[SPOILER] Last night, NBC aired the third season finale of The Sing-Off and crowned the winners of the a capella competition. Pentatonix, a five-person ensemble from Arlington, Texas, took home a Sony recording contract and $200,000. Will there be more winners and a fourth season of The Sing-Off or, will the TV series be cancelled instead?
Hosted by Nick Lachey, The Sing-Off began as a short-run series with just four episodes in December of 2009. It did reasonably well (a 2.3 in the 18-49 demographic with 6.9 million viewers) and was cheap to produce so the peacock network brought it back for season two. It returned the following December and was expanded to five episodes. That renewal paid off and the ratings rose 26%, to an average of a 2.9 in the demo with 8.6 million viewers.
NBC decided to take another chance and give The Sing-Off a two-hour timeslot on the fall schedule and 11 episodes. That gamble didn’t pay off and the ratings have been terrible.
The Sing-Off began this season with a disappointing 1.9 rating in the demographic with 5.3 million viewers. The numbers never got any better they dropped as low as a 1.3 rating, less than half of its worst demo rating last season. The show’s consistently been in fourth place in its timeslot and has lost 40% in the demo season-to-season.
The reality competition is the second-highest non-scripted show on the network but, given the state of the rest of NBC’s schedule, that’s not saying much.
Will NBC cancel The Sing Off? If the network were in better shape, of course they would. As things are, I suspect NBC will bring it back for another season but give it either a summer or holiday run, when competition and expectations are far lower.
In retrospect, they probably shouldn’t have messed with the success they’d been having with it.
But, what do you think? Should Sing-Off return for another season or are you done with it?
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Bring back sing off – its great..
I was ecstatic when ‘The Sing-Off came along. I’ve been singing in Accepella music all of my life, the the groups participating in these competition are absolutely phenomenal. PLEASE don’t cancel it. Our young people need to understand how wonderful it is to hear music produced using only our incredible voices! Thank you for producing a show like this, even if to become short-lived.
I LOVE this show! It highlights not just the talent of 1 person but of a group and how they are challenged to work together. I loved seeing how a hip-hop group performed country or a blues group did rap. True talent and the best of the best came out as the competition went on. So much fun to watch!! PLEASE bring it back!!
I’ve been eagerly waiting for the fall to see this show again. It is my FAVORITE singing competition show. What, no one likes a collective? They only want to see individuals become stars? Everything about this show is wonderful, especially the singing. What these groups do is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much more difficult and challenging than an individual singer with a band/orchestra & lots of production behind them does. This takes so much more skill. Oh, I sure hope this show doesn’t go away.
We love this show!!! Just found it last season too! Told so many friends about it and now they are watching too! Best show of all the music talent shows out there! Fabulous voices, beautiful blend of harmonies with honest, knowledgeable and encouraging critiquing!! Everybody I know will be watching it next season if I can help it!! Can’t wait for it to start again! Bring it back PLEASE!!
Another awesome show that was so good it definitely should come back on!
I am so sad to hear that it was cancelled, PLEASE bring it back. I truly loved watching this show. The judges are great and the talent is amazing, just check out the Facebook pages of all the top ten groups. People love this type of music!
This last season was awesome. I saw every episode. They should absolutely bring it back. At least during the Holidays or over the Summer.
I loved this show! I just discovered it during the last season. The groups are really talented,accomplished,and obviously hard-working!
I also liked the judges…they are very knowledgeable,and give excellent critiques!
I hope the show is brought back!!!!
Save The Sing Off! We LOVE THIS SHOW! Young artists today need every opportunity to show their skills to the general public. The music business is really tough and most of these singers need to build a fan base in order to have any chance at attracting a label. The skills of the groups on The Sing Off are stellar. Amazing talent. No auto tune here, guys! DON’T LET THIS GREAT SHOW GO!
I introduced my Choir members to The Sing Off for Season Three (after I found out about it at the end of Season Two). We love it!!! It helped them understand and appreciate A Cappella music. The talent with the Competitors on the show is amazing! It makes me want to put a group together! We can’t lose The Sing Off. It is something original, not like American Idol or America’s Got Talent.
They had better bring back sing off fr season four. So much more better than any of the other music reality shows in tv. A true cast if talented people who end up lighting up YouTube with people who can’t get enough.
We want The Sing-Off to return!!
We just found The Sing Off during Season 3 and we absolutely LOVE IT. CANNOT wait for season 4, and would be devastated to see it cancelled. BRING BACK THE SING OFF!
We’re hooked after only seeing Season 3. Now we find out that the show might not be renewed. That borders on criminal……..we’ve been waiting patiently for Season 4……you can’t canced!!!