Martha Joy Lim auditioned in London Ontario with the Whitney Houston song I Have Nothing which garnered high praise from all four judges. Zack Werner went so far as to tell her that she just may be the next Canadian Idol. High praise indeed for this 16 year old who says she began singing at the age of seven.

CTV Profile

Points of Interest:
  • Martha sings in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Potuguese and Filipino but only speaks in English and Filipino.
  • her mother is Filipino, her father is Portuguese.
  • she has been taking singing lessons since she was seven.
  • she was invited for a solo performance before the United Nations Global Peace Initiative in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • she starred in an all digital feature film entitled “Cootie Freak” in 2002.
  • she's made appearances on CTV’s Open Mike with Mike Bullard and CBC Radio’s Here & Now.
  • she was the winner in two categories at September 2003 Los Angeles Best New Talent Awards (Best Contemporary Pop Singer and Best Broadway Singer).
  • she sang the Canadian and American national anthems at a Toronto Raptors game at the Air Canada Centre.
  • she has performed at Honey Jam in Toronto several times.

Performances on Canadian Idol

Top 11 Girls - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (Aerosmith) - sang in position 2 of 11
Top 9 Girls - To Where You Are (Josh Grobin) - sang in position 1 of 9
Top 7 Girls - The Way It Is (Celine Dion) - sang in position 6 of 7
Top 10 - The Power Of Love (Celine Dion) - sang in position 8 of 10
Top 9 - Love Child (Supremes) - sang in position 9 of 9 bottom 3
Top 8 - True Colors (Cyndi Lauper) - sang in position 1 of 8 eliminated