April 10, 2025 • 16 mins
Hey guys, welcome back to TV Reload! Thanks so much for clicking play or downloading today’s episode—especially because it’s a special one. I’m joined by none other than the winner of Australian Idol 2025… Marshall Hamburger.
This season was stacked with talent, and it showed—the show grew its ratings by 14% compared to last year. That’s huge, especially considering the stiff competition from MAFS and Australian Survivor.
I was lucky enough to grab Marshall for a quick debrief just days after his big win. Now, I’ll be honest—I had a soft spot for Iilysh, and my partner was backing Gisella—but I’ve got to say, Marshall is a worthy winner. I’m already hanging out for his debut album.
- In our chat, Marshall opens up about the moment Gisella was eliminated, what it felt like to actually win, and how much his parents influenced his journey into music.
- We’ll also get into his love for all things ’80s—was that authentic or something shaped by producers to build a narrative?
- Plus, we dive behind the scenes: what was the vibe really like among the Top 12?
- Did he get the judges’ mobile numbers? How can we support his music now, and what’s coming up for him in the next few months?
There’s loads to unpack with plenty of insider revelations, so sit back and relax as we dive into the wonderful world of Australian Idol, ahead of its big grand finale this Sunday night.
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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 Neverlight. Hey guys, welcome
back to TV Reload. I want to thank you so
much for clicking and downloading on today's episode, especially because
this episode is a special one. I am joined by
none other than the winner of Australian Idol twenty twenty five.
It is Marshall Hamburger. This season was stacked with talent
(00:22):
and it showed. The show grew in its ratings by
fourteen percent compared to last year, which is huge in
terms of freedomware television, especially because of the stiff competition
being up against Marretive First Site on Channel nine and
Australian Survivor on Channel ten. I was lucky enough to
grab Marshall Hamburger for a quick debrief just days after
(00:43):
his big win. Now, I'll be honest, I had a
soft spot for Eilish and my partner was backing Jisella,
but I've got to say Marshall Hamburger is a worthy
winner and I'm already hanging out for his debut album.
In our chat, Marshall opens up about the moment Gizella
was a liminit what it felt like to actually win
and how much his parents influenced his journey into music.
(01:06):
We will also get into his love of all things eighties,
was that authentic or something shaped by producers to build
a narrative. Plus, we will dive behind the scenes, what
the vibe was really like amongst the top twelve, did
he get the Judges mobile numbers, How we can support
his music now and what is coming up for him
in the next few months. There is a lot to
(01:28):
unpack with plenty of insider revelations, So sit back and
relax as we dive into the wonderful world of Australian Idol,
which you can catch up on on seven plus, and
I suggest you do because that Grand Final was epic.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Hi, mate, how are you?
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I'm very good. I'm very excited to be talking to you.
Like honestly, I felt like there was a concert in
my house last night and I don't think that I've
had my television up that loud in a very long time,
and a large part of that is thanks to you.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Thank you man.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Are you've a little bit overwhelmed? I mean from talking
to everyone this week? Have you lost your mind?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I honestly can't believe it, really like it. It's crazy
that is all happening. You know.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I want to know what you remember from that Grand
Finale night, because I think live television does this very
strange thing to your brain where you're kind of drinking
in all the colors and you can hear all the sounds,
but then when you sit back and you think about
what the hell just happened, you struggle to remember anything.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, honestly, yeah, that was I mean, I was kind
of thinking, what the hell just happened? On stage? I
was just thinking. I was like, do they actually say
my name? Am I just dreaming?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
The winner.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Of Australian Idol twenty twenty five is mysel hand.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
When this season started, I had this chat with Ricky
Lee cooled her and I didn't see or speak to
Amy Shark, but I did see her do an interview
and both of these women they could not get your
name out of their mouth. Like this was early days
in the promotion of this season of Idol. This was
not even before the live shows. You know, does it help?
(03:17):
Do you think having a host and a judge be
on your side throughout the competition?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
It is? It is amazing that those two women were
so kind I had it a chat to them after
the show Anderson Ricky dressing room with them. They's a man,
It's so cool. You know, you're you're a real artist
and I'm I'm excited to see what you do in
the future. And that was just so cool to hear
it directly from them, and you know, to just sit
down and have a chat with them after the show.
(03:42):
It was just a complete honor having a beer with
Amy Shark.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
You know, the funny thing about watching Australian idol is
if you don't know these people, if you haven't met
Kyle Marsha, Amy Scott and Ricky, you don't know how
genuine these people truly are. Like the way that you
see them on television, you could probably assume they're making
that they're putting on an act. I want to know
did you manage to ask them for their mobile numbers?
(04:07):
Like do you have celebrity phone numbers coming out of
your ears right now?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
I don't have celebrity phone numbers. I do I do.
I do have the phone numbers of the musical. I
do the PHNT number of the musical director of the man.
But I will have to I have to answer Rick
Gillian Scott for their numbers for the future.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I'm sure. I'm sure they'll help you out with that.
They'll keep you on speed dip.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
There was a huge gasp when there was the top
three going down to two. And that's really a stressful
environment to be in because you have been living with
these other two girls day in and day out, not
only for the last few months, but especially in the
last week that.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I houltimately mean, so we have to say goodbye to
one of the biggest stars of the competition and one
of the greatest voices we have had on this show, Jisella.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
What was the reaction like in that moment when Gizella
was eliminated?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
It was it was honestly just shock. You know, I didn't,
I didn't, I don't know. It. It's weird. It's a
weird feeling because on one hand, you're celebrating because it's like, oh,
you're through to the next round. But on the other hand,
you're like, well, that's just someone, that's someone that was
one of my one of my best friends, and that
they they just you know, they just got it's got eliminated.
It's it's a weird feeling. It's a bit of Yin
and yang.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
You know.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
I had three text messages turn up on my phone
as soon as it happened, saying shock. That's what it is,
the capital letters shock. Now these three people are completely unrelated,
so it seemed to be a massive shock for the
Australian audience to be able to see Gisella getting eliminated?
Was it a shock to the three of you? And
I'm curious to know, did going into this finale, did
(05:42):
you have any expectation of what the order would be
in how you know the eliminations would happen.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
I mean, honestly, it was really hard to tell who
would make it to the final two because we're all
such different artists, So it was really it was it
wasn't like which one of us does does this genre better?
It's really which which kind of style did Australia like
This year? Was really hard to tell. I know this,
this whole season was really unpredictable. No, I sort of.
(06:09):
I had thoughts in my mind about who we get
through and those thoughts were absolutely crushed and thrown to
the side. So I you know that it's really hard
to tell this season.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
I actually think then I've got a bit of a theory,
but I actually think that we all thought you were
going to be there. I'm going to be really honest, like,
I don't think anyone who saw you on the first day,
that watch those live performances this season thought there would
be anyone.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Else like, yeah, oh, well that that's pretty cool to hear.
I mean, I mean I always hoped, I always hoped
that I would I don't honestly just hope i'd get
to the top twelve. Honestly, So it's I mean to
get to be at the end of it, and you know,
hold the title is honestly just it's absolutely honor and
I'm just so thankful and shocked.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Would you say that this is going to be a
bit of a flex for you? You know that you
are the winner of Australian Idol. Do you think that's
going to help you in the dating world? Like, are
you going to use that to get into clubs? Are
you already thinking about how are you going to use
this flex outside of just being a musician? Ah?
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yeah, yeah, I mean yeah, this is definitely definitely something
that will be on my resume forever. Yeah, honestly, honestly,
it's just so cool. I just can't believe that I've
been that I was lucky enough to be in that
sort of hall of fame of Australian idol winners. I
just I can't believe it.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
I think this couldn't have happened to a nicer person.
Even just talking to you right now. I think when
we saw your relationship with your parents, your mom's got
one of those faces where you just feel like that
you know her, and your dad looks like such a
sweetheart as well. I kept turning around to my partner
actually and saying, you know, I actually think I've met
Marshall Hamburger's mother, Like, does she have one of those
(07:46):
faces that people seem to think that they know.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Yes, definitely, one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
I don't think got that love for music from my parents.
Growing up with such talented musicians in my household, it
was so helpful when it came to actually wanting to
pursue music, because I had access to these people who
very skilled at their craft, but they're also my parents,
and they actually also want to help.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
And we were for free and you're free.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Yeah, it don't cost any money, which is really good.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
And so your parents were like musicians growing up, and
I'm curious about the type of music that they must
have been listening to, because I kind of feel like
you were raised on eighties tracks we saw during the
live shows. You seem to have a very good understanding
of the pedigree of that genre.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Yes, so, so back in the day, they did a
lot of music around around just around the globe. Actually,
they did a there were a covers band, and they
took to it around the world at different hotels, doing residencies,
meeting some really cool people, doing big concerts, and yeah,
it's just all the above. They wrote some original music
as well. And then I think when they were in India,
(08:54):
I was conceived and I was born, and yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Did you think that they had any idea in their
careers or raising you that you were the prodigal sign,
like you were going to become this musician.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
No, my mom was actually talking to me about it
a bit earlier before. She was like, she was like,
oh no, when I was really little looking apparently, I
was like coming coming coming her like a flute line
of a classical track that I just heard, and and
Mom was like, oh, yeah, oh, babies do this. Because
I was at first She's like, oh yeah, oh, babies
must do this. And I was running around the house
like grabbing like showman hats and doing little dances with
(09:27):
ul hoops and yeah, pointing to the TV and being like,
I want to be there. I want to be on there.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Black They to be as the testol Clossie plaster test
colt on little clothes. So I'm John Bag too. I
(10:04):
don't understand. There's no such a thing as preferred as
the Day's girl by it went when on before, It
doesn't matter day sad.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
You know what I really loved about you throughout this
competition is the way that you continued to flip these
eighties tracks, like the Darryl Braithway song. I can't tell
you how many times I've actually listened to that version
of the song. All of these songs that were flipped
from their eighties they kind of transported me back to
my childhood because I was actually born in nineteen eighty,
(10:54):
years before you would have even been born. Had you
gone into this competition knowing that you were going to
to lean into the eighties theme, or was that kind
of constructed in the edit by like the producers of
the Australian Idol Factory.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
I mean, yeah, I mean I always sort of thought that,
you know, to have to want to you know, when
I came to the competition, that the main thing I
wanted to do was do cool music. But I knew
that if I wanted to do cool music that people knew,
I'd have to go back a decade or two. So
I'd have to go back to the eighties to sort
of find the balance of like, really cool music that's
(11:28):
really that I find really interesting to my ear and
something stuff that I'm really proud to sing and that,
but also that balance of you know, stuff that people
actually know.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Is your playlist actually filled with eighties tracks like Richard Mars?
Like are you listening to Richard Marks? Over listening to
musicians like Drake and Benson Boone?
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah, how are you? I'm listening? My favorite Richard Marks
track of all time is Keep Coming Back and the
Summer Nights. Those are my two favorite Richard Mark songs.
And you know, I've listened to tons and tons of
Toto and yeah, just all Michael McDonald's Deevie Wonder all
of the above.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
I love the mention of Endless Summer nights. I have
such a strong connection to that song. I live in
an apartment in Melbourne and I had this guy that
lived downstairs for I don't know, like eight to ten years,
and he'd bought a guitar. I don't think he was
a musician. I don't think he was very good with
his guitar, but he would just play the same riff
you know from that song again and again, and it's
kind of one of my favorite eighties tracks. It never
(12:22):
really bothered me.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Oh there you go. That's a great song.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
It's actually probably not the right time to talk about
this because this is all very fresh, But have you
thought about how you're going to step outside of the
Australian Idol the reality TV side of things and craft
career as a musician.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Yeah, well, I mean I've been writing a lot of songs.
I write a lot of songs before Idol, and I
was writing a lot of songs during Idol as well.
So I'm really sort of getting to work on diginal
album to release and get that produced and ready to
release of the public, and then get ready for a
get a show together and get that ready to sort
of take on tour.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Well, does Channel seven or Australian Idol producers. Do they
offer you management, Like, how does that work now that
you've come out of the show.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
I think I'm with him. I think I'm talking about
to talk to a management company. The management company that
with Idle has entertainment and so sort of don't have
a chat about the future and you know, our plans
for what's going to happen in the next couple of
weeks and over the next year. But yeah, I mean
actually at the moment, there is a Winners album coming
out which is just full of tracks of my all
(13:40):
of the stuff that I've done for on Idol, So
like all of the all the as the Days go by,
Hire Love of you know, all the above beautiful things,
all that sort of stuff coming out pretty soon, so
you know, while wait, while you're waiting for my original music,
you can have a listen to that as well.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Do you actually know at this stage whether they're going
to be just the short versions that you sung on
the show or have you actually already been into the
recording studio and had those songs recorded as longer versions
like the extended version for the album.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
I think I think that just pretty much just as
the as you heard on idol was like a little
bit of a little bit of cleaning up to make
them really polished. And yeah, so it be really cool.
I'm actually excited to I'm excited to Rea hear it
as well.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
I would just say this week has just been this
week will be just crazy for you coming off the
back of an Idol win. I want to know, like,
what are you going to do to celebrate? Man?
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Like?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Do you go out and have a drink? Are you
just going to get onto the gaming? Like for a
person like yourself, what do you do to celebrate something
as amazing as this?
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Well, I'm going to really relax for a bit, play
play a couple of video games. I haven't not played
a single video game for like two months.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
People probably won't believe that it's you, right, They'll be like,
I can't believe that I'm gaming against Marshall Hamburger or.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
No, probably not.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
I'm probably going to sound like such a boomer when
I say this, but I'm assuming you have a handle,
like a name that you play with. Are you allowed
to tell me who your alias is?
Speaker 2 (15:03):
My alias that I use a lot on PlayStation is
called Rosanna Year.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, you know, you know what, Marshall, I think I
could probably talk to you forever. And honestly, I'm so
excited for you. I've been on this journey with you
right from the start. I think that Australia has one
hundred percent picked the right person. And you know what, Marshall,
you know when I finished this podcast, every time I
ask people for a behind the scenes secret, I'm wondering,
can you help me? What's a behind the scenes secret
(15:29):
from your idle journey?
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Behind the scenes secret? Well, I know, I mean, I mean,
there were lots of I tell you, there were lots
of watch parties of the show happening, and I'll I'll
make William's room and Jake Joe dead for lots of
parties James's room as well.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Is there a leader of the pack amongst the top twelve,
like who's Queen Bee at the top that sort of
sets the tone for what everyone's doing.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
I don't know, honestly, I don't know. It is hard
to tell. I mean, Jack, but Jaimen is a funny bugger.
He's always he's always got a guitar. He's like he's
like he's like guys. I wrote a song yesterday he's like, yeah,
he's like chilling around, like playing his guitar, and you know,
there's honestly, and I list I was just sort of
sort of like a sort of but she sort of
(16:12):
hangs around in the background. I don't think what they
said in her packackets the last night was a perfect description.
She's definitely a dark horse now. She used to see
her and she's like, oh yeah, I'm Ilish hi, and
she goes on stage and she absolutely kills it.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
She absolutely killed it. And I have to say to you,
I am a little obsessed with Eilish as well, so
I will be following her idol journey post all of
this idle madness. But Marshall, you are our twenty twenty
five winner and I'm thrilled, absolutely thrilled to have had
the chance to chat with you today. So wishing you
all the best with what is about to happen next.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Thank you so much, I thank you for having me
It's in the news today, but it was actually on
TV Reload the podcast last week Neverlight. Hey guys, welcome
back to TV Reload. I want to thank you so
much for clicking and downloading on today's episode, especially because
this episode is a special one. I am joined by
none other than the winner of Australian Idol twenty twenty five.
It is Marshall Hamburger. This season was stacked with talent
(00:22):
and it showed. The show grew in its ratings by
fourteen percent compared to last year, which is huge in
terms of freedomware television, especially because of the stiff competition
being up against Marretive First Site on Channel nine and
Australian Survivor on Channel ten. I was lucky enough to
grab Marshall Hamburger for a quick debrief just days after
(00:43):
his big win. Now, I'll be honest, I had a
soft spot for Eilish and my partner was backing Jisella,
but I've got to say Marshall Hamburger is a worthy
winner and I'm already hanging out for his debut album.
In our chat, Marshall opens up about the moment Gizella
was a liminit what it felt like to actually win
and how much his parents influenced his journey into music.
(01:06):
We will also get into his love of all things eighties,
was that authentic or something shaped by producers to build
a narrative. Plus, we will dive behind the scenes, what
the vibe was really like amongst the top twelve, did
he get the Judges mobile numbers, How we can support
his music now and what is coming up for him
in the next few months. There is a lot to
(01:28):
unpack with plenty of insider revelations, So sit back and
relax as we dive into the wonderful world of Australian Idol,
which you can catch up on on seven plus, and
I suggest you do because that Grand Final was epic.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Hi, mate, how are you?
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I'm very good. I'm very excited to be talking to you.
Like honestly, I felt like there was a concert in
my house last night and I don't think that I've
had my television up that loud in a very long time,
and a large part of that is thanks to you.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Thank you man.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Are you've a little bit overwhelmed? I mean from talking
to everyone this week? Have you lost your mind?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I honestly can't believe it, really like it. It's crazy
that is all happening. You know.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I want to know what you remember from that Grand
Finale night, because I think live television does this very
strange thing to your brain where you're kind of drinking
in all the colors and you can hear all the sounds,
but then when you sit back and you think about
what the hell just happened, you struggle to remember anything.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, honestly, yeah, that was I mean, I was kind
of thinking, what the hell just happened? On stage? I
was just thinking. I was like, do they actually say
my name? Am I just dreaming?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
The winner.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Of Australian Idol twenty twenty five is mysel hand.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
When this season started, I had this chat with Ricky
Lee cooled her and I didn't see or speak to
Amy Shark, but I did see her do an interview
and both of these women they could not get your
name out of their mouth. Like this was early days
in the promotion of this season of Idol. This was
not even before the live shows. You know, does it help?
(03:17):
Do you think having a host and a judge be
on your side throughout the competition?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
It is? It is amazing that those two women were
so kind I had it a chat to them after
the show Anderson Ricky dressing room with them. They's a man,
It's so cool. You know, you're you're a real artist
and I'm I'm excited to see what you do in
the future. And that was just so cool to hear
it directly from them, and you know, to just sit
down and have a chat with them after the show.
(03:42):
It was just a complete honor having a beer with
Amy Shark.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
You know, the funny thing about watching Australian idol is
if you don't know these people, if you haven't met
Kyle Marsha, Amy Scott and Ricky, you don't know how
genuine these people truly are. Like the way that you
see them on television, you could probably assume they're making
that they're putting on an act. I want to know
did you manage to ask them for their mobile numbers?
(04:07):
Like do you have celebrity phone numbers coming out of
your ears right now?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
I don't have celebrity phone numbers. I do I do.
I do have the phone numbers of the musical. I
do the PHNT number of the musical director of the man.
But I will have to I have to answer Rick
Gillian Scott for their numbers for the future.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I'm sure. I'm sure they'll help you out with that.
They'll keep you on speed dip.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
There was a huge gasp when there was the top
three going down to two. And that's really a stressful
environment to be in because you have been living with
these other two girls day in and day out, not
only for the last few months, but especially in the
last week that.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I houltimately mean, so we have to say goodbye to
one of the biggest stars of the competition and one
of the greatest voices we have had on this show, Jisella.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
What was the reaction like in that moment when Gizella
was eliminated?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
It was it was honestly just shock. You know, I didn't,
I didn't, I don't know. It. It's weird. It's a
weird feeling because on one hand, you're celebrating because it's like, oh,
you're through to the next round. But on the other hand,
you're like, well, that's just someone, that's someone that was
one of my one of my best friends, and that
they they just you know, they just got it's got eliminated.
It's it's a weird feeling. It's a bit of Yin
and yang.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
You know.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
I had three text messages turn up on my phone
as soon as it happened, saying shock. That's what it is,
the capital letters shock. Now these three people are completely unrelated,
so it seemed to be a massive shock for the
Australian audience to be able to see Gisella getting eliminated?
Was it a shock to the three of you? And
I'm curious to know, did going into this finale, did
(05:42):
you have any expectation of what the order would be
in how you know the eliminations would happen.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
I mean, honestly, it was really hard to tell who
would make it to the final two because we're all
such different artists, So it was really it was it
wasn't like which one of us does does this genre better?
It's really which which kind of style did Australia like
This year? Was really hard to tell. I know this,
this whole season was really unpredictable. No, I sort of.
(06:09):
I had thoughts in my mind about who we get
through and those thoughts were absolutely crushed and thrown to
the side. So I you know that it's really hard
to tell this season.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
I actually think then I've got a bit of a theory,
but I actually think that we all thought you were
going to be there. I'm going to be really honest, like,
I don't think anyone who saw you on the first day,
that watch those live performances this season thought there would
be anyone.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Else like, yeah, oh, well that that's pretty cool to hear.
I mean, I mean I always hoped, I always hoped
that I would I don't honestly just hope i'd get
to the top twelve. Honestly, So it's I mean to
get to be at the end of it, and you know,
hold the title is honestly just it's absolutely honor and
I'm just so thankful and shocked.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Would you say that this is going to be a
bit of a flex for you? You know that you
are the winner of Australian Idol. Do you think that's
going to help you in the dating world? Like, are
you going to use that to get into clubs? Are
you already thinking about how are you going to use
this flex outside of just being a musician? Ah?
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yeah, yeah, I mean yeah, this is definitely definitely something
that will be on my resume forever. Yeah, honestly, honestly,
it's just so cool. I just can't believe that I've
been that I was lucky enough to be in that
sort of hall of fame of Australian idol winners. I
just I can't believe it.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
I think this couldn't have happened to a nicer person.
Even just talking to you right now. I think when
we saw your relationship with your parents, your mom's got
one of those faces where you just feel like that
you know her, and your dad looks like such a
sweetheart as well. I kept turning around to my partner
actually and saying, you know, I actually think I've met
Marshall Hamburger's mother, Like, does she have one of those
(07:46):
faces that people seem to think that they know.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Yes, definitely, one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
I don't think got that love for music from my parents.
Growing up with such talented musicians in my household, it
was so helpful when it came to actually wanting to
pursue music, because I had access to these people who
very skilled at their craft, but they're also my parents,
and they actually also want to help.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
And we were for free and you're free.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Yeah, it don't cost any money, which is really good.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
And so your parents were like musicians growing up, and
I'm curious about the type of music that they must
have been listening to, because I kind of feel like
you were raised on eighties tracks we saw during the
live shows. You seem to have a very good understanding
of the pedigree of that genre.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Yes, so, so back in the day, they did a
lot of music around around just around the globe. Actually,
they did a there were a covers band, and they
took to it around the world at different hotels, doing residencies,
meeting some really cool people, doing big concerts, and yeah,
it's just all the above. They wrote some original music
as well. And then I think when they were in India,
(08:54):
I was conceived and I was born, and yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Did you think that they had any idea in their
careers or raising you that you were the prodigal sign,
like you were going to become this musician.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
No, my mom was actually talking to me about it
a bit earlier before. She was like, she was like,
oh no, when I was really little looking apparently, I
was like coming coming coming her like a flute line
of a classical track that I just heard, and and
Mom was like, oh, yeah, oh, babies do this. Because
I was at first She's like, oh yeah, oh, babies
must do this. And I was running around the house
like grabbing like showman hats and doing little dances with
(09:27):
ul hoops and yeah, pointing to the TV and being like,
I want to be there. I want to be on there.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Black They to be as the testol Clossie plaster test
colt on little clothes. So I'm John Bag too. I
(10:04):
don't understand. There's no such a thing as preferred as
the Day's girl by it went when on before, It
doesn't matter day sad.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
You know what I really loved about you throughout this
competition is the way that you continued to flip these
eighties tracks, like the Darryl Braithway song. I can't tell
you how many times I've actually listened to that version
of the song. All of these songs that were flipped
from their eighties they kind of transported me back to
my childhood because I was actually born in nineteen eighty,
(10:54):
years before you would have even been born. Had you
gone into this competition knowing that you were going to
to lean into the eighties theme, or was that kind
of constructed in the edit by like the producers of
the Australian Idol Factory.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
I mean, yeah, I mean I always sort of thought that,
you know, to have to want to you know, when
I came to the competition, that the main thing I
wanted to do was do cool music. But I knew
that if I wanted to do cool music that people knew,
I'd have to go back a decade or two. So
I'd have to go back to the eighties to sort
of find the balance of like, really cool music that's
(11:28):
really that I find really interesting to my ear and
something stuff that I'm really proud to sing and that,
but also that balance of you know, stuff that people
actually know.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Is your playlist actually filled with eighties tracks like Richard Mars?
Like are you listening to Richard Marks? Over listening to
musicians like Drake and Benson Boone?
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah, how are you? I'm listening? My favorite Richard Marks
track of all time is Keep Coming Back and the
Summer Nights. Those are my two favorite Richard Mark songs.
And you know, I've listened to tons and tons of
Toto and yeah, just all Michael McDonald's Deevie Wonder all
of the above.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
I love the mention of Endless Summer nights. I have
such a strong connection to that song. I live in
an apartment in Melbourne and I had this guy that
lived downstairs for I don't know, like eight to ten years,
and he'd bought a guitar. I don't think he was
a musician. I don't think he was very good with
his guitar, but he would just play the same riff
you know from that song again and again, and it's
kind of one of my favorite eighties tracks. It never
(12:22):
really bothered me.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Oh there you go. That's a great song.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
It's actually probably not the right time to talk about
this because this is all very fresh, But have you
thought about how you're going to step outside of the
Australian Idol the reality TV side of things and craft
career as a musician.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Yeah, well, I mean I've been writing a lot of songs.
I write a lot of songs before Idol, and I
was writing a lot of songs during Idol as well.
So I'm really sort of getting to work on diginal
album to release and get that produced and ready to
release of the public, and then get ready for a
get a show together and get that ready to sort
of take on tour.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Well, does Channel seven or Australian Idol producers. Do they
offer you management, Like, how does that work now that
you've come out of the show.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
I think I'm with him. I think I'm talking about
to talk to a management company. The management company that
with Idle has entertainment and so sort of don't have
a chat about the future and you know, our plans
for what's going to happen in the next couple of
weeks and over the next year. But yeah, I mean
actually at the moment, there is a Winners album coming
out which is just full of tracks of my all
(13:40):
of the stuff that I've done for on Idol, So
like all of the all the as the Days go by,
Hire Love of you know, all the above beautiful things,
all that sort of stuff coming out pretty soon, so
you know, while wait, while you're waiting for my original music,
you can have a listen to that as well.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Do you actually know at this stage whether they're going
to be just the short versions that you sung on
the show or have you actually already been into the
recording studio and had those songs recorded as longer versions
like the extended version for the album.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
I think I think that just pretty much just as
the as you heard on idol was like a little
bit of a little bit of cleaning up to make
them really polished. And yeah, so it be really cool.
I'm actually excited to I'm excited to Rea hear it
as well.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
I would just say this week has just been this
week will be just crazy for you coming off the
back of an Idol win. I want to know, like,
what are you going to do to celebrate? Man?
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Like?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Do you go out and have a drink? Are you
just going to get onto the gaming? Like for a
person like yourself, what do you do to celebrate something
as amazing as this?
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Well, I'm going to really relax for a bit, play
play a couple of video games. I haven't not played
a single video game for like two months.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
People probably won't believe that it's you, right, They'll be like,
I can't believe that I'm gaming against Marshall Hamburger or.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
No, probably not.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
I'm probably going to sound like such a boomer when
I say this, but I'm assuming you have a handle,
like a name that you play with. Are you allowed
to tell me who your alias is?
Speaker 2 (15:03):
My alias that I use a lot on PlayStation is
called Rosanna Year.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, you know, you know what, Marshall, I think I
could probably talk to you forever. And honestly, I'm so
excited for you. I've been on this journey with you
right from the start. I think that Australia has one
hundred percent picked the right person. And you know what, Marshall,
you know when I finished this podcast, every time I
ask people for a behind the scenes secret, I'm wondering,
can you help me? What's a behind the scenes secret
(15:29):
from your idle journey?
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Behind the scenes secret? Well, I know, I mean, I mean,
there were lots of I tell you, there were lots
of watch parties of the show happening, and I'll I'll
make William's room and Jake Joe dead for lots of
parties James's room as well.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Is there a leader of the pack amongst the top twelve,
like who's Queen Bee at the top that sort of
sets the tone for what everyone's doing.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
I don't know, honestly, I don't know. It is hard
to tell. I mean, Jack, but Jaimen is a funny bugger.
He's always he's always got a guitar. He's like he's
like he's like guys. I wrote a song yesterday he's like, yeah,
he's like chilling around, like playing his guitar, and you know,
there's honestly, and I list I was just sort of
sort of like a sort of but she sort of
(16:12):
hangs around in the background. I don't think what they
said in her packackets the last night was a perfect description.
She's definitely a dark horse now. She used to see
her and she's like, oh yeah, I'm Ilish hi, and
she goes on stage and she absolutely kills it.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
She absolutely killed it. And I have to say to you,
I am a little obsessed with Eilish as well, so
I will be following her idol journey post all of
this idle madness. But Marshall, you are our twenty twenty
five winner and I'm thrilled, absolutely thrilled to have had
the chance to chat with you today. So wishing you
all the best with what is about to happen next.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Thank you so much, I thank you for having me
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