Say What? Karaoke
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| Say What? Karaoke | |
|---|---|
| Format | Music, Reality Television |
| Created by | Tom Cohen |
| Starring | Dave Holmes, Teck Holmes, Shia LaBeouf |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Bahamas |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | MTV |
| Original run | 1999 – June 1, 2003 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Say What? |
| Followed by | SWK 2.0 |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Say What? Karaoke (sometimes referred to as SWK, later SWK 2.0) is a contest show on American MTV. The show evolved from the former MTV show: Say What? Contestants would compete with one another by singing over popular songs while their video played. The lyrics to the songs would scroll across the bottoms of the viewers screens while they played. The show began as a special that was extrapolated from the current MTV show Say What?. The original specials were tongue in cheek; the hosts even admitted that they thought karaoke was a lame premise for a show. However the concept turned out to be extremely popular, more so than the show it had originated from.
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[edit] Production
After the end of Say What?, Say What? Karaoke began in 1999. It later stopped airing in June 1, 2003. Some hosts in 2003 included celebrities such as Shia LaBeouf. It has been produced in the Bahamas.
[edit] SWK 2.0
The show did not end forever, however, it recently returned on May 12, 2007 with the title SWK 2.0. The show was hosted by Mikey Day. Judges were Aubrey O'Day, Paris Bennett, and New York as well as viewer voting in some elements.
[edit] Format
The basics of the show are formatted as a real karaoke machine. Various college contestants compete by singing a popular song (often a pop song) with the music video played at the same time, as well as lyrics playing at the bottom of the screen. Sometimes, there are two contestants that compete together. Afterwards they are rated by the judges on a 1-10 with plastic number signs, the rating number is also the number of points thay have earned. One episode had a judge grabbing a whole bunch of signs which ended up in an actual 10 point result.
Like in other sports, the finalists end up in first, second, and third position which depends on the number of points they have earned.
