The third season of the musical game show Everybody, Sing! premiered on the Kapamilya Channel on June 3, 2023, replacing the fifth season of The Voice Kids. The season ended on February 11, 2024, with 38 episodes: it was replaced by the third season of The Voice Teens.

Overview

On May 14, 2023, a five-second video was posted on the show's social media accounts, teasing the upcoming season. The teaser showcased the show's set, and also revealed the stage and the microphones. Additionally, the video displayed the date "05.15.23" at the center, hinting that there will be an announcement about the show on May 15. After May 15, the show began posting teasers for the new season, with Vice claiming that this season will be "bigger than ever" a week before the show's premiere. The season then premiered on June 3 and 4, 2023.

Timeslot

The show aired every Saturday at 7:15 pm and Sunday at 7:00 pm on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, A2Z and TV5, taking over the timeslot previously held by the fifth season of The Voice Kids. The show aired on a delayed telecast on A2Z to give way for the 2023–24 PBA season starting on November 5, 2023 until February 11, 2024.

Auditions

To audition for the show, individuals who are affiliated with a Songbayanan can participate by sending an email or direct message to the show's official social media accounts.

Changes

This season saw more changes than the previous season. The following changes were implemented:

Format

• Doubled number of participants: The maximum number of participants that can play was increased from twenty-five (25) in the first season to fifty (50) in the second season and one hundred (100) in this season, restoring the original number of participants since the show's debut in 2021.
• Doubled and increase of jackpot prize: The jackpot prize for a Songbayanan has been doubled from one million pesos (₱1,000,000) to two million pesos (₱2,000,000), with the possibility of exceeding the latter. Each player guarantees a potential cash prize of ₱20,000 or more, depending on the final result of their jackpot round.
• More interaction allowance: The face shields that appeared in the first and second seasons were removed to make way for the game room, which allowed Vice to be close to and interact with the players. Nonetheless, the show required all players to be fully vaccinated.

The changes were made possible due to the lowering of COVID-19 restrictions in the country.

Gameplay

• Celebrity guests: For the first time in the series, guest appearances will be weekly rather than every other week as they were in previous seasons. These guests may perform duets with or replace the resident bands' vocalists, or they may assist the host in providing clues for the answers during certain rounds.
• New games: Aside from the nine original games featured in previous seasons, two new games were added for this season: "Lights, Camera, Act-Sing" and "Sing-Tunog". Each group will participate in a specific game.
• Ultimate Everybody, GuesSing?: The jackpot round was divided into two parts, and the Songbayanan had a chance to win more than two million pesos (₱2,000,000).
• Golden Time Bonus: A revamped version of the Singko Segundo challenge of the previous season, each Songbayanan has a chance to add ten seconds to their timer in the jackpot round by correctly guessing the song title with the bonus attached.

Episodes overview

Legend

Re-runs

Some episodes may be rebroadcast after their initial airing date. This has occurred 18 times during the season, with one episode being re-broadcast twice (Engaged Couples).

Gameplay

Each week, a community group known as the Songbayanan will play in ten games; each game will be played by a group chosen by the ChooSera. This season features two new games in addition to the nine original games from the previous two seasons. Each correct answer contributes two to four seconds to the jackpot timer, and each player receives one thousand pesos (₱1,000). If a contestant does not respond or delivers an incorrect line, their line will be skipped, and the song will continue until all players have exhausted their attempts. Meanwhile, the jackpot round has been divided into two parts, which will be played before each episode concludes.

In each episodes broadcast, the first five games and the first round of the jackpot round are broadcast on Saturday, followed by the remaining five games and the final round of the jackpot round on Sunday. Every Sunday episode, TagaliSing and EngliSing ang Lyrics alternate as the first game of the episode and the sixth game to be played by each group.

Two of the original games that were featured in previous seasons (namely LipSing and ReverSing) were tweaked to accommodate the season's twists. Three of these games (all except for ReverSing) typically involve guest participation. Two new games (namely Lights, Camera, Act-Sing and Sing-Tunog) were first introduced on the first and second episodes, respectively.

LipSing

First introduced during the "25 Street Vendors" episode of season one, LipSing originally involved players guessing the lyrics by watching a video clip of a lip syncing the correct lyrics, while the audio is muted. For this season, a celebrity guest is also tasked with guessing the missing lyric. Note that the celebrity guests are not given the answer, they must also guess what the answer is. It is up to the player whether or not to trust the celebrity guest.

ReverSing

ReverSing is a game in which the players must transpose reversed lyrics back into their correct position. For this season, each player will be given two reversed lines instead of the usual one line to transpose; in order for this order to be correct, the player must sing the exact lyrics of those missing lyrics.

Lights, Camera, Act-Sing!

Lights, Camera, Act-Sing is a game that involves players guessing the song lyric based on the live actions provided by the celebrity guests.

Sing-Tunog

Sing-Tunog is a game that involves the player finding the correct song lyric by listening to a word that is similar to the actual song lyric as a clue. For example, if the missing lyric is "tanong" (question), the clue given may be "talong" (eggplant).

Ultimate Everybody, GuesSing?

This season's jackpot round, renamed as Ultimate Everybody, GuesSing, introduces a notable change from the previous two seasons, while retaining consistent rules: each player is limited to responding to a song title they know once by pressing their individual buzzer, and subsequent responses are not allowed. In this season, each Songbayanan must undertake the challenge of guessing a total of twenty songs throughout the weekend. The jackpot round is split into two segments, with each round airing before the conclusion of its respective episode. Similar to the previous season, participants earn ₱10,000 for each accurate guess of a song title.

Round 1 (Bonus Round)

The Songbayanan will collectively determine the number of songs they aim to guess using the accumulated jackpot time from the first five games, with a maximum limit of ten songs. The group's leader, known as the "Repre-SING-tative," will confirm the number of songs they believe they can successfully guess in this round. If they reach their target, their prize will be doubled (For example, if the Songbayanan manages to accurately guess their target of seven songs within the given time limit, their prize will be doubled to ₱140,000.) Once the target is set, they must identify the song titles using a word based on the Songbayanan, similar to the Singko Segundo challenge from the previous season.

Additionally, the number of unanswered song titles in this round will be disclosed and added to the count of songs the Songbayanan must guess in the second round of the next episode. If the Songbayanan reaches their goal but doesn't fully utilize their timer, the remaining time will be carried over to the next round.

Round 2

Utilizing the accumulated jackpot time from the last five games, including any unused time from the first round, the Songbayanan must respond to the remaining song titles on their board. Additionally, the Songbayanan is assigned the task of incorporating a Golden Time Bonus to a chosen song number. Upon successfully guessing the correct song title when the designated song number with the bonus is played, ten seconds will be added to their jackpot timer. The placement of the bonus on the board is decided by the Songbayanan before the round commences with their second "Repre-SING-tative," and their leader will confirm this with Vice.

In this round, the resident band will not vocalize the song using a word based on the Songbayanan as in the first round; instead, they will play the instrumental version of the song in play. If the Songbayanan accurately answers all twenty song titles, they will be rewarded two million pesos (₱2,000,000) on top of their pot money from the previous round, which will be distributed among all participants.

Legend

Celebrity guests

On a weekly basis, Vice would invite celebrity guests to serve as pinch-hitters for the resident band's vocalists and to assist him in providing clues for the answers during certain rounds. On Saturdays, Vice typically invites two celebrity comedians (Beki Velo appeared in every Saturday episode since episode 5) and a different celebrity vocalist on Sundays. Furthermore, some vocalists may perform original or cover songs, as well as songs performed by others.

The common games in which both guest comedians and singers participated were Lights, Camera, Act-Sing!, Lip-Sing, and The ChooSing One since the first episode, and Sing-Tunog beginning with the fourth episode, until it became a regular feature on the eighth episode. Ayu-Sing Mo and Tagali-Sing appeared only once on two separate episodes, the first and sixth, respectively.

Comedians

Each Saturday episode featured two comedians taking part in the games "Lights, Camera, Act-Sing" and "Lip-Sing." Four celebrity comedians have appeared during the season: Beki Velo, Didong, Divine Tetay, and Petite.

Petite made the most appearances (16), followed by Beki Velo with 14. Meanwhile, Didong had only appeared in four episodes (Sanitation Workers, Pharmacists & Botika Employees, Solo Parents, and Magbabalut), and Divine Tetay had only appeared in the first episode (Pulis).

Celebrity singers

Every Sunday episode, a different celebrity singer appears and is assigned to play two of the four games: Ayu-Sing Mo, Sing-Tunog, TagaliSing, and The ChooSing One. Celebrity singers frequently appear on the games The ChooSing One (all episodes) and Sing-Tunog (since episode 4, 8 to 38). Ayu-Sing Mo and Tagali-Sing appeared only once in two episodes (episodes 2 and 6, respectively).

Statistics

Statistics of performances by every Songbayanan as of February 11, 2024:

Scoring

This section includes the scoring of all groups throughout their respective games.

Legend

Time Collection & Usage

This section includes the most and least seconds banked by each group, and the fastest time for a group to win the jackpot prize. This section is divided into three parts: the most banked, least banked, and other time collection statistics.

Ultimate Everybody, GuesSing?

This section includes the final outcomes of every group, either good or bad, in the jackpot round.

Overall performance statistics

This section contains the overall performance statistics of each and every Songbayanan on their respective games on the season.

Reception

Online viewership

Everybody, Sing! maintained a strong viewership on YouTube and became a trending topic on X (formerly Twitter) across the country during the season's premiere. It received 144,660 concurrent views on its first episode (June 3) and increased to 147,024 concurrent views on Sunday (June 4).

The show's first new peak in concurrent online viewers occurred on July 29 and 30, 2023, during the 100 Nurses episode, with 158,475 and 154,008 concurrent views, respectively. The show then reached its second new peak of concurrent online viewers during its final re-run week, which included the second re-broadcast of the 100 Engaged Couples episode, with 161,219 concurrent views on February 3 and 168,044 concurrent viewers on February 4, and broke its record of concurrent online viewers during its finale week, with 171,278 concurrent views on February 10 and 172,125 concurrent views on February 11.

TV ratings

Original broadcast

The season's pilot episode on June 3, 2023 received a 5.4% weekly average rating on free television. Meanwhile, the season had its highest rating of 8%, which was the September 23, 2023 episode featuring the first round of gameplay of the Pawnshop & Money Remittance Tellers.

Re-runs

AGB Nielsen did not release ratings for the season's first re-run week on July 22–23, 2023. However, the season's re-run episodes had its highest rating of 7.3%, which was the October 8, 2023 episode featuring the second round of gameplay of the 100 Tattoo & Body Piercing Artists, while the last two re-run episodes had a rating of 5.5% on February 3, 2024, and 5.7% on February 4, 2024, respectively.

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