The Singing Contest 2019 Magazine

Who are... John & Lisa Santos

of music, she met, States, Brazil and

then fell in love with, Canada and marketed

John Santos and in throughout the world.

1985, they joined The tracks “Ai que

forces to become the bom” and “Ninguém

Duo Santos, concen- nos detém” made

trating on working the charts in Portugal

on the cruise ships of and “Desgarrada do

the Princess Cruises Amor”, in Australia

line, on the well- and Hawaii. Variety Club Telethon with
known “Love Boat”. Burton Cummings

They married on With Lisa’s natural

John and Lisa in Hawaii August 20, 1988. flair for learning Portuguese songs without knowing the

language, Duo Santos toured Portuguese communities

In the 90s, they set off on world spread throughout the world and

tours that took them to 302 cities with great success. In Montreal,

scattered over 42 countries on 4 John and Lisa became friends with

continents. In Portugal, Lisa was portuguese guitarist Artur Gaipo

very taken by popular Portuguese and had the privilege of meet-

songs, singing them in her own ing and working with Amália

style. John harnessed Lisa’s apti- Rodrigues. Lisa Santos was captiv-

tude for and skill in learning the ated by Amália, her voice and her

words and sounds of Portugal, fados. She became enthusiastic

teaching her to sing Portuguese about Amália’s fado songs, learn-

songs with him. Thus was born a José Mário Coelho, John, Lisa and Filipe Neves ed them, sang them, initially not

woman of “Shakespearean” ori- understanding their language but

gins giving voice to the language of Camões. Though she responding to their feeling of nostalgia. At the request

still didn’t speak Portuguese, she could sing Portuguese of a friend, Dinis Paiva and at John’s insistence, she re-

melodies to perfection. Together, they recorded 12 CDs corded an album of traditional fados —”Também can-

and 3 videos, published in Portugal, Venezuela, United to o fado”— with its outstanding homage to the Diva,

Duo Santos in Australia On RTP with Marco Paulo Artur Gaipo, Lisa and John

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Who are... John & Lisa Santos

“Amália, Mulher e Povo”. From that With Amália Rodrigues by the welcome arrival of a daughter,
time on, the fado became part of the Receiving a Gold Medal from Disney Kyla. Looking after a family and orga-
Duo Santos’ repertoire, featuring the nising the Amateur Singing Contest
unmistakable voice of Lisa. The videos have kept John and Lisa very busy
of the fados sung by Lisa may be heard but, when they can, they want to act
at www.duosantos.com, along with on pending invitations to perform in
other Duo Santos favorites. Portugal, Hawaii and Australia and
to record over the next two years. In
More recently, John and Lisa spent August 2010, they will tour California.
three years working for Disney, coming
away with a Gold Medal for their art- This year, 2010, to mark the occasion
istic achievements. Later on, Disney’s of their 25th artistic anniversary, Duo
agent offered John the position of Santos is releasing a double CD with
Musical Director but, given that John 40 successes, including three new ori-
and Lisa now had two children, the of- ginals: “25 anos”, “Foi a música” and
fer was deferred. “Papel de Quatro Cores”, in collabor-
ation with Fernando Correia Marques.
Each of the Duo Santos’ recordings One of John and Lisa’s most striking
is an original, written expressly for attractions is the variety of instru-
ments that they play and their ability
to sing in Portuguese, English, Greek,
Italian, Croatian, French, Spanish and
Hawaiian.

John and Lisa: well-matched in art as
in life!

Very best wishes!

Lisa, Mike Sargeant and John John, Mike Sargeant, Lisa José Mário Coelho
and José Cid in 2002 Toronto, April 24, 2010
them by José Cid, Tó Maria Vinhas, Mike
Sergeant, Tozé Brito, José Mário Coelho,
Filipe Neves, Fernando Correia Marques,
Valdemar Mejdoubi, Hernâni Raposo,
Raúl Lucas, José Pereira, Zé da Vesga,
João Paulo, Remo, and the singers them-
selves, John and Lisa.

After the birth of James Manuel Santos, www.duosantos.com
their first child, in December 2005, John
took part in a short, North American The Santos Family 2019 - John, Kyla, James & Lisa
tour with the Trio Odmira. In July 2007,
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The Coaches

Every Wednesday night during the qualifying rounds, We were very happy to have a former judge of the con-
contestants come into Casa do Alentejo to rehearse their test and Season 7‘s 1stplace Juvenile, Jheo Navarro, join
songs. We provide contestants with the expertise of a the team as our vocal coach this year. She has valuable
professional vocal coach to join Lisa and the contestants insight into what the judges are really paying attention
have the opportunity to benefit from two entirely differ- to in the performances.

ent perspectives and coaching styles. John also gives his Jheo and Lisa will also both be there backstage at the
input, thus giving the contestant a more complete picture Final to ensure that each contestant is ready for their turn
of what is needed to tweak their vocal and stage per- at the mic, going through vocal exercises, warm ups and
formances in order to really shine onstage. helping them get the jitters out.

The coach is also available to the contestants independ- JHEO NAVARRO
ent of the contest but at special rates.
is a young singer-songwriter.
She is a graduate of one of
Ontario’s regional arts schools
and is currently attending
OCAD University. Jheo won 1st
place in the Juvenile category
of Season 7 of this contest and
recorded her album with Zack
Werner and Steve Singh. Jheo
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in many other prestigious con-
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the “She’s the One” contest put on by Ottawa Bluesfest,
and Toronto’s famous “HoneyJam” showcase. She spent
several years as a member of the girl group “Sparkle” and
currently performs as a solo act. While Jheo is still young,

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After returning to the Studio, we had Trevor Shelton

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other things, he encouraged everyone to try their hand
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Last on the schedule was Darnell- areas at the same time. In contrast, he
Brandon Thomas. Darnell dis- described how a breathy voice might
be exactly what was called for in a
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exhausting week which ended with a for a “vocal toolbox” and when and
very important but very long gig the where to apply each tool.
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nique, it would have been his last song for the night. other and to create bonds that, for some, will last a life-
By taking out the raspy edge of his voice at the end of time. It also allows them to see themselves in each other,
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vocal cords and continued in strong voice through to the one other than themselves being named “The Winner” at
end of the show. Darnell went on to describe the various the Final. As we always tell potential contestants at the
areas of vocal resonance in the body and how the fullest, Audition and Orientation events, if you are here just to
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corded in our own SCJS Studios.
Each finalist sang the 2 songs they
will be performing at the final.
Only one of the songs will be used
on the CD but at the Final, both
songs will be used in order to re-
cap the performances just before
voting begins.

Once John had dumped the
tracks from the keyboard, Tal Vaisman recorded the
vocals, engineered and mastered the 22 recordings with
assistance from Zack Weinstein, a student in our affiliated
educational program Back on Track. Between the record-
ing sessions, there were promo shoots where the Finalists
were filmed, photographed and interviewed. Clips from
each Finalist’s shoot will be presented at the Final and will
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Kiana Medeiros recorded Nobody Love from Tori Patrick Lopes recorded This Town from Niall Horan

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profit-making enterprise. The purpose is to give all of the
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as a souvenir of that experience. Many people, especially disabilities.
the audience at our Finals, want to purchase a copy of
the CD so we decided it would make sense to use the CD Anyone attending the final who makes a minimum
as a way to raise funds for a charity. When John’s father,
Manuel Santos, passed away from cancer 8 years ago, the donation of $15, will receive the compilation CD which
Canadian Cancer Society became our obvious choice. We
continued to donate to the CCS for many years because they can also have autographed by the 11 Finalists. Every
we believe they do important work. This year, however,
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Final 2018

The Grand Finale for Season 12 was held on April 21 of
last year at Pearson Convention Center. As with this sea-
son, we returned to Pearson because the venue has every-
thing we need, the people are great to work with and
the quality of their food and service has been impeccable.

First and foremost, the Grand Finale celebrates the
achievements of the Finalists and the fact that, after more
than 8 months of gathering, developing and showcasing
new talent, they are the ones who were able to rise to the
top. However, it is also a chance to express our gratitude
to the sponsors whose support for the contest is crucial
for it to happen at all. We are very happy when our busy
sponsors have the opportunity to come and witness the
contest in action, especially when it’s the Final. Here are
some of the sponsors and their representatives who made
it out to the Season 12 Grand Finale:

SEASON 13 SPONSORS Angela Mesquita of Brasil Antonio & Kristen Pinarreta
Remittance of Remax Ultimate Realty
TITLE SPONSOR
Angela Rolo of The Co-Operators
Long & McQuade Musical Instruments
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PRESENTING SPONSOR

Filomena Silveira of BGD Group

ASSOCIATE SPONSOR

Victor Ferreira of Ferreira Insurance
& Investment Concepts

MEDIA SPONSORS

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Final 2018 Bee-Clean Building Casa do Alentejo
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Amadeu’s Dining Lounge
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GOLD SPONSORS

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Final 2018

Constructworx LIUNA Ontario Provincial Noemia Gomes for
Cooper Equipment Rentals District Council Newspapers Sol Portugues

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Gravelty.com Web & IT Solutions

Ivo Cutlery
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Marbles of Portugal
Neto Disposal

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Olympic Trophies
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O Tomé Restaurant

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VENUE SPONSOR

Casa Do Alentejo Community Centre

Marbles of Portugal

Meta Dos Leitões Restaurant One Day Printing Victor Ferreira of Ferreira
Insurance & Investment
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Final 2018

During dinner, former MPP Cristina As the last morsels of dessert were being savoured, the Finalists’ limo ar-
Martins, addressed the audience, rived, signalling that it was time to start the show. John, Lisa, vocal coach
referring to the support she has Allyson Arsenio-Rod and Marisa Oliveira opened up the group song which was
given the contest over the years “Home” by Phillip Phillips, dedicated to everyone in the audience who had
and how she herself has witnessed chosen Canada to be their home.
how important it has been as a step-
ping stone for many up and coming
young artists.

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Final 2018

Soon they were joined onstage by all of the Finalists, After some words of encouragement from John, the
much to the appreciation of the packed house. Finalists headed backstage to await their turns at the mic.

Meanwhile, it was time to introduce the judges
for the evening. From left to right, the Judges for
the Grand Finale were Michael Browne, Darnell-
Brandon Thomas, Andrea England, Louisa Keys,
Chris Teeter & Marco Di Felice.

Marisa returned to the stage to introduce the first
performance of each Finalist and before their second
performances, she held a brief interview with each
one in the studio set up backstage.

www.TheSingingContest.com Heading the crew for SCJS TV, our
video department, was Eddie Vallejo
Heredia (centre) alongside Fernando
Guilherme Rocha (right). Carlos
Fernandez (left) handled the audio
feed.

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Ilhas
de
Bruma
RESTAURANTE

Adelino Costa & Arlete Santos

1136 College Street West
Toronto, ON M6H 1B6

416-538-2015

[email protected]

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Final 2018

As has been the case since Season 6, the Finalists are accompanied by a live band. The SCJS Orchestra for Season 12 has
most of the same members as Season 13. The line-up was as follows:

John Santos on piano, keys, Tal Vaisman on guitars Pat Daniher on drums

guitar and the accordion

Mike McDonnell on bass Patrick Albernaz on piano and

keys After they had each sung 2 songs, the
audience was asked to vote for their
favourite singer in each category.

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Flower Fantasy is

a Mississauga florist that
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arrangements to meet all
of your flower needs.

We have a wide variety
of styles, colours and types
of flower arrangements that
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Final 2018

Juvenile
Category

KēAnna Clark Katelyn Mohan

Count On Me Million Reasons
Issues Dear Future Husband

Maria Sweidan Sanskriti Akhoury Samantha Gavin

Chasing Pavements Hello Girl On Fire
All I Ask Chandelier Rise Up

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CLAUDETTE McFADDEN

WELLNESS CONSULTANT

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Final 2018

Adult
Category

Inês Sousa Precious Hernandez

Addicted to You I Believe
I Dreamed a Dream That’s What I Like

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