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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
31/07/24 - Samantha Jade being interviewed on The Hit Network's ''Dan & Christie'' in Sydney
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July 2024 - ''Love.Sick Volume 2'' EP promotional photoshoot
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''Love.Sick Volume 2'' EP cover art and tracklist
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1- ''Peachy''
2- ''Set Fire''
3- ''Minutes To Midnight''
4- ''On And On''
5- ''New Me''
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
30/07/24 - Samantha Jade being interviewed on KIIS 106.5's ''The Pick Up'' in Sydney
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Monday, July 29, 2024
29/07/24 - Samantha Jade being interviewed for the ''Yahoo! Lifestyle'' website
Samantha Jade reveals why she turned down ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'' multiple times
EXCLUSIVE: The pop star spills on her experience in the competition and reveals the ''most challenging'' part.
She’s arguably one of the best performers on this year’s season of ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'', but it turns out Samantha Jade almost didn’t appear on the reality show. The ''ARIA'' award-winning singer-songwriter admitted to ''Yahoo! Lifestyle'' in 2022 following her stint on ''The Celebrity Apprentice Australia'' that she had been asked to take part in the dancing competition ''multiple times'', but repeatedly turned it down:
''I've been asked to do them all'', she said at the time, listing ''I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Australia'', ''The Masked Singer Australia'' and ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'' as shows she kept saying ''no'' to.
Fast forward two years and Samantha is one of the favourites to take home the coveted Mirror Ball trophy alongside her dance partner Gustavo Viglio. Speaking to ''Yahoo! Lifestyle'' about her decision to finally appear on the long-running series, the hitmaker admits that the reason why she never said ''yes'' is because she was ''scared'':
''I think they asked me last november and i was kind of like: ''Oh, i'm not sure'' again and then took ages to say yes, and my manager was like: ''What is it? What are you scared of? What is the thing?'', she reflects, ''I think i was like: ''Oh no, i won't be good at it, it'll be too hard'', and putting it in that basket of the ''too hard'' thing. And then i was like, why am i doing that? Like, how fun to learn a new skill as well?''
Samantha adds that she was keen to do something outside of her comfort zone and switch up her routine, saying:
''When you get to a certain age you don't do things that scare you anymore. You’ve got your little setups, you've got your life, you know what you can do. And i was like: ''That's not a good thing.'' I want to do something that scares me and gives me that ''Ooh, i'm nervous to do this'' feeling. And what i wanted from the experience is exactly what i got. The first week i was like: ''What have I done? Oh my gosh, this is so hard!''. But it was such a great experience, I loved it.''
Samantha Jade reveals ''most challenging'' part of the competition
While Samantha admits she had an advantage coming into the competition as a full-time performer, she says her experience on ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'' was much harder than she could’ve ever anticipated:
''I don't have stage fright, i perform, i've danced before in my shows, but ballroom and latin dancing are like another level'', she details, ''Even my dancers who dance for me were like: ''Oh, we can't do ballroom and latin, it’d be like starting from scratch'', because all the techniques are so different from anything i do in my shows. So i had to really unlearn a lot of things, which was interesting.''
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28/07/24 - Channel Seven's ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'' Season 21 Episode 4
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Friday, July 26, 2024
26/07/24 - Samantha Jade being interviewed for the ''Yahoo! Lifestyle'' website
Samantha Jade responds to viral TikTok declaring Australia ''failed'' her: ''I'm still here''
EXCLUSIVE: The pop star spills on her new music and why the best is yet to come.
The year is 2012, you’ve just bought some new clothes at Jay Jays, purchased a Flake Shake from Wendy’s, and now you’re on your way to Sanity to buy a signed copy of Samantha Jade’s new album after she won The X Factor Australia. The pop star, who had previously written music for JoJo and Ashley Tisdale and recorded the title song for the 2006 film ''Step Up'', went on to release the platinum-certified singles ''Firestarter'' and ''Soldier'' the following year, cementing her status as a fixture in Australian pop culture.
In the decade since then, Samantha has appeared on ''Home And Away'', opened for One Direction and the Backstreet Boys on tour, and is currently competing on ''Dancing With The Stars Australia''. While she’s continued to release new songs - including her recent bop Peachy which is reminiscent of some of Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter’s biggest hits - her music career became the subject of a viral TikTok this month when one person declared that Australia had ''failed'' her:
''How can i be proud to call myself australian knowing we let down Samantha Jade? We as a nation are responsible for her not making the mainstream and i'll never forgive us for it'', they said.
Social media users echoed this sentiment in the comments, saying ''Firestarter'' is ''the greatest pop song of all time'', ''What You’ve Done To Me'' should’ve won a Grammy'', and they don’t understand how ''Sweet Talk'' ''didn’t go worldwide''. ''HOW IS SHE NOT A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR i will die on this hill forever'', one fan added, while another replied, ''We totally let her down and i don’t understand why! Her music is amazing''. ''Justice for Samantha Jade'', someone else declared.
Samantha tells ''Yahoo! Lifestyle'' that she’s scrolled through all the comments on the video and it feels ''so special'' that people reflect on the early years of her career so fondly and have such strong memories attached to her music, like their first kiss or getting over a break-up.
However, the irony of fans lamenting her career when she’s still releasing songs - which are arguably better than her earlier hits - certainly isn’t lost on her:
''When Australia gets on board, they really get on board. And that's why people from the shows really work in Australia, like so many winners of ''The X Factor'' and ''The Voice'' and all these shows, they're still working and they're still doing it'', she says, ''But i haven't gone anywhere. I'm still here, and i think if people can follow along then it's great. I really do think we should support our own. The fear is that there aren't going to be John Farnhams and Tina Arenas and legends in the country if we don't back australian acts.''
A new chapter
Not only does Samantha look much different than when she made her reality TV debut 12 years ago, but she admits she’s also singing and writing in a whole new way. This is evident in her forthcoming EP ''Love.Sick Volume 2'' where she’s both singing her heart out in Peachy and opening her heart up in ''New Me'', a yet-to-be-released song about her late mother:
''Every time you put out a new project or you work on something new, it does feel like a bit of a rebirth. But i think with this release, i feel like i'm in a different place'', she remarks, ''I think there's a new confidence that i've found, which has been really nice to explore. There's something about this last kind of season of me and even doing [''Dancing With The Stars Australia''] that i've built up a thicker skin, and it's nice because i'm just putting out art now that i really love and not chasing charts and not chasing radio. ''Of course, i would love if it charts and i would love if it gets radio play, but i just really want my fans and the people who have followed me to love what i am giving them, and i want to love what i'm putting out there. And so i'm really come to that place, which is why it does feel like a new season.''
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26/07/24 - Samantha Jade being interviewed on KIIS 106.5's ''Kyle & Jackie O'' in Sydney
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26/07/24 - Samantha Jade being interviewed on Channel Seven's ''Sunrise'' in Sydney
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024
16/07/24 - Samantha Jade performing on her TikTok page
Samantha Jade covering ''Expresso'' (Sabrina Carpenter cover) for the #riffchallenge on TikTok:
Sunday, July 14, 2024
14/07/24 - Channel Seven's ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'' Season 21 Episode 2
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14/07/24 - Samantha Jade being interviewed for the ''WHO'' magazine website
Samantha Jade on ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'' and her next move
Singer, actress and almost dancer, she is on her way to being a triple threat:
''I’ve actually been asked to do it before, a few times, and i’ve said no out of fear of being not good at it, out of fear of being seen'', Samantha Jade tells ''WHO'' over the phone before her ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'' debut, ''And this year, i don’t know, i was kind of like: ''I’m up for the challenge.''
A singer first, Samantha is used to performing in front of an audience, and even busting out a few moves during the chorus. But take her voice away, and stepping into the spotlight is a very new experience:
''I found it really hard once i didn’t have a microphone in my hand, i didn’t know what to do with my arms. It was really challenging and i realised i really rely on the comfort of singing in my microphone. So [being on stage without that] was a really cool thing to be able to explore'', she explains, ''I think that at my age, sometimes you just get so used to comfort and you don’t challenge yourself anymore. And it’s such an amazing opportunity to challenge myself'', the 37-year-old performer adds.
Fresh to the dance scene she may be, but Samantha Jade has been on our screens before. In 2012, she became the first female winner of ''The X Factor Australia''. She tells ''WHO'' that her TV talent show past prepared her for the pace on ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'':
''The X Factor Australia'' was similar in a way that you’re performing live every week and it’s all in – you’ve got to give it your all'', she says, ''But it’s so different because this is completely not my talent. Singing is my thing. This is so out of my comfort zone and what i do, so i’m loving that.''
Indeed, Samantha knows not to get complacent about having TV experience:
''There is nothing that can prepare you for TV'', she admits, ''You can go in knowing what it is, but you still are as nervous. That’s something i have not mastered. I don’t know if i ever will. The nerves are just at an all-time high, all the time.'' Laughing she continues, “You’re just kind of nervous for every day leading up to it. Then, on the day, [and] then afterwards, because obviously you get your results after. So yeah, i understand the format, but i definitely haven’t mastered not being nervous about it.''
Someone who may help ease the nerves is Samantha’s dance partner, Gustavo Viglio. The Italian-born dance professional won the title of World Latin Youth Vice Champion in 2009 and has many other credits under his belt. He certainly wasn’t afraid to put her through her paces:
''The first day i went in, it was like: ''Hi, nice to meet you'', then straight into stretching, straight into teaching, straight into [him] being like: ''No, that’s not how you do it. Do it again.’ You form a relationship much faster than you would with anybody else, because you just go straight in. We don’t have long to learn all this choreography, so it’s very, very hard work. You have to trust them very quickly and i feel like he really had my best interests at heart. We really did feel like a team. And his energy is great, his energy is infectious. I’m probably much more calm and he’s a lot more energetic than me. I think it’s a really good balance because when i’d be tired and like: ''I don’t want to do it again'', he’s like: ''Come on, you’ve got it in you!'', so it worked out really well.''
The work didn’t stop in the studio with her dance partner, however, with Samantha enlisting her life partner to get involved, too, ''I’d come home [to my husband] and be like, ''My body is so exhausted and so sore, but i need to practise'', so i’d be like: ''Can you help me practise this lift?'', and he’d be like: ''Oh my God, this is so hard! How’re you doing this?'', i think he had a real respect for me with how hard i was working.''
Samantha married Pat Handlin in a romantic celebration in Venice, Italy in 2022:
''I said to him: ''I feel like this is something we need to introduce into our lives'', she adds, ''He is definitely not a dancer – he used to play football. So it’s a bit different, but i’m sure he’d be open to it. I can bump him around.''
Even though, for the next few weeks, dancing will be the only talent on Samantha’s mind, that doesn’t mean she has forgotten her first love, with plans underway for her to release new music soon:
''When i took on this show, i kind of knew i wouldn’t have time to put everything into my music. So i prepared my music before. I’m so excited, i haven’t had new music out in ages.''
She excitedly spills the beans about a new song on the horizon, saying: ''It’s one of my favourites that i’ve ever released. I just wanted to write something happy and feel-good and this is exactly that – getting ready to go out with the girls or in your car…That’s exactly what this song does.''
And there are plans afoot for Samantha to hit the road to coincide with the release:
''We are definitely going to plan a little tour around Australia and hopefully go to some other places, too'', she reveals, even hinting that she’ll be using her new dance skills on stage, ''I am stronger as a dancer'', she says, ''I think I’ll take on more of the choreography now for sure. I used to only jump in and do a few moves, and always go back into my comfort, my singing. But i think now i’m going to challenge myself and dance more than i used to.'' With future career plans already in motion, nothing is slowing down for Samantha Jade.
When asked what she’d like viewers to take away from her time on ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'', she responds,''I just hope they see that i’ve worked really hard and tried really hard and had a really good time.''
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July 2014 - Photoshoot for ''WHO'' magazine
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Friday, July 12, 2024
Thursday, July 11, 2024
New date
Samantha Jade is the first announced performer for this year's ''Telethon'' in Perth, on saturday 19th and sunday 20th 2024.
11/07/24 - Samantha Jade being interviewed for ''The West Australian'' website
WA’s Samantha Jade starts 100-day countdown to ''Telethon'' as stars begin to align for 57th annual fundraiser
Returning for the 57th time, the event that puts the ''fun'' in ''fundraiser'' is set to welcome pop star Samantha Jade back to Perth as it counts down 100 days to showtime.
The first of many famous faces to be announced, the homegrown talent has moved her life to the East Coast since her last performance at ''Telethon'' in 2017:
“There’s truly no place like home”, she said, “I’m so excited to return to my hometown of Perth and to be involved this year in ''Telethon''. It’s one of my favourite times of the year.”
Embracing her travelling schedule yet always keeping Perth close, the 37-year-old admits there are treasures from her early career she can’t replicate from afar:
“I always miss my family of course and the beautiful beaches”, Jade revealed.
Performing via a Sydney studio in 2020 due to COVID-19, the ''New Boy'' hitmaker is excited to bring her new single ''Peachy'' out friday july 26th 2024 to the stage:
''Peachy'' is one of my absolute favourite songs that I have been a part of creating. It’s fun, feel-good and positive! Hopefully everyone will love having a good dance to it”, she said.
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J-1 - Samantha Jade on Channel Seven's ''Dancing With The Stars Australia''
1 day do go before Samantha hit the dancefloor on ''Dancing With The Stars Australia'', only on Channel Seven at 07pm.
Friday, July 5, 2024
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