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Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 10:20 am
P.S. I don't know if this is true or not so I have to check it out but last night at soccer one of the moms said that one of the kids who made it to the final group on the new pop stars is from around where George Canyon is, they said he grew up there and moved to Ontario. I gotta go looking for more details.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 1:36 pm
what's "pop stars" LLK??
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Kellirippa
Member
07-10-2002
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 7:26 pm
there's obviously some males chosen, but they are really only featuring females... They must be hoping to have a female winner this time. There also seems to be a fairly high number of operatic voices..
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, June 03, 2005 - 8:30 am
Kelli, I can't remember exact numbers, but I do know that when TV guide reported the number of tryouts (and gold tickets) from each city, there must have been at least 3 females for every guy who tried out (and also about the same ratio for gold tickets). Maybe that's why the coverage is so heavily skewed to females?
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Kellirippa
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, June 03, 2005 - 8:41 am
thanks Jan, I hadn't heard that. Do we know if that ratio is drastically different from the past two seasons?
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Friday, June 03, 2005 - 11:12 am
I think it is high time a woman won Canadian Idol.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, June 03, 2005 - 11:26 am
Gosh I don't remember Kelli. What they did this year .. every week they covered one city with a summary of the songs most sung there, how many females vs males tried out , number of gold tickets etc. It was just a one pager and I found it quite interesting. I can't remember if they did it last year and I throw out the TV guide so I no longer have access to any of the numbers. 
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, June 03, 2005 - 11:32 am
I was doing some googling to see what I could find for you Kelli and I came across this site: Canadian Idol Info which is " the unofficial CanadianIdol.info site". According to them, the audition episodes will al be repeated this weekend in case you missed them!! It says the following: Tune in Saturday and Sunday for repeats of the 3 Auditions episodes; The first two episodes (Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Whitehorse, Winnipeg, St. John‘s, Charlottetown, Sydney, Moncton and Montreal) will be shown on Saturday, June 4 beginning at 4:00pm ET (3:00pm in Atlantic Canada, so check local listings!). The third episode (London, Sudbury and Toronto) will be shown on Sunday, June 5 at 5:00pm ET, all on CTV. ETA: it looks like a good site which reviews every show, details the TV schedule, talks about the contestants (well it will once there are any announced  ) etc
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, June 03, 2005 - 11:37 am
Kelli, all I could find re the ratio of male to female is the following (and it is only about gold ticket holders not actual tryouts. I just remember thinking how very low the number of men were who tried out compared to the number of women) This season's crop of aspiring Idol hopefuls is comprised of 120 females and 67 males ranging in age from 16 to 27. The "Top 187" features competitors from Paradise, Newfoundland to Gibsons, British Columbia and all points in between. The provincial breakdown of the "Top 187" is: Newfoundland (7), Nova Scotia (6), New Brunswick (8), Quebec (29), Ontario (63), Manitoba (17), Saskatchewan (13), Alberta (26) and British Columbia (18). CTV
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Kellirippa
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, June 03, 2005 - 6:57 pm
Wow, thanks Jan, interesting stuff! maybe if we get a female idol this year her career will actually turn into something! here's hoping!
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 1:02 pm
Can't wait for tonight!!! Thought I would bump this up for all those interested! I hope my strata meeting doesn't go too late, setting up my VCR for backup just in case. I love C.I. way more than A.I. Although I will still watch A.I. Does anyone know if people living in the states can pick up C.I.??
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 4:56 pm
Nobody on the east coast watched this tonight??
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Crossfire
Member
08-07-2001
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 4:58 pm
I watched from the south coast. 
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 5:04 pm
I just finished watching. A couple of comments: I absolutely, completely oppose Dave Moffat being in this competition. For so many reasons, it is completely unfair. And solely judging by that one clip of him going off and not meeting up with the group of guys he was supposed to sing with, I'd say this doesn't mean as much to him as it does to so many of those other people. I will be so pissed if he doesn't get eliminated before the top ten is chosen. Zazk yelling that poor girl was over the line. So, totally, over the line. And his, "I did it for your own good and because I see potential in you." excuse was total bs. If the guy dislikes this gig so much--to the point where he erupts at the singers--then why is even there? I like that Suzy chick. (The rocker chick with the pink hair.) She's slightly a female version of Jacob Hoggard. I miss Jacob.
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Crossfire
Member
08-07-2001
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 5:09 pm
Me too. He was a great performer. I used to love watching him. You could tell when he was getting into a song, and about to take off when he started shaking his hand. Seeing him get into his performances really helped me get into them as well. I'm reserving my opinions of the current batch until we get into the final group.
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 5:18 pm
Cool...thanks Crossfire & Scorpiomoon. I'll watch it later tonight after my meeting. I LOVED Jacob too! Such a great entertainer!
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 5:33 pm
Good show tonight! I agree Scorpio with your take on Zak, I'm glad Jake let him have it. I miss Jacob as well! I couldn' at this point pick out their final 30ish.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 6:13 pm
I’m not sure what came over Zack with that one girl. I thought she was giving a decent performance and certainly not something that she should be singled out for. Just weird what happened there. Otherwise the judges were great as usual and the show was entertaining.
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Queenbee
Member
06-08-2005
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 9:36 am
Jasper, count me in for the game again this year. Thanks! As for Dave Moffatt, they have had professional singers on idol shows before. Constantine was on Broadway and there have been wedding singers and people who are in bands. Personally it seems a bit unfair that someone who has already had mulitple videos on MuchMusic should be in a competition like this, but apparently there are no rules about these people not being on the show. Because I guess it would be hard to draw that line somewhere and if anyone who ever sang professionaly wasn't allowed on, most of the contestants wouldn't even be there! In the end, I don't think someone like that would go over too well with the voting audience. I am really hating Zach this year. I think he is far worse than Simon.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 9:51 am
Both Simon and Zack can be rude at times. What I don’t like about Simon is that he is indifferent about many of the contestants – he completely loses interest. I think that Zack can be rude at times but he is not indifferent - he cares. I don't like the idea of "pro" singers that have had extensive exposure, but I guess that trying out for a show like CI would likely only hurt a truly successful singer's career (no where to go but down). We've joked in the past about some of the critiques these successful singers would probably receive if they were on the show.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 10:51 am
TWO Sudbury singers made the second cut!! YAY!! I wonder if they can make it through tonight's cuts. The one guy is a friend of a friend so I will have to, at least, learn his name if he makes it!! (Darryl maybe..a little blond guy)
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:20 am
I don't like the idea of "pro" singers that have had extensive exposure, but I guess that trying out for a show like CI would likely only hurt a truly successful singer's career (no where to go but down). EXCELLENT POINT!!! Now that you mention it, I wonder what is going through Dave Moffatt's mind and the mind of his manager. Is being on CI simply a way to get him exposure and, no matter if won or not, at least the public would be reacquainted him again? Or, do they really think he could win this thing and doing so would kick start a solo career? Personally, I think people view Dave like they do Nick Lachey or Nick Carter--just guys from boy bands whose time has come and gone. Queenbee is right. Dave won't go over well with the voting audience. What bugs me is that, undoubtedly, Dave has had a fair amount of vocal training and probably more guidance when it comes to establishing a stage presence than all of those people who were picked to stay combined. I don't mind that the guy has had more exposure, but I do mind that he is a more skilled performer. I'd rather see the Idol series about recognizing raw talent and helping it grow as what happened with, say, Kelly Clarkson. But QB is right. It would be hard to draw the line as to who to let audition and who not to.
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Queenbee
Member
06-08-2005
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:51 am
I remember there was a lot of talk during the first season that Toya Alexis (who I personally thought was great) didn't stick around longer because of her stint on Popstars. People felt like she had already been given her chance. I also think a lot of the fun of watching is seeing the performers get better during the competition. Someone who has already been doing this professionally may have already reached their maximum potential before the competition starts. It's cool to see what happens when you take the raw talent and give them some experience, advice and a little hair and makeup!
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 12:44 pm
who is Dave Moffatt??
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 1:08 pm
Jan: From the VH1 Web site: Canadian teen pop band the Moffats comprised oldest sibling Scott and his triplet brothers Clint, Dave and Bob. The sons of professional vocalists, the Vancouver-based group began their own performing career in 1990, at which time Scott was only seven years old and the triplets just six; initially marketed as a country act, the Moffatts cut their teeth on the local festival circuit before relocating to Nashville in 1994, signing to A&M and issuing their self-titled debut LP a year later. The album failed to take off, however, and in light of the success of boy bands like the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync the brothers soon made the move to pop, releasing Chapter One: A New Beginning in mid-1999. As a boy band, they did fairly well here in Canada and had a tiny bit of success in the U.S. Personally, I thought the highlight of their career was working with legendary producer Bob Rock on, what was to be, their last CD. It had a harder edge to it than "Chapter One..." but it didn't go anywhere.
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