the smoking rumours weren't rumours - why would singers risk their lung capacity and smoke? it's strange that what you see on tv is only what they show you
http://www.smh.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Idol-dream-reality-dawns/2004/11/22/1100972324601.html
Casey's idol dream reality dawns
By Damien Murphy
No sleep and more than a couple of packets of cigarettes later, the Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan did not seem to know what hit her and wanted to be bone idle more than anything yesterday.
So too did her runner-up mate, Anthony Callea, who was also full of exhaustion and nicotine as the pair yawned their way through a round of media interviews on the rooftop of the Ten Network's headquarters in Pyrmont. "I just feel like a big blob of crap," Donovan said. "All I want to do is crash, but there's all these interviews."
The victor and the vanquished had stayed up all night after attending the network's Sydney Opera House party, Donovan with a school friend and a couple of mates from Bass Hill, and Callea drinking champagne with his parents.
"I got my dream," Donovan said. "But nearly everyone wants to be famous and live out their dreams and do the thing they want to be. So they've been watching me for weeks, falling over and stuffing up, growing in front of them. I'm sort of them, if you know what I mean."
Amid the cigarettes and then interviews, Donovan thought it was a good idea to follow her predecessor Guy Sebastian's advice and dose herself with Berocca to protect her big, untutored voice. "And maybe I'll get a vocal coach too,"she said.
Her personal life has already become public property. At her first press conference on Sunday night her aunt, Agnes Donovan, raised the jarring issue of her relationship with her estranged father, musician Merv Donovan.
"Don't want to go there if you don't mind," she said.
Donovan and Callea belonged to the television network yesterday. Now Donovan at least becomes the property of the record company Sony BMG.
This morning she starts work on her debut album to be ready for the Christmas trade. Her single from the talent quest, Listen With Your Heart, will be available in stores on Monday.
Donovan and Callea are also to start rehearsals with other Australian Idol contestants for a roadshow across the country.
Donovan's first day in the sun was clouded by advertisement in Sydney and Melbourne newspapers directing her fans to a gay porn site featuring a large American chap also going by the name Casey Donovan. "I read something ... don't really know anything about it. Whose he?" she yawned.
A NATION IN TUNE
· The final of the talent quest's second season was the most watched program of the year, with a national audience peaking at 3.47 million as the announcement of the winner loomed after 10pm on Sunday.
· The peak was down on the 3.65 million who tuned in for the first Australian Idol final verdict last year.
· Sunday night's show swept every demographic, achieving a 74.1 per cent share of the 16-39 audience and 66.7 per cent of the 25-54s.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Idol-dream-reality-dawns/2004/11/22/1100972324601.html
Casey's idol dream reality dawns
By Damien Murphy
No sleep and more than a couple of packets of cigarettes later, the Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan did not seem to know what hit her and wanted to be bone idle more than anything yesterday.
So too did her runner-up mate, Anthony Callea, who was also full of exhaustion and nicotine as the pair yawned their way through a round of media interviews on the rooftop of the Ten Network's headquarters in Pyrmont. "I just feel like a big blob of crap," Donovan said. "All I want to do is crash, but there's all these interviews."
The victor and the vanquished had stayed up all night after attending the network's Sydney Opera House party, Donovan with a school friend and a couple of mates from Bass Hill, and Callea drinking champagne with his parents.
"I got my dream," Donovan said. "But nearly everyone wants to be famous and live out their dreams and do the thing they want to be. So they've been watching me for weeks, falling over and stuffing up, growing in front of them. I'm sort of them, if you know what I mean."
Amid the cigarettes and then interviews, Donovan thought it was a good idea to follow her predecessor Guy Sebastian's advice and dose herself with Berocca to protect her big, untutored voice. "And maybe I'll get a vocal coach too,"she said.
Her personal life has already become public property. At her first press conference on Sunday night her aunt, Agnes Donovan, raised the jarring issue of her relationship with her estranged father, musician Merv Donovan.
"Don't want to go there if you don't mind," she said.
Donovan and Callea belonged to the television network yesterday. Now Donovan at least becomes the property of the record company Sony BMG.
This morning she starts work on her debut album to be ready for the Christmas trade. Her single from the talent quest, Listen With Your Heart, will be available in stores on Monday.
Donovan and Callea are also to start rehearsals with other Australian Idol contestants for a roadshow across the country.
Donovan's first day in the sun was clouded by advertisement in Sydney and Melbourne newspapers directing her fans to a gay porn site featuring a large American chap also going by the name Casey Donovan. "I read something ... don't really know anything about it. Whose he?" she yawned.
A NATION IN TUNE
· The final of the talent quest's second season was the most watched program of the year, with a national audience peaking at 3.47 million as the announcement of the winner loomed after 10pm on Sunday.
· The peak was down on the 3.65 million who tuned in for the first Australian Idol final verdict last year.
· Sunday night's show swept every demographic, achieving a 74.1 per cent share of the 16-39 audience and 66.7 per cent of the 25-54s.
