the difference between hosting and performing. They in actual fact were made to be the bearers of the bad or good news. "Australian Idol has been more than just a show, we have been witness to a journey through the eyes of the contestants," states Andrew G at the Australian Idol finale, "both James and I have lived this show for 8 months.
The first European explorers were the front men in what could be called Australia's first warfare-like conflict. ... Prior to World War One, Australia had not yet had the opportunity to glorify its country's war heroes. ... Indeed, many people believed that the Australian landscape was full of savages and was a dangerous place to explore. ... Great Explorations: An Australian Anthology, Melbourne, 1996 2. ... Sturt, The Chipped Idol, Sydney, 1979 3. ...
The youth of Australian society and other society's for that matter, find it very hard to venture outside the world that they have readily access to. ... Some of these people become "celebraties" and are "known" in a emotional sense: members of the mass audiences may follow the events of their lives, mimic their styles of dress and behaviour, and even (especially in the case of teen idols) imagine they are in love with them. ...
The single "Spiderwebs" reaches #5 on the Billboard charts and the band begins their first European tour, followed by dates in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Japan. ... Gwen feels guilty, but becomes the idol and icon to teenage girls everywhere. ... Tragic Kingdom reaches No. 1 on Billboard's International Album Eurochart, and was a Top 5 album in the U.K., Canada, Germany, Australia, Norway, Spain, Portugal, New Zealand, Denmark and Finland. ...
Besides, the music industry promoted idols such as Elvis Presley who was later called the King of Rock"n Roll. ... Nick Cave from Australia, U2 and Pet Shop Boys from Britain, Nirvana and Pearl Jam from Seattle were the most popular ones. 90's were the golden age of Heavy Metal groups such as Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radio Head, Oasis and, Guns and Roses. ...
Born in Ireland, she met up with Brendan Perry in 1981 in Melbourne, Australia a year after his formation of Dead Can Dance. ... She also wrote the songs in her home studio in Queensland, Australia. ... The popular music that I hear every day seems to oversimplify these themes in the name of appealing to the masses, and to paint a picture of the singer as an idol to be looked up to and emulated. ...
Have you ever had the experience where your name was misspelled perhaps on an account or in a letter? People take the misspelling of their name very personally, because a name is your possession. A name becomes who you are. It encompasses you as a person, defines you in the world, and allows o...
The "Dream Team" as they were called begun to be the idols of all the basketball fans around the world. ... Nike Air Jordan shoe's sales grew amazingly, and in Spain for example almost one out of two young basketball players had one pair of their idol's shoes. ...
The hip-hop generation is often denoted in the media as a demographic of teen-agers with pockets of discretionary cash. That stereotype, however, is exactly that- a stereotype. In fact hip-hop emerged in 1979 and stepped into the music market with a song called "Rapper's Delight" which makes most ...