From a media release:

Tickets Go On Sale Tonight for Top 3 Tour Beginning November 9

• Top 3 Canadian Idol finalists Mitch McDonald, Theo Tams and Drew Wright will be joined by other Top 10 finalists in select cities across Canada in 26-date national concert tour

You’ve seen them on TV. Now you can see them live. CTV today announced that Canadian Idol’s final three competitors will head out on a 26-date, cross-country concert tour this fall. Beginning November 9, Top 3 finalists Mitch McDonald, Theo Tams and Drew Wright will hit the road for the second annual Canadian Idol Top 3 Tour. Last year’s inaugural tour sold out across Canada, and this year’s concerts are destined to be bigger and better than ever.

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From a media release:

Canadian Idol Puts Prison Break Behind Bars with 1.5 Million Viewers

With one night to go before the winner is revealed, Canadian Idol is hitting all the right notes. Last night’s final performance episode was the No. 1 program on Canadian television last night with an audience of 1.5 million, delivering 50% more viewers than the new FOX/Global simulcast of Prison Break (978,000, down 22%) at 9 p.m. ET.

The penultimate episode, which featured Top 2 finalists Theo Tams and Mitch MacDonald duking it out for the championship, was watched in whole or in part by more than 2.6 million Canadians and peaked at 1.65 million viewers in its second half hour. Canadian Idol was also the most-watched program of the day in the key advertising demo Adults 25-54 with 657,000 viewers, besting Prison Break by 11% (592,000, down 22%).

Source: Preliminary overnight data, CTV Total, Global Total (BBM Nielsen Media Research).

From Lindsey Ward of Sun Media:

• Idol winner still a toss-up
  “East or West? Blond or brunette? Piano or guitar? When it comes to choosing this year’s Canadian Idol, it’s all a matter of personal preferences.” Read more.

From Melanie Patten of the Canadian Press:

• Canadian Idol finalists: optimistic for their careers
  “Most of 2008 is a blur for Mitch MacDonald and Theo Tams, but life isn’t bound to get any less hectic as they prepare to square off for the final time on Canadian Idol.” Read more.