The Sing-Off Season 2 Finale: Committed Wins

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After a long night of Nick Lachey and needless dragging out of the announcement, Committed was finally named winners of The Sing-Off season two. The group will get $100,000 and a Sony recording contract (and of course, The Sing-Off trophy).

Street Corner Symphony finished second. The Back Beats came in third when the votes were read, and Jerry Lawson and Talk of the Town finished a surprising fourth. Not so surprising when you consider the voters of most of these talent shows are young.

The two hour Sing-Off finale event was ...long. It was approximately one hour too long. After the show did such a great night of squeezing an entire contest into five nights, they overdid the gala of the finale. It may have been a blessing in disguise though. The groups all sounded a little rusty in their first outings. By the second hour, when they were back to performing solo and the silliness was over.

The Sing-Off: Committed & Nine Other A Cappella Groups on the Season 2 Premiere

Tonight was the kick off of the second season of The Sing-Off, NBC’s answer for Glee fans. The a cappella singing competition was such a hit last year its made a triumphant return. Ten groups compete over five nights for a $100,000 prize and a recording contract.. oh, and the title of The Sing-Off Champs.

The contest is short, only five nights of network competition. A nice change from the usual dragging out on such talent shows. The talent is thick, every group sounds polished and until you hear every note of every performance it’s hard to pick a clear leader. In fact, there are only two drawbacks to watching The Sing-Off: Nick Lechey and Nicole Scherzinger. If you can stomach them for a minute or two between songs The Sing-Off is a great show.