The Singing Bee is an Australian game show which is based on the original American version of the same name.

The show premiered on Sunday 7 October 2007 on the Nine Network, which ordered the production of an initial eight episodes.

On 22 March 2008, it was announced by the Nine Network that The Singing Bee would return for a second season, with filming set to take place after the 2008 Logies.

Other media outlets have mentioned that personalities which were being considered for host included Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens, Michael Falzon, Toby Allen and Rob Mills.

[5] Out of the four regular singers featured on the show, Rob Mills and Andrew De Silva have been announced as two of them.

[7] Singers in the house band for Season 2 include Nilusha Baeder, Lucy Holmes, Sandii Keenan, Kelly Wolfgramm, Andrew De Silva and Judd Field.

[8] This section refers to the original format of the show and not the current celebrity series.

For round two, the four contestants who advanced through get paired up to play a game chosen at random in each episode from the following games: The contestant sees the words to the song in karaoke fashion, similar to Don't Forget the Lyrics!.

While the band is performing, words from the next line of lyrics to a song are shown scrambled on the screen.

The last remaining contestant who advanced through gets to play in the money round called "The Final Countdown", based on the song of the same name.

Auditions are done in the style of Round 1 of the show, with five contestants taking turns to complete a lyric of varying degrees of difficulty once the lead-in music stops.

Channel Nine's A Current Affair taped a segment on the Saturday, which was then shown on 20 August 2007 to promote the show.