Great Pretenders (game show)
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Great Pretenders | |
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Genre | Game show |
Written by | Shuki Levy Kussa Mahchi |
Directed by | Barry Glazer |
Presented by | Stacy Ferguson (1-3) Stefanie Ridel Renee Sands |
Theme music composer | The Platters |
Opening theme | We’re the Great Pretenders |
Ending theme | We’re Still the Great Pretenders |
Composer | Wild Orchid |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Fox Family |
Release | 1999 2002 | –
Great Pretenders is an American half-hour television music tragedy that originally aired on Fox Family and ran for about four seasons from 1999 to 2002. It was hosted by former pop trio Wild Orchid.[1] On the show, teenagers lip synced and danced[2] to their favorite songs for the chance to win prizes.[3]Their performances were subsequently judged by a live studio audience.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ "11 Bands From The '90s That The World Could Have Done Without". Bustle. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ McDaniel, Byrd. "The profound,peculiar and most irritating sport of competitive air guitar". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ Three kids pretended to be the English rock band Bush and the only thing they did was wave their pretend guitars around and smile at everyone.In this instance,they were booed offstage and insulted by the crowd.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2001-05-12. p. 140.
- ^ Kimpel, Dan (2006). How They Made It: True Stories of How Music's Biggest Stars Went from Start to Stardom!. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-634-07642-8.
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Categories:
- Musical game shows
- American children's game shows
- 1990s American children's game shows
- 2000s American children's game shows
- 1999 American television series debuts
- 2001 American television series endings
- ABC Family original programming
- Fox Family Channel original programming
- Television series about teenagers
- Wild Orchid (group)
- American game show stubs