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.[1][2]
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Format[edit][]
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[edit][]
Episode 1[edit][]
Red team - Team Gabriella | Jodie Prenger(Captain) | Brendan Cole | Brigitte Nielsen |
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Blue team - Team Troy | Zoe Birkett (Captain) | Jonathan Ansell | Andrew Stone |
Judging panel | Coleen Nolan | Shaun Ryder | Dave Gorman |
Song | Contestant(s) | Distraction |
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"Back to Black" | Brigitte Nielsen and Zoe Birkett | Knife Throwing |
"Rescue Me" | Jodie Prenger | Snakes |
"Ave Maria" | Jonathan Ansell | Balloons Popping |
"Born to Be Wild" | Andrew Stone and 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 and Brendan Cole | Spinning Stage |
Episode 2[edit][]
Red team - Team Mash | Ricky Groves (Captain) | Brenda Edwards | Sheila Ferguson |
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Blue team - Team Bangers | Gemma Merna (Captain) | Shaun Williamson | Matt Stevens |
Judging panel | Caroline Flack | John Thomson | Rob Rouse |
Song | Contestant(s) | Distraction |
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"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[edit][]
Red team - Team Darth Vadar | Rodney Marsh (Captain) | Lisa Maxwell | Mikey Graham |
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Blue team - Team Luke Skywalker | Darren Gough (Captain) | Ray Quinn | Camilla Kerslake |
Judging panel | Jarred Christmas | Jamelia | Richard Bacon |
Song | Contestant(s) | Distraction |
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"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[edit][]
Red team - Team He-Man | Toyah Willcox (Captain) | Sian Reeves | Ben Richards |
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Blue team - Team Skeletor | Faye Tozer (Captain) | Sinitta | Jedward |
Judging panel | Trevor Nelson | Rachel Stevens | Louis Walsh |
Song | Contestant(s) | Distraction |
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"Fight for This Love" | Faye Tozer and Toyah Willcox | Shaolin stunts |
"Mercy" | Ben Richards and Jedward | Electrocution and 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 with Jedward as Backing Dancers | No distractions |
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Faye Tozer, Jedward (Sinitta could not participate as she had broken her ankle) | Spinning stage |
Episode 5[edit][]
Red team - Team Posh | Tricia Penrose (Captain) | Chesney Hawkes | Martin Bayfield |
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Blue team - Team Scary | Craig Doyle (Captain) | Leanne Jones | Roxanne Pallet |
Judging panel | Patsy Palmer | Rob Deering | Ronni Ancona |
Song | Contestant(s) | Distraction |
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"All Time Low" | Roxanne Pallet | Walk of fear |
"Dizzy" | Tricia Penrose and Leanne Jones | Spinning wheels |
"Faith" | Craig Doyle and Martin Bayfield | Disgusting cocktails |
"Fire" | Chesney Hawkes | Erupting volcano |
"Angels" | Martin Bayfield | No distraction |
"Buttons" | Roxanne Pallet | No distraction |
"Roll With It" | Tricia Penrose, Martin Bayfield & Chesney Hawkes | Spinning stage |
Episode 6 - The Final[edit][]
Red team - Team Gabriella | Brigitte Nielsen (Captain) | Brendan Cole | Jodie Prenger |
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Blue team - Team Luke Skywalker | Darren Gough (Captain) | Ray Quinn | Camilla Kerslake |
Judging panel | Samantha Womack | Rob Rouse | Sara Cox |
Song | Contestant(s) | Distraction |
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"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[edit][]
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[edit][]
Country | Name | Hosts | Network | Date premiered |
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Argentina | Canta si Puedes | José María Listorti | América 2 | TBD |
Brazil[5] | Cante se Puder | Patrícia Abravanel & Márcio Ballas | SBT | 18 January 2012 |
Chile | Killer Karaoke (Chile) | Cristián Sánchez & Sergio Freire | Chilevisión | 10 October 2013 |
Ecuador[6] | Canta si Puedes | Fabrizzio Ferretti & Erika Vélez | Ecuavisa | 24 March 2013 |
Lithuania[7] | Dainuok, jei gali | Algis Ramanauskas & Rimantė Kulvinskytė | LNK | 25 September 2011 |
Mexico[8] | Karaoke, Canta y No Te Rajes | Carlos Trillo | Televisa Network | 2 September 2013 |
Norway | Killer Karaoke (Norway) | TVNorge | ||
Peru | Canta si Puedes | Raúl Romero | América Televisión | 31 August 2011 |
Philippines | Killer Karaoke Pinoy Naman | Michael V. | TV 5 | 14 September 2013 |
Poland | Kilerskie Karaoke | Krzysztof Jankowski | Eska TV | 7 October 2012 |
Portugal | Cante... Se Puder | César Mourão & Andreia Rodrigues | SIC | 28 July 2013 |
Russia | Караоке Киллер | Maxim Golopolosov | Ю | 18 March 2013 |
Пой (если сможешь) | Vyacheslav Manucharov
Julia Kovalchuk |
Pyatnica! | December 2013 | |
Thailand | Killer Karaoke Thailand ขอร้อง อย่าหยุดร้อง | Chakrit Yamnam & Ball Chernyim | Modernine TV | 5 August 2013 |
Ukraine | Спiвай, якщо зможеш | DZIDZIO, Alyena Musienko | Новий канал | the premiere will take place on 2nd of September |
USA | Killer Karaoke | Steve-O | truTV | 23 November 2012 |
Vietnam | Đố ai hát được | Phạm Anh Khoa | VTV | 29 December 2013 |