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The Singing Bee
Created byPhil Gurin
Bob Horowitz
Directed byBobet Vidanes
Presented byCesar Montano (2008–2010)
Amy Perez (2013–present)
Roderick Paulate (2013–present)
StarringThe Honeybees
The Songbees
The Bandble Bee led by Mel Villena
Opening themeThe Singing Bee theme
(English 2008–2010)
(Filipino 2013–present)
Country of originPhilippines
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes292 (as of May 16, 2014)
Production
Running timeSeason 1:
30-45 minutes (Monday-Friday)
Season 2–4:
1 hour (Saturday and Sunday)
Season 5:
1 hour (Saturday)
Season 6:
November 16, 2013 to February 22, 2014:
1 hour (Saturday)
February 24, 2014 onwards:
45 minutes (Monday-Friday)
Production companiesJuma Entertainment
The Gurin Company
Original release
NetworkABS-CBN
ReleaseSeason 1–5:
April 21, 2008 (2008-04-21) – February 6, 2010 (2010-02-06)
Season 6–:
November 16, 2013 (2013-11-16) –
present

The Philippine version of The Singing Bee premiered 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 currently hosted by Amy Perez and Roderick Paulate for Season 6 and was previously hosted by Cesar Montano for five seasons.[2] The house band, Bandble Bee, is led by Mel Villena, with several house singers called The Songbees. 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 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 to 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.

Midway through Season 6, beginning February 24, 2014, the show moved from Saturdays at 3:30 pm and returned to Mondays-Fridays, replacing Minute to Win It. New format changes include a Daily Champion from Monday to Thursday, with all four champions returning on Friday to compete for the P1,000,000 Final Countdown.

Gameplay

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. Five contestants will be chosen to compete in various rounds until the day's winner and defending champion are left standing in The Final Countdown.

Current segments

To Bee Continued

One of the hosts 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 will claim a seat and 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 contestants who claim a seat advance to the next round.

JumbleBee

While the band is performing, words of a next line are shown scrambled on a screen. The contestant is required to sing the line in its correct order. Each correct line is worth two points that are accumulated for the final round.

During season one, four contestants were divided into two head-to-head duos and the winners of the duos go on to the Chorus Showdown Round. During season two, the four contestants solely completed for the next round's three spots.

BeeDeoke

The three uremaining contestants try to sing a song in a fill-in-the-blank format and correctly answer twelve blanks (three blanks for each contestant). Each correct word is worth three points accumulated for the final round. After the JumbleBee and BeeDeoke rounds, the contestant who accumulated the most points will get to play in The Final Countdown.

The Final Countdown

Mel Villena introduces this concluding round by announcing: "It's The Final Countdown!" (based on a song called "The Final Countdown" by hard rock band Europe.)

The two players with the most number of points competes each other in five songs, categorized in five categories. To determine who goes first, a toss-up called "Manuhan" is started. The host gives clues about a certain artist. The first player to buzz in first with the correct artist will go first and choose a category. They are given a song, the year, and the artist. They will then need to sing the correct missing line. For each line that is sung correctly, a player wins P20,000. If not, the opposing player gets the chance to steal the song. If any player sings the correct lyrics, they will have the right to choose the next category and sing first. If neither gets the right lyrics, another toss-up is played again to determine who will choose the next category. Whoever gets the most lyrics correct in the end of five songs becomes daily champion, however, if a contestant can correctly identify three lyrics, he will win P100,000.

The winners from Monday to Thursday will compete against each other in the "Battle of the Champions" every Friday. The final two contestants will go on to compete in The Final Countdown consisting of seven songs. The contestant with the most number of correct lyrics at the end of seven songs becomes the champion of the week. If a contestant answers 4 correct lyrics, he will win P1,000,000.

Previously, 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.

Discontinued segments

To Bee Corrected

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.

Pics Bee With You

Contestants are shown pictures as clues use pictogram to the line they are supposed to sing.

Singing with the Enemy

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.

Showdown

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".

House Singers

Since the show's inception, house singers provide the main vocals of the songs throughout the show. By the end of season two, the main house singers were referred to as the "Songbees". As of season six, none of the original Songbees remain. Five finalists from season one of The Voice of the Philippines are the current Songbees. As of January 4 episode, another The Voice of the Philippines finalist, Stan Perfecto, joined the Songbees.

Current

  • Isabella Fabregas (Team Bamboo)
  • Jessica Reynoso (Team apl)
  • Penelope Matanguihan (Team apl)
  • Maki Ricafort (Team Sarah)
  • Yuki Ito (Team Sarah)
  • Stan Perfecto (Team apl)
  • Dan Billano (Team Bamboo)

Former

+ - Sub-singers

Guest Singers

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3 to 4

Season 5

Special Episodes

Some episodes of the show have been considered as "Special Episodes" having different themes and contestants based on the category given.

  • Filipino Songs
  • Jukebox
  • Movie Themes (July 21, 2008)
  • Little Big Star and Little Big Superstar contestants (July 24, 2008) - Rhap Salazar as Defending Champion
  • Radio Disc Jockeys (July 25, 2008) - Rnold Rey as Challenger
  • Pageant Queens (July 26, 2008)
  • Special Week-Long Birthday Celebration of Buboy (July 28 - August 1, 2008)
  • Comedians (July 29, 2008)
  • Pinoy Rock (August 1, 2008)
  • Retro (August 4, 2008)
  • Girl Power
  • Boys Will Be Boys
  • Duets (August 20, 2008)
  • The Singing Bayan (August 25, 2008)
  • Bee Can Dance (September 1, 2008)
  • Hapunan (September 2, 2008)
  • Novelty (September 3, 2008)
  • Name Game (September 4, 2008)
  • Pinoy Dream Academy (season 2) Top 6 Scholars (September 5, 2008)
  • It's The BEE World After All (October 26, 2008)
  • Bee Afraid, Bee Very Afraid (November 1, 2008)
  • Makulay ang Beehive (November 22, 2008)
  • Araw, Bee-tuin, Buwan (November 29, 2008)
  • A Bee-ry Merry Christmas (December 21, 2008)
  • 'Di lang pang-Artista, pang-BEErit pa (December 28, 2008)
  • BEE to the 80's (January 24, 2009)
  • Pasko ng Pagka-BEE (April 12, 2009)
  • BEES Like It Hot (April 18, 2009)
  • Happy 1st Anni-BEE (April 19, 2009)
  • Green BEES Movement (May 2, 2009)
  • Ha-BEE Mother's Day (May 10, 2009)
  • Malayang BEE Yan (June 13, 2009)
  • Bee to School (June 14, 2009)
  • Haligi ng Kantahan (June 21, 2009)
  • Kasal, Kasali, Kantahan (June 27, 2009)
  • Just BEE it (July 4, 2009) - Michael Jackson Tribute episode
  • Happy Birthday, Buboy! (August 1 & 2, 2009)
  • We'll Bee Missing You! (August 15, 2009) - Cory Aquino Tribute episode
  • BEE-bong Boy Band (August 29, 2009)
  • Crazy for BEE (August 30, 2009) - Madonna Episode
  • BEELIB sa New Wave (September 5, 2009)
  • TWO BEECOME ONE (September 12, 2009)
  • BEEyaheng Langit (September 20, 2009)
  • Royal BEE (September 26, 2009)
  • GaBEE ng Lagim (October 31, 2009)
  • BEE Wish You a Merry Christmas (December 19, 2009)
  • Let's BEEgin 2010 (January 2, 2010)
  • Bagong Taon, Bagong Beehive (January 9, 2010)
  • Beauty and the BEES (January 16, 2010)
  • BeeFF (January 23, 2010)
  • Boses ng Pinoy (January 30, 2010)
  • 'Til We Bee Again (February 6, 2010)
  • Kung Hei Fat Choy (February 1, 2014)

List of winners

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
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
December 7, 2013 Sheryl Cruz P1 Million Celebrity Player 6
January 11, 2014 KZ Tandingan P1 Million Celebrity Player 6

Reception

The Singing Bee is consistently topping TV ratings on its timeslot. In the year ender NUTAM TV ratings results of AGB Nielsen Philippines last 2008, it ranked 6th in the Top Weekday Primetime Programs with 33.2%, and 5th in the Top Weekend Primetime Programs with 26.4%.[5] In Kantar Media Philippines, it hit an all time high rating of 32.7% on July 26, 2009.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ The Signing Bee: Feature Article Program via www.abs-cbn.com 01-02-2009
  2. ^ Thou shalt not forget the lyrics - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
  3. ^ a b abs-cbnnews.com, Seguerra reigns supreme on 'The Singing Bee'
  4. ^ abs-cbnnews.com, Aiza rakes in P2.08M at 'Singing Bee'
  5. ^ AGB Nielsen recaps 2008's NUTAM top-rating programs
  6. ^ TNS National TV Ratings (July 24-27)

External links

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