Liveblog after the jump!
Nick is giving us the run-through of the final groups. I kinda don't care, but I'm interested to see the performances with the judges to see what they do. I LOVED Ben's performance with Street Corner Symphony last year. They were such a good fit.
Looks like a Michael Jackson medley? They're starting with a slowed down version of The Way You Make Me Feel, which seems to be inspired by the version in This Is It. Now it's fast again. It's still a rather large group since the Dartmouth Aires has like 500 members. It's also become apparent that this isn't a medley. It's just The Way You Make Me Feel, but this time with a rap solo. God, I hate that PenTatonix guy. Big finish with their fedoras being thrown into the audience.
Cue unnecessary opening credits...
Nick, as always, struts that ass up to the front of the stage. Oh look, he's wearing a jacket tonight because it's the finale and all and he can't look like a schlep. Nick promises that we will see two of the most powerful performances ever seen on this show before introducing the judges and telling us Ben has a new album out now. Shawn is wearing a tuxedo. Which goes nicely, FINALLY, with Sara's lounge singer look.
PenTatonix is shown in their vignette at The Trevor Project to help bullied youths. I missed what happened after that because I forgot to make a payment on a credit card and was being harassed by some customer service person who apparently had no idea that I made the payment already. I don't even know what song this is that they're singing. Is this one of the most powerful performances I have ever seen on this show? I think they sound out of tune. Maybe I'm just annoyed by that phone call. I still hate that guy. They're all crying and hugging.
Judges? Why do we need to hear from them again? 'merica! voted already.
Sara is so proud of them and congratulates them.
Ben gives Avi and Kevin props as always. He thinks they're amazing.
Shawn thinks they're amazing because there are three soloists. OK, so now Mitch is a soloist? I guess he was being teased about being gay, also, which I missed thanks to the credit card lady.
Ugh. Break time!!! Smokey Robinson and his weird eyes will be on the show tonight.
Vocal Point is up in a box singing something us into the break. They're really pulling out all the stops to waste time tonight, aren't they?
And we're back!!!
I guess they're all supposed to go to charity work for the show. Urban Method is at the Sickle Cell Foundation. They're wrapping presents with kids and putting canned food in boxes. I suppose this is better than the usual "I don't know how we're ever going to arrange this song!" vignettes the producers waste time with. One of the girls in Urban Method has a sister or some sort of family member with Sickle Cell Anemia. Mike also has a cousin with the disease. They are shown singing and dancing with the kids.
OK, time for the performance. They are singing some song I hate, Stereo Something or Other by Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine. Oh, this song is much better sans Adam Levine. I liked a Maroon Five song last year performed by Committed because they weren't Adam Levine. So it really is just him that I hate. Sorry, Adam Levine, I know it will be hard for you to carry on knowing I hate your air bubble caught in your throat voice. The audience and other contestants are all clapping along with this one. Probably because Adam Levine wasn't involved.
Judges? Waste some time for us...
Shawn cracks me up when he responds to Nick's questions sometimes. Shawn says he likes them because they have shown us a new kind of a capella that he just called hip hop-apella.
Sara wants to give a shout out to the ladies and all their rump shaking. Which is totally true. They shook their asses more than anyone else on this show.
Ben thinks they have a massive sound every time they go out there and that a lot of it is due to the production.
Who's singing us to break this time? Oh, no break, just straight to the Aires. Producers? Why do you do this shit? You waste time on purpose and then you're like, "shit! We have no time for this!"
Anyhoo, the Aires are playing golf for stroke victims. Michael's mother had a stroke, which is why they've chosen this charity. Now they're singing Midnight Train to Georgia for them.
They're singing some Meatloaf song that I missed For whatever reason, they aren't flashing the title onscreen like they usually do. OK, so they're using the other groups to dance now? Delilah was just shown in their box dancing along with them and it looked choreographed. There they are again. OK, now one of them was just pulled onstage with them and is singing with them. They're so theatrical. I enjoy the Aires, but I don't think they'll win. This is the "let me sleep on it" song. I guess they're my favorite group left, but my favorites never win, so there's a prediction for you. You know what I could have used? More Hollywood. And kiiiiiiiiiiiiicks. By Hollywood.
Judges? Waste time! But we can't waste time! But waste it anyway.
Ben says he loved that song and says they stick out among the zillions of collegiate a capella groups because of their theatrics and Michael.
Shawn wants to first commend all three groups on their charity work. He says they're just damn good and don't ever hold back. He thinks they fill the room up with a wall of sound and congratulates them on making the final episode.
Sara's favorite trait of this group is how much fun they have with each other and LOVES Hollywood's hair and jazz hands. Well, duh, Sara. Who doesn't love Hollywood? They will be singing with Ben Folds later. And I forgot to mention that Sara will be singing with Urban Method and they didn't mention it, but I guess Shawn will be with PenTatonix.
OK, so now who's singing us to break? Oh, no one, because the producers don't know how to time anything. Break time!!!
And we're back!!!
Now Nick's wearing a leather jacket. So he's singing with someone? He's gonna sing with PenTatonix and is making them sing Una Noche, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Oh man. I love Nick again. They're all claiming to be huge Nick Lachey fans and he says he wasn't aware that he was dancing. "Don't people know that 98 Degrees was the only boy band that didn't dance?" Ben introduces them and calls Nick the Stallion of the Sing Off.
Nick's really excited to be singing because seriously, who asks him to sing these days? Wow, he's a stiff-ass dancer. They should have just put him on a stool and danced around him. He's actually singing pretty well and I'm enjoying not hearing Scott. Kirsty is singing in Spanish, exclaiming, "Ai, papa!" I thought it was "papi," but I'm not familiar with the 98 Degrees catalog or the Spanish language. Nick is really dragging down their choreography, or choreogriphony, as Kim would say.
Nick gives all the boys bro handshakes (you know what those are) and Vanessa Manillo is shown beaming in the audience as her man relived his boy band glory. He is hella sweaty and tells them they should all tour together. Dude, he's way out of breath and soaking wet, haha. Homeskillet needs to forget about his pecs for a while and hit the elliptical.
The Deltones are singing us to break with The Edge of Glory. See, the producers have no excuse for this. There should be a group singing us into every break, but they mismanage the time so horribly and have all season (and that was with TAPED shows). I have a little bit of experience doing this, so producers, if you're hiring...call me!
Break time!!!
And we're back!!!
Nick's back in his regular suit jacket and someone has wiped all the sweat off his body.
Urban Method will be singing Sara's new song with her. Once again, she's wearing an...odd dress.
Never Get Over You is the name of the song. Mike calls her Sara Breezy, and I think that's because he can't pronounce her name. I mean hell, she can't pronounce it either. Look it up and note that it's French. She has the girls in the group dressed almost as horribly as her. This song is definitely one of hers. I'm not saying they all sound the same, but there's definitely a running theme.
Afro Blue and everyone's favorite "why is she in the group," Eliza are singing Let Your Hair Down? Wait, that's not the name of the song. It's a Corinne Bailey Ray song.
Break time!!!
And we're back!!!
Ben is singing Not The Same (not familiar with that one) with The Dartmouth Aires and he wants the audience to sing along. So far, it's not a disaster. I like Ben Folds' voice, but whenever he sings on this show, it's apparent that he doesn't have a classically good voice by any means. They're all having fun with jazz hands even though this is a pretty serious song. Sara knows this song and is rockin' out while Shawn pretends to know what it is...OK, he didn't pretend to know what it was at all. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! He just said, "thank you 'merica!" I love anyone who says 'merica!!!
The Yellow Jackets are singing us to break with that Waving Flag song. Someone needs to hold up a lion cub.
Break time!!!
And we're back!!!
Apparently it's a battle of the sexes thing and all the female performers will be singing together. We are now treated to a time-wasting vignette about how this is "the season of the ladies." Sure. They're all singing Natural Woman, by Aretha Franklin. Oh wait, it's just the girls of the top ten. I see a lot of bad dresses in the preview...and I see bad dresses onstage now.
I'm pretty sure all of these dresses were worn at some point by Sara. Ruby's back!!! Sassy black lady!!! These dresses, sorry to get back to the fashion, but they are not flattering at all. And they just look so cheap. This is a good song and it's cool to see all these women singing it, but the dresses are just SO HIDEOUS. I think Sara must also do the wardrobe, at least for the girls. The girls are all onstage hugging and doing fake air kisses to each other.
After the break, the boys are singing "Bruce Springsteen's most epic hit." And North Shore is singing The Lazy Song into break. North Shore is best remembered for ruining a Huey Lewis song.
Break time!!!
And we're back!!!
There are a million boys onstage, you know, because it's the year of the diva on this show. They're doing Born to Run, which is his most epic hit. I thought it was Born in the USA. Why am I just now noticing that Mike from Urban Method spells his name with a y? I'll just pretend he doesn't because that is totally lame.
Michael and Scott are front and center, which isn't a surprise. Also, it's because they don't have enough money in the leather budget to give everyone a leather jacket. I don't know if this is quite how "The Boss" imagined this song. The white guy with the curly hair from the Aires does a good Bruce, by the way. Michael was on hands and knees headbanging. I also hope Mike/Myke doesn't rap.
OK, I get it now. The guy/girl songs are the most powerful performances we've ever seen on this show. My pick for most powerful performance ever is Fix You from last season. Still chokes me up.
Delilah is singing us to break with that Bruno Mars song where he threatens to throw himself in front of a train. He totally needs to find a new girl to hang out with if she's always having grenades thrown and guns pointed at her.
Break time!!!
And we're back!!!
There is still over a half an hour left, so they plan on wasting HELLA time. Afro Blue is singing You Really Got A Hold On Me with Smokey Robinson and his plastic surgery face. Have they ever given the number four group a slot like this on the finale before? God, his eyes creep me out so much. His face has been pulled so tight and I don't know what is up with his eyes. All's I know is I will have nightmares later. They're so green! And he can't move his face. The combination is so bad. He also looks like he chooses a person to stare at and it creeps me out. Anyhoo, yay for Afro Blue coming back!
The Collective is singing I Will Survive into the break and Ruby is workin' it! Nick also lied and said we were moments away from revealing the winner, but it's 9:30. We are about 29 minutes away.
Break time!!!
And we're back!!!
Oh, so I guess they're eliminating one of the groups now...
Ugh, seriously, more judge commentary? I really hate how much time they waste on this show. I'm not going to transcribe the comments at all. I can tell you that there are a lot of cliches about never giving up.
Wow, they wasted a lot of time because I went downstairs to take my dog out to pee and when I came back, they eliminated Urban Method. Hmmm...maybe Urban Method and PenTatonix split the vote. I wonder if they get an undisclosed monetary prize for coming in third. That seems to be pretty common on competition shows (if the Real World/Road Rules Challenge kids get paid, I don't see why these guys wouldn't).
Their Swan Song is that Diddy Dirty Money and Skylar Grey (I totally corrected that - I thought it was TI...and is he really going by Diddy Dirty Money these days? What a douche!) Comin' Home song. The girls are crying and having a hard time and I don't blame them. It's got to be hard to get that far and lose.
Break time!!! I guess they already sang us into break.
And we're back!!!
So I guess they're doing the final elimination now. How will they waste time now? There are still 15 minutes to go. Ugh. OK, montage time. I'm not recapping this either. I bet I could take Buff out again (she can't see anything, so it takes some time) and not miss the reveal. But I won't since she just went. The Aires' vignette is up first and PenTatonix's will be shown next unless they have something else to waste time with planned for us.
Break time!!!
"So here's what's gonna happen: we're gonna go to commercial, sheeee. And when we come back, we're gonna waste more time, sheeeeee." - The Sing Off director
And we're back!!! There's a cheesy golden microphone trophy behind Nick, but oddly off to the side.
It's the moment of truth! Who's gonna get $200,000 and the recording contract? Whose dreams will be crushed? Cue dramatic music...
Jesus Christ, please stop with the commentary on each group. He just said, "Dartmouth Aires, are you the Sing Off champions?" They looked at him like, "uh, you tell us," as the audience laughed at him toying with their emotions.
The winner is...ta ta ta today, Junior!!!...................seriously....PenTatonix. I think I called that a long time ago. The Aires, in a show of good sportsmanship, rush over to hug the winners. Are people chanting USA? I have no idea what's going on. The poor Aires don't even get to sing a swan song. Scott has no idea what to say. We have to go online to see the Aires' swan song? LAME. How anticlimactic. PenTatonix is singing Eye of the Tiger.
Way to go, producers. You totally effed up the timing so bad on the show that the runners up were denied their swan song. Idiots.
Oh yeah, next week there will be a Sing Off Christmas special. I don't know if I'll liveblog it. But it might mean that Nick gets to sing again, so I might.
Anyhoo, thanks for reading!!! If you'd like to keep reading liveblogs, I'll gladly take suggestions for reality shows to cover in the comments. See y'all next week (most likely).
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