Kalan Porter (born November 11, 1985) is a singer from Medicine Hat, Alberta, who was the second winner of the reality television series Canadian Idol. Beating out 8,977 other contestants, Porter was crowned "Idol" on September 16, 2004 in front of a live TV audience. Idol judge Zack Werner nicknamed Porter "The Little Prince" due to his resemblance to a character in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's children's book of the same name.

Kalan's first single, "Awake in a Dream," was released on October 5, 2004. "Awake in a Dream" has become the best selling debut single for a Canadian artist to date.

Kalan's debut album 219 Days, released November 23, 2004, reached #4 on the charts in its first week. The album title, 219 Days, refers to the number of days from his first audition to the release of his debut CD.

In the summer of 2005, Kalan will go on to World Idol 2, where he will compete against Ruben Studdard and all the other winners of their countries' second Idol shows.

Song performances

• Audition: "The House of the Rising Sun"
• Top 32: "Lady"
• Top 10: "Born to be Wild"
• Top 9: "House of the Rising Sun"
• Top 8: "Paint It Black"
• Top 7: "Still"
• Top 6: "If You Could Read My Mind"
• Top 5: "Long Train Running"
• Top 4: "Moon River", "The Way You Look Tonight"
• Top 3: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Nature Boy"
• Top 2: "I Can Only Imagine", "Born to be Wild", "Awake in a Dream"

Track Listing on CD: 219 Days

• Praeludium and Allegro
• She's So Dangerous
• I Don't Wanna Miss You
• Single
• In Spite of It All
• Awake in a Dream
• Lucky Day
• After All
• How Many Roads (with Randy Bachman)
• Unconditional
• Until You
• And We Drive
• My Sweet One
• Bonus Track - True Colours (with Theresa Sokyrka)

External links

• Official Kalan Porter website