
Melissa Crystal O'Neil (born July 12 1988,) is a Canadian actress and singer. O'Neil was the first Canadian woman to win Canadian Idol's third season, which aired in 2005. O'Neil is well-known for her roles in Syfy's sci-fi series Dark Matter. O'Neil was famous for her performance in The Rookie as Officer Lucy Chen. She was voted as being in the bottom two or three of the finals. The judges were stunned by this and encouraged viewers to vote Melissa for her vocal talents. O'Neil's performances were always praised and O'Neil did not fall back to the bottom 3. Zack Werner, the judge, called O'Neil "a chance to win everything". O'Neil, along with Rex Goudie, made it into the finals on September 7 in 2005. Werner, a judge famously said that the headlines for the following day's news will be "The King [Kalan Porter] has passed away. The Queen will live forever." O'Neil defeated Goudie in the grand finale results broadcast on September 14, 2005 to win the title of the third Canadian Idol.
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