[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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I really hope they dont get rid of this show, it really was my favorite show on tv! I loved it especially last season, This show is real talent especially the people tht can do the base and beat boxing(:
PLEASE bring the sing off back!!!!!!! This show is an example of REAL talent and the creativity of artists through only their voices. I will be crushed if the show is cancelled.
Love the Sing-off…true talent for the love of singing….bring it back!!
Please give The Sing-Off another season!! It’s a great show – one of the few!
Me and My Mom have watched the Sing-Off Every time it was on and love the show! For awhile they were advertising the new season and i have not seen anything since! Please don’t get rid of the show and bring it back. I love the fact that these people do this without instruments just pure music, where are you going to find that on tv to watch!? I don’t watch American Idol anymore, because of the way they do the judging and are never critical and it seems the people who don’t win seem to make out bigger than… Read more »
This is the only show I watch on commercial tv. It is the best quality singing show on the air. It would be a shame to see it go. This should be NBC’s flagship show. Get behind it for season 4.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this show!! It’s one of the few singing shows that actually involves REAL live talent!!! I fell in love the first five minutes of the show! I hope they keep it going!
The Sing-Off is the best show on TV. NBC shouldn’t cancel it just because it isn’t as “popular” as other singing shows (I mean, who can really compete with over-the-top shows like AI or X Factor or The Voice?). It’s one of the three shows I’m dedicated to watching (along with Bones and Tanked) and it would seriously upset me to never have a new season again. I love The Sing-Off because it stands out not because of spinning chairs and flashing lights and superstar judges that really don’t have anything important to say but because the talent is what… Read more »
Bring The Sing-Off back! This is the best reality based contest on TV. The contestants are by far multi-talented. I absolutely enjoyed and loved this show.
Yes, please do not cancel this show . . . THE SING-OFF is as good if not better than THE VOICE. These diverse groups are so, so talented and what a tremendous opportunity.
Rethink this cancellation! Sing Off is an excellent show. The human voice can create
amazing sounds. Let us hear what featured groups can do.
If they cancel Sing off. i will cut all my ties with NBC!!! they can deal with it, cuz sing off is amazing.
Please bring it back. My husband taught vocal music for years, and this is the only musical reality show we watch. So many just yell into the mic. These groups have genuine talent. Loved seasons 2 & 3 and have been eagerly awaiting 4. I’ve told students and teachers to watch this amazing show, so please bring it back. Give those students a chance to meet their dreams.
Sing-off is the best musical talent contest on TV. It really showcases the raw talent of these groups especially because they do not use instrumental backup and it is not over staged like X Factor with all the lights and back up dancing etc. Although I think sing-off is a tad bit under staged and could be jazzed up just a bit. The judges are knowledgeable and give really good constructive criticism. NBC needs to get behind this show and promote it, add popular guest groups that can sing a capella and act like they believe in the show. My… Read more »
The Sing Off was one of the best singing shows and my entire family was looking forward to its return in the Fall. We were even hoping there would be a tour. I hope NBC reconsiders canceling it.