The Canadian Idol audition tour rolls into Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square for its biggest and final city on Saturday, April 12. CTV announced today that 2007 Canadian Idol winner Brian Melo will return to the site of where his Idol odyssey began exactly one year ago and join international recording artist Natasha Bedingfield in a free concert for Idol hopefuls to kick off the weekend of auditions.
Beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13 thousands of would-be competitors will converge on the Square with the hope of becoming Canada’s next Canadian Idol.
Canadian Idol Toronto Auditions:
TORONTO
Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto
About the Auditions Auditions for Canadian Idol are open to all Canadians between the ages of 16 and 28 (inclusive) as of January 25, 2008. For more information about Canadian Idol, registration forms, rules and regulations, visit the series’ official website at idol.ctv.ca.
About Natasha Bedingfield With a number one single in North America and over six million units sold worldwide, Natasha Bedingfield is one of the UK’s biggest female pop stars. The Grammy nominated singing sensation is back with her sophomore album Pocketful Of Sunshine. Bedingfield took the world by storm last year with the first British chart-topping hit by a female in almost 20 years. Her song “Unwritten” proved to be the most-played song on mainstream radio last year as well as selling over 6.5 million units worldwide. Her first single off Pocketful Of Sunshine, “Love Like This” featuring Sean Kingston, was an instant hit and skyrocketed up the video and radio charts reaching #1 on the Much Music Countdown and top 10 at Hot AC radio. Bedingfield‘s second single off the album and title track “Pocketful of Sunshine” has just been released and sure to be another smash hit for the pop sensation.
About 2007 Canadian Idol winner Brian Melo Since winning the Canadian Idol competition in September 2007, Hamilton-native Brian Melo has been a busy guy. He’s amassed two hit singles on radio, toured across Canada on the Telus Top 3 Tour in November and December, completed hundreds of media interviews, shot his first video and just wrapped up an Ontario tour with Faber Drive – including a sold-out show in Hamilton on March 15. This May, Melo embarks on a headlining tour across Canada with his brand new band.
