Super Band

Super Band

SuperBand (Chinese: 非常SuperBand) is a spin-off of Project SuperStar, a popular singing talent-search competition in Singapore. Contestants are bands of 2 to 6 people.

To mark the opening of the first season, a special SuperBand Big Jam where all the 18 bands made their debut at Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth, and was aired as a special at 8.45pm on April 9, 2006. After which, the show was broadcast at 7.30pm on Monday starting from April 10, 2006 for the first 4 episodes of Season 1. Subsequent episodes were aired at 8pm. The results show were aired 'live' at 11.30pm on MediaCorp Channel U. For Season 2, all shows were on Monday at 8pm from June 16, 2008 with the results show delayed at 11.30pm after an earlier recording at about 10pm. An exception was on August 18, 2008, when the main show was aired at 7pm due to the telecast of the National Day Rally's English speech at 8pm. The band with the lowest overall scores would be eliminated every week. The scores are determined by judges' scores (50%) and by audience voting (50%).

The judges for Season 1 were Y.E.S. 93.3FM DJ Dennis Chew, Producer Li Yi Wen, Billy Koh and Li Si Song. The hosts were Milk, Jeff Wang, Belinda Lee and SuperHost champion Charlyn Lin.

In season 2, the judges are Bao Xiao Song, Jiu Jian and Cavin Soh. The hosts were Dasmond Koh and Y.E.S. 93.3FM] DJ Lin Peifen. Tang Ling Yi also served as host but only on the first episode of the results show, after she requested to venture in the entertainment industry outside of Singapore.

Read more about Super Band:  Season 1, Notes, Season 2, Notes (Season 2)

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