The other night, flipping through the channels, I stumbled upon a new show on NBC, “The Sing-Off”. I watched an episode and quickly knew how I felt about it- it was the worst show I have ever watched. I couldn’t stand to watch it; I turned the show off after the first half hour. It was a bad combination of American Idol and America’s Best Dance Crew.

First of all, the singers didn’t sound good. The groups lacked grace and harmony. The performances were also lackluster. The contestants didn’t do anything that caught my attention during the performance to distract me from the mediocre singing. Most of the groups just stood around.

The performances weren’t the only thing that were bad- the judges were bad as well. They had no clue what they were talking about. Nicole Scherzinger, Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman would say someone sounded perfect, when actually, they didn’t hit any of the notes. The judging didn’t seem based on a criteria of good or bad, it seemed based on the judge’s reaction to the performance.

The the show was plainly unoriginal, as are the 20 other shows just like it. Next time I’m bored, instead of wasting my time, I think I’ll just watch the news.

by Taylor Bartram