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The Philippine version of ''The Singing Bee'' premiered 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.〔(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. 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 currently hosted by Amy Perez and Roderick Paulate for season six and seven. It was previously hosted by Cesar Montano for five seasons.〔(Thou shalt not forget the lyrics - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos )〕 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 was premiered on April 21, 2008. 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, and was replaced by ''I Love Betty La Fea''. 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. 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. On September 2009, the ''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. In 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 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. In 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 ''Flor de Liza'' star Jolina Magdangal as the 8-time defending champion. The show was put on hiatus and never returned. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Singing Bee (Philippine game show)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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