Great Pretenders (game show)

Great Pretenders is an American half-hour television music game show that originally aired on Fox Family and ran for about four seasons from 1999 to 2002. It was hosted by former pop trio Wild Orchid.[1] On the show, teenagers lip synced and danced[2] to their favorite songs for the chance to win prizes.[3] Their performances were subsequently judged by a live studio audience.[4][5]

Great Pretenders
GenreGame show
Written byShuki Levy
Kussa Mahchi
Directed byBarry Glazer
Presented byStacy Ferguson (1-3)
Stefanie Ridel
Renee Sands
Theme music composerThe Platters
Opening themeWe’re the Great Pretenders
Ending themeWe’re Still the Great Pretenders
ComposerWild Orchid
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkFox Family
Original release1999 (1999) 
2002 (2002)

See also

References

  1. "11 Bands From The '90s That The World Could Have Done Without". Bustle. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  2. McDaniel, Byrd (29 April 2019). "The profound,peculiar and most irritating sport of competitive air guitar". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  3. 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.
  4. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2001-05-12. p. 140.
  5. 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.


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