went out and bought the first cd introducing stan walker and i love it cant wait for the next one!

All you haters!! SHUT UP!! Stan is not a 'one hit wonder', in 12 months i'll still know who he is, so will most of the world. He is gonna go far with his pure talent!! And as he says he is not an Ozzie he just lives there so all you Ozzies trying to claim him your wasting your time!! Kia ora Stan you made NZ proud you keep going and live your dream who cares what haters say!!

I love it....New Zealanders are slowly but surly taking over Australia!

Stan's single 'Black box' is still in the top 10 on itunes well after his win two odd weeks ago

Ask Stan if he's Kiwi or Aussie. What he says is what counts, not opinionated nobodys!

As for the "here today: gone tomorrow" haters, O.K! How about booking yourselves into Burger King in 5years where you can enjoy some 'fries' and try to calculate how much Mr WALKER's net worth would be by then??

Maybe you can reflect on your own miserable lives and sift through some of the 'negativity' that confines you there!!

STANLEY, CONGRATS USO! GO HARD AND HANG ON TIGHT FOR HOWEVER LONG THE RIDE LASTS. GOD BLESS.

The only thing he has proven to me so far is that he can win the vote of a pack of screaming school girls.

Not talent required for that.

Any one remember Ben Lummis?

No, neither do I.

After NZ Idol. He released a single (only charted in NZ) "They Cant Take that Away". It went number one in NZ.

Shortly after released an album "One Road" (2004) that was canned by NZ Music Industry and called "worst sounding album he has heard in his career" by Paul Ellis.

After that, he appeared on a reality TV singing show, Pop's Ultimate Star (2007). He was booted out early.

He tried to release a few singles over his web site, no one listened to them.

Ben who?

What did one poster in here say about the attention span of 15yo schoolgirls?

if Stan Walker claims himself a Kiwi then so be it. Just let him be.Like what he said in the article "They try and claim me now. I'm obviously not an Aussie - don't sound like one, don't look like one.

Stan Walker states

"They try and claim me now. I'm obviously not an Aussie - don't sound like one, don't look like one."

Stan, what does an Aussie 'look' like? Australia, just like New Zealand is a country of immigrants. Just like New Zealand is is made up of dozens and dozens of ethnic groups (including over 600,000 New Zealanders that live there permanently)

You should be grateful to them mate. They have given a kick start to a possible singing career. No Aussie Idol = No Stan Walker.

I wonder how you would have faired in NZ Idol? Ohhh thats right, it got canned coz it sucked.

But Dave, the view from up here is spectacular!

Dave #36 stated

"Instant TV manufactured Music "star" produced by a show directly aimed at 15yo giggling schoolgirls that have the attention span of an ant. Two weeks later, they have moved onto new 'dream boat' to drool and giggle over"

Perfectly said mate. Getting voted 'most popular' by a pack of giggling schoolgirls has not earned Stan any 'stripes'. He has to prove himself now out in the REAL world. And without the drooling schoolgirls that now he is not on Idol have now moved on to giggling over the bare chests of the guys in the second Twilight movie.

In twelve months time, no one here will know even who Stan is. I doubt many that have posted in here can name 4 American Idol winners without googling it.

You CAN NOT mass produce REAL talent like its a car assembly line.