Lucia Evans is an Irish singer and winner of the 2006 season of the talent show You're A Star

You're A Star

You're a Star was a singing contest in Ireland,similar to th X Factor in the United Kingdom and American Idol in the USA created by Screentime ShinAwiL and Radio Telefís Éireann. It was shown weekly on RTÉ One over the winter months of each year...

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Evans is now living in Galway

Galway

Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...

 in Ireland

Ireland

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 working as a full time vocal coach, although originally from Bulawayo

Bulawayo

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland...

 in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

. At the beginning of the 2007 she travelled back to Africa with an RTE

RTE

RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...

 crew to Burkina Faso in Africa to make a documentary about children in the developing world. On October 16, 2009, she appeared on The Late Late Show

The Late Late Show

The Late Late Show, sometimes referred to as The Late Late, or in some cases by the acronym LLS, is the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster and the official flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company RTÉ...

, singing a unique version of Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...

's "Cry Me A River

Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)

"Cry Me a River" is the second single from Justin Timberlake's solo debut album Justified. Released on December 17, 2002, the single, which features guest vocals and production by Timbaland & Scott Storch, won Timberlake a Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance" in 2004.-Background...

", from her new album.

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 that can be sometimes be forgotten about in the Western world.

Discography

Lucia Evans's first single, "Bruised Not Broken" written by Don Black, Wayne Hector

Wayne Hector

Wayne Hector is an English songwriter.Wayne Hector has had over 30 number ones around the globe under his belt and numerous movie soundtrack credits, Wayne Hector is one of the UK’s most successful songwriters....

 and Phill Thornalley and produced by Paul Staveley O'Duffy

Paul Staveley O'Duffy

Paul O’Duffy is a British record producer, composer, mixer. He is best known for producing Swing Out Sister's Grammy-nominated multi-platinum debut album, for his BMI nomination as 'Producer of the Year' in 1987, and work with John Barry and other film score producing...

 was released on Universal Records

Universal Records

Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...

 and entered the Irish charts on 20 April 2006 at #5. The song stayed for three weeks in the top ten.

In 2007 Evans released one of her own penned tracks herself MDM Records and in June released "The Other Man" which was written by Lucia and produced by Chris O'Brien

Chris O'Brien

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 and Graham Murphy

Graham Murphy

Graham Murphy is a record producer, musician and songwriter. He was born in Dublin, Ireland.- Biography :Graham started out as a session musician/programmer working with leading Irish acts including Aslan and Whipping Boy. Around the same time he began writing with artist Perry Blake...

, which peaked at #17 on the Irish charts.Lucia released this only on iTunes 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 released her debut album, Natural Woman, on October 16, 2009 as an independent artist. Evans has a growing reputation as a vocal coach and has been long mentioned as a representative for Ireland in the Eurovision.