Channel Ten Goes On Australian Idol 2008 Cover-Up Spree

On Aug 16, 10:27*pm, [email protected] wrote:
> Channel Ten has been accused for an online marketing "cover-up spree",
> in which numerous fan videos promoting Jeremy Shum for 2009 have been
> deleted, in order to ensure strong ratings for 2008. This has upset
> various users, who have vowed to respond by not watching the 2008
> series, in lead to 2009 which is expected to be a hit.

Ummmm...

Someone help me here.

Someone is putting up a number of fan videos promoting a certain
contestant for 2009, and the AusIdol people are taking them down for
copyright violation or the like?

Something more is going on here, and I'd like more of the backstory
behind this...

> When a user now attempts to visithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mkP0fWg_qc,
> they are addressed with a legal message which states "This video is no
> longer available due to a copyright claim by Warner/Chappell Music
> Australia Pty Ltd". YouTube has responded by removing the videos.

OK, but reading this appears to indicate that Jeremy Shum is:

1) Already receiving significant support for a 2009 AusIdol season,
and
2) That Shum is already under contract to Warner/Chappell.

Or is Shum a 2008 contestant?

Any Aussies down there, help us understand this...

> Neither Channel Ten nor YouTube would comment on the circumstances, in
> light of a possibility that Australian Idol 2008 may be the last
> series on national television, following the footsteps of Big Brother.

The Idol franchise is on its way out.

> Media critics have also noted Australian Idol's "family-friendly"
> product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing
> members of the Hillsong Church in consecutive weeks, once Channel
> Seven had revealed the Australian Idol Top 12 who admitted to being
> Christian.

So AusIdol is as fixed as the American version, eh? No real shock
there... Why risk a champion who is completely unsaleable?

Idol is all about control. Not even God can compete with TPTB.

Mike

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On Aug 19, 4:12 am, [email protected] wrote:
> On Aug 16, 10:27 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Channel Ten has been accused for an online marketing "cover-up spree",
> > in which numerous fan videos promoting Jeremy Shum for 2009 have been
> > deleted, in order to ensure strong ratings for 2008. This has upset
> > various users, who have vowed to respond by not watching the 2008
> > series, in lead to 2009 which is expected to be a hit.
>
> Ummmm...
>
> Someone help me here.
>
> Someone is putting up a number of fan videos promoting a certain
> contestant for 2009, and the AusIdol people are taking them down for
> copyright violation or the like?
>
> Something more is going on here, and I'd like more of the backstory
> behind this...
>
> > When a user now attempts to visithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mkP0fWg_qc,
> > they are addressed with a legal message which states "This video is no
> > longer available due to a copyright claim by Warner/Chappell Music
> > Australia Pty Ltd". YouTube has responded by removing the videos.
>
> OK, but reading this appears to indicate that Jeremy Shum is:
>
> 1) Already receiving significant support for a 2009 AusIdol season,
> and
> 2) That Shum is already under contract to Warner/Chappell.
>
> Or is Shum a 2008 contestant?
>
> Any Aussies down there, help us understand this...
>
> > Neither Channel Ten nor YouTube would comment on the circumstances, in
> > light of a possibility thatAustralianIdol2008 may be the last
> > series on national television, following the footsteps of Big Brother.
>
> TheIdolfranchise is on its way out.
>
> > Media critics have also notedAustralianIdol's"family-friendly"
> > product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing
> > members of the Hillsong Church in consecutive weeks, once Channel
> > Seven had revealed theAustralianIdolTop 12 who admitted to being
> > Christian.
>
> So AusIdol is as fixed as the American version, eh? No real shock
> there... Why risk a champion who is completely unsaleable?
>
> Idolis all about control. Not even God can compete with TPTB.
>
> Mike

What has Australian Idol honestly got to cover up anyway? It's all
useless nonsense; it's all about control of the mass. I think just as
Channel Ten stopped airing American Idol, Australian Idol is the next
to go. This "cover-up" spree is just another example of why Australian
Idol doesn't deserve a "2009"; so sorry Jeremy Shum fans, but this is
it, in my opinion.

I'm still unclear as to exactly what is going on here.

Unless they have already named the 2009 winner (Shum) and signed him
(!!! -- a full season in advance!) and built the entire AusIdol
franchise for the next minimum of two seasons around this guy, I don't
see what's going on here.

Now, knowing the Idol franchise, that's exactly what I think has
happened, but I'm just not clear as to what's being put together here,
that's all.

Mike

> Media critics have also noted Australian Idol's "family-friendly"
> product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing
> members of the Hillsong Church in consecutive weeks, once Channel
> Seven had revealed the Australian Idol Top 12 who admitted to being
> Christian.

> So AusIdol is as fixed as the American version, eh? No real shock
> there... Why risk a champion who is completely unsaleable?

Theyve done it before, with Casey Donovan

On Aug 23, 8:30*pm, "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Media critics have also noted Australian Idol's "family-friendly"
> > product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing
> > members of the Hillsong Church in consecutive weeks, once Channel
> > Seven had revealed the Australian Idol Top 12 who admitted to being
> > Christian.
> > So AusIdol is as fixed as the American version, eh? *No real shock
> > there... *Why risk a champion who is completely unsaleable?
>
> Theyve done it before, with Casey Donovan

Who?

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On Aug 23, 8:30 pm, "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Media critics have also noted Australian Idol's "family-friendly"
> > product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing
> > members of the Hillsong Church in consecutive weeks, once Channel
> > Seven had revealed the Australian Idol Top 12 who admitted to being
> > Christian.
> > So AusIdol is as fixed as the American version, eh? No real shock
> > there... Why risk a champion who is completely unsaleable?
>
> Theyve done it before, with Casey Donovan

> Who?

exactly ;-)