I coulda been a contender....

So I'm shattered to learn that there's (literally) a waiting list big enough to fill the MCG twice over to get a table at a taping of RockWiz. I'm supremely confident that I could have kicked some serious music trivia arse if only I coulda got my shot, and the only thing stopping me is the inconvenient fact that it appears that at least half of Melbourne's 3.7 million people seem to think the same thing.

I have all of my answers to the contestants questions well prepared:

• What was the first concert you ever went to - Billy Joel in 1975, with my parents
• What was the first album you ever bought - I believe that the first album I ever owned was Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, although I think that technically this was given to me and my sister and hence doesn't really count, so I think the first one I ever bought was Fleetwood Mac - the one with Rhiannon on it.

I'm more than ready, but it seems I'm doomed to be forever disappointed

Compounding my disappointment is the loss of the chance to get close to Julia Zemiro, who in my opinion is one hot tamale. She's smart and funny, she speaks French (Oh, Tish !) impressively well, and although she's not quite Megan Gale, the sight of her in PVC pants during the Eurobeat musical certainly revived my previously flagging interest in the proceedings.

And don't even get me started on the Rockwiz Orchestra.....