The Singing Bee is a Philippine television karaoke game show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show is a based on the American version of the same title. Originally hosted by Cesar Montano, it aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up from April 21, 2008, to February 6, 2010, replacing Kung Fu Kids and was replaced by Pilipinas Got Talent. The show returned on the network's Yes Weekend line up from November 16, 2013, to February 6, 2015, replacing ABS-CBN Sabado Specials: Shake, Rattle & Roll and was replaced by Kapamilya Blockbusters. Amy Perez and Roderick Paulate serve as the final hosts. A combinination of karaoke singing and a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs.The Signing Bee: Feature Article Program via abs-cbn.com 01-02-2009

In each episode, six contestants will be selected from the audience to play a series of games that test their knowledge of song lyrics. Contestants making an error forfeit their chance to get into the "musical chairs". Contestants not in a musical chair position when the round is over are eliminated. The grand prize is P1,000,000. It was presented by Amy Perez and Roderick Paulate for its sixth and seventh seasons; it was previously hosted by Cesar Montano for five seasons. 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.

History The Singing Bee premiered on April 21, 2008, replacing Kung Fu Kids.

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. But after the end of season one finale, it was revealed in a teaser wherein the bee singing "The Singing Bee" theme song which means The Singing Bee will be returning soon. Recently, another teaser pertaining to its return was aired. The second season was a 1-hour show that aired 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 (2 members per group at one time on September 12, 2009). 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 two. It followed the third season starting April 25, 2009.

On its season three, they replaced the segment Jumblebee round with a new segment called Pics Bee with You Round.

In September 2009, The Singing Bee season four finale was aired. It was announced on this episode that season five will start on October 3, 2009, with their new schedule every Saturday nights at 7:30pm to 8:30pm.

On its fifth season, they brought back the segment Jumblebee round to replace the Pics Bee with You Round based on viewers' requests.

After three years, The Singing Bee marked its comeback with the sixth season premiered on November 16, 2013. It aired Saturday afternoons at 3:30pm until February 22, 2014. On February 24, 2014, the show moved to weekday mornings at 11:00am to 11:45am, replacing Minute to Win It. The 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. On July 16, 2014, the show changed its timeslot to 10:45am due to Typhoon Glenda. The season six ended on August 29, 2014, as the show temporarily ceased off to give way for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

During the start of season seven, the show returned on September 16, 2014, with their one-hour schedule every 10:30am to 11:30am. It featured a new segment round called 2 Beecome 1. On its first anniversary on November 14, 2014, hosts KD and Amay became players with Billy Crawford as the special guest host. The season seven ended on February 6, 2015, with the finale episode featuring returning champions Sheryl Cruz, Frenchie Dy and Bodie Cruz as players, and FlordeLiza star Jolina Magdangal as the 8-time defending champion. The show was put on hiatus and has so far never returned due to Roderick Paulate's decision to run for councilor of Quezon City and focus his time as a politician, whereas Amy Perez still hosts Umagang Kay Ganda. It was later replaced by Kapamilya Blockbusters.

After its final episode on February 6, 2015, Magdangal and Magalona joins the first season of Your Face Sounds Familiar.

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

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 three contestants who claim a seat advance to the next round. The first one, participate as purple team. The second one, participate as green team. The third one, participate as orange (from every Saturday)/blue (from weekdays) team. The last one, participate as blue team (which now goes to third player from weekdays).

BeeDeoke The three/four remaining contestants try to sing a song in a fill-in-the-blank format and correctly answer 9 blanks (three blanks for each contestant). After the To Bee Continued/JumbleBee round, the contestant who accumulated the most points will get to play in the final countdown/the new round called 2 Beecome 1. Every contestants need to fill the every missing parts of the lyrics three times. First missing part filled corrected, costs 3 (from seasons 6)/2 (from seasons 7) points. Second missing part filled corrected, costs 6 (from seasons 6. now on filled missing third part on season 7)/4 (from seasons 7), and third missing part filled corrected, costs 6(from seasons 7)/9 (from seasons 6) points. For total score the host will add the previous rounds points: JumbleBee points + BeeDeoke points = Total score (from November 16, 2013 – August 8, 2014), To Bee Continued points + JumbleBee points + BeeDeoke points = Total score (from August 11–29, 2014), and To Bee Continued points + BeeDeoke points = Total score (from September 16, 2014 – February 6, 2015). This costs 8, 5, and 11 points (from season 6), And 4, 6, and 8 points (from season 7).

If the champion concede their title, the first 2 high-scorers will proceed to the Final Countdown (from seasons 6 from every saturdays and weekdays (except Feb 24-august 8) or 2 Beecome 1 (from season 7) round. But it still retain its mechanics.

The segment first appeared in October 2008 but was discontinued after the Beekada Edition started. In Season 6, the segment returned and merged with Singing With The Enemy.

Scoring

In the round of BeeDeoke, the host will count which points from the earlier round and from this round which points they got. For total score the host will solve the points: JumbleBee points + BeeDeoke points = Total score (from November 16, 2013 – August 8, 2014), To Bee Continued points + JumbleBee points + BeeDeoke points = Total score (from August 11–29, 2014), and To Bee Continued points + BeeDeoke points = Total score (from September 16, 2014 – February 6, 2015).

Saturday Table: Player JumbleBee BeeDeoke Total score (Name of a first player) (Number of a point) (Number of a point) (Total score)(Name of a second player)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (Total score)(Name of a third player)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (Total score)(Name of a fourth player)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (Total score)

Weekdays Table (remastered. orange removed. no defending champion available from Feb 24-Aug 8, 2014): Player JumbleBee BeeDeoke Total score (Name of a first player) (Number of a point) (Number of a point) (Total score)(Name of a second player)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (Total score)(Name of a third player)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (Total score)

Weekday Table (remastered. From August 11–29, 2014): Player To bee continued JumbleBee BeeDeoke Total score(Name of a first player) (Number of a point)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (Total score)(Name of a second player)(Number of a point)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (Total score)(Name of a third player) (Number of a point)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (total score)

Weekdays Table (remastered. orange removed. Round JumbleBee removed. From September 16, 2014 – February 6, 2015): Player To Bee Continued BeeDeoke Total score (Name of a first player) (Number of a point) (Number of a point) (Total score)(Name of a second player)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (Total score)(Name of a third player)(Number of a point)(Number of a point) (Total score)

2 Beecome 1 2 Beecome 1 was introduced in season 7. The remaining one player and the defending champion will have a face-off in this round. To determine who is going first, a toss-up is started. They are given clues about "anything and everything that is related to music." If a contestant give the correct singer or instrument, they will first. They're given five sets of songs, each set includes two song titles. This time, they will choose a song title. They are given the year, the singer and the song title they chose. If they are correct, they will have a point. Whoever has the most points wins and proceed to The Final Countdown. In the event of a tie, the champion always wins.

If the champion gives up their title as defending champion, the two remaining contestants will have a face-off, following the same rules. And if they are tied the tiebreaker will happen.

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 Champion will face a final/jackpot round to win the pot money. The hosts introduce 7 categories, each one has one song. They choose a category; they are given the year, the artist and the title from the category they chose. If they give the correct line, they have a point. If they have 3 points, they win the pot money (the pot money must begin at ₱200,000 if the winner the day before wins yesterday's pot money). If they are wrong, they are crossed out. If they have 2 crosses, the game is automatically over and they will win ₱20,000 on account of being a winner of 2 Beecome 1. If they did not win the pot money, the hosts will add ₱20,000 for the next day (e.g. If the pot money is ₱340,000, they will add ₱20,000 and the pot money for the next day is ₱360,000). It will increase and increase until they win the pot money. If the champion wins the pot money, it will begin again at ₱200,000 for the next day. From January 27, 2015, to February 6, 2015, when the season 7 ends, the pot money adds to ₱50,000 instead of ₱20,000 (e.g. If the pot money is ₱450,000, they will add ₱50,000 and the pot money for the next day is ₱500,000).