- Say What? Karaoke
Infobox Television
show_name = Say What? Karaoke
caption =
show_name_2 = "SWK"
"SWK 2.0"
genre =Game show
writer = Tom Cohen
Matthew C. Mills
director = Joe DeMaio
Steve Paley
Liz Patrick
presenter =Dave Holmes (1998-2000)
Teck HolmesJoey McIntyre (2001)Danielle Fishel (2003)
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons =
num_episodes =
list_episodes =
executive_producer =Tony DiSanto
Bob Kusbit
producer = Jennifer J. Carr
asst_producer = Celeste Cornelison
runtime = 30 mins.
channel =MTV
first_aired =May 25 , 1998
last_aired =July 1 , 2003
preceded_by = "Say What? "
followed_by = "SWK 2.0"
website = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/saywhat/series.jhtml"Say What? Karaoke" (also known as "SWK", and later "SWK 2.0") is a
game show that aired on the Americancable television networkMTV . The show evolved from the former MTV show: "Say What? ".ynopsis
The basics of the show are formatted as a real
karaoke machine. Various college contestants compete by singing a popular song (often a pop song) with the music video played at the same time, as well as lyrics playing at the bottom of the screen. At times, there are two contestants that compete together. Afterwards they are rated by the judges on a 1-10 with plastic number signs, the rating number is also the number of points thay have earned. Similar to other competitions, the finalists end up in first, second, and third position which depends on the number of points they have earned.The show began as a special that was extrapolated from the current MTV show "Say What?". The original specials were
tongue-in-cheek ; the hosts even admitted that they thought karaoke was a lame premise for a show. However, the concept turned out to be extremely popular, more so than the show it had originated from.At different times, the series was hosted by television personality and actor
Dave Holmes , "Real World" alum Teck Holmes, singerJoey McIntyre , and actressDanielle Fishel . The series also featured several celebrity guest judges including actorShia LaBeouf ."SWK 2.0"
After the series ended in July 2003, its premise was revamped and aired on MTV on
May 12 ,2007 with the new title SWK 2.0. The show was hosted byMikey Day and also featured celebrity judges includingDanity Kane singerAubrey O'Day , "American Idol " contestantParis Bennett , and reality show star Tiffany "New York" Pollard, as well as viewer voting in some elements.ee also
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Say What? "
*"American Idol "External links
* [http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/saywhat/series.jhtml Official site]
*imdb title|id=0219453|title=Say What? Karaoke
*Tv.com show|id=7428|title=Say What? Karaoke
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