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Bringing Out The Worst
Source: The Edmonton Sun
The "vote for the worst" Canadian Idol campaign is going to be hard - especially when someone like Daryl Brunt makes the finals.

The 16-year-old mini-Aiken from Sudbury is gifted with an angelic voice and technique that far exceeds his age.

His declaration that "The Lion King rocks!" is certainly grist for the worst mill, but he was by far the best singer of the first eight on Tuesday night.

He's actually good enough to be interesting, which does not bode well for our cause. Brunt and the beautiful Ashley Leitao - who is neither good nor bad enough to be interesting - were the first two to make the top-10, revealed last night.

The worst didn't stand a chance. Neither did the lone Edmonton contestant Stephane Aubin, who wasn't bad enough to be the worst.

Votefortheworst.com (VFTW) now sports a snappy Canadian Idol banner - "because America isn't the only country with really bad singers" - and had selected Cher Maendel as the worst on Tuesday night. She was.

The Winnipegger attempted the highest of the high dives - Bohemian Rhapsody - and fell flat in more ways than one. But picking Cher was getting too greedy. Of course she's not going to advance.

One has to be subtle about this, to at least appear to be going with the flow. My choice was Jenn Beaupre. In an eye-assaulting red dress, she put cat nails to camp chalkboard and sprayed the blues all over Heaven.

The poor song was scratched to pieces, the musical equivalent of being attacked by a cougar. It was hilarious. She could've been a contender. But no. She's gone.

This isn't going to be easy. As VFTW webmaster Dave D. e-mailed, "VFTW tends to grow as the season progresses and we usually don't have much success really early ... so don't get too discouraged if we don't succeed much early on. That's what happened the last two seasons (of American Idol)."

We appreciate the thought and effort, Dave. I think the important thing now is to throw all our support behind Dave Moffatt, whose group of eight performs this coming Tuesday, June 21 at 9 p.m. on CTV (cable 2). Longest night of the year!

In case you don't know, Moffatt was a member of the Moffatts, Canada's Hanson. They had a flash of fame and then vanished in an MMMBop. Before they were a loathsome boy band, they were a hideous kiddie country group that even started its own line-dance.

So unlike most of his competition, Dave is a professional. He has been on contract to a major record label, travelled to exotic places, stayed in luxurious hotels, hung out with celebrities, been mobbed by young girls, performed in places like the Winspear Centre, hosted the Juno awards.

And now this Moffatt spawn thinks he's the Canadian Idol ringer? He's perfect!

We can only hope he sings as badly as he did in previous episodes. If he makes the top-10, the unwavering support from VFTW may be just enough to push him to the top, Daryl Brunt or no Daryl Brunt.

Of course, VFTW may be redundant. The contest is already geared to favour the worst, most over-reaching, ego-driven singer.

Judge Jake Gold gushed that Jenn has "soul up the ying yang." Indeed. Zack Werner also seems to have a tin ear.

Remember: One man's worst may be another man's Canadian Idol.