Canada’s Top 2 Finalists.
The Canadian Idol Top 2 are:
1. Mitch MacDonald, 22, Port Hood, NS, Carpenter, Musician
2. Theo Tams, 23, Lethbridge, AB, Student
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10 Questions with the Top 3
Theo Tams – Lethbridge, Alta.
“1. How does it feel to make it into the Top 3?
I would say besides really wanting to make it into the Top 10, the Top 3 was my next goal so I’m glad I was able to accomplish that.
2. What was your ‘KD Cups Hometown Tour’ like and how did it feel to see all the support?
I was pretty nervous about going home just because I knew it was going to be like a smack in the face with reality, just like how far I’ve come on the show already and it was good. It was really, really exciting. It was just so much fun to rock out with the hometown. I never expected there to be that much support. It was just really, really touching to see.
3. What do you think has gotten you this far in the competition and what’s your strategy to make it to the end?
Just going out there and like Farley has said, I just have visions for my performances and I know exactly what I want to accomplish and whether that’s the way I interpret the song or the way I perform the song or those two things together, I always know exactly what I want to do before I go out there.
My strategy is just to really show what I’m about. This week with Bryan Adams tunes, I am completely re-vamping them and really making them my own.
4. What’s one thing you’ve learned about yourself since being on Canadian Idol?
To trust my instincts.
5. What has been your favourite performance you’ve done so far?
My favourite would be “Sweet Ones” by Sarah Slean. I think that one was just closest to me and what I’m about. That groove, that feel, something really piano-oriented but still fun and serious all at the same time.
6. What’s the best meal you’ve had since being on Idol?
There was this one day in the Top 24 that they catered stuff to the theatre and there was a butter chicken and it was soooo good. Now all the time I’m like hoping on show days they’re going to have that Butter Chicken.
7. What’s your favourite piece of clothing you’ve worn on the show?
I have a shirt with Miles Davis on it, which I really, really like and I would say the shirt that I wore for the results show this past week is also one of my favourites. It’s like some old scientist and he’s sitting at his desk and it’s in black and white and then you see all of these thoughts come out of his head and then that’s when they start throwing colour into it. It’s really cool.
8. What’s the funniest or craziest thing that’s happened while living with the other Idols?
(Last week) I woke up around quarter to five in the morning and I thought I smelled smoke and Earl had left a pizza in the oven and it was just burnt to a crisp. He had fallen asleep on the couch and then he woke up and he was complaining how he was still so hungry so he put in another pizza. I had to set the timer on the oven and he slept through the timer again so I had to get out of bed again to help him with his pizza. And then he tried to offer me some and I was not having it. I was like, ‘I need to go back to bed.’ That was pretty funny. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed that hard.
9. Do you have a good luck charm or any kind of ritual you do before going on stage?
If I’m not singing with the piano then I don’t really do anything but if I am with the piano, then I try to just sit at the piano for like 5, 10 minutes. I don’t know what it is; I’ve just always just done that. I always just sit with my hands on the keys and just sit there and warm up the keys.
10. What would make you a good Canadian Idol?
I already know the things I want to do and the things I want to accomplish and I’m just really, really driven and somehow I find a way of making those things a reality. I would just say I’m passionate, no matter what I do. If I’m making my bed or writing a song, I treat it like it’s the best thing that I’m doing that day. “
MacDonald and Tams jet off to New York City to workshop with five-time Grammy winner John Legend.
“Now, MacDonald and Tams jet off to New York City to workshop with five-time Grammy winner John Legend in advance of next week’s penultimate episode, airing Monday, September 8 at 9 p.m. ET. In the hour-long episode, MacDonald and Tams will perform three songs; a Judges choice, one song of their own choosing and the new Canadian Idol winner’s single.
For the first time in Canadian Idol history, The Top 2 will perform different winner’s singles, chosen to reflect their own individual styles. Past Idol final performance shows have seen the Top 2 sing the same single, but this Top 2 will perform individual songs crafted for them personally with the help of JUNO Award-winning producer Gavin Brown, who has worked with Canadian artists Billy Talent and Three Days Grace.
Although both songs will be featured, only one will be released to radio stations next Thursday morning at 5 a.m. ET after the winner is crowned.
Theo Tams will perform his single “Sing” and Mitch MacDonald will take to the stage for his single “Where We Begin”. “
