Canadian Idol 14 - Episode 14

Last night I picked Drew, Mitch, Gary, Adam, Mark and Marie-Pierre to be eliminated tonight. I was only right about Gary and Marie-Pierre. If this was 6/49, that wouldn’t even win a free ticket.

If this competition was primarily about vocals, Omar and Martin would still be competing. You heard me – Omar Lunan and Martin Kerr were eliminated. A voice to rival Stevie Wonder and Omar gets dumped before the top 10. And Martin – yeah, I’ll check out your online product.

You know who else is gone? Oliver Pigott. He never should have put down the guitar. He never had the same confidence after that.

If this competition was primarily about showmanship, Gary and Sebastian Pigott would be fighting it out. Instead, Sebastian is looking more and more like a lock to take it all while Gary was just too much of a traditionalist. This season’s other bluesman, Adam Costelli, made it through to the top 10 despite not being able to hold a candle to his musical brother Gary in terms of showmanship. Why? Because Adam is a smart arranger who updates what he plays (plus, Hamilton is on a civic project to be the first town to be home to consecutive Idol winners and I’m beginning to think this competition may be all about the networking).

Mark Day makes top 10. The second male lead in the high school musical, maybe. Is he riding the same kind of networking wave Adam is enjoying?

Two women made the top 10 – quintessential Montreal chick, Katherine St. Laurent (on the strength of a very average Love Is a Battlefield) and quintessential Mennonite girl gone bad, Amberly.

I’m too confused to continue. Martin Kerr, Omar Lunan and Oliver Pigott: you are all in my top 10. For Canada, it’s;

Mark
Drew
Mookie
Katherine
Theo
Earl
Mitch
Amberly
Sebastian
Adam

At least my favorite, Earl Stevenson, is still hanging in there. I’m calling for an all-male top 3 of Mookie, Earl and Sebastian.