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Matt Corby is said to be "ecstatic" at his recent placing in the Triple J 'Hottest 100' chart. The 21-year-old Australian musician - who has undergone an image change since coming second to Natalie Gauci in Australian Idol in 2007 - reportedly attended a house party in Tamarama on Australia Day (January 26) while he waited to see if his single 'Brother' had made the prestigious music list. One party-goer told The Daily Telegraph that Corby was "nervous and quieter than usual" while awaiting the results, but then "everyone [at the party] just went nuts" when it was announced that he had come third in the chart for the best song of the year. The onlooker added: "There (more)...

Australian Idol's Matt Corby has revealed that the idea of a pop music career scared him. The 21-year-old Australian musician, who came second to Natalie Gauci in the 2007 season of the reality television show, said that he hated the attention from the public that Australian Idol brought him. Corby has now joined Mumford & Sons' own independent label Communion Records, which will allow him to pursue his own direction creatively. He told the Herald Sun: "I knew it wasn't in me to make a pop record because I couldn't really handle the attention I got on TV. It scared me, to (more)...

Natalie Gauci has revealed that she split from her husband earlier this year. The singer, who won reality TV show Australian Idol four years ago, said that she and her husband of two years Hamish Cowan decided to end their "passionate" and "intense" relationship in March. Gauci told the Herald Sun: "Hamish and I have separated and decided not to get back together. Most of my album will be about that - we had extreme highs and lows. "We had a strong and passionate relationship. Very intense. It didn't work out the way we planned. We grew together every single day, but we didn't balance each other out.'' Gauci credited Cowan with helping her through a "struggle of identity" after she was dropped by record label Sony in 2009, saying: "I (more)...

Natalie Gauci has revealed that she is more confident than she used to be having formed new act Tune In Tokyo. The singer, who shot to fame when she won reality show Australian Idol in 2007, said that she is relaunching herself in the dance music industry after teaming up with producer Paul Brandoli. Gauci told The Daily Telegraph that she developed her new look and sound after hanging (more)...