Slow Horses star Christopher Chung's pop star dream resurfaces as Australian Idol clip goes viral

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An old audition clip of Slow Horses star Christopher Chung appearing in 2006's Australian Idol reportedly resurfaced online and has gone viral across X and other social media platforms. A film enthusiast, Gatimo, posted the video from his X profile with a caption:

"Before he was Roddy Ho on Slow Horses. Christopher Chung on Australian Idol at age 16."

Lad Bible mentioned that the singing competition started in July 2003 and ended in November 2009. The format came from the reality show Pop Idol, which was developed by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller. The entertainment news outlet also mentioned that at the age of 12, Christopher entered the world of performance, where he was selected to play the lead role in the stage production of Aladdin.

Several users started commenting on Gatimo's post after the video went viral. One user responded and described the moment as hilarious. Later, Christopher acknowledged his appearance during an interview on Triple J.

Continue reading more about the viral clip of Slow Horses star Christopher Chung.


Slow Horses star's old Australian Idol clip goes viral

Christopher Chung's old Australian Idol clip has reportedly resurfaced online and gone viral. An X user, Gatimo, uploaded the video online with a caption mentioning that Christopher appeared on Australian Idol when he was 16. Before Christopher became Roddy Ho on Slow Horses, he auditioned for the singing competition.

Fans became excited after watching the clip and started praising the actor. One X user, Heavenly Music Corporation, commented that Christopher had done an incredibly Roddy Ho thing.

An Everton fan, Gary Lambert, said that young Christopher was a pure Roddy Ho.

After Australian Idol, Christopher Chung started working in local youth theatre workshops at St. Martin's Youth Theatre and later attempted to enter The X-Factor. He eventually appeared in 2011 as a drug dealer in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and played his first one-off television role.

On Fascinated with Jacqui Felgate, Christopher revealed that he had gotten the chance to play Roddy Ho in Slow Horses by submitting an initial self-tape during the Covid-19 pandemic.


Christopher Chung opened up about his appearance in Australian Idol

During an interview with Triple J, Christopher laughed and described the clip as controversial and savage, calling it the original dream. He said,

"I thought I was going to be a pop star. I actually did Popstars Live before I did Australian Idol. His voice hadn't broken. He was 16."

Christopher explained that he thought he was going to be a pop star and revealed that he had taken part in Popstars Live before joining Australian Idol. He added that at that time, his voice had not yet broken, and he was only 16 years old. He said that his Australian Idol days were his earliest memories and explained that it was at that point he realized he would be doing this for the rest of his life.


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Edited by Priyashmita Choudhury