Monday, March 11th: American Idol Contender Evelyn Cormier Claremont native hoping to sing her way to stardom. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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TV, INVITED TO TRY OUT FOR AMERICAN IDOL. >> I AM HERE TRYING TO FIND AN AUDITION DRESS AND WE ARE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OUT. >> YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE CLIPS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SINGERS TRYING TO SUCCEED ON AMERICAN IDOL. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS YOUNG WOMAN IS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> MY NAME IS EVELYN CORMIER FROM CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, KNOWN FOR ITS HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, IS GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION THANKS TO 20-YEAR-OLD EVELYN CORMIER. >> IF THERE WAS A SCALE FROM 1-10, 10 BEING TAYLOR SWIFT, I WOULD BE 1. ♪ THIS IS ME AND I WON’T LET YOU BE CRUEL TO ME, BECAUSE I CAN’T COVER THESE STAINS ♪ >> SHE IS A TALENTED SINGER-SONGWRITER AND A REALITY TV CELEBRITY WITH A DREAM THAT STARTED, LIKE MOST KIDS. >> SHE WAS BORN A SINGER. IT WASN’T LIKE SHE NEVER SANG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE SANG. SHE ALWAYS SAYING. >> THE CORMIER FAMILY GREW UP AROUND MUSIC. >> I WAS ALWAYS SINGING AND DANCING. I WASN’T SHY. >> BUT SHE WAS DRIVEN. BY 13, EVELYN WAS PLAYING GUITAR AND WRITING MUSIC. BY 16, SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL EARLY AND DID VOLUNTEER WORK IN FRANCE. SHE IS FLUENT IN FRENCH. >> [SPEAKING FRENCH] >> ALL ALONG, SHE HONED HER CRAFT, PLAYING MUSIC WITH HER DAD AND BROTHER AT THE LOCAL BAPTIST CHURCH OR VENUES AROUND TOWN. >> ♪ >> THROUGH HER MUSIC, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, EVELYN MET DAVID VASQUEZ IN SPAIN. DESPITE LIVING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, THEY STARTED DATING. THEY WANTED TO GET MARRIED. EVELYN SAYS THAT IS WHEN A FRIEND RECOMMENDED TRYING TO GET ON THE TLC REALITY SHOW "90 DAY FIANCE." >> MY FIANCE’S DAVID. HE IS 27. IT WAS ABOUT FOUR AND COUPLES GETTING MARRIED AND GOING THROUGH THE VISA PROCESS. SHE IS LIKE, YOU SHOULD APPLY. DAVID IS STAYING AT THE PASTOR’S HOUSE. >> THEY WERE ACCEPTED AND REALITY TV DESCENDED ON CLAREMONT, AND CAMERA CREWS WERE INSIDE THE CORMI HOME. >> WE SAW THIS AS A COOL OPPORTUNITY. WHO GETS TO BE ON A REALITY SHOW? WE LOOKED IT UP AND IT IS LIKE GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. >> WHEN THE SHOW AIRED IN 2017, EVELYN’S CELEBRITY STATUS EXPLODED. >> I CAN TRAVEL AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YOU ARE EVELYN FROM 90 DAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECT YOU NOT TO STAY TOGETHER BECAUSE IT IS REALITY TV BUT DAVID AND I ARE STILL TOGETHE, GOING STRONG. BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE, YOU GET A LOT OF HATE AND LOVE. IT IS A MIXED FEELING BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS THEI OWN VISION OF YOU. SO LEARNED EARLY ON TO COPE WITH THA FOR WHATEVER COMES NEXT. >> WHAT WAS NEXT WAS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR HER MUSIC. >> ♪ I NEVER DREAMED THAT I’D MEET SOMEBODY LIKE YOU ♪ >> SHE WAS CONTACTED BY "AMERICAN IDOL" TO AUDITION IN NEW YORK. >> I REMEMBER AS A KID BEING LIKE, SOMEDAY I WILL BE ON AMERICAN IDOL. >> IN 2018, SHE AUDITIONED FOR PRODUCERS. SHE WAS ABOUT TO HEAD HOME. >> MY FAMILY AND I WERE AT PENN STATION READY TO HEAD BACK TO CLAREMONT, AND I GOT A PHONE CALL AND THEY SAID THEY LIKED ME AND WANTED ME TO AUDITION IN FRONT OF THE CELEBRITIES. I WAS LIKE, LET’S DO THIS. NO MORE FEAR, JUST PUSHING THROUGH. ♪ THE SUN IS BURNING BRIGHT ♪ >> THIS WAS THE LATEST STEP IN A MUSICAL QUEST. >> ♪ IN SUMMER DAYS, WE GO FAR AWAY ♪ >> SHE REMAINS LASER FOCUSED ON HER CAREER. SHE RELEASED VIDEOS WITH HER MUSIC, AND CONTINUES TO RECORD LOCALLY. BRIAN AT ROCKING HORSE STUDIO HELPED EVELYN RECORD SOME OF HER NEW SONGS. >> IT IS A MOST LIKE, MAYBE SMALL BREAKS. >> ASH’S SOON AS SHE -- AS SOON A SHE SAT DOWN IN THE CONTROL% ROOM AND PULLED HER GUITAR OUT, THIS HUGE BOOMING VOICE JUST FILLED THE ROOM. IT WAS AT THAT POINT WHERE WE UNDERSTO THAT THIS PERSON IS SOMEBODY SPECIAL. >> THAT’S COOL. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT IDOL OR NO IDOL, THIS YOUNG WOMAN IS DESTINED FOR GOOD THINGS. >> FAME OR NOT, EVELYN LOVES LIVING HERE IN CLERMONT WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE STILL PLAYS AT CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY, AND SHE STILL HAS THAT "AMERICAN IDOL" DREAM THAT STARTED HERE MANY YEARS AGO. >> EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS EVER TOUCHED, SHE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT. IT SEEMS LIK THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE OF HER LIFE. >> THEY OPEN THE DOOR AND TELL YOU TO WALK IN AND THERE IS LIONEL RICHIE AND KATY PER SITTING AT A LITTLE TABLE WAITING FOR YOU. THIS KERRY. >> WE ARE READY FOR YOU. ♪

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