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Sarah Loverock
The fourth season of ''Canadian Idol'' began in February 2006 ran until September 2006. Zack Werner, Jake Gold, Sass Jordan, and Farley Flex returned to judge, and Ben Mulroney returned to host, with Elena Juatco as the new roving reporter. The season premiered on May 29, five days after the finale of '' American Idol'' Season 5. The Canadian Idol title was awarded to competitor Eva Avila on September 17, 2006. On Saturday, September 16, 2006, a day prior to the public announcement of the ''Idol'' results, Sony BMG Music Entertainment began offering Avila's version of the first single, ''Meant to Fly'', for sale on the websitEvaAvila.com Although the page was subsequently blanked, the artwork for the single could be located within the image files of the webpagThis occurrence led to the creation of many rumours regarding the winner of the competition. Auditions Auditions were held in eleven cities in the Winter and early Spring of 2006 in the following order: * February 18 & 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farley Flex
Farley Flex (born Farley Fridal, August 9, 1962) is a Media Consultant, promoter (entertainment), music promoter, talent manager, artist manager, and motivational speaker. He is best known for being a judge on the reality television series ''Canadian Idol''. Early life He was born in London, England, to Trinidadian parents. Career Flex was instrumental in founding CFXJ-FM, FLOW 93.5 in Toronto, the first urban contemporary, urban music-format radio station in Canada when it first went on the air in 2001, and where he was the station's first Music Director and Vice President of Business Development. His success as an artist manager, radio personality and executive along with the success of the station prompted ''Canadian Idol'''s producers to select him as a judge before its 2003 launch. He is the recipient of the Bob Marley Day Award (2009), Harry Jerome Award(2007), the Urban Music Association of Canada's Special Achievement and Media Personality of the Year Awards, and was induc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Ottawa is the political centre of Canada and headquarters to the federal government. The city houses numerous foreign embassies, key buildings, organizations, and institutions of Canada's government, including the Parliament of Canada, the Supreme Court, the residence of Canada's viceroy, and Office of the Prime Minister. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, its original boundaries were expanded through numerous annexations and were ultimately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INXS
INXS (pronounced "in excess") were an Australian Rock music, rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarist Tim Farriss, lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence, and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly. For 20 years, INXS were fronted by Hutchence, whose magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of the band. Initially known for their New wave music, new wave/pop music, pop style, the band later developed a harder Pub rock (Australia), pub rock style that included funk and dance music, dance elements. In 1984, INXS had their first number-one hit in Australia with "Original Sin (INXS song), Original Sin". The band would later achieve international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums ''Listen Like Thieves'', ''Kick (INXS album), Kick'', and ''X (INXS album), X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
