The first season of Canadian Idol debuted on June 9, 2003. Ryan Malcolm of Kingston, Ontario was the eventual winner.
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Auditions were held in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg, Halifax, and St. John's, in the spring.
Advancing to the Top 11: Candida Clauseri, Mikey Bustos, Billy Klippert
Advancing to the Top 11: Tyler Hamilton, Jenny Gear, Richie Wilcox
Advancing to the Top 11: Audrey de Montigny, Gary Beals, Karen-Lee Batten
Advancing to the Top 11: Toya Alexis, Ryan Malcolm
The Final 11 performed through various "theme" weeks. These weeks included the Canadian Hits week, and the Love Songs week. With each week, one contestant would be eliminated, until the winner was found.
Eliminated: Richie Wilcox, Candida Clauseri, Karen-Lee Batten
Eliminated: Mikey Bustos, Tyler Hamilton
Eliminated: Toya Alexis
Eliminated: Jenny Gear
Eliminated: Audrey de Montigny
Eliminated: Billy Klippert
Winner: Ryan Malcolm
Runner-Up: Gary Beals
| Week: | Top 11 | Top 8 | Top 6 | Top 5 | Top 4 | Top 3 | Top 2 | |||
| Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||
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| 1 | Ryan Malcolm | Bottom 2 | Winner | |||||||
| 2 | Gary Beals | Bottom 3 | Bottom 2 | Runner-up | ||||||
| 3 | Billy Klippert | Bottom 3 | Elim | |||||||
| 4 | Audrey de Montigny | Bottom 2 | Elim | |||||||
| 5 | Jenny Gear | Elim | ||||||||
| 6 | Toya Alexis | Bottom 4 | Elim | |||||||
| 7 | Mikey Bustos | Elim | ||||||||
| 8 | Tyler Hamilton | |||||||||
| 9 | Richie Wilcox | Elim | ||||||||
| 10 | Candida Clauseri | |||||||||
| 11 | Karen-Lee Batten | |||||||||
(This list does not include pre-Idol releases)
Eight other members of the Season One Top 11 have released their own solo albums, including Gary Beals, Billy Klippert, Audrey De Montigny, Jenny Gear, Toya Alexis, Mikey Bustos, and Karen-Lee Batten.
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