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Sing If You Can

Sing If You Can is a British game show broadcast on ITV. It features celebrities attempting to sing in front of a live studio audience whilst various attempts are made to disrupt their performances. It is presented by Keith Lemon and Stacey Solomon, though originally Vernon Kay was scheduled to host, but he felt that it would be better hosted by a comedian. The show was sponsored by Argos, supporting the charity Teenage Cancer Trust.[1][2]

Sing If You Can
GenreGame show
Presented byKeith Lemon
Stacey Solomon
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyRDF Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release16 April (2011-04-16) –
21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)

Format

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Six celebrities are divided into two teams, each with a captain. After the celebrity has performed, a three-person judging panel views their thoughts. After all six celebrities have performed, the audience vote to decide which team wins. The losing team captain is dropped into a tank of water, and the winning team then perform a final song on a spinning stage. The amount of money to be donated to charity increases as the stage spins, and the longer the celebrities stay on the stage, the more money they win. The show raised money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Episodes

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Episode 1

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Judging panel
Red team – Team Gabriella Jodie Prenger
(Captain)		 Brendan Cole Brigitte Nielsen
Blue team – Team Troy Zoe Birkett
(Captain)		 Jonathan Ansell Andrew Stone
Song Contestant(s) Distraction
"Back to Black" Brigitte Nielsen
Zoe Birkett 		Knife Throwing
"Rescue Me" Jodie Prenger Snakes
"Ave Maria" Jonathan Ansell Balloons Popping
"Born to Be Wild" Andrew Stone
Brendan Cole 		Various Shaking Floors
Gunge and Feathers
"Firework" Jonathan Ansell No Distraction
"Only Girl (In the World)" Brigitte Nielsen No Distraction
"Walking on Sunshine" Jodie Prenger
Brigitte Nielsen
Brendan Cole 		Spinning Stage

Episode 2

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Judging panel
Red team – Team Mash Ricky Groves
(Captain)		 Brenda Edwards Sheila Ferguson
Blue team – Team Bangers Gemma Merna
(Captain)		 Shaun Williamson Matt Stevens
Song Contestant(s) Distraction
"I'm Still Standing" Matt Stevens Children
Morris Dancers
Gymnasts
Rugby Team on a Bouncy Castle
"Don't Leave Me This Way" Shaun Williamson
Ricky Groves 		Waxing
"Respect" Brenda Edwards Bike Stunts
"One Way Or Another" Gemma Merna
Sheila Ferguson 		Feet in: Yesterdays Breakfast
Clawed Frogs
Blood Worms
Crabs
Freezing Slush
Sewer Maggots
Snapping Crayfish
"Just Dance" Brenda Edwards No Distraction
"Bad Romance" Shaun Williamson No Distraction
"I Predict A Riot" Gemma Merna
Shaun Williamson
Matt Stevens 		Spinning Stage

Episode 3

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Judging panel
Red team – Team Darth Vadar Rodney Marsh
(Captain)		 Lisa Maxwell Mikey Graham
Blue team – Team Luke Skywalker Darren Gough
(Captain)		 Ray Quinn Camilla Kerslake
Song Contestant(s) Distraction
"Do You Love Me" Darren Gough
Mikey Graham 		Dance routine in inflatable costumes
"The Only Way Is Up" Lisa Maxwell Dressed as a fox
dropped in bins with feathers
paint etc.
"Parklife" Rodney Marsh
Ray Quinn 		Join a dog show
"Stay" Camilla Kerslake Different weather
(rain, wind etc.)
"Toxic" Lisa Maxwell No Distraction
"She Said" Ray Quinn No Distraction
"Valerie" Darren Gough
Ray Quinn
Camilla Kerslake 		Spinning Stage

Episode 4

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Judging panel
Red team – Team He-Man Toyah Willcox
(Captain)		 Sian Reeves Ben Richards
Blue team – Team Skeletor Faye Tozer
(Captain)		 Sinitta Jedward
Song Contestant(s) Distraction
"Fight for This Love" Faye Tozer
Toyah Willcox 		Shaolin stunts
"Mercy" Ben Richards
Jedward 		Electrocution
gunge
"Rehab" Sian Reeves Drinking disgusting
cocktails
(Pig nipple
lamb brain, etc.)
"Everyday I Love You Less and Less" Sinitta Different weather
(whilst sitting in a car
because she had broken her ankle)
"Grenade" Ben Richards No distractions
"Tik Tok" Faye Tozer
Jedward as
Backing Dancers 		No distractions
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" Faye Tozer
Jedward* 		Spinning stage

(*Sinitta could not participate as she had broken her ankle)

Episode 5

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Judging panel
Red team – Team Posh Tricia Penrose
(Captain)		 Chesney Hawkes Martin Bayfield
Blue team – Team Scary Craig Doyle
(Captain)		 Leanne Jones Roxanne Pallett
Song Contestant(s) Distraction
"All Time Low" Roxanne Pallett Walk of fear
"Dizzy" Tricia Penrose
Leanne Jones 		Spinning wheels
"Faith" Craig Doyle
Martin Bayfield 		Disgusting cocktails
"Fire" Chesney Hawkes Erupting volcano
"Angels" Martin Bayfield No distraction
"Buttons" Roxanne Pallett No distraction
"Roll With It" Tricia Penrose
Martin Bayfield
Chesney Hawkes 		Spinning stage

Episode 6 – The Finale

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Judging panel
Red team – Team Gabriella Brigitte Nielsen
(Captain)		 Brendan Cole Jodie Prenger
Blue team – Team Luke Skywalker Darren Gough
(Captain)		 Ray Quinn Camilla Kerslake
Song Contestant(s) Distraction
"Sex on Fire" Ray Quinn Snakes
"Don't Stop Me Now" Jodie Prenger
Camilla Kerslake 		Break dancers
"Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" Brendan Cole Different weather
"House of Fun" Brigitte Nielson
Darren Gough 		Dogs
"Rolling in the Deep" Jodie Prenger No distraction
"Closer" Camilla Kerslake No distraction
"Is This the Way to Amarillo" Darren Gough
Ray Quinn
Camilla Kerslake 		Spinning stage
"Son of a Preacher Man" Stacey Solomon Bike stunts

Reception

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Reviews have been mainly negative. The Guardian TV critic Grace Dent was scathing about the show, calling it "the worst TV programme ever made".[3] Daily Mirror columnist Kevin O'Sullivan called it "gormless garbage" and "mind-numbingly banal".[4]

International versions

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Most international versions of Twist and Shout, Sing If You Can, and Killer Karaoke which are sent and licensed by Zodiak Rights (now Banijay).

Country Name Hosts Network Date premiered
  Arab World[5] Killer Karaoke غني لو تقدر Ahmed El-Fishawy
Cynthia Khalifeh 		AlHayat 1
MTV Lebanon
Abu Dhabi TV 		26 March 2014 (Hayat 1)
30 March 2014 (MTV)
27 March 2014 (Abu Dhabi TV)
  Argentina Canta si Puedes José María Listorti Canal 13 18 January 2016
  Brazil[6] Cante se Puder Patrícia Abravanel
Márcio Ballas 		SBT 18 January 2012
  Cambodia Killer Karaoke Cambodia Chea Vibol
Sun Visal 		Hang Meas HDTV 19 September 2015
  Chile Killer Karaoke Cristián Sánchez
Sergio Freire 		Chilevisión 10 October 2013
  Colombia Karaoke Asesino Sebastián Villalobos RCN 23 May 2015
  Czech Republic Killer Karaoke ? TV Barrandov 2013
  Ecuador[7] Canta si Puedes Fabrizzio Ferretti
Erika Vélez 		Ecuavisa 24 March 2013
  France Chante Si Tu Peux Bruno Guillon Virgin 17 2009
  Germany Sing! Wenn du kannst Sonja Zietlow RTL II 19 April 2011
  Hungary Killer Karaoke ? TV2 2016
  India Twist and Shout ? StarPlus 2009
Y this Kolaveri (Tamil) RJ Balaji Zee Tamizh 14 December 2013
Killerr Karaoke Atka Toh Latkah[8] (Hindi) Krushna Abhishek &TV 7 March 2015
  Indonesia Twist and Shout Okky Lukman TPI 2009
Killer Karaoke Indonesia[9] Raffi Ahmad antv 27 October 2018
  Italy Scanzonissima Gigi & Ross Rai 2 16 May 2018
  Kazakhstan Караоке Киллер Daulet Bijanov NTK-TV 2014
  Lithuania[10] Dainuok, jei gali Algis Ramanauskas
Rimantė Kulvinskytė 		LNK 25 September 2011
  Lebanon Twist & Shout ? LBC 2009
  Mexico[11] Karaoke, Canta y No Te Rajes Carlos Trillo Televisa 2 September 2013
  Mongolia Killer Karaoke Sodkhuu Urtnasan Central Television 17 September 2023
  Netherlands Killer Karaoke Dennis Weening
Jan Kooijman 		RTL5 2013
  Norway Killer Karaoke Anders Hoff
Øyvind Rafto 		TVNorge 12 September 2013
  Peru Canta si Puedes Raúl Romero América Televisión 31 August 2011
  Philippines Twist And Shout (original format)[12] Gary Valenciano
Martin Nievera 		ABS-CBN 3 July 2010
Killer Karaoke Pinoy Naman Michael V.
Erika Padilla 		TV5 16 November 2013
  Poland Kilerskie karaoke Krzysztof Jankowski "Jankes"[a] Eska TV[13] 7 October 2012
  Portugal Cante... Se Puder César Mourão
Andreia Rodrigues 		SIC 28 July 2013
  Russia Караоке Киллер Maxim Golopolosov Ю 18 March 2013
  Romania Killer Karaoke Ștefan Stan Prima TV 2013
  Spain Canta si puedes Óscar Martínez Antena 3 2009
Killer Karaoke Patricia Conde
Florentino Fernández 		Cuatro 5 November 2014
  Thailand Killer Karaoke Thailand ขอร้อง อย่าหยุดร้อง Chakrit Yamnam
Ball Chernyim 		Modernine TV 5 August 2013
Sing If You Can ร้องห้ามเลิก
 Pisanu Nimsakul
Sakuntala Teinpairoj 		Channel 7HD 1 February 2020
  Turkey Twist & Shout ? ATV 2009
İmkansız Karaoke İrfan Kangı Fox 1 January 2013
  Ukraine Спiвай, якщо зможеш Sergey Pritula and Masha Efrosinina (2011)
DZIDZIO and Alyena Musienko (2013) 		Novyi Kanal 2011
2 September 2013
  United States Killer Karaoke Steve-O (2012)
Mark McGrath (2014) 		truTV 23 November 2012
2 February 2014
  Vietnam Tôi dám hát Tùng Leo SCTV2 26 June 2013
Đố ai hát được Phạm Anh Khoa VTV3 29 December 2013
Ai dám hát Ngô Kiến Huy HTV7 4 June 2014
Notes
  1. ^ Judging panel: Magdalena Schejbal, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Igor Nurczyński.
  1. ^ In India, the Tamil show Y this Kolaveri is loosely based on Killer Karaoke/Sing If You Can, as it deals with participants having to sing while avoiding challenging situations. Unlike its American counterpart, the obstacles in this show are far less severe and are restricted to conditions like "standing on a two-tonne block of ice" and "walking blindfolded through a cactus maze".[14][15]
  2. ^ In Indonesia and Portugal, both Indonesian and Portuguese versions are based on the Killer Karaoke format, this show is in collaboration with the production of Fremantle.

References

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  1. ^ Millar, Paul (30 March 2011). "Keith Lemon replaces Kay on Sing If You Can". Digital Spy. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Keith Lemon replaces Vernon Kay on Sing If You Can". stv.tv. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  3. ^ Dent, Grace (23 April 2011). "Grace Dent's TV OD: Sing If You Can". The Guardian. London.
  4. ^ "Sing If You Can... The Worst Programme Of The Year". Mirror.co.uk. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Alhayah TV - الآن على الحياة اكبر برنامج مسابقات غنائية... - Facebook". facebook.com.
  6. ^ ADTV - Audiência de Tv. "SBT exibe avant-premiére do "Cante se Puder" neste domingo". audienciadetv.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Canta si Puedes". Archived from the original on 29 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Killerr Karaoke Atka Toh Latkah". &TV (AndTV). Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Killer Karaoke Indonesia (@killerkaraokeid) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Dainuok, jei gali". Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Karaoke, Canta y No Te Rajes". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Twist & Shout In Australia And Asia With Zodiak Entertainment - UK Broadcast News | 30/03/2009". www.4rfv.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  13. ^ Pallus, Patryk (11 July 2013). "Eska TV rezygnuje z "Kilerskiego Karaoke"". Wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  14. ^ Sundar, Mrinalini (27 December 2013). "Being Balaji". Indulge. The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  15. ^ "Why this Kolaveri - a TVshow". The Times of India. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
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