Searching for the next Idol in the music hotbed of Winnipeg

The Guess Who, BTO, Neil Young, Chantal Kreviazuk and many other music greats have all called Winnipeg home and if history is any indication, there's a good chance the next Canadian Idol could also be discovered here.

It was something that was definitely on the minds of the more than 600 Idol hopefuls who showed up at St. Vital Centre over the weekend to audition for the show's sixth season.

"It's really inspiring because I know that people that just start off as Winnipeggers can actually go somewhere and it's really good to see that other musicians can make it from a place like this," said eighteen-year-old Terra Stevenson, who fronts local bands The Paps and Fade to Fiction.

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