Depending on how you look at it, Canadian Idol's Top 4 had their hardest, or easiest, assignment yet for this week's performance show.

For "judges' choice" week, the remaining competitors were given two songs each, selected by the judging panel. While each song was chosen with the singer's talents and style in mind, they had to deal with learning two songs instead of one over the course of the week, and had the high hopes of the judges to live up to.

Plus, it was the first time the competitors weren't singing songs to which they necessarily had a connection.

"When we made the selections, we thought let's make them look good and at the same time challenge them," explained judge Jake Gold at the beginning of the show.

"We were fighting, we were yelling, we were singing," said Sass Jordan, describing the song selection day. "I think we ended up with songs that are really fun."

When discussing Tyler Lewis, all four judges seemed to agree on his strength as the all-Canadian guy next door. For his first song, they chose Tom Cochrane's "Big League."

"They way you buy into the song and then sell it is really cool," said Farley Flex, who along with Sass, seemed to think Tyler had hit a grand slam.

Zack Werner was a member of the opposing team.

"I was all ready to go 'he shoots, he scores,' but you came out really flat in the third period," he said.

Chad Doucette, "the most memorable voice on the show" according to Farley, was handed Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment" for song one. The judges seemed to be pleased with their selection.

"I thought the first half you looked 'deer in the headlights,' 'raccoon in the tree' sort of vibe," said Zack. "Then it opened up and you opened up."

"You delivered it," said Jake. "You did exactly what we thought you would do with that song."

After hearing from Zack and Jake week after week that he has a "George Michael sort of vibe," Craig Sharpe had a chance to prove it with the WHAM! hit "Careless Whisper."

"I don't think anybody can hear Craig sing for the first time and not find it memorable," Zack said before the performance.

Craig pulled off the 1980s hit flawlessly and Zack was quick to note his earlier assertion had been (once again) confirmed.

"The fact is that song totally fits your pipes and your vibe and if you won this thing and released it, it would go number one," Zack said.

"It seems like you understand why we chose it for you, good work," added Farley.

Ending off the first round of songs, Eva Avila had to kick crooning into high gear with the power-packed Eurythmics hit "Would I Lie to You."

As the safe member of last week's bottom two, the only female left on the show -- and after hearing Zack say she'd have to dig deep if she's going to be an international star -- Eva had a lot on her shoulders, but pulled through just fine.

"I thought vocally it was really good, but... it's an angry song, but you were smiling," observed Jake.

"All the stuff you did vocally suited what you did physically," said Farley. "You gave us a vision of who you will be."

Tyler kicked off round two with Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven," ending it with a note Zack said could have "scared some children under their beds."

Not so surprisingly, Jake didn't agree.

"Tyler, I think there won't be many dry eyes in Canada after hearing that performance," said the clearly impressed judge. "Really quite moving."

Chad pulled out all the stops with a big note near the conclusion of his rendition of REM's "Everybody Hurts."

"I've got to say I was hurting a bit at the beginning, but you totally redeemed yourself with that moment at the end," said Sass.

"I really fought for that song for you because right from the beginning I thought that's what kind of song you should be singing," added a beaming Jake. "Thanks for making me look good, buddy."

Craig entered his second song energized, giving a performance of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "Tears of a Clown" that saw him run through the audience giving high fives to his fans and shake his hips on stage and two feet from his parents in the crowd.

"It was really easy to choose songs for you," said Farley. "I've got five words for you: 'Farley Flex school of choreography.' Good job."

The last song of the night went back to Eva, who took the judges' breath away with her smooth version of Divine Brown's "Old Skool Love."

"For me, right this minute and after that performance, critiquing minutia is nonsense," said Zack. "I say Canadian Idol: Eva Avila."

Jake agreed.

"I say, by far, the best performance of the night," he said.

Will audiences agree? Find out Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST, on a results show featuring a special guest performance from last year's Top 2 competitor, Rex Goudie.