''Cantando por un Sueño'' (Singing for a Dream) is a television contest produced by the Mexican television network

Canal de las Estrellas Las Estrellas () is a Mexican television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its first official broadcast took place on 21 March 1951. It airs free-to-air through affiliate stations throughout Mexico, based on XEW-TDT in Mexico City. It is co ...

which also aired on

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the L ...

in the United States. As with its twin show ''

Bailando por un sueño Bailando may refer to: * Bailando (Paradisio song), "Bailando" (Paradisio song), 1996 * Bailando (Enrique Iglesias song), "Bailando" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2014 * Bailando (Rouge song), "Bailando" (Rouge song), 2018 * ''Bailando!'', special prom ...

'' (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 Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (; born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Pop", she is considered one of the most ...

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 Adalberto Javier Ramones Martínez (born 3 December 1961) is a Mexican television presenter and comedian who is known for his comments on Mexican and international social life. Ramones was the host of a popular Mexican television show, '' Ot ...

* Liza Echeverría *

Alessandra Rosaldo Alessandra Rosaldo (born Alejandra Sánchez Barrero; September 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress, singer and dancer. In 2006, she was the winner of the first prize in Televisa Network's, later broadcast in Univision ''Bailando por un Sueño Bail ...

Judges

* Yuri *

Ricardo Montaner Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner (born 8 September 1957), better known as Ricardo Montaner (), is an Argentine-born Venezuelan singer. Since starting his career in the late 1970s, he has released more than 24 albums, and many successful singles ...

* Adrian Posse (1st and 2nd season) * Susana Zabaleta (1st and 2nd season) *

Manuel Mijares José Manuel Mijares Morán (born 7 February 1958 in Mexico City) is an adult-contemporary pop singer who is billed as Manuel Mijares () or simply as Mijares. He began his career at age 23 and achieved high popularity from the mid-80s to mid 90s ...

(3rd season) *

Kiko Campos Kiko or KIKO may refer to: People *Kiko (given name), includes a list of people with the name Other uses *''Kikō'', the Japanese form of the Chinese term ''qigong'' *''KIKO'', a 2015 compilation album by Panda Eyes * ''Kiko'' (album), by Los Lobo ...

(3rd season) Substitutes: *

Amanda Miguel Amanda Antonia Miguel Samso (born 1 June 1956) is an Argentine singer-songwriter, pianist and Businessperson, businesswoman. With more than 36 years of artistic career, Amanda Miguel has released 12 studio albums, has sold over 15 million copies ...

(3rd season) (substituting Yuri)

Contestants

Season 1

Season 2

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 María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1955), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Venezuela at Miss World 1975 and placed in the t ...

eliminated second * Gustavo Munguía, humorist (partnered with Jacqueline Carrillo) teacher:

Nelson Ned Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto (2 March 1947 – 5 January 2014) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He built a career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming known ...

eliminated fourth *

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

, model (partnered with Everardo Ramírez)
Everardo Ramirez, One of the finalists
teacher: Napoleón eliminated sixth *

Alejandra Ávalos Alejandra Margarita Ávalos Rodríguez (born October 17, 1968) is a Mexican singer, musician and actress. She began her career in 1980, when she took part in the musical contest ''La Voz del Heraldo''. After receiving a scholarship to study in ...

, actress (partnered with Moisés Sierra) teacher:

Diego Verdaguer Miguel Atilio Boccadoro Hernández (26 April 1951 – 27 January 2022), known professionally as Diego Verdaguer (, was an Argentine-born Mexican singer. Biography Verdaguer played the trumpet and the bandoneón. He was married to the singer ...

eliminated first * Arturo Peniche, actor/TV host (partnered with Norma Irene Carbajal) teacher: Karinna eliminated fifth *

Chantal Andere Jacqueline Chantal Fernández Andere (, born January 25, 1972) is a Mexican actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of antagonistic roles in multiple telenovelas. Early life and career Andere was born to Mexican actress Jacqueline ...

, actress (partnered with Gerardo Urquiza) teacher:

Ednita Nazario Edna María Nazario Figueroa (born April 11, 1955) is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age and has released twenty-three studio albums, seven live ...

third place *

Alan Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Kurdish surname * Alan (given name), an English given name ** List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' * ...

, actor (partnered with

Lorena Schlebach Lorena may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lorena (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Liza Lorena (born 1949), Filipino actress * Lorena (footballer), Brazilian footballer * Lorena Gómez ( ...

) – Runner up teacher: second place *

Rocío Banquells Rocío Banquells (; born María del Rocío Banquells Nuñez; 22 June 1958) is a Mexican pop singer, politician, and actress, best known for her work on television, the stage and cinema of Mexico and Latin America. Her mezzo voice is one of the m ...

, actress (partnered with Carlos García) – WINNER teacher:

Francisco Céspedes Francisco Fabián Céspedes Rodríguez, also known as Pancho Céspedes (born 28 February 1957) is a Grammy-nominated Cuban musician, singer and songwriter. Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Céspedes is a naturalized Mexican citizen. He is most known ...

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) ''Cantando'' is an album by the Bobo Stenson Trio, recorded in December 2007 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features rhythm section Anders Jormin and Jon Fält.

External links

Official Website20 questions to Susana Zabaleta

official website in the USA by Univision

Everardo Ramirez, One of the finalists
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