Regular K

Yesterday, I bumped into a friend of mine who I met in Music last year. We talked for a while over coffee, since we hadn’t seen each other for months. Just as she needed to leave, she quickly flipped through the newspaper just to see if there were any interesting headlines. When she turned to an ad for the Canadian Idol finale, I pointed to Kalan and spoke with utter poise and grace: “I LOVE KALAN! HE’S GOING TO WIIIIN!” She smirked and retorted that she had been rooting for Jacob. It turns out that she grew up with him and they actually used to sing together before. Funny how things like that turn out.

But once Jacob was eliminated last week, there was no doubt in my mind that Kalan would win Canadian Idol. As great as Theresa is, she doesn’t have the ability to amass thousands of obsessive teenage girls to her side. Kalan and Theresa are really different kinds of performers, so I can’t really say who I think is better, though I prefer Kalan. He managed to make that bland Awake in a Dream song actually sound quite good. Theresa fits the singer-songwriter category best, so that cheesy pop tune really doesn’t work on her. Jacob’s recording of the song is really funny, since it’s not his style at all.

I was really excited last night when Kalan performed I Can Only Imagine. I know that he listed it as his favourite song to sing in his Canadian Idol biography, but I never thought that he would actually perform it, since it is a very blatantly Christian tune. I was so glad he made the effort to try it, although the end performance wasn’t really stellar. For the first time, I actually voted for more than a minute. I didn’t count, but I think I ended up getting around one hundred votes through to his line. I knew that he didn’t need my support, but it was fun since I never got to vote for American Idol.

I can’t wait for the next World Idol, since Canada will have a much better chance of winning this time around.