My Kind of Music

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My Kind Of Music
Format Game Show
Presented by Michael Barrymore
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of series 5
No. of episodes 24
Production
Running time 60mins (inc. Commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Picture format 4:3
(1998 - 2001)
16:9
(2002)
Original run 8 February 199829 March 2002

My Kind of Music, abbreviated from Michael Barrymore's My Kind of Music was a game show in the United Kingdom, produced by LWT for ITV from 8 February 1998 to 29 March 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.

Contents

[edit] Format

[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 money. 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 money gained here were vital to go into the semi-final; the team with the lowest amount of money 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 money 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.

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