Canadian Idol 6! Episode 29 – Top 3 Performance – VIDEO

By On 09/01/2008 · 26 Comments · In Uncategorized

Bryan Adams is this week’s mentor. The Top 3 each performed two of his songs.

I’m still a little disappointed that Earl Stevenson was voted off this week, but I haven’t completely lost my interest in CI. There’s still Theo Tams, a beautiful singer whose phasing is mature, impeccable. His musicality never fails to impress me, even when he occasionally misses the mark. He should be winning this thing, but I’m not going to hold my breath, especially with his second performance getting so-so marks from the judges. I would not be surprised to find Mitch MacDonald and Drew Wright in the Top 2, with either one of them winning it. They seem to have a ton of hometown support, and Drew has been picking up steam in the last few weeks. I hope I’m proven wrong.

  • Drew Wright – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Cuts Like a Knifeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – Drew decides to “do his own thing” with “Cuts Like a Knife”. But, beyond a chunky guitar riff thrown into the middle, it sounds pretty similar to the original. Bryan likes that he “rocked it out”. Drew’s got some completely unnecessary facial scruff going on–he looks better clean-shaven. Still, his vocal performance continues to improve. The judges like it a lot, except Zack, who says he should have sung it “a lot tougher.”
  • Theo Tams – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heavenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Bryan compliments Theo on his piano playing skills. He performs a beautiful, restrained, yet powerful interpretation of “Heaven”. And the judges agree! Zack says it’s one of the two or three best performances in the history of the show.
  • Mitch MacDonald – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heat of The Night” – Bryan says he’s got to sing it like he means it. Well, this is better than last week, when he sang a dark Elliott Smith song with a smile. The interpretation is much better, but his vocals are still whiny, warbly and nasal. I can’t get past that. Farley and Zack thought he looked uncomfortable. Neither Jake nor Sass are buying “Angry” Mitch.
  • Drew Wright – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m Readyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – Drew’s interpretation here needed to be amped up a few notches. I didn’t feel any passion from him until the very end, and at that point, it was too little too late. I agree with Zack, who says he didn’t get any “honest intensity” from his performance. Jake disagrees, he sees “real star potential.” Sass agrees with Jake. Farley agrees with Zack…and me. Drew’s got a lot going on–looks, decent vocals and guitar playing skills–but he’s yet to develop a strong stage presence. He’s the lite version of whichever artist he happens to be covering at the moment.
  • Theo Tams – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“When Your Goneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – Bryan Adams wrote the song, and it was a big hit for Mel C. (or B or Z or Zzzz. Who cares). Haven’t heard the version, don’t want to hear it either. Although Theo’s stage skills are improving, I prefer him sitting behind the piano. But, he knows he’s gotta mix it up to keep advancing. The judges don’t like it much at all. I wish he’d left a better last impression with the voting audience. “Heaven” should have been second.
  • Mitch MacDonald – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“When You Love Someoneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – Gah. It’s like the sound of cats being strangled, I tell you. Add out of tune to my previous list of vocal complaints. This is dreadful. Zack says Mitch has a distinctive tone. That’s one way of putting it. And a Paul Simon vibe. Uh, OK. The judges love this one. Maybe they’re just giving in to the inevitable.

The Canadian Idol Top 3 performance show begins tonight at 9 pm ET. Tomorrowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s results show at 8 pm ET. Canadians and border dwellersà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦carry on! The rest of us will catch upà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Video from Igrecman. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll post it as soon as ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s up.

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  • earthy

    Songs for Tonight:

    Drew Wright – “Cuts Like a Knife” and “I’m Ready”
    Theo Tams – “Heaven” and “When Your Gone”
    Mitch MacDonald – “Heat of The Night” and “When You Love Someone”

    Theo and Drew were my favorites. Please go home Mitch.

  • http://myspace.com/saltwatercures pj

    I thought this show ended last week…

  • chickaboom

    You’re right pj there is no show tonight.

  • smartcookie

    Mitch is just painful to listen to. What are they smoking to think he’s so good? Paul Simon? Somebody is deluding themselves big time with that one. Maybe they know he’s running away with the votes and they’re trying to make it seem palatable. Maybe they think if they ream him, he will get even more votes, so they’re soft-pedaling to get rid of him.

    I dunno. But IMO Theo was terrific tonight, and Drew was also very good (although not nearly as good as Theo) and Mitch stank up the place. But I expect Drew to be out tomorrow night, and Mitch to win the whole thing, just to really send the message that Canadian Idol is an ass (to paraphrase Dickens).

  • cookcricket

    I thought this show ended last weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

    :lol_tb:

    Not sure why I’m here! Haven’t watched the vids. Don’t plan to. Okay, good ngiht.

  • JOJOSIE

    I was amazed at all the Mitch fans in the audience, but then I hear he has the whole east coast for regional voting. I’ve been a Drew fan since early on as I think he has a great voice and is also a really cute guy. Theo on the other hand imo is a great singer but really short on looks. I know it’s a singing contest, but looks do count, well maybe not in CI we’ll just have to wait and see. I also have a scary vision of Mitch winning.

  • http://whatwouldvoltairedo.blogspot.com/ palais

    Theo winning CI is not out of the realm of possibility. Take a look at season one winner Ryan Malcolm- skinny, gangly, awkward, receding hairline, specs… no beauty. Granted, Kalan was cute as a button, as were Melissa and Eva, but Brian Melo was no hot stuff in the looks department, either. Theo is simply the best contestant left, and I have faith in Canada. I have to.

    Excuse me, I need to go vote for Theo for two hours straight.

  • cruzceleste

    I don ´t mean to be rude to anyone canadian idol, but that kid Theo had sing like 5 songs that David Archuleta sang…

  • marco5ny

    There will certainly be those that disagree but I don’t think any one of the contestants this year on CI are very good “performers” who know how to move around and command a stage. Even if you were horrified, at least with certain past AI champions (Cook, Hick and Fantasia come immediately to mind) you could not look away with what they were doing on stage. After watching this season of CI, I have a better appreciation for the skills of young performers who know how to move. Clearly it’s harder than it looks.

    Drew “Really rocked it up a lot” on Cuts Like a Knife. Trying to do the one eyebrow raise that Jordin has perfected. Band somewhat overpowered him. Nice vocals and arrangement but a bit bland persona on stage.

    Theo’s “Heaven” Overly dramatic Elton John rendition of Bryan’s sappiest ballad was tailor made for today’s pop chart. All that was missing was a gospel choir. Will be too vanilla for some but definitely good. On a side note, Jully and Theo are so not on the same page.

    Mitch sings “Heat of the Night” and evokes a cute puppy trying to growl like a doberman. Not happening. Just misses as he scoops up to those high notes.

    Drew does “I’m Ready” with a goat vibrato that reminds one of Carmen Rasmussen. Such a bland performer needs a song that kicks to avoid putting everyone to sleep. Zzzzzz.

    Theo does “When You’re Gone” with a bit of a soulful vibe and an organ sound. Good until he came out from behind the piano. He doesn’t look that comfortable when he “cuts loose.”

    Mitch and “When you Love Someone” tries to bring an earnest honesty to a plaintive ballad. Choose songs that did not let his nice-guy persona shine effectively. Song was also woefully out of his range. Paul Simon comparison? Yikes.

  • hapi

    I had found both Mookie and Earl mesmerizing and so entertaining even though there were times when vocally they were actually NOT great (and at times vocally great). So I loved them the best. Sometimes Mookie was monotone and sometimes Earl was off, but LOVE them. But now…

    Theo has times of being fantastic but he doesn’t grab me, and vocally altho usually vocally great… last weeks piano dance (go ahead and relisten) song was vocally bad to my ears. But he’s a definate talent. but am a little bored with him.

    Drew is very good and getting better.

    OK, now most of you will kill me, but I actually really really like Mitch. And he’s sorta quirky and original and I like his odd sound and personna. Now, I like Mitch the best and I’m not smokin’ anything. hee hee.

  • luliandy

    I gotta say, this is not looking good. They gave whiny Mitch the money spot, and that probably moved me to vote -for the first time ever in my life may I say-on a T.V show. I voted for Drew several times and almost always got in, no busy signal. So, Yep, it looks that tomorrow it’s Drew’s CI goodbye… and I do hope I’m wrong!! I’m also dreading the increasingly possible chance that Mitch wins the whole thing. Theo would be a deserving winner, as would Drew, but let’s be prepared b/c Mitch is staying you guys!

  • sue

    I am LMAO at the sign “Don’t be a B*tch vote for Mitch!” LOL… I couldn’t believe all the people their for Mitch, I guess he does have a lot of support. His second song wasn’t too bad.

    Theo was great! I love both of his performances and I hope he is in the finale, shocker would be if he didn’t make it. I like it when he walks around a little bit in the second song.

    Drew was ok in the first song but the band did overpowered him a little. The second song wasn’t that good at all.

    I don’t know how the votes are going tomorrow, CI is unpredictable. Good luck to all three of them but I hope Theo wins the whole thing.

  • movin2thabeet

    For me, Theo clearly delivered the best performances. His nerves were showing some so his self-confidence (and vocal strength) slipped a bit here and there, but overall solid performances. I think that the reason that Elton John comparisons are made is that his piano playing is similiar to Elton’s.

    I still feel that Drew doesn’t have a well-defined persona. His voice is ok but lacks ownership. I usually feel (similiar to Zack) that he’s playing at someone instead of becoming the song.

    And Mitch. What can I say? His voice is not pleasant to my ears. And there were a couple of times that he held notes off-key. Ouch. I completely agree with the judges that hearing him play angry just was not believable, although it did change his tone for the better.

    Theo FTW!!

  • maeflower

    I couldn’t even make it all the way through these videos. For me it’s just not the same without Earl and Mookie! Drew always sounds great and looks great but rarely resonates with me. I hope Theo wins. He’s been his own artist from the start and given more than one “wow” performance for me.

  • justantonio

    mitch is really making the show look bad…when you have a top 3 and mitch is in it? he was brutal tonight and has been every night…drew has had ok moments and maybe one great moment when he hit the note while singing creep…tonight was ok…Theo’s “heaven” was the only performance that could possibly be in a top 3…the only performance that was decent….I guess the elimination of Oliver Piggot set the tone for this years Canadian Idol. The top 3 is a joke….if Theo doesn’t win…which I expect he won’t…it will cap off a ridiculous season

  • Dlynne

    I thought this show ended last weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

    And yet, I am still here. I have to see it to a conclusion even though I don’t have a horse in this race.

    Thanks for the giggle, PJ.

  • jodeb

    If one could put Theo or Drew’s voice in Mookie’s body and watch Mookie perform, this would be an easy pick, but, what’s that you say? The Mook is gone? Oh well, so much for that thought.

    Video did kill the radio star as they say. I just can’t see Theo in a video, unless they handcuff his legs to the piano and let other people act out the video. Guy cannot move at all.

    I can’t see Mitch in anything. Sorry, but redeemed himself in the second song? Did they share the helium with him? I could have sworn he had all the helium available. :) Yeah, his voice is identifiable, but why would you want to listen to it long enough to identify it?

    IMO, Drew is the perfect compromise out of the final three, great voice, good to look at for a video or a concert. Now if Zach would wear only two coats of mascara instead of four, maybe he wouldn’t be in such a foul mood, could see better, and wouldn’t hate on Drew so much.

    Drew FTW!!!!!.

    PS: Still wondering why Earl was so out of it last week????

  • gingerly

    I’m so over this season. I don’t care who wins…

  • justantonio

    This is why Mookie will be a star
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLY9TFjm2cA

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/iamthepurplewalrus purplesmile

    This show started out very promising, too. Sigh.

  • lilbrusc102

    I knew it would be pretty dull w/o Mookie and Earl, but I didn’t know how dull until I watched it this week…

    I really hope Theo wins…Drew is alright but he bores me, and Mitch is…well, Mitch. Wouldn’t be surprised if he won the whole thing though…..

  • BootStar

    I had a dream with Mookie in it last night. I was hanging out with him in his apartment. He was still a struggling musician but clearly the kid made a subconscious impression on me, so I’m predicting we haven’t seen the last of him.

    Theo for me has always been the best singer; I agree that his performances aren’t always the best, but I think he can grow into that. I’ve always liked Drew, but he’s only wowed me a handful of times all season. I don’t think that’s enough to win, but I wouldn’t be horrified if he did. Mitch, on the other hand … I think this comment up-thread captured exactly what those final comments by the judges were all about (otherwise, they’re smoking dope, not helium!):

    Maybe they know heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s running away with the votes and theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re trying to make it seem palatable.

  • minoxp

    Melanie C.

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    Fixed it! LOL.

  • minoxp

    Of course you don’t care, it’s not idol-related, right. Although she sings a hell lot better than any idol, but anyway… I was just trying to help, sorry. Won’t be a next time.

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    Of course you donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t care, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not idol-related, right. Although she sings a hell lot better than any idol, but anywayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ I was just trying to help, sorry. Wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be a next time.

    Sorry, that wasn’t meant as a knock against you. I listen to a lot of music other than Idols, just very little of it is pop. I can’t help but snark on the Spice Girls. Thanks for the correction.