Regine Velasquez Singing Contest Rival Eva Castillo Passes Away

Eva Castillo, fellow singer of Regine Velasquez, passed away

The family of singer Eva Castillo, who is known to be the constant rival of Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez in singing contests in the past, announced this sad news.

Just like many singers who made it big in the music industry, Regine also started her singing career through amateur singing contests. In several contests in which she joined when she was younger, Eva became her opponent.

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📷: Eva Castillo FB

Back in 2009, Regine portrayed Eva in GMA’s The Eva Castillo Story for the SRO Cinemaserye. Eva was able to bag 300 championship trophies in singing competitions, based on the article in Balita.

For many times, Eva Castillo and Regine Velasquez became stage rivals in amateur singing contests in Bulacan and nearby provinces. Eva made several TV appearances on GMA but unfortunately, this did not last long because she got sick.

Reportedly, Eva has been undergoing dialysis because of her kidney disease, and on March 22, her family made the sad announcement on Facebook.

Nais po naming ipabatid sa mga pamilya at mga kaibigan ng aming mahal na nanay eva na sya po ay sumakabilang buhay na around 2pm nito lamang pong hapon ng March,22,2022 we love you and we miss you nanay eva namin Rest in Peace pahinga kana,” the post stated.

Three days prior to this, Eva’s Facebook account shared sad news also. Her husband Abet Castillo Recto died. Netizens expressed their condolences to the family of Eva Castillo.  

Based on the article, the community fan page of Regine Velasquez also expressed “pakikiramay” after news surfaced that her singing contest rival in the past has already passed away.

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