New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition (Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽多倫多選拔賽), or NTSA Toronto for short, is an annual singing contest organized by Fairchild Television in Toronto that selects the city's representative in the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals organized by TVB in Hong Kong.
The finals this year was held on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario. The slogan for this year's contest is "620 歌樂蜚聲Wonderland" (June 20: Music All Around Wonderland). The Masters of Ceremonies this year include Fairchild Radio DJs Poon Chun-Ming, Leo Shiu and Miss Chinese Toronto 2005 Elva Ni. The special performing guest was cantopop group Soler from Hong Kong. This year also included a band competition called e-Rock Band Competition and had 3 competitors.
| Contestant Number | English Name | Chinese Name | Placement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Duong | 楊順智 | ||
| 2 | Carmen Chu | 朱嘉敏 | ||
| 3 | Yin Teng | 滕 茵 | ||
| 4 | Steven Xu | 徐常鑫 | First Runner-up | |
| 5 | Kanna Qiu | 邱嘉玲 | ||
| 6 | Megan Li | 李慧明 | Second Runner-up, Stylish Charm Award, Most Popular Award, Most Fans Award | |
| 7 | BenBen Huang | 黄麗冰 | Best Stage Performance Award | |
| 8 | Daniel Ting | 丁晧峯 | Winner, Golden Voice Award |
| Contestant Number | Band Name | Placement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enchanter | e-Rock Division Winner | |
| 2 | The Greenhouse Effect | ||
| 3 | Whitebase |
| Year | Contestant | Contestant number | Song Selection | Placement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Denise Ho 何韻詩 | 4 | 唯獨你是不可取替 | First Runner-up | |
| 1997 | Sunny Shum 岑恩鎏 | 7 | 發現 | Winner | |
| 1999 | Noella Choi 蔡瑋瑜 | ?? | My Heart Will Go On | Winner | |
| 2000 | Lisa Chow 周麗嘉 | 3 | Saving All My Love For You | Winner | |
| 2001 | Jing Lu 盧婧 | 8 | 真情人 | Winner | |
| 2002 | Philip Wei 韋景堯 | 7 | 熱情的沙漠 | Winner | |
| 2003 | Yan Fung 馮智賢 | 14 | 輸了你贏了世界又如何 | Winner | |
| 2004 | Winona Xu 俆諾 | 9 | 站在高崗上 | Winner | |
| 2005 | Patrick Lau 劉柏村 | 8 | 愛與誠 | Winner | |
| 2006 | Bosco Lai 黎博灝 | 7 | 頭髮亂了 | Winner | |
| 2007 | Kenneth Wu 武海峰 | 8 | 愛不留 | Winner | |
| 2008 | Steve Li 李 鑫 | 8 | 美人魚 | Winner | |
| 2009 | Daniel Ting 丁晧峯 | 8 | 最後一首歌 | Winner | |
| 2010 | Jerry Lau 劉致理 | 9 | 最後一首歌 | Winner | |
| 2011 | Titus Chu 朱永泉 | 6 | 給愛麗斯 | Winner | |
| 2012 | Emily Hui 許家欣 | 6 | 星星 I'm not a star | Winner |
Here is a Toronto representative who have won awards in the NTSA International Finals.
Yumiko Cheng, special performing guest for the 2007 Finals, had a wardrobe malfunction when her tube dress slid down during her performance of a dance song, therefore exposing her nipples to the audience and cameras. During the incident, there were several close-ups of her from the waist up captured by television cameras that clearly displayed her unintentional flashing. Because the program was broadcast live in Toronto, the entire performance was aired without censoring. However, when the program was aired on time delay in Vancouver three hours later, the entire song in which the incident has happened was edited out.
It was later explained by her manager, Mani Fok, that the reason for Yumiko's tube dress sliding down was due to the dress not being able to withstand the weight of the headphones receiver that Yumiko was wearing for her performance. Hence, the tube top started to slide down as Yumiko was dancing. When asked why Yumiko did not do more to secure her tubetop, Fok explained that the tube top was already secured by double-sided tape and that the receiver was also secured with duct tape upon clipping onto the tubetop. Further protection procedures would make the tube dress too tight for Yumiko to wear.[1]
Faichild TV would sometimes hire Asian singers or local artists to be the Special Guest(s) performing in the finals.