Great Pretenders (game show)

This article is about the American game show. For the British game show, see The Great Pretender (game show).

Great Pretenders
Genre	Game show
Written by	Shuki Levy Kussa Mahchi
Directed by	Barry Glazer
Presented by	Stacy Ferguson 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	October 31, 1998 (1998-10-31) – June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)

Great Pretenders is an American half-hour television music game show that originally aired on Fox Family and ran for four seasons from 1998 to 2002. ^[1] It was hosted by former pop trio Wild Orchid. ^[2] On the show, teenagers lip synced and danced ^[3] to their favorite songs for the chance to win prizes. ^[4] Their performances were subsequently judged by a live studio audience. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Lip Service
• Lip Sync Battle
• Puttin' on the Hits

References

1. TV Guide: Guide to TV. Barnes & Noble Books. 2004. p. 264. ISBN   0-7607-5634-1.
2. "11 Bands From The '90s That The World Could Have Done Without". Bustle. February 27, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
3. McDaniel, Byrd (April 29, 2019). "The profound, peculiar and most irritating sport of competitive air guitar". Quartz. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
4. 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.
5. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 12, 2001. p. 140.
6. 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.

External links

• Great Pretenders at IMDb