A tribute to Bobby Flynn - Australia’s Greatest Idol

19 Oct 1 comment

His name is Bobby Flynn, and he has revolutionised the world of Australian Idol.

His performance of the Rick James classic 'Superfreak' was inspiring, and his dance moves scintillating. In a series in which bland mediocrity is taking over, Bobby was the freak beacon we needed. Yeah sure, the dude looks a little strange, and his hair has been likened to that of Sideshow Bob, but he's real, and he was striking a blow for odd looking dudes nation wide.

There was speculation that Bobby was in fact an alien sent to earth to teach us all about the healing properties of music. There was also some speculation that Bobby was in fact not Bobby at all, but instead Eric Stoltz reprising his role from the film Mask. I don't really care about any of that, Bobby was the one thing that was keeping Idol interesting.

Here's how the Age describes our Bobby:

"Whether he's an irritating weedy voiced hippy or a sensitive David Bowie-like musical genius, Flynn has prompted a national debate and, love him or hate him, the curly-haired Queenslander is one of the reasons ? some say the only reason ? that new life has been breathed into the flagging ratings of TV reality show Australian Idol."

Yup, Bobby is the one man?responsible for carrying out CPR on?the?Idol concept. But?what distresses me is that now, the Australian public has turned it's back on the man that could change the world through interpretative?dance and folk singing. Yes, Bobby has been shafted by the Idol voting public, and I'm angry. Bring back Bobby! Immediately!

As a sidenote, today I found out that Bobby nearly made it through to the final of Rockstar: Supernova (the one with Tommy Lee). "In the end it was more about tattoos than talent for Bobby ? they couldn't see him fronting Supernova and Tommy Lee," Rockstar executive Bobby during Superfreak producer RP Sekon said in the Courier Mail.