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

Season 1

Celebrity	Contestant	Teacher	Dream	Place
Sheyla (actress/humorist)	Cipriano Hernández	Dulce	Tumor surgery for Cipriano's wife	WINNer
Kika Edgar (actress)	Raúl Juárez	José José	Help his sister Rosario	Runner-ups
Ernesto D'Alesio (actor)	Ruth Vázquez	María del Sol	To help her best friend cure a fatal illness she currently had.	3rd Place
Manuel Landeta (actor)	Mónica Chávez	Amanda Miguel	Due to the fact that 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 passed away.	4th Place
Omar Chaparro (TV host/humorist)	Greys Hernández	Napoleón	Eye surgery for Greys' blind brother	5th Place
Sherlyn (actress)	Germán Martínez	Franciso Céspedes	Establish a dog training center for blind people	6th Place
Tiaré Scanda (actress)	Leonardo Guizar	Isabel Lascuraín	Buy an ambulance for a home	7th Place

Season 2

Celebrity	Contestant	Place
Raquel Bigorra (TV host)	Francisco Castillo	WINNERS
Patricio Borghetti (actor)	Samia Abrin	Runner-ups
Alicia Machado (model/Miss Universe 1996)	Marco Antonio Gutiérrez	3rd Place
Jorge Muñiz (TV host/humorist)	Selene Mendoza	4th Place
Roberto Blandón (actor)	Teresa López	5th Place
Lorena de la Garza (humorist)	Daniel Nelson Ibarra	6th Place
Alex Sirvent (actor)	Beth-Sua Bautista	7th 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) teacher: Napoleón eliminated sixth
• Alejandra Ávalos, actress (partnered with Moisés Sierra) teacher: Diego Verdaguer eliminated first
• Arturo Peniche, actor/TV host (partnered withNorma 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: Arianna 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

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:

Celebrity	Occupation	Partner	Placing
Iliana Calabró	Actress / Comedian	Ricardo Jesús Rubio	Winners
Rodolfo Ranni	Actor	Claudia Lorena Miranda	Runners-Up
Sandra Ballesteros	Actress	Andrés Cristian Olarte	Semifinalists
Daniel "La Tota" Santillán	Former TV Host	María Agustina Vita	Semifinalists
Nazarena Vélez	Model / Actress / Vedette / TV Personality	Roberto Pastrana	5th
Claribel Medina	Actress / Singer	Aldo Ramón Martínez	6th
Darío "Chino" Volpato	Humorist	Yanina Scalzadonna	7th
Pablo Granados	Humorist	Natalia Murías	8th
Juan Acosta	Actor / Showman	Teresa del Carmen Meynard	9th
Mirtha Wons	Actress	Fernando Costábile	10th
Jean Pierre Noher	Actor	Natalia Fogliani	11th
Cecilia "Caramelito" Carrizo	Model / TV Host / Singer	Germán Bustos	12th
Rolo Puente	Former singer / Actor / TV Host	Silvia Ariadna Guasti	13th

Judges:

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

Second Argentinian Edition

The second edition features 14 couples:

Celebrity	Occupation	Partner	Placing
Miguel “Tití” Fernández	Sports journalist	Micaela Salinas	Winners
Brenda Gandini	Actress	Francisco Cracogna	Runner-Up
Karina Jelinek	Model	Emiliano Rombola	3rd
Diego Ramos	Actor	Florencia Vázquez	4th
Daniel "La Tota" Santillán1	TV Host	María Soledad Fernández	5th
Carlos Perciavalle	Actor	Raquel Apple Videla	5th
María Fernanda “Chachi” Telesco	Actress / Model	Martín Alaniz	6th
Georgina Barbarossa	TV Host/ Former actress	Rodrigo Galván	6th
Teresa Calandra	TV Host / Former model	Emiliano Rivero	7th
Fabián Schultz	Former police / Actor	Erika Rodríguez	7th
Carolina Oltra	Model	Marco Antonio Villasboas	8th
Marcelo “Teto” Medina	Former singer / Former TV Host	Agustina Peralta	8th
Pamela David	TV Host / Vedette	Gabriel Bartolucci	9th
Adriana Aguirre	Former vedette	Mauricio Álvez	10th

The 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

• Official Website
• official website in the USA by Univision