| The Singing Bee | |
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The Singing Bee title screen. |
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| Format | Game Show |
| Created by | Phil Gurin Bob Horowitz |
| Directed by | Bobet Vidanes |
| Presented by | Cesar Montano |
| Starring | The Honeybees Bandble Bee led by Mel Villena |
| Opening theme | The Singing Bee theme |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| No. of episodes | 222 (total) |
| Production | |
| Running time |
Season 1: 30-45 minutes Monday-Fridays |
| Production company(s) | Juma Entertainment The Gurin Company |
| Distributor | Zeal Entertainment |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABS-CBN |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original run | April 21, 2008 – February 6, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Philippine version of The Singing Bee premiered on April 21, 2008 on ABS-CBN. A combinination of karaoke singing and a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs.[1]
In each episode, six contestants 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. The grand prize is P1,000,000. It is hosted by Cesar Montano.[2] The house band, Bandble Bee, is led by Mel Villena, with several house singers. Dancing to the band are the house dancers, The Honeybees.
On the August 22 episode, the show was supposed to end their first season but it was announced that the show was given an extended run due to insistent public demand.
The show's first season finale was aired last September 5, 2008, and was replaced by I Love Betty La Fea. But after the end of Season 1 finale, it was revealed in a teaser wherein the bee singing "The Singing Bee" theme which means The Singing Bee will be returning soon. Recently, another teaser pertaining to its return was aired. The Season 2 is currently a 1-hour show and airs every weekend starting October 11, 2008.
On December 28, 2008, the show started the BeeKada Edition wherein 5 groups consisting of 3 members are the contestants. The BeeDeoke Round was removed from the game format. The prizes were increased as well including the Jackpot prize on the Final Countdown which is now worth two million pesos(P2,000,000).
On April 18 and 19, 2009, The Singing Bee celebrated their 1st Year Anniversary and it also marked the end of Season 2 but Season 3 will immediately follow starting April 25, 2009.
On its Season 3, they replaced the segment Jumblebee round with a new segment called Pics Bee With You Round.
On September 2009, the Season 4 finale of The Singing Bee was aired. It was announced on this episode that Season 5 will start on October 3, 2009 with their new schedule every Saturdays at 7:30 pm–8:30 pm.
On its Season 5, they brought back the segment Jumblebee round to replace the Pics Bee With You Round based on viewers' requests.
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At the start of the show, the band plays a song and the host "randomly" gives audience members a chance to sing part of the song. The players are selected through a draw conducted by a private auditing firm.
The host would provide the year the song was released, the performer, and the title of the song. A portion of the song is performed and wrong line is sung at the end, and then the contestant has to attempt to correct the wrong line of the song. If correct, they advance to the next round, and a new song is introduced, which the next contestant in line must attempt; if not, they have to step back, and the next person in line tries the same song. A song is thrown out if none of the remaining contestants get the line correct. The first four people who get a song line correct move on to the second round.
Similar to Scrambled Lyrics in the US version, while the band is performing, words from the next line are shown scrambled on screen. The contestant is required to sing the line in its correct order. When one contestant is correct and the other is wrong at any point, the one who was correct moves on to the Chorus Showdown Round.During season one the 4 contestants is divided into two 1on1 groups and the winners of the 2 groups go on to the Chorus Showdown Round but during season two the format was changed into all four contestants facing off with one another and the 3 winners here goes on to the next round.
Only one song is sung during the whole round and all the contestants take turns in singing parts the song continuously.A correct lyrics is equal to one point and the song continues to the next contestant.If a contestant is wrong they lose the chance to gain a point.The player with the least points in the end of the round is eliminated and the 2 remaining contestants move on to the Beedeoke round. However on BeeKada Edition to eliminate 2 groups (1 group will eliminated if in case of vacancy of the defending champion) then proceed to the Final Countdown.
Mel Villena introduces this concluding round by announcing in song: "It's The Final Countdown!" (based on a song called "The Final Countdown" by hard rock band Europe.)
Originally, the Final Countdown was played in exactly the same was as the American version, however it was completely revamped. The winner of the main game faces off against the reigning champion. To determine who goes first, a toss-up is started. The host gives a name of a song. The first player to buzz in first with the correct artist will go first. They are given a song, the year, and the artist. They then will need to sing the correct lyrics. If correct, they win P30,000. If not, the opposing player will need to sing the correct lyrics to win the cash. If any player sings the correct lyrics, they will have the right to start the next song. If neither gets the right lyric, a toss-up is played again to determine who will start the next song. Seven songs are played. Whoever gets the most money becomes champion, however, if a player can correctly identify four lyrics, they will automatically win P2,000,000. In the event of a tie, the champion always wins. It was revised due to BeeKada Edition select 2 of the three members of the group.
The host would provide the year the song was released, the performer, and the title of the song. A portion of the song is performed, and then the contestant has to attempt to sing the next line of the song. If correct, they advance to the next round, and a new song is introduced, which the next contestant in line must attempt; if not, they have to step back, and the next person in line tries the same song. A song is thrown out if none of the remaining contestants get the line correct. The first four people who get a song line correct move on to the second round.
Contestants are shown pictures as clues use pictogram to the line they are supposed to sing.
The contestants try to sing a song in a fill in the blanks format and correctly answer 15 blanks,a correct word is equal to one point and the contestant with more points move on to the next round.
This follows a similar format to the first round, but instead of singing a line, the contestant is required to sing the entire chorus without mistakes from the song performed. If both are correct or incorrect (sometimes after two rounds), then they go to a tiebreaker, where they are given the year and the name of the performer and the first person to buzz in will be given the option of singing or passing. If the singer is correct, they win. If the singer is wrong, the other contestant wins.
The winner moves on to the "Final Countdown".
Some house singers in The Singing Bee feature some finalists from Philippine Idol, Star in a Million Season 2, Pinoy Dream Academy and others. By the end of Season 2, the main house singers were now referred to as the "SongBees".
# - Season 2 only
+ - Sub-singers
Some episodes of the show have been considered as "Special Episodes" having different themes and contestants based on the category given.
Aiza Seguerra, on July 8, 2008, became a champion of The Singing Bee twice, but after her second win of the PHP1,000,000 jackpot, she gave up her throne to give chance for others. The same thing happened to Rachel Alejandro, where she gave up her throne as defending champion. She defeated her co-contestant singer Bituin Escalante."[3]
| Show Date | Winner | Total Prize | Players | Season |
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| May 19, 2008 | Stephen Norries "Steno" Padilla[4] | P1.0+ Million | Text Player | 1 |
| July 2, 2008 | Rachel Alejandro | P1.34 Million | Celebrity Player | 1 |
| July 8 & 9 , 2008 | Aiza Seguerra[3] | P2.08 Million | Celebrity Player | 1 |
| October 18, 2008 | Manilyn Reynes | P1.03 Million | Celebrity Player | 2 |
| January 17, 2009 | Jestoni Alarcon, Janus del Prado, & Jason Abalos (Team Pieta) | P2.11 Million | Celebrity Player | 2 |
| October 10, 2009 | Team X-Mhin | P2.11 Million | Celebrity Player | 5 |
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