Don't Forget the Lyrics!

I love game shows and music so I was looking forward to watching this. The contestant seemed too perfectly polished. Very good singing voice and didn't break a sweat or seem nervous in the least. I won't be watching this thing again.

The host is horrible and sounds like she smokes 10 packs a day. She has no energy and isn't really that engaging to watch. She is NO Wayne Brady. He had energy, got the audience involved, was funny and much more. The rebooted show has a boring host and probably won't last without a change.

The show can be a 3 or a 7, depending on the contestant. Some are very entertaining and others are just annoying.

My biggest issue though is that they don't seem consistent in the difficulty level of the words that are missing. Sometimes contestants get mostly missing words from the chorus or just parts of the song that are the first ones to pop into your head as soon as someone mentions the song.

Then other contestants will get song after song where the missing words are from a much more obscure part of the songs. Parts where most people, when they sing along, either mumble or hum.

There have been multiple times where early on it is obvious they are lobbing softballs at a contestant and that the contestant will get to 100,000 or 150,000 before they give them a difficult one. It is as if they decide 'this contestant is going to do well'.

I think it's better than the old Wayne Brady version. It's one of the newest game shows on tv. At least Niecy isn't an annoying host like Rob Riggle from the Holey Moley game show. Beat Shazam got stale.

... But I agree with other reviews that this seems way too staged. The "audience" seems to be the same audience for every episode, and Niecy's outfits change very little, like they filmed all episodes in 24 hours. Hence, Niecy's gravelly voice. Good song variety though.