I missed the premiere of the dueling karaoke shows while I was out of town, so I caught up on a Singing Bee rerun last night. I have to stay I was very impressed. I found very little to complain about. I thought each of the three main game rounds were solid, similar enough but with enough twists to not seem repetitive. The third round, with the two remaining contestants, seemed a bit rushed, seeing as it was the key to get to the bonus round I wondered why it wasn't made longer at the expense of the other rounds.

Other than that, very fun and entertaining to watch. I thought the material was easy at first (most of the songs were extremely easy to recognize), but the attention demanded to detail (singular will not be accepted for plural and vice versa) showed the game can be tough too.

My favorite part of the show may have been the surroundings. The set and the band are great. The contestant picking process in the beginning is great, and I really though Joey Fatone shined there. Strangely though, once the game got going, he really was just playing traffic cop. His attempts to mingle with the contestants once they got on stage were not much to write home about (it seemed the only conversation he could get going was a reply of "Sweet!").

Other than that, a solid game, easily a 9 out of 10. It'll be hard for Wayne Brady's entry into the genre to beat it -- I'll check that out this week.

 

posted by Brad @ 6:46 PM   1 comment(s)