From a media release:

• Canada’s first idol, Paul Anka, joins Top 4 for next week’s “Salute to the Standards”

After a staggering 3.9 million votes were cast last night, Regina’s Matt Rapley became the next competitor to be eliminated from Canadian Idol tonight on CTV. Rapley, 18, received the fewest amount of votes after his performance of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” during last night’s “My Own Idol” episode. Three males and one female remain in the hunt to be crowned this year’s champion in just three short weeks. In next Monday’s “Salute to the Standards” episode, the Top 4 perform two songs each after being mentored by Canada’s original pop idol, Paul Anka. The Final Four will workshop with Anka upon their return from hometown tours to Mission, BC; Drumheller, AB; Hamilton, ON; and West Pubnico, NS this coming Friday and Saturday.

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From a CTV media release:

Canadian Idol Viewers Choose the Songs for First-Ever “Judges & People’sChoice” Week, Sept. 3-4 on CTV

• Viewers can vote at idol.ctv.ca from Aug. 21-28 for songs to be performed by the Top 3
• Canadian Idol Judge Sass Jordan to workshop with Top 3 competitors
• Kalan Porter returns to the Idol Stage for expanded Top 3 results show, Sept. 4

For the first time in North America, viewers will decide what songs their favourite competitors will sing on an Idol broadcast. Starting today, viewers can vote at idol.ctv.ca for one of the songs to be performed by Canadian Idol competitors during the Top 3 performance show. In yet another first, an Idol judge will workshop with the competitors when Sass Jordan holds sessions with the Top 3. In addition to the selection chosen by viewers, each competitor will perform another song chosen by the balance of Canadian Idol’s four-member judging panel. The “Judges & People’s Choice” performance episode airs Monday, Sept. 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV.

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From the National Post:

• Canadian Idol recap: Top 5 results
  “Hamilton’s Brian Melo gets the biggest shrieks when the five finalists — himself, Jaydee Bixby (Drumheller, Alta.), Dwight d’Eon (West Pubnico, N.S.), Carly Rae Jepsen (Mission, B.C.) and Matt Rapley (Regina) — open the show with Eric Clapton’s Change the World.” Read more.
• Canadian Idol: Dissenting opinion
  “Rob, you are wrong! This is what you get when you send a TV critic to review a music show.” Read more.

From the Canadian Press:

• It’s down to the final four on ‘Canadian Idol’ as Regina teen voted off
  “It was Matt Rapley’s turn to go Tuesday night on Canadian Idol.”Read more.

From Chart Attack:

• Canadian Idol Update: Kelly Clarkson Tries To Help
  “Kelly Clarkson coached the Canadian Idols this week, as they prepared songs written by their own musical idols.” Read more.

From CTV:

• Clarkson knows what she’d sing for this week’s theme
  “After coaching the Top 5 Canadian Idols for the show’s “My Own Idol” theme week, Kelly Clarkson didn’t have to stop for a second to think who she would have chosen had she been a competitor facing this particular theme.” Read more.

From the National Post:

• Canadian Idol recap: Top 5 performances
  “The theme “My Own Idol,” with Kelly Clarkson as guest. She gave consistenly useful advice; good head on her shoulders. See article below regarding Clarkson’s comment that American Idol is Canadian Idol’s [word that means “prison underling”].” Read more.