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'{{Short description|Australian television personality (born 1963)}} {{for|the Australian television newsreader|Ian Ross (newsreader)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox person | image = Ian "Dicko" Dickson (6719088849).jpg | caption = | name = Ian Dickson | birth_name = Ian Ross Perrygrove | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|3|28}} | birth_place = [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]], England | known_for = ''[[Australian Idol]]'', ''[[The Next Great American Band]]'' and ''[[Australia's Got Talent]]'' | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Dicko | occupation = {{hlist|Television and radio personality|producer|music journalist}|former record label executive}} | years_active = 2003–present | networth = | spouse = Melanie Bell | children = 2 | website = [http://iandickson.com.au iandickson.com.au] }} '''Ian Ross Perrygrove''' (born 28 March 1963) better known as '''Ian''' "'''Dicko'''" '''Dickson''' or simply '''"Dicko"''' is an [[English Australian]] television and radio presenter, television producer, music journalist and former record company executive and talent scout. He has been a talent judge on ''[[Australian Idol]]'', ''[[The Next Great American Band]]'', the 2012 reboot of ''[[Young Talent Time]]'' and ''[[Australia's Got Talent]]''. He previously spent over twenty years working in the record industry in both the U.K. and Australia, for labels including [[Creation Records]], [[Sony]], [[A&M Records|A&M]] and [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] and for music acts including [[Celine Dion]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Primal Scream]] and [[Pearl Jam]]. ==Early life and education== Dickson is the grandson of former professional footballer [[Ian Dickson (footballer)|Ian Dickson]] from [[Dumfries]]. As well as playing for hometown club [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]], Dickson the footballer also played for [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] and for [[Aston Villa]]; while playing for the last he set roots in Birmingham, his grandson's home town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://qosfc.com/new_legendsview.aspx?playerid=1059 |title=Article on Ian Dickson (footballer) and Ian Dickson (music mogul), on the official Queen of the South website |access-date=7 October 2012 |archive-date=29 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629075231/http://www.qosfc.com/new_legendsview.aspx?playerid=1059 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dickson graduated from the [[University of Nottingham]] with a degree in politics in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=Episode 40|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/spicksandspecks/txt/s2422421.htm|website=Spicks and Specks|publisher=ABC|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> He met his wife, Melanie Bell, in [[Bristol]] around the same time. {{Citation needed|date=July 2017}} His first job in the music industry was as Press and Promotions Manager for [[Creation Records]], and he managed bands including [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]], [[Primal Scream]], [[Felt]], [[Weather Prophets]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]. He also wrote freelance reviews and features as a music journalist for [[Melody Maker]] and [[Record Mirror]]. {{Citation needed|date=July 2017}} ==Career== ===1989–2004: Recording industry=== In 1989, Dickson joined [[Sony Music|Sony Music UK]] (then [[Sony Music|CBS Records]]) as a press officer, managing [[Public Enemy]], [[LL Cool J]], [[Midnight Oil]], [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] and [[Michael Bolton]]. In 1990, he moved to the [[Epic Records]] label as a marketing executive working with [[Pearl Jam]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Living Colour]], [[Screaming Trees]] and [[Celine Dion]]. He became Director of International for Sony UK in 1993, overseeing global strategies for all Epic and S2 label artists, including [[Jamiroquai]], [[Des'ree]], [[Reef (band)|Reef]], [[Manic Street Preachers]] and [[Basia]]. He moved to [[A&M Records|A&M Records UK]] in 1994 as Director of International, looking after acts such as [[Chris De Burgh]], [[Therapy]], [[Del Amitri]], [[The Bluetones]] and the [[Mowax]] label, including [[DJ Shadow]], [[Money Mark]] and [[Unkle|U.N.C.L.E.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ian Dicko Dickson|url=http://enhancentertainment.com.au/ian-dicko-dickson/|website=Enhance Entertainment|publisher=Enhance Entertainment Pty Ltd}}</ref> In 2001, he moved to Sydney to take up the position of General Manager of Marketing for Sony [[BMG Australia]], and remained in the role until August 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ian Dickson Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1468038/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_trv_sm#trivia|publisher=IMDb|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> ===2003–2004: ''Australian Idol''=== In 2003, Dickson took up his best-known role—as the "nasty" judge on ''[[Australian Idol]]'' in the [[Australian Idol (season 1)|first]] and [[Australian Idol (season 2)|second]] seasons—alongside fellow judges [[Marcia Hines]] and [[Mark Holden]]. The first series premiered on 27&nbsp;July 2003 on [[Network Ten]]. Viewers initially disliked him for his insensitive, cold attitude (including controversial comments on a female contestant's weight), but towards the end of his tenure he became popular for his candid assessments of performances based on his expertise and experience within the record industry.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} He was also Australia's judge at the first (and so far only) ''[[World Idol]]'' in December 2003. ===2005–2006: Seven Network=== Near the end of the 2004 series of ''Australian Idol'', it was announced that Dickson would be leaving the show and Network Ten to move to the [[Seven Network]] to broaden his interests as a presenter and producer. The move caused controversy at the time, as the popularity of ''Idol'' and Dickson himself were at their peak.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} His first role at the Seven Network in 2005 was as host of the second season of reality TV series ''[[My Restaurant Rules]]'', succeeding [[Curtis Stone]]. Also that year he was a contestant in ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'', placing third.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} During this time, Dickson and his business partner and manager, David Wilson, formed Watercooler Media, an independent television production company. In December 2005, Dickson began his first stint on radio, hosting the morning show on Sydney and Melbourne radio stations [[Smooth 95.3|Vega 95.3]] and [[Smooth 91.5|Vega 91.5]], both part of the [[Smooth (radio network)|Vega radio network]].{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} In 2006, Dickson was the host of ''[[Celebrity Survivor|Australian Celebrity Survivor]]'' on the Seven Network. ===2007–2009: Return to ''Australian Idol'' and Network Ten=== On 30 November 2006, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' reported that Dickson would return to Network Ten in 2007 to become a fourth judge on the fifth season of ''Australian Idol'', rejoining Mark Holden, Marcia Hines and his successor [[Kyle Sandilands]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Idato |title=Dicko ready to return to Idol ranks|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/dicko-back-on-idol/2006/11/29/1164777657776.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=30 November 2006|access-date=19 May 2007}}</ref> [[Australian Idol (season 5)|Season five]] premiered on 5 August 2007. Also in 2007 Dickson accepted an offer to be a judge on ''[[The Next Great American Band]]'' on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in the U.S. He was scouted by ''[[American Idol]]'' executive producers [[Nigel Lythgoe]] and [[Ken Warwick]] based on his performance at ''World Idol'' four years earlier.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} His fellow judges were [[Sheila E.]] and [[John Rzeznik]], and the series premiered on 19 October 2007. ''Australian Idol'' and ''The Next Great American Band'' were filmed simultaneously, which meant Dickson traveled back and forth between the U.S. and Australia for his filming duties. In 2008 and 2009, he was again a judge on ''Australian Idol'' for seasons six and seven, the final seasons of the series.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} In January 2008, it was announced that Dickson would be hosting the breakfast radio show on [[Smooth 91.5|Vega 91.5]] alongside comedian [[Dave O'Neil]] and former ''Big Brother'' runner-up [[Chrissie Swan]], replacing [[Denise Scott]] and [[Shaun Micallef]]. The breakfast show was titled ''Dicko, Dave & Chrissie''. Chrissie left the show in 2009 and Dickson and O'Neil continued the show for one more year until its end in 2010.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} ===2010–2011: ''Can of Worms''=== On 4 July 2011 ''[[Can of Worms (TV program)|Can of Worms]]'' premiered on Network Ten with Dickson and [[Meshel Laurie]] as hosts. He and his business partner and manager, David Wilson, developed the show, in which celebrities were required to answer yes or no before a live studio audience to tricky moral questions such as, "Is it wrong to tell your kids there is no God?" and "If a woman has had a boob job, is it an open invitation to have a good look?".<ref>{{cite news |author=Alison Stephenson |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/dicko-set-to-launch-new-chat-style-panel-show-can-of-worms/story-e6frfmyi-1226083632140 |title=Dicko fights political correctness gone mad in Can of Worms |publisher=News.com.au |date=29 June 2011 }}</ref> He and Wilson had pitched the show several times to various TV networks from 2005 to 2009, finally selling the concept to Network Ten with a pitch meeting where Dickson acted as host and the executives the contestants.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} At the end of the first series he elected not to return as a host of subsequent series but remained as an executive producer.<ref>{{cite news |author=Simone Mitchell |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/dicko-sacks-himself-as-can-of-worms-host-20111220-1p3d2.html |title=Dicko 'sacks himself' as Can of Worms host |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 December 2011 }}</ref> ''Can of Worms'' lasted two more seasons with Chrissie Swan and Dan Illic as hosts and ended in 2014. ===2012–2014: ''Young Talent Time'', ''The Celebrity Apprentice Australia'' and return to radio=== After leaving his hosting duties on ''Can of Worms'' at the end of 2011, Dickson became a judge on the 2012 reboot of ''[[Young Talent Time]]'', initially as a guest judge while [[Tina Arena]] was away ill before becoming a full time judge during the finals. He joined the cast of the second season of ''[[The Celebrity Apprentice Australia]]'', which premiered on the [[Nine Network]] on 18 April 2012. He was announced the winner of the series in the final episode, and split his earnings with runner-up Nathan Joliffee. He won A$204,253 for his nominated charity, The Australian Children's Music Foundation. His soft side seen during the series and the final was in contrast to his persona as the hard-as-nails judge on ''Australian Idol''.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} After his win Dickson returned to Europe to spend some time with his family. Upon his return to Australia, he announced he would be returning to radio in 2013 as the breakfast host on Sydney talkback AM radio station [[2UE]] alongside 2UE police reporter Sarah Morice.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/ues-new-breakfast-pair-ian-dicko-dickson-and-sarah-morice-take-on-alan-jones/story-e6frewz0-1226557740106 |title=2UE's new breakfast pair, Ian 'Dicko' Dickson and Sarah Morice, take on Alan Jones |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=20 January 2013 }}</ref> In 2014 Dickson and Morice moved to the 12pm-3pm shift hosting their show ''Afternoons with Dicko & Sarah''. The show came to an end at the end of 2014. ===2015 – Onwards: Return to the judges' chair and ''First Contact''=== In July 2015 Dickson played [[Widow Twanky]] in [[Bonnie Lythgoe]]'s stage production of ''Aladdin and his Wondrous Lamp'' at the [[State Theatre (Sydney)|State Theatre]] in Sydney, Australia. [[Jessica Rowe]] and [[Beau Ryan]] also appeared in the production.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} On 28 October 2015, it was announced that Dickson would be one of the four new judges on the Nine Network's new ''[[Australia's Got Talent]]''.<ref>{{cite news |author=David Knox |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/nine-upfronts-2016-nine-goes-hd-new-lifestyle-channel-and-daryl-somers-returns.html |title=Nine Upfronts 2016: Nine goes HD, new lifestyle channel – and Daryl Somers returns |website=TV Tonight |date=28 October 2015 }}</ref> The series premiered on 1&nbsp;February 2016 with Dickson as a judge alongside [[Kelly Osbourne]], [[Sophie Monk]] and [[Eddie Perfect]]. Starting on 29 November 2016, Dickson appeared in the second season of the TV series ''[[First Contact (Australian TV series)|First Contact]]'' on [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]], one of six well known Australians spending twenty-eight days living in various Indigenous communities across Australia.<ref>{{cite news |author=Karl Quinn |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/david-oldfield-former-one-nation-hardman-to-lead-celebrity-first-contact-20161009-gryhjd.html |title=David Oldfield, former One Nation hardman, to lead celebrity First Contact |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 October 2016 }}</ref> From 2 April 2023, Dickson appeared as a contestant in the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian season 9)|ninth season]] of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bond|first=Nick|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/im-a-celebrity/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here-full-cast-revealed/news-story/4447c7306fd69df895f3d57007b246c6|title=I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here: Full cast revealed|date=2 April 2023|website=[[News.com.au]]|access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-01 |title=I'm A Celebrity 2023: Dicko, Debra Lawrance And Dom From MAFS Head To The Jungle |url=https://10play.com.au/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here/articles/im-a-celebrity-2023-dicko-debra-lawrance-and-dom-from-mafs-head-to-the-jungle/tpa230328mwlzc |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=10 play |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Molk |first=Steve |date=2023-04-02 |title=DEBRA LAWRANCE, DICKO, and MAFS' DOM drop into the jungle on I'M A CELEB! |url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2023/04/02/debra-lawrance-dicko-and-mafs-dom-drop-into-the-jungle-on-im-a-celeb/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=TV Blackbox |language=en-AU}}</ref> Dickson was eliminated 3rd on 19 April 2023.<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Knox|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/04/dicko-out-of-the-jungle.html|title= Dicko out of the jungle|date=20 April 2023|website=tvtonight.com.au|access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> ==Personal life== Dickson is married to Melanie Bell; they have two daughters and live on the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]]. He became an Australian citizen on [[Australia Day]], 26 January 2007.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} He is good friends with his ''[[Pop Idol]]'' and ''[[American Idol]]'' counterpart [[Simon Cowell]], going back to their days working together in the British music industry. It was Cowell who convinced Dickson to take the role as the "villain judge", despite his reservations given that he was relatively new to his adopted homeland and wanted to settle at a gradual pace. Cowell guaranteed immediate money and fame as incentives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Ian 'Dicko' Dickson|url=http://classic.fhm.com.au/interviews_show.php?id=14|work=[[FHM]]|access-date=2007-05-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014451/http://classic.fhm.com.au/interviews_show.php?id=14|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref> Dickson is a Foundation Member and ambassador of the Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club and was one of 14 Australian supporters who traveled to Saudi Arabia to watch the club win the AFC Champions League title in 2014. On an episode of the ABC Australian news program ''[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]'' broadcast on 19 February 2007, Dickson discussed his problems with [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]]. {{cquote|Am I an alcoholic or not? Yes, I think, I think I am an alcoholic. I think a lot more people are living under the cosh of booze than they are prepared to recognise. And it's actually quite liberating when you understand that, because you realise there's lots of people in the same boat. You don't have to be sitting on a street corner urinating in your trousers and shadow boxing to be a drunk. I'm living proof.<ref>{{cite news|first=Janine|last=Cohen|title=Battling the Booze|url=http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2007/s1851571.htm|work=[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]|date=19 February 2007|access-date=2007-05-19}}</ref>}} Dickson is an [[atheist]]: "I have developed a spirituality which I suppose you could call metaphysics or science of mind – nothing to do with Scientology, I hasten to add. It's something that was developed by a guy called Ernest Holmes, and it's about the law of the universe, the law of attraction. It's all that stuff that's been popular on [[The Secret (Byrne book)|The Secret]] but there's far more to it than that. I'm an atheist but I've got a spirituality I can fall back on. I don't like religion because I see it as a bureaucracy of faith and I've never really been big on bureaucracy."<ref>Ian Dickson interviewed by Bridget McManus, '[http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/addicted-to-fame/2007/08/01/1185647908623.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 Back to where he once belonged]', ''The Age'' (Australia), 2 August 2007 (accessed 22 May 2008).</ref> ==Footnotes== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=1468038|name=Ian "Dicko" Dickson}} {{The Apprentice Australia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickson, Ian}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Australian Idol]] [[Category:Australian radio personalities]] [[Category:English male journalists]] [[Category:Australian television presenters]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of Australia]] [[Category:Australian atheists]] [[Category:Australian music critics]] [[Category:Australian music journalists]] [[Category:The Apprentice Australia candidates]] [[Category:The Apprentice winners]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Nottingham]] [[Category:Mass media people from Birmingham, West Midlands]] [[Category:Living people]]'