Which celebrities are competing on Name That Tune?
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The lineup for “Name That Tune: Celebrity Edition” is sure to thrill fans of classic TV — not to mention sports lovers and music aficionados. As with other game shows featuring famous guests, the players are donating their winnings to a charity that they either founded or personally support.
Included in the roster for the second season (per TVLine) are former “Beverly Hills, 90210” co-stars Jennie Garth and Ian Ziering. Garth will be playing for the Equus Foundation, while Ziering will give his money to the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. Two other competitors are well-known for their sitcom roles: Frankie Muniz of “Malcolm in the Middle,” who’s playing for the State Forty Eight Foundation, squares off against “Fuller House”’s Jodie Sweetin, playing for the Scleroderma Research Foundation. Kim Fields, of “The Facts of Life” and “Living Single” fame, will be raising money for Back on My Feet, and Titus Burgess of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” will be playing for Broadway Dreams.
Repping the music world: Spice Girl Mel B, playing for Women’s Aid; Shaggy, playing for his Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation; Kelly Osbourne, whose charity is the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai; JoJo (The Hole in the Wall Gang Foundation); punk/country artist Cassadee Pope (Creative Waves Foundation); and country star Jana Kramer (Safe Horizon). Multi-decorated Olympic gymnasts Laurie Hernandez and Nastia Liukin will trade uneven bars for musical bars as they play against each other for the Alzheimer Association, OneMind.org, and Special Olympics, while Super Bowl winners Victor Cruz and Vernon Davis will compete on behalf of their self-titled charities.
Name That Tune: Celebrity Edition Season 2: What We Know So Far
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One of the latest shows to join the lineup is “Name That Tune.” The musical-knowledge quizzer was originally a radio program in 1952, then switched to television in 1953 and ran (almost) without interruption until 1985, per AARP. The format of the game is refreshingly simple: Contestants square off to see who can name popular songs after hearing just a few notes; the winner goes on to a bonus round where they can win up to $100,000 on top of their previous earnings. This newest incarnation, however, has the welcome addition of Jane Krakowski as host, with Randy Jackson as the bandleader.
When will Name That Tune: Celebrity Edition be released?
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As opposed to the version viewers may remember from the ’70s and ’80s, a few new elements have been added. For example, the games-within-a-game include “Mixtape,” where players have to identify songs that fit a given topic, and “Remix’d,” a tricky game where familiar songs are played in a different style genre (think: a country version of Beyoncé). But the most popular portions of the game are the same as they were almost 70 years ago, like the “Bid-a-Note” round (“I can name that tune in three notes!”) and the bonus “Golden Medley” portion, where the winner tries to name seven songs in 30 seconds (as seen here on YouTube).
The fun — and occasional hilarity — will surely continue with the show’s special “Celebrity Edition.”
Which celebrities are competing on Name That Tune?
Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock
The lineup for “Name That Tune: Celebrity Edition” is sure to thrill fans of classic TV — not to mention sports lovers and music aficionados. As with other game shows featuring famous guests, the players are donating their winnings to a charity that they either founded or personally support.
Included in the roster for the second season (per TVLine) are former “Beverly Hills, 90210” co-stars Jennie Garth and Ian Ziering. Garth will be playing for the Equus Foundation, while Ziering will give his money to the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. Two other competitors are well-known for their sitcom roles: Frankie Muniz of “Malcolm in the Middle,” who’s playing for the State Forty Eight Foundation, squares off against “Fuller House”’s Jodie Sweetin, playing for the Scleroderma Research Foundation. Kim Fields, of “The Facts of Life” and “Living Single” fame, will be raising money for Back on My Feet, and Titus Burgess of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” will be playing for Broadway Dreams.
Repping the music world: Spice Girl Mel B, playing for Women’s Aid; Shaggy, playing for his Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation; Kelly Osbourne, whose charity is the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai; JoJo (The Hole in the Wall Gang Foundation); punk/country artist Cassadee Pope (Creative Waves Foundation); and country star Jana Kramer (Safe Horizon). Multi-decorated Olympic gymnasts Laurie Hernandez and Nastia Liukin will trade uneven bars for musical bars as they play against each other for the Alzheimer Association, OneMind.org, and Special Olympics, while Super Bowl winners Victor Cruz and Vernon Davis will compete on behalf of their self-titled charities.
Included in the roster for the second season (per TVLine) are former “Beverly Hills, 90210” co-stars Jennie Garth and Ian Ziering. Garth will be playing for the Equus Foundation, while Ziering will give his money to the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. Two other competitors are well-known for their sitcom roles: Frankie Muniz of “Malcolm in the Middle,” who’s playing for the State Forty Eight Foundation, squares off against “Fuller House”’s Jodie Sweetin, playing for the Scleroderma Research Foundation. Kim Fields, of “The Facts of Life” and “Living Single” fame, will be raising money for Back on My Feet, and Titus Burgess of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” will be playing for Broadway Dreams.
Repping the music world: Spice Girl Mel B, playing for Women’s Aid; Shaggy, playing for his Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation; Kelly Osbourne, whose charity is the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai; JoJo (The Hole in the Wall Gang Foundation); punk/country artist Cassadee Pope (Creative Waves Foundation); and country star Jana Kramer (Safe Horizon).
Multi-decorated Olympic gymnasts Laurie Hernandez and Nastia Liukin will trade uneven bars for musical bars as they play against each other for the Alzheimer Association, OneMind.org, and Special Olympics, while Super Bowl winners Victor Cruz and Vernon Davis will compete on behalf of their self-titled charities.
The preview promises plenty of laughs
The voice-over announcer asks, “You know their names … Can they name a tune?” Well … maybe not. The promo shows Krakowski asking Fields whether she can identify the snippet of a tune the Randy Jackson-led band has just played. Fields grimaces and admits, “Nope!” Ziering apparently has his struggles, too; we see him shout, “I thought I had it!”
Some of the tunes even confound the celeb musicians. The clip shows Shaggy guessing the name of a song: “I’m Trippin’?” Krakowski retorts, “You’re trippin’ if you think that’s the right answer!” Oh, well, at least Shaggy can boast of having his song featured in a Super Bowl Cheetos commercial.
As the ad says, “It takes more than fame to win this game!” We’ll find out who has the most musical knowledge when “Celebrity Edition” debuts March 29.
