From Sarah Millar of the National Post:

• Canadian Idol Recap: Another Idol Goes Home
  “We start with the dreaded Idol medley (boy that guy Amberly grabbed was so not into her performance, and did not rock along with her at all). After 3.3 million votes, one Idol is still going home. Ben says that Monday night the Idols showcased the best of Canadian Rock (really? I thought it was Made in Canada week). Simple Plan will perform tonight and the Idols will answer some of our questions (oh please, no – I hated this segment on American Idol, I hoped it wouldn’t move north). We meet the judges and go to Monday’s recap.” Read more.

From a media release:

All-Male Top 5 to perform Judges’ Choices from The Beatles’ songbook next week as Anne Murray rescheduled to August 25/26

It’s official: the next Canadian Idol will be a guy. Amberly Thiessen, the last female in the competition, was eliminated on tonight’s live CTV broadcast, leaving five males to duke it out for the 2008 title. Thiessen, 19, a student from Seven Persons, AB, received the fewest of more than 3.3 million votes cast last night, up 7% compared to the same episode last season. Next week, the all-male Fab Five will perform music from the songbook of the greatest group of all time, The Beatles, as selected by Canadian Idol’s four-member judging panel, Farley Flex, Jake Gold, Sass Jordan and Zack Werner. Due to a scheduling change, legendary songstress Anne Murray will now mentor and perform on Canadian Idol during Top 4 Week, August 25 and 26.

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From Victoria Ahearn of the Canadian Press:

• No ‘walk of shame’ for booted ‘Canadian Idol’ finalists
  “For “Canadian Idol” finalists who aren’t from Toronto, the stress of competing while separated from loved ones is eased a little by the vast perks.” Read more.