Cantando por un sueño

"Cantando por un Sueño" (Singing for a Dream) is a television contest produced by the Mexican television network Televisa for Univision TV. 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, runner-ups 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

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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

Argentinian version: Cantando por un Sueño

The Argentinian version is broadcast as a segment within the program Showmatch (which also broadcasts the Argentinian version of "Bailando por un Sueño" and "Patinando por un Sueño").

First Argentinian Edition

The first edition featured 13 couples:

Judges:
*Oscar Mediavilla (record producer)
*Valeria Lynch (singer)
*Marcelo Polino (journalist)
*Patricia Sosa (singer)
*Laura Ubfal (journalist)

econd Argentinian Edition

The second edition features 14 couples:

fnb|1The fashion designer Roberto Piazza left the competition by aggressions from the judge Lucho Aviles. The next week, former "Cantando por un Sueño 1" contestant Daniel Santillan entered to replace Roberto.
Note: From third week, the eviction will have 4 couples. The judge will save one and the telephonic vote will save another one, so two will be eliminated (until the semifinals).

Judges:
*Lucho Aviles (journalist)
*Patricia Sosa (singer)
*Valeria Lynch (singer)
*Oscar Mediavilla (record producer)

External links

* [http://www.esmas.com/cantandoporunsueno/ Official Website]
* [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=6&schid=1363&secid=12247 official website in the USA by Univision]