Craig Sharpe (born 23 September 1989) is a Canadian pop singer who was the runner-up on Canadian Idol 4, having finished a close second behind winner

Eva Avila Eva Avila (born Eva Gougeon-Ávila on 25 February 1987) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fourth season of the CTV reality show ''Canadian Idol'' in 2006. Early life Avila was born in Gatineau, Quebec. Her father intr ...

. He came through seven rounds of auditions judged by Canadian Idol's four-member panel. Sharpe is the second contestant from the small community of Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador (

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from season two was the first), and the fourth contestant from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.(18 September 2006).
Sharpe loses Idol finale; fans hold steady
,

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. Retrieved 13 August 2012. Sharpe is notable for his highest countertenor voice.

Early life

Born in

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, Sharpe attended

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, where he excelled at music and

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. When not composing music, he said his pastimes included spending time with his pets and playing

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and

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Canadian Idol

Sharpe was the runner-up on Canadian Idol in season four, and lost the closest Idol race to date to

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native

by just 131 000 votes out of nearly 4 million cast.

Performances and results

Post ''Idol''

When asked during a CTV interview what one person he would like to meet, Sharpe named

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Quintanilla Perez: "She put a lot of work into what she loved and she didn't get to express her talent.

When asked what song he is touched by the most, he replied "''

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'' by

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, because it reminds me of my music teacher Heather Macdonald, who died at the young age of 28.

He also shared the stage with music producer

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s befor ...

, in 2008. He performed his own rendition of ''Angels'', with a children's choir. Sharpe has reportedly auditioned for a role in the TV series ''

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'' with the song "

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." He now lives in Newfoundland.

Discography

Albums

*''

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'' (February 2007) *''Craig Sharpe'' (April 2015)

Singles

*''When They Know Your Name'' (January 2007)

Featured

*'' Canadian Idol: Spotlights'' (August 2006)

References

External links

The Compass newspaper article

Craig's official CTV bio
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