LE DOMAINE BLEU

Ils ont rajoutee Eva a la toute derniere minute en fait dans l'annonce! Car elle travaillais la! Elle etais receptionniste!

Citation :
Avila ready to take on Canada, then the world
Updated Fri. Sep. 22 2006 1:13 PM ET

Eye on Idol

Every morning since being crowned the Canadian Idol, Gatineau's Eva Avila has had to take a few minutes to let her new life to sink in.

Since winning the competition, she's been so busy navigating countless interviews, meetings, pubic appearances, she's had little time to think about anything.

"I am still not realizing it now," she told Eye on Idol on Thursday, sitting in the swank lounge in Toronto's Yorkville Intercontinental Hotel, where she stayed for a few days before moving into her new apartment. "I am starting to. Day by day it's starting to sink in more."

The day after her win, Avila hopped from media outlet to media outlet, spreading the news of her win on only 45 minutes of sleep.

"(They kept asking me) 'how do you feel, how do you feel,'" said Avila. "I hadn't even had a second to think about how I felt... I have won the most popular talent competition in the country. Not everybody, but most of Canada knows who I am right now. It's such an amazing, fulfilling feeling."

One thing Eva is certain about is where she'd like to go as an artist. After years of participating in talent competitions and giving a slew of local performances, she says she's already honed her public persona and knows exactly the image she'd like to project.

"I want to be perceived as a young triple-cultured woman... and to be able to sing in three languages," she said. "I would love to include all kinds of personal touches that make it me: Latin instruments, a few words in French in an English song, a duet with my dad... Anything that makes it as personal as possible."

Avila's father Carlos, a one-man band of Peruvian descent, has played a big role in shaping her as an artist. When interviewed earlier in the summer, he told Eye on Idol he couldn't get over how much his young protégé was improving throughout the competition.

"It feels like she is doing what I wasn't able to do (as a musician)," he said. "I never had an opportunity like this growing up. I'm very, very proud."

Avila says her success on the show has inspired her to push her career as far as she possibly can. She said she dreams of being known on an international level and her fate on the show leads her to believe this might actually be possible.

"It's making me realize (this is) my purpose in life," she said. "I'm a really freaky person that way. I'm a big fan of philosophies and stuff... There's an even larger sense to my life now.

"Six months ago I was working in a post office wondering where I'd get the money to record my demo, where I would find people to write songs for me," she added. "'Canadian Idol' is the best exposure that any young talent waiting to be discovered can ask for. I'm so grateful I took the opportunity and didn't screw it up."

Idol Malcolm takes Flight, eyes album
By ANN MARIE MCQUEEN

   


When Ryan Malcolm went to the Canadian Idol wrap party at a Toronto club Sunday night, newly proclaimed winner Eva Avila had more to say than just "hi."

Turns out Avila, then 16, and Malcolm, then 23, met waiting in line four years ago, for those first Canadian Idol Ottawa auditions where Malcolm scored his gold ticket to Toronto and Avila was sent home.

"She came up to me and said 'don't you remember hanging out with me in Ottawa?' " recalled Malcolm this week. "I was like 'of course, that's crazy.' "

WILD RIDE

The 19-year-old Gatineau teen has a wild ride in front of her, says Malcolm, a Kingston native and the first to win Idol. Avila wants international fame, badly, but only time will tell if Idol will propel her where three winners before her did not go. Yet even as far out of the Idol limelight as he is, four years after winning, Malcolm has no regrets.
 

"It was obviously incredible just to wake up and go 'sh-- that's my song on the radio,' " he said.

Though successive winners Kalan Porter and Melissa O'Neil are still signed artists with Sony BMG Music (Canada), Malcolm made just one album with BMG Music and lost his record deal when the company merged with Sony.

Home did well, he says, and he was okay with not making another album just like it.

About six months ago he hooked up with a four-person band. Low Level Flight is touring colleges and plans to put out their first album by the end of November.

"It's different when you have professional songwriters writing all that stuff, and to be honest it wasn't really my cup of tea anyways," he says. "Now I've got 100% control writing songs myself with the band."

PRESSURE OFF

Malcolm said he had a harder time adjusting to the limelight than to the absence of it; once Porter won the second Idol, Malcolm felt like the pressure was off.

He hopes Avila has a solid family around her, like his. They were ready to bring him back down to earth whenever he started to get too full of himself.

"It's hard to just take yourself out of yourself, and just go 'just so you know you're not that great,' " he said.

Idol did give him something else other than a certain level of fame: Cash. Since his win he's been able to live in Toronto, focus on making music, upgrade to a Mercedes CT30 from the Honda Accord he bought post-win and spend several months in South America and weeks overseas.

In winning he scored $60,000 for making his record and a similar merchandising deal. Idols can also make more on tour. "You do get to make some really good money ... as long as you're smart with your money and you don't go too crazy."

Malcolm accepts he's going to have to overcome lingering Idol notoriety when it comes time to push the Low Level Flight album.

ALWAYS THERE

"That's something I'm always going to have whether it's four years or 40 years," he said.

"I still get people coming up to me who are like 'are you Kalan Porter?' ... 'you're the Canadian Idol guy'. I'm like 'no I'm just Ryan.' "

My god. Il est pas mort Ryan Malcolm? C'est gentil de sa part d'aller au party et de féliciter Eva.

Citation :Le samedi 23 septembre 2006

TRIBUNE LIBRE

Eva Avila: la persévérance récompensée

La Tribune

Je ne pouvais passer sous silence les performances exceptionnelles d'Eva Avila dans le concours Canadian Idol, dont le Canada tout entier a été témoin. Eva est pour moi le plus bel exemple à donner à notre jeunesse en recherche souvent de motivation pour atteindre ses buts, voire même ses rêves.

La persévérance demeure la clef du succès et Eva, une fois de plus, me l'a clairement démontré dans sa réussite à ce prestigieux concours de la chanson. Pourquoi à moi un peu plus personnellement? Je dois mentionner que j'ai eu, il y a deux ans à Magog, l'occasion d'entendre Eva (connue alors sous le nom d'Eva Gougeon Avila) aux auditions de la 8e édition des Découvertes de la chanson, qui avaient lieu au Café St-Michel. J'ai aussi eu le privilège de m'entretenir un peu avec elle.

Je garderai d'Eva le beau souvenir d'une personnalité hyper sympathique, d'une simplicité rare et dotée d'un talent absolument époustouflant. Mais comme dans tout genre de concours, les circonstances et des facteurs incontrôlables ont fait que plus loin dans le processus des Découvertes, une participante autre qu'Eva avait finalement retenu la faveur du jury et, j'en conviens, cela pouvait être très correct à ce moment.



Très loin d'elle sûrement l'idée de considérer cette situation comme un échec, Eva s'est parfaitement enrichie de cette expérience additionnelle et a su persévérer pour atteindre un sommet recherché dans ce monde merveilleux de la chanson.

Un million de fois bravo à Eva pour l'exemple qu'elle nous donne. Nous pouvons tous être fier d'elle. C'est un beau cadeau que la vie nous fait!

Patrice Poulin

Magog

source:
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060 ... CPOPINIONS

Citation :Le jeudi 21 septembre 2006

Eva : pas un appui partisan

Le Droit

Au correspondant Jean-Baptiste Gavazzi

Je trouve dommage que vous puissiez voir une démarche politique et électorale dans ma publicité concernant la participation d'Eva Avila à la finale de Canadian Idol ("Récupérer Eva à des fins partisanes ?", Le Droit, 16 septembre).

Tout d'abord, permettez-moi de préciser encore une fois, que cette publicité a été payée par moi et non par des fonds publics.



Ceci dit. Je regrette pour vous que le fait de ma part d'encourager et d'appuyer publiquement une citoyenne de Gatineau au talent exceptionnel vous cause autant d'inconfort.

Je n'ai eu aucun inconfort et aucun regret, à titre de député élu et représentant des citoyens de Hull-Aylmer et à titre de citoyen, à inciter les gens de Gatineau à démontrer leur appui à Mme Avila.

Au contraire, j'étais fier qu'une citoyenne de chez nous, une Québécoise, puisse se rendre en finale d'une émission télévisée qui recrute les meilleurs jeunes talents à travers le Canada.

Je suis heureux d'autant plus de constater qu'il existe un programme télévisé promouvant le dépassement de soi, en regard des émissions empreintes de violence qui sont, à mes yeux, encore trop nombreuses. Cela mérite tout notre encouragement.

Auriez-vous préféré que je m'abstienne ? Peut-être m'aurait-on alors reproché mon indifférence vis-à-vis ce succès pan canadien, d'une Québécoise et concitoyenne ?

Nous nous rejoignons sur un point : notre appui à Eva Avila et la reconnaissance de son grand talent.

Marcel Proulx, député de Hull-Aylmer

source;
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060 ... CPOPINIONS

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Citation :Former Idol O'Neil looking forward to next phase

Updated Fri. Sep. 22 2006 4:41 PM ET

Eye on Idol

While thanking "Canadian Idol" for getting her where she is today -- with a four-time platinum disc under her belt and a new record on its way -- Season 3 Idol Melissa O'Neil says she's glad to pass the title to Eva Avila and take the reigns to her own career.

In an Eye on Idol interview the day after handing off the figurative crown, O'Neil said she sees the Idol journey as a series of phases. The crowning of a new Idol means her formative phase is over, so now she's ready for the next challenge.

"I am proud to be from the program. It is a phenomenal program that gives people a chance where they might not have had the chance. Now I'm ready for the next thing."

"I had a moment of clarity a couple weeks ago," said the down-to-earth songstress. "I know I'm 18 and people expect this kind of pop/rock thing. One thing I learned on tour was that's not my niche."

Currently in the writing phase of her sophomore album, O'Neil is getting ready to showcase a new sound featuring a pared-down band and her own lyrics.

"It's very important for this next CD to take off," O'Neil said, noting her first album without the Idol title will either establish her as a legitimate artist or be her final hurrah.

While looking forward to a bright future, the show's first female Idol paused to offer some of what she learned over the past year to her successor. She cautioned Avila to stay true to herself, make her own decisions as much as possible and not get too caught up in the glitz and glam of celebrity at the risk of her music.

"When there are people speaking into every possible orifice that you have about what you should be, you should just take it with a grain of salt," she warned. "Make your own opinions about people because you never know. One bad experience for one person could be the best experience for you."

After going public with her relationship to Season 3's Top 2 competitor Rex Goudie, and experiencing the ensuing media frenzy, O'Neil also offered this year's Idol (who recently disclosed her relationship with Top 4 competitor Chad Doucette) some tips for dealing with the press.

"Stay focused when you're in interviews," she said. "Make sure you have a key point you want to get across and that you hit that message... I learned about myself that I appreciate honesty. I hate censoring myself. It's a really bad thing."

After moving from Calgary to Toronto to launch her Idol career, O'Neil said she knows how isolating it can be to have to start a new social life while also starting a music career, and that she hopes to take Avila under her wing.

"I know if it weren't for Rex being there, I'd have been very lonely," O'Neil said. "It's good to be able to vent to people who understand. I hope (Eva) gives me a call."

source: sur le site officiel de CI

Citation :
Can Eva Avila be the next Kelly Clarkson?

Vancouver Sun
Jason Chow, CanWest News Service
Published: Wednesday, September 27, 2006

TORONTO -- Now that all the cheering and media frenzy has calmed, Canadian Idol champ Eva Avila begins the far more difficult phase of her career. Winning a TV talent show is one thing; having a lasting career as a pop singer is entirely different.

A look back at the three other Idol winners proves success is fleeting. Each of the reality show's first three winners released a top single and popular first album immediately after the competition, but all have faded from the pop scene to varying degrees.

No one has recorded a second album -- though to be fair, it's a bit too soon for Season 3 champ Melissa O'Neil to have done so, and Season 2 winner Kalan Porter is reportedly working on his. And one winner has dropped off the pop radar screen entirely -- Season 1 Idol Ryan Malcolm has abandoned mega-pop and is currently playing with an unsigned band called Low Level Flight, touring small cities in southwestern Ontario.

But everybody from the judges to her label and her managers are saying the 19-year-old from Gatineau is different: Eva Avila has got extraordinary star potential, her supporters beam. She's perhaps the best singer in the history of the competition, the judges say.

She can sing in English, Spanish and French -- she's the daughter of a Peruvian immigrant -- which means she can transcend national and linguistic borders. She's from Quebec, a province that embraces its stars. And, of course, she's got the looks, a quality that is immediately mentioned whenever she's the topic of conversation among the men who have met her.

"She's a beautiful girl -- that's obvious," said Jonathan Ramos, director of A&R at Song BMG Music Canada, the music label that signed Avila and that is affiliated with the Idol franchise. "Very attractive girl," echoed Jim Campbell, her manager, who also handles the careers of all former Idol winners.

"Absolutely stunning," said Idol judge Farley Flex.

Still, at this stage in the game, being the best-singing or the best-looking of the Canadian Idol lot doesn't guarantee a thing. Is she good enough to be the next Kelly Clarkson, the first American Idol winner who has transformed from reality show winner to bona fide star? Or is she going to be the butt of TV jokes in two years, like Malcolm?

"If we do half of what was done with Kelly, we're good," said Ramos.

Avila is so starry-eyed that she's confident she can be even bigger. "I see myself as a truly international star," said Avila on the day after her victory, at Sony's office in Toronto. "But I have to stick to what I do best. It's R&B and soul and pop. I have to do something I love. I can't do something I'm not."

It still comes down to the music, and here's where talent show winners often fail: An Idol contestant wins by belting out a recognizable classic hit week after week; an artist has to sing original material and will be judged by both vocal ability and song quality.

"Reality talent winners tend to sing purely covers [during the competition] and, in general, their entire future career will be predicated on this," said Mark Jowett, head of A&R from Nettwerk Records in Vancouver.

"They often have a hard time sustaining careers because the quality of the material they perform starts to diminish, and they lose a connection with a young audience that begins to turn their attention to new Idol winners."

Already, the Sony hit machine is in overdrive to make sure she's got the right songs. The label brought in a team of 25 songwriters to its Toronto offices, and writers have been broken into groups of three who are responsible for creating the tracks for the album. About 40 or so demos will be presented to Avila and her team next week. They will choose the songs that best match her style, and fully develop them into tracks for the record.

The album should be recorded in six weeks and released Nov. 14. The tour will follow early in the new year.


source:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news ... aa01310d1b

Le défi est peut-être grand maintenant pour Eva mais je suis persuadée qu'elle y arrivera.  Elle a non seulement le talent pour y arriver mais également la détermination.  

Citation ÉPART EN FORCE D'EVA AVILA SUR LES RADIOS
Meant to Fly au huitième rang du palmarès

Pascale Lévesque
Le Journal de Montréal
29-09-2006 | 10h43

Eva Avila a toujours le vent dans les voiles. Son single Meant to Fly fait bonne figure à la radio, tant canadienne que québécoise.

Le premier extrait de l'album de la Canadian Idol, à paraître le 14 novembre prochain, a fait des débuts en force sur les ondes, se classant au huitième rang du palmarès BDS une semaine après son entrée dans les radios.

«Il a été présenté aux radios mardi, le 19 septembre, et il figure dans la rotation des six grandes stations commerciales de Montréal, Q92, Mix, CKOI, Énergie, Rythme et RockDétente», indique Annie Bérubé, porte-parole de Sony/BMG.

Cet intérêt des radios québécoises est d'autant plus important qu'il est rare, comme le souligne Annie Bérubé, qu'une chanson canadienne de langue anglaise réussisse à faire sa place contre les Justin Timberlake et Fergie de ce monde.

«Les radios québécoises doivent respecter les quotas de programmation. Seulement 35% du contenu musical peut être en anglais. La dernière fois qu'on a vu le phénomène, c'est avec Gregory Charles», poursuit la porte-parole.

À titre d'exemple, Chloé Boissonnault, la porte-parole de Radio Énergie et de Rock Détente, a fait savoir que l'extrait est très en demande. «Du côté d'Énergie, la chanson a fait le top 6 de Denis Fortin. Pour les deux stations, on pense qu'elle fera le top 20 d'ici peu», a-t-elle dit, soulignant qu'à Gatineau, c'est la folie furieuse avec le single, tant chez Énergie que chez RockDétente.

Du côté des radios canadiennes, Meant to Fly s'est classée au 30e rang du palmarès. Le single n'a toutefois été mis en vente que mardi le 26. Les chiffres de vente seront connus seulement mercredi prochain.

Entre-temps, Eva est en studio à Toronto et travaille à la production de son album, qui doit sortir le 14 novembre.

source:
http://www.canoe.com/divertissement/mus ... 0-jdm.html

Super!  Ce sont de très bonnes nouvelles, c'est signe qu'Eva tient déjà une grande place dans le coeur de plusieurs québécois et canadiens anglais!!!!(mais ça, on le savait)!

Merci pour cet article!  C'est bien que le media continuent de se tenir au courant des développements de l'album d'Eva.  C'est dire qu'ils feront sûrement beaucoup de promo lorsqu'il sera.

Citation :On the 10/11/06 episode (Wednesday), eTalk will be visiting Eva's apartment ... don't forget to watch!

source: forum du site officiel de CI

Citation : Avec Cindi Lauper!

Cindi Lauper at the Casino Rama in Orillia, and guess who sang back up on two of her songs? Eva Avila

source: forum de Canadian Idol

Watch e-Talk Tomorrow Night (17 octobre)


Eva will be on with Cindi Lauper.

felix  a écritWatch e-Talk Tomorrow Night (17 octobre)


Eva will be on with Cindi Lauper.

"Just watched. They talked about the song they are working on. It's called 'This Kind Of Love' and Cindy is singing backup on it."

source: le forum du site officiel d'Éva

felix  a écrit

"Just watched. They talked about the song they are working on. It's called 'This Kind Of Love' and Cindy is singing backup on it."

source: le forum du site officiel d'Éva


Merci Felix pour l'info.  T'aurais pas le vidéo par hasard?

josephine  a écrit

Merci Felix pour l'info.  T'aurais pas le vidéo par hasard?


l'émission repasse vers 1h30 du matin...mais si je trouve la vidéo...je le signalerai

Citation :Who is your favourite Canadian celebrity couple?
Avril Lavigne & Deryck Whibley
Rachel McAdams & Ryan Gosling
Alanis Morissette & Ryan Reynolds
Eva Avila & Chad Doucette
Elisha Cuthbert & Sean Avery

vote
http://www.ctv.ca/entertainment