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Kelly and Bek bomb
By Toby Forage
October 07, 2003
AUSTRALIAN Idol had an air of predictability about it last night when Kelly Cavuoto and Rebekah LaVauney were consigned to the pop scrap heap.
Rebekah and Kelly have said farewell.
Kelly, who dodged the bullet in two previous finals as one of the three least popular performers, didn’t survive this week, and Rebekah, while improving greatly on her past two poor performances, pulled out her lifejacket out one week too late.
While other contestants spread their wings into other areas, the audience finally tired of rock chick Kelly, who has stayed on the same path throughout the process, Killing Heidi's Mascara her final encore.
Rebekah was given rave reviews after her indifferent prior weeks. The mum of two sang Renee Geyer's hit Heading In The Right Direction, but headed out the door instead, back home to her young sons Filipo and Terence.
Rebekah's exit was particularly hard for fellow contestant Paulini Curuenavuli.
The pair had become close companions in the Idol house, where they shared a room, and the tears flowed freely as Rebekah sang for one last time as a loser.
Words of support for her friend were the last to pass Rebekah's lips. "Do it, girl," she said as she waved goodbye.
Levi Kereama survived by the thread of his do-rag, voted the third most unpopular performer. The R 'n B lover had made a bizarre choice in singing Savage Garden's To The Moon And Back, a performance that led Dicko - who dubbed the band Savage Cabbage - to say he now realised what a good singer Darren Hayes is. Laughter, inevitably, followed but the Englishman appeared serious.
Also serious is the simmering tension between he and fellow judge Mark Holden, who publicly cringes every time he agrees with Dicko and openly blasts him when they cross paths.
Yet public affection appears to swinging towards Dicko, who speaks honestly and coherently without the "badda bings", "hubba hubbas" and "va-va-vooms" that have infected Holden's vocabulary of late.
Equally confusing is the judges inconsistent advice to their charges. One minute they're asked to diversify and broaden their range - the next, sticking to what they're comfortable with is the mantra.
Next week, the theme for the remaining Idols is the 1980s, which could cause all sorts of song-choice havoc.
Only five from Levi, Paulini, Shannon Noll, Guy Sebastian, Cosima De Vito and Robert Mills will survive.
Darren and Savage Garden mention on Australian Idol
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