JB- Some of your song selections had special meaning to you, many times with regard to the closeness of your family. Is that the key when choosing songs? The judges say time and time again that song selection is the most important thing. What made you choose the songs that you did?

MD- What made me choose the songs that I did was I wanted people to be able to watch and see a representation of myself. I didn't want to choose songs that were best for the show necessarily. I wanted to choose songs I could look back on and say, "I'm glad I did that song on the show." "This song helped me grow as an artist. This song made me realize that maybe that style isn't what I need to do." And so I'm very happy with what I did.

JB- You did have a lot of memorable performances on the show. Of course, the one we're going to talk about: the infamous Dancing in the Streets. I just watched it again. Thousands of people have watched it on YouTube. There's dancing, all right, quite a bit of showmanship. The judges were going a little nuts. Were they having fun? Were they making fun of you? Nobody really knew if your performance was supposed to be taken seriously. Explain the thought process that week.

MD- I wanted the performance to be taken seriously and I think that's the way people took it. That was me just showing that side of myself. I had probably the most fun doing that song. A lot of people asked me whether the judges were making fun or having fun, but the judges really were having fun. They appreciated me getting up there and showing who I am. Especially with it being David Bowie where it's completely outside of my comfort zone.

JB- So the dancing…

MD- The dancing is . . . I like to have fun. Like I said before, when I had a song like Dancing in the Streets and with my personality, with people having obviously seen what I'm like, if I got up there and did Dancing in the Streets and didn't dance around and have a good time, I would have been doing a disservice to myself and the viewing public.

Jeremy Bradley- Joining us on the phone right now is Mark Day, voted off Canadian Idol last night. Mark, you've had a busy day, thanks for calling in. Tell me, how are your cod cheeks doing?

Mark Day- (laughing) My cod cheeks are sitting pretty-pretty right now, I've got to say. I had a great time on the show. And I look back on it with really fond memories. I'm in a very good mood today.

JB- Perfect. So explain that to me, for those who aren't familiar: judge Zack Werner made reference to that a bunch of times. What does it mean? What is he talking about?

MD- Cod cheeks is a dish in Newfoundland. Newfoundlanders are big on the fishery and cod cheeks is something you can buy in the grocery store and eat them. You fry them up in a pan or whatnot. So he used it as . . . when I did Dancing in the Streets and I was shaking around and so I shook my little cod cheeks. It's a tongue in cheek remark that caught on. It was a little back and forth between he and I.

JB- We're going to talk about that song in a little bit. This week, though, you sang a very familiar song. We play it on our show all the time - we did just a few minutes ago, actually. Is doing Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love too risky? Do you think that hurt your time on the show because it is such a familiar song on the radio right now?

MD- I don't think doing that song hurt me at all. I think the reason I'm going home is because I won over enough people to get me this far and the competitors who are left won more people over. I'm very proud of them all for still being here (on the show). I don't begrudge anyone, I'm really glad to be going home now to give them all the chance to go on and win.

JB-The judges always praised it, Ben (Mulroney, host of Idol) mentioned it yesterday - your personality. Personality goes a long way but not all the way. What is it though that you were perhaps missing?

MD- The judges did comment on my personality and it going a long way but I don't think I was particularly missing anything. I was myself on that stage. I am very proud of how I represented myself. I don't have any regrets. I just think it was other people had more . . . they represent the musical landscape right now in Canadian music and radio. They just had more recognizable voices or something. I can only do me. People who are left can do them and they do it better than anyone else could. I went in doing what I enjoy to do and happy and something I can be proud of. I'm going home a very happy guy.