Alright, we've reached the final elimination of the Auditions round!
Our judges have had their say on which tracks weren't worth the airtime.
Sometimes we got it right (bye, will.i.am!)
Sometimes we were in disagreement (#JusticeForKarise)
And sometimes we got it straight-out wrong (#JusticeForRateWinnerSexy)
Like I mentioned before - our final elimination means that someone is going to be out of the running for the title of Popjustice's favourite Australian Reality TV superstar.
Is it a one-song wonder?
Has Karise lost all three?
Actually, it's someone in the middle. Naturally.
61. Cosima - Keep It Natural
Average Score - 6.70
High Scorers - @Music Is Life (10), @berserkboi (9.4), @pop3blow2 (8.4)
Low Scorers - @daninternational and @Pineapple (3), @klow (4)
My Score - 7.5
That's right folks, it's the wonderfully-talented Ms. Cosima DeVito who's leaving the rate entirely before we hit the top 60. Much like in life, in PopJustice was unduly done dirty. Or maybe rightfully so, depending on how you feel about material she gave us to work with.
I really like 'Keep It Natural', much in the way I really like Cosima - and I'm kinda surprised to see it go when some of the more middling contemporary fare is still faffing around in contention. But is a rate democracy and y'all have spoken.
'Keep It Natural' was released as the first single off Cosima's sophomore album This Is Now. While it only reached #112 on the ARIA singles charts, it hit #1 on the independent and the club charts (which is not easy to get not everybody has that). A big part of that was this was because the Taylor Square remix became a mainstay in Australian gay clubs:
*bops in older gay*
I considered us rating this one - and maybe we should have. I mean, we're rating the 7th Heaven remix of Paulini's 'Air It All Out'. But hindsight is 20/20 and I thought the rock-ish influence in the original might have resonated more strongly with the voting pool. WRONG, I WAS.
Anyway, we'll always have Cosima's wonderful run on Idol. Thank goodness for that.
@berserkboi (9.4) will be sad to see the good sis go - Rocking this sound! I won’t be sleeping on Cosima anymore – that’s for sure! Is her whole album like this??
@Untouchable Ace (8.3) clearly wouldn't be here for the Taylor Square remix, then - She shouldn't sing something this upbeat. Cosima needed something with a bit more edge.
@saviodxl (7.2) can hear another Idol - Very Kelly Clarkson-esque!
@daninternational (3) is hearing traces of another song - Word Up with new words? nah
SO THERE WE GO GANG! THE AUDITIONS ARE DONE.
Next up?
BOOT CAMP (eliminations 60-46)
Usually portrayed as the ultimate pressure cooker - a tough couple of days of minimal sleep, group in-fighting, broken dreams and people falling down dramatically in convention centre hallways and sobbing.
Our boot camp looks set to be no different. Over the next 15 eliminations we'll see untouched artists take multiple hits, acts leave the competition entirely, and maybe even lose an 11... or two.
Stay tuned boos!
Our judges have had their say on which tracks weren't worth the airtime.
Sometimes we got it right (bye, will.i.am!)
Sometimes we were in disagreement (#JusticeForKarise)
And sometimes we got it straight-out wrong (#JusticeForRateWinnerSexy)
Like I mentioned before - our final elimination means that someone is going to be out of the running for the title of Popjustice's favourite Australian Reality TV superstar.
Is it a one-song wonder?
Has Karise lost all three?
Actually, it's someone in the middle. Naturally.
61. Cosima - Keep It Natural
Average Score - 6.70
High Scorers - @Music Is Life (10), @berserkboi (9.4), @pop3blow2 (8.4)
Low Scorers - @daninternational and @Pineapple (3), @klow (4)
My Score - 7.5
That's right folks, it's the wonderfully-talented Ms. Cosima DeVito who's leaving the rate entirely before we hit the top 60. Much like in life, in PopJustice was unduly done dirty. Or maybe rightfully so, depending on how you feel about material she gave us to work with.
I really like 'Keep It Natural', much in the way I really like Cosima - and I'm kinda surprised to see it go when some of the more middling contemporary fare is still faffing around in contention. But is a rate democracy and y'all have spoken.
'Keep It Natural' was released as the first single off Cosima's sophomore album This Is Now. While it only reached #112 on the ARIA singles charts, it hit #1 on the independent and the club charts (which is not easy to get not everybody has that). A big part of that was this was because the Taylor Square remix became a mainstay in Australian gay clubs:
*bops in older gay*
I considered us rating this one - and maybe we should have. I mean, we're rating the 7th Heaven remix of Paulini's 'Air It All Out'. But hindsight is 20/20 and I thought the rock-ish influence in the original might have resonated more strongly with the voting pool. WRONG, I WAS.
Anyway, we'll always have Cosima's wonderful run on Idol. Thank goodness for that.
@berserkboi (9.4) will be sad to see the good sis go - Rocking this sound! I won’t be sleeping on Cosima anymore – that’s for sure! Is her whole album like this??
@Untouchable Ace (8.3) clearly wouldn't be here for the Taylor Square remix, then - She shouldn't sing something this upbeat. Cosima needed something with a bit more edge.
@saviodxl (7.2) can hear another Idol - Very Kelly Clarkson-esque!
@daninternational (3) is hearing traces of another song - Word Up with new words? nah
SO THERE WE GO GANG! THE AUDITIONS ARE DONE.
Next up?
BOOT CAMP (eliminations 60-46)
Usually portrayed as the ultimate pressure cooker - a tough couple of days of minimal sleep, group in-fighting, broken dreams and people falling down dramatically in convention centre hallways and sobbing.
Our boot camp looks set to be no different. Over the next 15 eliminations we'll see untouched artists take multiple hits, acts leave the competition entirely, and maybe even lose an 11... or two.
Stay tuned boos!
