Craig Sharpe

Craig Sharpe
Birth name	Craig Sharpe
Born	23 September 1989 (1989-09-23) (age 22)
Origin	Carbonear, Canada
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2006–present
Associated acts	Eva Avila

Craig Sharpe (born September 23, 1989 in Carbonear but now living in Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador) was the runner-up on Canadian Idol 4 and finished a close second behind winner Eva Avila. 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, Canada (Jason Greeley from Season 2 was the first), and the fourth contestant from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Sharpe is notable for his higher tenor voice.

Early life

Born in Carbonear, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, Sharpe attended Ascension Collegiate, Bay Roberts, where he excelled at music and geography. When not composing music, he likes to spend time with his pets and play basketball, volleyball and badminton.

Canadian Idol

Sharpe has already performed and won many music contests in Newfoundland and Labrador and compares the nationwide Canadian Idol competition to a provincewide contest. His motto, "Suck it up", comes from the late Heather McDonald and is shortened from "Life's a bitch so suck it up."

Sharpe was the runner-up on Canadian Idol 4, and lost the closest Idol race to date to Gatineau native Eva Avila by just 131 000 votes out of nearly 4 million cast.

Performances & Results

Week	Theme	Song Sung	Artist	Results
Audition	-	"Bless the Broken Road"	Rascal Flatts	Advanced
Theatre Rounds Day 2: Duet	-	"Take My Breath Away" with Leanne Kean	Berlin	Advanced
Theatre Rounds Day 3: Solo	-	"Ready for Love"	India.Arie	Advanced
Top 22	Contestant's Choice	"What Hurts the Most"	Rascal Flatts	Advanced
Top 18	Contestant's Choice	"This I Promise You"	*NSYNC	Advanced
Top 14	Contestant's Choice	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	Queen	Advanced
Top 10	Canadian Hits	"Losing Grip"	Avril Lavigne	Safe
Top 9	The Rolling Stones	"Time Is on My Side"	The Rolling Stones	Safe
Top 8	Songs of the 1980s	"Wind Beneath My Wings"	Bette Midler	Safe
Top 7	Classic Rock Hits	"Cold as Ice"	Foreigner	Safe
Top 6	Acoustic Music	"It's My Life"	Bon Jovi	Bottom 2
Top 5	Country Music	"(You Were) Always on My Mind"	Willie Nelson	Safe
Top 4	Judges' Choice	"Careless Whisper" "Tears of a Clown"	Wham! Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	Safe
Top 3	Pop Standards	"The Way You Look Tonight" "Danny Boy"	Frank Sinatra "Andy Williams	Safe
Top 2	Idol Single Idol's Favorite New Song	"Meant to Fly" "What Hurts the Most" "I Surrender"	Eva Avila Rascal Flatts Celine Dion	Runner-Up
Grand Finale	Idol's Favorite	"Danny Boy"	Andy Williams	Declared Runner-Up

Post Idol

When asked during a CTV interview what one person he would like to meet, Sharpe named Selena Quintanilla Perez: "She put a lot of work into what she loved and she didn't get to express her talent." [1]

When asked what song he is touched by the most, he replied "You're Beautiful by James Blunt, because it reminds me of my music teacher Heather Macdonald, who died at the young age of 28." [2]

Craig has reportedly auditioned for a role in the TV series Glee with the song "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going."^[1]

Discography

Albums

• I Am (February 2007)
• TBA (2010)

Singles

• When They Know Your Name (January 2007)

Featured

• Canadian Idol: Spotlights (August 2006)

References

1. ^ http://www.myspace.com/gleeauditions?link=120475793

External links

• The Compass newspaper article
• Craig's official CTV bio

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