Record company bosses and concert promoters may claim it sells, but Dame Kiri Te Kanawa deplores the sexualisation of female classical musicians.
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Coffey returns to New Zealand’s Got Talent
Tamati Coffey will return as host of New Zealand’s Got Talent next month.
Will reality kill the vocal star?
All screaming for all singing Cassie
Is it too early to call Well, based on the reaction of the 300 screaming fans at a meet and greet with the X-Factor judges at Auckland’s Sylvia Park mall tonight the other 10 contestants may as well go home because the public vote is well in the corner of 14-year-old Cassie Henderson. Not even a miserable wet night could stop these fans from coming out to meet their idols and they were even surprised with a guest appearance by four of the remaining 11 contestants including Henderson, Benny Tipene, Anna Wilson and Jackie Thomas.
Reece Mastin in sexting scandal
Australian X Factor winner Reece Mastin is embroiled in a sexting scandal. A Newcastle, New South Wales, girl claims that the singer has tried to solicit nude images from her, news.com.au reported.
Boy-band singer opts for rugby
Pop star or rugby star Both are careers that most people dream of, but for Christchurch’s Rameka Uitime-Paraki it became a very real choice. The 20-year-old recently dropped out of hit boy-band Moorhouse to pursue his rugby career, just as the band’s fame was taking off on The X Factor.
Cowell: I’m bored of TV talent shows
Simon Cowell believes TV singing competitions are “beginning to look the same”. The X Factor mogul has appeared as a judge on numerous shows of this nature since appearing on the UK’s Pop Idol in 2001
X-Factor: The end of Eden
What started really slow ended without any surprises. We all know The X Factor is not about finding an artist who is incredibly talented and appreciated by its peers.
X Factor wildcard winner revealed
Fletcher Mills will join the 12 finalists for The X Factor’s live shows, starting this Sunday. The 17-year-old from Wellington convinced in his first audition when he sung an original composition, Ode to Bon Iver
‘Uncle Bully’ X Factor outrage
Radio DJ Dom Harvey has apologised after a tweet he published that appeared to make light of child molestation. In a tweet relating to last night’s episode of X Factor, when Grace Ikenasio was eliminated, Harvey wrote: “Poor Gracie! First molested in her own bed by uncle bully [sic]