Comments on: Canadian Idol 6! Episode 5 – Top 22 Revealed – VIDEO

By: redge_dc

redge_dc — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:17:36 +0000

The CI contestants are really interesting. I’m looking forward to seeing and hearing Sebastian Pigott more than his brother actually. I like his vibe.

Mookie somehow reminds me of Jason Castro. Not the genre they sing but the way they sing.

This’ll definitely help the withdrawal symptoms from the lack of AI .

By: dancin

dancin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:21:04 +0000

well the lead singer of Hedley came in third on one season of CdnIdol and they’re doing awesome

kalan porter is so veryyyyyyy talented… he lost a bit of momentum when he took a year off cuz his mom was diagnosed with breast cancer… but hes back and sounding fantastic

By: erennick

erennick — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:07:15 +0000

sure hope this years canadian idol produces some great new stars

Agreed. CI really needs a breakout star, that sells albums. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think they have had that yet.

I am super-psyched about this Top 24! And, that MJ is covering it so I have a place to talk about it! I followed the last two seasons (from igrecman last year coincidentally) and this year’s talent seems to be so much deeper.

There are definitely a lot of “guys with guitars,” but the interesting (and frustrating) thing about CI is the regional voting. It is MUCH more of a factor on CI than AI and the South. I think the singers from Toronto have more trouble and the singers from the East have more voters. Somebody from Canada would know a lot more.

By: dancin

dancin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:48:48 +0000

some great talent this year

last years runner up Jaydee Bixby (my lil elvis reincarnated lol) has an album coming out on july 8… if you like country music it sounds like a respectable first cd i love it

sure hope this years canadian idol produces some great new stars

By: RemusL

RemusL — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:14:25 +0000

primeminister, I think the online Metro news edition rotates on some schedule who it chooses to highlight at the top of the page. There are also print editions in 7 major cities across Canada and it would make sense for each of the individual editions to feature regional competitors more prominently. Frogpond, I asked my friend in the U.S. who gets CTV via satellite to clarify and he said satellite access is a "technical issue". I take that to mean the same way Canadians can get HBO and other American pay-tv stations that our local cable providers will not offer at all with ANY plan. The only other way, as mj said, is to reside in those communities near enough the Canada-U.S. border to receive Canadian tv signals via antenna.

By: highhopes

highhopes — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:33:54 +0000

You donÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t need citizenship for AI/CI/OzI, just proof of residency and being able to work in that country.

I didn’t know that. Thanks!

By: Frogpond

Frogpond — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:02:49 +0000

Oh and one thing with CI this year is the youngest one is 18 .
Thank you CI for that .

By: Frogpond

Frogpond — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:01:34 +0000

IDK I have direct tv and its not on any of my channels .

The only channel which shows a CTV show is WGN and thats Corner Gas .

I would love to have them pick it up but they have not done so .

By: primeminister

primeminister — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:26:59 +0000

Thanks for the link to the metronews, RemusL. Interesting who they chose to highlight at the top of the page.

By: RemusL

RemusL — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:19:08 +0000

Since many of the top 24 don't get a whole lot of face time on the show, and as more than a few have pointed out, there are a ton of "guys who play guitar" this year, it can be hard to distinguish one competitor from the next. The official CTV site has posted some bio blurbs for each of the 24 here: http://www.ctv.ca/idol/gen/Competitors.html Metro news has posted more in-depth profiles of all the competitors here: http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/entertainment/canadianidol

By: RemusL

RemusL — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:12:24 +0000

You don’t need citizenship for AI/CI/OzI, just proof of residency and being able to work in that country.

Btw, Americans can also watch CI if they have a satellite tv service that carries CTV. They don’t necessarily have to live near the border.

By: littlepark

littlepark — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:11:07 +0000

I’m thinking dual citizenship?

I feel like I’m watching a show with ten David Cook’s. So many guys with a guitar…

By: milajoy

milajoy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:14:33 +0000

Tetiana sure changed her citizenship status fast. She was just in Hollywood at the beginning of the year for AI.

By: abbynormal

abbynormal — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:09:26 +0000

This is a very eclectic group of contestants. I am very impressed. It’s going to be interesting to see if the artistic integrity will remain and that Idol doesn’t suck the cool out of some of these folks. I have very high hopes, so Canada, pick a great…top 12?? I’m in No. Calif, so I feel kinda hopeless here. I joined this site just to chat about CI. I even have a myspace blog about it. So, if you want to chat, my info is in my profile here.

MJ, thanks for a great site.

By: palais

palais — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:09:20 +0000

MJ, the “Complicated sung by the contestants was not Avril Lavigne’s song, but a different song with the same name by Canadian country singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson. Just needed to say that.

This is by far and away the best top 24 I have seen on any Idol. Yes, there are a lot of boys with guitars. It’s Canada, I’d expect it.

I’m firmly entrenched in the Oliver Pigott/ Adam Castelli camp. I picked Adam since his audition in Hamilton. Oliver has grown on me over the last couple of episodes.

I’m trying to figure out how Katelyn Dawn made it through. She’s not that good ( at least to my ears).