The new Australian Idol judge Jay Dee Springbett has laughed off claims that he’s boring, saying that he does not have the job of being a clown, but the rather serious job of finding new talent.
Springbett has had big shoes to fill, replacing shock jock Kyle Sandilands after he was sacked after a controversial segment where a 14 year-old girl was hooked up to a lie detector and quizzed about her sex life.
Springbett, however, has received some criticism from some fans saying that he’s not as entertaining as Kyle, but he remains unphased by the claims.
But Springbett said he wasn’t bothered.
Jay Dee Springbett said that he was starting to find his feet and that his job isn’t to be a clown, but rather to unearth new talent.
Betting agencies have already began taking bets on who will be the winner of the reality TV singing competition, with Melbourne born, Stan Walker, the current favourite at $4.75.
He’s followed closely by Scott Newnham, a bricklayer from Melbourne, at $5.00 and Kim Cooper from Queensland at $6.00.
Tim Johnston from Newcastle is the least favourite to win at $31.00
Springbett however said it would be quite a while before a front runner, saying that it was too early to tell.
Australian Idol is doing fair in the ratings, but the Sunday night program managed to pull just 883,000 viewers losing some of the viewers to the final of the Seven Network’s Dancing with the Stars, which scored more than 1.5 million viewers.