Finals. The same year, Fairchild TV Vancouver decided to reduce the number of finalists from 12 to 8, making the competition extremely intense. The number of finalists temporarily increased back to 12 in 2007, but dropped back to 8 finalists in 2008. Contest venues NTSA Vancouver is one of the two big annual productions for Fairchild Television Vancouver ( the other being Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant ) and has been held at many state-of-the-art venues. 1994 Orpheum Theatre 1995 Gateway Theatre 1996 Plaza of Nations Outdoor Stage 1997 Tom Lee Music Theatre 1998 Plaza of Nations Indoor Glass Dome 1999 Radisson Hotel Ballroom 2000 Plaza of Nations Indoor Glass Dome 2001 Plaza of Nations Indoor Glass Dome 2002 Plaza of Nations Outdoor Stage 2003 The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts 2004 The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts 2005 The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts 2006 Chan Shun Concert Hall at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 2007 The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts 2008 The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts 2009 The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts 2010 River Rock Show Theatre at River Rock Casino Resort 2011 River Rock Show Theatre at River Rock Casino Resort 2012 River Rock Show Theatre at River Rock Casino Resort Special performing guests Faichild TV would sometimes hire Asian singers or local artists to be the Special Guest(s) performing in the finals. 1994 No Special Guest 1995 Liz Kong 江希文 1996 Karen Tong 湯寶如 (1991 NTSA Top 5) 1997 No Special Guest 1998 Kenneth Wong 黃君諾 (1995 NTSA Vancouver Winner), Daniel Kwan 關浩正 (1996 NTSA Vancouver Winner), Phillip Lau 劉健濤 (1997 NTSA Vancouver Winner) 1999 No Special Guest 2000 Gabriel Harrison 海俊傑 (1994 NTSA Winner) 2001 Fei Fei Ding 丁菲飛 2002 JanaJana 2003 Brenda Lo 盧業瑂, Annabelle Louie 雷安娜, Albert Lui 雷有曜 (of the band 太極 Tai Chi) 2004 Pansy Lau 劉鳳屏, Thelma Leung 梁聖子, William Ho 何活權 2005 Wilfred Lau 劉浩龍 (1997 NTSA International Winner) 2006 Niki Chow 周麗淇 2007 Stephanie Cheng 鄭融 2008 Kay Tse 謝安琪 2009 Tat Dik 狄易達, JJ Jia 賈曉晨 2010 Prince@Lollipop 邱勝翊（王子）, Xiao Jie@Lollipop 廖俊傑（小傑） 2011 Jonathan Wong 王梓軒 2012 Ivana Wong 王菀之 Major award winners Contestant careers 1994 Winner Angus Ting (丁文俊) returned to Hong Kong and formed the band A-dAY. With the song, "Portrait (寫真)", his band won the 19th Annual CASH Song Writers Quest organized by the Composers