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, 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).
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| 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 | Runners-up | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| Omar Chaparro (TV host/humorist) | Greys Hernández | Napoleón | Eye surgery for Greys' blind brother | 5th Place | |
| Sherlyn (actress) | Germán Martínez | Francisco 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 | |
| Celebrity | Contestant | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|
| < | ---->Raquel Bigorra (TV host) | Francisco Castillo | WINNERS |
| Patricio Borghetti (actor) | Samia Abrin | Runners-up | |
| 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 | |
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".
For the Argentine version, visite Cantando por Sueño (Argentina)