Is this true?

[flynn]

Not that it matters in terms of his right to be in Australian Idol, but I read this post in another forum (see below in pink) and wondered if anyone knew anything about it.

The topic was last night's Today Tonight show - if this is true - WHERE CAN I GET THE SINGLE? ;D


"She won a competition to record a one-off single, but it was never actually put into stores and only sold at certain close places. And off course then she lost the contract because the contract was for ONE single.

And anyway, if Jessica should get banned Damien should get banned also as his band is signed to an Irish label and they had released a single which entered the Irish Top 100."

[mozaic]

I didn't see today tonight but did find this article:

JESSICA A STAR BEFORE
6th November 2006, 9:30 WST

For television viewers, it is a fairytale story — an unknown talent who auditioned in the dust at Alice Springs before making the final four of Channel 10’s Australian Idol.


But Jessica Mauboy, 17, wasn’t exactly unknown. She recorded a song with Sony after winning the Telstra Road to Tamworth talent contest in 2004, with a prize that included a management deal.

Grundy Television, the company that makes Australian Idol for Channel 10, decided Mauboy was eligible for this year’s series because her Sony recording and separate management deal had lapsed.

Both Sony BMG and Telstra are involved in the current Australian Idol series — Telstra is the official sponsor and Sony BMG releases recordings by the winning singers.

A Grundy spokesman said the corporate links meant nothing, because Mauboy’s contracts were not current.

Idol executive producer Greg Beness said Mauboy’s experiences in Tamworth had no bearing on her involvement in Australian Idol.

“They were not eligible to be in the competition with (current) recording contracts or management deals,” he said. “If Jess had been picked up by Sony at an earlier stage to do a one-off single or a demo that contract doesn’t exist any more.”

Mauboy won the Telstra Road to Tamworth when she was 14. Her prize was to record a cover version of Girls Just Want To Have Fun with Sony, but her links with the company eventually stalled.

Mauboy is the only girl left in this year’s Idol series. She is up against WA’s Chris Murphy, Damien Leith and Dean Geyer.

SUN-HERALD
www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=24&ContentID=12231

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The entrants mustn't have a current contract or management deal. Jess's single was a one off so she was still eligible to enter.

Damien's bio on the aus idol site says "Reforming the band as Releaf, the new combo had success on the Irish charts and plenty of gigs " so there must be singles out there somewhere.. in Ireland

I think some people, like today tonight, are just muck-raking. Kind of sad really.

[flynn]

Thanks moz - I didnt even think of checking the Idol site LOL - I hardly ever bother with it.

I can be so stoopid LOL

But the fact is the ONLY reason I've been watching this year is because I caught Damien singing at the beginning of the series when I was visiting at someone's house and was immediately wowed by him (I think it was just a brief snippet of Hallelujah at the auditions or something - I couldnt believe my ears!). This is the first season I've followed since Oz Idol 1.

The thing that interests me about TT is why didnt they mention that Damien has already released music too??

[irishrokit]

flynn said:

Thanks moz - I didnt even think of checking the Idol site LOL - I hardly ever bother with it.

I can be so stoopid LOL

But the fact is the ONLY reason I've been watching this year is because I caught Damien singing at the beginning of the series when I was visiting at someone's house and was immediately wowed by him (I think it was just a brief snippet of Hallelujah at the auditions or something - I couldnt believe my ears!). This is the first season I've followed since Oz Idol 1.

The thing that interests me about TT is why didnt they mention that Damien has already released music too??

Well so did Chris. TT always tries to start something with shows that aren't on their channel. They'll probably start on Damien next week ::)Maybe someone that works for TT likes Jess and is trying for the sympathy vote. Although they were saying she should get disqualified, how stupid would that be. Then D would be standing at the opera house all alone Well he's gonna win anyway so I suppose it makes no difference ;D

I just wish the media would stay out of it though and stop trying to mess with the voting.

[OzBrat]

I find it amusing when Naomi Knobson sits there all serious after a segment and gives you the "naughty children" look followed by some stupid sentence like "..and we'll be keeping an eye on that story for you". I really dislike that woman.

This is just another chance for channel 7 to try and bring channel 10 down. It won't work.

[Neski]

do we ever hear about past news information from her anyways?

[irishscorpio]

well have a look at the whole PNG cannibal debacle . I would not give her or the current affairs programs too much credit...they are simply trying to sensationalise something quite insignificant to bump up their failing ratings.

[-- Janny --]

It does NOT matter whether the contestants have released any singles or albums prior to Idol as long as that the contracts they had are *not current*. Hence Jessica and Damien did not break any rules since neither of them is *currently* tied to any recording contract. I don't think it should be mentioned anyway that they had previous contracts, it will only rise unnecessary confusion (some people just will never understand simple rules -___- ==> go to official forum and they'll all go "ZOOMMGG Jessica and Damien shud b diskwalified!!! They lyke haf broked da rules!!oneoneone!!!.

Anyway... just ignore Today Tonight - they'll do anything to boost their ratings. How sad