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  • What the [bleep]?

  • You can't do this to me!

  • I created "Sing It!"

  • I birthed it from my vagina, you [bleep]!

  • Welcome to "Celebration Tonight."

  • Television is abuzz with the drama surrounding "Sing It!"

  • the longest-running television singing competition.

  • For as long as we can remember,

  • the world has been captivated

  • watching unknown singers achieve their dreams.

  • Baa baa, black sheep

  • Have you any wool? ♪

  • Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full

  • You're out.

  • Ohh.

  • Kind of liked him.

  • And now longtime executive producer Bradley Datner

  • has suddenly exited the show in what the network

  • is calling a mutually amicable parting of the ways.

  • 'Cause this is gonna [bleep] you up!

  • "Sing it"? More like "Suck It!"

  • Did you get my dick on camera? [bleep]!

  • Rumor has it longtime executive producer

  • Stacey Needles is poised to take the helm.

  • The show's fate will lie in the hands

  • of whoever takes over this once hit series.

  • Hi, Megan.

  • Which look do you like better?

  • Thanks, Stacey!

  • Can you sign this so I can learn to forge your signature?

  • That was Brad's way of doing things because he got too lazy.

  • I want to read everything before my name goes on it,

  • except birthday cards. Feel free to forge those.

  • Thanks, Stacey.

  • Yo, man, I don't think so.

  • [contestant singing]

  • Hey.

  • ♪ ...no sound

  • No one hears the silent tears... ♪

  • How old is this one again?

  • 16.

  • Think we've found this season's soprano jailbait.

  • What's her deal?

  • Loves her parents, Jesus,

  • captain of her softball team.

  • Ucch. Vanilla. We need to pimp her story.

  • Get the writers on it stat.

  • You always have a plan, Stace.

  • Don't drop my "Y."

  • So beat down on me, beat down like a waterfall

  • ♪ 'Cause, baby, I am ready to be free

  • [singing in Korean]

  • What is with those gloves?

  • Oh, she never takes them off.

  • Must be a Chinese good luck thing.

  • I'm Korean.

  • Must be a Korean good luck thing.

  • Well, good luck tonight.

  • Mm-hmm. Konnichiwa.

  • Gee, gee, gee, baby, baby, baby

  • Gee, gee, gee, baby, baby, baby

  • Big day for you, Stacey.

  • I got you a little congrats gift.

  • Thank you.

  • It's from my product line that's in beta.

  • I'd really like your feedback.

  • Okay.

  • Out.

  • Okay.

  • Oh, remember,

  • Troy loves you.

  • Peww peww peww peww.

  • Peww.

  • Peww.

  • [sighs]

  • The years paid off.

  • Hello, hello!

  • I have a big announcement.

  • Stacey...

  • I would like you to meet Drew Davies.

  • Hi. Nice to meet you.

  • Do you work with Marcy at the network?

  • No.

  • Is this the bike messenger

  • you've been hooking up with?

  • Oh, no.

  • Do you want to tell me who it is

  • so we can get to the big news?

  • Actually, I am the big news.

  • I'm the new executive producer of "Sing It!"

  • That's my big announcement.

  • Boom! Captured. [laughs]

  • Welcome to "Sing It's" Arab Spring,

  • the day "Sing It!" became relevant again.

  • [mouths words]

  • Oh, wait. You're not smiling.

  • Let's do that again.

  • Yeah.

  • Whoa, oh oh oh, oh oh

  • Whoa, oh oh oh, oh oh

  • Whoa oh

  • Whoa, oh oh oh, oh oh

  • Whoa, oh oh, oh oh

  • Whoa, oh oh, oh oh

  • What the balls, Marcy?! I've been busting my ass,

  • and then you step on my throat in your Prada boats?

  • [gasps] Do you love 'em?

  • I couldn't decide between brown or black, so I got 'em both.

  • Marcy, I haven't left this building in years.

  • I have missed birthdays, anniversaries,

  • my mother's funeral.

  • I haven't had a guy inside me that I remotely like

  • since before Obama was in office,

  • and that includes when he was a senator.

  • I'm sorry about your mom and your vagina.

  • Who is this guy?

  • Drew made that documentary piece

  • about how "Sing It!" is ruining the music industry.

  • Does he have any TV experience?

  • Experience is overrated,

  • and I can tell you that from experience.

  • So no show-running background?

  • Well, he graduated from film school at NYU,

  • and he was almost nominated for an Oscar

  • for his documentary "The Day After Yesterday."

  • That's today.

  • Oh, my God. I just got that.

  • He is so deep.

  • Okay, um, how could you hire someone

  • with no TV experience to take over my show?

  • Stacey, have you even seen his documentary on "Sing It"?

  • It's on my Netflix queue

  • of things never to watch.

  • I am in the goddamn trenches

  • on the goddamn floor every goddamn night.

  • I don't have time to pee,

  • let alone watch someone criticize my show.

  • I know a guy who can hypnotize you to only pee on the weekends.

  • That's it. I quit. I'm out.

  • Stacey! Stacey, Stacey, stay right where you are.

  • Listen. Drew is good for our P.R.

  • [scoffs]

  • Respected music snob disses show,

  • claims he can fix it.

  • Network gives him the opportunity.

  • If the show becomes a beast again,

  • Drew has a notch in his belt, and he heads off to make more documentaries,

  • and then we hire you for 70% of his salary.

  • If it's a disaster, we fire him.

  • Then you take over at 60% of his salary.

  • So either way, I take over.

  • At 50% of his salary.

  • And just so you know,

  • this did not come from me. It came from the higher-ups.

  • They wanted to shake things up, so...

  • Okay, Drew, Stacey is going to show you the ropes

  • and give you your tour.

  • For the record, Drew,

  • the folks up top did not want a big shake-up.

  • I fought hard for you.

  • Whoever was in here before

  • had a lot of "Sing It! mementoes.

  • Pretty maudlin, right?

  • Let's get this tour over with so I can get back to work.

  • Oh.

  • Who's this handsome fella?

  • Troy Blue, Meet Drew Davies.

  • The Drew Davies,

  • as in "'Sing It!' is cancer to music,

  • but could be cured," Drew Davies?

  • I have a noose in my office with your name on it.

  • He's our new executive producer.

  • The Drew Davies?

  • [laughs]

  • As in the brilliant filmmaker?

  • Oh, wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-what I meant was--

  • is--is--is--is--is-- is that I have a noose-paper

  • in-in my office with your name on it,

  • so you can just swing on by and--

  • Ooh, is that your special lady?

  • Yep, that's my Nina, four years strong.

  • She's in Sierra Leone.

  • She's working with Doctors Without Borders,

  • curing Ebola patients.

  • Ohh! And I just shook your hand.

  • I haven't seen her in six months.

  • Ohh! And I just shook your hand?

  • Nah, I'm just messing with you.

  • [whispers] I masturbate, too.

  • Well, as the irreplaceable face of "Sing It!"

  • I present to you

  • this basket of expensive lotions

  • as a welcome gift,

  • so enjoy the pineapple.

  • It's fromxico.

  • Okay, so this is grunt city,

  • P.A.s, researchers, assistants.

  • Got it. Gonna meet and greet.

  • Great.

  • Hey, boss.

  • As your new assistant,

  • I brought you a coffee as a peace offering.

  • Well, you're gonna want to give it to Genius Bar over there.

  • He's your new boss.

  • I know.

  • Troy already tweeted it.

  • I just wanted to make you say it.

  • Drew, meet Luke Crane, your new assistant.

  • Oh, okay. Cool.

  • Oh.

  • Paralysis is cool.

  • Spinal-cord injuries are cool.

  • What, you're gonna go meet up

  • with your hipster buddies tonight,

  • brag about what a generous guy you are while you eat

  • your artisanal street tacos, aren't you?

  • So openhearted.

  • Hmm.

  • You know, I didn't realize

  • that my initial response to somebody in a wheelchair

  • being my personal assistant was to placate

  • and pretend like it wasn't a concern.

  • That was false of me.

  • I strive for better.

  • I look forward to working with you, Luke.

  • Sweet. That's sweet.

  • This is home away from home.

  • Stacey, here's that audition highlight reel

  • you were asking for.

  • Great.

  • [singing poorly] ♪ Girl

  • ♪ I'm afraid to tell you

  • That I want you, baby

  • [half-singing] ♪ Sweet land of liberty

  • Of thee, I sing

  • Twinkle, twinkle, little star

  • How I wonder what

  • ...you are.

  • How is this a highlight reel?

  • These people are abysmal.

  • The audience loves it.

  • That's why we pay them to suck.

  • You do what?

  • We hire actors to be bad.

  • Sorry, abysmal.

  • You're in charge, and you don't know

  • the most obvious thing about reality television?

  • Well, I know it needs to stop.

  • Rock-a-bye, baby

  • In the treetop... ♪

  • Anyway, this is typically where we watch the show from.

  • No, no, no, no.

  • There are too many barriers.

  • This control room

  • gets between us and the singers.

  • The overblown production

  • gets between the singers and the audience.

  • We need to tear down those barriers

  • if we want the viewers

  • to connect to the music.

  • Or we could just go to everyone's house and sing to them.

  • Well, if the ratings get any lower,

  • we might actually have to do that.

  • WOMAN: I don't give a rat's ass about excuses!

  • We have a day to make, people!

  • Do you hear me?!

  • Even though we all hate the new douche-bag E.P.,

  • you need to get it together for the show tonight!

  • First impressions matter!

  • [cheerful] Okay, lunch.

  • Enjoy your meal, guys. Work hard, relax hard.

  • Oh, Stacey. Sorry. I'll get back to work.

  • Uh, hold on.

  • Someone I want you to meet.

  • I'm the new douche bag

  • that everybody already hates.

  • Oh, my God.

  • Idiot.

  • I am so sorry.

  • Kori's the stage manager.

  • Oh, and what does a stage manager do?

  • She finishes your tour.

  • [sighs] Hi. Really, I'm so sorry.

  • It's okay.

  • I know I need to prove myself

  • and learn from everybody, yourself included.

  • No producer has ever wanted to learn from me before.

  • Are you trying to seduce me?

  • No, I'm not.

  • Oh.

  • What's with Stacey?

  • Can you explain the unrelenting 'tude?

  • Probably not my place to say this,

  • but, uh, everybody just assumed that Stacey would be taking over.

  • She's worked years for this.

  • Oh, how did I not pick up on that?

  • [scoffs] Idiot.

  • Sorry.

  • Hey.

  • I brought you some coffee.

  • What's this?

  • A peace offering.

  • [sighs]

  • Stacey, I had no idea that they gave me your job.

  • It was never my job.

  • Well, I know that if this happened to me,

  • I would hate me, too,

  • and I don't want you to hate me.

  • This is an unfair situation for both of us.

  • Ohh. Well, I can see how this sucks for you.

  • It does.

  • 'Cause the person I need to count on the most

  • already wants to shove Troy's mike up my ass.

  • Stacey, your "Sing It!" app is ready to go!

  • An app? Like it. What's it for?

  • Uh, it's just something I've been working on.

  • It lets the audience vote for their favorite contestant.

  • That's great!

  • One glitch.

  • I'm getting rid of audience voting.

  • Run that by me again?

  • These shows are always won by a pretty face

  • or a splashy costume.

  • I mean, we can't be music prom anymore.

  • So let me get this straight.

  • You're taking away the one thing

  • that engages an already dwindling audience?

  • From now on, the audience doesn't vote.

  • The judges do.

  • Excuse me just one moment.

  • [screams]

  • If I had known that being a judge

  • would involve actual judging,

  • I never would have agreed to do this.

  • No, I sit.

  • I look pretty.

  • Or hungover.

  • Uh-huh.

  • And then the audience has to be the bad guy.

  • I--I will not be your bad guy.

  • I don't want you to be the bad guy.

  • I want you to be the real guy.

  • There's only two judges,

  • so if we don't vote the same, you're screwed.

  • That's why, starting next week,

  • I'm bringing in a third guest judge.

  • I'm calling my agent.

  • #PopStarsLivesMatter.

  • Holli, when you split with Destiny, you self-destructed.

  • People waited for you to be the next train wreck,

  • to shave your head or throw eggs at your neighbors.

  • Are you trying to neg me?

  • 'Cause it's kind of working.

  • You had one of the best solo pop albums ever,

  • "Holli-Luyah."

  • Oh, some may call it pretentious.

  • Look who's talking.

  • I found it to be genius.

  • A pop star who writes her own songs?

  • The people need to rediscover the real you,

  • and in the process, you will help find the next Holli.

  • [sobs] Okay, I'll do it!

  • Ahh!

  • What about you, Barry?

  • Oh, people take me seriously.

  • I'm one of the most successful

  • record producers of all time.

  • I have a house in Malibu I built just for my Grammys.

  • Yeah, but you don't even produce anymore.

  • Your only contribution to young talent

  • in the last five years has been anxiety and eating disorders.

  • Tell me about it.

  • He said, "Young."

  • See, this is what I'm talking about.

  • You've become a caricature.

  • You have an opportunity

  • to be one of the only judges on a singing show

  • who actually judges.

  • Just your extraordinary taste

  • and expertise.

  • Come on, Barry.

  • Go on this journey with me.

  • You really care about the music?

  • It's my whole existence.

  • [sobs] Okay, I'll do it.

  • I'll do--

  • No, but seriously, I'll do it.

  • Seriously?

  • [theme music playing]

  • Yeah, yeah

  • Hey, hey, hey

  • Hey, yeah

  • Oh!

  • Oh! Oh! Oh!

  • Yes! Yes!

  • Yes! Come on, now!

  • Hello, everybody!

  • Welcome back to...

  • "Sing It!"

  • "Sing It!"

  • After an interesting

  • and grueling audition process,

  • Now comes everyone's favorite part,

  • where we crush more dreams.

  • We're about to go from 12 contestants

  • down to our 10 finalists, who will earn their colors.

  • And for the first time ever,

  • the judges hold all the cards.

  • And may I add this also gives more weight to the competition.

  • You can't just get by on a pretty face

  • and a $5,000 suit.

  • Isn't that right, Troy?

  • AUDIENCE: Ooh!

  • Ooh.

  • More fun buddy banter from me and Barry later.

  • [cheering]

  • [music playing]

  • Oh, baby, baby

  • Whoo!

  • Oh, baby, baby

  • How was I supposed to know

  • That something wasn't right, yeah? ♪

  • Oh, baby, baby

  • ♪ I shouldn't have let you go

  • But now you're out of sight, yeah

  • Show me how you want it to be

  • Tell me, baby, 'cause I need to know now

  • Oh, because

  • My loneliness is killing me

  • And I, I must confess

  • ♪ I still believe

  • Still believe

  • When I'm not with you, I lose my mind

  • Give me a sign

  • Hit me, baby, one more time

  • [cheering]

  • You've been getting to know the hopefuls all night.

  • Let's finally meet our youngest, Maisy Kelly.

  • [display sputters]

  • That is not Maisy.

  • [laughs]

  • Ah, damn it.

  • We have a corrupt file. Move.

  • What do you want us to do, Drew?

  • Uh, we--we could...

  • [laughs]

  • Um...

  • we--we could--

  • we could, uh--

  • Stall, Troy. We have a glitch.

  • Thank you.

  • Interesting factoid, ladies and gentlemen--

  • Maisy Kelly is only 16 years old,

  • which makes her the youngest contestant

  • to make it this far in "Sing It!" history.

  • Holli, Barry, thoughts on that?

  • Fixed. We're good, Troy.

  • Never mind. Well, let's get to know Maisy.

  • [applause] Go, Maisy! Whoo!

  • TROY: When little Maisy was born,

  • she could not speak.

  • We loved our little angel,

  • but we never thought we'd hear her voice.

  • Even her cries were silent.

  • TROY: But then one morning, everything changed.

  • I was in the kitchen singing the "Thong Song,"

  • and all of a sudden, she started to hum along.

  • And those hums turned into full-on singing.

  • She never looked back.

  • JON: Music gave Maisy her voice,

  • and we could not be more proud of how far it's taken us.

  • Her, I mean.

  • -Of course her. -Yeah.

  • [sighs] That was beautiful.

  • Don't tell me. Tell the writers.

  • Are you telling me that was fabricated?

  • Dude, seriously, how do you not know these things?

  • Is nothing on this show real?

  • Troy's suit really is $5,000.

  • That is the last time we produce anything

  • on this show that isn't 100% real.

  • You know I had lost hope

  • ♪ I was all alone

  • Never been so low until you came along

  • Teacher, I can feel the dots connecting

  • So beat down on me

  • Beat down like a waterfall

  • ♪ 'Cause I can take on

  • So much more than I had ever dreamed

  • So beat down on me, beat down like a waterfall

  • ♪ 'Cause, baby, I am ready to be free

  • Now I am invincible

  • No, I ain't a scared little girl no more

  • Yeah, I am invincible

  • What was I running for? ♪

  • ♪ I was hiding from the world

  • ♪ I was so afraid, I was so unsure

  • Now I am invincible

  • Another perfect storm

  • [cheering]

  • 10 of you will be represented by a color

  • that will be your beacon through the season.

  • But for two of you,

  • the world is about to fade to black.

  • TROY: Judges.

  • I thought all of you did--

  • I thought all of you were really, really so talented,

  • all of you, and none of you should go home.

  • None of-- No one should ever go home. I--

  • I'm so--I think you're great,

  • and I didn't-- I wasn't prepared

  • to choose to do-- to choose what--

  • to choose--Hahh!

  • I need a Xanax.

  • Ahh! Ahh!

  • [gasps]

  • Where's my Xanax?

  • Troy, throw to commercial.

  • We'll be back right after this breakdown.

  • I mean break.

  • Stacey, why did you break?

  • Holli's struggle is real.

  • Walk with me.

  • You do realize you're in charge, right?

  • On live TV, you need to deal with things immediately.

  • But things need to play out.

  • It's more earnest to see the angst and pain

  • from which great music is born.

  • Oh, my God. How much did your parents pay

  • for that pretentious bullshit?

  • [blubbering] No, no, no.

  • I cannot be the reason that some failed singer

  • becomes a drug addict.

  • Remember what I said, Holli,

  • about people's perceptions of you?

  • And now their perception of me will be

  • that I'm a dream-sucking vampire bitch.

  • Holli, don't look at it like you are taking away someone's dream.

  • Look at it like you are giving a dream to 10 deserving people.

  • [sniffles] So I'm like a-- a dream genie?

  • Like Xtina, but before

  • all the confusing sexual preferences.

  • STACEY: Yeah. Yeah.

  • Don't let a deserving person get screwed.

  • That's happened enough today.

  • Get back onstage.

  • [sighs]

  • That was really good.

  • I do what I have to do.

  • The show means everything to me.

  • See, I love that drive,

  • but getting rid of voting and fake stories

  • is just the beginning of what I need to do here.

  • And you've proven to me today

  • that I'm gonna need to have you onboard.

  • Right. Okay.

  • TROY: And with the judges' eliminations,

  • it is time.

  • Let's meet our Top 10!

  • With flash and showmanship, with a style all his own,

  • get on up, Freddy Traymont.

  • At only 16 years old, Maisy Kelly.

  • A former bus driver, Crystal Carl.

  • She's been street performing to pay for community college,

  • Adeline Murphy.

  • A married couple competing against each other,

  • Darrell and Darcy Docket.

  • He crept into America from the North,

  • Magnus Erikson.

  • A rocker ready to prove

  • that metal singers have talent, too,

  • Zack Tribbet.

  • An Orthodox Jew rapping his way into your hearts,

  • as long as it's not on the Sabbath,

  • Shimon Rabinowitz.

  • Her trademark gloves and energetic voice

  • make her a real contender, Sophie Chu.

  • There you have it,

  • your final 10 contestants for this season of...

  • "Sing It!"

  • "Sing It!"

  • [cheering]

  • Yeah!

  • This is gonna be...

  • This is gonna be...

  • the best season ever.

  • the worst season ever.

  • [music playing]

  • CROWD: Potvin sucks!

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