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“Despite the disingenuous insistence of the show’s loyal judges that this season’s contenders were the ‘best ever’ — something they repeated like a yogic mantra at 15-minute intervals — anyone with a passing interest in pop music couldn’t help but wonder if their Kool-Aid had been spiked with hallucinogens.”"

That’s the third paragraph in a Toronto Star write-up on the fact Canadian Idol won’t be around next year.

“With a grating host (Ben Mulroney), shtick-prone correspondent (Jully Black), musical mentors from pop’s paleolithic era (Tom Jones, Anne Murray), Pantene Pro-V commercials disguised as creative content, and a male-dominated Top 10 that seemed hand-picked by squealy 11-year-olds more concerned with looks than vocal talent, the show had devolved into a virtual parody of the cutting-edge music competition it aspired to become only five years earlier.”

That’s the fourth.

According to the show’s producer, CTV,  putting it together is costly, “and it is expecting a sharp drop in advertising revenue in 2009,” says the CBC, adding:

“The network is retaining the rights to the series, which officials said was not cancelled and could return to the airwaves in 2010.

“Suspending the show for a year will help the network preserve cash during the 2009 broadcast season, the organization stated. The network labelled the one-year plan as a ‘rest’ for the show.”

CTV says it’s retaining the rights to the series, but doesn’t explain why it’s bothering.

Toronto Star – A broken Idol whose time had come, December 18, 2008
CBC – Singing economic blues, CTV cans Canadian Idol for 2009, December 17, 2008
CTV – Canadian Idol being put on shelf for 2009, December 17, 2008

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