Society & Culture
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 : Instagram : We loved your podcast on creativity and depression. My husband is a wedding photographer and has been doing it as a side job for around 5 years but isn’t getting the traction we thought he would have by now. Simply, his work is simply not good enough to compete with bigger photographers but I can’t say that to him. How do I help him? It breaks my heart watching his creativity dying. If you are a new listener to [the Podcast], we would love to hear from you. Please visit our instagram page @theholdens for more information on the podcast and upcoming guests. Follow our Podcast Subscribe or follow the podcast wherever you get your podcasts! @theholdens & www.stuartholden.net @COAWP_Podcast Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/COAWP/message