Auditions in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg.
Top 30 contestants selected.
The top 3 in votes move into the Top 11.
Another chance for some to make the Top 11's last two places open.
The bottom three Finalists are eliminated.
Finalists perform Motown hits.
The remaining 6 Finalists perform songs that were summer-time hits.
The Finalist with the lowest votes is eliminated.
The Top 5 performs songs of Sir Elton John.
Once again the Finalists say so-long to the one with the lowest votes.
The Finalists sing love songs and visit with Celine Dion in Las Vegas.
The Finalist sing a song of their choosing and a second chosen by the judges for them.
The first Canadian Idol is revealed!
The Barenaked Ladies
Competitor choice, Judges' pick and the Winner's single
Vancouver, Yellowknife, Kitchener-Waterloo and Edmonton
After solos and group work, the hopefuls are cut to 76.
The group is cut to 22 contestants who will perform for the Canadian TV audience in hopes of making it into the top ten finalists.
In this first round of the Top 22, the guys sing their choice of song as they try to make the Top Ten.
It's the ladies turn to sing their choice of song as they try to make the Top Ten, in this second part of the Top 22 first round.
Of the 18 remaining contestants, the nine guys will perform tonight.
The nine ladies of the remaining 18 contestants have their chance to perform tonight.
Four more will be cut, bringing the remaining number contestants to 14.
Last chance for the ladies to perform in hopes of making the Top Ten.
Last chance for the guys to perform in hopes of making the Top Ten.
The last four are cut, giving us the Top Ten Finalists.
The first show of the series will be themed "Canada Rocks!" and centred around music from the four-disc Oh What a Feeling 3 box set, featuring Juno Award winners from the 1970s to the present.
The contestant with the fewest votes will be eliminated.
The contestants will perform hits of The Rolling Stones.
The contestant with the fewest votes will be eliminated.
This week contestants will be performing hits of the '80s.
The contestant with the fewest votes will be eliminated.
A tribute to classic rock, featuring former Styx singer Dennis DeYoung and former Supertramp front man Roger Hodgson.
The contestant with the fewest votes will be eliminated.
Chantal Kreviazuk meets with the top six as they work on their songs for the first ever "unplugged" Idol.
The contestant with the fewest votes will be eliminated. Chantal Kreviazuk performs.
Martina McBride helps the remaining five contestants master the country theme.
The contestant with the fewest votes will be eliminated.
The judges choose the songs the contestants will sing this night.
The contestant with the lowest votes will be eliminated. Rex Goudie performs.
The Idols go to New York to learn from the esteemed Mr. Tony Bennett on The Standards.
The contestant with the fewest number of votes will be going home. Tony Bennett performs in this special one-hour results show.
Airing at 7PM on a special night, the next Canadian Idol will be crowned by last year's winner, Melissa O'Neil. All members of the top ten will also be performing.