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).
Substitutes:
Sheyla
(actress/humorist)
Cipriano Hernández
Dulce
Tumor surgery for Cipriano's wife
WINNer
Kika Edgar
(actress)
Raúl Juárez
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
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)