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Canadian Idol
Finale Sets Viewing Records
 September
18, 2003 - He may look like Buddy Holly but the winner of the first
Canadian Idol has a style all his own. Ryan Malcolm(right), a Kingston,
Ontario waiter won the hearts and votes of Canadians with the majority
of votes on Tuesday night. An amazing 3.3 million votes had to be
tabulated and the series has also become the biggest series in Canadian
TV history when roughly 2.65 million  people
watched Monday's episode. It also gave the CTV series an average of
1.98 million viewers, surpassing the 1989-90 series "Road to
Avonlea" to become the most successful Canadian series ever.
The biggest news however just came in today with CTV announcing the
Tuesday night's two-hour grand finale officially put the series into
the history books. A staggering 3.6 million Canadians watched the
final 30 minutes of the finale. The first Canadian Idol series was
certainly as slick as its American counterpart. The judging from Jake
Gold, Sass Jordan, Farley Flex, and Zack Werner was fair, constructive
and very honest. Host Ben Mulroney, son of former Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney sometimes seemed quite nervous and a little out of his league
hosting such a big production. It actually made us miss Ryan Seacrest,
imagine that!
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