I wasn’t responsible for any of the more than four million votes recorded in the two hours after the final Canadian Idol performance showdown between Theo Tams, who ultimately won, and Mitch MacDonald.

That’s because – and you can call it a cop-out if you want – I enjoyed both artists, both in their final show and throughout the season, in general, and so decided to keep sitting on the fence, like a good Libra.

Tams, from Lethbridge, Alberta, reminded me of a young Elton John, with his superb vocals backed up by superb piano playing.

MacDonald, from Port Hood, Cape Breton, didn’t remind me of anybody, being rather unique, but judge Zack Werner did draw Paul Simon references at several points. And I guess I could see that - a kind of a Maritime Paul Simon.

At the end of the final episode it was announced that Tams and MacDonald would head out on a 25-date cross country tour along with the third place finisher Drew Wright from Collingwood.

Wright, who played guitar and even drums during the course of the season, was good too, but I think I would be more interested in hearing the bluesier, rootsier and distinctive sound of fourth place finisher Earl Stevenson, also a guitarist.

Anyway, the top-three tour starts Nov. 9 in Fredericton and ends Dec. 22 in Hamilton, and, fittingly, includes stops in the performers’ stomping grounds with concerts set to go for Sydney, Collingwood and Lethbridge.

There is good and bad news for the Toronto stop.

The good news is that it’s actually a free outdoor concert. The bad news is that the date is Dec. 6 at Nathan Phillips Square as part of the annual Calvacade at Lights. You’ll probably have to bundle up for this one.

I wonder if the trio will be joined by any Toronto finalists – that would make for a great addition. Electric guitar playing Mookie Morris, a Northern Collegiate grad, gave the best run ever of any Toronto contestant, finishing fifth, employing a gravelly throw-back rock voice that belied his 18 years.

Toronto resident Sebastian Pigott made top eight, after his brother Oliver just failed to crack top-10, ousted in the massive cut that pared down the top-16 to the top-10. Also a victim of that cut was Scarborough’s Omar Lunan.

The Toronto area was represented in the top-24 by one other contestant, Tetiana Ostapowych who was among the first cuts.

Ostapowych and the Pigotts were all students of Etobicoke School of the Arts; while Lunan split his high school years between West Hill Collegiate and Cedarbrae Collegiate.

The top ten was so good this year that, given a choice, I would rather attend a top-ten than a top-three concert, although I guess the logistics and scale just wouldn’t make that feasible in Canada.