Kentucky Girl – Oh, that Christian on PR made me want to throttle him. If I never hear him saying “I’m Fierce!” again, I’ll be a happy man.

Yay! The ones sent home were exactly who I thought should go…yay!

The ruling is : You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident (and be able to supply documentation proving this)

A Permanent Resident is a person ( like myself ) who came to Australia on the migration programme prior to 1973 or who are “specialist” migrants ( doctors etc ) granted Permanent status for a set period

Two years ago the winner of Australian Idol was from Northern Ireland and had a 4-year Permanent Residency Visa , becomming a Citizen after winning Idol

His status was explained early on and there was good-humoured joking about an Irishman winning the contest !

Last year there was controversy that 3 or 4 people in the top 12 were from the Hillsong Church who use music to promote Christianity
The church happens to boradcast a Sunday Service on the same TV Network as Idol !

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Sandy – Funny thing about this being my blog where I pay for the hosting and the domain and spend countless hours creating content for it. My opinion is bound to sneak in to my posts. I’d like to see A) the rules that state that contestants must be American citizens as opposed to authorized to work in the US. B) Proof that either Carly or Michael are not American citizens or otherwise ineligible to compete. My guess is that if they were in violation of the rules, they would not have even gotten as far as auditioning for the judges.

Othurme – I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt that she meant simply ‘off the show.’

Wayne – If only she could sing.

Sandy – I don’t think there are any rules against an American being on other Idol shows around the world. I would imagine there are rules about being able to perform in the primary language of the host country and being authorized to work in the host country. Hell, Simon Cowell is a citizen of the UK… should he not be allowed to judge? The rules clearly state that the contestants must not *currently* have a management or recording contract. Contestants who are taking their music careers seriously are bound to have had some success, however slight, at getting record label and management attention in the past. Kelly Clarkson had a manager where she got on Season 1.

hello – I think you should complain to your boss. Blake was ubercute last night.

Othurme – Right. Good point about the marriage thing, too. Forgot she was married.

Absurdist – Funny, the only thing I care about is whether or not they can sing.

Othurme – The sad thing is that I think more people vote for American Idol than turn out for most elections. Maybe if they made democratic elections as easy to do as AI voting…

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Actually, I think that they should all have to be US Citizens.

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