It’s been a whopping 20 years since Guy Sebastian became the first-ever winner of Australian Idol. It was a moment that went down in Australian pop culture history, cementing Guy as a mainstay in the Aussie music industry and in everyone’s mum’s Spotify Wrapped. But since the inaugural season of Australian Idol and Guy’s win, Idol and the way we relate to talent shows in general — has changed significantly. So much so that they’ll never have the same impact as they used to have on us 20 years ago.
