Sing Your Face Off is a reality singing series that was aired on ABC during the 2013–14 American television season. It was based on both the Endemol format Your Face Sounds Familiar and an adaptation of the Spanish "Tu cara me suena," the latter of whose title translated as "Your face is familiar to me." The first season consisted of six episodes, with two episodes airing back-to-back over three weeks. The first season premiered on May 31, 2014, and concluded on June 14, 2014. No plans were known to have been formed for a second season. Actress and singer China Anne McClain won the first and only season.
Premise In the context of the program's celebrity-oriented premise, for such a celebrity to "sing one's face off" meant to sing live, but also to do so as part of an impersonation of a prominent recording artist. (The Legends In Concert productions were organized along a similar premise, featuring "tribute artists" who looked and sounded like those to whom they paid tribute.)
The premise of the show had the celebrities spin the "face finder wheel" at the end of the previous show to determine as which artist they would sing their faces off, with the exception of week 1 when the celebrities were given their artist. They then spent the week practicing the song along with any other necessary practicing such as playing an instrument, choreography, etc. that went along with the performance. They also spent that week getting any necessary make-up formats, outfits, accessories, or such that they needed to look like the artist as whom they would perform.
They then performed the songs, as the artist, and were given an individual score by each of the judges. This score was ranged on a scale from 1 to 10, and the maximum possible total was 30 points. At the end of all the performances, the celebrities were each given the chance to give an extra three points to any one of the other celebrities. The judges' scores and the extra points given by the celebrities were then added together to determine the winner for each night's episodes.
The celebrities' rankings on the scoreboard at the end of that week determined the order in which the celebrities then spun the "face finder wheel" to determine the artist as whom they would perform the following week. At the end of four weeks, the celebrity with the lowest combined scores of all their four performances was eliminated from the competition.
From Week 4 on, at the end of the week, the celebrity with the lowest total score for that week was eliminated until the list of celebrities was narrowed down to a list of "Final 3" performers. The Final 3 performers then performed one more time; after that performance, the judges voted on who they believed should be crowned the winner of Sing Your Face Off; the celebrity then needed two votes out of the three from the judges to win.
Cast
Contestants Celebrity Notability (known for) Sebastian Bach Skid Row lead singer Landry Fields NBA small forward Jon Lovitz Comedian & actor China Anne McClain Actress and McClain lead singer Lisa Rinna Actress & television host
Judges Debbie Gibson and Darrell Hammond acted as judges on every episode, while the third judge varied with each episode.
Guest judges Week Celebrity Notability (known for) 1 David Alan Grier Film, television & Broadway actor 2 RuPaul Television host & drag queen 3 Carnie Wilson Wilson Phillips singer 4 Richard Simmons Fitness entrepreneur 5 Tom Arnold Comedic movie actor 6 Carmen Electra Film & television actress
Performances Celebrity Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 China Anne McClain Rihanna Tina Turner Michael Jackson Alicia Keys James Brown Whitney Houston Lisa Rinna Dolly Parton Britney Spears Katy Perry Justin Bieber Cyndi Lauper Madonna Landry Fields Lionel Richie Pitbull Enrique Iglesias Nicki Minaj MC Hammer Little Richard Jon Lovitz Elton John Luciano Pavarotti Billy Idol Meat Loaf Roy Orbison Redfoo (Special Performance) Sebastian Bach Adam Levine Lady Gaga Willie Nelson Freddie Mercury --- Sky Blu (Special Performance)
Overall scores Red numbers indicate the singer whose score was lowest for that week. Green numbers indicate the singer whose score was highest for that week. indicates an eliminated singer. indicates an eliminated singer who was eliminated by Judges Choice. indicates the winning singer. indicates the runner-up singer. indicates the third-place singer.
Singer Place 1 2 3 4 1+2+3+4 5 6 China Anne McClain 1 34 28 35 71 168 36 2 Landry Fields 2 28 28 31 58 145 310 Lisa Rinna 2 24 32 28 70 154 310 Jon Lovitz 4 24 38 31 47 14030 Sebastian Bach 5 30 26 28 56140
Rather than give scores out of 30 for the contestants's performances, the judges each voted for who they thought deserved to win Sing Your Face Off. The celebrity then needed two out of three votes in order to win Sing Your Face Off. Since both Darrell Hammond and Debbie Gibson voted for China Anne McClain to win, China had the majority of the votes to win Sing Your Face Off, and Carmen Electra's vote was thus never revealed, leaving both Lisa Rinna and Landry Fields as runners-up.
Weekly scores and songs
Week 1 Running order CelebrityScoreExtra PointsMusicJon Lovitz24 (9, 8, 7)0"Bennie and the Jets"-Elton JohnLandry Fields25 (9, 8, 8)3 (Lisa)"Dancing on the Ceiling"-Lionel RichieChina Anne McClain28 (10, 9, 9)6 (Sebastian and Jon)"Diamonds"-RihannaSebastian Bach24 (9, 7, 8)6 (China and Landry)"Moves like Jagger"-Maroon 5 ft. Christina AguileraLisa Rinna24 (9, 8, 7) 0"9 to 5"-Dolly Parton
Week 2 Running order CelebrityScoreExtra PointsMusicChina Anne McClain28 (9, 9, 10)0"Proud Mary"-Tina TurnerLisa Rinna26 (8, 9, 9)6 (Jon and Landry)"...Baby One More Time"-Britney SpearsJon Lovitz29 (10, 10, 9)9 (China, Lisa, and Sebastian)"La donna è mobile"-Luciano PavarottiLandry Fields28 (9, 9, 10)0"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"-PitbullSebastian Bach26 (9, 9, 8)0"Bad Romance"-Lady Gaga
Week 3 Running order CelebrityScoreExtra PointsMusicLandry Fields25 (8, 8, 9)6 (China and Jon)"Hero"-Enrique IglesiasLisa Rinna28 (9, 9, 10)0"Hot N Cold"-Katy PerryChina Anne McClain29 (10, 9, 10)6 (Landry and Lisa)"Rockin' Robin"-Michael JacksonSebastian Bach28 (9, 10, 9)0"Always on My Mind"-Willie NelsonJon Lovitz28 (9, 9, 10)3 (Sebastian)"Rebel Yell"-Billy Idol
Week 4 Running order CelebrityScoreExtra PointsMusicSebastian Bach50 (17, 16, 17)6 (Jon)"We Are the Champions"-QueenLandry Fields58 (19, 19, 20)0"Starships"-Nicki MinajJon Lovitz47 (16, 15, 16)0"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"-Meat LoafLisa Rinna58 (20, 19, 19)12 (Landry and China)"Baby"-Justin BieberChina Anne McClain59 (20, 19, 20)12 (Sebastian and Lisa)"Girl on Fire"-Alicia Keys Week 4 was a "Double Points" week, where the judges individually scored each singer out of a 20 instead of the previous 10 and the celebrities could give another celebrity 6 extra points rather than the previous 3.
Week 5 Running order CelebrityScoreExtra PointsMusicChina Anne McClain30 (10, 10, 10)6 (Lisa and Landry)"Living in America"-James BrownLisa Rinna28 (9, 10, 9)3 (Jon)"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"-Cyndi LauperJon Lovitz30 (10, 10, 10)0"Oh, Pretty Woman"-Roy OrbisonLandry Fields28 (9, 10, 9)3 (China)"U Can't Touch This"-MC Hammer
Week 6 Running order CelebrityNumber of Judges Votes to WinMusicLisa Rinna0"Material Girl"-MadonnaLandry Fields0"Tutti Frutti"-Little RichardChina Anne McClain2 (Darrell and Debbie)"The Greatest Love of All"-Whitney HoustonSpecial Performances Music Jon Lovitz & Sebastian Bach"Sexy and I Know It" -LMFAODebbie Gibson & Darrell Hammond"I Got You Babe"-Sonny & Cher
Revival possibilities In June 2014, Debbie Gibson, one of the judges, lent her support to efforts to renew Sing Your Face Off for a second season. However, ABC has not announced any plans for a second season.
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