Voting Week

This week is BIG for Australia. It is voting week. It is the week where Australia decides its new prime minister and its new Australian Idol.

Federal Election
This is happening next Saturday, the 24th of November. Instructions have been sent out to household on the method to vote. Basically you'll get two papers, white and green, and there are different instructions on how to fill them.

And by the end of the day, Australia will know whether they will have a new prime minister or the same old one.

I think Australia need a new leader and Kevin Rudd is perfect for it. However, I'm just not pretty sure about his staff. I believe John Howard is old school but I think he has stronger staff. But the problem of voting John Howard is that in a couple of years, you'll get Peter Costello, which I don't think cut it to become a PM. He's a nice guy though but for some reason, I wouldn't want him to be the PM. I think it is still 50-50. There is still a chance for both parties to win.

One thing that I find impressive of Kevin Rudd is his willingness to appear at television and radio shows (FM not AM). This might be his strategy to reach young people votes and I think it's working. He showed up at Rove Live yesterday, this morning at 9am and Fox FM breakfast show. Even though he was still careful in answering all the questions, he was more relaxed and it's not really boring to listen or watch him. He did avoided Rove question on who would he turn gay for but I think he would have been in a big trouble if he did.

Australian Idol
After several weeks of Idol competition, it comes down to the final two, Matt Corby and Natalie Gauci. Their last performance was last night, and they previewed the winner's song as well. The announcement will be on Sunday night at the Opera House.

I would say that both singers are pretty good. I want Natalie to win though because I think she's got a great voice and her fashion sense is way better than Matt. I think the winner's song sounded nicer from her. Don't get me wrong, I think Matt is fantastic as well. He's 17 and multi talented. He can perform with a pyjama and the girls will still adore him.

Anyway, we'll know the result soon enough. In the betting market, Matt is tipped to win. If you missed out with their last performance, you can still check it out at the Idol website.

picture from theage.com.au, australianidol.com.au