After a few years of attending this event they have now dumped the usual comedy routines and left out a lot of musical theatre numbers and subuistuted these for more contempory numbers which are okay, but some are just plain awful.
The evening has a lovely feel to it, but the talent has really gone down hill a bit. Rob Mills destroyed both the Temper Trap and U2's anthem all in one messy Australian Idol wave of mass destruction. I was almost ill when he tried to hit the high notes on Sweet Disposition, just awful.
Iota again was a standout in this years line up, Old Man River was also impressive and Josh Thomas as the host was a refreshing change which was interesting as I never liked him on TV but loved him in this scenerio. He offended lot's of oldies so I don't think he will be back next year but I also think I will give it a miss too.
Other moments of mention, the Jersey Boys cast were good, the oldies loved them, could have done without Wendy Matthews, could have been a few more upbeat numbers instead of boring old ballads.
Overall a hit n miss night out, but in the end all the money raised goes to a great cause, I just think they need to rejig the programming and ditch the Rob Mills factor and bring back the likes of Amy Housewine and various other comedians.
2 and a half stars.
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