The Singing Bee (Philippines Game Show)
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.
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. 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). And the duck walked up to the lemonade stand and he said to the man running the stand "Hey!" Bop bop bop, "got any grapes? " 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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