 Sandilands and Henderson were the hosts of the nationally syndicated chart show "The Hot Hits", before swapping host roles with Andrew Günsberg in December 2009, who had previously hosted "Take40 Australia", but left the show at the end of 2011.In 2005, Sandilands replaced Ian "Dicko" Dickson as one of the judges on Network Ten's "Australian Idol".He continued as a judge on "Idol" until, just before the premiere of its seventh season, he was dropped from the show in August 2009.