Beat Shazam Recap: May 27, 2019

In Beat Shazam’s third season, Episode 2 was called “Keep the Faith!” and featured teams from different faiths. As always, Jamie Foxx hosted. Deejay Corinne was on hand to keep the songs moving along.

Here are the 3 teams:

• Regan & Jaylen, youth pastors from MEMPHIS
• Michael from California & Dayanna from Texas, gospel singer (CAL-TEX)
• Josh & Andrew, ROCKIN’ RABBIS from New York

If you have not seen this episode and still plan to, STOP READING. The correct responses and scores after each song are in this recap.

Round 1 – Shazam Shuffle
First 4 are worth $2000 each. The last one (Fast Track) is worth $4000.
1. CHART TOPPERS: “OMG” Usher ft. William
Memphis $0 Cal-Tex $2000 Rockin’ Rabbis $0
Everyone knew it. The Cal-Tex gospel singers knew it the fastest at 1.46
2. GRAMMY WINNERS: “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” (Bobby McFerrin)
Memphis $0 Cal-Tex $4000 Rockin’ Rabbis $0
This was between Cal-Tex and the Rockin’ Rabbis. Cal-Tex got it at 1.00 vs. 1.13
3. DANCE HITS: “Let’s Go” (Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo)
Memphis $0 Cal-Tex $4000 Rockin’ Rabbis $2000
The Rabbis were the only ones who got it. Everyone else had “Bounce”
4. TOM PETTY: “Breakdown”
Memphis $0 Cal-Tex $4000 Rockin’ Rabbis $2000
Nobody got this one, making the title rather appropriate.
5. FAST TRACK – HIP-HOP: “What’s Your Fantasy” (Ludacris)
Memphis $0 Cal-Tex $4000 Rockin’ Rabbis $6000
The Rabbis took the lead with the only solve. Everyone else had “How Low”

Round 2: That’s My Jam! The choices were between Love Songs and Breakup Songs and there were 2 votes for Breakup. Who woulda thunk it? Third place goes home at the end of the round.
First 3: $3000 each. Fast Track: $6000
1. “It Must Have Been Love” (Roxette)
Memphis $0 Cal-Tex $4000 Rockin’ Rabbis $9000
The Rabbis nailed it in 1.59 beating Cal-Tex’s 4.45
2. “Never Forget You” (Zara Larsson & MNEK)
Memphis $3000 Cal-Tex $4000 Rockin’ Rabbis $9000
Memphis got on the board with a 1.37 win vs. the Rabbis’ 5.80
3. “Ain’t No Sunshine” (Bill Withers)
Memphis $6000 Cal-Tex $4000 Rockin’ Rabbis $9000
Memphis for the win on this one. 1.40 vs. the Rabbis’ 2.36
4. FAST TRACK: “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” (Neil Sedaka)
Memphis $6000 Cal-Tex $4000 Rockin’ Rabbis $15,000
The Rabbis had the only correct response on this valuable song so they finished up with an even bigger lead

It was time to say goodbye to Michael & Dayanna at this point. So long, Cal-Tex, and thanks for the great rendition of “Amazing Grace.” Now it’s on to Round 3 where Team Memphis has some work to do.

Round 3: Corinne’s Choice: Imagine Dragons.
First 3: $5000 each. Fast Track: $10,000.
1. “Radioactive”
Memphis $11,000 Rocking Rabbis’ $15,000
Memphis went right to work and won this one (1.24 to 1.34)
2. “Thunder”
Memphis $16,000 Rockin’ Rabbis $15,000
And Memphis takes the lead, getting this one at 1.15 to the Rabbis’ 1.80. “We got a spiritual battle royale,” Jamie said.
3. “On Top of the World”
Memphis $16,000 Rockin’ Rabbis $20,000
The Rabbis are back on top, with the only right answer
4. FAST TRACK: “Believer”
Memphis $26,000 Rockin’ Rabbis $20,000
Of course, you would expect both teams to get it. Memphis took the lead right back at 1.30 to 1.59

So now we have Memphis with a $6,000 lead over the Rockin’ Rabbis and we’re down to the deciding round.

Round 4: Without Words.
First 3: $10,000 each. Fast Track: $20,000. High score goes on to try to Beat Shazam.
1. “Freeze-Frame” (The J. Geils Band)
Memphis $26,000 Rockin’ Rabbis $30,000
It was the Rabbis turn to have the only right answer and the lead bounced right back to them.
2. “Dust in the Wind” (Kansas)
Memphis $26,000 Rockin’ Rabbis $40,000
Both teams were right but the Rabbis’ were much quicker on the draw. 1.60 to 3.28
3. “Cheerleader” (Omi)
Memphis $36,000 Rockin’ Rabbis $40,000
Memphis nailed it at 1.33 to 2.24 for the Rabbis.
4. FAST TRACK: “I Want You Back” (The Jackson 5)
Memphis $36,000 Rockin’ Rabbis $60,000
The Rabbis got it right while Memphis went with “ABC’

So it was back to the Home of the Blues for Regan & Jaylen, but they won’t be singing the blues. They’re taking $18,000 back to Memphis. Josh & Andrew are moving on to the last round to do battle with Shazam

One Million Beat Shazam Round – 6 songs
First 5: $25,000 each. They only get a shot at one million dollar on the last song if they get the first 5 right. There are no multiple choice screens and they have to know the song’s exact title before Shazam to be right.
1. ’90s: “All I Wanna Do” (Sheryl Crow) – Andrew jumped right on that and he jumped up in the air when he was right! $85,000
2. Bruno Mars: “Treasure” – Another $25,000! $110,000
3. Motown: “My Guy” (Mary Wells) – Josh got this oldie but goodie. $135,000
4. Country: “Don’t Take the Girl” (Tim McGraw) – Andrew buzzed in with “I Just Don’t Know” We just don’t know if he thought that was the title, but it’s not!
5. Soul: “On Broadway” (George Benson) – Andrew buzzed right in and got it right. They began this round with $60,000 and finished with $160,000.

Josh & Andrew don’t have a shot at the million dollars, but they still have a shot at doubling their money by taking on the last song. If they are right, they will go home with $320,000. If they lose to Shazam, they will lose half of their $160,000 and be left with $80,000. The category was “Pop.” With no idea of what decade they’ll have to deal with, they weren’t exactly inspired to go for it. In the final analysis, they decided even if they lose, $80,000 was way more than they started with and they could live with it. Only one of them could play Shazam and Josh said it was going to be Andrew “The Pop Master.” The whole audience wished him good luck in Hebrew (after Josh showed them how). Andrew had no problem giving the right title to Christina Aguilera’s “Ain’t No Other Man.”

 
Congratuations to Josh & Andrew. Josh has 3 sons and Andrew has 2 (twins). They plan to use some of their winnings to make life better and more secure for their kids.