New Talent Singing Awards Calgary Audition (Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽卡加利選拔賽), or NTSA Calgary for short, is an annual singing contest organized by Fairchild Television and Fairchild Radio 94.7 FM in Alberta. It selects the Calgary candidate for the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals held in Hong Kong.
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The contest was first established as New Talent Singing Awards Alberta Audition (Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽亞省選拔賽) in 1996. The contest included contestants from both Edmonton and Calgary. However, since 2005, the contest was renamed to Calgary New Talent Singing Awards (Chinese: 卡加利新秀歌唱大賽), as FM 94.7 is based in Calgary. In 2009, the name changed again to its current one to match its Vancouver and Toronto counterparts.
The finals was held on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at the Jack Singer Concert Hall in the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts. The slogan for this year's contest is "唱出新勢力!" ( Singing out a New Force! ). The special performing guest is cantopop singer and Tat Dik from Hong Kong.
| Contestant Number | English Name | Chinese Name | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Liao | 廖翊帷 | |
| 2 | Vivian Kong | 孔 昕 | Winner, Golden Voice Award |
| 3 | Christine Chan | 陳冠婷 | Best Fans Award |
| 4 | Crystal Jiang | 江 月 | |
| 5 | Cindy Ngo | 吳穎欣 | |
| 6 | Angel Li | 李 珦 | Second Runner-Up |
| 7 | Jay Wang | 王杰飛 | First Runner-Up, Best Emotional Performance Award |
| 8 | Roger Ho | 何子浩 |
| Year | Contestant | Contestant Number | Song Selection | City Represented (until 2004) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | ??? | ?? | ??? | ??? |
| 1997 | ??? | ?? | ??? | ??? |
| 1998 | ??? | ?? | ??? | ??? |
| 1999 | Suk-Gwan Chan 陳淑君 | ?? | 藍天 | Calgary |
| 1999 | Amy Lin 林青蓉 | ?? | 自己 | Edmonton |
| 2000 | ' | ?? | 等愛降落 | Calgary |
| 2001 | Becky Lee 李君衍 | ?? | ??? | ??? |
| 2002 | Beverly Shih 史竹君 | 9 | 原來你什麼都不要 | Calgary |
| 2003 | Ronald Cheng 鄭卓恆 | ?? | ??? | ??? |
| 2004 | Anita Tong 唐可欣 | 8 | 剪愛 | Calgary |
| 2005 | Angela Zhang 張嘉妮 | 6 | 記得 | Calgary |
| 2006 | Albert Tung 董浚銘 | 4 | 聽海 | Calgary |
| 2007 | Belinda Chan 陳寶儀 | 7 | 讓我跟你走 | Calgary |
| 2008 | Jing Lu 陸 晶 | 8 | 手放開 | Calgary |
| 2009 | Vivian Kong 孔 昕 | 2 | ? | Calgary |
| 2010 | Danny Choi 蔡國強 | 4 | Cry | Calgary |
| 2011 | Ethan Huang 黃藝舟 | 9 | ? | Calgary |
Faichild TV would sometimes hire Asian singers or local artists to be the Special Guest(s) performing in the finals.