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Canadian Idol is trying something different this year! Even though their audition tour is over, CTV has just announced that they will be allowing singers in any part of the country with access to a computer to audition for this year’s competition. It’s only the second time in the history of the Idol franchise that competitors have had the opportunity to audition online, marking yet another North American first for Canadian Idol.
Starting today and ending on Friday, April 25 at 5 p.m. ET, you can go online and upload videotaped auditions to the Canadian Idol website, idol.CTV.ca.
“Over the past six years, we’ve traveled tens of thousands of miles across this vast country, to every province and two territories, in search of the best undiscovered musical talent,” said Susanne Boyce, President, Creative, Content and Channels, CTV Inc. “Now, we’re heading into a new frontier with the hopes of leaving no stone left unturned. Hopefully this initiative will uncover some talent that we otherwise would not have had the opportunity to find.”
If you are interested, go to the Idol site and review the list of approved audition songs. Registration forms, rules and regulations as well as FAQs for in-person and online auditions can also be found on the site.
You will be judged online in the same way people are judged in person – “online entries will go through two rounds of pre-selection before earning an audience with the Canadian Idol Judges. Farley Flex, Jake Gold, Sass Jordan and Zack Werner will select the additional members of the “Top 100″ based on talent. As with the cross-country audition tour, there is no pre-determined number of virtual Gold Tickets that will be awarded.
Online auditions are open to all Canadians between the ages of 16 and 28 (inclusive) as of January 25, 2008. Competitors may perform with an instrument, but they will be judged evenly on their singing, whether playing instruments or singing a cappella. Those choosing to play an instrument will also be judged on their playing abilities.
Sounds interesting!!! What do you think of this? Would you do it?
image via CTV
