So we were at our local mall yesterday and I noticed that there were “Canadian Idol” banners up everywhere.  I thought this was strange because I couldn’t imagine there would be enough room anywhere in the mall for them to hold auditions there.  But I did a little googling and, to my surprise, the Saskatoon auditions are indeed being held at Market Mall. 

There are two reasons this is weird.  One is the space issue, as I mentioned.  The second, and more compelling is that Market Mall serves two very specific demographics.  1) Old people.  2)  Mothers with small children.  The only time anything resembling a teenager appears in the mall is over the lunch hour when the students for the local high school drop in to pick up some lunch.  But on a normal day you will see 50 senior citizens for every teenager.  The big draw for us in the mommy-crowd is the play area at the food court and the ability to do grocery shopping or errands and still give our kids the opportunity to play without having to drive all over the city.  It’s nice to keep it all under one roof. 

So anyway, I find it slightly bizarre that they would choose this mall to hold the auditions for a primarily teenage/young adult crowd in this mall. But maybe there’s a method to their madness.  Who knows.