THE AGONIST Singer Talks 'Canadian Idol'

December 7, 2007

Alissa White-Gluz — the singer for Canadian metalcore outfit THE AGONIST — recently spoike to MTV.com about her experience on "Canadian Idol" back in 2006.

"It was a joke that went too far," she explained. "We'd already signed a deal with Century Media, and I was at school, which was close to where they were holding the auditions. My boyfriend was like, 'Go do it — it will be funny,' and I went and did it. The producers seemed to like me and filmed a lot of footage of me and kept putting me on the show. It got to a certain point where they make everyone sign an exclusivity contract, and so I told them, 'I'm not signing sh--.' I already had a contract, but they wanted me to be on the show. I told them I would if they exempted me from the contract. So, after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting, they decided to keep me in there for an allotted period of time, and then they'd let me go.

"It was funny for me, and it was interesting to be there with so many people who just had to make it; I didn't care at all," continued the singer. "I was kind of thinking, 'Can I expose a bunch of teeny-boppers to metal, so they can see what it's about?' I guess I managed to do that a little bit. I so did not fit on there, so it was just really funny."

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