Do you recognise this former Aussie TV personality?
<p><span>This Aussie icon has appeared on TV screens for nearly four decades and has found success as a musician, record producer and now author.</span></p>
<p><span>He appeared on shows such as </span><em><span>Dancing With The Stars,</span></em><span> and even had a go at theatre.</span></p>
<p><span>On Thursday, the 63-year-old was almost unrecognisable during an interview on </span><em><span>Today Extra</span></em><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>The TV-host turned barrister looked very different as he promoted his new memoir </span><em><span>My Idol Years</span></em><span>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><img width="500" height="550" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/39879/au-idol_500x550.jpg" alt="Au Idol"/><br /></span></p>
<p><span>Mark Holden, who left the entertainment industry to practice law, had left behind his trademark shaggy brown hair.</span></p>
<p><span>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”.</span></p>
<p><span>“I stand by that. When you consider</span><em><span> Idol </span></em><span>in 2001, and Guy Sebastian, why was Guy Sebastian not signed by EMI, Universal, any of the major labels?” he said.</span></p>
<p><span>“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.”</span></p>
<p><span>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.”</span></p>
