Review of Don't Forget the Lyrics!

Wayne Brady was a great choice for this show because of his background in music. When he was on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, he was always their lead singer and had to perform to a variety of music styles. My complaints about the show are it's pacing, the setup for the Million Dollar Song, and a few of the contestants. The pacing starts off very fast and energetic, but then slows down drastically. There is a lot more banter between Wayne and the contestants, they will have them sing some of the songs over, they will go to only revealing a little bit at a time, and as result, fewer songs are sung as each segment passes. I think it is because they are trying to build the drama, and get the audience more involved in the contestant's lives, however I just find it annoying. That brings me to the Million Dollar Song. The producers have set it up to where I don't think anyone will ever even attempt it. I'm okay with it being from one of the previous categories that a contestant has already had, the knowledge that the song is a #1 hit, and that the guarantee bumps up from $25,000 to $100,000. My problem with it is that you don't get to see the songs in advance, once you decide to go for it, you have to take it, and you can't use any backups on it. Under those circumstances, who is going to risk it? Oh, and one last pet peeve, I wish some of these contestants would stop screaming at Wayne to lock in the lyrics, or when they have the white people trying to act like black people when they tell him to lock in the lyrics. It doesn't make you look cool, it just makes you look like an idiot.