Kris Allen beats fan favourite Adam Lambert as the winner of 'American Idol' 2009.

After four months of auditions, live performances and verdict shows, dark horse Kris Allen beat fan favourite Adam Lambert to become the winner of ‘American Idol’.

Sources say that out of nearly 100 million votes, only 1% seperated the two finalists in the final episode.

Both versions of the winning single “No Boundaries” by Kris Allen and Adam Lambert have been released on iTunes and can be purchased internationally.

The single has also been posted on YouTube (see below).

On behalf of TVAUSCAST we would like to congratulate Kris Allen on winning ‘American Idol’ for 2009.

Wes Carr has won the sixth series of Australian Idol, with no voting results revealed no one knows if it was a clear result, Wes sang his winning single You to over 6000 people in a first outside finale for Idol. 

On behalf of TVAUSCAST, I would like to congratulate Wes Carr on winning Australian Idol 2008. You were the best of them all and deserved the victory over anyone else. Congratualtions and I hope it all goes great for your future career.

Wes Carr’s debut single “You”,  will be in stores from December 3, and online tomorrow.

Tonight the finale of Australian Idol 2008 will conclude and we will have our next winner, for the first time since series 1 there are two males in the final, a final which looks to be a very interesting one.

Wes Carr and Luke Dickens will find that the red carpet has been put away and this year they will have to be content with playing the Opera House forecourt rather than inside. Channel Ten said the changes had been made to provide a better show for the public – with an expected 7000 to watch the live final at the forecourt.

Sydney finalist Carr said the show had already led him in the right direction. And it is a long way from where he was when the 2007 Australian Idol was dominating the screen. ”I was working at the bar at Bronte’s Robin Hood Hotel,” Carr said.

He’ll be singing his own tune at the finale. In a change for the show the formula of one song for both finalists to sing in their own style has been abandoned.

Instead an individual song has been picked for each contestant. For Carr, that is You – a bluesy tune with a pop sensibility. ”I liked it the moment I heard it,” he said.

So tonight you decide who you want to be the next Australian Idol, Wes or Luke…you decide, lets just hope tonight the right decision is made, we all know who is the better out of the two, so lets do the right thing.

Source: news.com.au

Network Ten should probably be put to shame, not just because they’re planning to run a Hilary Duff flick for their Saturday night movie, but because they’re actually spending valuable advertising dollars promoting it.

Why anyone actually needs to know this is on is anyones guess. But what we do know is that Ten should seriously be spending their advertising budget more wisely to promote their other shows such as Australian Idol…etc.

Now unless this show rates like crazy, by all means I will take this back. However the odds of that happening are probably 100000000000000000000 to 1.

“The Perfect Man” will air 6:30pm Saturday night on Ten. Damn! I Just gave Hilary Duff free advertising…

Vote in the poll, let’s see who is the best out of all of us 3.

Poll is now closed.

Barack Obama has just been elected the 44th and first African American President of the United States of America.

Barack Obama won 51% of the popular vote along with a landslide 338 electoral votes out of a possible 538.

History has been made….

Post your comments, are you happy or are you annoyed that Obama has won?

Well in this case it does,

Throughout tomorrow, Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain will fight it out in the most talked about event of the year, the 2008 Presidential Election,

it will be broadcast throughout all channels during the day, with SBS showing the most coverage from 2:30pm onwards, giving us the latest update on the election.

Tomorrow could create world history with the first “Black” President of the United States and would therefore indicate a huge change in the US and the world with majority already predicting one of the largest landslides in US Election history, but then again an upset can occur and McCain could win this election and become the President, and then allowing Tina Fey to take his place once he dies in office.

So for all out there who are interested in this election, keep an eye out, whoever wins will be posted on this page and you will either be happy or very VERY pissed off, comment your thoughts on who you think should win this election.

Well, by the looks of things, or it could just be me, the TVAus.com.au forum is dead at this present time.

Anyway, as with what happened last time, you all know the drill, post in here and make this your backup home until things go back to normal.

Foxtel recently announced the programming line-up and advertising partners for its new channel 111 Hits which launches on November 1, 2008.

“111 HITS is a high energy, high impact channel and we expect it to attract a big audience amongst its target demographic,” MCN General Manager Damian Keogh

“It’s appropriate that some of Australia’s biggest brands want to be visible in that space from moment it goes to air. Some quick thinking by OMD allowed them to secure the space exclusively for their clients McDonalds, Reckitt Benckiser and Telstra who will be the only advertisers on 111 HITS during November. These brands will also have high visibility throughout the coming months.”

Programming has been slowly revealed through promotions on other Foxtel channels, with presenters discussing a show and their memories of it. A majority of the shows have been moved from Arena, FOX8, The Comedy Channel and Fox Classics.

Triple Hits will feature such shows as Will and Grace, Friends, 3rd Rock From The Sun, and Ally McBeal.

For the first time Big Brother and Halloween collide in the UK, but pictures revealed of the new BBUK house reveal little of the terrifying twists the housemates can expect.

The large open plan living area is dominated by the central kitchen, while the bedroom already has that lived in feeling.   Should the housemates be expecting company?

More after the break…

And while the garden is on the slightly small side, it does have the essential hot tub, complete with BB eye – plus a mysterious bubble can be seen in one of the pictures released.

Details of the hosuemates, including an “official” press shot complete with the new look BB eye, have also been leaked, with “unapologetic” Marky, “raunchy” Veronica, “South London Geezer” Space and “bitch of the house” Grayson amongst the key characters in the house.

And of course, no pre-series press release is complete without an image of Davina – though this one takes the Halloween horror theme to the extreme, image on top of article

And though Big Brother Australia may be dead and buried for now, the World Firsts live on with this latest series, which not only launches on October 27th with an eviction night, but rather than casting regular bonafide housemates, they’ve only gone and filled the house with actors instead – and every word they speak will be the words of writer and TV critic Charlie Brooker.

Dead Set premieres in the UK on the 27th October and continues throughout the week leading up to Halloween.   For more information go to the official site at e4.com/deadset

You can talk about this on the TVAus Forum in the Big Brother UK thread in the reality T.V. section.

httpv://au.youtube.com/watch?v=eu0n4sTEtGk

**http://www.behindbigbrother.com/posts/2008/2429

2 PAULA’S FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!

Grammy-Nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi has joined American Idol as a fourth judge. She will sit alongside Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson at the judges’ table and use her background as an award-winning songwriter and producer to praise or critique the wannabe hopefuls throughout the competition. The eighth season of American Idol premieres January 2009 on FOX.

“We are turning the heat up on Idol this year and are thrilled to welcome Kara to the judges’ table,” said creator and executive producer Simon Fuller. “She is a smart, sassy lady, and one of America’s most successful songwriters. We know she will bring a new level of energy and excitement to the show.”

“We had originally intended for American Idol to have four judges,” said executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz. “We’ve seen from our international series that having a fourth judge creates a dynamic that benefits both the contestants and the viewers.”

Mike Darnell, President, alternative Programming of FOX, added, “For the past seven seasons, Paula has had to endure the experience of being the only woman at the judges’ table. She’s been as an island of consideration and gentle criticism between Randy and Simon, offering her invaluable expertise as a performer and No. 1 artist to the thousands who have competed on American Idol. With Kara by her side, Paula finally has some back-up and now there is going to be a lot more ‘girl power’ on the show.”

One of the industry’s most sought after songwriters and producers, DioGuardi’s songs have appeared on more than 100 million records. Her songs have been recorded by Grammy award-winning artists including Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Santana and Pink. Scores of major recording artists including Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, Pussycat Dolls, Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, Natasha Bedingfield, Jewel, Ashley Tisdale, Katharine McPhee, Taylor Hicks, Bo Bice, Clay Aiken, Ashlee Simpson, Hilary Duff, Jessica Simpson, Kylie Minogue, Enrique Iglesias, Nick Lachey and Marc Anthony have also released DioGuardi’s songs.

Over the last four years, she has been awarded 10 BMI Pop Awards for having written the most performed songs on radio. From her catalog of several hundred songs, over 264 have been released on major labels worldwide; and over 165 have appeared on multi-platinum selling albums. DioGuardi co-owns Arthous Entertainment, where she develops and mentors fellow hit writers, producers and artists.

It is not yet known whether FOX8 will broadcast it again next year, however it was a ratings success on Foxtel drawing in 100,000 viewers near the end of the season.

I will keep you all posted in regards to what is going on in regards to broadcasting rights in 2009.

Lets just hope that TEN don’t get control over it.

The new 90210 debuted on Ten last night, but even with the heavy promotion and fast-tracking, it just didn’t seem to go down well for the viewers. Despite the strong lead in it had with Australian Idol, it just could not keep up with the competition and dropped below 900K for the first hour, the following hour dropped again below 700K, ranking in at 21st place for the night.

Despite the successful premiere in the US, it just didn’t seem to go well down here. Although there was some competition and the fact that it did win the demographic for the night it still didn’t get ratings that were expected. How long will it last on TEN? Who knows. My guess is for the whole series as Ten really have nothing else.

90120 airs 8:30pm Mondays on Network Ten, after Australian Idol.

Going by my previous post you would have noticed that I was happy with Australian Idol so far, the changes they made make the show a bit more interesting and was a step in the right direction. However the producers (mainly Greg Beness) just didn’t cut it this time. Already at the Semi Final stage they have taken a step back and kept going with the same process, this is what annoys me.

As usual they will have 24 contestants, each night 6 sing and 2 get through, then at the end of the week a wild card will take place where the ones who missed out get a second chance and the judges choose 2 more to make the top 12…no, that is not the right way. You would have thought after 5 years they would have realised that this is not the way you do the semi finals. The current format just sends people straight through and who knows, that singer could have just one good performance and be absolutely crap for the rest of the competition.

The better way to do it, and this way will prune out the bad ones is simple, each night have 12 boys and 12 girls sing in a 2 hour show, the night after simply eliminate 2 from the group. Keep doing that until there are 6 boys and 6 girls making the top 12. Yes this could take up to 3 weeks but who cares, it will produce talent and avoid the one hit wonder singers getting through. Now I may be comparing this to American Idol a bit to much, but with what Idol was showing seemed like they were going to do the exact same thing and change it around a little, which was what we were promised, was it not Greg?

More after the break.

Another money making scheme has come once again, now with Big Brother gone, Network Ten have no choice but to bring in the cash once again, this time with Idol. What could they do?

Simple, each Monday night on eliminations, announce the bottom 3 at the beginning of the night; a step in the right direction however it can never be that simple. Those bottom 3 must sing once again and during that hour, the public vote again to save 2 of those 3 from possible elimination. Now this format only allows Eastern states to vote, and before daylight saving kicks in, only NSW and VIC will be able to vote right up to the end, and with a clean slate put on the votes, this format will simply not work, it could work as a once off twist to spice the show up a bit; but every week is just ridiculous and could ruin the show.

Although it is tempting to just stop watching, unfortunately I will be and I am edging to see this new format work and hopefully bombs like Big Brother’s attempt at a new format.

Leave your thoughts on Australian Idol so far.

Australian Idol 2008 has kicked off in style after last nights first audition show. The producers have started off with a new logo and intro which to many fans, shows as a huge change for a tv series, whether that is a good or bad change we are to find that out in the future.

The pros of this series is that the auditions will be over in 1 week, then semi finals in 1 week after that and basically in 2 weeks, we will have the top 12 for Idol. We have also seen that female judge Marcia Hines has produced a bit of a mean side this year not letting anything going astray.

Although there are the wannabe singer-songwriters who will get no where in life even if they do win, there is also some talent elsewhere in the pool. With a $1 million contract with Sony BMG, most likely a very nice car, and a possible #1 debut single and album; this years Idol could turn out to be one of the greatest yet.

Keep up the good work Channel 10.

All eyes are on Australian Idol this year to see whether a revamped version of the show can bounce back to prominence after a lackluster year featuring Natalie Gauci and Matt Corby. Both singers are yet to release a solo album.

So how will producers rescue the show? A source has revealed that major international stars will appear on the series as mentors and guests. Stevie Wonder has been lined up as a guest in October but executives are aiming for a female superstar for the final show: Beyonce Knowles has been asked to appear at the Idol finale in Sydney on November 23.

Rumours were also mention regarding the judges of Australian Idol, Mark, Marcia, Dicko and Kyle; With Mark now out of the picture Fremantle Media wanted all judges to be axed from the show and replaced with a fresh new team. However Channel 10 did not want to do that and went against their decision and stated that if 2008 does not succeed a huge revamp will take place with all judges being replaced and Andrew G leaving the show. Andrew G is rumored not be taking part in this series however no sources have provided this as of yet.

So what do you think? Australian Idol, is it too little too late?  Will it go the way of Big Brother? Leave your comments and give us your views on the future of the show.

Australian Idol begins 7:30pm Sunday, August 24, 2 hours before the Olympic Closing Ceremony. Perhaps a ratings grabber stunt for TEN, who are no doubt hoping that the viewers will tune in to Idol while waiting for the Closing Ceremony to begin.  

Check out the current promo after the break, which features some of the top 100.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkrPc_FZHbA

When nine-year-old Lin Miaoke launched into “Ode to the Motherland” at the Olympic Opening Ceremony, she became an instant star.

“Tiny singer wins heart of nation,” China Daily sighed; “Little girl sings, impresses the world,” gushed another headline, perhaps in reference to Lin’s appearance on the front of the New York Times.  Countless articles lauded the girl in the red dress who “lent her voice” to the occasion.

But now it emerges that Lin was actually lent someone else’s voice, following high-level discussions – which included a member of the Politburo – on the relative photogenicity of small children.

The recording to which Lin mouthed along on Friday was by the even younger Yang Peiyi.  It seems that Yang’s uneven teeth, while unremarkable in a seven-year-old, were considered potentially damaging to China’s international image.

So we’ll let you decide, did you think this was the right thing to do?  Would you have cared if it was the “ugly” girl singing?

Give us a response with your views on this controversy.

Why waste your money at the cinemas this year, simply because Australia has decided to release the movie 3 weeks after the rest of the world?  Why not just go find it elsewhere for free?

Not since Harry Potter 2 has this happened and petitions are going around on the net to get it changed.  It will most likely never happen as Australia always seems to get the short end of the stick.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens across Australia, 11th December. 21st November in the UK and USA.

UPDATE: “Not anymore! July 17, 2009! Suckers!” – Warner Bros.