Danielle McCarthy
TV

Do you recognise this former Aussie TV personality?

This Aussie icon has appeared on TV screens for nearly four decades and has found success as a musician, record producer and now author.

He appeared on shows such as Dancing With The Stars, and even had a go at theatre.

On Thursday, the 63-year-old was almost unrecognisable during an interview on Today Extra.

The TV-host turned barrister looked very different as he promoted his new memoir My Idol Years.


Mark Holden, who left the entertainment industry to practice law, had left behind his trademark shaggy brown hair.

During his interview with hosts Sonia Kruger and David Campbell, Holden was asked about his recent comments he made about Australia’s music industry being “whitewashed”.

“I stand by that. When you consider Idol in 2001, and Guy Sebastian, why was Guy Sebastian not signed by EMI, Universal, any of the major labels?” he said.

“Why would you not sign a dude as obviously talented, as Guy Sebastian? Because 99.9% of the acts ... record companies signed, were white and male.”

He added, “Occasionally a wog would get through, occasionally a woman would get through. But if you were Asian, forget it ... [back then] Dami Im would never have got signed.”

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