The top four contenders for the infamous title of “Canadian Idol” opened this week’s results show with a medley of standards classics before being joined on stage by Paul Anka.

Anka’s presence brought the crowd to its feet, and he showed that despite his age, he still has the charisma he had 50 years ago.

After the first commercial break of the night, Anka performed “My Way,” made famous by Frank Sinatra, despite the fact that Anka wrote the English words to the song.

It’s a shame that it has been very rare this season to hear the judges input on results night – I’d much rather hear what they think about who is in the bottom three, or who goes home, rather than listen to the Idols dish in a product placement. Especially considering the front runner of the season – Greg Neufeld – was sent packing early, shocking everyone.

Before getting to announcement of the elimination (there was no bottom two this week), Mulroney actually did turn to the judges for input on each of the four contestants.

Each judge got to give their positive encouragement to one contestant. All of the judges said basically the same thing, that despite who went home, they all had careers ahead of them.

After one final commercial break, it was announced that Dwight D’Eon would be the one going home (a little late if you ask me). Mulroney told him he was a well-rounded performer, who, of course, had a long future ahead of him.

This means the top three moving on to the semi-finals next week are Jaydee Bixby, Carly Rae and Brian Melo. It is no secret that the judges are hoping for a Carly Rae/Brian Melo finale, but something tells me Jaydee Bixby is going to twang his way into it.

Next week is a mixed bag of judges’ choice combined with people’s choice – should be interesting to say the least.






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