The Singing Bee Summary
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Either by accident or design, the format of the reality-contest series The Singing Bee, which debuted July 10, 2007 on NBC, was astonishingly similar to that of Fox's Don't Forget the Lyrics, which premiered the very next night. Hosted by 'N Synch's Joey Fantone, the series offered a weekly lineup of six contestants who were required to "sing in the blanks" of songs for which partial lyrics were supplied on a giant karaoke-like device. Though the songs selected were popular and well-known, each of them contained lyrics that were frequently misheard or misinterpreted. Such seemingly insignificant words like "a", "that","the", and "but" were crucial to the outcome of the game: the lyrics had to be performed exactly as written, or the contestant would be eliminated from consideration for the 50,000 grand prize. As an added attraction, each musical rendering was backed up by a line of female dancers called The Honeybees. The series went into production as The Great American Singing Bee. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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