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Separated at Birth: "Don't Forget the Lyrics" and "The Singing Bee"
Fox and NBC kicked off their karaoke wars this week with the premieres of "The Singing Bee" and "Don't Forget the Lyrics." While I was secretly hoping the shows would slink away into "National Bingo Night"-style obscurity, "The Singing Bee" became the summer's most-watched program on Tuesday, and "Lyrics" held its own on Wednesday (it also airs another new episode tonight). Lest you be confused by the similar-sounding shows, I've put together this handy guide to help you tell them apart:
"The Singing Bee"
"Don't Forget the Lyrics"
Network
NBC
Fox
Host
Joey Fatone
Wayne Brady
Prize Money
$50,000
$1 million
Cute Mascot
Cartoon bumblebee
None
Use of "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Yes
Yes
Philosophy
"You don't have to sing it well; you just have to sing it right"
"Can you keep singing when the music stops?"
Fox and NBC Launch Karaoke Wars
Earlier this week, I mentioned that "Don't Forget the Lyrics," Fox's new singing reality show, sounded an awful lot like "The Singing Bee," a similar show that NBC has planned for fall. Well, NBC thought so too, and it's going to hustle and throw its show on the air early, so it will premiere July 10 — beating Fox's show by one day. Given that it wasn't supposed to air till fall, the show currently has no host, prizes or rules.
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What to Download: New Music Today
New DVD and music releases are the perk of Tuesdays, and today's album picks are fresh, fun, and guaranteed to liven up your iPod. I've checked out today's new music and have some advice for what's worth the download.
Don't stop partying: I'll resist doing a full-on album review for Weezer's Raditude; it's tempting, because I've always been a fan and have much to say about the band's transformation over the last 15 years.
What to Download: New Music Today
It's one of my favorite days of the week: Tuesday! Which means I get to add DVDs to my Netflix queue, along with some brand new tunes for my iPod. So check out today's music releases for what you should download.
What's in a Song?
On my way to work this morning, I heard a song whose lyrics I have not been able to get out of my head. Mary Schmich wrote the words to Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen), a faux commencement speech that was published in the Chicago Tribune on June 1, 1997. Baz Luhrmann later set these lyrics to music in 1999 and it soon became a hit.
Planet Beauty: Lashing Out
Long lashes are top of every girl's wish list, and if the new breed of super volumising, curved-wand, vibrating and all-singing, all-dancing mascaras don't do it for you, then it might be time to get yourself a lash treatment.
Nylon have been waxing lyrical about the very expensive Peter Thomas Roth: The Lashes to Die For Nighttime Eyelash Conditioning Treatment, ($125 works out at about £60, even with the amazing exchange rate) It apparently gives great results, but at that price you'd expect it to also perform the macarena.
My, slightly more humble, advice for longer lashes would be to try and give your eyes a break, so have a day without mascara if you can bare it.
Justin "Infatuated" with Britney
Justin gets real honest in the August issue of GQ which is on newsstands July 25th. In the article he talks about his new album, acting, Cameron and of course Britney. He even admits he was "infatuated with her from the moment I saw her."
What To Sky+: Wednesday
- BBC1 has Olympics 2008 and new series Who Do You Think You Are? with Patsy Kensit in tonight's episode
- BBC2 has Return to ... The Cruise and The Edinburgh Festival Show
- BBC3 has Olympic Football
- BBC4 has A Very British Olympics
- ITV1 has Trinny & Susannah Undress The Nation
- Ch4 has new series How Clean Is Your House?
What To Sky+: Wednesday
- BBC4 has The Thirties In Colour
- ITV1 has Trinny & Susannah Undress The Nation
- Ch4 has Location, Location, Location, Big Brother and Dangerous Jobs For Girls
- Five has new series Britain's Strongest Man Fiver has Fashionista Diaries
- Film4 has Clueless
- Sky One has Don't Forget The Lyrics US
- Sky Family has Save the Last Dance 2
What To Sky+: Wednesday
- BBC3 has The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time And Space
- ITV1 welcomes the girls back in a new series of Trinny & Susannah Undress The Nation
- ITV2 has iTunes Festival with Pendulum and Gabriella Cilmi
- Ch4 has Location, Location, Location, Big Brother, new series Dangerous Jobs For Girls and Wife Swap USA
- Five US has new series The Nine
- Sky One has new series Don't Forget The Lyrics US
- Sky Sci-Fi/Horror has The Lost Boys and Sky Indie has The Fountain
- BBC4 has My Kid Could Paint That
- Film4 has Team America: World Police
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