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Everybody is talking about Canadian Idol this summer. Instead of gossiping about the contestants and ranting about who is your favourite, SpeakFree readers have been commenting on the show as a whole and expressing opinions.
I think the show gives up and coming music stars a good chance to get experience with what the recording industry is really like. It's good that they get professional guidance from experts while developing their sound and figuring out what kind of artist they want to be.
-Pat
The show isn't exciting and it's not entertaining. At least with American Idol you have really good, talented people who are on there and it's fun to watch. You have the judges that are funny and you have a funny host. I don't see anything that great with the Canadian version of the show in those respects. What happens with the people who've won the show? Where are they now? Are they back in their little small towns doing what they were doing before they were on the show? I think so.
-Terrance
Canadian Idol is one of the best things that has happened to Canadian television in a long time. The show has brought families closer together because I know many families that now gather around the TV on Mondays and watch the performances. There is lots of discussion during the commercial breaks while everyone gives their opinion about the performances and we get a chance to be our own judging panel. I think it's a really great show to watch.
-Mandy
I've watched the (Canadian) Idol show from the very first season and find that the talent each year is stepping up its game and really bringing it to the table. The contestants are so dedicated and focused that I think, if they weren't a "real" artist before", they certainly will learn to and become one once the process is over. The show is really exciting to watch.
-Irene
I think Jake (Gold, Idol judge) is write when he says (in the SpeakFree interview) that anybody nowadays can make an album. It's true, we see that all the time with new manufactured artists. On Idol we get a chance to see these people with no musical help, and then with only a piano and then with a full band. It's not like they are just thrown into the competition and we expect them to be huge stars. It's a learning process for them and we just happen to get to go along with them for the journey. I think Idol could almost be a documentary into the music world.
-Elizabeth
Canadian Idol would be more entertaining with a Brit who chews people up and throws them out. That's the draw with American Idol and that's why it's so popular.
-Dan
I have to admit that I'm a closeted Idol junkie. I tape the show and watch it over and over again to see if I had any different thoughts about the performances that night. When I go into work people are talking about it all the time. But I lay low and pretend that I don't really follow the show because I used to make fun of the people who were really into it.
-Name Unknown
Something I don't really understand on Canadian Idol is why the audience boos the judges if they don't praise the performer for the song they did. If the contestant didn't do a good job, it's the job of the judge to tell them that and offer advice on how to make it better next time. I think the audience just wants to love everybody and that's not the point of the show. Many times I agree with what the judges had to say but they never seem to get a long enough chance to explain themselves before they are cut off by the audience being too lovey dovey.
-Chuck
I see all the same stuff at the karaoke bar when I go there. Canadian Idol isn't offering anything different than what you see drunk people croaking out at the bar. Either that or you expect to see those people fronting some cover band opening up for a larger act. The show isn't teaching them how to be their own artist, it's teaching how to take someone else's work and change it to make you sound like you know what the hell you're doing.
-Chris
The judges are usually wrong lately and seem to be on this kick about telling all of the kids how great they are. I wasn't impressed that one night the judges told everybody that they rocked when in fact some of them really sucked. I wonder if the judges are being intimidated by the larger audience now and only saying the good things because that's what people want to hear.
-Paulo
I get more and more into the show as the number of contestants gets smaller. The judges are right that every vote counts and if you want to keep someone in the show you've gotta vote for them. But I don't necessarily agree with how they say to blame the audience if a singer goes home. It doesn't seem fair to blame people because I'm not sure what the producers are expecting us to do -- put our lives on hold for two hours so we can vote? Why don't they just change the rules so that no one goes home then?
-Edward
There's too much emphasis on winning the show when it's been proven time and time again that being the next Idol is the way to be successful. The exposure on the show is enough to land a contestant a record deal so I don't get why some people are crying when they get voted out. If you were any good your phone will be ringing tomorrow and you'll have a deal, right?
-Sammy
