Canadian Idol 2006

Canadian Idol: Eva Avila Won Your Hearts And The Title

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) September 18, 2006 5:00 pm
According to my therapist, Dr. Phil, there are five steps to dealing with the end of a Canadian Idol season: denial, anger, fear, depression and, finally, acceptance. Luckily, these aren't steps I need to deal with since, you know, the season isn't over. Wait, yes it is. Those CTV fucks! Grrrr! I'm afraid it's the truth: Sunday night's episode...
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Furtado, O'Neil And Surprises Promised For Final Canadian Idol Show

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By CHARTattack Staff September 15, 2006 5:30 pm
The winner of this season's Canadian Idol has already been decided. But if we told you who won, we'd have to kill you. Actually, we don't know who the victor is, but CTV informs us that it was the closest vote ever. By the time the eastern voting window closed at 11 p.m. EDT after the show's final performance episode on Monday, finalists Eva...
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Nelly Furtado (Photo by Noah Love)

Canadian Idol: The Two Finalists Can't Get Much More Banal In Interviews

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) September 14, 2006 7:00 pm
Whether exposing Pete Doherty's life-threatening crack addiction or revealing that self-professed virgin Britney Spears has immaculately conceived two children, we here at ChartAttack consistently put the word "pro" in the phrase "deep-probing, hard-hitting, fingernail-breaking investigative journalism." So naturally, we...
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Canadian Idol finalists Eva Avila and Craig Sharpe

Canadian Idol: Flip A Coin, Or A Finalist, To Decide A Winner

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) September 12, 2006 5:00 pm
Back in May when I first boarded the luxury cruise known as Canadian Idol's fourth season, I had no idea that months later I'd be hanging from a hunk of ice, gripping the frostbitten hands of the show's performers, gasping, "Whatever you do, don't let go" through my chattering teeth. But sure enough, I've grown attached to the final...
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Eva Avila

Canadian Idol: Lewis Loses Out

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) September 6, 2006 5:00 pm
And now a flashback to the bad acid trip that was ChartAttack's Monday evening Canadian Idol wrap-up: "Tuesday night will be 21 degrees and 69 per cent humidity, with a 100 per cent chance of Sharpe getting the boot. You heard it here first: the boy's about to fall like rain (yes, there will also be scattered showers)." OK, we're...
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Canadian Idol's remaining two contenders

Canadian Idol: Tony Bennett Shows How It's Done

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) September 5, 2006 5:00 pm
Kids these days: if they're not lol-ing at the latest Shirley Temple talkie, they're shopping for zoot suits and listening to those damn Fred Astaire ringtones. No wonder Canadian Idol decided to kick it old school on Monday night, calling in revered old guy Tony Bennett to teach the competition's three remaining gents and flappers how to...
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Canadian Idol's three remaining contestants

Canadian Idol: The Douce Is Now On The Loose

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 30, 2006 4:30 pm
And now an excerpt from ChartAttack's wrap-up of Monday night's Canadian Idol episode: "In a perfect world, Doucette or Lewis would get kicked off. But with the war in Iraq, indigestion and Carrot Top still on the loose, we know that this isn't a perfect world. "God, that's some sweet prose. That guy must be a demon in the sack....
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Tyler Lewis

Canadian Idol: Judges Choose Songs For Final Four

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 29, 2006 5:30 pm
The idea of Canadian Idol's judges choosing the contestants' songs holds a lot of potential. Imagine prom-queen-pretty Eva Avila performing a Gwar number and prom-king-pretty Craig Sharpe covering Public Enemy. Or how about good ol' boy Tyler Lewis doing some Kylie Minogue while geek-chic charmer Chad Doucette hooks us up with some Gregorian...
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Chad Doucette Performs R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts"

Canadian Idol: D Is For Defeated

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 23, 2006 5:30 pm
Another Canadian Idol elimination episode, another unfortunate reunion between the words "What" and "The Fucking Fuckity Fuck." Of the show's five remaining competitors on Tuesday, 19-year-old Eva Avila and 17-year-old Steffi D unjustly received the fewest votes. Of course, it wasn't a huge surprise. This season, the men...
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Steffi D is carried away after being eliminated

Canadian Idol: A Little Country Gets Thrown Into The Pop Mix

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 22, 2006 5:00 pm
After spending the week in Nashville working with country superstar Martina McBride, Canadian Idol's five remaining competitors brought some of the dirty south to the show's Spic-And-Spanned stage. For one night, Toronto's John Bassett Theatre felt like the Grand Ole Opry — that is, if the famed institution housed hundreds of shrieking 'tweens...
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Tyler Lewis

Canadian Idol: Coulter's Crying And Leaving

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 16, 2006 5:00 pm
What the fuck? On Tuesday night, Canadian Idol's top six became five. And whom did the country eliminate? Ashley Coulter. Yep, Ashley "Born To Be A Star" Coulter got the boot. Granted, she has kind of a lame middle name, but the girl was born to be a star. Good looks: check. Strong voice: check. Original song interpretations,...
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Canadian Idol: Mixed Advice From Chantal Kreviazuk

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 15, 2006 5:00 pm
Since the 16th International AIDS Conference is currently occupying Canadian Idol's usual venue this week, the chirpy cast have picked up their microphones and Pantene Pro-V mousse (according to a recurring advertorial segment, you could have Tyler Lewis' beautiful curls, too, if you used Pantene Pro-V) and headed to Yonge Street's former Masonic...
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The Canadian Idol Final Six

Canadian Idol: No Bartles, No McMaster, And Now No James

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 9, 2006 6:00 pm
Another Tuesday, another Canadian Idol elimination. Same day, different shit. Only this time, some hot people who were supposed to sit in the ever-visible front row didn't show, meaning that this lukewarm reporter got the chance to sit shotgun behind the judges' table. After weeks of slumming it in Row O along with random prepubescent chicks...
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Canadian Idol's Final Seven

Canadian Idol: Monday Night's Show Was Classic

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 8, 2006 6:00 pm
"Classic" isn't a word thrown around lightly on Canadian Idol. Ryan Malcolm's life-changing rendition of Dobie Gray's "Drift Away": now that was classic. Or remember the girl earlier in the season who did a striptease on roller skates and then fell on her ass? Classic! But there's also another level of classic rocker,...
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Eva Avila Performs Queen's "Who Wants To Live Forever"

Canadian Idol: Little Girls Disappointed As Brandon Jones Is Tossed

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 2, 2006 5:00 pm
Tuesday night's Canadian Idol left us all on our knees, staring at the sky and asking, "Why do bad things happen to cute people?" Following an excellent Cyndi Lauper performance, which saw the singer dancing on the judges' table and running through the audience pulling folks out of their seats, 17-year-old New Brunswicker and over-...
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Brandon Jones

Canadian Idol: The '80s Bring Out The Best In Some, But Not Others

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) August 1, 2006 5:00 pm
Tired of continually getting their asses handed to them Mortal Kombat-style in the ratings, CBC called in a noise complaint prior to last Monday's live taping of CTV's #1 hit, Canadian Idol. Firstly, don't hate the player, CBC, hate the game. And second, if you want more viewers, you need to start giving us more "Bad Medicine" covers...
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Steffi D.

Canadian Idol: No Love For Loverock

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) July 26, 2006 4:30 pm
While Tuesday nights on Canadian Idol are usually tense, this week's episode started off with some undemanding, relaxed fare, including an awkwardly amateurish group number and some light video segments. (Warning: the following paragraph contains an unusual amount of sarcasm. Read at your own risk.) First, we received a tantalizing tour of the...
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A stunned Sarah Loverock

Canadian Idol: Finalists Show Their Stones

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) July 25, 2006 4:30 pm
In the past 600 years, The Rolling Stones have appeared in a Rice Krispies commercial, charged crack cocaine prices for concert tickets and hawked everything from band diapers to self-administered Rolling Stone enema kits at their merch tables. But after licensing their catalogue to Canadian Idol on Monday night, the group are kind of looking...
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Rob James

Canadian Idol: Durst Is The Worst, And We Don't Mean Fred

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) July 19, 2006 4:30 pm
If you think that Canadian Idol's elimination episodes are intense at home, try watching them live at Toronto's John Bassett Theatre. Without any distracting minivan ads or Wayans brothers film previews to cut the tension, the commercial breaks feel interminably long. All you can do is watch the contestants awkwardly squirm, add a few more...
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Kati Durst

Canadian Idol: Competitors Cover Canadian Songs

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) July 18, 2006 5:00 pm
On Monday's special "Canada Rocks" episode of Canadian Idol, the show's 10 remaining competitors got to cover our country's finest songwriters. Of course, most of them didn't — opting for tunes by the Philosopher Kings, Nickelback and Wave instead — but that's beside the point. In fitting with the show's focus on Canadian songwriters...
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Ashley Coulter performs "American Woman"
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