Canadian Idol (Season 2)
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The second season of Canadian Idol debuted on June 1, 2004, and became the most watched show in Canada, drawing in over 3 million viewers each week.
Auditions were held in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax, Regina, and St. John's. The season provided an Idol first when the final six contestants played their own instruments during a group performance of the Gordon Lightfoot classic "Canadian Railroad Trilogy". It was a first for any Idol anywhere in the world, and the effort still ranks in some corners as the finest Idol group number ever.
Kalan Porter of Medicine Hat, Alberta won the series, and Theresa Sokyrka of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was the runner-up. In November 2004, merely two months after the competition, Porter released his debut album entitled 219 Days - the number days spanning from his first audition to the release of his CD. Other Competitors from Season Two's Top 10 who have released albums include: Sokyrka, Jacob Hoggard (an album with his band Hedley), Jason Greeley, Shane Wiebe, and Joshua Seller.
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[edit] Finals
| Date | Theme | Bottom Three | |||
| July 22 | Canadian Hits | Brandy Callahan | Manoah Hartmann | Joshua Seller | |
| July 29 | British Invasion | Manoah Hartmann (2) | Shane Wiebe | Kaleb Simmonds | |
| August 5 | Rock & Roll | Joshua Seller (2) | Shane Wiebe (2) | Elena Juatco | |
| August 12 | Lionel Richie | Kaleb Simmonds (2) | Elena Juatco (2) | Shane Wiebe (3) | |
| August 19 | Gordon Lightfoot | Elena Juatco (3) | Jacob Hoggard | Shane Wiebe (4) | |
| Bottom Two | |||||
| August 26 | Summertime Hits | Shane Wiebe (5) | Jason Greeley | ||
| September 2 | Standards | Jason Greeley (2) | Theresa Sokyrka | ||
| Final Three | |||||
| September 9 | Judges' Choice | Jacob Hoggard (2) | |||
| September 16 | Final Two | Theresa Sokyrka (2) | Kalan Porter | ||
[edit] Semifinals
[edit] Semifinal Group 1
Anabelle Lumayag - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You (by Michael Bolton)
Kyla Sandulak - God Bless the Child (by Ella Fitzgerald)
Joshua Seller - Somewhere Out There (by Our Lady Peace)
Jessica Mitchell - If I Ain't Got You (by Alicia Keys)
Raj Ramawad - Overjoyed (by Stevie Wonder)
Annie Lefebvre - The impossible Dream (by Temptations)
Andrea Ennis - Here and Now (by Luther Vandross)
Brandy Callahan - Greatest Love of All (by Whitney Houston)
Top 3: Brandy, Jessica, Josh
Advancing to the Top 10: Joshua, Brandy
[edit] Semifinal Group 2
Anna Cyzon - Son Of A Preacher Man (by Dusty Springfield)
Mohanza Kelly - A Change is Gonna Come (by Sam Cooke)
Liz Titan - I Have Nothing (by Whitney Houston)
Mark Levesque - At This Moment (by Billy Vera)
Kaleb Simmonds - Water Runs Dry (by Boyz II Men)
Filomena Pasqua - Respect (by Aretha Franklin)
Elena Juatco - Midnight Train to Georgia (by Gladys Knight & the Pips)
Kalan Porter - Lady (by Kenny Rogers)
Top 3: Kalan, Kaleb, Elena
Advancing to the Top 10: Kalan, Kaleb
[edit] Semifinal Group 3
Constant Bernard - Me & Mrs Jones (by Billy Paul)
Jerrica Santos - Evergreen (by Barbara Streisand)
Andrew Boderick - Knocks Me Off My Feet (by Stevie Wonder)
Valerie Jalbert - Open Arms (by Journey)
Bernard Quilala - Angel (by Jon Secada)
Diane Archer - Nobody Does It Better (by Carly Simon)
Jacob Hoggard - Only the Good Die Young (by Billy Joel)
Theresa Sokyrka - Summertime (by George Gershwin)
Top 3: Theresa, Bernard, Jacob
Advancing to the Top 10: Theresa, Jacob
[edit] Semifinal Group 4
Brock Groombridge - Beauty & the Beast (by Peabo Bryson & Celine Dion)
Danielle Falco - Think Twice (by Celine Dion)
Jason Greely - Heaven (by Bryan Adams)
Manoah Hartmann - My Immortal (by Evanescence)
Shane Wiebe - Forever Young (by Bob Dylan)
Becky Abbott - Moondance (by Van Morrison)
Jermaine Richards - Endless Love (by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie)
Ted Senecal - Georgia On My Mind (by Ray Charles)
Top 3: Shane, Ted, Manoah
Advancing to the Top 10: Shane, Manoah
[edit] Wildcard
Bernard Quilala - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (by Marvin Gaye)
Liz Titan - Try It On My Own (by Whitney Houston)
Raj Ramawad - Lately (by Stevie Wonder)
Kyla Sandulak - Stand By Me (by Ben E. King)
Ted Senecal - Joy To The World (by Three Dog Night)
Elena Juatco - What I Did For Love
Jason Greeley - Sad Songs (Say So Much) (by Elton John)
Andrew Boderick - Endless Love (by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie)
Top 3: Elena, Jason, Ted
Advancing to the Top 10: Jason, Elena
[edit] Releases
Since the second season of Canadian Idol, Kalan Porter, Theresa Sokyrka, Jason Greeley and Shane Wiebe have all released solo albums. Jacob Hoggard became the lead singer for the band Hedley, and is the only Canadian Idol contestant to be signed to an American label, Capitol Records. Hedley's self-titled debut album was released in the United States in September 2006. As of November 2007, Kalan Porter, Theresa Sokyrka, and Hedley have all released a second album, and Theresa Sokyrka will be releasing a Christmas album, her third release since she was on Canadian Idol.
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