The Daily Telegraph
lacklustre ratings
Australian Idol
next Sunday, 26 March,” a Seven spokesperson told PEDESTRIAN.
Idol
Idol
Kyle Sandilands
asking an absolutely fucked sexual question
lack of diversity
Media Week
Idol
Married At First Sight,
Since Australian Idol last graced our screens, talent and reality shows have developed and progressed faster than my chest did in year eight.
reference. Miss you, king.
reported that Channel Seven will be saying bye-bye to three of the six remaining contestants in one go to add some much needed spice to the show before next week’s finale. This caused some viewers to suspect that maybe Seven were using this twist to finish the season early due to .
After reaching out to Seven for comment, a spokesperson has denied that the last-minute twist had anything to do with shortening Australian Idol’s intended run.
“Seven commissioned 21 episodes of last year. Episode 20 airs tonight with our grand finale
“Any suggestion that the season has been cut short is wildly inaccurate.”
Welp there you have it. But now that is on the home stretch, it got me thinking.
‘s return has been a buzzy topic since it was announced in 2020. And, as production was halted because of COVID, the hype only continued to build until it premiered in January 2023. But sadly, despite the excitement for the show’s return after 14 years, the ratings have been consistently lacklustre.
Maybe it’s because they decided to bring back problematic shock-jock and professional yucky man as one of the judges, despite the fact he was fired from the series back in 2009 for to a 14-year-old on his radio show. Or maybe, just maybe, the complete within the permanent judging panel.
According to , Sunday night’s episode saw an audience of 467,000 tune in to the show. While those numbers aren’t anything to sniff at, consistently lands in third or fourth place when up against other reality show bangers like which pulls in almost double the audience.
It’s a pretty rough cop for Channel Seven but I reckon it says a lot about the changing landscape of reality television in Australia over the last 14 years.
Reality shows are no longer the only way to become an overnight sensation, with up-and-coming talent almost expected to have a following on social media before they’re even considered for casting on modern day reality shows.
Plus, it seems that audiences crave more in their after-work viewing than another wholesome singing competition. Despite the throwback factor, in today’s reality show climate lacks a certain something-something. There’s no blind audition, the contestants aren’t forced to live in a mansion together or do elimination challenges.
It’s ~only~ about the singing. And while that was hitting the spot for us in the early 2000s, now the simplicity of that formula just isn’t working.
Let’s face it. We’re messy people who crave drama, spice and dirty secrets. And no matter how much Kyle argues with fellow judge just can’t provide that.
Idol Australian Idol is only further proof that while audiences are quick to tweet that they crave reality shows about love, talent and wholesome underdog success, the numbers just don’t back that up. Harry Connick Jr. Australian Idol
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