Beat Shazam is an American television musical game show which premiered on Fox on May 25, 2017.

[1] Three teams of two players each compete through four rounds (five in season 1) to identify a series of songs, banking money for each correct answer.

[2] After the fourth round (fifth in season 1), the highest-scoring team plays head-to-head against the Shazam app, attempting to increase their winnings by naming up to six songs before it can identify them.

Beat Shazam uses the Billboard Hot 100 music chart as its only source for song titles.

In each round, a category is given and several songs (usually five, but occasionally four) are played, one at a time and with four choices displayed for each title.

During the season finale, this song is played as a "Fast Track Challenge," in which the teams must respond within the time needed for Shazam to identify it.

No multiple-choice answers are offered, and only the first team to buzz in is given a chance to name the song and win the money for it.

[citation needed] From season 2 onwards, the main game consists of four rounds.

[citation needed] After the second round (third in season 1), the team in last place is eliminated and leaves with nothing.

[citation needed] In the event of a tie after rounds two or four (three or five in season 1), one additional song, with no category given, is played as a tiebreaker, using the same rules as the main game.

No money is awarded for the tiebreaker song, but the team that answers it correctly in the fastest time moves on to the next round.

[citation needed] The winning team attempts to identify five more songs, one at a time before Shazam can do so.

A yellow ring on the gameboard steadily disappears to act as a timer; the contestants must buzz in before it is completely gone.