(dramatic music)
Announcer: Tonight on "don't forget the lyrics".
♪ we're all in the mood for a melody ♪
Announcer: There's no question
This new york waiter can sing.
Niecy nash: You came out here
With full on rockstar vibes.
Announcer: But will he be able to take his game
To a million dollar high note?
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah
Niecy nash: I appreciate all that extra sauce.
Announcer: Or will he come crashing back down to earth?
Ethan crystal: Now I'm confused.
Audience: Oh! Announcer: Find out...
Ethan crystal: Oh, no.
Announcer: Right now.
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
Please welcome the first lady of lyrics, niecy nash!
(upbeat music continues)
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Welcome to "don't forget the lyrics".
Guys, I love hosting this show.
I get to hear tonnes of incredible music,
And I get to give away mountains of money!
(audience cheering)
My high school guidance counsellor never saw this coming.
(audience laughs)
And let's not forget
The cherry on the top of this amazing gig.
It's ricky and the band!
(audience cheering) (upbeat rock music)
Are you guys ready to meet our first rockstar?
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
He's a caterer from the big apple
With big dreams of becoming a musician.
Give it up for ethan crystal!
(upbeat music)
(audience cheering)
You came out here with full on rockstar vibes.
(ethan laughs)
Let 'em look at me.
I'm walking out so cool.
I loved it. (audience laughs)
All right, what else can you tell us about yourself?
Ethan crystal: Well, I'm from oregon.
And I come from a really big creative family,
And I think that's why I wanted to move to new york, right?
And so I do this thing, I cater to pay the bills,
And it's a lot of fun.
And everyone is your best friend
When you're holding a big plate of hor d'oeuvres.
Niecy nash: Uh-huh.
Ethan crystal: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like, yeah.
(audience laughs)
Yeah, you want some? (audience applauding)
Niecy nash: That's what you do to pay the bills.
Ethan crystal: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Niecy nash: But the dream...
Ethan crystal: The dream...
Niecy nash: Is to be a musician.
Ethan crystal: Yeah, yeah.
Can I put this somewhere?
(audienchs)
Niecy nash: All right.
Let's get you some money, funny guy.
(audience applauding) if you give me
The correct missing lyrics to 10 songs,
I'm going to give you $1 million.
(audience cheering) ethan crystal: Wow.
Wow, wow.
Really?
Niecy nash: Really.
(ethan laughs) let's take a look
At your categories for tonight.
Party songs, billy joel,
Country, r&b,
2000s, classic rock, pop, super bowl performers, and funk.
Now, the first song is worth $2,500,
And the money keeps growing
Right up to the million dollar song.
Now, if you make it to $25,000,
Ethan, that money is guaranteed.
(audience cheering)
So let's jump right in.
Which category would you like to choose first?
(audience exclaiming)
Ethan crystal: Well, I had a strategy coming into this.
I'm trying to get to that 25 and lock it in,
And so I'm going to start with the ones that I know.
Niecy nash: Ok.
Ethan crystal: And so I'm going to go with classic rock.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Listen to a lot of classic rock?
Ethan crystal: Oh, yeah.
Niecy nash: Let's take a look
And see what your two song choices are.
Ethan crystal: Oh, I hope I know 'em.
Niecy nash: "jet airliner" by steve miller band,
Or "baba o'riley" by the who.
Ethan crystal: I know a lot of steve miller,
But like "jet airliner",
I bet if I heard the hook, I would know it but
I got to go with "baba o'riley".
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Ok.
So for this classic rock song,
I'm going to need three missing words.
Ethan crystal: Ok.
Niecy nash: Are you ready?
Ethan crystal: I'm ready.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: He's ready, ricky.
(upbeat rock music)
♪ out here in the fields
Niecy nash: Hey! (audience cheering)
♪ I fight for my meal
♪ I get my back into my living
Niecy nash: Hey! (audience applauding)
♪ I don't need to fight
♪ to prove I'm right
♪ I don't need to be forgiven
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(audience cheering)
Ethan crystal: Oh, here we go.
♪ don't cry
♪ don't raise your eye
♪ it's only teenage wasteland
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Ok.
I don't know if your lyrics are right,
But I do know you enjoyed that performance,
And we did too. (audience cheering)
All right.
The who said, "don't raise your eye, it's".
You said, "only teenage wasteland".
Are you confident in this answer?
Ethan crystal: It's a hard one to forget.
Yeah, I'm confident.
Let's lock in those lyrics!
(audience cheering) niecy nash: All right.
You locked in the lyrics.
If you are correct, the entire line will turn green.
If any word is wrong, it will turn red and the game is over.
For $2,500,
Is it "only teenage wasteland"?
(drum roll)
(audience cheering) oh!
You banked $2,500.
You are on your way to that million dollar song.
Ethan crystal: All right.
Niecy nash: Let's try to double that money right now.
This next song is worth $5,000.
(audience cheering)
All right.
Ethan, which category do you want to choose next?
Ethan crystal: Well, my mom had a billy joel cassette
That we listened to a lot growing up,
And my best friend in new york, the way I met him
Was he was playing a billy joel song on the piano.
So I'm going to go with billy joel!
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"piano man", or "only the good die young".
(audience cheering)
Ethan crystal: The one that I'm familiar with the most
Is "piano man".
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Ok, ethan.
For this song, I am going to need five missing words.
Ethan crystal: I'm ready.
Niecy nash: He's ready, ricky!
(audience cheering)
(laid back music)
♪ it's nine o'clock on a Saturday ♪
♪ the regular crowd shuffles in ♪
♪ oh, there's an old man sittin' next to me ♪
♪ makin' love to his tonic and gin ♪
♪ ba ba ba ba ba
♪ he says, son, can you play me a memory ♪
♪ I'm not really sure how it goes ♪
♪ but it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete ♪
♪ when I wore a younger man's clothes ♪
♪ oh la-la-la de-de da
♪ la-la de-de da da-da
♪ sing us a song, you're the piano man ♪
♪ sing us a song tonight
♪ well, we're all in the mood for a melody ♪
♪ and you've got us feeling all right ♪
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right, ethan.
Billy joel said, "well, we're all in".
You said, "the mood for a melody".
How are you feeling about these lyrics?
Ethan crystal: There's a part of me in my head
That's wondering if melody is memory.
Niecy nash: Would you like to see it up there?
Ethan crystal: No, I got it, yeah.
The mood for a melody.
I'm going to lock in those lyrics.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right.
You locked in those lyrics.
This is for $5,000.
Ethan crystal: Yeah, I know, I know.
Niecy nash: Let's reveal the first four words.
(drum roll)
(audience cheering)
All right.
You were torn between melody and memory.
Ethan crystal: I was.
Niecy nash: Please reveal
The correct answer to the final word.
(drum roll)
(audience cheering) oh!
That's $5,000!
Ethan crystal: Oh, man.
Niecy nash: Let's try to double his money right now.
He's playing for $10,000.
(audience cheering)
All right, ethan, what category do you want to play for next?
Ethan crystal: A few of these are ones
That I feel confident is going to be something I know
Like the back of my hand.
And so I'm going to stick with the ones I know.
I'm going to go with
The 2000s.
(audience cheering) niecy nash: Ok.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"I'm like a bird" by nelly furtado,
Or "absolutely (story of a girl)" by nine days.
Ethan crystal: This one's tough.
I feel like I've listened
To "story of a girl" more in my life.
And so I think that's the one I'm going to go with.
(audience cheering) niecy nash: Ok.
Ethan crystal: Yeah.
Niecy nash: For this song, ethan,
I'm going to need three missing words.
Ethan crystal: Ok.
Niecy nash: Ricky, hit it!
(upbeat rock music)
♪ the clothes never wear as well the next day ♪
♪ and your hair never falls quite the same way ♪
♪ you never seem to run out of things to say ♪
♪ this is the story of a girl
Niecy nash: Hey!
♪ who cried a river and drowned the whole world ♪
♪ and while she looks so sad in photographs ♪
♪ I absolutely love her when she smiles ♪
Ethan crystal: Oh!
(audience cheering)
Oh, come on!
Niecy nash: All right.
Nine days said, "I absolutely love her".
You said, "when she smiles,"
And then you broke out into a big kool-aid smile.
(ethan and audience laugh)
Are you confident in these lyrics?
Ethan crystal: Well, if you told me
It was going to be those three,
Then I was definitely going to pick it.
That's like, that's the...
♪ when she smiles
♪ ba-bam ba-ba-bam ba-bam
I feel like I'm back in my car.
Niecy nash: Do you also feel
Like you want to lock in those lyrics?
Ethan crystal: I want to lock in those lyrics.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right.
You locked in those lyrics.
For $10,000,
Is it when she smiles?
(drum roll)
(audience cheering)
You got it!
You banked $10,000.
Ethan is going for a guaranteed $25,000
Next on "don't forget the lyrics".
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
Welcome back to, "don't forget the lyrics".
So far, ethan has sailed through three songs
And banked $10,000.
(audience cheering) there are six categories
Still on the board, and he has all of his backups left.
This next song is worth $25,000 guaranteed.
(audience cheering) so tell me, ethan,
What would you do with $25,000?
Ethan crystal: I've been lucky enough to live in new york
And pursuing my dream for five and a half years.
I'm a writer, and got stuff going on,
Hare-brained schemes, creative ideas,
And I think a big chunk of it would go towards that.
Niecy nash: So you would use the $25,000
To finance your creativity.
Ethan crystal: Yeah.
Niecy nash: All right.
Ethan crystal: Absolutely. (audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Let's see
What category do you want to play for next?
(audience exclaiming)
Ethan crystal: Let's do party songs.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Sounds good.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"u can't touch this" by mc hammer,
Or "wake me up before you go-go" by wham!.
Ethan crystal: Let's do "wake me up before you go-go".
(audience cheering) niecy nash: Ok.
Ethan, this is for $25,000 guaranteed.
I'm going to need four missing words.
I want to start the song at the first chorus.
Ethan crystal: I'm ready.
Niecy nash: Ricky, let's do it.
(audience cheering)
(upbeat pop music)
♪ wake me up before you go-go
♪ don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo ♪
♪ wake me up before you go-go
♪ I don't want to miss it when you hit that high ♪
♪ wake me up before you go-go
♪ 'cause I'm not planning on going solo ♪
♪ wake me up before you go-go
♪ take me dancing tonight
(audience cheering)
♪ I want to hit that high
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah
Niecy nash: All right.
I appreciate all that extra sauce you put on that song.
(audience cheering)
Wham! Said, "wake me up before you go-go".
You said, "take me dancing tonight".
How are you feeling about this answer?
Ethan crystal: I'm feeling like
I'm about to lock in $25,000.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: You want to lock in the lyrics?
Ethan crystal: Let's lock in those lyrics!
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Ethan, you locked in those lyrics.
For $25,000 guaranteed
And a chance to finance your creative project...
Ethan crystal: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Niecy nash: Is it "take me dancing tonight"?
(drum roll)
(audience cheering)
You got it right!
That's $25,000!
Ethan crystal: What?
Niecy nash: Ethan, how does that feel?
Ethan crystal: I can't begin this way this early.
I got more to go!
Niecy nash: Ok.
Well, you dry your tears.
Ethan crystal: Yeah. (audience applauding)
Niecy nash: The game is about to get harder.
There are five categories left to the million dollar song.
Now, we are playing for $50,000!
(audience cheering)
Ok, ethan, let's get you that money.
What category do you want to play for next?
Ethan crystal: I'm going to pick between
Super bowl performers and pop.
I like super bowl because it's more specific.
It is more specific but...
But what?
Let's do super bowl performers!
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"material girl" by madonna,
Or "when I was your man" by bruno mars.
(audience exclaiming)
Ethan crystal: I'm going to go with "when I was your man"!
(audience cheering) niecy nash: All right.
For $50,000, ethan,
I need six missing words.
Ethan crystal: Ok.
Niecy nash: Ricky, you know what to do.
(audience cheering) (soft music)
Ethan crystal: Oh, that's nice, like a big intro.
♪ it all just sounds like ooh ooh ♪
♪ ooh, too young, too dumb to realise ♪
♪ that I should have brought you flowers ♪
Niecy nash: Hey.
♪ and held your hand
♪ should have gave you all my hours ♪
♪ when I had the chance
♪ and take you to every party
♪ 'cause all I wanted to do was dance ♪
♪ now my baby's dancing
♪ but she's dancin' with another man ♪
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right.
Bruno mars said, "'cause all you wanted to do was dance,
And now my baby's dancin'".
You said, "but she's dancin' with another man".
Are you confident in these lyrics?
Ethan crystal: There's a part of me that was wondering
If the but was something else,
But it doesn't really make any sense
For it to be anything else.
Now my baby's dancing, but she's dancing with another man.
♪ now my baby's dancin'
♪ but she's dancin' with another man ♪
I just can't hear it any other way.
I'm going to lock in those lyrics.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right.
Ethan, you locked in those lyrics.
For $50,000,
Is it "but she's dancin' with another man"?
(drum roll)
(audience cheering)
Ethan, you banked $50,000!
Audience: Ethan!
Ethan!
Niecy nash: After the break, ethan will take on
The $75,000 song, and we'll be right back
With more of "don't forget the lyrics".
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
Welcome back.
I'm here with ethan, and he's tearing up our stage.
So far, he has banked $50,000.
(audience cheering)
There are just four categories still on the board,
And he has all of his backups left.
Let's keep moving.
This next song is worth $75,000.
(audience cheering)
Let's look at what you have left in play.
Country, r&b, pop, and funk.
(audience exclaiming)
Ethan crystal: Let's do pop!
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"the sign" by ace of base, or "the bones" by maren morris.
Ethan crystal: I've heard of ace of base.
Sorry to maren morris fans.
(audience laughs)
I'm going to go with "the sign".
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: For $75,000,
I am going to need six missing words.
Audience: Ooh.
(audience cheering) niecy nash: Ricky,
Take it away!
(upbeat pop music)
♪ I saw the sign
♪ and it opened up my eyes
♪ I saw the sign
♪ life is demanding
♪ without understanding
♪ I saw the sign
♪ and it opened up my eyes
♪ I saw the sign
♪ no one's going to drag you up ♪
♪ to get gibidi-pop with you and I ♪
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right.
Ace of base said, "no one's going to drag you up to get".
You said, "nothing, nothing, with you and I".
Ethan crystal: No one's going to drag you up to get
Something with you and I.
It makes sense in my head.
I don't know if that means it's right,
But I just want to get through.
Niecy nash: If you are not confident,
Let's talk about your backups, ok?
Ethan crystal: Yeah, mm-hmm.
Niecy nash: Your first backup is your backup singer.
Who did you bring with you tonight?
Ethan crystal: I brought my brother, paxton.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Hey, brother!
All right, paxton can help you out with an answer
But only for one song, or you have three words.
If at any time you are unsure about a word,
Just tell us and we will reveal the correct answer.
You can use all three of your backups at once,
Or you can spread them out across the game.
Would you like to use one of your backups?
Ethan crystal: Yeah, I'll start with one of my words.
Niecy nash: Ok, great. Ethan crystal: Yeah.
The one that's going to lock in with for me
Is probably going to be number two.
Niecy nash: Please reveal the correct word
For line number two.
(ethan laughs)
Did that help you at all?
Ethan crystal: You know, actually, it did
Because I know it's not with.
(audience laughs)
Niecy nash: You have two backup words left.
Ethan crystal: Yes, yes.
Niecy nash: If you would like to use them, you may do so.
Ethan crystal: I think I want to do that.
Niecy nash: Ok.
Which word would you like to see the correct answer for?
Ethan crystal: Number one.
Niecy nash: Please reveal the correct word
For line number one.
Ethan crystal: Now I'm confused.
Niecy nash: Ok, well, you still have
One more backup word if you'd like to use it.
Ethan crystal: I think I'm going to use my last one
On the third word to replace with.
Niecy nash: Ok, please reveal the correct word
For line number three.
Ethan crystal: Oh, no.
Hey, pax, do you want to come up here?
Niecy nash: Come on.
(audience cheering)
Ethan crystal: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know, yeah.
Niecy nash: All right, paxton.
What are your thoughts on what you see on the board so far?
Paxton: My thoughts are that
I'm not very familiar with ace of base.
Niecy nash: So you don't think you could be any help
To ethan on this song?
Paxton: I don't know if I have anything to offer.
Niecy nash: Well, thank you so much.
Ethan crystal: Appreciate it.
Niecy nash: Thank you so much for coming up.
Paxton: Thank you.
Ethan crystal: Ok.
Niecy nash: So here are your options.
You can work through it and lock in some lyrics.
If they are right, you move up to $75,000.
If they are wrong, ethan, you drop down to $25,000.
Or you can bow out with the $50,000 you've already banked.
(audience cheering)
Ethan crystal: I mean, cutting it in half,
That's a lot of money.
$25,000 is a lot of money to lose on a wild guess.
Niecy, I think this is it.
Audience: Aww.
Ethan crystal: I'm going to bow out with 50,000.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right, ethan.
You are walking away, but you are not empty handed.
You are leaving with $50,000!
(audience cheering)
That is a great job.
Take a bow.
Ethan crystal: Thank you.
(audience cheering) niecy nash: All right.
Now, ethan, let's take a look
And see what the correct answer is.
"into the light where you belong".
You made the right decision
To bow out. Ethan crystal: I did.
Yes, I did.
Niecy nash: Congratulations.
Ethan crystal: Yes, I did, I would not...
Niecy nash: You're going home with $50,000!
(audience cheering)
Let's hear it for ethan!
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
Are you guys ready to meet our next rockstar?
(audience cheering)
She's a vocal instructor
Who's hoping to hit all the high notes
And sing her way to $1 million.
From los angeles, california, it's nina kasuya.
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
Nina kasuya: Hello!
Niecy nash: Hey, nina!
Nina kasuya: How's it going?
I'm so excited to be here.
Niecy nash: Well, welcome.
Tell us all a little bit more about yourself.
Nina kasuya: Well, I was born
With an extremely loud voice.
And actually, my dad's favourite story to tell
Is that when I was born, my first scream
Almost shattered the windows in the nursery in the hospital.
Niecy nash: Whoa. (audience laughs)
Nina kasuya: And ever since then,
I have been using my big voice to just
♪ yeah
All day.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Well, I want to hear more of that,
So let's get you some money.
(audience cheering)
(tia squeals)
Let's take a look at tonight's categories.
Nina kasuya: Ok.
Niecy nash: And they are
Pop, '60s, alternative, disco, boy bands, movie soundtracks,
Rock and roll hall of fame, my girl lizzo, and country.
(audience cheering)
Nina, we're going to jump right in.
Which category do you want to play for first?
Nina kasuya: I'm feeling pretty good
About a few of them.
So I would like to start with
Boy bands.
(audience cheering) niecy nash: All right.
Nina kasuya: I'm going to take a risk on it.
Niecy nash: All right.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
Nina kasuya: Ok.
Niecy nash: "mmmbop" by hanson,
Or "on bended knee" by boyz ii men.
Nina kasuya: Ok.
If I am being completely honest with you,
I don't know "mmmbop" outside of mmmbop.
(audience laughs)
So I am going to go with "on bended knee" by boyz ii men.
Niecy nash: All right. (audience cheering)
Can't go wrong with boyz ii men.
All right.
For $2,500, I am going to need four missing words.
Nina kasuya: Ok.
Niecy nash: And we'll start at the first chorus.
Nina kasuya: Ok.
Niecy nash: You ready?
Nina kasuya: I'm ready.
Niecy nash: She's ready, ricky!
(audience cheering)
(soft music)
♪ can we go back to the days our love was strong ♪
Niecy nash: Hey.
♪ can you tell me how a perfect love goes wrong ♪
♪ can somebody tell me how to get things back ♪
♪ the way they use to be
(audience cheering)
♪ oh god, give me a reason
♪ I'm down on bended knee
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right, nina.
Boyz ii men said, "how to get things back the way".
You said, "they use to be".
How confident are you in this answer?
Nina kasuya: You know what?
I'm actually feeling pretty good about it
Because it came out so naturally,
But I just want to look at it one more time.
♪ get things back the way they used to be ♪
(audience cheering)
I'm feeling pretty confident about that.
I would like to lock in those lyrics.
(audience cheering) niecy nash: All right.
You locked in those lyrics, nina.
If you are correct, the entire line will turn green.
Nina kasuya: Whoo!
Niecy nash: If any word is wrong, it will turn red
And the game will be over. Nina kasuya: Ok.
All right, green is about to be my favourite colour tonight.
Niecy nash: Yeah. (audience laughs)
(nina laughs)
Oh, yeah.
So for $2,500,
Is it "they use to be"?
(drum roll)
Hey!
(audience cheering) nina kasuya: Whoo!
Ok.
Niecy nash: That is $2,500.
(nina laughs)
You are on your way to the million dollar song.
Nina is just getting warmed up.
We'll be right back with more "don't forget the lyrics".
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
Hey!
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
Welcome back to "don't forget the lyrics".
I'm here with nina who has banked $2,500
And still has all of her backups.
Let's try and double that money right now.
The next song is worth $5,000!
(audience cheering)
All right, nina, which category do you want to choose next?
Nina kasuya: I think I got to go
With what feels the most confident next.
(audience exclaiming)
How did you,
You all are reading my mind.
I am absolutely going to go with pop as my next category.
(audience cheering) niecy nash: All right.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"kokomo" by the beach boys, or
"billionaire", travie mccoy, featuring bruno mars.
(audience exclaiming)
Are you familiar with either of these songs?
Nina kasuya: I am familiar but not super confident.
However, I am going to choose the song
That I think that my backup singer
Will be able to help me out with if I can't get it.
So I am going to go with "kokomo" by the beach boys.
Niecy nash: Ok.
(audience cheering)
For this particular song, I'm going to need five
Missing words. Nina kasuya: Ok.
Niecy nash: Are you ready?
Nina kasuya: I'm ready.
Niecy nash: She's ready, ricky!
(audience cheering) (laid back music)
Hey!
♪ aruba, jamaica
♪ ooh, I want to take ya
♪ bermuda, bahama
♪ come on, pretty mama
♪ key largo, montego
♪ baby, why don't we go
♪ jamaica, the florida keys
♪ there's a place called kokomo ♪
♪ that's where you want to go to ♪
Nina kasuya: Oof!
Niecy nash: Ok.
Let's talk about this.
The beach boys said, "that's where you want to go".
And you said absolutely nothing.
(audience laughs) all right.
Nina kasuya: You are correct. (laughs)
Niecy nash: Yes,
But let me remind you of your backup options.
Your first backup is your backup singer.
Who did you bring with you today?
Nina kasuya: I brought my best friend, tia simone.
Tia simone: Hi!
Nina kasuya: Who is my game night buddy,
(audience cheering)
My road trip partner, and I think my secret weapon,
My heavy artillery in this game.
Niecy nash: Ok.
Well, tia can help you out with the answer,
But only for one song.
Nina kasuya: Ok.
Niecy nash: All right?
You also have three words.
Nina kasuya: Mm-hmm. Niecy nash: If at any time
You are unsure of a word, just let us know
And we can reveal the correct answer.
Would you like to use one of your backups?
Nina kasuya: I would like to use one of my backups.
Niecy nash: Ok.
Nina kasuya: And I think I'm going to go
With a word to start because I think I got to save my friend
For a higher number.
Niecy nash: Ok, so which word would you like to see?
Nina kasuya: Can I see word number one?
I want to see if it'll trigger me
Into remembering the rest of these lyrics.
Niecy nash: Please reveal the correct word for line one.
♪ that's where you want to go
Nina kasuya: Hoo-hoo!
Niecy nash: Did that help you at all?
Nina kasuya: Does 1% count? (laughs)
Niecy nash: It all count, girl.
We're trying win you some money!
Nina kasuya: Get.
Niecy nash: Would you like to use another backup?
Nina kasuya: I think I would like to use one more word.
Niecy nash: Ok, which word would you like to see?
Nina kasuya: I think I got to go with word number two
To see if it'll give me a little bit more of the sentence.
Niecy nash: Please reveal the correct word for line two.
Nina kasuya: Get away.
♪ that's where you want to go
♪ to get away
Can I see a word up there after away?
Niecy nash: What would you like me to put up there?
Nina kasuya: Can I see get away to
As word number three?
Niecy nash: Ok.
Nina kasuya: That's where you want to go to get away to.
Huh.
All right, this might be a risk,
But I would like to use one more of my words, my last word.
Niecy nash: Which word would you like to use?
Nina kasuya: I think I am going to go
With word number five
Because I think it'll set me up the best for success.
Niecy nash: Please reveal the correct word
For line number five.
Nina kasuya: That is not
Where I thought that was going.
Huh.
Announcer: "kokomo" is no day at the beach for nina,
But she's hoping her backup singer can brighten her day.
Tia simone: I believe that we could do better.
Nina kasuya: I agree with you.
Announcer: Will she get burnt?
Nina kasuya: I know it's a risk.
Announcer: Or keep riding this wave?
Nina kasuya: I like that.
I would like to lock in those lyrics.
Tia simone: Whoo!
Announcer: Find out next.
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Welcome back to "don't forget the lyrics".
I'm here with nina who has banked $2,500,
And she still has her backup singer, tia.
(audience cheering)
But we want to get her closer to a million.
Nina kasuya: All right.
I know what I have to do.
I know it's a risk,
But I think I have to pull up my backup singer.
Niecy nash: All right.
Tia, grab the mic and come on up.
(audience cheering)
Both: Hi, friend.
(tia and nina laugh)
Niecy nash: Hi, tia.
Tia simone: Hi, niecy.
Niecy nash: How are you feeling
About what nina has on the board right now?
Tia simone: You know...
Nina kasuya: Tell me.
Be honest.
Tia simone: I believe that we could do better.
Nina kasuya: I agree with you.
Niecy nash: Ok, do you have an idea of what you think
Is missing up here? Tia simone: I believe
That it, ok.
That's where you want to go to get away from it all.
Niecy nash: Would you like to see that up there?
Tia simone: Can we see that?
Nina kasuya: Can we see that up there?
Niecy nash: Would you like to sing these words
And see how you all feel? Nina kasuya: Let's try it
And see how it goes, yeah, I would love that.
Tia simone: Would you like me to sing with you?
Niecy nash: Ok, ricky... Nina kasuya: Yes, please.
Niecy nash: Can you run it back?
Hit it!
(laid back music)
Hey, hey.
♪ there's a place called kokomo ♪
♪ that's were you want to go
♪ to get from it all
(audience cheering)
Tia simone: You ain't got nothing to lose, kid.
Nina kasuya: I know, I have nothing to lose.
To get away from it all.
I like that.
I would like to lock in those lyrics.
Tia simone: Whoo! Niecy nash: All right.
You locked in those lyrics.
For $5,000,
Is it "get away from it all"?
(drum roll)
Hey! (audience cheering)
Hey!
That is $5,000.
Tia, thank you so much!
Tia simone: Absolutely, niecy.
(audience cheering) niecy nash: All right.
Nina, this time, you're playing for $10,000.
Nina kasuya: All right.
Niecy nash: All right.
Let's take a look at your categories.
You have '60s, alternative, disco, movie soundtracks,
Rock and roll hall of fame, lizzo, and country.
(audience exclaiming)
Nina kasuya: Ok.
So when I'm looking at this board right now,
I'm considering alternative and lizzo.
I know those are very different genres.
Niecy nash: Well, at this point,
Which one do you know the best?
Nina kasuya: I think I'm going to say lizzo.
(audience cheering)
She's an icon.
We all love lizzo. (laughs)
Niecy nash: Everybody loves lizzo.
We stan, yes.
All right, let's take a look at your two song choices.
Ooh, my favourites.
"truth hurts", or "juice".
Nina kasuya: Wow, ok.
I love both of these songs.
However, I know that there are a couple sections
In each of them that I'm not 100% sure about.
But I think I am going to go with "truth hurts"
Because I have heard that on the internet
Over and over and over again.
Niecy nash: All right.
So for this song,
I'm going to need four missing words.
Nina kasuya: Ok.
Niecy nash: And we'll start it at the first chorus.
Nina kasuya: Ok.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Ricky, hit it.
(upbeat music)
♪ why men great 'til they got to be great ♪
♪ text me, tell it straight to my face ♪
Niecy nash: Hey.
♪ best friend sat me down in the salon chair ♪
♪ shampoo press, get you out of my hair ♪
♪ fresh photos with the bomb lighting ♪
Niecy nash: Hey.
♪ new man at the minnesota vikings ♪
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Oh, wait a minute!
Nina kasuya: Almost.
Hold on, hold on.
Niecy nash: Let's take a look.
♪ fresh photos with the bomb lighting ♪
♪ new man
Nina kasuya: Can I change
A couple of the words on the board?
Niecy nash: What would you like to change there?
Nina kasuya: I would like to change the first word
Because that sentence does not make sense.
Niecy nash: Ok, what would you like to change it to?
Nina kasuya: Can I change it to in?
Announcer: With no backups left, nina is on thin ice.
Nina kasuya: I am so sure about those last two words.
Announcer: Will this song leave her out in the cold?
Nina kasuya: I think I'm ready to lock in those lyrics.
Announcer: Or is she just heating up?
Nina kasuya: All right.
Announcer: It's nina versus lizzo
Next on "don't forget the lyrics".
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
Niecy nash: Welcome back to "don't forget the lyrics".
Nina used all of her backups.
But thanks to her friend tia, she banked $5,000.
(audience cheering)
All right.
Before for the break,
Lizzo said, "fresh photos with the bomb lighting, new man".
You said, "in the minnesota vikings".
♪ fresh photos with the bomb lighting ♪
♪ new man in the minnesota vikings ♪
Nina kasuya: I am so sure about those last two words,
And I think that those first two words
Make the most sense with this sentence.
You know what?
I think I'm ready to lock in those lyrics.
(audience cheering)
Niecy nash: All right.
You locked in those lyrics.
For $10,000, nina,
Is it "in the minnesota vikings"?
(drum roll)
Nina kasuya: Oh!
Niecy nash: Oh.
That is incorrect.
Tia, do you know the correct answer?
Tia simone: Yeah.
Niecy nash: What do you think it is?
Tia simone: On the minnesota vikings.
Nina kasuya: Oh!
Niecy nash: Let's see if that is correct.
That's correct.
I am so sorry you didn't win anything,
But we had a wonderful time watching you
And your good friend, tia. (upbeat music)
Tia simone: Good job, nina!
Niecy nash: One more time for nina!
Next time, more singers, more songs, more words,
And $1 million on "don't forget the lyrics".
Good night.
Hey!
Nina kasuya: Hey, hey, ah ah ah.
Niecy nash: Hey.
(nina laughs)
Hey. Nina kasuya: Whoo!
Niecy nash: Hey.