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Paulini
single-handedly justifies the existence of Australian
Idol. Without her, the show would be one long exercise in
making losers famous for a week, until they crash and burn
back into oblivion where they belong. Such has been the
fate of most contestants, particularly for those who
missed out on being one of the two finalists. Paulini is
an exception. She came fourth in the very first series of
Australian Idol, yet she has managed to carve out a solo
music career and become part of the surprisingly
successful "Idol-reject" girl group, Young
Divas. The reason is simple - unlike her embarrassing
alumni, Paulini is actually talented!
Fat
From
her first appearance on Australian Idol, Paulini stood
out. She might have come across as a boring-as-bat-shit
bible basher with the fashion sense of a Fijian drag
queen, but the girl could sing. Unfortunately, the pimply
school girls and bored housewives (who constitute a large
portion of the voters) were apparently more interested in
Guy Sebastian's man boobs or too busy fantasising about
Shannon Noll's goatee rubbing against their clits to worry
about anything as trivial as stage craft and vocal talent.
The final straw came when Paulini was told she was too fat
to be a celebrity and was kicked off the following week.
The rudeness!
One
Determined Heart
Thankfully,
the news wasn't all bad. Paulini used her Idol notoriety
to score a record deal and hastily released her rather
boring debut album, "One Determined Heart". The
album and her debut single, a cover of "Angel
Eyes", both made #1 on the ARIA chart. The album was
an all filler, no killer collection of ballads and
mid-tempo rubbish. A further single was released, but the
album quickly disappeared. Paulini's career appeared to be
going nowhere very fast when she made a special guest
appearance on "Home & Away" and released a
Christmas album. Her career nadir followed shortly after,
when she turned up as a contestant on Celebrity Overhaul
and got into trouble for sneaking chocolate into the house
and was berated for her poor attitude towards exercise.
Fans rejoiced that Paulini did have some kind of
trashtastic edge after all!
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