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Welcome to the first Qualifying round of the 7th season of the Amateur Singing Contest with John Santos
October 2012

The CONTESTANTS...
The Judges...
L-R: Allyssa Rampersad, Patrick Lopes, Alexia Casiero, Raquel Skilich, Peter Azenhas, Vanessa Casiero, Jared Pot, Anna Wojick, Jessica Siemionkowicz, Caitlin Gallagher, Anna Leszonska, Vanessa Solis, Monica Serodio, Cassa Manzi, Alessia Lalomia, Katherine Oliveira, Jheo Navarro, Pawel Szczepanek

Jenny O'Meara's career took off at age 17 when she sang with Disney in Orlando Florida and she performed in Niagara Falls, Atlantic City, Thailand, and Morocco. Recently, Jenny has studied with acclaimed voice teacher Seth Riggs and Dave Stroud whose combined students have included artists like Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Barbara Streisand and Adam Lambert.
Barbara Sedun has worked with EMI Music Publishing and Manitoba Film & Music and was instrumental in a number of major Canadian signings for EMI including Moist, Matthew Good, Billy Talent and Sum 41. Recently, she started BS Productions, which focuses on record label consulting services, music supervision and TV consulting.
Parichay is a singer, songwriter, producer and a natural performer whose unique sound combines Hindi Classical and Pop music with mainstream Hip Hop, R’n’B, Reggae, House and Dancehall. His huge international success in the Urban Desi music scene keeps him on the move between the UK, India and his hometown of T.O.
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.
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.
L-R: Celia Palli, Hugo Piló, Jenny OʼMeara,
Barbara Sedun, Parichay, Tama Werner & Henrik Cipriano
And the first contestants
to move on to the semi finals were...


Juvenile
Jheo Navarro
Anna Wojcik
Adult
Peter Azenhas
Jared Pot

















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1st Round
October 2012
Celia Palli has performed as a background singer for Nelly Furtado for the last 3 years, touring the world and performing for crowds. She has performed on the stages of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and the Billboard Music Awards. She has also performed on the recordings of many other artists but we can all look forward to the debut of her solo album in 2013.
Hugo Piló is a singer/songwriter from Portugal who began performing at the age of 15. He earned national attention from his appearances on the popular television show “Chuva das Estrelas”, moving on to play with the band “Blister” for 6 years. Blister released 2 albums producing several hits songs not only on the radio but as part of the soundtracks of various television programs. He is currently preparing a solo CD.