As a Canadian, I was thrilled for there to be a Canadian version of Idol. Ben Mulroney was an excellent host, just as good as Ryan Seacrest and the judges were good too. Well, the judges were good some of the times. The only known one was Sass Jordan.Nobdoy knew Jake Gold, Farley Flex and Zack Werner. Zack Werner was the only other memorable one because he was the Simon Cowell character. Unfortunately, the show started off a bit off, and just got worse.
Season 1, like any other show, had good and bad singers. Ryan Malcolm, the worst singer, won. Runner up--Gary Beals--was much better.
Season 2 was not only the best season in the show, but one of the best in any Idol syndication. Sure there was bad contestants, but they were gone right away. Eventually, they were left with true talent and good stars. The inferior talents were voted off properly. It got down to the top five, which is what really made the season. Shane Weibe, Jason Greeley, Jacob Hogard, Tereasa Sokaryka (or however it's spelled), and Kalan Porter were Canadian Idol's greatest contestants. They were voted off in the order that I listed with Porter being the victor. They still make music, but Jacob is the best known one who fronts the world famous Hedley. Hedley started off generic, then stooped to the bottom of the barrel. And to think Hogard was one of Idol's best ever.
I thought Season 3 would be like Season 2. But no, they were back to square one. Actually, they took a step back from Season 1. Season 1 just had a bad winner, everybody else was good. Season 3 seemed to be getting rid of all the good people right away and leaving all the bad ones till the end. When I say bad, I mean they were literally off key. Winner, Melissa O'Neal wasn't that good, but she was off the least amount of times. Runner up, Rex Goudie, sounded somewhat good in his albums to come. Just shows what can happen these days with electronics and computers.
Season 4 could not have been worse. I only remember three contestants: Chad Doucette, Craig Sharppe and winner Eva Avila. Doucette and Sharppe were overly gay and overly bad. Nothing wrong with being gay, but they dressed like freaks. Sharppe was the runner up and was awful. This was pretty mud a repeat of Season 3. Avila was like O'Neal. These people would not have made it past the auditions in American Idol. My family and I decided to stop watching this show altogether.
I checked out a few bits and pieces of Season 5. Brian Mello was the winner, Jaydee Bixby was the runner up, and Carly Rae Jepson was third. I hate Jepson. I never even knew she was on this. Knowing how bad she is and how bad the show was, I was not all that shocked. The most I remember of the snippets was Bixby singing Time of Your Life by Green Day. That is an iconic song and guaranteed winner. He was so off key, messed up the words, and tried to make it country. All judges praised him, except Zack, who told it like it was and bashed him. I cheered. I forget who was on later, but they were awful and the judges praised them too, but Zack bashed it again. Good! Somebody honest! I didn't care about seeing any of the last Season. I will always remember it for the first two seasons.
Season 1, like any other show, had good and bad singers. Ryan Malcolm, the worst singer, won. Runner up--Gary Beals--was much better.
Season 2 was not only the best season in the show, but one of the best in any Idol syndication. Sure there was bad contestants, but they were gone right away. Eventually, they were left with true talent and good stars. The inferior talents were voted off properly. It got down to the top five, which is what really made the season. Shane Weibe, Jason Greeley, Jacob Hogard, Tereasa Sokaryka (or however it's spelled), and Kalan Porter were Canadian Idol's greatest contestants. They were voted off in the order that I listed with Porter being the victor. They still make music, but Jacob is the best known one who fronts the world famous Hedley. Hedley started off generic, then stooped to the bottom of the barrel. And to think Hogard was one of Idol's best ever.
I thought Season 3 would be like Season 2. But no, they were back to square one. Actually, they took a step back from Season 1. Season 1 just had a bad winner, everybody else was good. Season 3 seemed to be getting rid of all the good people right away and leaving all the bad ones till the end. When I say bad, I mean they were literally off key. Winner, Melissa O'Neal wasn't that good, but she was off the least amount of times. Runner up, Rex Goudie, sounded somewhat good in his albums to come. Just shows what can happen these days with electronics and computers.
Season 4 could not have been worse. I only remember three contestants: Chad Doucette, Craig Sharppe and winner Eva Avila. Doucette and Sharppe were overly gay and overly bad. Nothing wrong with being gay, but they dressed like freaks. Sharppe was the runner up and was awful. This was pretty mud a repeat of Season 3. Avila was like O'Neal. These people would not have made it past the auditions in American Idol. My family and I decided to stop watching this show altogether.
I checked out a few bits and pieces of Season 5. Brian Mello was the winner, Jaydee Bixby was the runner up, and Carly Rae Jepson was third. I hate Jepson. I never even knew she was on this. Knowing how bad she is and how bad the show was, I was not all that shocked. The most I remember of the snippets was Bixby singing Time of Your Life by Green Day. That is an iconic song and guaranteed winner. He was so off key, messed up the words, and tried to make it country. All judges praised him, except Zack, who told it like it was and bashed him. I cheered. I forget who was on later, but they were awful and the judges praised them too, but Zack bashed it again. Good! Somebody honest! I didn't care about seeing any of the last Season. I will always remember it for the first two seasons.