Bathroom Divas

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Bathroom Divas: So You Want to Be an Opera Star? is a Canadian television singing competition, which aired on Bravo! Canada for two seasons in 2006 and 2007."Bathroom Divas features Toronto opera boot camp". Journal Pioneer, January 6, 2006. Produced by Kaleidoscope Entertainment and directed by Mike Ward, the series was a competition for amateur opera singers, whose winner got to perform live with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in a show at Roy Thomson Hall."Contestants line up for opera". Vancouver Sun, January 10, 2006.

The principal judges were Mary Lou Fallis and Tom Diamond, who were joined by Gary Relyea and Michael McMahon in the first season,Bill Rankin, "Knowledgeable judges elevate Bathroom Divas competition". Edmonton Journal, January 7, 2006. and Liz Upchurch and Daniel Lichti in the second.John Terauds, "Divas in development; Back for a second season, Bathroom Divas is a makeover for opera singers instead of a cutthroat Idol-type competition". Toronto Star, February 9, 2007. Various notable figures in Canadian opera performance and production, including Measha Brueggergosman, Richard Margison, and Stuart Hamilton, also appeared on the program as guest judges.

The first season was won by Elton Lammie,Alison Langley, "Pavarotti, Domingo ... and Lammie?: Local country crooner named first Bathroom Diva". Niagara Falls Review, February 13, 2006. and the second season was won by Elaine Jean Brown."Woman wins bathroom diva prize, will sing with symphony". Cape Breton Post, March 19, 2007. Other competitors were Emili Loisier, Sonja Anderson, Sonja Gustafson, Gail Malcolm and Sergio Restagno in the first season, and Phillip Holmes, Laura Landauer, Robyn Hefferton, Donna Jacobs and Paul Abelha in the second."Six "Bathroom Diva" finalists flex their vocal chords at opera boot camp on Bravo!". Canada NewsWire, February 10, 2007.