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Hosted by comedian Rob Beckett, All Together Now is a singing competition with a twist. In each episode, a range of talented singers take to the stage eager to impress ‘The 100’ - TV’s biggest judging panel. Headed up by Spice Girl Geri Horner, The 100 are a unique mix of one hundred singers, experts and performers from every corner of the music industry.
The aim of the competition is simple. Each act hopes to get as many of The 100 singing along with their performance, because the more of The 100 who join in, the higher the act scores.
Each member of The 100 who joins in scores the act one point, but since The 100 are a broad mix of ages, music backgrounds, music interests and opinions, getting them all joining in and singing along is no easy task.
Every act is hoping they can score high enough to qualify for the series final and the chance to win the £50,000 series prize.
The Series
The main series consists of six episodes, comprising of five heats and the final.
During each heat, performers try to outscore their competitors in order to earn a seat on the top three podium. Whenever a performer scores high enough for a podium place, the act in 3rd place is eliminated as a result.
From each heat, two acts go through to the series final. Once all acts have sung, the 1st placed act with the highest score automatically goes through. The acts in 2nd and 3rd sing off against one another and the winner of that sing off earns the second qualification spot.
Prior to filming, all performers choose the song they want to sing. The 100 learn the words to all the songs before the show, but they don’t know who is going to come out and sing to them. Each song is approximately 90 seconds long, but importantly The 100 can only join in for the final 60 seconds as signified by a lighting change. This means that The 100 have the same amount of time to join in singing for every act.
In the event of a tied score, The 100 review the full performances of both acts on monitors in studio. Each member of The 100 decides which act they prefer and votes by pressing their button. The act with the most votes takes their seat on the podium, meaning that the act with the fewer votes either drops down a podium place or exits the competition.
In the event that the tiebreak vote is also tied, as captain of The 100, Geri Horner has the casting vote.
For the sing off at the end of the show, the scores for the acts in 2nd and 3rd place are reset to zero. They then perform a new song chosen from the sing off playlist, a collection of songs chosen by The 100 to really test them. It is possible that the same song is chosen by both acts.
During the sing off, performers will be able to see their scores in studio so will know how many of The 100 are joining in.
In the final, the ten finalists (the first placed performer and sing off winner from each heat) perform again in front of The 100 with a new song. This time, all three acts who finish in the top three podium seats sing again and the act with the highest score after this final sing off wins and is awarded the £50,000 cash prize.
The three acts who sing again at the end of the show, perform with a song of their choice.
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