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Singing Bee, The
SERIES: NBC, Wednesday 9:30p (30 minutes)

Singing Bee, The
Critic Score
Metascore: 58 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
3.0 out of 10
based on 5 reviews
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Contestants must sing accurately even when the band stops playing.

GENRE(S): Reality (Competitive)
FIRST AIR DATE: July 10, 2007

What The Critics Said

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70
The New York Times
The made-in-the-U.S.A. jalopy Singing Bee is much more flawed yet more human and endearing.
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70
Variety Stuart Levine
Bee has some promise, but the concept has the potential to grow old fast.
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70
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Bee greets viewers with a set of splashy colors, a house band, house singers and house dancers. It's all very hokey, but there's also something lively and real about it.
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70
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
On The Singing Bee, it's impossible to rally for or against the many folks who hurry on and off stage, and rallying is a critical part of the fun of these mindless game shows.
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0
Washington Post Tom Shales
What's so bad about The Singing Bee? Just about everything; the producers have seen to that.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 3.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Pamela F. gave it a6:
a good idea for a show. quite enjoyable if you can recognise the songs. but i don't like the way there are so many models, on gameshows. Hate them. Anyway it's a good show, but not the kind of show you would channel other appointments to watch.

tim e gave it a0:
Karioke!!!!!!! No wonder no one has cast their vote in for this show. It's not even worth reviewing. What has happened to television? I knew NBC was desperate but come on.

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