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Welcome to the 4th Qualifying round of the 7th season of the Amateur Singing Contest with John Santos

January 2013

The CONTESTANTS...

The Judges...

L-R:

Stephanie Ferraro, Jennifer Berney, Adriana Serra, Alexia Casiero, Joey Corsino, Melanie

Neves, Vanessa Casiero, Ehren Kassam, Aliyah Yuksel, Vanessa Solis, Allyssa Rampersad, Patrick Lopes, Alessia Lalomia, Irene Theocharis and Pawel Szczepanek. Andrés Celis is missing from the photo.

Matthew James is one of the world's foremost smooth jazz artists, releasing his this solo album. He toured the world with Kenny G., Stephen Paige and many others. Incredibly, he's set a personal record of holding a note on his soprano sax for 28 minutes.

 

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.

 

Maria Martins is a musician and singer who plays drums, violin, recorder, keyboards and clarinet. She's been a part of various bands and choirs and now leads the choir at Casa do Alentejo. She and her husband Joe run Martins Sound Mix Entertainment Inc.

 

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.

Matthew James, Rosario Arce, Maria Martins & Henrik Cipriano.

And The Winners are...

The next four contestants selected to move on to the semis were:
Adults: Irene Theocharis & Allyssa Rampersad Juveniles: Ehren Kassam & Pawel Szczepanek. 

(Irene would later withdraw due to a family emergency that would prevent her from participating in the semis. We wish her and her family the best. With the next highest score in the Adult category, Andrés Celis earned his position in the semifinals.)

A little twist to the regular format had the judges choosing 4 contestants that they felt had earned the right to compete again. Andrés Celis, Alexia Casiero, Vanessa Solis and Alessia Lalomia were invited to compete in the 5th & final regular qualifying round in February. Alessia chose to withdraw from the contest so with Andrés now moving to the semis, the contestant with the next highest score, Adriana Serra, was asked to compete again.

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The News Room...

 The Photo Gallery...

4th Round

January 2013

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