Ian Dickson
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Ian "Dicko" Dickson (born 28 March 1963 as Ian Ross Perrygrove in Birmingham, England) is a music industry and television personality in Australia. He is best known as a former judge on Australian Idol.
[edit] Australian Idol
In the early 1980s he completed a degree in politics from the University of Nottingham. He met his wife, Mel Bell, in Bristol around the same time. She gave him his jump start in the music industry, soon working for several record companies. In 2001, he moved to Sydney to take up the position of General Manager of Marketing for Sony BMG Australia, and in 2003 took up his best known role, as the (supposed) "bastard judge" on Australian Idol in the first and second seasons. He was disliked by a large majority of Australians for his insensitive cold attitude, but towards the end of tenure became hugely popular for his assessments of Idol's performances. He was also Australia's judge at the first World Idol in December 2003.
[edit] Recent Career
Near the end of the 2004 series, it was announced he would be leaving Australian Idol (and Network Ten) to take up a job at the Seven Network. He has since gone on to host the restaurant reality show My Restaurant Rules, and appear on the celebrity dancing competition Dancing with the Stars.
In December 2005, Dicko hosted the morning show on Sydney & Melbourne radio stations vega 95.3 and vega 91.5 both part of the vega radio network. In April 2006 he appeared as a guest judge on the SBS programme Song For The Socceroos [1].
In 2006 he was announced as the host of Celebrity Survivor, the Seven Network's celebrity version of Survivor.
[edit] External Links
- Ian "Dicko" Dickson at the Internet Movie Database
- [2] - Dicko's Myspace
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| Australian Idol |
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| Hosts and Judges |
| Andrew G | James Mathison Mark Holden | Marcia Hines | Ian "Dicko" Dickson | Kyle Sandilands |
| Winners |
| Guy Sebastian | Casey Donovan | Kate DeAraugo |
| Runners-Up |
| Shannon Noll | Anthony Callea | Emily Williams |
| Seasons |
| Idol 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Other |
| List of semi finalists | Young Divas | Australian Made: The Hits | List of commercial releases |
