#the sing-off

[jules-has-notes]

The Sing-Off season 4 miscellany

While the show was airing (and in the years after), the guys and Honey posted some pictures and memories to social media that weren't specific to one episode. These are some of my favorites.

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Learning choroegraphy quickly can be a challenge, and waiting your turn can be a bore, but rehearsals are a little more fun when you're in the studio where The Wizard of Oz was filmed.

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The hectic schedule of a competition show is stressful, so little moments of routine can be a grounding force.

VoicePlay created that feeling in part by having lunches together at a nearby food court.

Earl liked the Hawaiian barbeque chain so much that he found one back in Florida in order to have the same meal while watching the premiere episode.

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Clothing also played an important part.

Geoff indulged in a bit of superstition, wearing his banana socks during filming for every episode.

Honey gave a shoutout to the company that made the kickass boots she wore for almost every episode.

Not to mention their conversation-starting costumes for the various episodes.

And the guys didn't just give out t-shirts to their fellow competitors. They also gave some to members of the production crew.

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Their schedule was pretty darn busy, but there was always time for shenanigans.

In particular, they had a running joke about what happened between segments.

And another about the show's stage manager.

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Wherever they go, VoicePlay brings the fun. 😃

#VoicePlay #Honey Larochelle #The Sing-Off #season 4 #behind the scenes #shenanigans

[harbingerofsoup]

there’s death of the author and then there’s whatever the fuck is up with danny phantom

#danny phantom #death of the author #most of the lore is fan made #a decent chunk of the fandom hasn’t even seen the show #one of the most beloved side characters isn’t an actual character #because we made him up based on a like 2 second clip #he’s not even the only widely accepted fan made character #because we spawned more from him #and we ba sing se-ed ourselves about phantom planet #dannypocalypse is also a thing #it doesn’t have anything to do with death of the author #but it’s important to me that we’ve pulled off a successful fandom apocalypse #every year since i think 2017

[aivy-saur]

So I went to my school's christmas concert yesterday and there's this band that got a lead vocalist that looks too much like Leona and it fucked me over so bad I couldn't stop myself from making this

#someone hurl me off a cliff rn #Twisted Wonderland #TWST #Disney Twisted Wonderland #Disney TWST #TWST Leona #Leona Kingscholar #Leona Kingscholar fanart #TWST fanart #my art #aivy is simping once again #the day they make Leona sing is the day I am getting my ass run over by a train I CANNOT DO THSI ANYTMOR

[ukulelekatie]

I cannot believe they marketed the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off animated series as a true-to-the-graphic novels adaptation with Bryan Lee O’Malley and the original movie cast (thus luring in both the movie fans and the graphic novel purists), set the first episode up to appear exactly like that’s what they were doing, and then at the last minute they went SIKE this is not the story you think it is. I’m obsessed

#also obsessed with emily haines from metric reprising her role as envy adams’ singing voice #scott pilgrim #scott pilgrim takes off #spoilers

[intricatedemonicrituals]

A List of Films That Don't End in Throuples But Should

What movies do you think I should add to the list?

#the princes bride is also on this list #I don't know what the throuple would be but I feel like it should have one #ferris bueller's day off #butch cassidy and the sundance kid #road to el dorado #star wars #star wars prequels #padme amidala #anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi #pirates of the caribbean #potc #red notice #tremors #spiderman #singing in the rain #princess bride #movie throuples #polyamory #lgbtqia #bisexual awakening #witches of eastwick

[dudethatsmyundeaduncle]

Had this Headcannon that when Multi-Lingual Dick and Jason get drunk they start singing Ballads in Spanish. Yeah some classical shit like Vicente Fernandez but also the most wild Selena you've ever heard.

#is this a post about Latinx Jason todd? Bitch it might be #Don't ask me about it tho cuz I'll deny it to my core #I imagine jason drunk off his ass belting No Me Queda Mas like he fuckin wrote the song #Dick's got Como la Flor Energy but he has ugly Sobbed NMQS too #they are so infamous for their drunk spanish ballads that they actually rub off on TIm #imagine young justice suprise when the whitest kid you've ever seen wasted on 7/11 liquor is hiccuping his way through a selena song #worst accent you've ever heard sounds like a dog from New Jersey learning to bark and yet the emotion is kinda on point #TIm denies it #refuses to believe he has ever done it #Dick and Jason get a copy of the video and someone edits a mash up of all three of them warble singing that banger #anyway this was a nothing post of nothing I made for myself #fr just for me #DC #Batman #Batfam #Jason todd #Tim drake #Dick Grayson

[allgremlinart]

inspired by @/mugentakeda's Jet + Iroh hostility doodles but I made it lesko (lesbian jetko) because. I can

#jetko #jet atla #allgremlinart #ok no more art for you guys for like a month. I have to finish these commissions so I can #pay off my student debt <- barely joking #yes their names r the same.. YES Iroh isnt genderswapped in this. its funnier. #hm.. Ba Sing Se lesbian Jet/Zuko/Jin love triangle... a race to see who can get this horrible girl to that fountain lantern place first..

[reactionimagesdaily]

#something interesting about the fact that the star is the one singing this #reaction image #reaction meme #daily reaction images #image mood: frick the frack off #submission

[felsicveins]

I think John Dory should have 7 (evil) exes and you have to defeat all of them in order to date him.

Choose your fighter 💥💪

#i probably wont make 7 ... probably #three is already enough to draw for #and tbf i dont think jd and cory ever dated?? #w/e!!!!!! #that means jd is ramona #then who is scott? we need a scott #and a wallace but hes straight? no ... i would never do that to a wallace parallel #anna kendrick is already there so thats easy #trolls #trolls 3 #trolls band together #brozone #trolls oc #trolls ocs #jd trolls #john dory #uhh #maybe it would be like a sing off rather than a fight #so whoever the scott parallel is would be a really really good singer #u know whats funny? jd isnt even my favorite brother #he might not even be second #but i like making little exs for him so what ever : )

[bagelcollie]

🎵🎤 ~

#I actually can't sing to save my life #*cries in off key

[nostalgicish]

happy (belated) birthday to @heavilycaffeinatedsblog !

#2251.5 Miles #this is one of my favorite fics ! #you should read it !!! #based off one that one scene where lance starts singing his favorite song all dramatically #heavily_caffeinated #voltron #vld #klance #keith kogane #lance mcclain #vld keith #vld lance #klance fic #klance fic rec #modern au #my art i guess #no i still have not learned how to shade and i never will #heavily

[jules-has-notes]

The Sing-Off, s.4 ep.7 — Finale

And then there were three. But in the spirit of the holiday season, the show brought back all ten groups for one last hurrah. Most of this episode feels more like an old school variety show than a competition, but the individual performances from the three finalists are all excellent.

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Group opener

It can be easy in the modern world to discount the impact that art has on people's lives. But in times of difficulty, we often turn to music for comfort and inspiration. If this version of Michael Jackson's classic anthem doesn't stir something inside you, I don't know what else to say.

Details:

title: Man in the Mirror

original performer: Michael Jackson

written by: Glen Ballard & Siedah Garrett

arranged by: The Sing-Off arrangers

air date: 23 December 2013

My favorite bits:

the gradual layering and building of complexity throughout the arrangement

featuring a few more soloists than previous opening numbers

the eliminated groups entering the upper stage-side boxes and from the audience aisles just in time for the big key change

alternating Emoni's gorgeous riffs and Austin's high "woo"s over the full chorus

ending the season as it began, with everyone together, and a well deserved standing ovation

Trivia:

Austin from Home Free was sick in the final days of the competition, and ended up whistling his vocal parts during rehearsals to preserve his singing voice for filming.

VoicePlay recorded their own version of this song eight years later, which ended up being their send-off video for J.None.

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Order of performances

Nick Lachey & Jewel — "It Had To Be You"

AcoUstiKats — "Jingle Bell Rock" bumper

Ten & Shawn Stockman — "Joyful, Joyful" from Sister Act 2

Street Corner Renaissance — "White Christmas" bumper

The Filharmonic — "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" bumper

Pentatonix — "I Need Your Love" by Calvin Harris, feat. Ellie Goulding

Calle Sol — "Feliz Navidad" bumper

Home Free — "I Want Crazy" by Hunter Hayes

98 Degrees — "I'll Be Home For Christmas" by Bing Crosby

Princeton Footnotes — "Deck the Halls" bumper

Vocal Rush & Ben Folds — "Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy" by David Bowie & Bing Crosby

Element — "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" bumper

VoicePlay — "Jingle Bells" bumper

Ten — "Love On Top" by Beyoncé

Home Free & Jewel — "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Meet Me In St. Louis

a cappella 101 tutorial

five eliminated groups with Pat Benetar & Neil Giraldo — "We Belong"

Vocal Rush — "Roar" by Katy Perry

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VoicePlay performance

[h/t to voiceplay_randomnness on IG for archiving this clip]

Give these guys forty seconds and a chance to riff on a classic song, and they'll give you three different musical genres that will all have you grooving in your seat.

Details:

title: Jingle Bells (commercial bumper)

original song: traditional American carol, first published as "The One Horse Open Sleigh" (1857)

written by: James Lord Pierpont

arranged by: VoicePlay

air date: 23 December 2013

My favorite bits:

staying true to their name by playing with the beats and harmonies

their outfits — The wardrobe department clearly had so much fun dressing them for every episode, and this is no exception.

Trivia:

VoicePlay have never recorded a traditional version of this song, but they've done two mashups that include it – "Bollywood Jingle Bells" on their 2012 holiday album "Peppermint Winter", and "Mission: Jingle Bells" as a promotional tie-in for the home media release of "Mission Impossible: Fallout" in 2018.

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A Cappella 101 segment

Nick and the other judges may have poked fun at Ben for his vocabulary, but music does have a lot of specific technical terminology and jargon. (Props to Chris Rupp for actually offering one serious answer among the jokes.) A little wordplay never hurt anybody, though.

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Tour announcement

I couldn't find a clip from the broadcast episode, but this promo video seems pretty legitimate.

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Group performance

If there was one consistent theme for the whole season, it could be expressed by one line from this song: "We belong together." Dozens of talented singers coming together to create beautiful harmonies and rhythms are sure to brighten someone's day. This performance certainly puts a smile on my face.

Details:

title: We Belong

original performer: Pat Benetar

written by: David Eric Lowen & Dan Navarro

arranged by: The Sing-Off arrangers

air date: 23 December 2013

My favorite bits:

all five groups starting with traditional a cappella phonations that replicate instrumental sounds

building to a powerful backing chorus

the percussive stomping and clapping in the final section

everybody leaning in for hugs at the end

Trivia:

VoicePlay were a little starstruck performing with one of the biggest pop stars of their childhoods.

Several of the competitors joked on social media during the broadcast about Neil Giraldo bringing an instrument into an explicitly a cappella show.

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And the winner is…

Congratulations, Home Free!

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With VoicePlay mostly being in the boxes or in the middle of big groups for this episode, we didn't get a great look at their full outfits, which is a shame. Luckily, they uploaded a bunch of backstage photos to their Facebook page.

VoicePlay's stalwart sound guy Paul and his mom were in the audience for the finale.

Vocal Rush's videographer shot some wandering videos of the post-finale party with competitors and crew members, as well as some friends and family. VoicePlay can be seen mostly in the background of the second video.

#VoicePlay #Honey Larochelle #The Sing-Off #season 4 #live performance #a cappella #music #video #Pat Benetar #long post

[arcade-emporia]

Had a dream that the Bachelor route of pathologic 2 came out and Daniil was SO small and SO angry that it was a gameplay feature… like his walking speed was abysmal but he’d walk faster if he got angry so ppl were finding ways to piss off npcs in conversation and timing it so that they’d just stop every now and then on their trek across town to argue with a drunkard and keep powerwalking

#there were maps on the subreddit of who had conversations available at different times in different places #and people were planning routes based off of this to maximize speed #insane #pathologic #bird sings

[shakingparadigm]

NOBODY is allowed to be happy and EVERYONE is doomed

#alnst #alien stage #ivantill #mizisua #this is also random but i associate mizisua with water and ivantill with fire. #and ivantill is fire in the way of meteors and the burn of fists against skin #the blazing star of a rebellious boy and the glow that reflects off of mesmerized black eyes #the red pupil within an expanse of black. light brought to a black hole. reverse supernova. something out of nothing #mizisua is water in the way mizi speaks of the ocean. the bubbly quality of her voice #the wide expanse of blue that stretches before them as sua sings and mizi watches from afar #the cold waters that they played in as children #the natural calming and easy flow of currents #the bright sky above them that paints the waters blue and by extension their memories as well #just like the blue stage lights that painted sua before her death #the flowing of tears onto her lifeless body #memories of bright blue stained with red #(i also associate mizi with water and jellyfish in general lol) #sorry that shit was so random

[digitus-medius]

She really thought she could quirky ukulele girl her way out of this with real eyes realize real lies

#it’s high time we stop letting theater kids wander off leash #colleen ballinger #Miranda sings #adam mcintyre #youtube

[lewdo]

it’s a love story, baby just say yes

#IM SORRY THE WAY OSCAR IS LOOKING AT LANDO #EXCUSE ME EXCUSE ME #BUT ALSO THE WAY LANDO LOOKS BACK AT HIM TO SING #FUCK OFF IM GOING INSANE #lando norris #ln #oscar piastri #op #f1 #formula 1 #my edits