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It hurt to watch Idol bloodbath

September 17 | our TV junkies

Oh the pain, the pain!

Can someone give me a pill to cure the ill that is Channel 10's Australian Idol 2007?

Last night’s “rock” show was so painfully bad, it hurt to watch it.

Mark Holden described it as a bloodbath.

“I’ve got a headache,” he moaned, with his head in his hands, begging the audience: “Does anyone have any drugs?”

The lowlight had to be Brianna Carpenter’s rendition of Supertramp’s The Logical Song. Now I’ll admit I have a soft spot for this quirky contestant, but surely she would be more at home strumming on her guitar and singing folk tunes in a hippy commune somewhere.

She was savaged by the judges and, when she tried to defend the fact that she was out of tune by saying she couldn’t hear herself, Dicko bluntly responded: “Well, you should resign off the show then.”

He has a point.

Carl Riseley lost me last week when he sang Waltzing Matilda and last night I thought he massacred Coldplay’s Clocks by trying to put give it a swing twist.

Holden hit the nail on the head: “Based on that performance, you're the Barney Rubble of rock and the Daryl Somers of swing." Ouch!

Then there’s little Lana Frost, oh so sweet, but far too cute and innocent-looking to pull of a convincing rock performance, and Marty Simpson, who looks more nervous on stage than a mouse in a cattery.

I could go on, but suffice to say I thought there was more entertainment to be found on the judging panel than there was on stage during last night’s show.

One Idol fan has suggested to me that instead of forcing the contestants to sing in a genre that they’re not comfortable with, the producers should give them free reign to choose their own songs in whatever style they feel comfortable with. After all, that will be the style of music we can expect to see from the winner when it’s all over.

But I’m not sure if an inability to sing rock is the only problem these contestants face. It seems to me that the talent of previous series just isn’t there this time around, and that those contestants who do show some promise are making abysmal song choices.

Who should go tonight? Frankly, who shouldn't?

— SUZANNE KEEN

What do you think? Has Idol chosen a dud bunch of contestants this year or is it just the song choices and show format which are the problem?

Who was your favourite performer last night and who should go tonight?