The Singing Bee (U.S. game show)
| The Singing Bee | |
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The Singing Bee title screen.
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| Created by | Phil Gurin Bob Horowitz |
| Presented by |
Melissa Peterman, CMT Joey Fatone, NBC |
| Starring |
Steve Dorff and the Bee Hive, CMT Ray Chew and the Groove, NBC The Honey Bees, NBC |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 (total) |
| No. of episodes | 66 (final) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Phil Gurin Bob Horowitz |
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| Original network |
NBC (2007) CMT (2009–2012) |
| Picture format |
NBC 480i (SDTV) CMT 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release |
Original series: July 10, 2007 – December 28, 2007 Revived series: June 16, 2009 – July 23, 2012 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Singing Bee is a karaoke game show that originally aired on NBC and then CMT. Combining karaoke singing with a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs. Originally slated to begin with a six episode season during the fall of 2007, it launched early in reaction to FOX's competing Don't Forget the Lyrics!.
The Singing Bee premiered with a half-hour episode on July 10, 2007 at 9:30pm Eastern/8:30pm Central, beating Don't Forget the Lyrics! to the air by one day. The premiere episode was repeated the following night, July 11, 2007, at 8:30pm Eastern/7:30pm Central. On NBC, it was hosted by Joey Fatone. The house band, The Groove, was led by Ray Chew and features: Deanna Johnston, Paula MacNeill, Wes Quave, Tom Sartori, Storm Lee, Kelli Sae, Jeschelle Magbitang, Carmen Carter, Kara Shaw, Leah Shaffer, Karen Ashe, Christopher "C.J." Emmons, Vann Johnson and Chris "Breeze" Barczynski. The back-up singers were Toni Scruggs and Tanya Diona. Dancing to the band are the house dancers, The Honeybees: Ferly Prado Dunn, Monique Cash, Holly Cruikshank, and Lisa Byrne.
Melissa Peterman hosted the CMT version. The house band, Steve Dorff and the Bee Hive, also featured: Roger Cain, Scotty Kormos, Tony Love, and Jeff Vincent. The singers are Jared Johnson, Baylie Brown, Beau Davidson, Paula MacNeill, Kim Parent, and Bobby Tomberlin.
In each episode, six contestants (four contestants in season two) 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.
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