Canadian Idol Top Six Recap

(andPOP) - It’s Canadian Rock week on Canadian Idol. And the boys from Simple Plan are the guest mentors. Too bad Simple Plan is as rock as your grandmother.

Opening the show with “1234” by Feist is Feist wannabe, Amberly Thiessen, who is wearing an excessive amount of eye make up. “I think vocally, it was a really strong performance. While you didn’t do a lot to the song in terms of trying making it your own, you did a really good job of it,” says Jake. “You got the singing thing down,” says Sass. “You could’ve used the stage a lot more,” says Farley. “While you sang just fine, it came across as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark singing a Feist song,” says Zack.

Theo Tams sings “Sweet Ones” by Sarah Slean. “You rode the melody so well and the physicality of the performance was really killing,” says Sass. “I think you transmitted so much energy,” says Farley. “That performance is a really interesting study. It’s the truest and best thing that you’ve done, but what it says to me is you’re in this Rufus Wainwright kind of vibe and I wonder whether Canada is ready to embrace that as an Idol,” says Zack. “When you play piano and you sing, they’re so interconnected it’s hard to understand whether you’re playing piano, it’s all one,” says Jake.

Singing “Love This Town’ by Joel Plaskett is Mitch MacDonald. “I really thought that was a comfortable performance. You took ownership of that song,” says Farley. “I kept on wanting you to get more integrated into the band and now I realize you just had to get rid of the band,” says Zack. “I think Joel Plaskett will be very happy because he’ll sell a lot of downloads by tomorrow,” says Jake. “There’s a reason why I love this Mitch,” says Sass.

Earl Stevenson takes on “Little Bones” by the Tragically Hip. And, although it’s too easy, Earl is tragically not hip. That ended when he auditioned for Idol. “It was good, but I’m sure it scared the hell out of my grandma,” says Zack. “It’s very hard to do a song by the Tragically Hip because Gord’s phrasing is in a certain way. I have never seen someone reinvent a Hip song until tonight,” says Jake. “That was the best rock performance on this stage,” says Sass.

Adding the only actual form of entertainment and humour to this show is Jully Black’s two minute interview with Mookie. After Jully steals the show, Drew sings “That Song” by Thornley. “That particular performance, the band got ahead of you. You weren’t as powerful as the music was in that song,” says Jake. “When you got to that soft part, that was the money,” says Sass. “I thought your voice sounded really good. You have a particular niche you really need to thrust yourself through. You’re an emotional guy but you don’t push. You need to be a little more animated,” says Farley. “I didn’t like when you were being JT lite and now you’re being more honestly you, being this rock guy, and I honestly just don’t like it,” says Zack.

Closing the show with “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf is Mookie Morris who looks like a tool complete with large black sunglasses. “I’ve never seen an Idol grow as much as you have had on this show,” says Sass. “You’re unbelievably charismatic,” says Farley. “You’re killer,” says Zack. “You’re an old soul. Probably the most exciting thing I’ve seen in a long time,” says Jake.

Tomorrow results show airs at 8 p.m. EST where the final five will be revealed.