My Kind of Music
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My Kind of Music, abbreviated to Michael Barrymore's My Kind of Music was a game show in the United Kingdom, produced by LWT for ITV from 1998 to 2002.
The show's Main Theme, My Kind of People, where Barrymore sang some of the lyrics when appearing at the very start, was based on the same song by Robert Palmer released in 1991.
Three teams of two people would test their musical knowledge against their chosen opponents and rivals, where the surviving team could go on to win £10,000 in the jackpot; later it was increased to £13,000 by the third series.
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[edit] First Round
The first round saw the contestants deal with ordinary everyday people on a film, discussing clues to songs/artists, which they had to guess; if they did, they won the points. These were chosen by the contestants, where nine musical clefes would be shown on the screen.
[edit] Second Round
The second round, saw the contestants deal with another film of Michael Barrymore's tour of My Kind of People, with the audience having the chance to sing no matter how bad. Questions were based on the particular footage of the presentation of the songs.
[edit] Third Round
There wasn't such a thing as a third round, more like an opportunity for the studio audience and viewers at home to praise the singing abilities of the contestants, who would often appear solo, with the other standing out of this.
[edit] Fourth Round
The Fourth Round was a general music round, where points gained here were vital to go into the semi-final; the team with the lowest amount of points went home.
A singer with a recording contract would promote their song on the show during this time.
[edit] Fifth round (Semi-Final)
The two remaining acts would battle each other, choosing a music year, for example 1972. They were be treated to five music videos by a vortex video wall, both the song and artist would have to identified. The winner of the most points would go through to play Musical Families, the jackpot.
[edit] The Jackpot (Musical Families)
The winner who emerged from the semi-final would play the jackpot, where clues would be read by Barrymore from a 60 second deadline. Usually, a father, a mother, a daughter and a son would all be identified. When a first answer would be mentioned, the clock would stop and it would appear on the screen. If the team got them all right, they would win the jackpot excess.
[edit] Showing Times
My Kind of Music had four series between 1998 and 2002
Starting 8th February 1998 6.30 pm, Sunday (6)
Starting February-March 1999 6.30 pm, Sunday (6)
Starting May-June 2000, 8.00 pm, Friday (6)
Starting 5th January 2001, 8.00 pm, Friday (6)
Starting March-April 2002, 5.40 pm, Sunday (6) (this series, bar one episode was never shown in Scottish and Grampian areas, since it was conflicting a time for gaelic programming)
