WORTH THE WAIT: Rudy Blair of 680 News finally auditions for MEDIA IDOL!

It was a cold dreadful morning with freezing rain but was nothing like that inside the Rogers building on Bloor and Jarvis downtown. They call it 333 Bloor street! Things were HOT as everyone waited for our favourite Media Idol contestant Rudy Blair of 680 News.

I met the whole 680 News family including Scott Metcalf the News Director (big boss) and Gloria Martin who does the showbiz news we all know as "Globiz." She's in red in the above photo with Rudy and I and she hosted the show.

I also met Jaime Pulfer above whose sign "blaired" me away. Her sign said "Rudy Blairs me away." Lets face it, Rudy took his audition to a whole new level. We went down into a subbasement theater where the auditions were held. I love that building! Security is so nice and tight and such a modern place to work. There were donuts and coffee and the Rogers employees steadily streamed down into the theater.

I met the very nice Larry Silver above, the morning news anchor for Jack FM which is also owned by Rogers. The Toronto Argonaut cheerleaders Jackie and Bridget strolled onto the stage. Blair was dressed really hot and was looking GOOD! You can hear my voice behind the camera cheering him on. The Alzheimer Society of Peel Region were in the house as they were Rudy's favourite charity that the media Idol contestants were singing for. Brian Volmer from the group Helix was his music teacher who gave him voice lessons. Then he introduced Jully Black who is the new cast member of Canadian Idol. Jully called him "Seven week fool" and advised him to just be himself and cracked that Ashlee Simpson joke.

Allie Page of CTV above who coordinates and is the Publicist for Canadian Idol then came on stage with the CTV cameraman to get things going. Allie has been so good to Keminications letting me in on all the happenings. Before you knew it, we were all singing along........."Whoa-ooo-whoa, I'm listening to the music." Jully who was called on stage couldn't perform this morning but was laughing as we sang above her shoulders and she said she'll be at the Danforth Music Hall on May 30th. Look out for my interview with Rudy.

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The Official 680 News video of the performance.
Photos of Rudy's performance.