NBC's The Singing Bee VS. FOX's Don't Forget the Lyrics

By Kristina M., published Jul 18, 2007
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As a self-proclaimed popular music lyric master I was excited to hear about the prospect of a game show starting this summer where contestants competed to see who was more knowledgeable about lyrics to popular songs. When I found out there would be TWO shows like this I thought, even better! After all, it's not like there is a huge selection of interesting and entertaining programs on tv in the summer. I counted down to this week and eagerly sat down to see how these shows were going to work. Although both shows are obviously based on the same premise (knowing lyrics to popular songs), they go about this in two very different ways. Here is a breakdown of how the shows work and some important aspects of both.

"The Singing Bee" on NBC (Tuesday, 9:30pm EST)

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According to the NBC website this show is produced by Phil Gurin and Robert C. Horowitz, who are listed for their work on the Miss Universe Franchise and Super Bowl Greatest Commercials Top 40 Countdown respectively. The host for the show is Joey Fatone of N'Sync fame. Their tagline is "You don't have to sing it well. You just have to sing it right."

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I haven't seen "Singing Bee", but we do watch "Don't forget the Lyrics". I like the show too.

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Posted on 12/15/2007 at 10:12:19 AM

 
i really like the shows on fox 29 because there intrasting some of them i like because like everybody loves raymind and judge judy she dont want to be mess with because judge judy can yell to other people because thats her job in new yourk cit to be a great judge. im 14 years old and i always love to watch fox 29

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Posted on 10/05/2007 at 7:10:00 AM

 
i think the show is very intrasting because my parents think they should join the show dont forget the lryics is because there intrasting of this theme show you can sing classic rock hip hop and exedra

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Posted on 10/05/2007 at 7:10:00 AM

 
I LOVE don't forget the lyrics! It's alot of fun. The singing bee just doesn't do it for me.

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Posted on 09/06/2007 at 10:09:00 AM

 
Great article! I love "The Singing Bee," but I am partial to Joey Fatone.

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Posted on 08/30/2007 at 10:08:00 PM

 
I'm loving Lyrics. I think some of the Idol Wanna-be's are showing up.

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Posted on 08/11/2007 at 8:08:00 PM

 
I haven't seen these programmes before. Thanks for the heads up. Sophie

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Posted on 07/24/2007 at 10:07:00 PM

 
Pen, I think it is so interesting how two people can watch the same shows and find the opposite one confusing. I guess that's why they can have so many shows like this on the air at the same time, right? Just FYI, the Lyrics show is only a half hour as well. They just have it on two nights a week. I completely understand about not committing to a game show though. That's the thing I like about both of these shows. They are fun while you are sitting down and watching, but you don't have to feel like you are really missing anything if you don't tune in one week. :)

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Posted on 07/22/2007 at 12:07:00 PM

 
Hey, thanks for reading my article I haven't watched Lyric's but I'll tune in, I still think I'd prefer the Singing Bee because it's short and sweet. I'm not sure but I'm guessing The Lyrics show is an hour long and runs for 2 days and I just can't commit to a game show that way. The rules also seem confusing, with The Singing Bee the games change but the format's basically the same. I'll watch Lyrics tonight though.

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Posted on 07/19/2007 at 11:07:00 AM

 
I saw your article Lenora. :) The background info on Wayne Brady was fun. I gave the "Singing Bee" another chance last night and they had a different "game" that they played for the pair round, but I still couldn't really get into it. I think I will stick with "Lyrics". Let's face it, if you want a cheesy music show go to FOX right?

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Posted on 07/18/2007 at 12:07:00 PM

 
I did an article on the lyrics show. I trusted it to be the better of the two. Honestly, I missed both, but with "dancing bees" I just don't know. What ever happened to "Name that Tune" anyway?

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Posted on 07/18/2007 at 11:07:00 AM

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