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Great Pretenders
Genre Game show
Written by Shuki Levy
Kussa Mahchi
Directed byBarry Glazer
Presented by Stacy Ferguson (1-3)
Stefanie Ridel
Renee Sands
Theme music composer The Platters
Opening themeWe’re the Great Pretenders
Ending themeWe’re Still the Great Pretenders
Composer Wild Orchid
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network Fox Family
Release1999 (1999) –
2002 (2002)

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]

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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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