Michael Hutchence still draws the crowds

By David Dale
Updated February 14 2016 - 2:09am, first published 12:15am
The biographical TV show about Molly Meldrum attracted 1.79 million viewers. Photo: Secen
The biographical TV show about Molly Meldrum attracted 1.79 million viewers. Photo: Secen
Only 786,000 viewers tuned into Australia's Got Talent, when it was launched on Monday.  Photo: Channel Nine
Only 786,000 viewers tuned into Australia's Got Talent, when it was launched on Monday. Photo: Channel Nine

Finally we have an accurate picture of Australians' priorities in the people we perceive as national heroes, rogues and stirrers. We are interested in learning about a drug-addicted singer who hanged himself (by accident, apparently) more than an inarticulate interviewer-entrepreneur, a mining billionairess who fights with her children, a flamboyant singer-composer who died of AIDS, a beautician found guilty of smuggling drugs or a Tasmanian advertising manager who became Crown Princess of Denmark.

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