Eva Avila
Age: 19
Occupation: Postal Clerk/Beauty Consultant
Hometown: Hull, QC
Audition City: Ottawa, ON
Place of Birth: Ottawa, ON
Nickname: "Ev," "Fafa," or "Eva le dragon"
Sounds like: Natasha Bedingfield
Identifies With: Jennifer Lopez
Canadian Idol: Nelly Furtado
Favourite Song: The Revolution
Motto: "Listen to your heart."
"To be the Canadian Idol you have to reach all kinds of people, because there are all kinds of people in this country. The more people you touch, the better."
Eva, a former winner of the province-wide singing competition "Jeune Diva du Quebec," first sang in public at the age of three. She says she would love to follow in the footsteps of Nelly Furtado. "I admire that girl so much, because she's amazingly simple, talented and beautiful," she says. She would love to meet Michael Jackson as she feels that he has revolutionized the music industry.
Eva has become friends with Canadian Idol Top 22 competitor Anna-Belle Oliva. "We have a similar sense of humour so we had lots of good laughs together," she says. Eva feels that each Canadian Idol competitor in the Top 22 is unique and very different and she thinks that's awesome.
Eva, who speaks English, French and Spanish, is proud of her Quebec/Peruvian roots (her mother is French-Canadian while her father is Peruvian). In addition to loving saltado de pollo (a Peruvian dish), Eva loves sushi, anything Thai and her mom's Shepherd's Pie.
Her favourite movie is Ghost and her favourite articles of clothing are her Bob Marley and American Eagle sweatshirts. Eva also loves to support her hometown hockey team Les Olympiques de Hull.
Eva believes that Canadians are the best singers in the world. "They stay true to who they are and they don't imitate any other artist," she says. "They sing from the heart. They're authentic."
Canadian Idol Song List:
Top 22: "Angel" (Sarah McLachlan)
