Usually you have to be over 18 to enter. Too bad BS#1.

Ah ok. My mistake. Wouldn't you like the fame? Lots of people try to be among the worst, so they can be on TV.

What you have to do is sing in front of the producers and then if they think you are good or really shit and funny, they will put you in front of the judges.

Mmmmmkay?

// r u telin me that all these ppl who are in nzmusic web, didnt enter?

Um, just because someone posts to NZmusic.com a lot, doesn't mean that person has what it takes to be a pop idol. In fact, I reckon that a typical successful NZ Idol contestant would probably be too busy with singing and music to be hanging out on NZmusic all the time.

Yes, a lot of NZmusic regulars are actively involved with performing music, but many others just like listening to and writing about it.

// cmon guys, show some kiwi spirit and show all the idols of the world, i.e americans & the faggoty ass aussies, what kiwis r made of...

That's got to be the lamest reasons for entering NZ Idol I've seen. It doesn't matter if you're gay or straight. Will Young, who won UK Pop Idol, is openly gay, and Courtney Act, one of the more entertaining entrants on Australian Idol, is also openly gay. I'd be just as happy with a gay person winning NZ Idol than I would of a straight person.

// Want to take a bet that most entrants are going to sing american music, in american accents ?

That sounds about right.

However, I justed watched the Australian Idol final on video last night and noticed that when Shannon was singing one song, he was pronouncing words the Australian way, not the American way. It stood out - that's why I noticed it. A big part of the Idol concept seems to be picking a singer that will represent their country as a pop singer, so it makes sense that they would be doing things with a local flavour. Hopefully NZ Idol will encourage contestants to sing with a unique NZ style.

Tell me about it! I soooo know so many people who are going for it. A few of my colleagues/friends asked me as well but Hell No..Im a lyricist not a singer although I can sing/harmonise if need be. I have 2 friends, no of another whos connected to a friend, know of some work guys from a family member, some people I've spoken to just recently met, some old as school friends..all these people. The competition is intense. I wouldn't be able to handle it - the pressure. Even one of our hang out crew members were like..'Shall we go for fun?'...just to get on t.v...Easier said than done.
Well, best of faith to all contestants, this is a hard one..We are bound to kick Australians ass but I dont think we'll beat American Idols Reubon & Clay..even though Clays the real winner in real life.
Hang on though lets see how it goes cos i for sure know so many singers out there. Being the millineum, we have climbed the ladder into the next stage, this is the generation that has scooped up influential talent & hence will deliver us the best of what we have acquired as a nation. Im proud of anyone that goes for it, I commend you & I wish you the best of faith cos I dont believe in luck..
May the best NZ IDOL win..I hope its someone who so so so deserves to win like Guy in Australia. He's such a wonderful person. Definitely needs to be someone deserving as well as with a sweet maybe angelic voice. Go Idols..

Just this morning, I ran into one of my hopeful friends going for Aotearoa Idol - man the competition is heated as I've posted before. Im hoping he wins, Im hoping she wins, Im hoping you win, Im hoping for everyone but there can only be one outstanding player in the field.
Too much talent, too much competition. Too much pressure.
Whoever gets it will be "DA MAN"

Oh Luci. Your Idol application form parody was ok, but parody is funny when it's based on real life, not some sort of masturbatory fantasy.

Do you really think that the CEO of Fonterra or Telecom would only make $100,000 per annun? I know that's a lot of money for you, but in the real world such a position would be much more than that.

And why would a rich girl be shopping at pissy cheap-arse chain stores like Glassons, Jay Jays or Hannahs? I suppose they might seen extravagant compared to, say K Mart or The Warehouse (or your local Salvation Army Store), but for a rich girl with money to spend, they would rarely feature on her shopping trips.

Have you even seen an Idol show? Because if you had, you'd know that pretty blonde girls who don't have great voices don't get very far. If they do manage to squeak into the top 40 or even the top 10, the judges will tell them when they suck, probably make them cry, and they're usually among the first to get eliminated or voted off.

Oh, and Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Nsync are anything but pre-packaged cookie cutter crap. They are pop artists at the top of their game. They are the ones that other pop artists try to emulate. It is their success that fuels the cookie cutter clones - the ones whose names you don't know because you don't listen to crap pop.

Ok, I know you get a lot of pleasure from this fantasy of rich girl Idol contestants, but I think you need to know that it is just a fantasy. It doesn't happen in real life.

Lame! you went to all that trouble and you're not even funny.

Bogans should not have websites.

ok robyn maybe Slutina Slaguilera and Bitchney Queers are no cookie cutter prefab pop, but that isnt the poin. These 2 have no talent whatsover (you never see them play an instrument) and the way they dress - send 'em to iran and the Mullah-Governing council will have them skinned alive once they got off the plane in Tehran, and plus all of societies ills are based on these 2 personifications of evil

lucy sam, is a voice not an instrument?

Hey Luci.

My talent is my voice. Christina aguleara's talent is her voice. Same with everyone who is on nz idol. That's the instrument that they work with teh most. I'm learning guitar, and i've played piano since i was 7 - though i suck at that too cos i've hardly laid a finger on a keyboard in about 5 years - but my main instrument is my voice. If you've ever heard christina accapella, she is truely amazing. You may not like her songs or her image, but do try to listen if you get the chance to her softer stuff on her second album, and listen just to her voice. It's truely envyable.... :o)

I just had a browse through your site sam, whats up with all the references to "Faggots" etc, don't you think its a bit homophobic?
And, if you hate pop so much, why do you waste your time creating a website about it? Is it really worth it?

//Nsync are anything but pre-packaged cookie cutter crap.

lou pearlman has alot to answer for these Trash-whordes. (hey i learnt a new word: Trash-whorde

//because lucy sam doesn't actually know anything about girls

Ha Ha! Brilliant, yet oh so tragic. I'm laughing but I'm crying.

Poor, misguided Lucy Sam.

//will i compete? suck my cock.

That's why they call ya bj.

I don't think bj's scared to try out - just put off at the prospect of being merchandise, regardless of how well or badly she did...
//even if youre not chosen as a contestant, they can make money by selling pictures of you or details about you to random magazines or papers, whatever, and you dont get a cent.

//You do that when you put a CV together.
Difference between this and a CV is that you have complete control over what goes in your CV. I think the clause that bj's quoted highlights the problem with trying to use this competition as a stepping stone to a career in the music industry; the winner will have absolutely no control over - well, anything. They just become a puppet of the NZ Idol bosses. Someone with the ambition may eventually make a name for themselves independently, but it'll take years to break out of that whole industry infrastructure.

Take Carly Binding for instance - I get the impression she basically had to start from scratch, and the exposure she got through Popstars still works against her as much as it's helped her. I reckon the only way in which it may have helped is that it took her less time than average to release her debut album (about 4 1/2 years from the start of the popstars process, I think?).

Not intending to put you off or anything, nz muso, obviously the whole pop idol thing would be an amazing experience, but just it's not really a magical starlit opportunity to make it big; particularly in NZ where the overwhelming majority of music fans are into hip hop, garage rock or indie bands. The whole Pop Idol format - teens and twenty-somethings singing other peoples' classic hits - will be really popular for as long as the competition lasts, but I doubt it'll sell many records. If the winner doesn't do well immediately after the competition, then it'll be even more difficult for them to convince the record label to back their own stuff.

... or maybe I will...

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