Shane Wiebe

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Shane Anthony Wiebe was a contestant on the second season of Canadian Idol. He made it to the Top 5 of the competition before being eliminated. Zack Werner, the "mean" judge on Canadian Idol, said Shane could sing the phone book and it would still be great. In the mansion with the other finalists, he was acting like the "mom", showing them how to cook. He is still the only contestant to forget his lyrics on stage in the top 10. While he currently calls Abbotsford, British Columbia home, he was born in Calgary, Alberta on 12th January, 1983. He is married to Angela (nee) Bensler, who also performs on his debut album. Their first child, Joelle Anna Marie, was born in 2005.

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[edit] Canadian Idol

Songs Shane performed on Canadian Idol included

First audition: You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban)

Toronto auditions: When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge) (solo)

Top 32: Forever Young (Bob Dylan)

Top 10: My Song (Glass Tiger)

Top 9: Something About the Way You Look Tonight (Elton John)

Top 8: I Believe in a Thing Called Love (The Darkness)

Top 7: Angel (Lionel Richie)

Top 6: The Way I Feel (Gordon Lightfoot)

Top 5: Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Frankie Valli)

[edit] Discography

Albums

  • Shane Wiebe (July 2005)

Singles

  • When I am With You (2005)
  • What Child Is This? (2005)

[edit] Debut album

Shane Wiebe's debut album
Shane Wiebe's debut album

Shane's debut album was simply titled Shane Wiebe and has gotten many positive reviews by both music critics and many fans alike. Nine of the eleven songs on the album were written or cowritten by Shane. The other two songs are covers of numbers he performed on his Canadian Idol stint (The Way I Feel and Forever Young). First single When I am With You has began to pick up radio airplay across Canada. His wife, Angela, also makes an appearance on the album.

Track listing:

  1. "When I Am With You"
  2. "The Way I Feel"
  3. "Came Out Wrong"
  4. "Just Wait"
  5. "Love Is"
  6. "Forever Young"
  7. "I'm Not Alone"
  8. "Another Day"
  9. "Never Lived At All"
  10. "Riches"
  11. "Trace You (Lost In Your Love)"

Shane won the Bootlegger contest, in 2006, finishing first in a pool of young Canadians each with their big dreams to realize. It gave Shane 10 000 $, which he should use to make a second album due in the fall of 2007.

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