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, 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).
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Substitutes:
| Celebrity | Contestant | Teacher | Dream | Place |
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Sheyla |
Cipriano Hernández |
Dulce |
Tumor surgery for Cipriano's wife |
WINNer |
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Kika Edgar |
Raúl Juárez |
Help his sister Rosario |
Runner-ups |
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Ernesto D'Alesio |
Ruth Vázquez |
María del Sol |
To help her best friend cure a fatal illness she currently had. |
3rd Place |
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Manuel Landeta |
Mónica Chávez |
Because 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 Place |
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Omar Chaparro |
Greys Hernández |
Napoleón |
Eye surgery for Greys' blind brother |
5th Place |
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Sherlyn |
Germán Martínez |
Franciso Céspedes |
Establish a dog training center for blind people |
6th Place |
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Tiaré Scanda |
Leonardo Guizar |
Isabel Lascuraín |
Buy an ambulance for a home |
7th Place |
| Celebrity | Contestant | Place |
|---|---|---|
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Raquel Bigorra |
Francisco Castillo |
WINNERS |
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Patricio Borghetti |
Samia Abrin |
Runner-ups |
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Alicia Machado |
Marco Antonio Gutiérrez |
3rd Place |
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Jorge Muñiz |
Selene Mendoza |
4th Place |
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Roberto Blandón |
Teresa López |
5th Place |
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Lorena de la Garza |
Daniel Nelson Ibarra |
6th Place |
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Alex Sirvent |
Beth-Sua Bautista |
7th Place |
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".
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).
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:
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" Santillán[1] | 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 |
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:
The third edition features 16 couples:
| Celebrity | Occupation | Partner | Occupation | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patricio Gimenez | Singer | Priscila Suarez | Singer | Winner! |
| Álvaro "Waldo" Navia | Comedian / Actor | Ana P. Rodriguez | Singer | Runner-Up |
| Andrea López | Ballerina / Singer | Jonathan Gonzalez | Model / Singer / Dancer | Finalist |
| Belen Francese | Model / Actress / Panelist | Augusto Alvarez | Singer | Finalist |
| Florencia "Floppy" Tesouro | Model | Javier Olguin | Singer | Eliminated-1 |
| Paola Miranda | Singer | Federico Moore | Singer | Eliminated-1 |
| Sofia Pachano | Dancer / Singer / Actress | Juan A. Macedonio | Singer | Eliminated |
| Sofia Zamolo | Model / TV Hostess | Cristian Centurion | Singer | Eliminated |
| Virginia Gallardo | Model / Dancer | Alejandro Escobar | Singer | Eliminated |
| Mariana "Loly" Antoniale | Model | Mauro Bornancini | Singer | Seventh Couple Eliminated |
| Anabela Ascar | Journalist / TV Hostess | Emmanuel Casanova | Singer | Sixth Couple Eliminated |
| Jimena Monteverde | Chef | Emiliano Bernal | Singer | Fifth Couple Eliminated |
| Gino Renni | Actor | Lara Sambert | Singer | Fourth Couple Eliminated |
| Carlos Perciavalle | Actor | Loly Santa Coloma | Singer | Third Couple Eliminated |
| Marcelo "Teto" Medina | Actor / Panelist | Romina Rebecchi | Singer | Second Couple Eliminated |
| Daniel "Tota" Santillan | Singer / TV Host | Melissa Bustamante | Singer | First Couple Eliminated. |
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)1. Judges: