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The Sing-Off
Season 1
Hosted by Nick Lachey (NBC)
Judges Ben Folds
Shawn Stockman
Nicole Scherzinger
Winner Nota
Runner-up Beelzebubs
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseDecember 14 (2009-12-14) –
December 21, 2009 (2009-12-21)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

The first season of The Sing-Off premiered on December 14, 2009. The show featured eight a cappella groups performing popular songs live. The winner's prize was $100,000 and a Sony Music recording contract. [1] Nick Lachey hosted, while Ben Folds of Ben Folds Five, Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men and Nicole Scherzinger from The Pussycat Dolls were judges. The show ran for 4 episodes, concluding on December 21, 2009 with a live finale. The group Nota won the title.

Groups

Contestant School Finish Number
of members
Nota
San Juan, Puerto Rico
NA
Winner
6
The Beelzebubs
Medford, Massachusetts
Tufts University
Second Place
12
Voices of Lee
Cleveland, Tennessee
Lee University
Third Place
10
The SoCals
Los Angeles, California
University of Southern California
Eliminated
Episode 3
8
MAXX Factor
Baltimore, Maryland
NA
Eliminated
Episode 3
4
BYU Noteworthy
Provo, Utah
Brigham Young University
Eliminated
Episode 2
9
Solo
Omaha, Nebraska
NA
Eliminated
Episode 1
7
Face
Boulder, Colorado
NA
Eliminated
Episode 1
6

Elimination table

Legend
Eliminated Last safe Safe Third Runner-up Winner
Date: 12/14 12/15 12/16 12/21
Place Group Result
1 Nota Winner
2 Beelzebubs Runner-Up
3 Voices of Lee Last safe Last safe Third Place
4 The SoCals Eliminated
5 Maxx Factor Last safe Last safe Eliminated
6 Noteworthy Eliminated
7 Solo Eliminated
8 Face Eliminated

Performances

Episode 1 (December 14, 2009)

A summary of the groups' performances on the first live show, along with the results.
Group Order Song Result
First Half
Nota 1 " I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz Safe
Voices of Lee 2 " Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield Last safe
Face 3 " Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi Eliminated
Noteworthy 4 " Think" by Aretha Franklin Safe
Second Half
Beelzebubs 5 " Magical Mystery Tour" by The Beatles Safe
Maxx Factor 6 " Dancing Queen" by ABBA Last safe
The SoCals 7 " Somebody To Love" by Queen Safe
Solo 8 " Whatcha Say" by Jason Derülo Eliminated
Swan songs
Face 1 " Home" by Daughtry
Solo 2 " I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor

Episode 2 (December 15, 2009)

  • Theme: Big Hits (first song) and Guilty Pleasures (second song)
A summary of the groups' performances on the second live show, along with the results.
Group Order First song Order Second song Result
Beelzebubs 1 " Right Round" by Flo Rida 7 " Come Sail Away" by Styx Safe
Noteworthy 2 " Viva la Vida" by Coldplay 8 " Hold On" by Wilson Phillips Eliminated
Voices of Lee 3 " No One" by Alicia Keys 9 " Freedom! '90" by George Michael Safe
Nota 4 " Down" by Jay Sean 10 " Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees Safe
The SoCals 5 " Already Gone" by Kelly Clarkson 11 " Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship Safe
Maxx Factor 6 " Love Story" by Taylor Swift 12 " Rehab" by Amy Winehouse Last safe
Swan song
Noteworthy 1 " Happy Ending" by Mika

Episode 3 (December 16, 2009)

A summary of the groups' performances on the third live show, along with the results.
Group Order Song Result
First Half
Nota 1 A medley of The Jackson 5: " I Want You Back", " I'll Be There" & " ABC" Safe
Beelzebubs 2 A medley of The Who: " Behind Blue Eyes", " Who Are You", & " Baba O'Riley" Safe
Maxx Factor 3 A medley of The Beach Boys: " God Only Knows", " Wouldn't It Be Nice" & " Good Vibrations" Eliminated
The SoCals 4 A medley of Journey: " Any Way You Want It", " Open Arms" & " Don't Stop Believin'" Last safe
Voices of Lee 5 A medley of The Beatles: " Paperback Writer", " Oh! Darling" & " All You Need is Love" Safe
Second Half
Nota 6 " Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel Safe
Beelzebubs 7 " Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond Safe
The SoCals 8 " Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon & Garfunkel Eliminated
Voices of Lee 9 " Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson Last safe
Swan songs
Maxx Factor 1 " Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver
The SoCals 2 " Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake

Episode 4 (December 21, 2009)

A summary of the groups' performances on the final live show, along with the results.
Group Order First song Order Second song Result
Voices of Lee 1 " Stand by Me" by Ben E. King 4 " Pocket Full of Sunshine" by Natasha Bedingfield (with Natasha Bedingfield) Third Place
Beelzebubs 2 " Where is the Love?" by The Black Eyed Peas 5 " You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore (with Nicole Scherzinger) Second Place
Nota 3 " Lean on Me" by Bill Withers 6 " The Tracks of My Tears" by The Miracles (with Smokey Robinson) Winner
Nota, Beelzebubs, Voices of Lee 7 " Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Darlene Love (with Nick Lachey)
8 " Drive" by Bobby McFerrin (with Bobby McFerrin)
Nota, Beelzebubs 9 " Why Can't We Be Friends?" by War (with Ben Folds)
Swan songs
Voices of Lee 1 "So Long, Farewell" from The Sound of Music Third Place
Beelzebubs 2 " We Gotta Get out of This Place" by The Animals Second Place
Victory song
Nota " Down" by Jay Sean (with Jay Sean) Winner

Ratings

Episode Number Airdate Rating/Share
(18-49)
Viewers
(millions)
Rank
(Night)
1 December 14, 2009 2.3/6 6.9 2 [2]
2 December 15, 2009 2.6/7 6.9 2 [2]
3 December 16, 2009 2.2/6 6.5 3 [2]
4 December 21, 2009 2.3/7 7.2 2 [3]

References

  1. ^ Like The Sing Off. "The Sing Off - NBC Site". Nbc.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Gorman, Bill (December 22, 2009). "NBC Ties For #2 In Adults 18-49 For The Week". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  3. ^ Seidman, Robert (December 22, 2009). "TV Ratings: Big Bang Theory rerun tops night; Leno still can't beat CSI: Miami reruns". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2013.

External links

Official website

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from The Sing-Off (season 1))

The Sing-Off
Season 1
Hosted by Nick Lachey (NBC)
Judges Ben Folds
Shawn Stockman
Nicole Scherzinger
Winner Nota
Runner-up Beelzebubs
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseDecember 14 (2009-12-14) –
December 21, 2009 (2009-12-21)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

The first season of The Sing-Off premiered on December 14, 2009. The show featured eight a cappella groups performing popular songs live. The winner's prize was $100,000 and a Sony Music recording contract. [1] Nick Lachey hosted, while Ben Folds of Ben Folds Five, Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men and Nicole Scherzinger from The Pussycat Dolls were judges. The show ran for 4 episodes, concluding on December 21, 2009 with a live finale. The group Nota won the title.

Groups

Contestant School Finish Number
of members
Nota
San Juan, Puerto Rico
NA
Winner
6
The Beelzebubs
Medford, Massachusetts
Tufts University
Second Place
12
Voices of Lee
Cleveland, Tennessee
Lee University
Third Place
10
The SoCals
Los Angeles, California
University of Southern California
Eliminated
Episode 3
8
MAXX Factor
Baltimore, Maryland
NA
Eliminated
Episode 3
4
BYU Noteworthy
Provo, Utah
Brigham Young University
Eliminated
Episode 2
9
Solo
Omaha, Nebraska
NA
Eliminated
Episode 1
7
Face
Boulder, Colorado
NA
Eliminated
Episode 1
6

Elimination table

Legend
Eliminated Last safe Safe Third Runner-up Winner
Date: 12/14 12/15 12/16 12/21
Place Group Result
1 Nota Winner
2 Beelzebubs Runner-Up
3 Voices of Lee Last safe Last safe Third Place
4 The SoCals Eliminated
5 Maxx Factor Last safe Last safe Eliminated
6 Noteworthy Eliminated
7 Solo Eliminated
8 Face Eliminated

Performances

Episode 1 (December 14, 2009)

A summary of the groups' performances on the first live show, along with the results.
Group Order Song Result
First Half
Nota 1 " I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz Safe
Voices of Lee 2 " Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield Last safe
Face 3 " Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi Eliminated
Noteworthy 4 " Think" by Aretha Franklin Safe
Second Half
Beelzebubs 5 " Magical Mystery Tour" by The Beatles Safe
Maxx Factor 6 " Dancing Queen" by ABBA Last safe
The SoCals 7 " Somebody To Love" by Queen Safe
Solo 8 " Whatcha Say" by Jason Derülo Eliminated
Swan songs
Face 1 " Home" by Daughtry
Solo 2 " I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor

Episode 2 (December 15, 2009)

  • Theme: Big Hits (first song) and Guilty Pleasures (second song)
A summary of the groups' performances on the second live show, along with the results.
Group Order First song Order Second song Result
Beelzebubs 1 " Right Round" by Flo Rida 7 " Come Sail Away" by Styx Safe
Noteworthy 2 " Viva la Vida" by Coldplay 8 " Hold On" by Wilson Phillips Eliminated
Voices of Lee 3 " No One" by Alicia Keys 9 " Freedom! '90" by George Michael Safe
Nota 4 " Down" by Jay Sean 10 " Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees Safe
The SoCals 5 " Already Gone" by Kelly Clarkson 11 " Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship Safe
Maxx Factor 6 " Love Story" by Taylor Swift 12 " Rehab" by Amy Winehouse Last safe
Swan song
Noteworthy 1 " Happy Ending" by Mika

Episode 3 (December 16, 2009)

A summary of the groups' performances on the third live show, along with the results.
Group Order Song Result
First Half
Nota 1 A medley of The Jackson 5: " I Want You Back", " I'll Be There" & " ABC" Safe
Beelzebubs 2 A medley of The Who: " Behind Blue Eyes", " Who Are You", & " Baba O'Riley" Safe
Maxx Factor 3 A medley of The Beach Boys: " God Only Knows", " Wouldn't It Be Nice" & " Good Vibrations" Eliminated
The SoCals 4 A medley of Journey: " Any Way You Want It", " Open Arms" & " Don't Stop Believin'" Last safe
Voices of Lee 5 A medley of The Beatles: " Paperback Writer", " Oh! Darling" & " All You Need is Love" Safe
Second Half
Nota 6 " Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel Safe
Beelzebubs 7 " Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond Safe
The SoCals 8 " Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon & Garfunkel Eliminated
Voices of Lee 9 " Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson Last safe
Swan songs
Maxx Factor 1 " Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver
The SoCals 2 " Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake

Episode 4 (December 21, 2009)

A summary of the groups' performances on the final live show, along with the results.
Group Order First song Order Second song Result
Voices of Lee 1 " Stand by Me" by Ben E. King 4 " Pocket Full of Sunshine" by Natasha Bedingfield (with Natasha Bedingfield) Third Place
Beelzebubs 2 " Where is the Love?" by The Black Eyed Peas 5 " You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore (with Nicole Scherzinger) Second Place
Nota 3 " Lean on Me" by Bill Withers 6 " The Tracks of My Tears" by The Miracles (with Smokey Robinson) Winner
Nota, Beelzebubs, Voices of Lee 7 " Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Darlene Love (with Nick Lachey)
8 " Drive" by Bobby McFerrin (with Bobby McFerrin)
Nota, Beelzebubs 9 " Why Can't We Be Friends?" by War (with Ben Folds)
Swan songs
Voices of Lee 1 "So Long, Farewell" from The Sound of Music Third Place
Beelzebubs 2 " We Gotta Get out of This Place" by The Animals Second Place
Victory song
Nota " Down" by Jay Sean (with Jay Sean) Winner

Ratings

Episode Number Airdate Rating/Share
(18-49)
Viewers
(millions)
Rank
(Night)
1 December 14, 2009 2.3/6 6.9 2 [2]
2 December 15, 2009 2.6/7 6.9 2 [2]
3 December 16, 2009 2.2/6 6.5 3 [2]
4 December 21, 2009 2.3/7 7.2 2 [3]

References

  1. ^ Like The Sing Off. "The Sing Off - NBC Site". Nbc.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Gorman, Bill (December 22, 2009). "NBC Ties For #2 In Adults 18-49 For The Week". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  3. ^ Seidman, Robert (December 22, 2009). "TV Ratings: Big Bang Theory rerun tops night; Leno still can't beat CSI: Miami reruns". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2013.

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