New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition
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New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition (Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽多倫多選拔賽), or NTSA Toronto for short, is an annual singing contest organized by Fairchild Television
in Toronto that selects the city's representative in the New Talent Singing Awards
International Finals organized by TVB in Hong Kong.
. The slogan for this year's contest is "620 歌樂蜚聲Wonderland" ( June 20: Music All Around Wonderland ). The Masters of Ceremonies this year include Fairchild Radio DJs Poon Chun-Ming, Leo Shiu and Miss Chinese Toronto 2005 Elva Ni. The special performing guest was cantopop
group Soler
from Hong Kong. This year also included a band competition called e-Rock Band Competition and had 3 competitors.
, special performing guest for the 2007 Finals, had a wardrobe malfunction
when her tube dress
slid down during her performance of a dance song; therefore exposing her nipples to the audience and cameras. During the incident, there were several close-ups of her from the waist up captured by television cameras that clearly displayed her unintentional flashing. Because the program was broadcasted live in Toronto
, the entire performance was aired without censoring
. However, when the program was aired on time delay in Vancouver
three hours later, the entire song in which the incident has happened was edited out.
It was later explained by her manager, Mani Fok, that the reason for Yumiko's tube dress sliding down was due to the dress not being able to withhold the weight of the headphones receiver that Yumiko was wearing for her performance. Hence, the tube top started to slide down as Yumiko was dancing. When asked why Yumiko did not do more to secure her tubetop, Fok explained that the tube top was already secured by double-sided tape and that the receiver was also secured with duct tape upon clipping onto the tubetop. Further protection procedures would make the tube dress too tight for Yumiko to wear.
Fairchild TV
Fairchild TV or FTV is a Canadian Cantonese language Category A specialty channel. It is co-owned by majority owner Fairchild Media Group and Television Broadcasts Limited which owns 20% of the business...
in Toronto that selects the city's representative in the New Talent Singing Awards
New Talent Singing Awards
New Talent Singing Awards or NTSA for short, later re-organized into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals or NTSA International Finals for short), and most currently re-named TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship is an annual singing...
International Finals organized by TVB in Hong Kong.
New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition 2009
The finals this year was held on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, OntarioVaughan, Ontario
Vaughan is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan is the fastest growing municipality in Canada achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% between 1996–2006, according to Statistics Canada having nearly doubled in population since 1991. Vaughan is located in Southern...
. The slogan for this year's contest is "620 歌樂蜚聲Wonderland" ( June 20: Music All Around Wonderland ). The Masters of Ceremonies this year include Fairchild Radio DJs Poon Chun-Ming, Leo Shiu and Miss Chinese Toronto 2005 Elva Ni. The special performing guest was cantopop
Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
group Soler
Soler (band)
Soler is a Hong Kong-based rock duo originally from Macau formed by twin brothers Julio Acconci and Dino Acconci , Soler made their Hong Kong debut in early 2005...
from Hong Kong. This year also included a band competition called e-Rock Band Competition and had 3 competitors.
Contestant list (Solo)
| Contestant Number | English Name | Chinese Name | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Duong | 楊順智 | |
| 2 | Carmen Chu | 朱嘉敏 | |
| 3 | Yin Teng | 滕 茵 | |
| 4 | Steven Xu | 徐常鑫 | First Runner-Up |
| 5 | Kanna Qiu | 邱嘉玲 | |
| 6 | Megan Li | 李慧明 | Second Runner-Up, Stylish Charm Award, Most Popular Award, Most Fans Award |
| 7 | BenBen Huang | 黄麗冰 | Best Stage Performance Award |
| 8 | Daniel Ting | 丁晧峯 | Winner, Golden Voice Award |
Contestant list (e-Rock band)
| Contestant Number | Band Name | Placement |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enchanter | e-Rock Division Winner |
| 2 | The Greenhouse Effect | |
| 3 | Whitebase |
Winners chart
| Year | Contestant | Contestant number | Song Selection | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Denise Ho 何韻詩 | 4 | 唯獨你是不可取替 | First Runner-Up |
| 1997 | Sunny Shum 岑恩鎏 | 7 | 發現 | Winner |
| 1999 | Noella Choi 蔡瑋瑜 | ?? | My Heart Will Go On | Winner |
| 2000 | Lisa Chow 周麗嘉 | 3 | Saving All My Love For You | Winner |
| 2001 | Jing Lu 盧婧 | 8 | 真情人 | Winner |
| 2002 | Philip Wei 韋景堯 | 7 | 熱情的沙漠 | Winner |
| 2003 | Yan Fung 馮智賢 | 14 | 輸了你贏了世界又如何 | Winner |
| 2004 | Winona Xu 俆諾 | 9 | 站在高崗上 | Winner |
| 2005 | Patrick Lau 劉柏村 | 8 | 愛與誠 | Winner |
| 2006 | Bosco Lai 黎博灝 | 7 | 頭髮亂了 | Winner |
| 2007 | Kenneth Wu 武海峰 | 8 | 愛不留 | Winner |
| 2008 | Steve Li 李 鑫 | 8 | 美人魚 | Winner |
| 2009 | Daniel Ting 丁晧峯 | 8 | 最後一首歌 | Winner |
| 2010 | Jerry Lau 劉致理 | 9 | 最後一首歌 | Winner |
| 2011 | Titus Chu 朱永泉 | 6 | 給愛麗斯 | Winner |
Contestant careers
- 1997 Winner Sunny Shum 岑恩鎏 became a TV presenter for Fairchild TVFairchild TVFairchild TV or FTV is a Canadian Cantonese language Category A specialty channel. It is co-owned by majority owner Fairchild Media Group and Television Broadcasts Limited which owns 20% of the business...
hosted What's OnWhat's OnWhat's On is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television.-Format:Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. "What's On" is a 30 minute informative program that introduces viewers to events happening in and...
from 1997 - 2000, MC in NTSA Toronto final in 2000.. - 1997 First Runner-Up & Golden Voice Award winner Sandy Sun 孫小珊 is currently a DJ for Fairchild Radio in Toronto.
- 1998 Winner Noella Choi 蔡瑋瑜 went on to win the 2007 Ontario Independent Music Awards Best Female Award. She has also written music and provided vocals for songs featured in various TVB series including Steps and Dance of Passion. She has also released 2 albums.
- 1999 Winner Leo Siu 蕭嘉俊 hosted What's OnWhat's OnWhat's On is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television.-Format:Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. "What's On" is a 30 minute informative program that introduces viewers to events happening in and...
from 2000 - 2004 and co-host NTSA Toronto in 2003. He was also a presenter for TVB's entertainment news channel for awhile during his time in Hong Kong. - 2000 Finalist Wingie Tsui 徐詠芝 is currently a DJ for Commercial Radio Hong KongCommercial Radio Hong KongCommercial Radio Hong Kong , aka Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited is one of only two commercial radio broadcasting companies in Hong Kong along with Metro Radio Hong Kong. It contains a balanced array of entertainment including informative, educational, arts and cultural programmes...
. - 2001 Winner Jing Lu 盧婧 Wrote several original songs and organized her own music band.
- 2002 Winner Philip Wei 韋景堯 sang a featured number in the Disney Movie Chicken LittleChicken Little (2005 film)Chicken Little is a 2005 computer-animated science fiction family comedy film loosely based on the fable The Sky Is Falling. It was the 46th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation...
四眼雞丁. Philip is now signed to Star Entertainment (HK). On August 7th, 2009 Philip (known to the public as 韋雄 Weixiong) released his debut mini-album "Romance." - 2003 Winner Yan Fung 馮智賢 held his debut concert, Getting Ready at the Ontario Science CentreOntario Science CentreOntario Science Centre is a science museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near the Don Valley Parkway about northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road just south of Eglinton Avenue East...
in April, 2007. Yan was signed to BanBan Music (the roster of which includes Kay Tse). - 2003 First Runner-Up June Tang 鄧芷茵 is now signed to Star Entertainment (HK).
- 2004 Second Runner-Up Thomas Chong 莊子軒 now hosts What's OnWhat's OnWhat's On is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television.-Format:Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. "What's On" is a 30 minute informative program that introduces viewers to events happening in and...
for Fairchild TV. - 2004 Finalist "Ivan Chan 陳廣偉 a.k.a Jason Chan (陳柏宇)" is now signed to Sony BMG Hong Kong
- 2006 Winner Bosco Lai is now working as a senior analyst at Macquarie in Houston, Texas. He has now begun a career in country music karaoke.
- 2007 First Runner-Up Susanna Chan 陳銘莉 now hosts What's OnWhat's OnWhat's On is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television.-Format:Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. "What's On" is a 30 minute informative program that introduces viewers to events happening in and...
for Fairchild TV. - 2007 Second Runner-Up Alan Ho 何偉圖 now is back at HK
Toronto success in NTSA International
Here is a Toronto representative who have won awards in the NTSA International Finals.- Jing Lu 盧婧: NTSA International 2001 Second Runner-Up
NTSA Toronto 2007 flashing incident
Yumiko ChengYumiko Cheng
Yumiko Cheng is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer. Cheng was given the Japanese nickname "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school, and upon signing with EEG, adopted it as her official stagename.-Career:...
, special performing guest for the 2007 Finals, had a wardrobe malfunction
Wardrobe malfunction
A wardrobe malfunction is a euphemism for accidental exposure of intimate parts. It is different from flashing, as the latter implies a deliberate exposure...
when her tube dress
Tube top
A tube top is a shoulderless, sleeveless "tube" that wraps the torso. Such a top is generally very tight over the breasts in order to prevent the garment from falling...
slid down during her performance of a dance song; therefore exposing her nipples to the audience and cameras. During the incident, there were several close-ups of her from the waist up captured by television cameras that clearly displayed her unintentional flashing. Because the program was broadcasted live in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, the entire performance was aired without censoring
Censorship in Canada
In Canada, appeals by the judiciary to community standards and the public interest are the ultimate determinants of which forms of expression may legally be published, broadcast, or otherwise publicly disseminated...
. However, when the program was aired on time delay in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
three hours later, the entire song in which the incident has happened was edited out.
It was later explained by her manager, Mani Fok, that the reason for Yumiko's tube dress sliding down was due to the dress not being able to withhold the weight of the headphones receiver that Yumiko was wearing for her performance. Hence, the tube top started to slide down as Yumiko was dancing. When asked why Yumiko did not do more to secure her tubetop, Fok explained that the tube top was already secured by double-sided tape and that the receiver was also secured with duct tape upon clipping onto the tubetop. Further protection procedures would make the tube dress too tight for Yumiko to wear.
Trivia
- 2001 First Runner-Up Candy Leung 梁敏菁 was a finalist at the NTSA Hong Kong Regional FinalsNew Talent Singing AwardsNew Talent Singing Awards or NTSA for short, later re-organized into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals or NTSA International Finals for short), and most currently re-named TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship is an annual singing...
in 2000. - 2006 Finalist Danielle Li 李東妮 entered NTSA Vancouver in 2005 and made it to the semi-finals.
- 2007 Finalist Angela Zhang 張嘉妮 entered and won Calgary New Talent Singing AwardsCalgary New Talent Singing AwardsNew Talent Singing Awards Calgary Audition , or NTSA Calgary for short, is an annual singing contest organized by Fairchild Television and Fairchild Radio 94.7 FM in Alberta...
in 2005 and represented CalgaryCalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
in the NTSA International Finals that year.
Special performing guests
Faichild TV would sometimes hire Asian singers or local artists to be the Special Guest(s) performing in the finals.- 2000 Gabriel Harrison 海俊傑, Halina Tam 譚小環
- 2001 Fei Fei Ding 丁菲飛, Hei Wong 王喜
- 2002 Anthony WongAnthony WongAnthony Wong is the name of:* Anthony Wong , a Hong Kong actor, screenwriter and film director.* Anthony Wong , a Hong Kong alternative singer, composer and producer.* Anthony Wong , an Australian actor....
黃耀明 - 2003 Jade KwanJade Kwan- About Jade :Kwan entered the New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 1999 with the song "Face" and was awarded first runner-up. As such, she represented Vancouver in the New Talent Singing Awards Canada Finals 1999 and won...
關心妍 - 2004 Denise HoDenise HoDenise Ho Wan-See, also known as HOCC, is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer.-1996-2001:Denise Ho was born in Hong Kong and received her education in Canada and Diocesan Girls' Junior School, Hong Kong. She emigrated with her family to Montreal, Quebec at the age of 11. She studied and graduated High...
何韻詩 - 2005 Ella KoonElla KoonElla Koon Yun Na is Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer, actress and model. She is French by citizenship.-Biography:Ella Koon was born in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, of Cantonese descent. She was raised in Hong Kong and attended high school in Birmingham, England...
官恩娜 - 2006 Janice VidalJanice VidalJanice M. Vidal, often credited mononymously as "Janice", is an award-winning female Cantopop, Hong Kong English pop, Jazz and R&B singer based in Hong Kong. She is the twin sister of singer Jill Vidal....
衛蘭 - 2007 Yumiko ChengYumiko ChengYumiko Cheng is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer. Cheng was given the Japanese nickname "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school, and upon signing with EEG, adopted it as her official stagename.-Career:...
鄭希怡 - 2008 Vincy ChanVincy ChanVincy Chan is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. Before the handover of 1997 when Hong Kong was returned from Great Britain to China, her family left Hong Kong and went to Singapore when she was a child. She was signed by Emperor Entertainment Group, and debuted with the album Vincy on 27 July 2006.She...
泳兒 - 2009 Soler (band)Soler (band)Soler is a Hong Kong-based rock duo originally from Macau formed by twin brothers Julio Acconci and Dino Acconci , Soler made their Hong Kong debut in early 2005...
- 2010 Pong Nan 藍奕邦
See also
- New Talent Singing AwardsNew Talent Singing AwardsNew Talent Singing Awards or NTSA for short, later re-organized into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals or NTSA International Finals for short), and most currently re-named TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship is an annual singing...
- New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver AuditionNew Talent Singing Awards Vancouver AuditionNew Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition or NTSA Vancouver for short, is an annual singing contest organized by Fairchild Television in Vancouver, held every July...
- Calgary New Talent Singing AwardsCalgary New Talent Singing AwardsNew Talent Singing Awards Calgary Audition , or NTSA Calgary for short, is an annual singing contest organized by Fairchild Television and Fairchild Radio 94.7 FM in Alberta...