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Episode 8 - The Australian Idol Drop Out and the Speech of Shame


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Date: 2.11.2019

Episode: 8

Title: Episode 8 - Australian Idol Singer Crashes Speeches.

Subtitle: Adventures.

Final Show Link: https://anchor.fm/COAWP

In this episode of [Confessions of a Wedding Photographer], I’m going to talk about one of my favourite wedding stories where an Australian Idol drop out crashes the speeches during the reception to profess his love for the bride.

In a wedding in Yallingup, Western Australia a drunk former Australian Idol top 30 drop out crashes the wedding speeches and sings a drunken rendition of “I will always love you" by Whitney Houston. The display was as cringey as it was sad - much to the delight of the groom and the guests. The singer who I won’t name drove from Perth to Yallingup and arrived under the influence - grabbing the microphone after the father of the grooms speech. Loudly professing his love for the bride in a desperate last ditch plea to undo his

{Talking Points}

  • How Speeches can go really badly
  • Tips of speech structure and limitations / Limit profanity / Limit talking about previous partners etc.
  • Set the scene for the wedding
  • How we found out it was an Idol contestant. How reality tv sucks.
  • The sad and lonely display or affection resulting in an embarrassing display of narcissism.
  • Unhelpful Wedding Advice :

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