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Welcome to the 1st Semi Final Round of the 7th season of the Amateur Singing Contest with John Santos
February 2013

The CONTESTANTS...
The Judges...
Back row, L-R:
Victoria Bertini, Jared Pot, Adam Volpentesta, Pawel
Szczepanek, Peter Azenhas, Ehren Kassam, Briannah Cotton, Alexia Casiero,
Samantha Gutierrez & Andrés Celis.
Front row, L-R:
Adriana Serra, Monica Serodio,
Stephanie Ferraro, Victoria Azevedo, Jheo Navarro, Anna Wojcik, Bella Lecomte,
Natalie Castro, Caitlin Gallagher, Allyssa Rampersad

Daniel Martino is the owner of Big Boom Studios. He is a recording engineer and producer who has worked with many U.S. artists. Last year, he was nominated for a Juno. He is currently working on the album of last year's juvenile winner, Alessandra Longshaw.
Henrik Cipriano is a singer who has been performing for more than 25 years both as a solo artist and with his band Black Tulip. He has released several albums and has performed around the world. Not only does Henrik have a great voice, he is also a talented comedian, an all-round entertainer. He also appeared as a judge & performer at our last finale and over the past 5 years, he has been very generous with his time by judging for us on many occasions.
Tama Werner is a highly trained and widely acclaimed vocalist. She was an original member of The Internationals, one of the longest running Broadway review groups in dinner theatre history which launched the careers of Loreena McKennitt and Miriam Breitman. She is also known as Zack’s mother.
Rosario Arce is an award winning recording artist and actress originally from Bolivia. She began singing and performing on radio at a very early age. In 1987, she won the title of “Talent of the Year” in her homeland.
Sergio Santos has been playing music for 18 years. He has recorded with the Canadian Tenors and multi-Grammy winning producer and engineer Steve Thompson. He currently plays in both the Canadian and Luso Canadian music scene.
Hernani Raposo is a musician, composer, arranger, conductor and producer. He owns Midi-Tech Studios and is one of the most bought after producers in the Portuguese community. Hernani also works with many international recording artists, having earned 3 platinum records with Mexican record company, Discos Musart. Currently most of his live performances are devoted to playing the Portuguese guitar for Fado. The 1st place winners in both categories of this contest will be recording their CD at Hernaniʼs Midi-Tech Studios.
Daniel Martino, Henrik Cipriano, Tama Werner, Rosario Arce, Sergio Santos
& Hernani Raposo
And The Winners are...


The first Juvenile Finalists were
Jheo Navarro & Natalie Castro.
The Adults chosen to move to the Finals were Michael Reid, Victoria Bertini & Peter Azenhas. Victoria withdrew the next day due to another commitment.


























Use arrows to scroll through pictures of the 1st Semi Finals - March 2013. Click on any picture to enlarge.
The Photo Gallery...
OMNI Television program Culture Avenue.
The Video Gallery...
1st Semi Final
February 2013