Sing If You Can

***Sing If You Can*** (originally conceived under the title of *Twist & Shout*) is a Transmanian singing game show competition series based on the format of the international British game show of the same title owned by Zodiak Media Group and developed and licensed in Transmanitain by Knockdown Entertainment. The show was originally slated to premiere in late 2010. (after Knockdown Entertainment acquired the rights to the format and other Zodiak formats from 2007 until the end of 2016). The series premiered on June 11, 2011, and ended on October 6, 2012. The program was so successful and garnered higher ratings, and it spawned the adaptation spin-off series *Killer Karaoke* with a different format which premiered on Spike TV in June 2013. Hosted by comedian Shaun Nicholson and Lynette Barrett. In this format, two teams of three contestants/celebrities attempt to sing songs in challenges while being distracted in a number of ways. It is revived under the *Killer Karaoke* format moniker as *Killer Karaoke: The New Sing If You Can*. Produced by Bryan Zlatan-Kirrage and Lauren Juergensen.

## Production & broadcast history

In March 2009, the Transmanian global company Knockdown Entertainment seem to have caught interest in acquiring the rights to the music format *Twist & Shout* from the global independent company Zodiak Entertainment, part of De Agostini Group.

The four unsold pilots for the variant of this format were taped in late 2009 and early 2010 as *Twist & Shout* (under pitchfilm) and under the working title *Sing! If You Really Want* though the show originally slated to premiere sometime in late 2010.

In January 2011, Knockdown Entertainment pitched the entertainment format of the licensed British game show under the name *Sing If You Can* produced by RDF Television, a Zodiak company (now a Banijay company) which would premiere on ITV1 in the UK in April with celebrities.

The production team taped the show two pilots in March 2011.

The show taped its first season to be commenced production from late April and May 2011. *Sing If You Can* began airing on June 11, 2011, and ended on September 24 of that year after 16 episodes.

It was announced in October 2011, that the series had renewed for the 16-episode second season. The show taped its second season to be commenced production from late November to December 2011. The second season premiered on January 7, 2012, and ended on March 10 of that year. In March 2012, a 16-episode third and final season was renewed and began airing on June 9, 2012, and ended on September 22, 2012.

## Format

Six contestants (celebrities) are divided into two teams, each with a captain. Two teams of contestants (celebrities) will play three rounds of six challenges (each round is divided by 2 games). Contestants will be made to perform the greatest hits while facing a range of hilarious and humorous physical distractions. Each will be given two minutes to sing. A jury of three celebrity judges will decide which team gets the point for each round. (Starting in season 2, the audience voting will be added along with the judges) The team with the highest score automatically proceeded to the Spinning Stage. The losing team captain is dropped into a tank of water, and the winning team then perform a final song on a spinning stage.

### List of Challenges/Games

There are approximately up to 45 different challenges that are used during the three seasons of *Sing If You Can*. Some or most of the challenges/games used on the program were either far more or less severe, rather similar or identical or restricted controlled and decided by producers used on *Sing If You Can* and its other variants.

### Final Showdown

At the end of round three, the team with the highest number of points wins and gets the chance to play in the final round, the Spinning Stage Turntable. The players are required to sing the final song while in the Spinning Stage and they will win Ð1,000 for every second they stay singing in the Turntable. If they finish the full two minutes in the Turntable, they win the jackpot prize of Ð100,000. The studio audience is divided into Red Team and Blue Team. In other celebrity editions, three members of the winning team's supporters also get to share the same prize the celebrity team wins.