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The first season of The Sing-Off premiered on December 14, 2009. The show featured eight a cappella groups performing popular songs live. The winner's prize was $100,000 and a Sony Music recording contract.[1] Nick Lachey hosted, while Ben Folds of Ben Folds Five, Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men and Nicole Scherzinger from The Pussycat Dolls were judges. The show ran for 4 episodes, concluding on December 21, 2009 with a live finale. The group Nota won the title.
Contestant | School | Finish | Number of members | |
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Nota San Juan, Puerto Rico | NA | |||
The Beelzebubs Medford, Massachusetts | Tufts University | |||
Voices of Lee Cleveland, Tennessee | Lee University | |||
The SoCals Los Angeles, California | University of Southern California | |||
MAXX Factor Baltimore, Maryland | NA | |||
BYU Noteworthy Provo, Utah | Brigham Young University | |||
Solo Omaha, Nebraska | NA | |||
Face Boulder, Colorado | NA |
Eliminated | Last safe | Safe | Third | Runner-up | Winner |
Date: | 12/14 | 12/15 | 12/16 (A) | 12/16 (B) | 12/21 | ||
Place | Group | Result | |||||
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1 | Nota | 1st (1) | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | Winner | |
2 | Beelzebubs | 1st (2) | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Runner-Up | |
3 | Voices of Lee | 3rd (1) | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | Third Place | |
4 | The SoCals | 2nd (2) | 4th | 4th | Eliminated | ||
5 | Maxx Factor | 3rd (2) | 5th | Eliminated | |||
6 | Noteworthy | 2nd (1) | Eliminated | ||||
7 | Solo | Eliminated (2) | |||||
8 | Face | Eliminated (1) | |||||
Order | Song | Result | |||
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Nota | 1 | "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz | Safe | ||
Voices of Lee | 2 | "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield | Last safe | ||
Face | 3 | "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi | Eliminated | ||
Noteworthy | 4 | "Think" by Aretha Franklin | Safe | ||
Beelzebubs | 5 | "Magical Mystery Tour" by The Beatles | Safe | ||
Maxx Factor | 6 | "Dancing Queen" by ABBA | Last safe | ||
The SoCals | 7 | "Somebody To Love" by Queen | Safe | ||
Solo | 8 | "Whatcha Say" by Jason DerĂ¼lo | Eliminated | ||
Swan songs | |||||
Face | 1 | "Home" by Daughtry | |||
Solo | 2 | "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor |
Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result | ||
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Beelzebubs | 1 | "Right Round" by Flo Rida | 7 | "Come Sail Away" by Styx | Safe | |
Noteworthy | 2 | "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay | 8 | "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips | Eliminated | |
Voices of Lee | 3 | "No One" by Alicia Keys | 9 | "Freedom! '90" by George Michael | Safe | |
Nota | 4 | "Down" by Jay Sean | 10 | "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees | Safe | |
The SoCals | 5 | "Already Gone" by Kelly Clarkson | 11 | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship | Safe | |
Maxx Factor | 6 | "Love Story" by Taylor Swift | 12 | "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse | Last safe | |
Swan song | ||||||
Noteworthy | 1 | "Happy Ending" by Mika |
Order | Song | Result | |||
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Nota | 1 | A medley of The Jackson 5: "I Want You Back", "I'll Be There" & "ABC" | Safe | ||
Beelzebubs | 2 | A medley of The Who: "Behind Blue Eyes", "Who Are You", & "Baba O'Riley" | Safe | ||
Maxx Factor | 3 | A medley of The Beach Boys: "God Only Knows", "Wouldn't It Be Nice" & "Good Vibrations" | Eliminated | ||
The SoCals | 4 | A medley of Journey: "Any Way You Want It", "Open Arms" & "Don't Stop Believin'" | Last safe | ||
Voices of Lee | 5 | A medley of The Beatles: "Paperback Writer", "Oh! Darling" & "All You Need is Love" | Safe | ||
Nota | 6 | "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel | Safe | ||
Beelzebubs | 7 | "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond | Safe | ||
The SoCals | 8 | "Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon & Garfunkel | Eliminated | ||
Voices of Lee | 9 | "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson | Last safe | ||
Swan songs | |||||
Maxx Factor | 1 | "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver | |||
The SoCals | 2 | "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake |
Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result | ||
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Voices of Lee | 1 | "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King | 4 | "Pocket Full of Sunshine" by Natasha Bedingfield (with Natasha Bedingfield) | Third Place | |
Beelzebubs | 2 | "Where is the Love?" by The Black Eyed Peas | 5 | "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore (with Nicole Scherzinger) | Second Place | |
Nota | 3 | "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers | 6 | "The Tracks of My Tears" by The Miracles (with Smokey Robinson) | Winner | |
Nota, Beelzebubs, Voices of Lee | 7 | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Darlene Love (with Nick Lachey) | ||||
8 | "Drive" by Bobby McFerrin (with Bobby McFerrin) | |||||
Nota, Beelzebubs | 9 | "Why Can't We Be Friends?" by War (with Ben Folds) | ||||
Swan songs | ||||||
Voices of Lee | 1 | "So Long, Farewell" from The Sound of Music | Third Place | |||
Beelzebubs | 2 | "We Gotta Get out of This Place" by The Animals | Second Place | |||
Victory song | ||||||
Nota | "Down" by Jay Sean (with Jay Sean) | Winner |
Episode Number | Airdate | Rating/Share (18-49) | Viewers (millions) | Rank (Night) | |
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1 | December 14, 2009 | 2.3/6 | 6.9 | 2[2] | |
2 | December 15, 2009 | 2.6/7 | 6.9 | 2 | |
3 | December 16, 2009 | 2.2/6 | 6.5 | 3 | |
4 | December 21, 2009 | 2.3/7 | 7.2 | 2[3] |