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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 | |
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Genre | Game show |
Written by | Shuki Levy Kussa Mahchi |
Directed by | Barry Glazer |
Presented by | Stacy Ferguson (1-3) 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 | 1999 2002 | –
See also
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edit- ^ "11 Bands From The '90s That The World Could Have Done Without". Bustle. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ McDaniel, Byrd (29 April 2019). "The profound,peculiar and most irritating sport of competitive air guitar". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2001-05-12. p. 140.
- ^ 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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