July 25, 2006

Cyndi Lauper Performs Live as Canadian Idol Salutes The 80s, July 31 and August 1 on CTV

-- Lauper to perform with competitors after workshopping with Top Eight --

Toronto, ON (July 25, 2006) – Get out! Like, ohmygawd, Cyndi Lauper is performing live on Canadian Idol! The one-of-a-kind music icon is the featured guest as Canadian Idol presents a totally tubular salute to the 1980s on Monday, July 31 and Tuesday, August 1 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV (check local listings).

Lauper will appear in taped segments on Monday night as she leads each stoked member of the Canadian Idol Top 8 in rehearsal workshops. On Tuesday, Lauper leads a live group performance of her signature classic “Time After Time” with the Top 8 followed by a solo performance of “Shine” from her latest CD, The Body Acoustic.

** Media Note ** - Photography and audio clips from Canadian Idol are available online at the Canadian Idol Media Centre at www.idolpix.ca.

In a career now in its third decade, Sony BMG recording artist Cyndi Lauper has always stood out from the crowd. No one dressed, performed or sang like her when she came onto the music scene more than twenty years ago - and with the release of her latest album The Body Acoustic, Lauper proves the same is true today.

“Cyndi Lauper is an artist who has continually redefined herself over her more than twenty years in the music industry,” said Susanne Boyce, CTV President of Programming and Chair of the CTV Media Group. “She is a great example to our competitors of how longevity can be achieved in a tough business.”

“Although identified with the 1980s by some of her most popular hits, Cyndi Lauper has made an impact in every generation since,” said Executive Producer John Brunton. “As they said in the 80s, its going to be a bitchin’ show.”

Cyndi Lauper exploded onto the scene in 1984, winning a Grammy for Best New Artist and selling nine million copies of She's So Unusual. That album defined her in vivid, distinctive ways, but where most overnight sensations would have taken that as their cue to begin repeating themselves, Cyndi made it her habit to chart new directions. From her follow-up, True Colors - from which came it’s No. 1 title track and another Grammy nomination for the artist - through her more recent project, At Last (in 2003), Lauper took numerous directions as a writer and interpreter of songs.

As with most of her repertoire, Lauper wrote much of the music from her latest album The Body Acoustic using the folk instrument, the dulcimer. It is in this album – featuring collaborations with artists such as Sarah McLachlan and Ani DiFranco - that Lauper decided to let the instrument come alive in her music.

Canadian Idol was created by Simon Fuller and is produced in association with CTV by Insight Productions. John Brunton and Barbara Bowlby are Executive Producers. Mark Lysakowski is Supervising Producer. Senior Producer is Sue Brophey. Mary Sexton is Regional Producer. Jane Rimer is Executive Consultant for FremantleMedia. Rick Lewchuk is CTV’s Senior Vice-President, Program Planning and Promotion. Ed Robinson is CTV’s Senior Vice-President, Comedy, Variety and Talk. Susanne Boyce is CTV President of Programming and Chair of the CTV Media Group.

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