Cantando por un Sueño (Singing for a Dream) is a television contest produced by the Mexican television network Canal de las Estrellas which also aired on Univision in the United States. As with its twin show Bailando por un sueño (Dancing for a Dream), celebrities are paired with common, everyday people. However, in Cantando por un Sueño, contestants have to sing, rather than dance to impress the panel of judges and win. The panel of judges is made up of famous Latin American singers. Prizes generally include costly interventions to help people in unfortunate situations including blindness, deafness, paralysis, mortal diseases, bankruptcy, etc. Mexican singer Thalía is the "godmother" of this contest, and she sings the title song of the show too. Cantando por un Sueño had three seasons of about seven episodes each and concluded in a final fourth season Called "Reyes de la Canción" (Song's Royalty) where the winners, runners-up and 3rd-place finishers of the first three seasons compete in a final showdown. (In the third season, 4th place went to "Reyes", because before being eliminated, they received the highest score).
On air
Hosts Adal Ramones Liza Echeverría Alessandra Rosaldo
Judges Yuri Ricardo Montaner Adrian Posse (1st and 2nd season) Susana Zabaleta (1st and 2nd season) Manuel Mijares (3rd season) Kiko Campos (3rd season) Substitutes: Amanda Miguel (3rd season) (substituting Yuri)
Contestants
Season 1 CelebrityContestantTeacherDreamPlaceSheyla(actress/humorist)Cipriano HernándezDulceTumor surgery for Cipriano's wifeWINNerKika Edgar(actress)Raúl JuárezJosé JoséHelp his sister RosarioRunners-upErnesto D'Alesio(actor)Ruth VazquezMaría del SolTo help her best friend cure a fatal illness she currently had.3rd PlaceManuel Landeta(actor)Mónica ChávezAmanda MiguelBecause Mónica had MS, she wanted to make sure her 4-year-old son would not be left alone in this world and got a chance to finish a career and to have a place to live when she died.4th PlaceOmar Chaparro(TV host/humorist)Greys HernándezNapoleónEye surgery for Greys' blind brother5th PlaceSherlyn(actress)Germán MartínezFrancisco CéspedesEstablish a dog training center for blind people6th PlaceTiaré Scanda(actress)Leonardo GuizarIsabel LascuraínBuy an ambulance for a home7th Place
Season 2 CelebrityContestantPlaceRaquel Bigorra(TV host)Francisco CastilloWINNERSPatricio Borghetti(actor)Samia AbrinRunners-upAlicia Machado(model/Miss Universe 1996)Marco Antonio Gutiérrez3rd PlaceJorge Muñiz(TV host/humorist)Selene Mendoza4th PlaceRoberto Blandón(actor)Teresa López5th PlaceLorena de la Garza(humorist)Daniel Nelson Ibarra6th PlaceAlex Sirvent(actor)Beth-Sua Bautista7th Place
Season 3 Rubén Cerda, actor/humorist (partnered with Leydi Diana) teacher: Margarita "la diosa de la cumbia" eliminated third Luis Roberto Guzmán, actor (partnered with Argelia González) teacher: María Conchita Alonso eliminated second Gustavo Munguía, humorist (partnered with Jacqueline Carrillo) teacher:Nelson Ned eliminated fourth Maya, model (partnered with Everardo Ramírez) Everardo Ramirez, One of the finalists teacher: Napoleón eliminated sixth Alejandra Ávalos, actress (partnered with Moisés Sierra) teacher: Diego Verdaguer eliminated first Arturo Peniche, actor/TV host (partnered with Norma Irene Carbajal) teacher: Karinna eliminated fifth Chantal Andere, actress (partnered with Gerardo Urquiza) teacher: Ednita Nazario third place Alan, actor (partnered with Lorena Schlebach) – Runner up teacher: second place Rocío Banquells, actress (partnered with Carlos García) – WINNER teacher: Francisco Céspedes WINNER
Reyes De La Canción Everyone against everyone; no teams were selected for this season. The final 3 groups from all previous seasons were featured in this season, "Kings/Queens of The Song". Rocío Banquells Carlos García Alan Lorena Schlebach Chantal Andere Gerardo Urquiza Raquel Bigorra Francisco Castillo – Male Winner Patricio Borghetti Samia Karima Maya Marco Antonio Gutierrez Sheyla – Female Winner Everardo Ramírez Cipriano Hernández Kika Edgar – Female Runner-Up Raúl Juárez Ernesto D'Alesio -Male Runner-Up Ruth Vázquez
Argentine version: Cantando por un Sueño For the Argentine version, visite Cantando por Sueño (Argentina)
External links Official Website 20 questions to Susana Zabaleta official website in the USA by Univision Everardo Ramirez, One of the finalists