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Forget Canadian Idol, a country singer with Flin Flon connections has a shot at being named the next "Nashville Idol." George Canyon, who has performed at The Unwinder and married a Flin Flon girl, is the only Canadian finalist in the USA Network's Nashville Star, described as Big Brother meets American Idol. The cowboy-hatted artist was one of more than 10,000 singers to audition for the program, his talent catapulting him to a spot in the top 20. Nashville Star, a nine-part series, is slated to begin airing in Canada on CMT starting this Sunday, March 7. A professional musician for the past 14 years, Canyon met his future wife, Jennifer Fehr, daughter of Menno and Betty Fehr, while performing at The Unwinder in 1992. The couple now resides in Nova Scotia, where Canyon has steadily climbed up the country music hierarchy. Three singles from his self-titled debut album Ñ Her Everything, Enough Said, and Way Too Much Ñ charted in the Top 10 on CMT. Aside from Nashville Star, Canyon is also scheduled to appear on CTV's Canada AM tomorrow, March 3, and is featured in the March 1 issue of MacLean's Magazine.
