(UPBEAT MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
ANNOUNCER: Tonight, this retired Air Force sergeant...
NIECY NASH: A sergeant looking like a top model, baby.
MARKEIS: Whoo!
ANNOUNCER: Is cleared for takeoff.
♪ So what
♪ I'm still a rockstar
♪ I got my rock moves
♪ And I don't need you
ANNOUNCER: Will she soar to $1 million?
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: I didn't see that coming.
ANNOUNCER: Or will her flight plan...
MARKEIS: But I don't think
my strategy's been working for me.
NIECY NASH: I'm so glad you said it.
(MARKEIS SIGHS)
ANNOUNCER: Hit some unexpected turbulence?
MARKEIS: What are the words?
Whew. ANNOUNCER: Find out...
MARKEIS: OK.
ANNOUNCER: Right now.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Please welcome a woman who is freakier than Rick James,
Niecy Nash!
(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Thank you, thank you!
I want to take you all home with me.
That way, after a long day at work,
I can walk in the front door and hear this.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Oh, yeah!
Plus we can all split the rent 200 ways.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
Here's another sweet sound after a long day.
It's Ricci and the band!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Our first rockstar is ready to take the stage,
so let's not keep them waiting.
She's an Air Force veteran from Jacksonville, Florida.
Give it up for Staff Sergeant Markeis Simon.
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
MARKEIS: Whoo!
(MARKEIS LAUGHS)
NIECY NASH: A sergeant that came out here
looking like a top model, baby.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) MARKEIS: Thank you.
NIECY NASH: Talk to me about the Air Force.
How did you end up there?
MARKEIS: We had a Navy sailor, which is my father,
and an Air Force mother.
I grew up going all over the world,
and so it was pretty obvious that eventually,
I would go into that same path.
NIECY NASH: Wow.
MARKEIS: Yes.
NIECY NASH: You followed your mom into the Air Force.
MARKEIS: I did.
She ended up being a senior master sergeant, however, I was
a low observable aircraft structural maintainer.
NIECY NASH: One more time.
MARKEIS: Basically, I'm a fighter jet mechanic.
NIECY NASH: Hey, OK! (MARKEIS LAUGHS)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
That, I understand.
Now, let's get you some money tonight.
MARKEIS: Yes, yes. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: So if you give me the correct missing lyrics
to 10 songs, I'm going to give you $1 million!
MARKEIS: Whoo! (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Let's take a look
at your category choices tonight.
Made in the UK, disco, alternative, hip-hop,
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, love songs,
P!nk, '80s, and pop.
Now, the first song is worth $2,500,
and the money keeps growing
right up to the million dollar song.
But if you make it to $25,000,
Markeis, that money is guaranteed.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
All right.
MARKEIS: All right.
NIECY NASH: Which category
would you like to play for first?
AUDIENCE: Disco!
MARKEIS: Oh, my gosh.
I'm hearing a lot of disco.
I think that's probably just because of my outfit.
But surprisingly, I'm an alternative girl.
Let's go alternative.
I got to go with my gut. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
I got to do it.
NIECY NASH: Let's take a look at your two song choices.
MARKEIS: All right, let's do it.
NIECY NASH: "Underneath It All"
by No Doubt featuring Lady Saw,
or "Pretty Fly For A White Guy" by The Offspring.
(AUDIENCE SHOUTING) (MARKEIS LAUGHS)
Now, do you know either of these songs?
MARKEIS: I'm actually a huge Gwen Stefani fan.
NIECY NASH: Ooh. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
MARKEIS: So I got to go with my girl,
Gwen Stefani and No Doubt.
I'm choosing "Underneath It All".
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: OK.
So for this song, Markeis,
I am looking for four missing words.
MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: And we will start the song from the top.
MARKEIS: OK. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Ricci, let's do it.
MARKEIS: OK.
(LAID BACK ROCK MUSIC)
NIECY NASH: Hey!
♪ There's times when I want something more ♪
♪ Someone more like me
♪ There's times when this dress rehearsal ♪
♪ Seems so incomplete
♪ But you see the colors in me like no one else ♪
♪ And behind your dark glass, you're something else ♪
♪ And you're really lovely underneath it all ♪
♪ And you really love me underneath it all ♪
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
MARKEIS: Oh.
NIECY NASH: All right, let's take a look.
No Doubt featuring Lady Saw said, "Underneath it all."
And you said, "Really love me underneath."
How are you feeling about this answer?
MARKEIS: I'm not going to lie to you.
I'm not all the way there as far as confidence goes.
But... NIECY NASH: Mm-hmm.
MARKEIS: I don't want to use my backup so soon.
NIECY NASH: Well, let's talk about what they are.
You have two backups. MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: The first is your backup singer.
Who did you bring with you today?
MARKEIS: So this is Quinten.
We used to work together, and now, he is my roommate.
(QUINTEN AND MARKEIS CHUCKLE)
NIECY NASH: All right. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Well, Quinten can help you out with the answer
but only for one song.
Or you have five words.
If at any point in the game, you're unsure,
just tell us which word you would like to see revealed
and we will show you the correct answer.
Now, you can use all five words at once,
or you can spread them out across the game.
MARKEIS: All right, let's see.
♪ Underneath it all
♪ And you really love me
I feel like "underneath" would probably go
in the next line but...
NIECY NASH: Would you like to see
and you really love me up there?
MARKEIS: I would like to look at that.
I would. NIECY NASH: OK,
let's take a look.
MARKEIS: Oh, maybe I'm wrong.
Darn, darn, this is so hard.
OK.
Oh, I hate to do this so soon,
but I am going to use one word.
NIECY NASH: OK.
Which line would you like to see correct?
MARKEIS: I'm going to go with the last one,
number four.
NIECY NASH: OK.
Please reveal the correct word for line number four.
MARKEIS: Oh, that helps so much!
So I know for a fact that second to last word is love.
NIECY NASH: OK.
MARKEIS: And it's not me me.
NIECY NASH: OK.
MARKEIS: I'm trying to play this smart.
NIECY NASH: OK, well, smart is right.
MARKEIS: Yes.
NIECY NASH: So if you think you're wrong,
let's get it right.
MARKEIS: You right, and you smart.
So...
NIECY NASH: Tell me about it.
(MARKEIS LAUGHS) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
MARKEIS: So, you know, I'm going to reveal
the second word.
NIECY NASH: Please reveal the correct word
for line number two.
(MARKEIS LAUGHS)
Did that help at all?
MARKEIS: Oh, my gosh!
It just confirmed my suspicion
that maybe I don't know this song as much as I did.
NIECY NASH: So what would you like to do?
MARKEIS: I'm going to reveal, oh, line number one.
OK, so that has to be it.
After two hours of me trying to decipher this song,
I would like to
lock in those lyrics.
Come on! (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: You locked in those lyrics, Markeis.
If you are correct, the entire line will turn green.
If any words are wrong, they will turn red
and the game is over.
All right.
For $2,500,
is it "Want to love me"?
(DRUM ROLL BEATS)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: Hey!
That is $2,500.
You are on your way to the million dollar song.
MARKEIS: Thank you.
NIECY NASH: Let's try to double that right now.
This next song is worth $5,000.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) Listen.
Let's take a look at the categories
you still have left in play. MARKEIS: Yes.
I do love the '80s.
My mom loves the '80s,
and she really passed down that love to me.
And so, let's go with the '80s.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: OK.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"Walk Like An Egyptian" by The Bangles,
or "Working For The Weekend" by Loverboy.
MARKEIS: All right. (AUDIENCE SHOUTING)
"Walk Like An Egyptian" I am familiar with.
"Working For The Weekend",
there's actually a karaoke bar in Las Vegas
that I love going to, and they always play this song.
Let's choose "Working For The Weekend" by Loverboy.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: OK.
All right. MARKEIS: Whoo!
OK.
NIECY NASH: For $5,000,
I am going to need five missing words.
MARKEIS: Got it, easy.
NIECY NASH: And we'll start the song
before the first chorus.
MARKEIS: All right.
NIECY NASH: Are you ready?
MARKEIS: Ready. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Ricci, she's ready.
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
♪ And everybody's workin' for the weekend ♪
♪ Everybody wants a new romance ♪
♪ And everybody's goin' off the deep end ♪
♪ Everybody needs a second chance ♪
♪ Piece of my heart
♪ You better start from the start ♪
♪ You want to be in the show
♪ You want to get up and go
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: All right, let's take a look.
Loverboy said, "You want to be in the show."
You said, "You want to get up and."
How are you feeling about that?
MARKEIS: Well, my last word didn't make it in there
so that can't be right, Niecy.
So I'm going to use a backup word.
NIECY NASH: OK.
Which word would you like to see correct?
MARKEIS: Line five.
NIECY NASH: Please reveal the correct word for line five.
MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: Did that help you at all?
(MARKEIS SIGHS)
MARKEIS: Oh, my gosh.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Welcome back to "Don't Forget The Lyrics!".
Markeis has only played two songs,
and it has already been a journey.
Right now, we are playing for $5,000.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
OK, what are you thinking now?
MARKEIS: OK, what do you want to do
when you're working for the weekend
and then you want to get out and you want to party?
Obviously, you want to be in the show.
I want to be in the show.
Do you want to be in the show, Niecy?
NIECY NASH: I am the show.
MARKEIS: Oh. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
(NIECY LAUGHS)
(QUINTEN LAUGHS)
NIECY NASH: What are you thinking now?
MARKEIS: Oh, my gosh.
I'm drawing a little bit of a blank right now.
NIECY NASH: Well, you still have one backup word left.
MARKEIS: Oh, no.
I can't believe I'm doing this.
I better know every other song.
I would like to use my last backup word.
NIECY NASH: Which line would you like us to reveal?
(MARKEIS SIGHS)
MARKEIS: I'm going with number three, Niecy.
NIECY NASH: Please reveal the correct word
for line number three.
MARKEIS: Oh, my gosh!
Oh, my gosh.
NIECY NASH: You want to change it to something else?
MARKEIS: Because you know what makes sense?
NIECY NASH: What makes sense?
♪ You want to be in the show
MARKEIS: Come on, baby, let's go.
NIECY NASH: Would you like to put that up there?
MARKEIS: I would love
to see that up there. NIECY NASH: OK.
Are you feeling any better about it?
MARKEIS: I'm feeling a lot better.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: What would you like to do?
MARKEIS: Lock in those lyrics!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: All right.
MARKEIS: Whoo!
NIECY NASH: If you are right, you will bank $5,000
and be on your way to the million dollar song.
MARKEIS: That's right.
NIECY NASH: But if you are wrong,
you will leave with nothing.
MARKEIS: I don't like that.
NIECY NASH: For $5,000,
is it "Come on baby, let's go"?
(DRUM ROLL BEATS)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) MARKEIS: Oh, my God.
NIECY NASH: That is $5,000, Markeis!
Only eight songs to the million dollar song.
But first, we want to get you closer
to that $25,000 guaranteed. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Let's pick your category.
MARKEIS: All right, so I want to choose hip-hop
because of my dad,
played a lot of hip-hop growing up in the car.
But you can't get away from pop.
I'm going to go with pop.
I'm going with pop. NIECY NASH: All right.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
MARKEIS: I'm going with pop.
NIECY NASH: Let's take a look at your two song choices.
MARKEIS: All right.
NIECY NASH: "2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)" by Lizzo,
or "Stitches" by Shawn Mendes.
MARKEIS: I'm going to go with "Stitches", Shawn Mendes.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: For this song,
I am going to need four missing words.
MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: And we'll start the song at the first chorus.
MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: Ready to do it?
MARKEIS: I'm ready.
NIECY NASH: Let's do it, Ricci.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) MARKEIS: Whoo, OK.
Aaah!
(LAID BACK POP MUSIC)
NIECY NASH: Hey.
MARKEIS: OK.
♪ You watch me bleeding till I can't breathe ♪
♪ Shakin', fallin' onto my knees ♪
♪ And now that I'm without your kisses ♪
♪ You leaving me stitches
What, what?
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
♪ Without your kisses
NIECY NASH: All right, let's take a look.
Shawn Mendes said, "Now that I'm without your kisses."
You said, "You leaving me stitches."
MARKEIS: Oh, man.
I'm always trying to think, like, what would I say?
But I don't think that strategy's been working for me
all that well, I have to say.
NIECY NASH: I'm so glad you said it.
MARKEIS: Yes, yes. (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
♪ Without your kisses
You leave,
no, it can't be you leave me in stitches.
What's the words?
I feel like if I shout loud enough, they might come to me.
NIECY NASH: Go for it.
This is going to be interesting.
MARKEIS: What are the words?
Come on!
NIECY NASH: Anything?
MARKEIS: Stitches is the last word.
It is stitches.
You're giving me stitches?
Can I try you're giving me stitches?
NIECY NASH: Of course you can.
MARKEIS: This is not surgery that they're doing,
so why would she give me stitches?
I think I would like to bring up my backup.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: All right.
Quinten, come on up.
How you doing?
QUINTEN: Great, how about yourself?
NIECY NASH: I'm doing great.
I'm doing better than your friend here.
MARKEIS: It's true, it's true.
NIECY NASH: What are your thoughts on her answer?
MARKEIS: Stitches is definitely the last word,
I believe.
And now I'm needing stitches, or I'll be needing stitches.
MARKEIS: Ooh.
OK, that helps me though.
♪ And now that I'm without your kisses ♪
QUINTEN: Oh.
♪ I'll be needing stitches
MARKEIS: OK, that sounds right.
NIECY NASH: All right, here are your options.
Lock in these lyrics
and if you're right, you will bank $10,000
and you're on your way to that million dollar song.
But if you are wrong, you leave with nothing.
Or you can bow out now
with the $5,000 you've already banked.
What would you like to do?
MARKEIS: I'm going with this.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
I'm going to lock in those lyrics.
NIECY NASH: All right.
MARKEIS: I feel confident.
NIECY NASH: You locked in those lyrics.
For $10,000,
is it... MARKEIS: Oh, my gosh.
NIECY NASH: "I'll be needing stitches"?
(DRUM ROLL BEATS)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: Oh!
QUINTEN: Oh, my God.
NIECY NASH: You banked $10,000!
QUINTEN: Oh, my Lord.
NIECY NASH: Only seven songs...
MARKEIS: Whoo.
NIECY NASH: To the million dollar song.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
MARKEIS: Whoo!
Shout out to you.
NIECY NASH: Markeis is going for $25,000 guaranteed
next on "Don't Forget The Lyrics!".
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Welcome back to "Don't Forget The Lyrics!".
Markeis's backup, Quinten, just saved the day
and helped her bank $10,000.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Now we got to get her to a million, but she's out of backups
and the game is about to get harder.
There are six categories left.
This next song is worth $25,000
guaranteed. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
You just got to get it right without any help.
Now, I know you struggled a little bit out of the gate,
but I have a little inspiration for you
that might help you get your mojo back.
MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: Take a look.
MOTHER: Hi, Markeis.
Mom here sending you amazing energy and good luck
from your entire family here in the Lone Star state.
Go get 'em, baby!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: How about that?
MARKEIS: Wow.
NIECY NASH: When mama believe in you,
it's easy to believe in yourself.
MARKEIS: That's right.
NIECY NASH: All right. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
MARKEIS: Ready.
Whew, OK. (CHUCKLES)
NIECY NASH: Now, let me ask you,
if you can pull this off,
what are you going to do with $25,000?
MARKEIS: Well, I recently bought a home,
which I'm so thankful for,
so I'm thinking of making a few renovations.
But since my roommate here helped me out,
he'll definitely be getting a bigger room,
maybe some decorations for the room,
something. (LAUGHS) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: All right.
MARKEIS: It's only fair.
NIECY NASH: Well, let's take a look
and see which category is going to get you there.
(AUDIENCE SHOUTING)
MARKEIS: Well, my mom,
she used to be in a cover band,
and she sang a lot of love songs.
I'm going with love songs.
I got to go with love songs. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"I Melt With You" by Modern English,
or "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz.
(AUDIENCE SHOUTING)
MARKEIS: I know both of these songs,
but Jason Mraz, I used to listen to him all the time.
We have to go with "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz.
That's the song I'm going for. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
That's the song. NIECY NASH: OK.
Markeis, for $25,000 guaranteed,
I am going to need seven missing words.
MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: And we'll take the song from the top.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
All right, there we go!
There we go!
From the top, Ricci.
RICCI: You got it, Niecy.
(LAID BACK POP SONG) (AUDIENCE CLAPS)
(LAID BACK POP SONG CONTINUES)
♪ Well, you done done me in
♪ You bet I felt it
♪ I tried to be chill
♪ But you're so hot that I melted ♪
♪ I fell right through the cracks ♪
♪ And now I'm trying to get back ♪
♪ Before the cool done run out
♪ I'll be giving it my bestest
♪ And nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention ♪
♪ I reckon it's again my turn
♪ To win some or learn some
♪ But I won't hesitate
♪ No more, no more
♪ It cannot wait
♪ I'm yours
♪ Hey
♪ Hey yeah
♪ Well, open up your mind and see like me ♪
♪ And open up your plans and damn, you're free ♪
♪ (MUMBLES) And we'll find love, love, love ♪
(MARKEIS LAUGHS) (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
NIECY NASH: All right, let's take a look.
Jason said, "Well, open up your mind and see like me, open."
You said, "Up your plans and damn, you're free."
How are you feeling about this answer?
MARKEIS: You know what?
I'm going with my gut.
I got to go with my gut. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
And you know what my gut is telling me, Niecy?
NIECY NASH: Please tell me.
MARKEIS: It said to lock in those lyrics.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: All right.
You trusted your gut.
You locked in those lyrics.
This is for $25,000
guaranteed.
Is it "Up your plans and damn, you're free"?
(DRUM ROLL BEATS)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Oh!
QUINTEN: Yeah!
NIECY NASH: That is $25,000
guaranteed!
Markeis, that is your money
no matter what happens in the show.
Wow!
MARKEIS: Oh, my God!
NIECY NASH: OK, for $50,000,
which category is going to be closest
to what you feel like you know?
MARKEIS: OK, for 50,000.
You know what?
I'm going to go with P!nk.
I'm going with P!nk.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) I'm going with P!nk.
NIECY NASH: All right.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"So What", or "Don't Let Me Get Me".
MARKEIS: I still remember
watching the video to "So What" when I was younger.
I have to go with "So What". (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
(MARKEIS LAUGHS) NIECY NASH: All right.
Markeis, I am going to need seven missing words.
MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: And we'll start the song
just before the first chorus.
MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: Ricci, let's do it!
RICCI: You got it, Niecy. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
(UPBEAT POP MUSIC)
NIECY NASH: Hey.
♪ Na na na na na na na
♪ I want to start a fight
♪ So, so what
♪ I'm still a rockstar
♪ I got my rock moves
♪ And I don't need you
♪ And guess what
♪ I'm having more fun
♪ And now that we're done
♪ I'm going to show you tonight ♪
♪ It's all right (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: All right.
Let's take a look.
P!nk said, "I'm having fun more fun and now that."
You said, "We're done, I'm going to show you tonight."
Are you confident in these lyrics?
MARKEIS: This is the most confident I've been
in any song that I've played since I've been up here.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: All right!
What would you like to do?
MARKEIS: Lock in those lyrics!
Whoo! NIECY NASH: All right.
You locked in those lyrics.
MARKEIS: Yes.
NIECY NASH: For $50,000...
MARKEIS: Mm-hmm.
NIECY NASH: Is it "We're done, I'm going to show you tonight"?
(DRUM ROLL BEATS)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Oh!
Yes!
MARKEIS: Yes, yes!
NIECY NASH: You just banked $50,000!
What is going through your mind right now?
MARKEIS: I still cannot believe
I just won that money. (LAUGHS)
NIECY NASH: Well, you did. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
There are just four categories to the million dollar song
next on "Don't Forget The Lyrics!".
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Welcome back.
Markeis stressed us all out on her first few songs,
but she has found her inner strength and banked $50,000!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
There are just four categories to the million dollar song.
This next song is worth $75,000.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
MARKEIS: Whew.
NIECY NASH: All right.
Which category is going to get you there?
Made in the UK, disco,
hip-hop that your dad was playing in the car.
MARKEIS: Mm-hmm.
NIECY NASH: Or Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
MARKEIS: I think go with my gut,
and my gut is telling me hip-hop.
So we're going to go with hip-hop.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: All right.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"Just A Friend" by Biz Markie,
or "Ride Wit Me" by Nelly featuring City Spud.
MARKEIS: "Ride Wit Me", oh, my goodness.
"Ride Wit Me" like how I was riding with my father
when we were listening to songs like this.
I'm choosing "Ride Wit Me", Nelly.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: All right.
MARKEIS: Going all the way.
Going all the way. NIECY NASH: All right.
For this song, I am going to need eight missing words,
and we'll start the song from the top.
MARKEIS: All right.
NIECY NASH: Ricci, you know what to do.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
(UPBEAT HIP HOP SONG)
♪ Where they at, where they at, where they at, where they at ♪
♪ Where they at, where they at, where they at ♪
♪ Come on now
♪ If you want to go and take a ride with me ♪
♪ We three-wheeling in the fo' with the gold D's ♪
♪ Oh, why do I feel this way
♪ Hey, must be the money
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Let's take a look.
Nelly said, "Oh, why do I."
You said, "Feel this way, hey, must be the money."
How are you feeling about this answer?
MARKEIS: I feel really confident about this answer.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
I feel good.
NIECY NASH: So what you want to do?
MARKEIS: I feel good.
QUINTEN: Yeah!
MARKEIS: I'm going to lock in those lyrics!
NIECY NASH: You locked in those lyrics.
MARKEIS: I did.
NIECY NASH: Markeis. MARKEIS: I did.
NIECY NASH: If you are right, you will bank $75,000
and will still be on your way...
MARKEIS: Mm-hmm.
NIECY NASH: To the million dollar song.
But if you are wrong, you drop back down to $25,000.
MARKEIS: OK.
NIECY NASH: For $75,000,
is it "Feel this way, hey, must be the money"?
(DRUM ROLL BEATS)
AUDIENCE: Oh!
NIECY NASH: That is incorrect.
MARKEIS: No.
NIECY NASH: OK.
Let's take a look at the correct lyrics.
Why do I live this way?
MARKEIS: Live this way.
Of course.
NIECY NASH: You are still going home
with your $25,000, Markeis. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
MARKEIS: That's true.
NIECY NASH: One more time for Markeis!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Thank you.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
We've got music.
We've got money.
Now, we just need a rockstar, so let's bring one out.
She's a thrill seeker who chills out on a California ranch
with her goats, cows, llamas, and fiancé, in that order.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) Put your hands together
for Claire Wright.
(UPBEAT MUSIC) CLAIRE: Whoo!
(CLAIRE LAUGHS)
NIECY NASH: Hey!
CLAIRE: Hi, beautiful!
NIECY NASH: How you doing?
CLAIRE: I'm doing good now.
How are you?
NIECY NASH: I'm great, but I want to hear more
about the ranch and the animals.
CLAIRE: Oh, my gosh, how much time do you have?
(CLAIRE LAUGHS) NIECY NASH: Oh, wow.
Tell me about it. CLAIRE: We got cows.
We got goats.
We recently found a kitten on the side of the road, Sally.
We got Captain, the golden retriever,
and then Carl, the llama.
AUDIENCE: Aw.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) NIECY NASH: It's so cute!
CLAIRE: He'll go right towards you
but he won't look at you with his eyes.
He...
NIECY NASH: Wow!
CLAIRE: Yeah.
NIECY NASH: OK, and your fiancé is up for all of this.
CLAIRE: (LAUGHS) Oh, it's his fault.
I fell in love with a cowboy.
NIECY NASH: What?
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
I love that for you.
Let's get you some money.
CLAIRE: OK.
NIECY NASH: If you give me the correct missing lyrics
to 10 songs, I am going to give you $1 million.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) CLAIRE: Oh, my gosh!
NIECY NASH: All right?
CLAIRE: OK.
I got a wedding to save for.
NIECY NASH: I know that's right.
(CLAIRE LAUGHS)
Let's take a look at tonight's categories.
Love songs, '80s, funk,
pop, TV themes, classic rock,
rap, Green Day, and country.
Which category do you want to play for first?
CLAIRE: Oh, my gosh, I'm looking at this board.
Love songs fit because, you know, I'm in love right now.
But I'm like, I kind of want to start with the familiars,
get myself a little jazzed up.
I think we might have to go pop, Niecy.
NIECY NASH: Pop?
CLAIRE: Let's do it.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: All right.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"I Don't Care" by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber,
or "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga.
CLAIRE: Oh, my gosh.
These are both such good songs.
(SIGHS) I think we're going to go "I Don't Care".
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Niecy, let's do "I Don't Care",
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber.
NIECY NASH: All right.
For this song, I am looking for four missing words,
and we're going to start the song just before the first chorus.
CLAIRE: OK.
NIECY NASH: You ready?
CLAIRE: Let's do it.
Ready as I'll ever be. NIECY NASH: Ricci,
let's do it.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) (UPBEAT POP MUSIC)
CLAIRE: Come on, Biebs.
♪ Don't think I fit in at this party ♪
♪ Everyone's got so much to say, yeah ♪
♪ Always feel like I'm nobody
♪ Who wants to fit in anyway
♪ 'Cause I don't care when I'm with my baby, yeah ♪
♪ All the bad things disappear
♪ And you're making me feel like maybe I am somebody ♪
♪ I can deal with all the bad times ♪
♪ When I'm with my baby, yeah
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Let's take a look.
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber said,
"That maybe I am somebody, I can deal."
You said, "With all the bad."
How are you feeling about this answer?
CLAIRE: I'm feeling absolutely terrible. (LAUGHS)
Oh, my gosh, is it too early to use a backup?
NIECY NASH: OK, it's not a secret.
Everybody knows how to play the game.
(CLAIRE LAUGHS) (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
OK?
CLAIRE: I'd like to use a backup word.
NIECY NASH: OK.
Which word would you like to see correct?
CLAIRE: Can I see number four, please?
OK, with all the nights.
NIECY NASH: Did that help you at all?
CLAIRE: That's not it.
OK, "Maybe I am somebody.
I can deal".
Oh, my lanta.
I think I need to use another word!
NIECY NASH: OK, which line...
CLAIRE: My second of five.
NIECY NASH: Would you like to see correct?
CLAIRE: I'm spending all my quarters
on the first gumball,
but I'd like to see number two, please.
Oh, my Lord.
I want to say, "Bad nights".
(SIGHS) Oh, my gosh.
NIECY NASH: Would you like to see that up there?
CLAIRE: Yes, please.
Well, if I lock it in and it's wrong, then I'm going home,
so I think I'm going to use my third of five.
Can I please see word number three?
Oh, OK.
Niecy, dang, you got to trust yourself.
Let's lock in those lyrics!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: You locked in those lyrics.
If you are correct, the entire line will turn green.
CLAIRE: OK.
NIECY NASH: But if any of them are wrong,
they will turn red and the game is over.
CLAIRE: OK.
NIECY NASH: For $2,500, is it "With the bad nights"?
(DRUM ROLL BEATS)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
CLAIRE: (SCREAMS) Oh, my God!
Oh, my God.
NIECY NASH: You just banked $2,500,
and you are on your way to the million dollar song.
CLAIRE: Oh, my God.
NIECY NASH: Claire is just warming up.
There's a lot more to come on "Don't Forget The Lyrics!".
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Welcome back to "Don't Forget The Lyrics!".
Justin Bieber gave Claire a hard time with the first song,
but she made it through
and banked $2,500. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Let's double it right now.
This next song is worth $5,000.
CLAIRE: Oh, my gosh.
NIECY NASH: All right, Claire bear,
what is going to get you the $5,000?
Which category do you want to choose next?
CLAIRE: OK, I'm going to do love songs.
I'm playing for my mom today in my heart.
So my mom was diagnosed with MS when I was 10,
and she's the one that taught me to get up every day.
It's a choice if you're going to take what's come against you
and let it knock you down,
or if you're going to get up and say, "You know what?
I'm going to live with every frickin' day I have."
Aw, there's my mommy and daddy and my brother. (LAUGHS)
NIECY NASH: Hey, what a beautiful family.
CLAIRE: Aw.
NIECY NASH: Love songs for mama.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees,
or "The Bones" by Maren Morris.
CLAIRE: Love both of these songs
but Maren is just, she's one of my idols,
so I'd like to go with "The Bones".
I feel good about this. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Yeah?
All right.
For $5,000, I am going to need five missing words,
and we'll start the song at the first chorus.
CLAIRE: OK.
NIECY NASH: Let's do it, Ricci.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
♪ Mmm
♪ When the bones are good
♪ The rest don't matter
♪ Yeah, the paint could peel
♪ The glass could shatter
NIECY NASH: Hey.
♪ Let it rain
♪ I remain the same
♪ When there ain't a crack in the foundation ♪
♪ Baby, I know any storm we're facing ♪
♪ Will blow right over while we stay put ♪
♪ The house don't fall when the bones are good ♪
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
♪ Good
NIECY NASH: Let's take a look.
CLAIRE: Oh.
NIECY NASH: Maren Morris said, "The house don't fall."
You said, "When the bones are good."
Do you feel like this answer is good?
CLAIRE: I really do.
Let's lock in those lyrics!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: All right.
You locked in those lyrics.
For $5,000,
is it "When the bones are good"?
(DRUM ROLL BEATS)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: Oh!
That is $5,000!
Only eight songs left to the million dollar song.
CLAIRE: Oh, my God!
NIECY NASH: But first,
let's try and double that money again.
This time, we're playing for $10,000.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Let's pick your category.
CLAIRE: Oh, my gosh,
this is so, the most highest stress game of karaoke
I've ever played in my life.
(NIECY LAUGHS) OK.
I think we're going to go for classic rock.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: All right.
For classic rock,
let's take a look at your two song choices.
"Walk This Way" by Aerosmith, or "Who Are You" by The Who.
CLAIRE: Oh, my gosh.
I'm looking at both of these
that are like vaguely so familiar, but then you're like,
what are actually the words?
Let's do "Who Are You" by The Who
because that intro is just dirty.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: All right.
For this song, I am looking for three missing words,
and we're going to start it from the top.
CLAIRE: All right.
NIECY NASH: Yeah? CLAIRE: Let's do it.
NIECY NASH: Let's do it, Ricci.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC)
CLAIRE: Here we go!
♪ Who are you
♪ Who, who, who, who
♪ Who are you
♪ Who, who, who, who
♪ I woke up in a Soho doorway
♪ A policeman knew my name
♪ You can go sleep at home tonight ♪
♪ If you get up and walk away
♪ I staggered back to the underground ♪
♪ And the breeze blew back my hair ♪
♪ I remember throwing punches around ♪
♪ And preaching
♪ Preaching (MUMBLES)
♪ I remember throwing punches around ♪
♪ And preaching
On the stairs.
Let's try 'em up there.
NIECY NASH: All right.
Let's take a look.
The Who said,
"I remember throwing punches around and preaching."
You said, "On the stairs."
How confident are you in this answer?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
CLAIRE: Oh.
Oh, my gosh.
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Welcome back to "Don't Forget The Lyrics!".
I'm here with Claire, who so far has won $5,000.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
She still has her backup singer, Lauren,
and two words if she needs help.
Let's take a look.
The Who said,
"I remember throwing punches around and preaching."
You said, "On the stairs."
How confident are you in this answer?
CLAIRE: It rhymes with the last line.
NIECY NASH: OK.
CLAIRE: So I feel good about that.
But I've definitely never had $10,000 in my bank account,
so I don't know how bad I want to risk it.
NIECY NASH: OK.
CLAIRE: Oh, my gosh!
OK.
Can I please use my fourth of my five words?
NIECY NASH: Which line would you like us to reveal?
CLAIRE: Let's do number three, please.
NIECY NASH: Does that make it any easier for you?
CLAIRE: It definitely says
I need to go back to church more often
and see if anyone's preaching on chairs.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
Where is he preaching?
Oh, my Lord.
NIECY NASH: Well, you still have one more word left.
Would you like to use it,
or do you want to lock in this lyric?
CLAIRE: I think,
you know what?
YOLO.
I'd like to do another word, please.
NIECY NASH: OK.
Which one?
CLAIRE: I'd like to see word number two
for my final word.
Oh my!
OK, this, we're coming back because he's preaching.
He's in his chair.
OK, can we see it with in instead of on?
NIECY NASH: Sure.
CLAIRE: OK.
♪ I remember throwing punches around ♪
♪ And preaching in my chair
OK, let's lock in those lyrics.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) NIECY NASH: All right.
My dear Claire.
CLAIRE: Yes, Niecy?
NIECY NASH: You locked in those lyrics.
CLAIRE: I sure did.
NIECY NASH: If you are right, you will bank $10,000
and you're still on your way to the million dollar song.
But if you are wrong, you will leave with nothing.
CLAIRE: Nothing but our friendship.
NIECY NASH: Well, there's that always.
All right.
(CLAIRE CHUCKLES)
But that's not going to buy you food at your wedding.
CLAIRE: Yeah.
(CLAIRE CHUCKLES) (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
NIECY NASH: All right, for $10,000,
is it "In my chair"?
(DRUM ROLL BEATS)
CLAIRE: I can't look at this.
(DRUM ROLL CONTINUES)
Oh, no!
NIECY NASH: Oh, that is incorrect.
CLAIRE: What was he doing with his chair?
NIECY NASH: You are leaving with nothing.
Let me ask you, did you know the correct lyric?
LAUREN: I did not, no.
NIECY NASH: You didn't know either.
Let's take a look.
CLAIRE: Oh, no!
NIECY NASH: The correct lyric is...
CLAIRE: From my chair!
NIECY NASH: From my chair.
I am so sorry you didn't win anything,
but I had a great time watching you play.
Please take a bow.
CLAIRE: Thank you.
NIECY NASH: One more time for Claire.
CLAIRE: Thank you, guys.
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
NIECY NASH: Next time, more singers, more songs,
more missing words, and $1 million
on "Don't Forget The Lyrics!".
Good night.
(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
Hey!
(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
♪ Ba da ba ba ba, ba da da
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)