The second season of Canadian Idol debuted on June 1, 2004, and became the most watched show in Canada, drawing in over 3 million viewers each week. Auditions were held in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax, Regina, and St. John's. The season provided an Idol first when the final six contestants played their own instruments during a group performance of the Gordon Lightfoot classic "Canadian Railroad Trilogy". This was the first time that contestants on any Idol series had performed with instruments; Kalan Porter of Medicine Hat, Alberta won the series, and Theresa Sokyrka of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was the runner-up. In November 2004, merely two months after the competition, Porter released his debut album entitled 219 Days – the number days spanning from his first audition to the release of his CD. Other season two finalists who released albums include Sokyrka, Jacob Hoggard (with his band Hedley), Jason Greeley, Shane Wiebe, and Joshua Seller.

Semifinals

Semifinal Group 1 (16 June 2004)

Semifinal Group 2 (23 June 2004)

Semifinal Group 3 (30 June 2004)

Semifinal Group 4 (7 July 2004)

Wildcard (14 July 2004)

Finals

Top 10 (21 July 2004)

Theme: Canadian Hits

Top 9 (28 July 2004)

Theme: British Invasion

Top 8 (4 August 2004)

Theme: Rock & Roll

Top 7 (11 August 2004)

Theme: Lionel Richie

Top 6 (18 August 2004)

Theme: Gordon Lightfoot

Top 5 (25 August 2004)

Theme: Summertime Hits

Top 4 (1 September 2004)

Theme: Standards

Top 3 (8 September 2004)

Theme: Judge's Choice

Top 2 (15 September 2004)

Elimination Chart

Releases

Kalan Porter

Theresa Sokyrka

Jacob Hoggard

Jason Greeley

Shane Wiebe

Kaleb Simmonds

Joshua Seller

Other Contestants