Eoin O'Neill

Eoin O'Neill is an Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained attention in the second season of The Uraps Factor, lasting only two weeks in the live shows before elimination. Eoin was quickly snapped up by Blacklight Records, who set him to work recording his debut album. The self-titled album "Eoin" was released in May 2013, enjoying two weeks at #1. Eoin's debut single "Hide The Body" hit #1 on the airplay and digital charts, and was a top 3 hit in its own right. Follow-up single "Perfect Mistake" is set for release in July.

Personal History
Eoin Deaglan O'Neill was born on the 7th of July, 1990 in Derry, Ireland. His parents were both folk singers; his mother taught him to sing while his father taught him to play guitar. Eoin became interested in contemporary music on his own after deciding his parents' musical style was not for him. Eoin began playing gigs locally from the age of 16, but did not try writing his own songs until he was 19. Eoin began recording demos in his basement which he uploaded to Soundcloud, as well as uploading videos of him playing cover songs on his guitar to Youtube.

The Uraps Factor
Eoin auditioned for the second season of The Uraps Factor and got through to the live shows after being placed in Kleo's category.


 * Judges Houses: Boys Like Girls - "Be Your Everything"
 * Week 1: Seal - "Crazy"
 * Week 2: Lawson "Taking Over Me" (BOTTOM TWO)

After only two weeks in the competition, Eoin left the competition after he appeared in the bottom two, and two out of the three judges voted to eliminate him (James Moss refused to vote due to a conflict of interest regarding both artists in that week's bottom two).

"Eoin" Era
Eoin signed a record contract with Blacklight Records shortly after he was eliminated from The Uraps Factor. Some of his previously-recorded demos were re-done professionally, and other songs were also written for the album. Eoin worked with Kleo and James Moss, who produced some tracks for the album, and he also worked with Matt Serletic who produced the rest of the album and also acted as executive producer. The song "Hide The Body", one of the songs newly-written for the album and one of Matt Serletic's productions, was chosen to be the album's lead single. It was announced alongside Eoin's self-titled debut album "Eoin". The album was released in standard and deluxe editions on May 10th in Ireland and May 13th in the UK. The album debuted at #1 upon release, spending two weeks on top of the UK albums chart and has remained at #1 in Ireland since debut.

"Hide The Body" was released after the album. In the UK it topped the digital chart prior to the single's debut on the main chart, and also spent two weeks atop the national airplay chart. It debuted and peaked at #3 in the UK. In Ireland it was a #1 smash hit on both the singles and airplay charts. A cover of "Perfect Mistake" by Australian singer Anthony Callea has been chosen as the second single to be released from the album, due for a UK release in July. Eoin is currently on tour as a supporting act for Savana on her debut headlining tour. In August, Eoin will be performing at the inaugural UrapsFest.

Personal Life
Eoin has been linked to fellow Uraps Factor contestant Alyssa Monroe since they exited the show; there was speculation that the couple were dating, and made headlines when they seemingly split up. They're still a popular subject of the tabloids, who continue to feed into rumours that the falling-out between them was staged and that they are still seeing each other in a friends-with-benefits capacity. Eoin has never confirmed whether things were serious with Alyssa and has never publically commented on his dating life.