The biography of Melissa Crystal O’ Neil includes the description of her. Melissa Crystal O’ Neil was born as on 12th of July 1988. She was the first Canadian female winner. She is a good singer and has worked in the musical theater. She is a Canadian by nationality. She completed her college at High school ‘Lester B’. Initially, she started her career at day care center and also worked in the musical theater production. She was given a Chinese name by her maternal father.


The net worth of Melissa is under review. Her father’s name is Tim O’ Neil and Mother’s name is Alison Yeung. Her grandfather gave her a Chinese name. She is unmarried and single. She is the woman who has not dated anyone. There were some rumors that she had an affair with her agent Danial Birnbaum. But the truth was they were just friends. Melissa O’ Neil was the third season winner. She started her career with the Canadian idol. She is also a good actress. She is known for her role in Dark matter released in the year 2015.

Her first film was ‘Broken hearts’ which was released in the year 2010. In the Canadian idol, she was able to impress the judges. She sang the first song ‘Concrete Angel’. But at the time of singing the last song of the final competition, she forgot the word of the song she chose and froze. As she was able to impress the judges, she was still in top 32. She scored the good number of votes and after singing the song ‘Concrete Angel’ she was again placed in top 10 in the semi - final. In the top 9 and Top 10 week, she was in top three and top two. This made the judges to urge the audience to vote for the contestant like Melissa. She delivered consistent performances which were praised by the judges. On 14 September 2015, she was crowned as Canadian idol. This happened only because of her stunning performance.

After winning the Canadian Idol, she received a congratulatory phone call from Paul Martin a Canadian Prime minister. After that, she sang a song Sony BMG Canada. This hit the stores on 4th October 2005. She was also certified by CRIA. Her own name album ‘Melissa O’ Neil’ was released on 22nd of November 2005. Her second album’ let it go’ released in the year 2005. She also attended the annual Juno award as on 1st of April 2007. The other nominee in this was the successor ‘Eva Avila’. She was a task of weight loss. She was doing yoga and training of weight in order to lose her weight. She also played the role of Gabriella in the Musical stage at the high school with the Drayton Entertainment. She also starred at the dirty dancing musical at Toronto.

Last Modified: Mar 12, 2020


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