The fifth annual Winterfest Online occurred January 13-20, 2008, coordinated by the Winterfest Candlemakers and attended by fans of Beauty and the Beast. Each day, new music videos, wallpaper, games, and other site content appeared on their live site, and an impromptu chat occurred nightly as fandom came together to celebrate the show, the new year, and “keeping the dream alive.”

The most popular live event of the week, an audio talent show, occurred over Yahoo Messenger on January 19, 2007, lasting over three hours. Participants and audience alike congregated in a single chatroom, enabled their speakers and microphones, and, one by one, the brave performed their songs, poetry readings, and portions of fanfic. Many performances featured languages other than English, as this is a truly global fandom, and event. I gained permission from all performers before offering this archive page.