Canadian Idol 6 - Epidsode 18

It’s filler time.

The final 9 results show opens with an embarrassing medley of leftovers from the Sixties show. Amberly, Katherine and Mark trade refrains on Mama Cass’ Dream a Little Dream of Me. Segue to Drew, Earl and Mitch taking turns looking and sounding ridiculous as they try to get funky with Purple Haze; it’s like being mugged by rabid teddy bears. Segue to Sebastian, Mookie and Theo doing A Little Less Conversation. Out of all of them, the only singer to get a song he was truly comfortable with was Sebastian. Ironic, given that this is likely Pigott the Younger’s last night.

Canadian Idol 5 runner-up Jaydee Bixby does Old Fashion Girl, the single off his debut CD Cowboys and Cadillacs. We learn that Bixby is just the first of the special guests that will be performing every week going forward. The list includes power popsters Simple Plan, new folk Gavin Rossdale (who will lead the troops through an unplugged edition for next week’s final 8), the legendary Bryan Adams and the father he never knew, Tom Jones. Talk about the most male Canadian Idol ever – not a woman on the guest list.

And the bottom 3 are: Katherine (great job last night on Joplin’s Move Over), Sebastian (standing in the bottom 3 for the second week in a row based on another off-key start) and Amberly are the bottom three.

Amberly?! She was the best of any of them last night with her no frills take on Marley’s The Redemption Song.

The surprise doesn’t last long. Mulroney quickly jumps in to send Amberly on to the final 8, leaving Sebastian and Katherine.

And Katherine gets dumped. The pretty blonde from La Belle Province proves once again that not enough Quebecers watch Canadian Idol for a Quebec singer to have a fair shot at the top two.

So Sebastian lives. Next week is unplugged, which should help him, what with his busking background.