The media blitz has begun

Now that Eva Avila is the Canadian Idol, she not only has a pre-release of her title song on Itunes Canada (she still has to record it proper on her album), but I've also now seen her in photos on magazine covers.

Her being my province's champion, I'm hoping even more that she'll go far after that first album.

Tag: Eva Avila

The closest vote?

The just 2 days ago concluded Canadian Idol was said to be the closest race they ever had.

If you look at the percentages, it was. 3.3%. In terms of the number of votes though... over 100 thousand doesn't seem that close, does it? I guess that's why that number isn't used much.

Tag: Canadian Idol

Canadian Idol 2006 winner: Viva Eva!

The show was a half hour less than in past years, but the results still saw me shouting "Yes!"

We had a pleasant surprise in that Cyndi Lauper will be producing one of the tracks on the winner's album.

For now, I just find it cool for us now to have an Idol-winner from Quebec, and I'm glad for the fact that I've now picked the winner two years in a row. I feel for Newfoundland though, having the runner-up each time.

Tags: Canadian Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Eva Avila.

Canadian Idol FINAL Performance show of 2006

Based on how long Eva's vote phone line has been busy so long, I'm thinking Québec will provide the next Idol.

Craig Sharpe is extremely talented, and he'll be a great performer... he just doesn't have the range and diversity of Eva Avila.

Judge Jake Gold stated it best: when the backup singers are giving applause for the singer they just performed with, you know they're good!

The only real drag: the final results show won't be until Sunday. With voting ending in an hour, that will make for a maddening wait!

Tags: Canadian Idol, Craig Sharpe, Eva Avila.

Canadian Idol Semi-Finals-Sept. 5, 2006

Otherwise known as "Buh-bye Tyler...

I missed the performance show this week; I was on the road at the time. The clips shown however proved Tyler wasn't really suited in the standards genre.

What's cool now: my hometown (Montreal) is representing in the finals through Eva Avila! Unless she's bad, it's a given she'll get a lot of votes from me.

(Sorry this post is a day late. I fell asleep while typing.)

Tags: Canadian Idol, Eva Avila, Tyler Lewis.

Late Canadian Idol Catch-Up

Computer problems kept me off-line for about a week,so I missed my chance to post as this happened...

The performance show this week saw the final four perform two songs each chosen by the judges. They chose the right songs for each - but I still couldn't stand Chad Doucette. The chosen songs suited his voice, but his overall style and the goofy look on his face just got on my nerves.

At least in my view however Canada got it right by eliminating him the next night! I actually voted heavily for my favorites, as I will this Monday. I want to see the final between Eva Avila and Craig Sharpe! I want to see my fellow Montrealer win, but that's my own bias...

Tags: Canadian Idol, Chad Doucette, Eva Avila, Craig Sharpe.