Gareth Cliff beats M-Net

Now for Chris Hart!

Let us hope that Standard Bank also gets its priorities right!
 
Last edited:
Fantastic news. Neo-racists take note. Your divisive race baiting will not be tolerated.
 
I might actually be tempted to watch the first few episodes on the Idols auditions. The awkwardness could be quite entertaining!
 
Votes ANC and hence is partially responsible for this mess and then benefits financially from it.
 
MickeyD said:
Now for MNet's appeal...
Click to expand...

Between now and then, he will be allowed to attend the auditions starting tomorrow... or does an appeal prevent that?

However this plays out, the first round appears to go unanimously to to Cliff. And as my manager said, expect their subscription fees to increase :p
 
Skerminkel said:
It doesn't sound like the court awarded him that. it only ruled that a contract existed and was breached.
I think I will maintain my no-Idols streak of 13 years regardless.
Click to expand...

Correct. As I understand it, the contract was only reinstated and cost of suit rewarded. I am not an Idols fan either but that an injustice was done to Garreth Cliff is undisputable. In fact, this puts me off Mnet and Multichoice as a whole. Luckily there are alternatives available (if you are not a sports fan that is).
 
That smug expression... :p

49a8672fbb0c42f7a964f9c027ef552f.jpg
 
McT said:
Between now and then, he will be allowed to attend the auditions starting tomorrow... or does an appeal prevent that?

However this plays out, the first round appears to go unanimously to to Cliff. And as my manager said, expect their subscription fees to increase :p
Click to expand...
Hardly Nostradamus is your manager. Subs are going to increase regardless.
 
McT said:
Between now and then, he will be allowed to attend the auditions starting tomorrow... or does an appeal prevent that?

However this plays out, the first round appears to go unanimously to to Cliff. And as my manager said, expect their subscription fees to increase :p
Click to expand...

There will be no grounds for an appeal. Mnet had a very weak defence to the claim. It is business as usual at Idols.
 
BGE said:
I might actually be tempted to watch the first few episodes on the Idols auditions. The awkwardness could be quite entertaining!
Click to expand...

If I had my tinfoil hat on I'd say it was all orchestrated for exactly this....
 
DJ... said:
By calling him poison (and the rest of their nonsense they spewed about him) they've broken down the trust between them, by their own doing, and they've opened themselves up to paying a rather large civil suit here.

They really did cock this one up big time. Their petty and knee-jerk reaction to a valid statement was poisonous to them more than anyone else, and they deserve the repercussions...
Click to expand...

"They" (Government and parastatals and nationally run agencies) always do cock this sort of thing up, that's why there are so many "suspended with pay" and redeployed cadres out there.
 
I thought it was a producer who messed it up but it wasn't. It is the new CEO of mnet. She grew up in the UK. She overreacted and overstepped the mark. Lessons learned all around. This was good for South Africa. Good on Gareth. Mnet can also stand up and say sorry. I still doubt he will go back as a judge. They will probably pay him his contract fee and let him go.
 
I would think if this is really a problem for MNet and the Idols , they will silently just agree to pay the contract out and terminate it without him being on Idols.
 
Hemi300c said:
"They" (Government and parastatals and nationally run agencies) always do cock this sort of thing up, that's why there are so many "suspended with pay" and redeployed cadres out there.
Click to expand...

Except in this case it wasn't a parastatal nor a government institution. Private companies cock this sort of thing up too, which MNet managed to do superbly in this case...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X