That’s Country’s Canadian Idol Blog

– Now anyone, anywhere in Canada can audition via online auditions, April 14-25 –
Toronto, ON (April 14, 2008) – The day after Canadian Idol’s 2008 cross-country audition tour wrapped up in Toronto, CTV announced that the search for Canada’s next Idol is heading into cyberspace, allowing singers in any part of the country with access to a computer to audition for this year’s competition. It’s only the second time in the history of the Idol franchise that competitors have had the opportunity to audition online, marking yet another North American first for Canadian Idol. By extending the breadth of the national search, producers are now offering every eligible Canadian the opportunity for exposure and a chance to start a professional music career, no matter where they live. Beginning today and lasting until Friday, April 25 at 5 p.m. ET, online Idol competitors simply need to upload video tryouts to the Canadian Idol website, idol.CTV.ca. (more…)

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– Following her sensational performance and win at The 2008 JUNO Awards, the R&B Songstress adds even more flavour to all-star Idol cast –

Toronto, ON (April 9, 2008) – Hot on the heels of her win and stellar closing number at The 2008 JUNO Awards, CTV announced today that critically acclaimed recording artist Jully Black has joined the cast of Canadian Idol. Black will serve as mentor, confidant, critic, coach and voice of the people to competitors. At the same time, she will pull back the curtain and take Canadian Idol viewers behind the scenes on Canada’s most-watched summer series. Black joins host Ben Mulroney and judges Farley Flex, Jake Gold, Sass Jordan and Zack Werner on the six-person cast. (more…)

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Natasha Bedingfield Headlines Free Concert with Brian Melo to Kick Off Canadian Idol’s Toronto Auditions

Returning to Yonge-Dundas Square on April 12
The Canadian Idol audition tour rolls into Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square for its biggest and final city on Saturday, April 12. CTV announced today that 2007 Canadian Idol winner Brian Melo will return to the site of where his Idol odyssey began exactly one year ago and join international recording artist Natasha Bedingfield in a free concert for Idol hopefuls to kick off the weekend of auditions. (more…)

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– Local Journalist Wins $1,000 for a Very Special Cause —

CTV announced today that Jeffrey Morris representing the Morris Newspaper Group is the newest Media Idol regional champion. As the Canadian Idol audition tour prepared to stop in Ottawa for what would be a snow filled weekend, Morris performed his witty original song “Zamboni Man”, an ode to Canada’s cherished ice cleaners. (more…)

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The Canadian Idol audition tour continues! With the first three audition stops complete and as Winnipeg prepares to receive the show at St. Vital Centre on February 23-24, CTV now announces the final venue details for the cross-the-country tour through mid-April.

Auditions will be held in the upcoming seven cities of the 10 city tour on the dates listed below. Please note the date changes for St. John’s and Toronto stops (all information subject to change). (more…)

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– Instruments again allowed for Auditions –
– Canadian Idol “Easy Access” Auditions return –

Toronto, ON (January 3, 2008) – CTV has announced details of the sixth cross-country audition tour for Canada’s #1 Summer Series, beginning this month, as the 2008 Audition Tour gets set to kick off Saturday, January 26 at the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton. As announced last night on eTalk , the 10-city tour will cross the country, hitting malls in nine more cities through mid-April. In a Canadian Idol first, the hometown of reigning Idol Brian Melo – Hamilton, Ontario – has been added as a stop on the 2008 Audition Tour. (more…)

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The Season Five audition tour earlier this year saw 10,000 Canadian singers audition in a competition that ultimately saw SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) Inc. recording artist Brian Melo named the 2007 Champion. (more…)

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Tara and Brian

Canadian Idol winner Brian Melo admits to eTalk that he and fellow finalist Tara Oram are indeed a couple, confirming rumours spreading since the end of the Idol season. It’s the first time Melo admits to the relationship that has been the subject of speculation for months. Tonight, the Season 5 champ tells eTalk exclusively about the romance:

“I’ll set it straight. We are together, we are a couple. I feel like we have something very special”.

Since September, the couple has been spending time together regularly as Melo has been hard at work on his debut album (which dropped last week) and Top 3 concert tour, which heads West this week. Having recently joined the Canadian Idol Top 3 in Newfoundland to perform during the tour’s St. John’s stop, Oram took the opportunity to make the trip with Melo to Hare Bay, NL to meet her family. Oram and Melo have also been seen spending time together in Melo’s hometown of Hamilton, ON since Canadian Idol ended at the end of the Summer.

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An editorial by Marti Clayton

Millions of fans voiced their opinions and Hamilton, Ontario resident, Brian Melo (25) took the Canadian Idol crown at last night’s season finale.  This was the very first time for an Ontario competitor to win the crown even though the most entries come from the Toronto area every year.

Since I will be posting a CTV press release on the Season Finale’s highlights, I would like to take this time to post my own observations of the whole Canadian Idol process.  (more…)

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– Canadian Idol Ends as Summer’s No. 1 Program Once Again -

– Toronto/Hamilton Viewers Jump 21% Over Last Year’s Finale - 

Toronto, ON (September 12, 2007) - When Hamilton’s Brian Melo’s name was revealed as the 2007 Canadian Idol champion in the final minutes of last night’s star-studded season finale, a remarkable 2.75 million Canadians were watching, CTV confirmed today. In all, the unforgettable, two-hour Canadian Idol finale ended with an average audience of 2.25 million viewers, the single biggest audience of the season and once again the No. 1 program of the night in Canada.  (more…)

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