Season 4
In January 2006, CTV announced their plans for a fourth season of Canadian Idol. An 11-week audition tour took place in February, March and April 2006. Auditions were held in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Kitchener-Waterloo, Halifax, Regina, St. John's, and Yellowknife. Season two competitor Elena Juatco joined the show as the roving reporter, while Jon Dore did not return for the fourth season. The season premiered on May 29, five days after the finale of American Idol Season 5. The season finale of Canadian Idol took place on Sunday, September 17, 2006. The finale, originally scheduled for Tuesday, September 12, was moved to help resolve a conflict with ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars', which CTV also carried and which ABC announced would debut September 12. Eva Avila took the title in the closest final vote to date; CTV announced that 3.3% -- which amounted to 131,000 votes—separated her from Newfoundland's Craig Sharpe.
On Saturday, September 16, 2006, a day prior to the public announcement of the Idol results, Sony BMG Music Entertainment began offering Avila's version of the first single, Meant to Fly, for sale on the website . Although the page was subsequently blanked, the artwork for the single can currently be located within the image files of the webpage. This occurrence led to the creation of many rumours regarding the winner of the competition. Both Avila's and Sharpe's singles were made available for pre-order for the September 26, 2006 release date on Amazon.com.
As of 2009, Eva Avila ('Somewhere Else' and 'Give Me the Music'), Craig Sharpe ('I Am', Chad Doucette ('Hit It'), Tyler Lewis ('I'm Coming Home'), and Brandon Jones ('All for You') had all launched debut CDs.
| Date | Theme | Bottom Three | ||
| July 17 | Canadian Hits | Kati Durst | Ashley Coulter (2) | Steffi D (2) |
| July 24 | Rolling Stones | Sarah Loverock | Ashley Coulter (3) | Steffi D (3) |
| July 31 | The 1980s | Brandon Jones | Chad Doucette | Eva Avila |
| Bottom Two | ||||
| August 7 | Classic Rock | Rob James | Steffi D (4) | |
| Bottom Three | ||||
| August 14 | Unplugged | Ashley Coulter (4) | Craig Sharpe | Steffi D (5) |
| Bottom Two | ||||
| August 21 | Country Standards | Steffi D (6) | Eva Avila (2) | |
| August 28 | Judges' Choice | Chad Doucette (2) | Tyler Lewis | |
| September 4 | Standards | Tyler Lewis (2) | ||
| September 11 | Final Two | Craig Sharpe (2) | Eva Avila (2) | |
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