Tonight's the night we learn the identity of the final two. First though is a set of performances from special guest Bryan Adams. He sings 'Eighteen Until I Die' and then his new song "She's Got A Way".

On to the results and Drew Wright is sent home. He gets to sing "Cuts Like A Knife" one more time and does a really nice job of it.

Next week Theo Tams and Mitch MacDonald fight it out for the Canadian Idol crown.

It's Bryan Adams week and each of the three remaining singers will be doing two songs from Bryan's songbook.

Drew Wright - Cuts Like A Knife

This is my second favourite Bryan Adams song so I was happy to hear Drew was going to be doing it. I thought he did an excellent job on it and this turned out to be my favourite performance of the night. Bryan thought it was a bit more rocked up than his original and I guess it was. Well done. (7.5/10)

Theo Tams - Heaven

Well sung as always and as always, equally bland. In typical CI fashion, the judges, especially Zack overpraised it to the hilt. All I can say to Zack's proclamation of it being among one or two of the best performances ever on the show is that he has a really short memory and he says something silly like this at least once every year. It was good but not that good by a long shot. (7.0/10)

Mitch MacDonald - Heat Of The Night

As is typical with Mitch, he sounded strained and off key during the verses and didn't start out too well. He was much better as the song moved along and not bad at all on the chorus. (6.0/10)

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The four remaining singers opened the show with a group performance of Anne Murray's hit "Danny's Song". As they finished up the stage was cleared for Anne to come out and sing "Daydream Believer". After the commercial break she sang another of her songs, "Can I Have This Dance ", and then spoke with Ben about her experience mentoring the idols.

Next up was American Idol winner Jordin Sparks who sang her current single "One Step At A Time". Nice to see Jordin singing on the Canadian Idol stage. Jordin seemed happy to be performimg for the Toronto crowd and got good response from them. She was in Toronto as a stop on her current tour with Jesse McCartney.

Then of course it was time for results. No bottom group declared this week. Earl Stevenson is announced as the idol leaving. He sang "The Joker" as his final performance. He tried to start a 'fan train' but no one seemed interested in joining him so he gave up the idea. So long Earl. Your time had come.

Next week's special guest and mentor is Bryan Adams.

So we're down to four contestants and this week each will be singing two songs. The first will be a selection from the Anne Murray song book, any song that she recorded I assume, with Anne mentoring. Second songs will be contestant’s choice.

Mitch MacDonald - Cotton Jenny

This is a Gordon Lightfoot song that Anne covered and had a hit with early in her career. After listening to the first few lines I decided that Mitch's voice is really annoying. He didn't sing well and didn't look all that enthused about the song he was singing or even the fact that he was there. It translated into me not caring either. (5.0/10)

Earl Stevenson - Killing Me Softly

This to me was a bit of a shocking song choice. It's been overdone in recent years on idol and really bears no association with Anne. I know she covered it but the song is most remembered as a Roberta Flack classic more recently covered by the Fugees. Earl looked really disoriented, uninterested and uncomfortable singing it. On top of that he sounded awful. (3.5/10)

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We’re treated to a medley of Beatles songs for the group number. Mitch sings Blackbird, Drew sings Eleanor Rigby, Mookie sings Get Back, Earl sings Revolution and Theo sings Let It Be. Both Mitch and Mookie screw up the lyrics.

Drew and Mookie are announced as the bottom two and the rest are declared safe. After commercial break Drew gives us one of the funniest moments of the season with his double-take when he’s announced safe. He seemed certain that it was him getting eliminated but no, it’s Mookie.

Mookie sings Come Together once more and then smashes his guitar when he’s done.

Ben announces that next week will be Anne Murray week. Well for one song each only. The four will be selecting another song of their choice to sing as well.

Top five night is Canadian Idol's first ever Beatles theme week. The interesting twist is that the judges will be selecting a song for each of the contestants.

Earl Stevenson - With A Little Help From My Friends

I think this is one of Earl's best efforts on the show so far. There's no awkward dancing and he sings pretty well when he does sing. He does the Joe Cocker version which is well liked by many. The background singers take a prominent role, perhaps too much so. (6.5/10)

Mookie Morris - Come Together

I quite enjoyed Mookie's take on this song, well mostly. His voice was sounding as good as it ever has. He changed it up a bit with some starts and stops which I think broke the flow a bit. The lyrics on the third verse were barely discernable and he got the last line wrong. Casual listeners might not notice but Beatles fans certainly would. (6.5/10)

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Results night sees a performance by Montreal band Simple Plan. They sing their latest single “Your Love Is A Lie” then it’s on to results.

Ben sends Theo, Mookie and Mitch to centre stage leaving Amberly, Earl and Drew on the couch relieved that they are safe. Then Ben announces that the three on stage are safe and those remaining on the couch are actually the bottom three. A distastful switcheroo that many viewers seem to be upset over and I agree. It was mean spirited and unneccessary.

Amberly is announced as the contestant with the least votes and sings her exit song. So another of the better talents in this years version of Canadian Idol goes home leaving some questionable talents still in the running for the crown. Amberly will be missed as she was up with Theo as the most talented in show.



Next weeks theme is announced as songs of The Beatles with the judges picking the songs for the singers. Anne Murray will be mentoring and guesting the following week.

Top six week theme is Canadian Rock and the guest mentors are Simple Plan.

Amberly Thiessen - 1,2,3,4 (Feist)

I was a little disappointed in the song choice as I didn't really think it fit the theme of 'rock'. Amberly sang it pretty well though with no real flaws. Her voice sounded lovely in the theatre as always. It didn’t strike me as a show-stopper moment though. (7.0/10)

Theo Tams – Sweet Ones (Sarah Slean)

Another strong performance from Theo. He looks most confident when playing piano and singing. I wonder how he’d do under the old format where instruments were not allowed. Perhaps not as well. No matter, under this format he’s definitely one of the front runners. (7.5/10)

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The show starts out with the top seven singing a medley of Tom Jones hits. They do ‘The Green Green Grass of Home’ and ‘Delilah’. Then the band breaks into ‘It’s Not Unusual’ and out comes Tom Jones to sing his signature hit. His voice sounded great and pretty much as I remember him years ago. He even threw in a few of his famous dance moves. After the break Tom is back to sing a new song ‘If He Should Ever Leave You’ which will be on his new album ‘Gemini’ which will be released in the fall.

The bottom three are revealed as Earl Stevenson, Theo Tams and Mark Day. Mark Day gets the ticket home and performs ‘Bleeding Love’ one more time.



Next week’s theme is Canadian Rock and the guest mentors are Montreal Based rock band Simple Plan.

Top 7 week is best of Britain and the guest mentor is Tom Jones. I've been a fan of Tom's since my younger days when I used to watch his weekly TV show 'This Is Tom Jones'. He was pretty popular in those days and was (is) a great singer and performer. So I was happy to hear he'd be a guest on the show this season. Even happier when I realized that he'd be seated in the audience in the row just ahead of mine.

Mark Day - Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis)

I thought this was a bit of a daring song choice since it's so recent and was a hit for another idol personality (Leona was the winner of Britain's Xfactor) and might draw comparisons. Well Mark isn't anywhere close to Leona's league vocally but he did an okay job on it. Ultimately it wouldn't stand up to some of the better performances of the night and would become a bit forgettable. (6.0/10)

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