The basics of the show are formatted as a real
karaoke machine. Various college contestants compete by singing a popular song (often a pop song) with the music video played at the same time, as well as lyrics playing at the bottom of the screen. At times, there are two contestants that compete together. Afterwards they are rated by the judges on a 1-10 with plastic number signs, the rating number is also the number of points they have earned. Similar to other competitions, the finalists end up in first, second, and third position which depends on the number of points they have earned. The show began as a special that was extrapolated from the current MTV show
Say What?. The original specials were
tongue-in-cheek; the hosts even admitted that they thought karaoke was a lame premise for a show. However, the concept turned out to be extremely popular, more so than the show it had originated from. At different times, the series was hosted by television personality and actor
Dave Holmes,
Real World alum Teck Holmes, singer
Joey McIntyre, and finally co-hosted by actress
Danielle Fishel and
Real World alum
Steven Hill. The series also featured several celebrity guest judges including actor
Shia LaBeouf and singers
Ashlee Simpson and
Trevor Penick.
SWK 2.0 After the series ended in July 2003, its premise was revamped and aired on MTV on May 12, 2007 with the new title
SWK 2.0. The show was hosted by
Mikey Day and also featured celebrity judges including
Danity Kane singer
Aubrey O'Day,
American Idol contestant
Paris Bennett, and reality show star
Tiffany "New York" Pollard, as well as viewer voting in some elements. ==External links==