The Singing Bee is a Philippine television karaoke game show broadcast by ABS-CBN.

Originally hosted by Cesar Montano, it aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up from April 21, 2008 to February 6, 2010, replacing Kung Fu Kids and was replaced by Pilipinas Got Talent.

A combinination of karaoke singing and a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs.

[1] In each episode, six contestants will be selected from the audience to play a series of games that test their knowledge of song lyrics.

The Singing Bee premiered on April 21, 2008 replacing Kung Fu Kids.

The prizes were increased as well including the Jackpot prize on the Final Countdown which is now worth two million pesos P2,000,000 On April 18 and 19, 2009, The Singing Bee celebrated their 1st Year Anniversary and it also marked the end of season two.

It was announced on this episode that season five will start on October 3, 2009 with their new schedule every Saturday nights at 7:30pm to 8:30pm.

After three years, The Singing Bee marked its comeback with the sixth season premiered on November 16, 2013.

On February 24, 2014, the show moved to weekday mornings at 11:00am to 11:45am, replacing Minute to Win It.

The season six ended on August 29, 2014, as the show temporarily ceased off to give way for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

The season seven ended on February 6, 2015, with the finale episode featuring returning champions Sheryl Cruz, Frenchie Dy and Bodie Cruz as players, and FlordeLiza star Jolina Magdangal as the 8-time defending champion.

The show was put on hiatus and has so far never returned due to Roderick Paulate's decision to run for councilor of Quezon City and focus his time as a politician, whereas Amy Perez still hosts Umagang Kay Ganda.

Six contestants will be chosen to compete in various rounds until the day's winner and defending champion are left standing in The Final Countdown.

Mel Villena introduces this concluding round by announcing: "It's The Final Countdown!"

(based on a song called "The Final Countdown" by hard rock band Europe).

If not, the opposing player will need to sing the correct lyrics of the same song to win the cash.

Whoever gets the most money becomes champion, however, if a player can correctly guess the lyrics from four songs, they will automatically win the jackpot prize.

Contestants are shown pictures as clues use pictogram to the line they are supposed to sing.

Five finalists from season one of The Voice of the Philippines are the current Songbees including Isabella Fabregas, Jessica Reynoso, Penelope Matanguihan, Maki Ricafort and Yuki Ito.

As of January 4, 2014 episode, another The Voice of the Philippines finalist, Stan Perfecto, joined the sixth Songbees and on January 11, 2014 another one of The Voice of the Philippines finalist, Dan Billano joined the seventh Songbees.

Aiza Seguerra, on July 8, 2008, became a champion of The Singing Bee twice, but after her second win of the PHP1,000,000 jackpot, she gave up her throne to give chance for others.

The same thing happened to Rachel Alejandro, where she gave up her throne as defending champion.

"[3] Marlo Mortel on September 26, 2014, became a champion of The Singing Bee six times, but due to prior commitments such as the filming of Be Careful with My Heart (that he has to finish for the finale starting Oct-Nov 2014), and for the upcoming show called Oh My G!, Mortel, suddenly withdraws on October 3, 2014, he also mentioned on Instagram.

In the year ender NUTAM TV ratings results of AGB Nielsen Philippines last 2008, it ranked 6th in the Top Weekday Primetime Programs with 33.2%, and 5th in the Top Weekend Primetime Programs with 26.4%.

[6] In Kantar Media Philippines, it hit an all-time high rating of 32.7% on July 26, 2009.