Eva Avila is a Canadian singer from Gatineau, Quebec and the winner of the 2006 season of Canadian Idol. competition and the second female winner. She auditioned for the competition in Ottawa. Her father initiated her to music and she has been singing in public since the age of 2, and at the age of 9 was a winner on Homegrown Cafe, a talent show on CJOH-TV, in Ottawa. Prior to Idol, Avila worked as a postal clerk and a beauty consultant. She is a former winner of the Jeune Diva du Quebec contest. Avila is fluent in French, English and Spanish, her father being from Peru. Her nickname, given by her family when Eva was a small child, is Eva le dragon.
