Canadian Idol (Season 1)

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In the first season of Canadian Idol, which debuted on June 9, 2003, Ryan Malcolm of Kingston, Ontario won

Auditions

Auditions were held in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg, Halifax, and St. John's, in the spring.

Semi-finals

The various groups sent the following contestants to the Finals:

GROUP 1: Candida Clauseri, Mikey Bustos, Billy Klippert

GROUP 2: Tyler Hamilton, Jenny Gear, Richie Wilcox

GROUP 3: Audrey de Montigny, Gary Beals, Karen-Lee Batten

WILDCARD WEEK: Toya Alexis, Ryan Malcolm

Finals

The Final 11 performed through various "theme" weeks. These weeks included the Canadian Hits week, and the Love Songs week. With each week, one contestant would be eliminated, until the winner was found.

Date	Theme	Bottom Four
August 5	Canadian Hits	Richie Wilcox	Candida Clauseri	Karen-Lee Batten	Toya Alexis
		Bottom Three
August 12	Motown	Mikey Bustos	Tyler Hamilton	Billy Klippert
August 19	Summertime Hits	Toya Alexis (2)	Audrey De Montigny	Gary Beals
		Bottom Two
August 26	Elton John	Jenny Gear	Ryan Malcolm
September 2	Love Songs	Audrey de Montigny (2)	Gary Beals (2)
September 9	Judges' Choice	Billy Klippert (2)
September 16	Final Two	Gary Beals (3)	Ryan Malcolm

Releases

Major/minor/independent releases

(This list does not include pre-Idol releases)

Canadian Idol: Greatest Moments
"Something More" (Ryan Malcolm)
Home (Ryan Malcolm)

Eight other members of the Season One Top 11 have released their own solo albums, including Gary Beals, Billy Klippert, Audrey De Montigny, Jenny Gear, Toya Alexis, Mikey Bustos, and Karen-Lee Batten.