The Singing Bee (Philippine game show)
| The Singing Bee | |
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| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Phil Gurin Bob Horowitz |
| Directed by | Bobet Vidanes |
| Presented by |
Cesar Montano (2008–2010) Amy Perez (2013–2015) Roderick Paulate (2013–2015) |
| Starring | The Honeybees The Songbees The Bandble Bee led by Mel Villena |
| Opening theme |
The Singing Bee theme song (English version) (2008–2010) The Singing Bee theme song (Filipino version) (2013–2015) |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| Production | |
| Running time |
Season 1: 30-45 minutes (Weekdays) Season 2–4: 1 hour (Weekends) Season 5: 1 hour (Saturdays) Season 6-7: 1 hour (Saturdays and Weekdays) |
| Production company(s) | Juma Entertainment The Gurin Company |
| Distributor | Zeal Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABS-CBN |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release |
Season 1–5: April 21, 2008 – February 6, 2010 Season 6–7: November 16, 2013 – February 6, 2015 |
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| Related shows | The Singing Bee (U.S. game show) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Philippine version of The Singing Bee premiered April 21, 2008 on ABS-CBN. A combinination of karaoke singing and a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs.
In each episode, six contestants will be selected from the audience to play a series of games that test their knowledge of song lyrics. If a contestant makes an error, he or she will forfeit her chance to get into the "musical chairs". If a contestant is not in a musical chair when the round is over, he or she is eliminated. The grand prize is P1,000,000. It is currently hosted by Amy Perez and Roderick Paulate for season six and seven. It was previously hosted by Cesar Montano for five seasons. The house band, Bandble Bee, is led by Mel Villena, with several house singers called The Songbees. Dancing to the band are the house dancers, The Honeybees.
The Singing Bee was premiered on April 21, 2008.
On the August 22 episode, the show was supposed to end their first season but it was announced that the show was given an extended run due to insistent public demand. The show's first season finale was aired September 5, 2008, and was replaced by I Love Betty La Fea. But after the end of season one finale, it was revealed in a teaser wherein the bee singing "The Singing Bee" theme song which means The Singing Bee will be returning soon. Recently, another teaser pertaining to its return was aired. The second season was a 1-hour show that aired every weekend starting October 11, 2008.
On December 28, 2008, the show started the BeeKada Edition wherein 5 groups consisting of 3 members are the contestants. The BeeDeoke Round was removed from the game format. The prizes were increased as well including the Jackpot prize on the Final Countdown which is now worth two million pesos P2,000,000 On April 18 and 19, 2009, The Singing Bee celebrated their 1st Year Anniversary and it also marked the end of season two. It followed the third season starting April 25, 2009.
On its season three, they replaced the segment Jumblebee round with a new segment called Pics Bee with You Round.
On September 2009, the The Singing Bee season four finale was aired. It was announced on this episode that season five will start on October 3, 2009 with their new schedule every Saturday nights at 7:30pm to 8:30pm.
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