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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 11:17 am
Here is a thread to start off talking about the new season! Should be fun!
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 11:21 am
Jimmer's da bomb!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 11:40 am
Thanks Jimmer! BIG SMOOSHY HUGS!!!! Now on with the show...
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 12:27 pm
The CI JUDGES:
From Top to Bottom: Farley Flex - Former Vice-President of Business Development for FLOW 93.5 FM and Canadian Talent Development Chair, Flex is also a principal founder of Plasma Corporation, a music and media company based in Toronto, Ontario. "Farley is our Mountain of Soul, with a heart of gold," said Canadian Idol Executive Producer John Brunton. "He approaches everything he does with enormous integrity…and of course he injects our panel with 'crazy flavour'." Jake Gold - Jake Gold is one of Canada's most successful artist managers. He is best known for his role in establishing and transforming The Tragically Hip into a national icon. Gold also directs the careers of Gord Downie, Brian Byrne, Sass Jordan, Doctor and The Populars, among others. Gold has been recognized by the annual Canadian Music Industry Awards as Manager of the Year in 1991, 1993 and 1994. Jake has been a member of the Television and Talent committee since the 2003 Juno Awards in Ottawa-Gatineau. Zack Werner - Zack Werner has enjoyed a varied and extensive career in the music industry as an artist, producer, entertainment lawyer and manager. Werner is President of Toronto-based Venus Management and Venus Records (distributed by EMI), and a new PR firm Smoke and Mirrors Promotions. "Zack is intelligent and mercurial – just when you think he's going to zig, he zags," said Canadian Idol Executive Producer John Brunton. "He's our wild card. I love his passion - he's a natural-born killer." Sass Jordan - Winner of Billboard's Best Female Rock Vocalist award, the bilingual Montrealer has toured and/or worked with many music heavyweights, including Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Carlos Santana, Joe Cocker. In 1992, Singer- songwriter Jordan performed a duet with Joe Cocker for the soundtrack of the motion picture The Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, which sold more than 27 million copies worldwide. Her songs have been featured on numerous television shows, including Melrose Place, Party Of Five, Baywatch and Knightrider. Canadian Idol 2007 (The info above is from the CTV Canadian Idol Bios)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 12:36 pm
I generally like the Canadian Idol judges. They are funny, they can be direct and they are also good about offering constructive criticism.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 12:38 pm
Ben Mulroney (Host)
A "big brother" to the competitors on the show, Ben's good looks and natural charisma attracted fans in the millions over the course of the show. As the show garnered more and more viewers, Ben's profile increased, leading to intense media coverage and Canadian Idol chat room discussion. "I've have always said that an Idol host should err on the side of vanilla. Not anymore. I intend to have more fun with this job than anyone's ever had before," said Mulroney. Following the season finale of Canadian Idol, Ben returned to his post as co-host of CTV's eTalk, Canada's number one source for entertainment news - bringing increased ratings with him. Like Canadian Idol, etalk is a Canadian television success story - a quality, homegrown program that competes with the best American programming. Indeed, with Mulroney and co-host Tanya Kim at the helm, eTalk now regularly attracts more viewers than Entertainment Tonight. As the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, some people are surprised by Mulroney's decision to work in television media. With a law degree from Laval University and a history degree from Duke University, many people expected Mulroney to gravitate towards politics, but he insists there is a method behind his madness. "My dad has had five or six careers in his life. He's been able to be flexible because of his legal education," he said. "I'm following the same route, although I'm not sure a stop in Ottawa is in the cards..." (Info from CTV Canadian Idol)
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 12:43 pm
Humorous roving reporter Dave Kerr (Ben's new sidekick):

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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 12:46 pm
ITA Jimmer, the Judges don't 'dumb-down' for the audience, they are more professional and somewhat less gratuitously cruel for the sake of a laugh.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 12:58 pm
Thanks Jimmer Can't wait...YAY!! *I remember watching the very first CI and Ben just seemed so uncomfortable, it almost made me cringe to watch him...hes come along way over the years and hes the perfect host, I really like him
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 6:08 pm
I love Ben and our judges! Can't wait for the season to start!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 8:27 am
Yep, Jasper, the quaility of our judges makes all the difference. Although, as we well know, they have been known to flare up at each other, and with 4 judges, it can be quite lively. LOL. And Cinnamon, I had the exact same reaction to Ben as you did. He really has grown into the job. He's quoted as saying he's not going to be as Vanilla this year. That should be very interesting...
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, June 01, 2007 - 5:44 pm
The spoilers for the top 22 have been out for like a month now. I like knowing them so I don't get attached to anybody in the auditions.
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | Top 22: Males: 1. Greg Neufeld 2. Liam Chang 3. Justin Wensley 4. Mathew 5. JD 6. Tyler 7. Clifton 8. Dwight 9. Andrew 10. Brian 11. Derek Females: 1. Maude 2. Kaleela 3. Kameela 4. Karli 5. Tara 6. Montanna 7. Martha 8. Naomi 9. Anika (spelled wrong) 10. Christine 11. Ritchea (spelled wrong) | This is a ccp, not my own typing
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Friday, June 01, 2007 - 7:44 pm
i'm not going to look, I'm not going to look...
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 01, 2007 - 7:46 pm
LOL Jasper. Resistance is futile. By the way, if anyone wants to comment on the top 22 spoiler, please also place your comments in a spoiler box. Thank you.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, June 02, 2007 - 9:42 am
Remember the premiere is on TUESDAY, JUNE 5th...
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Monday, June 04, 2007 - 12:20 pm
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | Greg Neufeld?? from last years top 20?? Oh I sure hope so, I loved him!!... and hes from my hometown |
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 6:03 pm
I absolutely loved the premiere. I really enjoyed the fact that they had half an hour per city and we won't be subjected to weeks and weeks of auditions. Liked the fact that they allowed instruments as well. The judges seemed to be enjoying themselves and the new reported seems to fit right in. There were many times I had a good laugh, and it wasn't at anyone, just funny moments. The memorable guys for me tonight were Jaydee from AB, and the last guy with the shades and guitar from the Maritimes, I thought I had gone back in time 20+ years to highschool, he looked like half the boys I went to school with. If this ep was an indication it should be a very good season. (PS I still haven't looked, I'm holding strong Jimmer!)
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 6:04 pm
PSS. I wonder if Farley is getting paid to wear a certain line of sweatshirts, as well as that necklace in different colours....
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 6:45 pm
I haven't seen the entire show yet (I recorded it, of course) but I like what I have seen so far. It just seems to have such a positive spirit to it. Sure the judges get in a few digs now and then but they seem to care about the process and the whole thing seems lighter. I'm enjoying the addition of the instruments. That one guy with the guitar (I think it was Jaydee) was great. (I think I'm weakening Jasper)
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 8:16 pm
So happy, luved the show, but must say that I was NOT impressed with the new comedic-side-kick. First of all, he's not that funny, just rather bland. Couldn't believe they went for the hard-rock duo! (shudder). And conversely, I found some of their other 'talented' choices very naiive and raw. It will be very interesting to see them mature and grow with the process. A couple of the women seem very glossy and polished, and at least one of the men, too. Can't wait for next week. And I agree with Jasper, its great that they are doing the cities in quick chunks. I find that merciful, as I hate the initial stages where most of the auditioners stink. I don't find it funny, mostly it's painful. But these judges aren't as meanspirited, unless they are provoked.
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 10:08 am
I also really liked the show and the way they covered 3 cities on one night. Seems to be a lot of rockers getting through this year?
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 12:51 pm
Maybe Idol took a hint from the past two seasons of Rockstar and realized that Canada has some awesome homegrown rockin' talent. LOL.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 2:16 pm
hmm, I do believe I've located a place for us non-Canadians to watch CI live online instead of having to download it every week. Some nice lady over in the BB area showed us a place to watch BBAU online, so I dug around the website and I located CTV there, too. I'm in the US so I'm not familiar with the channel, but the shows that are playing every time I check it today match the ctv.ca listings. watch online (you have to install the sopcast plugin) http://www.andromedanet.com/tvtuner_sop_fccn.html ctv listings http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/tvlist/CKYtvlist.html
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 2:58 pm
Oh that is great Naja! You'll have fun with this now!!!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 3:08 pm
Only thing is...now every week you for sure-- way ahead of time-- have to translate show-time into board time so I know when to tune in...LOL
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