From the Abbotsford News:

• Jepsen, Neufeld our Idol qualifiers
  “Mission’s Carly Jepsen will join 10 other female finalists and Abbotsford’s Greg Neufeld will battle it out with 10 male finalists to see who will be the 2007 Idol winner.”
• Idols need our support to survive
  “Once again, the Fraser Valley is responsible for producing not one, but two top-22 finalists about to compete on the popular television show. That makes five finalists in five years. Pretty impressive when you consider the size of the Fraser Valley in comparison to the rest of the country. “

From the Mission City Record:

• Jepsen makes Canadian Idol Top 22
  “‘Surreal’ was how Carly Jepsen described standing in front of the Canadian Idol judges, admits the Mission woman who earned a coveted spot as one of the show’s Top 22 finalists.”

From the London Free Press:

• Sarnian holds out high hopes as Idol
  “Sarnia’s Andrew Austin brings his Paul McCartney past and a nice little touch of mock desperation to the Canadian Idol hunt.”

From CTV.ca:

• Voting starts Monday as performance shows begin
  “CTV has one message when for fans with strong ideas on who should be in Canadian Idol’s Top 10: vote now or forever hold your peace.”

W. Brice McVicar of the Belleville Intelligencer talks to eliminated contestant Geoff Stone:

• Ousted Idol believes comments cost him
  “The thing is, I said something like ‘People are lining up to sell their dignity but you’re robbing them of it.’ The judges gave me the impression they were happy with my performances so it may have been my political outbursts that cost me.”

From a media release:

Canadian Idol moves to three times per week beginning Monday, June 25

Ten thousand auditioned, 22 are left. Last night, in a special 90-minute episode of Canadian Idol on CTV, the Top 22 phase of the competition began when judges Farley Flex, Jake Gold, Sass Jordan and Zack Werner revealed their final choices for the elite group of finalists.

Now it’s up to Canada to decide the rest as CTV announces the names of the 22 competitors who will put it all on the line for viewer votes beginning next Monday (voting details to be announced soon).

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