Canadian Idol (season 5)

After the competitor receives their number at the registration desk, they are allowed to go to other places until their number is called. After their number is called, they will be asked to wait in the front line for their audition for the first round. Auditioners will be sent in groups of five, taken to the waiting room by an audition crew. The audition crews responsible for the groups will take the competitors to Tier 1, where they will audition to the representative of a producer with their group.

Each auditioner will take turn to sing one song for as long as they want. If the representative is not sure about the competitor's performance, they may ask them to sing another song. After all five auditioners have sung, the representatives may make comments, and announces auditioners that will not go through to the second round. The successful auditioners will be given a Yellow Ticket, and will return to the waiting room to wait for an audition crew to lead them to a separate waiting room where they wait for the second round of audition.

After the auditioner's number is called for the second round of audition known as Tier 2, an audition crew will take them along with couple others to the waiting room once more. The competitors will have to wait there until their number is called, and then they will be sent into the audition room. In Tier 2, the competitors will audition to a producer of the show, where they will be asked to sing a minimum of two songs. The successful auditioner will receive a Blue Ticket, and will need to return to the registration desk to register for the Celebrity Judges round.

By assigned order of time on successful auditioner's registration paper, they will be called into the final round of audition where they meet the Canadian Idol Celebrity Judges Farley Flex, Jake Gold, Sass Jordan and Zack Werner. It will be held at a secret location on another day.

In this round, the auditioner will have to prepare one song in the song list that is given to you when you are registering for the third round, along with four other songs of your own choice. Successful auditioners will be given a Gold Ticket, where they will have a chance to participate in the Top 200 week in Toronto.

The Gold Ticket receivers are asked to remain absolutely silent, or they may face possible disqualification due to fairness purposes.

• Liam Styles Chang, 27, is a singer/songwriter from Victoria, British Columbia. Liam is currently the lead singer of the band Aivia.
• Tyler Mullendore, 19, is a construction worker from Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia. He is notable for making the judges laugh during his audition, when after being asked if he had ever seen the show, he retorted, "Yeah, I seen 'er, buddy."
• Andrew Austin, 27, is a musician from Sarnia, Ontario.
• Clifton Murray, 18, is a singer and actor from Toronto, Ontario.
• Derek Hoffman, 17, is a student from Aurora, Ontario. Derek is currently the lead singer of the pop/rock band Brighter Brightest.
• Justyn Wesley, 22, is a singer/songwriter and producer from Toronto, Ontario.

• Montana Martin Iles, 16, is a student from Sainte-Julienne, Quebec. Despite performing alone during the group part of Toronto Week, she impressed the judges with her raw style.
• Annika Odegard, 16, is a student and performer from Calgary, Alberta
• Naomi-Joy Blackhall, 25, is an account manager from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She and her fellow Top 22 member Dwight d'Eon have been labelled as the rockers for this season.
• Scarlett Burke, 18, is a performer from Toronto, Ontario who joined the competition after Ritchea Hodge dropped out for personal reasons. Prior to the show, Burke had played Nala in The Lion King at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto.[4]
• Maud Coussa-Jandl, 25, is a Promotions Coordinator from Sherbrooke, Quebec.
• Christine Hanlon, 21, is a singer/songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. She was shown in the fourth episode as continuing in the competition despite a throat infection.

Withdrew

Ritchea Hodge is a 16-year-old High School Student from Brampton, Ontario. Hodge dropped out of the competition for unrevealed, personal reasons prior to June 27.

• Brian Melo (born August 15, 1982 in Hamilton, Ontario, 24 years old during the season), is a construction worker from Hamilton, Ontario. He is the only contestant who received a standing ovation from all the judges. He is the Canadian Idol for 2007.
• Jaydee Bixby (born August 14, 1990 in Drumheller, Alberta, 17 years old during the season), is a student and performer from Drumheller, Alberta. He was the only member of the season's Top 10 who had never been in the bottom 3 or 2. He is the 2007 runner-up to Canadian Idol, Brian Melo.
• Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985 in Mission, British Columbia, 21 years old during the season), is a student from Mission, British Columbia. In Season 5, she was the last girl standing.
• Dwight d'Eon (born December 18, 1978, 28 years old during the season), is a musician and lobster fisherman from West Pubnico, Nova Scotia.
• Matt Rapley (born March 13, 1988, 18 years old during the season), is a student from Regina, Saskatchewan.
• Tara Oram (born April 28, 1984, 23 years old during the season), is a singer from Hare Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. She was never placed in the Bottom 3 or 2 until her night of elimination.
• Greg Neufeld (born February 1, 1984, 23 years old during the season), is a singer/songwriter and house framer from Abbotsford, British Columbia. He had made the Top 22 during Season Four, but had been eliminated from the competition in the second week of voting. Regarded as a favorite in Season 5, his elimination caused controversy, in part because of host Ben Mulroney's comment ("Canada got it wrong") upon his elimination.
• Martha Joy (born December 8, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, 16 years old during the season), is a student from Toronto, Ontario.
• Khalila Glanville (born July 12, 1983, 23 years old during the season), is a daycare worker from Dorval, Quebec.
• Kamila Miller (also known as Mila Miller) (born December 1, 1989, 17 years old during the season), is a student from Woodbridge, Ontario. Despite writing the lyrics to a song on her hands during the final phase of Toronto Week, she was able to impress the judges with her vocal ability.

Each contestant sang three songs.

Each week, a song theme will be presented to the competitors. Each competitor must base their song choice on the theme of the week.

• July 17 – #1 Hits
• July 24 – Music of the 1960s
• July 31 – Unplugged (Acoustic music)
• August 7 – Queen
• August 14 – Pop-Rock
• August 21 – My Own Idol (artists who inspire the contestants)
• August 28 – Standards
• September 4 – Judges choice & People choice
• September 11- Season Finale

It is a fundraising campaign that will help build the first North American Ronald McDonald Family Retreat at Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria, British Columbia. The sales of the Canadian Idol single, "Believe in You" will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Canadian Idol announced on the Season Finale that they raised over $1 Million.