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Agree with Heidi. I think this performance was important for an intro/background to the group. You've also reacted to performance 4 which also gives insight to them (and a capella culture). And 7, 10, and 12 are statement performances. (And that's not a dis to the other performances.)
Do the ENTIRE PTX Sing Off series!!!! In addition to great performances, it's amazing to watch PTX evolve. BTW, Shawn Stockman, the judge you thought was crazy, is widely regarded as the first Pentaholic.
Oh yea, you really should. even though some of the performances were not top notch (as expected from a contest show for who were amateurs at the time), they have several performances who outshine the originals.
Yes! Do the entire Sing-off journey! The Sing-off was an a cappella competition. They won the third season. Home Free won the following season 4. I saw PTX in London on 4 May and it was the best concert I've ever seen. I ADORE your PTX reactions.
@@shilohauraable Wasn't Avi doing overtones in all of these performances? It continues to baffle me why the judges never even noticed them, considering the amount of attention they gave to Avi and Kevin.
Shawn is the original Pentaholic!! You should react to each performance in the Sing Off, an a Capella competition, in order. It's great to see them grow and get better and better each time. They take everything the judges say to heart and improve each time. Their 2nd performance is probably their "worst" but is still amazing, imo
Oh, you've done it now!! You opened the door, now you're going to have to take the rest of the journey. There are 13 official performances in the Sing Off series ( and, yes, the Sing Off was an entirely acapella singing competition. ) and you've got 12 left. This is one of those "rite of passage" things that most reactors who follow PTX go through at some point, and it looks like it's your turn. But, it's a fun ride. You won't regret taking it. And seeing the progression in just a few months while the competition lasted was amazing. THIS is how any number of us found PTX, our first experience with PTX. Come see them the way WE saw them.
This was not only PTX's first performance on The Sing-Off - I'm pretty sure it was the first public performance EVER by PTX. Kevin had only joined the others 1 or 2 days before this performance, and Avi wasn't much earlier. While the Trio had been performing together for a few years by this time, it was probably about as nerve-wracking a time for them as you can possibly imagine. At 05:48, you can hear Avi performing overtone singing in the background - so he was doing that from the beginning of the Sing-Off competitions! I would agree with the others - once you've started on this Sing-Off road trip with PTX, you'd best complete it!
Actually, Kevin met everyone the day before the audition, not this performance. They had time to get to know each other and practice between the audition and their first performance on the show weeks later.
@@vidsorama2Also Avi only met them in person the day before the audition; the trio had had no chance to rehearse with him before Kevin arrived, though I suspect they'd sent him a video of one of their performances of Lady Gaga's "Telephone," which they were planning to use as their audition song.
Shawn Stockman is one of the singers of the hit R&B group Boyz II Men, who did a lot of acapella in their day. they were HUGE in the 90s! he has an incredible singing voice and was a fan favorite judge, as well as the first Pentaholic. I'd love for you to do the entire Sing-off journey. also, be sure to watch to the end of the video because there are often interviews with PTX that can be pretty emotional and show a bit of their personalities. ❤
I remember my mom and I use to watch this show faithfully and voted for them every week. I slid down the hallway when they actually won🤣 this is a true throwback. Their 'Dog Days are Over" performance is still the best til this day
Make sure to watch until the very end, there is often a little interview at the end. Definitely do the whole series. 12 performances before voting opened to US, 2 performances during finale, the winners announcement, a Christmas episode with season 1 & 2 winners, a guest appearance on season 4 finale I Need Your Love which is amazing to see the polish they had acquired in the interval. And a fun Superfruit reaction to themselves on the Sing Off
There are also the opening numbers for each show, with all the groups performing together. It’s fun to pick PTX out during those. th-cam.com/play/PL98CE639CD7C5566B.html
PLEAAASSEEE do the whole Sing Off!!! It's so good, and even on the ones that aren't as great, it's awesome seeing how far they've come! Performance 12 is the BEST one!!
Shawn Stockman is from Boyz to Men and he loved PTX from the get-go and he's also a huge Home Free fan 😉 the whole Sing Off series is great and you can watch them grow and evolve.
The Sing-Off was for a cappella groups only, and many of the competitors were modeled after traditional American college a cappella, groups of 20 or so singers, generally all of the same gender, who performed with a Broadway or show choir style - choreography, exaggerated facial expressions, etc. There were a couple from more of a barbershop quartet tradition and some from the doo wop style of singing on the city corner sidewalks, but mainly it was bigger groups. PTX stood out from the beginning. You can see them incorporating the judges’ comments and constructive criticism as they go through the competition, and their growth from week to week was phenomenal. I recommend watching all of their performances in order. Love how much you love them! Peace …
Those compliments from Shawn are gold. Boyz II Men was one of the best groups of the 90s (in my not so humble opinion), and Shawn's riffing is legendary. So for him to praise Scott like that probably gave him heart flutters for days! Agree with everyone else, the 2nd Sing Off performance needs to be the next PTX reaction!
Yes, _The Sing-Off_ was an a cappella competition show. The judge who struck you as "weird" is Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men. While perfectly willing to do the job he'd been hired for - judging performances - he apparently thought that his primary purpose on the show was to enjoy himself. As a result, his comments on Pentatonix's performances tend to be rather delightful.
Best to watch all of these, in order. Pentatonix matured immensely over the 10 weeks of the show, and it's quite instructive to see the whole thing. Their second performance got some serious criticism from the judges, and they took every word of it to heart and never made the same mistakes again. In this performance they were dancing rather badly to a song that didn't need dancing; by their eleventh and twelfth performances they'd become master choreographers. It really is quite fun to watch the entire journey.
Another really impressive part of the Pentatonix journey is that the first time that the original 5 members met in person was either the day before or the day of their audition to get onto the show. Yes, the "Sing off" is an all a cappella competition show.
I'm so excited you're doing this. Please do the whole series, 2nd performance next. It's a fun journey I can't wait to watch. Even though I've seen it so many times, I enjoy watching reactions to it.
You gotta watch every single PTX performance in that show. To me, this is peak PTX and those are some of my all time favourite PTX songs. They are so unique and creative, nothing like anything you have ever watched PTX doing before.
Sing off was in my opinion one of the best produced talent shows during its time. The production quality of all the songs was top notch, especially the opening songs where all contestant participated in (imagine all the mikes being configured properly of each singer that had solo's etc) and the jury were experts and always had valid criticism. You can find all opening songs and contestants' songs on youtube probably.
You have to take the entire Sing-Off journey to really appreciate where they are today. Plus watching their evolution allows you to literally watch them get polished.
yayHooray for finally doing the Sing Off 👏🏻 please watch in order, and do all the intros and outros, all the way to the end, when they often capture interviews with PTX after the judges' takes Ben Folds is legendary, and he has the most critiques, which they took to heart Shawn is the first fullout Pentaholic 🙌🏻 The series is 🔥 and then super fun, is a Super Fruit reaction to their Sing Off performances 🤣
The Sing Off was just for Acapella groups and it didn't last long because so few can do anything close to what Pentatonix brought to the genre. Coaches: Sare Bareilles is a major force in musical theater - incredible voice, Ben Folds (with the glasses) is a successful music songwriter/singer/producer, and Shawn Stockman is a member of a very popular group called, Boyz II Men. So they notices early on they were witnessing something very unique with PTX
So glad you are going back to their start. The fact that this was literally days after the 5 of them formed, shows how magical they are together. They are so young, but with so much talen already. I love seeing just how much they have grown and advanced the last 12 years. Shawn Stockman was the original Pentaholic. His joy with their performances are contagious. You should see when they come back and perform the next season (the one with Home Free) He has so hyped for their growth & success.
Oh...Thanks for that info! Gonna go find it now! WOW!! What a busy time for the group!, especially Scott! He's releasing the whole album on the 28th of this month as well.
Yesssss you're finally reacting to their Sing Off journey! I agree with everyone else, you have to do all of the Sing Off performances, in order! You won't regret it! :D
Aa so many others have said, definitely watch them all. There are some performances that are weaker, albeit only one I'd consider actually bad, but it's absolutely worth the experience. Watching this live at the time was so exciting, I knew instantly they were something special and I'm so glad they've had the success they have. Also I will not spoil the song, but their 12th performance on the show us one of the greatest performances I have ever seen.
Agreeing with everyone here. PLEASE do the whole sing-off journey. You really come to know and love them even more through the course of the show (or in my case, having watched them when it originally aired, come to know and love them in the first place LOL).
The SingOff was a competition reality show for US a capella groups. One of the show's producers, Deke Sharon, is a huge promotor for contemporary a capella music and was also involved in the Pitch Perfect movies. A capella music is a niche genre in the US, mostly associated with college groups, and I think one goal of the SingOff was to expose some of the best collegiate and professional groups to a wider audience.
As you watch these, you will see Ben (Folds...of Ben Folds Five) seem to give the most criticism....because they judges are there to help them, and he does! If you view more, you'll eventually figure out the vocabulary. Shawn Stockman is from Boys II Men, so he knows a capella as well. Don't cut away too fast after the judges' comments...they usually come back for an interview with the group following the performance. Sara Bareilles was just nominated for a Tony...so all the judges know what they're talking about!
My suggestion is watch the show in order, they are amazing and you see there growth.. I believe they had less than 2 weeks to put this together with Kevin and Avi...amazing
All super heroes must have an amazing back story, and I can't imagine a better one that theirs. It's mind boggling that they were this good in their first ever performance.
Do all PTX Sing Off videos, the whole series. And watch always to the end, often there is a little PTX reaction right after the performance. Don't miss them. Greetings from Germany
Hello Luke, Glad that you did this one. Plese do the entire PTX Sing-Off Journey, in sequence, including the judges comments, the winner's performance and when they came back as guests on the next season.
They are soooo young! If you want to check out an even earlier video of the Trio in high school “Trio Sings Telephone by Lady Gaga in concert”. May 2010. They are adorable
well I’m SOBBING. I am ALSO from dallas Texas and I watched this show when it was on tv with my family. It was what we looked forward to watching every week together. I remember being 13 years old watching this for the first time and being BLOWN away. We all said that night….theres no way anybody on this show is going to beat them. We celebrated so loudly the night they won! Now I’m 25 years old watching their insane mainstream success. Because I became a fan in 2011, I went on to train in choral, theatrical, and acapella vocals, both ensemble and solo. I sang competitively all through middle and high school. I sang in acapella groups all through high school and college. It makes me so emotional in the best way to watch this again over a decade later and remember myself as a tween with a love for music and performing watching them and being so inspired.
I cant even imagine a world today without PTX. Its so fun going back and seeing how they got started. I definitely recommend following their sing off performances in order.
Thank you for this reaction - always enjoy taking this journey with you - You might think about just staying with the 2011 Sing Off through the end - it's amazing to see them when they were BabyTonix - they grow so much just during their time in that competition - you can see them soak up everything the coaches are sharing with them and becoming true creators of their own future! Amazing ride watching this group! Sometimes 'we' see the judges as being too critical, but I believe BabyTonix saw every single critique as an opportunity for growth and jumped on it! 5 young impressionable artists being given direction from 3 pretty accomplished judges - that in itself is a 'win' and may have helped to bring to the surface some of their talent that was not yet unleashed! 😊🥰
It's so cool to see how much they have evolved and perfected their craft, from this performance to now. It's funny to see that Kirstin would do the higher notes here and Mitch was singing lower, which is the typical expected from male and female vocals, but they clearly found their places shortly after. Also props to whoever vocal coach(es) helped them get there.
If you go any further with their sing off performances, stick around to the end of the video. They usually (though not always) have a little comment on how they felt about their own performance at the end.
Yes, it was an acapella competition. I think there were 10 groups to start? Others may be able to confirm. Shawn Stockman is part of Boyz to Men, so if anyone gets arrangement and melody/harmony work, it’s him. End of the Road is my favorite!
There were actually 16 groups starting. They split them into 2 groups to begin with so PTX performed week 2 and 4. Week 5 all the remaining 10 performed together. After that all groups performed every week and in later weeks they performed 2 songs per show.
Do the full season of Sing Off. They’re really good. I have my favorites episodes. As good as they are on Sing Off. They have grown so much. Love them.
Please, please, follow the Sing Off journey in order so you can see them grow. You will never regret it. Judge, Shawn Stockman is from the group Boys II Men. He's wonderfully supportive of Pentatonix. Can't wait to see your reaction as you take this journey.
Yes the Sing Off was an acappela contest and PTX won this 3rd season. Home Free won the next season. You should follow their performances, as you rightly observed the raw talent is there, they've clearly gotten even better since but it's really fun to see them as essentially teenagers (19 for the core three) and a nascent group. Mitch, Scott and Kirstie went to HS together Mitch and Scott also were in Children's Musical Theater from the age of 10. The trio did a Lady Gaga song during a high school concert and blew everyone away; that video is around on TH-cam. Their final "voting" performance of Dog Days Are Over doubtless blew the entire competition apart; no one was going to beat them, despite being absolutely exhausted by the demands of the competition. A number of other performances from the show are memorable but I'll leave it to you to decide what you like best.
This show was AMAZING! Watching them performance #1 was unreal... You knew they were on another level... Even the other groups were blown away... Shawn!! The original Pentaholic! Super cool to watch people react to this show where they started!
Thank you so much for reacting to this first performance on The Sing-Off! Yes, it was an a capella competition, and it would be awesome if you ran through their performances chronologically. I'll be there for every reaction!
How three people that were that good were all in the same school at the same time in just a regular public high school....The odds of that happening just this once is probably like the odds of hitting the lottery jackpot five times.
Thank you for doing the Sing Off in its entirety. Please do them in order and do the 2nd performance next. Love, love, love your reactions!!!💕 You stopped too soon…..PTX makes comments after you stopped
You mentioned on the "Somebody I used to know" that they started off so natural together, but in the sing off you hear them get better each performance, its truly amazing to see.
Like everyone else, I say you have to react to all the Sing Off performances in order. Yes, it's an acapella competition show. It's so interesting and entertaining to see them grow and start down the path to success.
I hope you will do the whole show in order! As others have said you will witness the formation of PTX, this performance was their first public performance the only other time they sang together was when they auditioned for the show meeting face to face for the first time the day before auditions. So as you mentioned they were meant to be together all the other groups in the competition had been together for years. Side note Home Free auditioned for this season but didn't make it on so they went back added Austin and Tim changed their sound to country and auditioned again the next year and won. Always stay for the judges comments as they are very informative for a new group and you can see how they won the judges over. Shawn Stockman (the judge you called weird) is from the group Boyz II Men and is the first ever Pentaholic!
What to do next??? Shucks, get the story. Get all of it, watch them grow. Do performance number 2, then 3 and all t he way up to the number 12. You won't believe the growth you see/hear as they progress up the ladder. Thanks for a great reaction.
I enjoyed your reaction to this first Pentatonix performance. Thank you. I hope that you will react to all of their performances on the show. I love all of their performances except 2 and 13. Even those are worth watching.
I followed along with their journey from the beginning. You should see their full Sing Off journey & the advice they were given at their first steps. To understand their story, you should watch them go through the whole competition. Video Killed the Radio Star & Dog Days are over remain some of my all time favorites even now. Besides, you get to see who they were as kids just gelling for the first time as a group of 5 & the behind the scenes are just adorable. They have personal messages at the end of their old videos too. Cute AF!❤😂
The Sing Off was a competition show for a Capella groups. This was the third season, and there were 16 groups that made it through the auditions. The prizes were $200K in cash and a record contract with a big recording company. About 2 weeks after the show, the record company dropped them, supposedly because PTX didn't fit whatever box they wanted to put them in. I'll never understand why they offered the contract, and then said they didn't know how to work with them. Big mistake! By the way - during Mitch's solo, you might have heard a whistle tone. The camera went to Kirstie, but it was actually Avi doing overtone singing, doing a bass note and the whistle tone at the same time. He did it again right after that during Kirstie's solo, where he did a bass note and a whirring tone above it. The first few weeks on the show PTX worked hard to create a cohesive sound, and by the 4th and 5th week, they began to sound like a tight group. I hope you react to at least a few more performances from the show, if not all of them. Week #5 Love Lockdown, Week #7 Born to be Wild, Week #10, Let's Get It On, and Week #12 Dog Days Are Over are definitely favorites. In the finale, it is fun to see how happy they were to win, but there is a lot of waiting for Nick to read the cue cards.
You should do all of PTX performances on The Sing Off, they really go on a journey there and you see them get better. The Sing Off is an acapella exclusive show, the contestants are all acapella groups, the show aired on NBC for like 5 seasons before they cancelled it. Season 3 (PTX's season) is one of the best seasons, and I don't know if you know this but VoicePlay and Home Free competed against each other in season 4!
Please do all of the Sing Off. Please. It's just so much fun. Reactors always seem to get swept up with the excitement of the competition. Also, when you are finished with the Sing Off, there is a Superfruit episode with Mitch and Scott reacting to their performances. IT IS PRICELESS. Enjoy!
As much as I can't believe it's taken you this long to see their first ever performance as Pentatonix, @GOTGames, I'm certainly glad you finally took the time to see them & learn about their epic journey to stardom! Yes, the Sing-Off was a 3-season running a cappella competition between multiple groups of a cappella singers ranging anywhere between 4-20 members, all working towards the chance at 1-million USD & a Sony-brand recording contract to get their name out there for the general public. Each season was judged by the three people you saw critiquing Pentatonix: Ben Folds (renowned musician, piano player, all-around good guy), Sara Bareilles (another renowned musician, though originally filled by Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger) & Shawn Stockman (one of the leading men in the popular 90s boy band, Boyz II Men) & hosted by Nick Lachey (one of the lead singers in another popular 90s boy band, 98 degrees). The reason why the quality of the video's so poor is it was broadcast via television first, then someone must have recorded the feed & rebroadcast via spaces like youtube, so the quality was only as 'good' as the original screen would've been. Among all the great performances of Pentatonix, I would recommend seeing some of the past groups that won in their 'audition' tracks: Nota (6-piece group from Puerto Rico), Committed (another 5-piece group that were based out of church) & Home Free (also 5-piece, with a country vibe). They all turned out amazing, though if I could recommend any videos from their collective 'auditions', I'd suggest Street Corner Symphony's cover of Radiohead's Creep. It sounds almost exactly like the real deal! Much love, your content is always awesome!
I watched this when it aired and was blown away. If you do all the PTX songs from the SO series-and you absolutely should-there’s a Superfruit video of Scott & Mitch reacting to themselves on the show. It’s hilarious.
I'm just always awed at the fact that they literally became a group just a single day before that performance. 😯 However, you really should watch the whole of the Sing Off performances, followed immediately by their video for "Starships" to really understand where they started. 😁👍
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It's best to follow the sing off journey in each subsequent episode. Just to understand how they grow. Admittedly, 7, 10, and 12 are the best.
And 5
I totally agree!!
Agree with Heidi. I think this performance was important for an intro/background to the group. You've also reacted to performance 4 which also gives insight to them (and a capella culture). And 7, 10, and 12 are statement performances. (And that's not a dis to the other performances.)
The complete journey 🤩❤️
I agree. I would like to see you go through the Sing Off performances in order.
Do the ENTIRE PTX Sing Off series!!!! In addition to great performances, it's amazing to watch PTX evolve. BTW, Shawn Stockman, the judge you thought was crazy, is widely regarded as the first Pentaholic.
The first pentaholic thing is debatable. I'd put that on Nick Lachey. But its close.
Shawn is also a member of the group Boyz 2 Men
Definitely happy to if everyone wants it 💯💯
@@GOTGames It definitely appears we do. 😁
Oh yea, you really should. even though some of the performances were not top notch (as expected from a contest show for who were amateurs at the time), they have several performances who outshine the originals.
Yes! Do the ENTIRE PTX sing off show! You really get to see there growth! It’s amazing!
Yes! Do the entire Sing-off journey! The Sing-off was an a cappella competition. They won the third season. Home Free won the following season 4. I saw PTX in London on 4 May and it was the best concert I've ever seen. I ADORE your PTX reactions.
Yes, please!
Please do the entire sing off journey. It will give you even more insight into how amazing they truly are.
Happy to! ❤️
Love Avi's overtones in this! 💖
Totally agree do the sing off in order watch them grow
@@shilohauraable Wasn't Avi doing overtones in all of these performances? It continues to baffle me why the judges never even noticed them, considering the amount of attention they gave to Avi and Kevin.
Shawn is the original Pentaholic!! You should react to each performance in the Sing Off, an a Capella competition, in order. It's great to see them grow and get better and better each time. They take everything the judges say to heart and improve each time. Their 2nd performance is probably their "worst" but is still amazing, imo
Yes, the second is their worst, but it's PTX means it's really enjoyable and good.
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Oh, you've done it now!! You opened the door, now you're going to have to take the rest of the journey. There are 13 official performances in the Sing Off series ( and, yes, the Sing Off was an entirely acapella singing competition. ) and you've got 12 left. This is one of those "rite of passage" things that most reactors who follow PTX go through at some point, and it looks like it's your turn. But, it's a fun ride. You won't regret taking it. And seeing the progression in just a few months while the competition lasted was amazing. THIS is how any number of us found PTX, our first experience with PTX. Come see them the way WE saw them.
This was not only PTX's first performance on The Sing-Off - I'm pretty sure it was the first public performance EVER by PTX. Kevin had only joined the others 1 or 2 days before this performance, and Avi wasn't much earlier. While the Trio had been performing together for a few years by this time, it was probably about as nerve-wracking a time for them as you can possibly imagine.
At 05:48, you can hear Avi performing overtone singing in the background - so he was doing that from the beginning of the Sing-Off competitions!
I would agree with the others - once you've started on this Sing-Off road trip with PTX, you'd best complete it!
Thank you. I had never noticed Avi doing the overtone in this before.
Actually, Kevin met everyone the day before the audition, not this performance. They had time to get to know each other and practice between the audition and their first performance on the show weeks later.
@@vidsorama2Also Avi only met them in person the day before the audition; the trio had had no chance to rehearse with him before Kevin arrived, though I suspect they'd sent him a video of one of their performances of Lady Gaga's "Telephone," which they were planning to use as their audition song.
@@vidsorama2 My bad. I was confusing "audition" with "performance". Thanks for the correction.
When they first tried to apply for the show as a trio they were told there was a 5 member minimum so they had to add Avi and Kevin just to qualify.
Shawn Stockman is one of the singers of the hit R&B group Boyz II Men, who did a lot of acapella in their day. they were HUGE in the 90s! he has an incredible singing voice and was a fan favorite judge, as well as the first Pentaholic. I'd love for you to do the entire Sing-off journey. also, be sure to watch to the end of the video because there are often interviews with PTX that can be pretty emotional and show a bit of their personalities. ❤
I remember my mom and I use to watch this show faithfully and voted for them every week. I slid down the hallway when they actually won🤣 this is a true throwback. Their 'Dog Days are Over" performance is still the best til this day
Make sure to watch until the very end, there is often a little interview at the end. Definitely do the whole series. 12 performances before voting opened to US, 2 performances during finale, the winners announcement, a Christmas episode with season 1 & 2 winners, a guest appearance on season 4 finale I Need Your Love which is amazing to see the polish they had acquired in the interval. And a fun Superfruit reaction to themselves on the Sing Off
There are also the opening numbers for each show, with all the groups performing together. It’s fun to pick PTX out during those. th-cam.com/play/PL98CE639CD7C5566B.html
PLEAAASSEEE do the whole Sing Off!!! It's so good, and even on the ones that aren't as great, it's awesome seeing how far they've come! Performance 12 is the BEST one!!
Shawn Stockman is from Boyz to Men and he loved PTX from the get-go and he's also a huge Home Free fan 😉 the whole Sing Off series is great and you can watch them grow and evolve.
The Sing-Off was for a cappella groups only, and many of the competitors were modeled after traditional American college a cappella, groups of 20 or so singers, generally all of the same gender, who performed with a Broadway or show choir style - choreography, exaggerated facial expressions, etc. There were a couple from more of a barbershop quartet tradition and some from the doo wop style of singing on the city corner sidewalks, but mainly it was bigger groups. PTX stood out from the beginning. You can see them incorporating the judges’ comments and constructive criticism as they go through the competition, and their growth from week to week was phenomenal. I recommend watching all of their performances in order. Love how much you love them! Peace …
Those compliments from Shawn are gold. Boyz II Men was one of the best groups of the 90s (in my not so humble opinion), and Shawn's riffing is legendary. So for him to praise Scott like that probably gave him heart flutters for days! Agree with everyone else, the 2nd Sing Off performance needs to be the next PTX reaction!
Yes, _The Sing-Off_ was an a cappella competition show.
The judge who struck you as "weird" is Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men. While perfectly willing to do the job he'd been hired for - judging performances - he apparently thought that his primary purpose on the show was to enjoy himself. As a result, his comments on Pentatonix's performances tend to be rather delightful.
Yes! Please do the whole sing off series. You will how much they grow, and how much of a positive influence those judges had on who they are
Best to watch all of these, in order. Pentatonix matured immensely over the 10 weeks of the show, and it's quite instructive to see the whole thing. Their second performance got some serious criticism from the judges, and they took every word of it to heart and never made the same mistakes again. In this performance they were dancing rather badly to a song that didn't need dancing; by their eleventh and twelfth performances they'd become master choreographers. It really is quite fun to watch the entire journey.
Another really impressive part of the Pentatonix journey is that the first time that the original 5 members met in person was either the day before or the day of their audition to get onto the show.
Yes, the "Sing off" is an all a cappella competition show.
What's most amazing is how even when the five were a newly formed group, you could see them making major strides over the course of the competition.
I'm so excited you're doing this. Please do the whole series, 2nd performance next. It's a fun journey I can't wait to watch. Even though I've seen it so many times, I enjoy watching reactions to it.
Oh yes please do the rest of the sing off in order...its truly amazing to watch them become the Pentatonix we all love.
You gotta watch every single PTX performance in that show. To me, this is peak PTX and those are some of my all time favourite PTX songs. They are so unique and creative, nothing like anything you have ever watched PTX doing before.
Sing off was in my opinion one of the best produced talent shows during its time. The production quality of all the songs was top notch, especially the opening songs where all contestant participated in (imagine all the mikes being configured properly of each singer that had solo's etc) and the jury were experts and always had valid criticism. You can find all opening songs and contestants' songs on youtube probably.
You have to take the entire Sing-Off journey to really appreciate where they are today. Plus watching their evolution allows you to literally watch them get polished.
yayHooray for finally doing the Sing Off 👏🏻
please watch in order, and do all the intros and outros, all the way to the end, when they often capture interviews with PTX after the judges' takes
Ben Folds is legendary, and he has the most critiques, which they took to heart
Shawn is the first fullout Pentaholic 🙌🏻
The series is 🔥
and then super fun, is a Super Fruit reaction to their Sing Off performances 🤣
The Sing Off was just for Acapella groups and it didn't last long because so few can do anything close to what Pentatonix brought to the genre. Coaches: Sare Bareilles is a major force in musical theater - incredible voice, Ben Folds (with the glasses) is a successful music songwriter/singer/producer, and Shawn Stockman is a member of a very popular group called, Boyz II Men. So they notices early on they were witnessing something very unique with PTX
So glad you are going back to their start. The fact that this was literally days after the 5 of them formed, shows how magical they are together. They are so young, but with so much talen already. I love seeing just how much they have grown and advanced the last 12 years. Shawn Stockman was the original Pentaholic. His joy with their performances are contagious. You should see when they come back and perform the next season (the one with Home Free) He has so hyped for their growth & success.
FYI Scott released another new song on 7/7/23 (which is was his wedding day as well), it’s called Four. It’s so moving, so beautiful.
Oh...Thanks for that info! Gonna go find it now! WOW!! What a busy time for the group!, especially Scott! He's releasing the whole album on the 28th of this month as well.
@@Gwennedd and Messer (aka Mitch) is releasing a song, Oblivion on July 14th as well.
@@melissacoviello2886 Thanks! I'll mark it on my calendar!
Of course, do the whole series! Love your reactions!
Hope you are doing their sing off performances now! My favorites are performances 7, 10 and 12!
If you do them all, you will see how they evolve, even so YOUNG!!! Love your reactions! ❤
Yesssss you're finally reacting to their Sing Off journey! I agree with everyone else, you have to do all of the Sing Off performances, in order! You won't regret it! :D
Aa so many others have said, definitely watch them all. There are some performances that are weaker, albeit only one I'd consider actually bad, but it's absolutely worth the experience. Watching this live at the time was so exciting, I knew instantly they were something special and I'm so glad they've had the success they have.
Also I will not spoil the song, but their 12th performance on the show us one of the greatest performances I have ever seen.
Agreeing with everyone here. PLEASE do the whole sing-off journey. You really come to know and love them even more through the course of the show (or in my case, having watched them when it originally aired, come to know and love them in the first place LOL).
The SingOff was a competition reality show for US a capella groups. One of the show's producers, Deke Sharon, is a huge promotor for contemporary a capella music and was also involved in the Pitch Perfect movies. A capella music is a niche genre in the US, mostly associated with college groups, and I think one goal of the SingOff was to expose some of the best collegiate and professional groups to a wider audience.
As you watch these, you will see Ben (Folds...of Ben Folds Five) seem to give the most criticism....because they judges are there to help them, and he does! If you view more, you'll eventually figure out the vocabulary. Shawn Stockman is from Boys II Men, so he knows a capella as well. Don't cut away too fast after the judges' comments...they usually come back for an interview with the group following the performance. Sara Bareilles was just nominated for a Tony...so all the judges know what they're talking about!
Once you start, you cant stop. Have to do the whole series know to understand how much they grew on the show
My suggestion is watch the show in order, they are amazing and you see there growth.. I believe they had less than 2 weeks to put this together with Kevin and Avi...amazing
PTX has been awesome from the get go!! Such a talented group of people that I absolutely love 💕 thank you for for your great reaction !!
All super heroes must have an amazing back story, and I can't imagine a better one that theirs. It's mind boggling that they were this good in their first ever performance.
I got to see them perform when Avi was still with them and they were phenomenal!
Do all PTX Sing Off videos, the whole series. And watch always to the end, often there is a little PTX reaction right after the performance. Don't miss them.
Greetings from Germany
Hello Luke, Glad that you did this one. Plese do the entire PTX Sing-Off Journey, in sequence, including the judges comments, the winner's performance and when they came back as guests on the next season.
They are soooo young! If you want to check out an even earlier video of the Trio in high school “Trio Sings Telephone by Lady Gaga in concert”. May 2010. They are adorable
well I’m SOBBING. I am ALSO from dallas Texas and I watched this show when it was on tv with my family. It was what we looked forward to watching every week together. I remember being 13 years old watching this for the first time and being BLOWN away. We all said that night….theres no way anybody on this show is going to beat them. We celebrated so loudly the night they won! Now I’m 25 years old watching their insane mainstream success. Because I became a fan in 2011, I went on to train in choral, theatrical, and acapella vocals, both ensemble and solo. I sang competitively all through middle and high school. I sang in acapella groups all through high school and college. It makes me so emotional in the best way to watch this again over a decade later and remember myself as a tween with a love for music and performing watching them and being so inspired.
Do you realise your energy does the same for us! Especially watching ptx! ❤ your reactions
Last judge from "Boys to Men" group, one of the OG's
I cant even imagine a world today without PTX. Its so fun going back and seeing how they got started. I definitely recommend following their sing off performances in order.
Thank you for this reaction - always enjoy taking this journey with you - You might think about just staying with the 2011 Sing Off through the end - it's amazing to see them when they were BabyTonix - they grow so much just during their time in that competition - you can see them soak up everything the coaches are sharing with them and becoming true creators of their own future! Amazing ride watching this group! Sometimes 'we' see the judges as being too critical, but I believe BabyTonix saw every single critique as an opportunity for growth and jumped on it! 5 young impressionable artists being given direction from 3 pretty accomplished judges - that in itself is a 'win' and may have helped to bring to the surface some of their talent that was not yet unleashed! 😊🥰
It's so cool to see how much they have evolved and perfected their craft, from this performance to now. It's funny to see that Kirstin would do the higher notes here and Mitch was singing lower, which is the typical expected from male and female vocals, but they clearly found their places shortly after. Also props to whoever vocal coach(es) helped them get there.
Doing the entire sing off in order is a must.
If you go any further with their sing off performances, stick around to the end of the video. They usually (though not always) have a little comment on how they felt about their own performance at the end.
YES! Please react to the WHOLE journey so you can see the growth!! Shawn S was the first Pentaholic (beyond PTX’s parents 😜)!
Also I want to say Congratulations to Scott & Mark who got married yesterday
You would love Come Along. It's a fun and upbeat song and video with some great Mitch moments.
Yes, it was an acapella competition. I think there were 10 groups to start? Others may be able to confirm. Shawn Stockman is part of Boyz to Men, so if anyone gets arrangement and melody/harmony work, it’s him. End of the Road is my favorite!
16 groups their season I think
There were actually 16 groups starting. They split them into 2 groups to begin with so PTX performed week 2 and 4. Week 5 all the remaining 10 performed together. After that all groups performed every week and in later weeks they performed 2 songs per show.
Do the full season of Sing Off. They’re really good. I have my favorites episodes.
As good as they are on Sing Off. They have grown so much. Love them.
Please do the entire Sing Off season!
Please, please, follow the Sing Off journey in order so you can see them grow. You will never regret it. Judge, Shawn Stockman is from the group Boys II Men. He's wonderfully supportive of Pentatonix. Can't wait to see your reaction as you take this journey.
I would do them in order! Glad you got to this!!
Yes the Sing Off was an acappela contest and PTX won this 3rd season. Home Free won the next season. You should follow their performances, as you rightly observed the raw talent is there, they've clearly gotten even better since but it's really fun to see them as essentially teenagers (19 for the core three) and a nascent group. Mitch, Scott and Kirstie went to HS together Mitch and Scott also were in Children's Musical Theater from the age of 10. The trio did a Lady Gaga song during a high school concert and blew everyone away; that video is around on TH-cam.
Their final "voting" performance of Dog Days Are Over doubtless blew the entire competition apart; no one was going to beat them, despite being absolutely exhausted by the demands of the competition. A number of other performances from the show are memorable but I'll leave it to you to decide what you like best.
This show was AMAZING! Watching them performance #1 was unreal... You knew they were on another level... Even the other groups were blown away... Shawn!! The original Pentaholic! Super cool to watch people react to this show where they started!
The last guy to talk is Shawn stockman of boyz to men.
Thank you so much for reacting to this first performance on The Sing-Off! Yes, it was an a capella competition, and it would be awesome if you ran through their performances chronologically. I'll be there for every reaction!
Definitely would do all the Pentatonix Sing Off series.
Kirtsy has improved the most since then. Plz react to all of the sing off performances.
Watch all the videos. It shows how they they form the songs they perform!!
How three people that were that good were all in the same school at the same time in just a regular public high school....The odds of that happening just this once is probably like the odds of hitting the lottery jackpot five times.
The Sing-Off was an acapella competition. Home Free and Voice Play were on the following season, and Home Free won that year.
It's wonderful to see the evolution from then to now.
I remember watching this live. I was wowed by them then... and they're just so much more incredible now.
Thank you for doing the Sing Off in its entirety. Please do them in order and do the 2nd performance next. Love, love, love your reactions!!!💕
You stopped too soon…..PTX makes comments after you stopped
please do the entire series, that will help you get a better view of they got to where they are today
You mentioned on the "Somebody I used to know" that they started off so natural together, but in the sing off you hear them get better each performance, its truly amazing to see.
Like everyone else, I say you have to react to all the Sing Off performances in order. Yes, it's an acapella competition show. It's so interesting and entertaining to see them grow and start down the path to success.
I hope you will do the whole show in order! As others have said you will witness the formation of PTX, this performance was their first public performance the only other time they sang together was when they auditioned for the show meeting face to face for the first time the day before auditions. So as you mentioned they were meant to be together all the other groups in the competition had been together for years. Side note Home Free auditioned for this season but didn't make it on so they went back added Austin and Tim changed their sound to country and auditioned again the next year and won. Always stay for the judges comments as they are very informative for a new group and you can see how they won the judges over. Shawn Stockman (the judge you called weird) is from the group Boyz II Men and is the first ever Pentaholic!
What to do next??? Shucks, get the story. Get all of it, watch them grow. Do performance number 2, then 3 and all t he way up to the number 12. You won't believe the growth you see/hear as they progress up the ladder. Thanks for a great reaction.
Please do all of the songs. Its amazing how they evolve thru the show.
You have to do the whole season now from 1st to the 12th performance
I enjoyed your reaction to this first Pentatonix performance. Thank you. I hope that you will react to all of their performances on the show. I love all of their performances except 2 and 13. Even those are worth watching.
Please do the WHOLE PTX Sing Off journey!!! Thank you!!
All the best from East Tennessee, USA.
Kirsten, Scott and Mitch were 19...I live like 15 mins from their high school in Arlington, Tx....The judge Sean is one of the members of Boys to Men
Do the whole series! It’s so fun! And you’ll get to see the first Mitch slap (my personal fave lol)
I followed along with their journey from the beginning. You should see their full Sing Off journey & the advice they were given at their first steps. To understand their story, you should watch them go through the whole competition. Video Killed the Radio Star & Dog Days are over remain some of my all time favorites even now. Besides, you get to see who they were as kids just gelling for the first time as a group of 5 & the behind the scenes are just adorable. They have personal messages at the end of their old videos too. Cute AF!❤😂
The Sing Off was a competition show for a Capella groups. This was the third season, and there were 16 groups that made it through the auditions. The prizes were $200K in cash and a record contract with a big recording company. About 2 weeks after the show, the record company dropped them, supposedly because PTX didn't fit whatever box they wanted to put them in. I'll never understand why they offered the contract, and then said they didn't know how to work with them. Big mistake!
By the way - during Mitch's solo, you might have heard a whistle tone. The camera went to Kirstie, but it was actually Avi doing overtone singing, doing a bass note and the whistle tone at the same time. He did it again right after that during Kirstie's solo, where he did a bass note and a whirring tone above it.
The first few weeks on the show PTX worked hard to create a cohesive sound, and by the 4th and 5th week, they began to sound like a tight group. I hope you react to at least a few more performances from the show, if not all of them. Week #5 Love Lockdown, Week #7 Born to be Wild, Week #10, Let's Get It On, and Week #12 Dog Days Are Over are definitely favorites. In the finale, it is fun to see how happy they were to win, but there is a lot of waiting for Nick to read the cue cards.
*Must* react to all 12 competition performances in order to get the full effect! *PLEASE!*
You should do all of PTX performances on The Sing Off, they really go on a journey there and you see them get better.
The Sing Off is an acapella exclusive show, the contestants are all acapella groups, the show aired on NBC for like 5 seasons before they cancelled it. Season 3 (PTX's season) is one of the best seasons, and I don't know if you know this but VoicePlay and Home Free competed against each other in season 4!
Please do all of the Sing Off. Please. It's just so much fun. Reactors always seem to get swept up with the excitement of the competition. Also, when you are finished with the Sing Off, there is a Superfruit episode with Mitch and Scott reacting to their performances. IT IS PRICELESS. Enjoy!
Just go through the entire Sing Off journey! You're gonna love it! My favourite is their Britney Spears medley :)
Gotta be the second performance. Do each one in order till you are done! Better squeeze them in each week till it is over. Lol
I would recommend for you to react to all their performances on the Sing Off in order through to the finals.
As much as I can't believe it's taken you this long to see their first ever performance as Pentatonix, @GOTGames, I'm certainly glad you finally took the time to see them & learn about their epic journey to stardom! Yes, the Sing-Off was a 3-season running a cappella competition between multiple groups of a cappella singers ranging anywhere between 4-20 members, all working towards the chance at 1-million USD & a Sony-brand recording contract to get their name out there for the general public.
Each season was judged by the three people you saw critiquing Pentatonix: Ben Folds (renowned musician, piano player, all-around good guy), Sara Bareilles (another renowned musician, though originally filled by Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger) & Shawn Stockman (one of the leading men in the popular 90s boy band, Boyz II Men) & hosted by Nick Lachey (one of the lead singers in another popular 90s boy band, 98 degrees). The reason why the quality of the video's so poor is it was broadcast via television first, then someone must have recorded the feed & rebroadcast via spaces like youtube, so the quality was only as 'good' as the original screen would've been.
Among all the great performances of Pentatonix, I would recommend seeing some of the past groups that won in their 'audition' tracks: Nota (6-piece group from Puerto Rico), Committed (another 5-piece group that were based out of church) & Home Free (also 5-piece, with a country vibe). They all turned out amazing, though if I could recommend any videos from their collective 'auditions', I'd suggest Street Corner Symphony's cover of Radiohead's Creep. It sounds almost exactly like the real deal! Much love, your content is always awesome!
I watched this when it aired and was blown away. If you do all the PTX songs from the SO series-and you absolutely should-there’s a Superfruit video of Scott & Mitch reacting to themselves on the show. It’s hilarious.
Babytonix!!! They were fearless!
Baby faces!!! ❤❤❤❤
I'm just always awed at the fact that they literally became a group just a single day before that performance. 😯 However, you really should watch the whole of the Sing Off performances, followed immediately by their video for "Starships" to really understand where they started. 😁👍
Another group on this season was Delilah. Their cover of “Grenade” from this show is also amazing. Definitely worth a watch! ❤
I remember sitting in the basement of my old house watching this air live. Was a fan from day one ❤