A 14-year-old girl was strapped to a lie detector and asked on air about her sexual history at the urging of the teen’s mother.  As if that’s not bad enough (you can’t ask a minor about sex, especially on the radio!), the poor girl ended up revealing that she was raped when she was just 12 years old.

Network Ten programming boss David Mott has decided that Sandilands can no longer continue to work on the singing competition.  "Australian Idol is very much a family program and its appeal is very much right across the board, and we’d like to think that all families can enjoy the program in front of the TV” he said. "We thank Kyle for his contribution to Australian Idol over the last four years, but it has become increasingly clear that as Idol has remained a family-focused show, even more so this year with the 6.30pm Sunday time slot, his radio persona has taken on a more controversial position over this period which is not in the interest of the show… the recent controversy surrounding Kyle’s radio program has highlighted more than ever the conflicting attitude of the two careers.”

Sandilands had the following response: "I’m disappointed at Channel 10′s decision to remove me from Australian Idol. I have truly loved being a part of the show and wish everyone involved all of the success for this coming season.”

The worst part is that Sandilands may not even get to keep his radio show.  The station owner, Austereo, has put the show on hold indefinitely but I think that they are just as much to blame.  Australia normally has a delay on radio programs so that the station has enough time to censor content that might be deemed inappropriate.  Certainly, this would be one of those times.

Australian Idol returns on August 9, 2009.  Sandilands will be featured in the first three episodes (auditions that were filmed earlier) but replacements will be brought in when the show goes to live performances on August 24, 2009.

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If you aren’t familiar with Guy, you should give him a chance because I think he’s got a great voice and I love his energy.  I found the video for the title track “Like It Like That” so check it out and tell me what you think.

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Like his American Idol counterpart, Ryan Seacrest, Ben will be hosting a new nationally syndicated radio show called “ETalk20” which will go along with his work as a co-host on the ETalk television program.

The show will start this weekend and will be broadcast in 11 cities across Canada.  Mulroney will talk about entertainment news, do celebrity interviews and do a weekly countdown of Canada’s hit music.  I think this is a great idea!

Here’s a list of the cities/channels:

• KOOL FM 107.3 FM in Victoria, BC on Sundays at 10pm
• CFBT FM 94.5 FM in Vancouver, BC on Sundays at 10pm
• CKCE FM 101.5 FM in Calgary, AB on Sundays at 10pm
• CHBN FM 91.7 FM in Edmonton, AB on Sundays at 6pm
• CHTM 610 AM in Thompson, MB on Sundays at 6pm
• CFJR FM 104.9 FM in Brockville, ON on Saturdays at 6pm and Sundays at 3pm 
• CFLY FM 98.3 FM in Kingston, ON on Sundays at 10pm
• CKPT FM 99.7 FM in Peterborough, ON on Sundays at 6pm
• CHUM FM 104.5 FM in Toronto, ON on Sundays at 10pm
• C100 FM 100 FM in Halifax, NS on Saturdays at 10pm and Sundays at 6pm 
• CHOZ FM 94.7 FM in St. Johns, NFLD on Sundays at 8pm

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At last month’s NRJ Awards, Julien came out to perform his song “Les Limites” (see the original video here) and clearly mimicked Britney Spears’ 2001 Video Music Awards performance of “I’m a Slave 4 U.”

Watch the performance here.  I adore him for being so unusual.

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I liked Maria a lot but I wish Margarita all the best!

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Julien et Carla ont chanté ensemble Anyone Else but You des Moldy Peaches et le duo était tellement incroyable.  Quoi pensez-vous? 

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Canadian Idol season 6 winner, Theo Tams, debuted at #12 on the Canadian Hot 100 and peaked at #9 on the Hot Canadian Digital chart with his song “Sing.” Not too shabby Theo! That’s great news! I was so glad when he won, so it’s great to know that he’s doing well.

Other Canadian Idol contestants who made the Hot 100 include 2006 winner Eva Avila with her new song “Give Me the Music“, which reached the 48th spot. Hedley, who’s lead singer, Jacob Hoggard, competed for Canadian Idol in 2004, holds the 14th spot with “Old School” and the 41st spot with “Never Too Late.”

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Written by Lauren Croteau

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Tonight, the Top 5 contestants on Canadian Idol will be singing the music of The Beatles.  What do you think of the people that are left?  Leave me a comment and tell me what you think of Mookie Morris, Mitch MacDonald, Theo Tams, Drew Wright and Earl Stevenson?

I’m actually pretty happy with the Top 5 and am really torn between Mookie, Earl and Theo. 

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