Canadian Idol - Season 6 - Auditions - Hamilton, Ottawa, St. John's and Halifax

More auditions!!!

Alright, what is up with the weird start? We are shown a mock audition, with mock judges played by kids, with a mock contestant, even a fake Ben! *L* Too cute.

We start with Ottawa...

Jonny Whitehead welcomes us in our nation's capital. If he can go overseas and have bombs flying over his head, he can certainly audition in front of the Canadian Idol judges, right? Yes, he certainly can. You are going to Toronto, baby!

A lot of people have told the next contestant, Kelsi Schauerte, that she sounds like Kelly Clarkson. No Golden Ticket for Kelsi, but a hug for Zach!

Lisa Closs is a terrible singer, according to Zach. Jake can't say if he agrees or not, he had his ears plugged all the way trough. Gotta say, for once, I myself do agree with Zach.

Celene Donnelly just wants to have fun. She might be the only one in the room who does.

Dan Young plays guitar and sings, music is his life. He says he's doing that for his mom who has cancer and is dying. His song choice for the audition is not very melodic, but there is a sincerity in his raspy voice that is quite touching. Farley says no, but Dan still goes through. He goes to the hospital to show his mother the Golden Ticket... Very touching moment. Sadly, we learn at the end that his mom passed away some times in 2008.

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Kristine Lankinen, Business graduate, singer and bartender, self admitted geek. She sings "Alone" by Heart. She seems nervous, balancing her arms back and forth... But she pulls through, the judges like her, and she's on her way to Toronto!

Ryan Mawla comes right out and admits he use to be a man, but now he's a girl. A bit heavy for a pre-audition package, but I kinda like the honesty. Zach actually shows an open mind and a lot of compassion towards Ryan, saying that music might not be the right vehicle to express who he is, but that the message he/she wants to convey is important. Ryan then talks to Jully Black, saying she inspires him/her. Hugs, tears, touching moment.

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We are now in Hamilton, hometown of the current Canadian Idol, Brian Melo!

Nicholaus J Gordon is up first. 16, with a beard, singing "Rehab" in a weird voice... Still he goes through... I guess uniqueness won over good voice...

Rufus shakes his groovy thing to "Get Down Tonight". Energetic audition that earns him a Golden Ticket!

Barbara Griffore says she is our next Canadian Idol. Hum, not so much.

Bill Smith. Yep, his audition was as monotone as his name is boring. He does talk back to Zach, which is actually entertaining.

Sarah Dillon. No, just no.

Jade Padua has a background in acting, singing and dancing. She has a good voice, is on pitch... But maybe not entirely herself? Jake thinks that they'll be able to break her and beat her into being herself. I guess we'll see, since she's going to Toronto!

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Jessica Sheppard almost made it to the top 22 last year. And she's back for more. See you in T.O., baby...

Construction worker Adam Castelli is no stranger to the music scene. He use to be in a band with his brother, had a record ready before his brother had a huge accident. So Adam hopes Canadian Idol can help him rebuild his dreams. He starts out his audition by talk-singing his lyrics... Very strange. Then he starts to really sing his chorus... Great, great, great. The judges all love how he touches them emotionally. Off to T.O. you go, baby!

Online auditions were accepted this year, and 11 hopeful impressed the judges enough to go on to the top 200. Hum... Not sure I like the online audition thing...

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And here we are on the east coast!

Mark Day, the 90 year old baby face, sings "The Power of Love". Not my kind of singer, but the guy can sing... He's on his way to The Big Smoke!

A little montage of funny judges noises and guitar players who really are not. Later, we meet Lindsay Barr. Good performance ability, nice tone, off to Toronto she goes!

Mitch MacDonald is a very proud Cap Bretoner who comes from a musical family of traditional dancing and singing. He's got quite a unique voice, nice tone, interesting personality... He had Sass at Hello, and he's on his way to Toronto!

Ben needs other kinds of shirts...

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Luke and Jock do the original canadian idol song to a string of "no, no, no, no, no" from the judges. They don't make it either.

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Next week, the Top 200 goes to Toronto and will get cut down to 22.... Stay tuned!

Brian Melo and Greg Neufeld

Not doing anything tonight? Why not go and support some local talent and live music? With guests Tupelo Honey @ the Chilliwack Arts Centre. Tix $25 plus services @ Ticketmaster. Starts @ 7:30 p.m.

Be there! And let us know how it went!

Canadian Idol - Final Result Show

It is ON!!!!

The show starts with the Top 10 performing a Bon Jovi Medley. Starting off with “You Give Love a Bad Name.”, the Top 10 launch into “Blaze of Glory”, “Livin’ on a Prayer”, “I’ll Be There For You.”, “Making Memories”, “Always”, to finally end the medley with “You Give Love a Bad Name.” The group sing was pretty decent. I missed seeing Greg on my TV, and well, this was great for that. They really showcased him a lot during the show.



Avril Lavigne and her band performed two songs, her new and third single "Hot" and the second single "When You're Gone". Avril seems really happy to be performing on the idol stage. She sounded really good, adding some nuances to her singing that really suited her songs. And of course, her guitarist and back up singer, Jim McGorman was singing and he too sounded amazing (see "http://randomlyyoursbouffe.blogspot.com/2007/09/jim-mcgorman-with-avril-lavigne_12.html for videos of Avril performances).



After some blah blah blah, each idol sings part of their favorite song they performed while on the show:

Mila performs “I’m Going Down.”, Khalila sings “Family Portrait”, Martha sings “Power of Love” (of course), Greg sings “This Love” while playing electric guitar - yum!, Tara sings “Suspicious Minds”, Matt sings “Whipping Post” (even better than the first time), Dwight d’Eon sings “Smooth”, dressed in bondage black pants and playing the electric guitar. He's a god guitarist, I must say!, Carly sings “Sweet Ones”.



Jaydee and Brian sing “Waiting On the World To Change.” The rest of the Top 10 join them.



Bon Jovi perform 2 songs (“Lost Highway” and “It’s My Life”) and sounded pretty darn good.



In their last performance together, the top 10 sing “A Song For You.”

Eva Avila takes the stage and performs her single “Falling for You”. Eva looks great and seems much more comfortable on stage. I don't care for the song tho...



In his final peroformance of the night, Jaydee sings “Johnny B. Goode.” He does sound great when he sings that kind of songs.

For his final performance, Brian chose to do “Karma Police” and blew it out of the park, just like he did the first time.

Jaydee and Brian sing a Medley starting with “Break on Through to the Other Side” . Not to sure what the rest of the songs are ..... :)

Ben finally announces the winner - BRIAN MELO!!!!



Greg Neufeld was my favorite all season, and I really was rooting for him. But Brian was my second choice, so I am happy he won. :)