Irish Guy on Australian Idol

Vokes

Who's the bookies favourite?

dSTAR

It was 11/10 for Damien but it seems to be split now...

Kur4mA

Just saw this... and tbh after laughing off some of the comments I checked him out. AMAZING, and definitely the best I've seen on any of the Idol shows which I usually abhor. This guy is able to go from Unchained Melody to Creep to Nessun Dorma without missing a note. I'll admit, my jaw actually dropped when I was watching Nessun Dorma... WOW. :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZFA1zF6Yb4

As the judge says at the end, he was given this a WEEK before the performane and the guy had never studied Italian before in his life. Give this man from Co. Kildare, Ireland the respect he deserves.

lostexpectation

I thought he was G4 like not great, although the creep was awful, no force behind his voice in either of them.

im listening to wicked game, its terrible too,

a good choice of songs, no bridge over troubled water tired choices but still not great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEkRXjC7K-A&mode=related&search=

look at these comments, He blew Chris Issak out of the water with this version

ahahhahahahahahhahhahahhahah

passionless, pap, perfect for simon cowell. he sell bucket loads at christmas

Kur4mA

...What?

Mossy Monk

i agree with that guy

Kur4mA

Fine. Can you translate what he said then?

Mossy Monk

who said i agreed with him?

dSTAR

lostexpectation wrote:

passionless, pap, perfect for simon cowell. he sell bucket loads at christmas

The chart success of former Idols has been dubious to say the least. Previous winners (and runners-up) have had a big TV platform to launch their music careers although it appears to be a case of diminishing returns from the franchise overall as record sales are not as high as expected.

Last years Idol winner hasn't even launched an album yet! Her album has been put back until 2007, the first such delay in the shows history.

In past years the Idol winner would be rushed into the studio, recording an album — of questionable quality — in less than a week to meet demand in the hot pre-Christmas CD market.

I am not one usually for pop music but have to admit I was drawn to Damien Leith's acoustic sound straight away. Irregardless of whether you like his style or not I think that his sound has lasting appeal and you will be hearing a lot more from him on Irish radio.

BaZmO*

dSTAR wrote:

Irregardless of whether you like his style or not I think that his sound has lasting appeal and you will be hearing a lot more from him on Irish radio.

Hang on a sec. What do you mean by "his" sound? He's doing cover versions for Christ's sake!! And doing them on a Australian Reality TV Show. A country that's not exactly reknowned for producing musical artists of any great note (excuse the pun). Time for a little perspective methinks. He might have a decent voice but there's millions out there that do as well.

And as for hearing alot more of him on Irish radio? I wouldn't hold my breath. He's made it to the final and afaik Tony Fenton has mentioned him once in passing on his radio show. Hardly the next Damian Rice. :rolleyes:

dSTAR

BaZmO* wrote:

...And doing them on a Australian Reality TV Show. A country that's not exactly reknowned for producing musical artists of any great note (excuse the pun)...

What a load of uneducated crap!

Bazmo isn't there another thread you could hijack? You are starting to become tedious!

BaZmO*

dSTAR wrote:

What a load of uneducated crap!

Bazmo isn't there another thread you could hijack? You are starting to become tedious!

Haha. I'm becoming tedious? Right back atcha mate!!

dSTAR

See also troll and flamebating

BaZmO*

MODEDIT: No personal attacks here please. Doing so again will result in a ban.

plonk

BaZmO* wrote:

And doing them on a Australian Reality TV Show. A country that's not exactly reknowned for producing musical artists of any great note (excuse the pun).

ACDC
Wolfmother
Jack Johnson
Ben Harper
Nick Cave and the bad seeds
the avalanches
Savage Garden
Daddy cool
Crowded house

dSTAR

Hunters & Collectors, Paul Kelly, Bernard Fanning, Dead Can Dance, Regurgitator, You Am I, Powderfinger, Silverchair, Something for Kate, The Clouds, Killing Heidi, John Butler Trio, The Waifs...

Shall I go on?

imeddyhobbs

Every man/woman that is on/in any australian tv bla de bla is a foreigner
!was there any natives on this show?aborigines??

dSTAR

This years finalist alongside Damien Leith (Jessica Mauboy) is half Koori.

The previous winner of the show two years ago (Kasey Donovan) is Koori.

Mossy Monk

dSTAR wrote:

Hunters & Collectors, Paul Kelly, Bernard Fanning, Dead Can Dance, Regurgitator, You Am I, Powderfinger, Silverchair, Something for Kate, The Clouds, Killing Heidi, John Butler Trio, The Waifs...

i am surely not the only one who hasnt heard of most of these bands/singers

J.R.HARTLEY

what about kylie and jason then?

dSTAR

Damien Leith surprised everyone by being announced the winner of Australian Idol tonight.

Well done mate!

aussiegirl

Good on him.. He deserved it. Im very happy for him

Nea

Well done Damien.

pinkshirt

Hi

I'm an Aussie, and was just googling Leith after hearing him win on Oz Idol. Just wanted to let you guys know the good news. He's amazing! By far and away the best they've had on that show. It'll probably be in the papers over there tomorrow, but you guys have a head start :-)

Rebecca

BaZmO*

plonk wrote:

ACDC
Wolfmother
Jack Johnson
Ben Harper
Nick Cave and the bad seeds
the avalanches
Savage Garden
Daddy cool
Crowded house

Neil Finn is from New Zealand and Jack Johnson is from Hawaii. As for the rest...hmmmmm.

dSTAR wrote:

Hunters & Collectors, Paul Kelly, Bernard Fanning, Dead Can Dance, Regurgitator, You Am I, Powderfinger, Silverchair, Something for Kate, The Clouds, Killing Heidi, John Butler Trio, The Waifs...

Shall I go on?

If by "go on" you mean that you're gonna mention some musicians that people outside of Australia have actually heard of, well then by all means do "go on"

Vokes

Fair play to him.

Kur4mA

Good lad Damien! Based on the few performances I've seen, I knew he would win it.

dSTAR

BaZmO* wrote:

Neil Finn is from New Zealand and Jack Johnson is from Hawaii. As for the rest...hmmmmm...

BaZmO - I am well aware that Crowded House are actually a kiwi band as much as Australians would love them to be home-grown :cool:

As for Jack Johnson, not sure why the OP put his name as being Aussie??

Surprisingly you raise an interesting point...

There seems to be a tendency of countries like Australia (and Britain) to adopt talent from other countries once that person has been living in the country for any length of time. I touched on it a bit here.

It used to really bugger me off whenever I heard a British TV presenter refer to a certain Irish Band as British. Already this is starting in Australia. Damien went on record just before the show to say that next year he would becoming an Australian citizen.

I understood this to mean that he was possibly aware of the fact that people might see him as being a foreigner and not fully accept him and thus jeopardize his chances of winning Australian Idol. It is interesting that on his My Space page he considers himself a Grass roots Irish / Australian musician and songwriter.

Just think BaZmO now that its all over you won't have me to add meaning to your life!

lostexpectation

he is releasing a album of covers what more do we need to know

Stuxnet

im irish and have been in brisbane oz for the last few months, wouldnt normally be watching idol *cough cough* but have been watching damien from the start, he totaly deserves to win Ha' boy Damien...congrats !!

ClareBear

Just youtubed him to see what all the fuss is about...

Well he's better off than if he did You're a Star anyway!

Fair play to him.

Rollo Tamasi

BeeGees are Aussies aren't they?

BaZmO*

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

BeeGees are Aussies aren't they?

Nope. They were born in the Isle of Man, then moved to Manchester and then moved to Australia.

Anyway, believe it or not I'm actually delighted for the guy I really am. I just had a issue with the way some of the posters here were wetting themselves over the prospect of the new musical saviour that is Damien Leith, a reality TV star that has a decent voice and does cover versions. I'll hold off on calling him the next best thing until he's at least released a few original songs of any note.

Damien went on record just before the show to say that next year he would becoming an Australian citizen.

Hmmm... that's odd.

dSTAR wrote:

Just think BaZmO now that its all over you won't have me to add meaning to your life!

lol.