Australian Idol has officially returned to our screens.
In the 14 years since the show aired, we've had plenty of time to get nostalgic about it - Shannon Noll singing his heart out to some country blues, the formation of the Young Divas and who could forget the fabulous performances by Courtney Act?
Now, we're the second week into the new series, and there's already plenty of behind-the-scenes gossip going around, particularly involving new hosts Kyle Sandilands and Harry Connick Jr.
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We've rounded it all up here in one neat package for you.
The prank that went wrong.
It turns out things didn't go down well when a KIIS FM staffer pranked the judges on the show this week.
During the audition, posted to Kyle and Jackie O’s official Instagram page, staffer 'Intern Pete' who works with Sandilands, can be seen singing Harry Styles' Watermelon Sugar while wearing a face mask and sunglasses to disguise his face.
At the end of the audition, Sandilands asks Pete to take his face mask off and reveal himself, before declaring, "I knew it".
"Who is it?" asks fellow judge Meghan Trainor.
"The idiot who works with me," replies Sandilands, as Trainor and Amy Shark burst into laughter.
But according to Sandilands, Connick, who was "not into jokes", wasn't exactly happy when he realised the audition was fake.
"Harry stood up and said, ‘Oh, my God, we’re better than this’, and walked off the set," Sandilands said on his radio show on Wednesday.
"I'm never speaking to him again. I’m not saying a word to him on the show, I’m not even acknowledging his existence."
Sandilands' co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson then claimed she heard Connick requested footage of him reacting to the audition was deleted by producers... which could explain why Connick doesn't seem to appear on screen during the audition.
Exhibit A.
Kyle Sandilands and Harry Connick Jr. had a huge 'blow up' over the phone.
Speaking of Sandilands and Connick, Sandilands told KIIS FM's Will and Woody the pair also had a huge 'blow up' over the phone which ended their friendship.
The rivalry reportedly came to a head when Sandilands criticised Connick in an interview for 'going on about the pronouns' of the contestants.
This article was originally published on January 28, 2023 and was updated on February 9 2023.
Feature Image: Channel Seven/Instagram@australianidol
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