Canadian Idol Judge Attempts To Brain Contestant With Trash Can

Water coolers around the country were abuzz this morning with talk of Monday night's Canadian Idol show that featured auditions in Montreal, Toronto, Regina and St. John's.

Some were calling it the most culturally significant televised musical event since The Beatles were on Ed Sullivan's show. Others were calling those people idiots.

Regardless, you gotta admit, the second week of Canadian Idol was at least as monumental as the time J. Peterman got whupped on Dancing With The Stars. For starters, there were more great tunes than Now That's What I Call Music 62 and Now That's What I Call Music 63 combined.

Two people covered the standard "Summertime" (no, not the Fresh Prince song), one in a painfully slow sippin-on-sizzurp-style, the other in a trill voice slightly resembling a rape whistle.A whopping three singers attempted "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Most notable was Anna Meer, a Kazakhstan immigrant dressed like a Beetlejuice extra who announced that she was going to sing a song "about mother" before forgetting the words and having to restart multiple times. Eventually, the judges offered Meer a seat and some coffee, leaving the room while she brushed up on her lyrics.

Alissa White-Gluz, a metal and musical theatre fan with Marge Simpson-coloured hair, fared slightly better with her version of the song, earning a gold ticket despite judge Zack Werner's misgivings that she wouldn't be versatile enough.

Other winners included Tyler Lewis, who did a decent and spirited take on "Heartbreak Hotel," and Amanda MacKenzie, who, despite a few off-notes, charmed her way through Shania Twain's "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under."

While these performers were certainly lucky to be advanced to the next round, others were just fortunate to escape injury. In the middle of Dave Espeut's rendition of Brian McKnight's "Back At One," Werner wigged out and threw a trash can, narrowly missing his head and causing those just tuning in to exclaim, "Holy shit, when did Russell Crowe start judging Canadian Idol?"

Werner wasn't the only judge to lose his marbles either. Following Jordan Robitaille's rendition of the Peggy Lee hit "Fever," Jake Gold swiftly awarded him a gold ticket. But when Farley Flex suggested that the competitor's song choice didn't really prove whether or not he could carry a melody, Gold cursed at his fellow judge, knocked over his water, kicked his chair and stormed out of the room.

We can only assume that he spent the next half-hour on his dressing room floor, hugging himself and rocking back and forth as the snot ran down his chin. But all's well that ends well, and, as the credits rolled, the judges made amends with each other by joining in a group rendition of "That's What Friends Are For."

It wasn't the best performance of the night, but at least no one launched any household objects at their heads.