Lucia Evans (born 6 February 1982) is an Irish-Zimbabwean singer and winner of the 2006 season of the talent show ''

You're a Star ''You're a Star'' is an Irish music competition series broadcast by RTÉ One from 2002 to 2008. Produced by the broadcaster and Screentime ShinAwiL, the series was similar to formats such as '' Idol'' and ''The X Factor''. For its first three ...

''.

Career

Though originally from

Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; ) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about ...

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

, Evans is now living in

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

, Ireland, working as a full-time vocal coach. Evans's first single, "Bruised Not Broken", written by Don Black,

Wayne Hector Wayne Anthony Hector is a British songwriter who is best known for his work with pop artists such as Nicki Minaj, One Direction, the Wanted, Toše Proeski and Olly Murs. He co-wrote seven of Westlife's number one singles, including " World ...

and Phill Thornalley and produced by

Paul Staveley O'Duffy Paul Staveley O'Duffy (born 31 December 1963, London) is a British record producer, composer and mixer. He is best known for producing Swing Out Sister's multi-platinum debut album '' It's Better to Travel'', for his BMI nomination as "Producer ...

, was released on

Universal Records Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, ...

and entered the

Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and compiled on their behalf by the Official Charts Company. Chart rankings are ...

at number five on 20 April 2006. The song stayed in the top ten for three weeks. At the beginning of the 2007, she travelled to

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

in Africa with an

RTÉ (; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced as an English E () and not an Irish É ()) is an Irish public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, ...

crew to make a documentary about children in the developing world. On 16 October 2009, she appeared on '' The Late Late Show'', singing a unique version of

Justin Timberlake Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and dancer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Prince of Pop", ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' honored him as the b ...

's " Cry Me A River" from her new album. Also in 2007, Evans released one of her own penned tracks herself MDM Records and in June released "The Other Man", which was written by Evans and produced by Chris O'Brien and Graham Murphy; this peaked at number 17 on the Irish Singles Chart. Evans released this only on

iTunes iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating s ...

and as an independent artist and the song won critical acclaim. Evans is a trained vocal coach using SLS (Speech Level Singing) Technique which she now teaches as a full-time career. Evans returned to Africa in the summer of 2009 to present a documentary on what life is like in Africa as a celebrity. ''African A list'' won critical acclaim and showed a positive side of African life. Evans released her debut album, ''Natural Woman'', on 16 October 2009 as an independent artist. In 2013, she began work with the modern version of the

Irish Dancing Irish dance refers to the traditional dance forms that originate in Ireland, including both solo and group dance forms, for Social dance, social, Competitive dance, competitive, and performative dance, performance purposes. Irish dance has evolv ...

show, River Dance, known as Heartbeat of Home. She is the lead vocalist in the show, also playing a few instruments and joining in some of the dancing.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Lucia 1982 births Living people Entertainers from Bulawayo Irish pop singers Irish women pop singers Zimbabwean emigrants to Ireland Musicians from County Galway Singing talent show winners 21st-century Irish singers 21st-century Irish women singers Black Irish people