Canadian Idol...also known as that show
Carly Rae Jepsen was on before
Justin Bieber discovered her.
Canadian spin-off the British series "Pop Idol", which debuted on the CTV channel in 2003, one year after the launch of
American Idol. Ran for six years until after the 2008 season, when
The Powers That Be announced the show would be taking a hiatus due to the current economic crisis. Needless to say, some fans
were a bit upset...
This show provides examples of:
- Ambiguously Gay - some contestants more than others...
- Christmas Songs - season one winner Ryan Malcolm appeared in the American Idol Christmas special, and season six winner Theo Tams has recorded three such tracks for charity.
- Commercial Break Cliffhanger - subverted for one season finale.
- Compassionate Critic - judge Jake Gold, and to a somewhat less compassionate extent, Zack Werner.
- Executive Meddling - rumors abound that some semi-finalist contestants were eliminated even if they didn't have the lowest number of votes.
- Fan Community Nicknames - often generated on the official message board.
- Filler
- Film At Eleven - The early episodes, with their "coming up next" clips before each commercial.
- Genki Girl - Steffi D definitely gives this off.
- Heterosexual Life Partners - host Ben Mulroney and co-host Jon Dore, until Dore left after 2005 to resume his stand-up career.
- Hopeless Auditionees
- Idol Singer
- In-Joke - "Fingerprints, no. Hookers? Yes!" - basically, any line Jacob Hoggard came up with.
- Last Note Nightmare - it's happened. Oh, has it happened.
- Manipulative Editing
- Noodle Incident - The naked-with-a-beachball story.
- One Hit Wonder - sadly the fate of some "winners".
- Out with a Bang - after Mookie Morris' post-elimination performance, he pulled a first in Idol history by smashing his guitar◊.
- Product Placement - while the Americans make music videos for Ford, the Canadians plugged L'Oreal, Pantene, and Kraft products during their Slice of Life skits.
- Progressive Rock - the genre a majority of contestants have performed as opposed to traditional Idol pop.
- Reality Show Genre Blindness - many an auditioner.
- Reality TV Show Mansion - the house during the sixth season was even featured on MTV Cribs.
- Rule 34 - and how.
- Shocking Elimination - Billy Klippert in season one, Kaleb Simmonds and Jacob Hoggard in season two, Josh Palmer in season three, Rob James in season four, Greg Neufeld in season five, Mookie Morris and Drew Wright in season six...and that's just among the top tens.
- Sibling Team - season six's Oliver and Sebastian Piggot, at least until the third semi-finalist eliminations.
- Studio Audience
- Take That - after Jacob Hoggard's elimination (which is speculated he may have wanted), he's spent his post-Idol career biting the hand that fed him, particularly in his band's videos.
- Talent Show
- The Remake - just like every other show with "Insert Nationality Here" Idol in its title.
- The Runner Up Takes It All: Carly Rae Jepsen is to the show what One Direction is to The X Factor.
- Token Minority - judge Farley Flex, and every season would have one or two black or Asian contestants.
- Transatlantic Equivalent
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