March 26, 2026 • 16 mins
In this episode of TV Reload, Harry, a contestant from Australian Idol, joins the conversation. He opens up about the pressure to conform to a specific image, sharing his experiences with being pushed to adopt a rock edge that didn't quite fit his natural style. Harry discusses the importance of staying authentic and how it's helped him connect with his audience. He also talks about the camaraderie among contestants, the behind-the-scenes process of the show and his plans for his music career.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's in the news today, but it was actually on
TV Reload the podcast last week.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Thereby get everyone Welcome back to TV Reload and on
today's episode, I am joined by one of the cutest
contestants from this season of Australian Idol. Today's guest is Harry.
From the moment that he hit the stage, Harry has
been the guy that you want to root for. The
voice is there, the charm is undeniable, but the journey
it's been anything but smooth, because while Australia has been
(00:25):
falling in love with his softer, more authentic style, the
judges and in particular Kyle Sanderlands, weren't always convinced. So
what happens when you're being pushed into a version of
yourself that doesn't quite fit. In this chat, Harry opens
up about the pressure of trying to deliver that gritty
rock edge when that's not naturally who you are, and
why staying authentic might actually be his biggest strength in
(00:49):
this competition. We also get into what it's really like
behind the scenes of Australian Idol, the long days, the
constant rehearsals, and surprising truth about how close this cast
actually is this here because despite what you see on television,
this isn't as cut through as you may think. Plus,
Harry reveals where he really sees himself as an artist,
the kind of music that he's about to release, and
(01:10):
why this moment feels less like the end of a
train idol and more like the beginning of something much bigger.
This is a really fun, honest, grounded chat and if
you've been watching this season, I think that you're gonna
love getting to know Harry just a little bit more so, guys, welcome.
Today's guest here is Harry. I'm good. But can I say, Harry,
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From the moment we saw you on screen, I have
been supporting you and thinking I can't wait to see
how far you take this. And there's been a few
times along the competition where I felt like you weren't
going to make it through. And so you've had me
sitting on the edge of my seat.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Let me tell you when I look at.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Kyle sandaland sort of comments this week at you and saying,
you know, I don't know if I believe you, because
you know, you're a rock guy, because you're such a
sweet guy. I can sort of see where he was
coming from in a way, I did think he got
it wrong.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I didn't find it hard to kind of come in
with that grit because I am probably naturally pretty.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Pretty reserve and like and happy.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
I'm not an angry person, so it was something that
I was always sort of trying to work on. But
I found it really hard to hide how much fun
I was having with the performances.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I think, yeah, I could see that you're having fun
with it, but I still don't know whether or not
I saw you singing a song that I think is
going to be the artist that you would be, Like,
I feel like there's still maybe you're still on the
journey to find that right sound for you. Like I
think you've obviously got that rock voice, an amazing voice
in general, but I don't know, when you're singing someone
else's songs, it must be a little bit hard to
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sort of connect always, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yeah, definitely, I've always had a lot more fun singing
my songs, and I've sort of spent a long time
kind of developing that bit of sound, and that the
judges kind of pushed me into a direction I suppose
that they thought would be like best, and I really
liked some of it, and I didn't like some of it,
but it was a bit of a journey, which is fun.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
So can we talk about the construction of that, because like,
how do they do they box you into being like
that more rocker, you know, sort of Jimmy Barnes's grit.
Were they pushing you to that?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Or yeah? Yeah, right, like not they don't. They don't say, look,
you have to do this or anything like that.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
But it was sort of just that you sort of
try and take obviously, with all the experience of the judges,
you try and take their feedback on board. And they
thought that that would be a lane that would suit
me massively. And I definitely enjoyed experimenting with.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
It, for sure. I had a great time, sort of.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Definitely out of my normal wheelhouse, I suppose. So it
was I felt like I was always having to work
a little bit harder than people who were sort.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Of working in their normal genre.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yeah, just because of to sort of try and get
the feel of it down as well as the songs themselves.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
But yeah, I had a great time with it.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
It's probably not exactly where I land in that sort
of heavy, harder rock sort of stuff, but it's definitely
something I had fun experimenting with.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Yeah, and so would there be a song that you
sung that you felt like was more like, what was
the song that you sung that would be this song
that would be who you are as an artist when
your own.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Yeah, I loved I love how to Save a Life.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I sung that last night.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I had a great summer.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
It was a little bit out of key in time
because I was so nervous, But a lot of my
stuff is similar to that, sort of.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
A little bit softer rock, I suppose is.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Kind of where I find myself most comfortable and definitely
in a band setting rather than sort of out there
by myself. But yeah, it's always fun doing something that
is out of your comfort zone as well. Like if
I think if I went in and just did the
same thing every week that I already do, I think
I'd find it pretty boring and like I wasn't like
pushing myself enough. So I had a great time with it.
I do think my voice lends itself pretty well to
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that heart of stuff, But I just find myself that
I don't have the maybe don't have the angst.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
For it, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Maybe that's what it is. I mean, how did you
feel about what Kyle was saying, because, like some people
online were saying they were happy that Kyle was coming
for you so hard because people were reading between the
lines and they thought that Klyle was doing that to
drum up votes for you. Like they didn't take a
lot of people can take it as a negative. They
were like, oh, no, he's saying no, and I like
it because he was trying to make sure that people
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voted for you. I mean, what was your translation of
his comments?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
It was harsher than I suppose.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
I would have liked to have heard it, but I could,
I could to some extent see what he was sort
of getting at. There's definitely like for me, it was
an effort to kind of come into something angry.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
It's not something that I sort of.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Would do naturally.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, I guess a bit bit of performative, right, Like
if you were listening to exactly what he's saying to
you to do like try and make it rougher or
you know, edge or whatever, maybe that's not who you are,
so like it's probably not something you could have adhered
to anyway.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Definitely, And like I think in music.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
He just have to be as authentic as possible, and
I think he sort of even touched on that, but
like it's something that if you come in inauthentic about it,
people can read between the lines. And I had a
great time with it, and I did really enjoy all
of those songs.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I think you could.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Tell some of the performances how happy I was through them.
But yeah, it's one of those things where you sort
of have to just just be yourself as much as possible,
and people like either like it or they don't like it,
but then at least you're not trying.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
To do anything you're not And how long has this
been going on for, because like you would have auditioned
last year sort of mid halfway through last year, Ryan,
And then how long did you then wait for the
live shows? Like was there a long period of time?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
It's been a long process. I think I was just
having to looked the first message.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
The first time I sort of spoke with Idol was
almost a year ago, which is crazy to think about.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
It's been a really long journey.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
It's been amazing, like so many ups and downs, but
it's been like a really.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Fun time and I think that's what the I don't see.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Everyone watches the TV side of things, but they don't
see how much fun we have in all of the
behind the scenes stuff. And for me, I think as
much as I loved the filming, like, it's that that'll
stick with me. I think from the idle stuff, it's
been like, it's amazing, how like all of the vocal
workshops that we do with such amazing like people like
we just work with such a great team behind the
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scenes here, and all the friends we've made, and how
close everyone is. I don't think people understand watching TV
close all the contestants are.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
This is the third No, what are we into? Are
we in the third season of Idol? Are we doing
the fourth? Okay, this is the fourth season of the
Channel seven, so we're at the fourth season. And I
think the one consistency that I can see through the
seasons that we've followed is the united front from the
contestants themselves. I don't know what environment has been placed
together by seven in Eureka, but whatever they've done has
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helped these people not compete, struggle or have conflict behind
the scenes, but it's been very supportive and very united like,
and I think I was saying to one, we're before
you know, I think that this group of people will
be friends for life, like siblings from this experience together.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Yeah, that's basically how it feels.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
We sort of get put in on the same floor
of a hotel, however long it's been with six plus weeks,
and you do become very feel as siblings and the
people we're all helping each other work on each other's
songs and stuff like that, so it doesn't feel competitive,
which is all man and I think it's it's the
public to kind of add that competition online and stuff
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like that that just isn't really there.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
It's just quite funny.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I think it's nice to say, though, you know, the
person who's making this decision is the public. I actually think, yeah,
there should be no judges safe, Like I'm I want
the judges safe to go away. I don't know, I's
probably going to get into trouble for this someone.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
It's funny because that I mean, as much as that
is a great opportunity to probably keep someone who has
sung the best that week, I still want the public
to always be in controlled.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Yeah, Idol is one of the.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Last really amazing, you know, reality shows, because we do
get this input throughout the you know, the important parts
of the decision making, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Yeah, it's also one of the I suppose few shows
where less to where things are actually like the results
are live, like things are live, which is pretty awesome really,
and I think that's that's something to be like intro
it just makes us such interesting TV. But also like
I've had messages from people that have been like, oh,
like tell me who's through, and I'm like, we don't
know until airing on TV.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
It's like we get heads up like it's live live.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Do people have different ways of campaigning? Like are you
able to campaign? Like you able to do anything at all?
I mean, I guess it's a tight time frame for
the voting to begin and to finish, But do the
contestants have different methods to how they react to that?
Like do you try and hit up Facebook groups and
drum up support?
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Do you?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I think everyone's leaned pretty hard into sort of getting
there as long as you get your hometown and your
community on the voting.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Reread the word as best you can.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
That was a big one. I think it's like everyone
reached out to different things.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
My old man played AFL, so I had.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
A few football connections there that I pushed through, which
is really cool. I've got a bit of a pump
up on the halftime of the AFL the other day
and then on the Trible m rush Ow which is
really cool from Billie brownless so. And then obviously everyone's
got different things.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
I know a lot of like one when I.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Was talking to a UNI and stuff like that too
get them more hyped up.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
So it's just a like using your.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
And really relying on your community, which is awesome. I
think that sort of is a bit of a testament
to all of the contestants that have got this part
through as how, just obviously to have that community.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Like we're all a nice people.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I feel like if you're a bit of a dick
through the whole pro like you know, through your early years,
then you wouldn't have such a community there to be
able to support you.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Yeah, that's that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
And then where do you want to take this? Like,
I mean, you've come out Astray and Idol. It's a
very high rating show. You've been given this platform, which
is very exciting. Do you start to think about how
You're going to elevate your career for sure.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Like I've already had some really exciting kind of like
opportunities arise from the show, like some festival slots and
stuff that I probably wouldn't have had before, and a
few interesting deals that's been sent through.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
So it's definitely not the.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Last that I've sort of see me hopefully, which is great.
But I've I've got a bunch of music ready to
put out and I'm just sort of ready to hit
the ground running. And for me, it really feels like
the start of an opportunity on the end of something.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
How do we like this is a good plug right
now for people who listening to this podcast. Can people
hear your original music already? Like do you have a
Spotify account? Like what where can people?
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Yeah? No, So it'll be under it'll be released, So
I think the first one's coming out in April, and
that'll be under my name, Harry Lamb. There's nothing up
there at the moment except.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
For obviously the idol the songs that I sung on an.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Idol, But yeah, it'll all be rolling from about April
and we'll start sort of doing a little tour off that.
I'm sort of hoping to do a bit of a
like an East coast to mid year and then and
then maybe at the end of the.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Year to a West coast tour, which is really.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Fun as well. But it's all in the pipeline.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Do you know what?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
I want to see you back? I want them to
bring back the Idle tour, Like I feel like when
the show finishers take that out to the regional towns,
take that out to the major metro cities. I feel
like I would just want to have the enjoyment of
watching it all live myself in my hometown, Like is
there you know, Well, how do we make this happen?
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Harry, I don't know, man like that something really.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
I know, Klanie, Kesh and I we're definitely going to
tour together, the three of us.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
That's something we've talked about. So maybe we'll be able
to sing a few of the songs from Idle on.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
That amazing yep, sign me up for that.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
But I think everyone would love it.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
I feel like a lot of our we've got mutual
fan groups, which is pretty cool. Hopefully it's a show
that we can package together and really sell and we
do a lot of songs together the three of us
and obviously our ones from the show, which is all
received well, which is quite cool. So no, it's what's
this space?
Speaker 3 (12:24):
I suppose do.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
You have a picck as? So, who do you think
is going to win? At this point of the competition,
it's getting down, you know, to some seriousness.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
It's it's pretty crazy, to be honest, It's I honestly
couldn't pick it. It's like the top eight is so
strong and everyone is so like likable and lovely and
it's just a really good group cash and clienty am
I really really good made.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
So I'm going to have to I'm I'm going to.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Put a word in for those guys, but I wouldn't
be surprised, like, and there's no one that would win,
that could win that would surprise me, to be honest,
everyone deserves it.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
I can't pick it at all at the stage. I'm
like looking at these people's faces right now and I'm like,
I don't know, like this is It's not like there's
a front runner of the competition. Do you know what
I'm saying?
Speaker 3 (13:05):
I know? Crazy?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Well, before you go, Before you go, I need to
ask you behind the scenes question, can you tell me,
being that you've now been on Australian Idol, what is
something from behind the scenes that people wouldn't know about
being on a show like this.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
I don't think they realize how much worse there is
behind I know people are doing that, but like it's
it's our like where most of the contestants are up
until like two and three o'clock practicing every night, and
how many songs in advance were already working like it
you never sort of just work whatever songs we're doing
that week, we've been working on for three weeks prior.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
But then there's also you know, down the pipeline you're
working on.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I've been working on my.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Top six songs wherever they were that they're always in front,
And I think it's it's just not knowing how much
goes on behind the scenes and how much.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Is on your mind all the time.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
People always think you're going into these things one hundred
percent healthy and like solely folks, but it's says so
much going on.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
What time are they getting you up in the morning.
Do they come run and knock on your door and
be like get in the studio, get on.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
They're not doing that, but we do get a We've
had a few people who slept in that have had
some pretty angry calls though.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
Were in pretty early.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Who's the person most likely to sleep in out of
your cast?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Oh, man, out of out of your bun?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
I'm going to Okay, what are your mates?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Yeah? I think maybe it would have been Lily Grace.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
I think she slept in two times.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
I love Lily Grace. She had so much energy when
I spoke to her last week. I think I needed
a valiant Yeah, she's everyone's hype girl. Though, Like I
thought she was great on the shoe because she was
so confident and she was like, you know, very supportive
of the other people. I thought that was really nice
to see.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Yeah, she's she's exactly like that, and she's like and
exactly how she is in real life as well, which
is awesome.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Harry. Can I just say I'm so excited to see
where you take this. I think it'd be really exciting
to see where your journey is going to take you.
I can't wait to your release some of your music.
I really want to hear your music, not necessarily the covers,
because I feel like we're going to find out who
you are more as an artist at that point. So
I yeah, I'm in your audience. I can't wait to
see what you do with this.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Thank you so much, Mane. I appreciate it and.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Enjoy chatting to the media. Has this been fun talking
to everyone? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (15:16):
I love it, man, It's part of the part of
a job. It's something I've been like, wasn't super comfortable
when I started the idol, but now I've gotten to
sort of just be comfortable with it.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
And I think that you the more honest and open
you are, the better it. Boy seems to go.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
I end with the haircut as well, like, it was
a good moment for you to go from the Harry
we saw when you first auditioned to the revamped Harry.
I thought that whoever helped you with the haircut decision
on point Chef's kid like, yeah, I thought it was great.
Was that your decision or did someone help you? Did
someone help you with that? Did you take a photo
in of a famous.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Person haircuts before? But it wasn't wasn't my decision.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Whose decision was?
Speaker 3 (15:59):
I don't know, Man on my high up to chain
than me.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Anyway, they were like, okay, Harry, you need to go
and get your haircut. Okay, fair enough.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
I had about six haircuts.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Would you believe it wasn't the first one they settled on?
Speaker 3 (16:08):
Wow? What is?
Speaker 1 (16:09):
That?
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Will be the other one? Did they give you like
a fairer facet and give you like a blow wave
like what would?
Speaker 3 (16:14):
What is? And shorter in the span of four Oh
my god.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
That is a real behind the scenes secret. That's good.
That's a good one, Like I think.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
That's yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
Yeah, people don't know that sort of stuff, but yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
It's just how it all goes.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Well, Harry, I have to let you go because I've
run out of time, but please enjoy chatting to the
media and yeah I'm following you as a lot of
Australia reason hair. Good luck with it all.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Thanks so much man.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Cheers yeah, cheers, buddy,
It's in the news today, but it was actually on
TV Reload the podcast last week.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Thereby get everyone Welcome back to TV Reload and on
today's episode, I am joined by one of the cutest
contestants from this season of Australian Idol. Today's guest is Harry.
From the moment that he hit the stage, Harry has
been the guy that you want to root for. The
voice is there, the charm is undeniable, but the journey
it's been anything but smooth, because while Australia has been
(00:25):
falling in love with his softer, more authentic style, the
judges and in particular Kyle Sanderlands, weren't always convinced. So
what happens when you're being pushed into a version of
yourself that doesn't quite fit. In this chat, Harry opens
up about the pressure of trying to deliver that gritty
rock edge when that's not naturally who you are, and
why staying authentic might actually be his biggest strength in
(00:49):
this competition. We also get into what it's really like
behind the scenes of Australian Idol, the long days, the
constant rehearsals, and surprising truth about how close this cast
actually is this here because despite what you see on television,
this isn't as cut through as you may think. Plus,
Harry reveals where he really sees himself as an artist,
the kind of music that he's about to release, and
(01:10):
why this moment feels less like the end of a
train idol and more like the beginning of something much bigger.
This is a really fun, honest, grounded chat and if
you've been watching this season, I think that you're gonna
love getting to know Harry just a little bit more so, guys, welcome.
Today's guest here is Harry. I'm good. But can I say, Harry,
(01:31):
From the moment we saw you on screen, I have
been supporting you and thinking I can't wait to see
how far you take this. And there's been a few
times along the competition where I felt like you weren't
going to make it through. And so you've had me
sitting on the edge of my seat.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Let me tell you when I look at.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Kyle sandaland sort of comments this week at you and saying,
you know, I don't know if I believe you, because
you know, you're a rock guy, because you're such a
sweet guy. I can sort of see where he was
coming from in a way, I did think he got
it wrong.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I didn't find it hard to kind of come in
with that grit because I am probably naturally pretty.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Pretty reserve and like and happy.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
I'm not an angry person, so it was something that
I was always sort of trying to work on. But
I found it really hard to hide how much fun
I was having with the performances.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I think, yeah, I could see that you're having fun
with it, but I still don't know whether or not
I saw you singing a song that I think is
going to be the artist that you would be, Like,
I feel like there's still maybe you're still on the
journey to find that right sound for you. Like I
think you've obviously got that rock voice, an amazing voice
in general, but I don't know, when you're singing someone
else's songs, it must be a little bit hard to
(02:38):
sort of connect always, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yeah, definitely, I've always had a lot more fun singing
my songs, and I've sort of spent a long time
kind of developing that bit of sound, and that the
judges kind of pushed me into a direction I suppose
that they thought would be like best, and I really
liked some of it, and I didn't like some of it,
but it was a bit of a journey, which is fun.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
So can we talk about the construction of that, because like,
how do they do they box you into being like
that more rocker, you know, sort of Jimmy Barnes's grit.
Were they pushing you to that?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Or yeah? Yeah, right, like not they don't. They don't say, look,
you have to do this or anything like that.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
But it was sort of just that you sort of
try and take obviously, with all the experience of the judges,
you try and take their feedback on board. And they
thought that that would be a lane that would suit
me massively. And I definitely enjoyed experimenting with.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
It, for sure. I had a great time, sort of.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Definitely out of my normal wheelhouse, I suppose. So it
was I felt like I was always having to work
a little bit harder than people who were sort.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Of working in their normal genre.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yeah, just because of to sort of try and get
the feel of it down as well as the songs themselves.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
But yeah, I had a great time with it.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
It's probably not exactly where I land in that sort
of heavy, harder rock sort of stuff, but it's definitely
something I had fun experimenting with.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Yeah, and so would there be a song that you
sung that you felt like was more like, what was
the song that you sung that would be this song
that would be who you are as an artist when
your own.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Yeah, I loved I love how to Save a Life.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I sung that last night.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I had a great summer.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
It was a little bit out of key in time
because I was so nervous, But a lot of my
stuff is similar to that, sort of.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
A little bit softer rock, I suppose is.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Kind of where I find myself most comfortable and definitely
in a band setting rather than sort of out there
by myself. But yeah, it's always fun doing something that
is out of your comfort zone as well. Like if
I think if I went in and just did the
same thing every week that I already do, I think
I'd find it pretty boring and like I wasn't like
pushing myself enough. So I had a great time with it.
I do think my voice lends itself pretty well to
(04:39):
that heart of stuff, But I just find myself that
I don't have the maybe don't have the angst.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
For it, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Maybe that's what it is. I mean, how did you
feel about what Kyle was saying, because, like some people
online were saying they were happy that Kyle was coming
for you so hard because people were reading between the
lines and they thought that Klyle was doing that to
drum up votes for you. Like they didn't take a
lot of people can take it as a negative. They
were like, oh, no, he's saying no, and I like
it because he was trying to make sure that people
(05:06):
voted for you. I mean, what was your translation of
his comments?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
It was harsher than I suppose.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
I would have liked to have heard it, but I could,
I could to some extent see what he was sort
of getting at. There's definitely like for me, it was
an effort to kind of come into something angry.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
It's not something that I sort of.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Would do naturally.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, I guess a bit bit of performative, right, Like
if you were listening to exactly what he's saying to
you to do like try and make it rougher or
you know, edge or whatever, maybe that's not who you are,
so like it's probably not something you could have adhered
to anyway.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Definitely, And like I think in music.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
He just have to be as authentic as possible, and
I think he sort of even touched on that, but
like it's something that if you come in inauthentic about it,
people can read between the lines. And I had a
great time with it, and I did really enjoy all
of those songs.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I think you could.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Tell some of the performances how happy I was through them.
But yeah, it's one of those things where you sort
of have to just just be yourself as much as possible,
and people like either like it or they don't like it,
but then at least you're not trying.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
To do anything you're not And how long has this
been going on for, because like you would have auditioned
last year sort of mid halfway through last year, Ryan,
And then how long did you then wait for the
live shows? Like was there a long period of time?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
It's been a long process. I think I was just
having to looked the first message.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
The first time I sort of spoke with Idol was
almost a year ago, which is crazy to think about.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
It's been a really long journey.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
It's been amazing, like so many ups and downs, but
it's been like a really.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Fun time and I think that's what the I don't see.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Everyone watches the TV side of things, but they don't
see how much fun we have in all of the
behind the scenes stuff. And for me, I think as
much as I loved the filming, like, it's that that'll
stick with me. I think from the idle stuff, it's
been like, it's amazing, how like all of the vocal
workshops that we do with such amazing like people like
we just work with such a great team behind the
(06:54):
scenes here, and all the friends we've made, and how
close everyone is. I don't think people understand watching TV
close all the contestants are.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
This is the third No, what are we into? Are
we in the third season of Idol? Are we doing
the fourth? Okay, this is the fourth season of the
Channel seven, so we're at the fourth season. And I
think the one consistency that I can see through the
seasons that we've followed is the united front from the
contestants themselves. I don't know what environment has been placed
together by seven in Eureka, but whatever they've done has
(07:25):
helped these people not compete, struggle or have conflict behind
the scenes, but it's been very supportive and very united like,
and I think I was saying to one, we're before
you know, I think that this group of people will
be friends for life, like siblings from this experience together.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Yeah, that's basically how it feels.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
We sort of get put in on the same floor
of a hotel, however long it's been with six plus weeks,
and you do become very feel as siblings and the
people we're all helping each other work on each other's
songs and stuff like that, so it doesn't feel competitive,
which is all man and I think it's it's the
public to kind of add that competition online and stuff
(08:04):
like that that just isn't really there.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
It's just quite funny.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I think it's nice to say, though, you know, the
person who's making this decision is the public. I actually think, yeah,
there should be no judges safe, Like I'm I want
the judges safe to go away. I don't know, I's
probably going to get into trouble for this someone.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
It's funny because that I mean, as much as that
is a great opportunity to probably keep someone who has
sung the best that week, I still want the public
to always be in controlled.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Yeah, Idol is one of the.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Last really amazing, you know, reality shows, because we do
get this input throughout the you know, the important parts
of the decision making, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Yeah, it's also one of the I suppose few shows
where less to where things are actually like the results
are live, like things are live, which is pretty awesome really,
and I think that's that's something to be like intro
it just makes us such interesting TV. But also like
I've had messages from people that have been like, oh,
like tell me who's through, and I'm like, we don't
know until airing on TV.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
It's like we get heads up like it's live live.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Do people have different ways of campaigning? Like are you
able to campaign? Like you able to do anything at all?
I mean, I guess it's a tight time frame for
the voting to begin and to finish, But do the
contestants have different methods to how they react to that?
Like do you try and hit up Facebook groups and
drum up support?
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Do you?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I think everyone's leaned pretty hard into sort of getting
there as long as you get your hometown and your
community on the voting.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Reread the word as best you can.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
That was a big one. I think it's like everyone
reached out to different things.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
My old man played AFL, so I had.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
A few football connections there that I pushed through, which
is really cool. I've got a bit of a pump
up on the halftime of the AFL the other day
and then on the Trible m rush Ow which is
really cool from Billie brownless so. And then obviously everyone's
got different things.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
I know a lot of like one when I.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Was talking to a UNI and stuff like that too
get them more hyped up.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
So it's just a like using your.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
And really relying on your community, which is awesome. I
think that sort of is a bit of a testament
to all of the contestants that have got this part
through as how, just obviously to have that community.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Like we're all a nice people.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I feel like if you're a bit of a dick
through the whole pro like you know, through your early years,
then you wouldn't have such a community there to be
able to support you.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Yeah, that's that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
And then where do you want to take this? Like,
I mean, you've come out Astray and Idol. It's a
very high rating show. You've been given this platform, which
is very exciting. Do you start to think about how
You're going to elevate your career for sure.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Like I've already had some really exciting kind of like
opportunities arise from the show, like some festival slots and
stuff that I probably wouldn't have had before, and a
few interesting deals that's been sent through.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
So it's definitely not the.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Last that I've sort of see me hopefully, which is great.
But I've I've got a bunch of music ready to
put out and I'm just sort of ready to hit
the ground running. And for me, it really feels like
the start of an opportunity on the end of something.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
How do we like this is a good plug right
now for people who listening to this podcast. Can people
hear your original music already? Like do you have a
Spotify account? Like what where can people?
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Yeah? No, So it'll be under it'll be released, So
I think the first one's coming out in April, and
that'll be under my name, Harry Lamb. There's nothing up
there at the moment except.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
For obviously the idol the songs that I sung on an.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Idol, But yeah, it'll all be rolling from about April
and we'll start sort of doing a little tour off that.
I'm sort of hoping to do a bit of a
like an East coast to mid year and then and
then maybe at the end of the.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Year to a West coast tour, which is really.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Fun as well. But it's all in the pipeline.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Do you know what?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
I want to see you back? I want them to
bring back the Idle tour, Like I feel like when
the show finishers take that out to the regional towns,
take that out to the major metro cities. I feel
like I would just want to have the enjoyment of
watching it all live myself in my hometown, Like is
there you know, Well, how do we make this happen?
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Harry, I don't know, man like that something really.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
I know, Klanie, Kesh and I we're definitely going to
tour together, the three of us.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
That's something we've talked about. So maybe we'll be able
to sing a few of the songs from Idle on.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
That amazing yep, sign me up for that.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
But I think everyone would love it.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
I feel like a lot of our we've got mutual
fan groups, which is pretty cool. Hopefully it's a show
that we can package together and really sell and we
do a lot of songs together the three of us
and obviously our ones from the show, which is all
received well, which is quite cool. So no, it's what's
this space?
Speaker 3 (12:24):
I suppose do.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
You have a picck as? So, who do you think
is going to win? At this point of the competition,
it's getting down, you know, to some seriousness.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
It's it's pretty crazy, to be honest, It's I honestly
couldn't pick it. It's like the top eight is so
strong and everyone is so like likable and lovely and
it's just a really good group cash and clienty am
I really really good made.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
So I'm going to have to I'm I'm going to.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Put a word in for those guys, but I wouldn't
be surprised, like, and there's no one that would win,
that could win that would surprise me, to be honest,
everyone deserves it.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
I can't pick it at all at the stage. I'm
like looking at these people's faces right now and I'm like,
I don't know, like this is It's not like there's
a front runner of the competition. Do you know what
I'm saying?
Speaker 3 (13:05):
I know? Crazy?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Well, before you go, Before you go, I need to
ask you behind the scenes question, can you tell me,
being that you've now been on Australian Idol, what is
something from behind the scenes that people wouldn't know about
being on a show like this.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
I don't think they realize how much worse there is
behind I know people are doing that, but like it's
it's our like where most of the contestants are up
until like two and three o'clock practicing every night, and
how many songs in advance were already working like it
you never sort of just work whatever songs we're doing
that week, we've been working on for three weeks prior.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
But then there's also you know, down the pipeline you're
working on.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I've been working on my.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Top six songs wherever they were that they're always in front,
And I think it's it's just not knowing how much
goes on behind the scenes and how much.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Is on your mind all the time.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
People always think you're going into these things one hundred
percent healthy and like solely folks, but it's says so
much going on.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
What time are they getting you up in the morning.
Do they come run and knock on your door and
be like get in the studio, get on.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
They're not doing that, but we do get a We've
had a few people who slept in that have had
some pretty angry calls though.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
Were in pretty early.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Who's the person most likely to sleep in out of
your cast?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Oh, man, out of out of your bun?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
I'm going to Okay, what are your mates?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Yeah? I think maybe it would have been Lily Grace.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
I think she slept in two times.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
I love Lily Grace. She had so much energy when
I spoke to her last week. I think I needed
a valiant Yeah, she's everyone's hype girl. Though, Like I
thought she was great on the shoe because she was
so confident and she was like, you know, very supportive
of the other people. I thought that was really nice
to see.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Yeah, she's she's exactly like that, and she's like and
exactly how she is in real life as well, which
is awesome.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Harry. Can I just say I'm so excited to see
where you take this. I think it'd be really exciting
to see where your journey is going to take you.
I can't wait to your release some of your music.
I really want to hear your music, not necessarily the covers,
because I feel like we're going to find out who
you are more as an artist at that point. So
I yeah, I'm in your audience. I can't wait to
see what you do with this.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Thank you so much, Mane. I appreciate it and.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Enjoy chatting to the media. Has this been fun talking
to everyone? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (15:16):
I love it, man, It's part of the part of
a job. It's something I've been like, wasn't super comfortable
when I started the idol, but now I've gotten to
sort of just be comfortable with it.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
And I think that you the more honest and open
you are, the better it. Boy seems to go.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
I end with the haircut as well, like, it was
a good moment for you to go from the Harry
we saw when you first auditioned to the revamped Harry.
I thought that whoever helped you with the haircut decision
on point Chef's kid like, yeah, I thought it was great.
Was that your decision or did someone help you? Did
someone help you with that? Did you take a photo
in of a famous.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Person haircuts before? But it wasn't wasn't my decision.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Whose decision was?
Speaker 3 (15:59):
I don't know, Man on my high up to chain
than me.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Anyway, they were like, okay, Harry, you need to go
and get your haircut. Okay, fair enough.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
I had about six haircuts.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Would you believe it wasn't the first one they settled on?
Speaker 3 (16:08):
Wow? What is?
Speaker 1 (16:09):
That?
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Will be the other one? Did they give you like
a fairer facet and give you like a blow wave
like what would?
Speaker 3 (16:14):
What is? And shorter in the span of four Oh
my god.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
That is a real behind the scenes secret. That's good.
That's a good one, Like I think.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
That's yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
Yeah, people don't know that sort of stuff, but yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
It's just how it all goes.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Well, Harry, I have to let you go because I've
run out of time, but please enjoy chatting to the
media and yeah I'm following you as a lot of
Australia reason hair. Good luck with it all.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Thanks so much man.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Cheers yeah, cheers, buddy,
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