Ian Dickson

Ian "Dicko" Dickson (born 28 March 1963 as Ian Ross Perrygrove in Birmingham, England) is a music industry and television personality in Australia. He is best known as a judge on Australian Idol.

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28 March - 1963 - Birmingham - England - Television - Personality - Australia - Australian Idol

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In the early 1980s he completed a degree in politics from Nottingham University. He met his wife, Mel Bell, in Bristol around the same time. She gave him his jump start in the music industry, soon working for several record companies. In 2001, he moved to Sydney to take up the position of General Manager of Marketing for BMG Australia, and in 2003 took up his best known role, as the "bastard judge" on Australian Idol in the first and second seasons.

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1980s - Politics - Nottingham University - Bristol - 2001 - Sydney - BMG - Australia - 2003

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He was also Australia's judge at the first World Idol in December 2003.

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World Idol - December 2003

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Near the end of the 2004 series, it was announced he would be leaving Australian Idol (and Network Ten) to take up a job at the Seven Network. He has since gone on to host the restaurant reality show My Restaurant Rules, and appear on the celebrity dancing competition Dancing with the Stars.

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2004 - Network Ten - Seven Network - My Restaurant Rules - Dancing with the Stars

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