Series synopsis
The Sing-Off is a Canadian reality television series that premiered on NBC on December 14, 2009. It ended on December 17, 2014. It stars Shawn Stockman, Ben Folds, Sara Bareilles and Nick Lachey.
Featuring the country's best a cappella groups performing popular songs like you've never heard them before. There's no lip-synching, backup bands or safety net. They'll be singing for America's vote, with the winner walking away with the ultimate prize - a Sony Music recording contract and $100,000.
Premise
Featuring the country's best a cappella groups performing popular songs like you've never heard them before. There's no lip-synching, backup bands or safety net. They'll be singing for America's vote, with the winner walking away with the ultimate prize - a Sony Music recording contract and $100,000.
Premise: Sing it. Bring it.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Shawn Stockman as Self - Judge
- Ben Folds as Self - Judge
- Sara Bareilles as Self - Judge
- Nick Lachey as Self - Host
- Nicole Scherzinger as Self - Judge
- Patrick Stump as Self - Judge
- Jewel as Self - Judge
Guest cast
- Jonathan Schwartz as Self - Princeton Footnotes President
- Adam Hyndman as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Josh Lavine as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Casey Kolb as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Clayton Greenberg as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Ryan Fauber as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Will Plunkett as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Ben Barron as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Nathan Quinn as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Daniel Gastfriend as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Jacob Schatz as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
- Brian Bernard as Self - Princeton Footnotes Member
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 29 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | December 5, 2011 | December 5, 2011 |
| Season 1 | 4 | December 14, 2009 | December 21, 2009 |
| Season 2 | 5 | December 6, 2010 | December 20, 2010 |
| Season 3 | 11 | September 19, 2011 | December 5, 2011 |
| Season 4 | 7 | December 9, 2013 | December 23, 2013 |
| Season 5 | 1 | December 17, 2014 | December 17, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holiday Special: A Sing-Off Christmas | December 5, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot Eight a cappella groups from across America compete to win a recording contract; host Nick Lachey. |
December 14, 2009 |
| 2 |
Big Hits & Guilty Pleasures Two groups leave as the competition heats up. |
December 15, 2009 |
| 3 | Superstar Medley, Judges' Challenge & Songs Of Hope | December 16, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | December 6, 2010 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | December 8, 2010 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | December 13, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Season Premiere: Part 1 Eight of the 16 competing acapella groups perform as the competition kicks off. Sara Bareilles joins Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman on the judging panel. |
September 19, 2011 |
| 2 |
Season Premiere: Part 2 Eight more groups perform together and separately. The groups include Messiah's Men, North Shore, Pentatonix, Sonos, Soul'd Out, The Collective, University of Delaware Deltones, Vocal Point |
September 26, 2011 |
| 3 |
Radio Hits & 60's Classics: Part I Theme: Radio Hits (first round), 60's Classics (second round) Group performance: "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane |
October 3, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Sing Off Is Back! The groups try to make a good first impression on the judges. |
December 9, 2013 |
| 2 |
Party Anthems The nine remaining groups perform party anthems. |
December 11, 2013 |
| 3 |
#1 Hits Eight groups perform their favorite hit. |
December 12, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
One Night Only: A Special Holiday Event A cappella groups Timothy's Gift, Melodres, the Exchange, Traces, San Fran 6 and A.Squared compete for a first-place prize of $50,000. Jewel and Shawn Stockman return as judges, and are joined by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump. |
December 17, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 14, 2009 |
| Last aired | December 17, 2014 |
| Runtime | 120 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | at 20:00:00 |