The Loss of the Spanner

Currently listening to: “Trouble Trouble” by The Potbelleez.

I admit, I usually avoid the show Australian Idol at all costs. Period. The show is lame, lame, lame, and the winners never get ANYWHERE. If I rack my brains hard enough, I can only just remember the last few winners… Natalie Gouchie (sp?)… some Irish guy… nothing.

Sure, when it first came out, I was all Guy vs Shannon too. I loved the first season. And guess what? Obviously a lot of people did too, because you still hear from Guy, and I own Shannon’s albums. The guy rocks my unsocked feet, which is weird because I usually avoid country music in the same respect as Australian Idol. The guy has such a typical Aussie voice though, so all is forgiven.
Anyway, it was by pure chance that I caught last weeks performance of a man called Mark Spano, aka “Spannerman”, with the gravelly voice and scars that have you begging to ask how he got them. The guys got the whole sexy-and-dangerous thing down. Pat.

So, naturally, he got booted off tonight.

Honestly, he was the only reason why I tuned in this week. I don’t think I was alone in melting at his rendition of Chris Issak’s “Bad Bad Thing” last week. I mean, he OWNED that song. Even Issak himself (who, conveniently, was on the judging panel) said that, if he could go back, that was how he should have recorded the song. But whatever.

My point is, my heart is now bleeding. Here I was thinking, “Finally! We have a man who can out-sing the lead singer of Kings of Leon at his own song!”. But no. Gone, baby, gone.