Announcer: Tonight, don't forget the lyrics is back...
Contestant: Come on!
Announcer: For a spectacular second season.
Niecy nash: If you give me the correct missing lyrics
Of 10 songs, I'm going to give you $1 million.
Contestant: I'll take it! (audience cheers)
Announcer: Real people from around the country...
Contestant: Yeah, baby, let's go!
Announcer: Take on the biggest hit songs of all time.
♪ wake me up before you go-go ♪
♪ I came in like a wrecking ball ♪
Announcer: And as the money grows,
So does the difficulty.
Niecy nash: I am going to need three missing words,
Six missing words,
12 missing words.
Contestant: Oh, no.
Announcer: 'cause when the music stops...
♪ for every time I feel ♪
Contestant: Oh.
Announcer: And the lyrics disappear...
Contestant: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Announcer: Just one wrong word and the game is over.
Contestant: Oh, no!
Announcer: Will anyone have what it takes
To be our very first million-dollar winner?
Contestant: And I'm going to lock in those lyrics!
Contestant: Please, please, please.
(triumphant music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: You got it right!
Announcer: It all starts...
Contestant: I love it, I love it.
Contestant: Let's get me some money.
Announcer: Right...
Contestant: I'm so nervous.
Announcer: Now.
Niecy nash: I love this show!
(audience cheers) (upbeat music)
Announcer: Please welcome
The woman who puts the super in superstar, niecy nash.
(audience cheers) (upbeat music)
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Welcome to don't forget the lyrics.
Around here, we call our contestants rockstars
Because if you can get paid $1 million
For just singing 10 songs,
That is officially rockstar status.
(audience cheers)
I just hope they don't trash the dressing rooms.
(audience laughs)
And now, the people who turn the music into money,
You know who it is, it's ricky and the band.
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Are you guys ready to meet our first rockstar?
(audience cheers)
He's one of 10 siblings, and he's hoping to make it
Through all 10 categories tonight.
From austin, texas, please welcome global supply manager
Benji uzo!
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Hey!
Benji uzo: Hey, niecy!
Niecy nash: Hi!
Why don't you tell us a little more about yourself?
Benji uzo: Niecy, I come from a large family.
My dad immigrated from nigeria to the states
In the mid-'80s.
All those siblings,
I still grew up with nine of the best friends,
Exposed to so much music and culture.
And I believe that has prepared me for this moment, niecy.
I'm going to win it all.
Niecy nash: Ok. (audience cheers)
Well, why don't we get you some money?
Benji uzo: Let's do it!
Let's do it! Niecy nash: Ok.
If you give me the correct missing lyrics to 10 songs,
I'm going to give you $1 million!
Benji uzo: Ooh! (audience cheers)
Right now, I want it.
Niecy nash: Let's take a look
At your categories for tonight.
Love songs, hip hop, legends, fleetwood mac,
Today's hits, '80s, made in the uk, alternative, and pop.
The first song is worth $2,500,
And the money keeps growing
Right up to the million-dollar song.
(audience cheers)
If you make it to $25,000, that money is guaranteed.
You got it? Benji uzo: Ok, ok.
Niecy nash: All right.
Which category would you like to play first?
(audience exclaims)
Benji uzo: Ok, niecy.
So when I saw pop, I was like, oh, that kind of scares me,
Because isn't everything pop?
Ugh!
How about love songs?
I love love songs, niecy.
I feel like I'd do good on love songs.
Let's start with love songs.
Niecy nash: Ok. (audience cheers)
I'm going to give you two songs to choose from.
Benji uzo: Ok.
Niecy nash: "you're still the one" by shania twain.
Benji uzo: Ok.
Niecy nash: Or "you make my dreams"
By daryl hall and john oates.
Benji uzo: Ooh, I love shania twain.
I'm from texas.
She has some texas influence,
But "you make my dreams" by hall and oates,
Ugh, I love that song.
My mom loves that song, and she'd be excited
To hear me sing that song on the show,
So I got to go with "you make my dreams".
Niecy nash: Ok. (audience cheers)
For $2,500, I'm going to need five missing words.
Benji uzo: Ok, ok.
Niecy nash: And we'll start it from the top.
Benji uzo: Ok, let's do it.
Niecy nash: All right.
Ricky, let's do it.
(audience cheers)
♪ hey ♪
♪ what I want, you got ♪
♪ it might be hard to handle ♪
♪ but the light that burns the candle ♪
♪ the candle feeds the flame, oh yeah ♪
♪ what I got, full stock ♪
♪ of thoughts and dreams that scatter ♪
♪ you pull them all together ♪
♪ now I can't explain, oh yeah ♪
♪ well, well, you ♪
♪ hey, come on, you all ♪
♪ you make my dreams come true ♪
(audience cheers) hey!
Niecy nash: All right.
Let's take a look, benji.
Hall and oates said, "well, you, ooh ooh ooh ooh you".
(benji and audience laugh)
You said, "make my dreams come true".
How are you feeling about this answer?
Benji uzo: Let me think about it.
Well, you, ooh ooh ooh ooh, you
♪ make my dreams come true ♪
♪ ooh ooh ♪
Ok, you know what?
I am 99.2% sure that those are the lyrics.
Lock in those lyrics, niecy.
(dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right.
You locked in those lyrics.
If the lyrics are correct, the line will turn green.
Benji uzo: Ok.
Niecy nash: If any word is incorrect,
It will turn red and the game is over.
Benji uzo: Niecy, those words.
Don't say over.
Why are you saying over?
Niecy nash: Well, let's see.
For $2,500, is it make my dreams come true?
Benji uzo: Come on, you all.
Come on. (drum roll rumbles)
(triumphant music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: You've got it right, and you banked $2,500.
You're on your way to the million-dollar song.
Let's try to double that money right now.
This next song is worth $5,000.
(audience cheers) all right.
Which category do you want to choose?
Benji uzo: Ooh.
Ok, niecy, so I love hip hop.
Like I've mentioned, that is the soundtrack of my life.
But I got to go with pop, niecy.
Niecy nash: Ok. (audience cheers)
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
Benji uzo: All right.
Niecy nash: "wake me up before you go-go" by wham!
Or "dangerous woman" by ariana grande.
(audience cheers)
Benji uzo: Ok, so, niecy,
I'd be crazy not to do ariana grande, "dangerous woman".
"dangerous woman".
Niecy nash: Ok. Benji uzo: Let's do it.
Let's do it.
Niecy nash: Let's do it! (audience cheers)
For this song, benji, I'm going to need four missing words.
Benji uzo: Four?
Ok.
Niecy nash: And we'll start before the first chorus.
Benji uzo: Ok.
Niecy nash: All right.
Ricky, let's do it.
(audience cheers)
Benji uzo: Hey.
♪ all that you got ♪
♪ skin to skin, oh my god ♪
♪ don't you stop, boy ♪
♪ somethin' 'about you ♪
♪ makes me feel like a dangerous woman ♪
Niecy nash: Hey.
♪ somethin' 'about, somethin' 'about you ♪
♪ makes me want to do things that I shouldn't ♪
♪ yeah oh ♪
♪ somethin' 'about, somethin' 'about you oh ♪
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right.
Ariana grande said, "somethin' 'about you makes me want to do".
You said, "things that I shouldn't".
Benji uzo: Ok.
Niecy nash: Are you confident?
Benji uzo: Let me just...
♪ somethin' 'about you ♪
♪ makes me want to do things that I shouldn't ♪
You know what, niecy?
That feels so right.
And
Lock in those lyrics, niecy.
(dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: You locked in those lyrics.
For $5,000, is it things that I shouldn't?
(drum roll rumbles)
Oh! (audience cheers)
You got it right!
That's $5,000, benji!
(audience cheers)
Let's try to double your money again,
This time, singing for $10,000.
Benji uzo: Ah! (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right, benji,
Which category do you want to choose?
Benji uzo: Ooh.
Ok, niecy, so, (audience exclaims)
Today's hits are calling out to me.
I listen to a lot of radio songs.
You know what?
Let's go to today's hits, niecy.
Niecy nash: Boom. (audience cheers)
All right, let's take a look at your two song choices,
"driver's license" by olivia rodrigo,
Or "there's nothing holdin' me back" by shawn mendes.
Benji uzo: Ok, so I love olivia rodrigo.
She's a great songwriter, great singer.
But the truth is, niecy,
There's nothing holding me back from getting to $10,000.
I got to go with shawn mendes. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right.
Let's go for it.
For this song...
Benji uzo: Ok.
Niecy nash: I am going to need three missing words.
Benji uzo: Ok, all right.
Niecy nash: And we will start it at the bridge.
Benji uzo: Oh, the bridge.
Ok, all right.
Niecy nash: Ricky, he's ready.
(audience cheers)
♪ 'cause if we lost our minds ♪
♪ and we took it way too far ♪
♪ I know we'd be all right ♪
♪ I know we would be all right ♪
♪ if you were by my side ♪
♪ stumbled in the dark ♪
♪ I know we'd be all right ♪
♪ we would be all right ♪
♪ oh minds ♪
♪ took it way way too far ♪
♪ I know we'd be all right ♪
♪ we would be all right ♪
♪ if you were by my side ♪
♪ stumbled in the dark ♪
♪ I know we'd be all right ♪
♪ we would be all right ♪
♪ oh, I've been shaking ♪
♪ I love it when you go crazy ♪
♪ you take all my inhibitions ♪
♪ baby, there's nothing holding me back ♪
♪ you take me places that tear up my reputation ♪
♪ manipulate my decisions ♪
♪ baby, there's nothing holding me back ♪
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right, benji.
Shawn mendes said, "that tear up my reputation".
You said, "manipulate my decisions".
How confident are you in this answer?
Benji uzo: Ok, come on, shawn.
Come to me.
Ok.
♪ that tear up my reputation ♪
♪ manipulate my decisions ♪
I mean, what else would that be?
Like, that just came out.
Ok.
♪ that tear up my reputation ♪
♪ manipulate my decisions ♪
(audience applauds)
Lock in those lyrics, niecy!
Niecy nash: All right. (audience cheers)
You locked in those lyrics.
Benji, for $10,000, is it manipulate my decisions?
(drum roll rumbles)
Benji uzo: Turn green. (laughs)
Turn green.
(triumphant music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: There you go!
You did it!
You just banked $10,000!
(audience cheers)
Benji is going for our guaranteed $25,000
Next on don't forget the lyrics.
Benji uzo: Oh my gosh. (audience cheers)
Announcer: Coming up.
Benji uzo: This is going to be tough.
Announcer: Benji is a man on a very special mission.
Benji uzo: This for you, mama.
Announcer: But with $25,000 on the line,
(benji shrieks)
Can he survive as the game
Gets
Tougher?
Niecy nash: I'm going to need five missing words.
Benji uzo: Why you increasing the words?
Niecy nash: That's how the game is played, my brother.
Announcer: Find out
When don't forget the lyrics returns.
(audience cheers)
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Welcome back to don't forget the lyrics.
So far, benji is killing it.
He has sailed through three songs,
And he has banked $10,000.
(audience cheers)
There are six categories left.
He still has his backup singer and all of his three words.
Now, this next song is worth $25,000
Guaranteed. Benji uzo: Wow.
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Benji... Benji uzo: Wow.
Niecy nash: What would you do with $25,000?
Benji uzo: My mom is the best cook in the world.
If I won $25,000, niecy,
I would finally make her dream come true
By opening her food truck
Because she deserves to have her food out in the world,
And this money would be a stepping stone to do that.
This is for you, mama. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: That's beautiful.
That is beautiful.
All right.
Well, let's see if we can give mama that food truck.
Which category is going to get us there?
(audience exclaims)
Benji uzo: Ok, so,
You know what, niecy?
I got to go with hip hop.
Niecy nash: All right.
Let's take a look at your two song choices,
"hotline bling" by drake or "push it" by salt-n-pepa.
(benji laughs)
Benji uzo: Ok, I'ma just say one of these songs,
I was born when it came out, and the other one, I wasn't.
(audience laughs) so just to be safe,
Drizzy drake, you know what I'm saying?
Niecy nash: All right.
Benji uzo: I got to go with "hotline bling".
Niecy nash: All right. (audience cheers)
So for $25,000 guaranteed,
I'm going to need five missing words.
Benji uzo: Ooh, why you increasing the words?
Niecy nash: That's how the game is played, my brother!
All right?
And you're going to start the song from the tippy top.
Benji uzo: From the tippy top, ok.
Niecy nash: Yeah.
Benji uzo: All right, come on, drake.
Let's go.
Niecy nash: Let's do it, ricky.
(audience cheers)
♪ you used to call me on my cellphone ♪
Niecy nash: Hey.
♪ late night when you need my love ♪
♪ call me on my cellphone ♪
♪ late night when you need my love ♪
♪ 'cause I know when that hotline bling, hey ♪
♪ see, that can only mean one thing ♪
♪ hey, I say, I know when that hotline bling ♪
Niecy nash: All right.
Drake said, "and I know when that hotline bling that".
You said, "can only mean one thing".
How are you feeling about this answer?
Benji uzo: I mean, let me see.
♪ I know when that hotline bling ♪
♪ that can only mean one thing ♪
This line can only be one thing, niecy.
That's the line.
Lock in those lyrics.
(dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: You locked in those lyrics, benji.
For $25,000 guaranteed...
Benji uzo: Give it to me.
Niecy nash: And mama's food truck.
Benji uzo: And mama's food truck.
Niecy nash: Is it can only mean one thing?
(drum roll rumbles)
(triumphant music) (audience cheers)
You got it right!
That is $25,000 guaranteed.
(audience cheers)
That's yours no matter what happens.
Benji, how does that feel?
Benji uzo: Niecy, that's so much money.
My mama's at home like crying right now.
Audience: Aww.
Niecy nash: His mama just got a food truck.
But now, the game is about to get harder.
There are five categories left to the million-dollar song
And benji still has all of his backups.
(audience cheers)
Now, we're going to try to double your money again.
Benji uzo: Oh, yes, please.
Niecy nash: And make it $50,000!
Benji uzo: Please!
(audience cheers)
What?
Niecy nash: Which category
Is going to get you that big bank?
Benji uzo: Ok, so I know like one fleetwood mac song,
So I got to save that one.
Made in the uk.
Like, I like a lot of uk artists,
But that's just, that's too broad.
The '80s.
My dad's like, "do the '80s"!
(audience laughs)
And then like legends are great
Because like they have to be popular
'cause they're legends, right?
You know what, niecy?
I got to do legends.
Niecy nash: All right. (audience cheers)
Let's take a look at your two song choices,
"jailhouse rock" by elvis presley or...
Benji uzo: Ok.
Niecy nash: "I'm going to make you love me"
By diana ross and the supremes and the temptations.
Benji uzo: Whoo!
Ok, these are both legendary artists.
And oh, man!
Elvis.
Niecy nash: Are you familiar with either of these songs?
Benji uzo: You know, I can't say I know how they sound.
I'm not that familiar with them, niecy.
This is going to be tough.
Announcer: Coming up.
Benji uzo: I need more details.
Like, what does that mean?
Niecy nash: Well, let's see.
Announcer: With $50,000 on the line...
Benji uzo: That's the problem.
Announcer: Will his best friend come to the rescue?
Benji uzo: I hope you know this song.
Announcer: Or leave him hanging?
Benji uzo: If they don't know these lyrics...
Niecy nash: Uh-oh.
Announcer: Find out what happens next.
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Welcome back.
We are here with benji, who already has $25,000 guaranteed,
And benji still has all of his backups.
Now, we're going to try to double your money again.
Benji uzo: Oh, yes, please.
Niecy nash: And make it $50,000!
Benji uzo: Please! (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Let's take a look at your two song choices,
"jailhouse rock" by elvis presley
Or "I'm going to make you love me"
By diana ross and the supremes and the temptations.
Benji uzo: Whoo!
Oh, man.
Let's see, so "I'm going to make you love me".
I love diana ross.
I love the temptations.
I feel like if I heard the song,
It would like jog some memories.
"jailhouse rock", that song sounds familiar, niecy,
So I'm like, I feel like if I heard it, I'd be like,
"oh, ok, that's the song, and I know the lyrics".
Niecy nash: Well, you can only pick one.
Benji uzo: I know. (audience laughs)
That's the problem.
I got to go with "jailhouse rock".
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: So for this song, benji...
Benji uzo: Yeah.
Niecy nash: I am going to need six missing words...
Benji uzo: Oh!
Niecy nash: And we will take it from the top.
Benji uzo: Ok, let's do it.
Niecy nash: Let's do it, ricky!
Benji uzo: Let's do it!
♪ the warden threw a party in the county jail ♪
♪ the prison was there and they began to wail ♪
♪ the band was jumpin', the joint began to swing ♪
♪ you should have heard those jailbirds sing ♪
♪ let's rock ♪
♪ everybody, let's rock ♪
♪ doin' the jailhouse rock ♪
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right, benji.
(benji laughs)
We're not going to panic.
Elvis presley said, "everybody, let's rock".
You said, "doin' the jailhouse rock".
Benji uzo: So there's two more words
That's supposed to be up there, niecy.
Niecy nash: How about that?
(audience laughs) benji uzo: See.
♪ everybody, let's rock ♪
♪ doin' the jailhouse rock ♪
(sighs) you know what, niecy?
I am not that familiar with this song.
Niecy nash: Ok, well, let's talk about this because...
Benji uzo: Let's talk about it, let's talk about it.
Niecy nash: In the case that you were unsure...
Benji uzo: Ok, ok.
Niecy nash: Here are your two backup options.
Benji uzo: All right.
Niecy nash: First, there's your backup singer.
Benji uzo: Ok.
Niecy nash: Who did you bring with you today?
Benji uzo: I brought my fabulous friend, toph.
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Ok.
Toph 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 which word it is
And we will reveal the correct answer.
Now, you can use all three words at once.
Benji uzo: Ok, ok.
Niecy nash: Or you can spread them out across the game.
Would you like to use one of your backups?
Benji uzo: You know, I brought toph all the way here.
And if they don't know these lyrics,
I'm probably just going to be just a slightly tad bit,
A little bit like (continues through gritted teeth). (audience laughs)
So... (laughs)
Niecy nash: And for those of you at home
Who don't know how to interpret what he just did,
That's from an old black mother.
(benji laughs)
When you talk through gritted teeth and you say
(continues through gritted teeth).
All right, I understood what you meant,
But we had to make sure everybody knows what you meant.
(audience cheers) all right, so,
Would you like to bring your backup singer to the stage?
Benji uzo: Toph, get on stage.
Let's do it.
Niecy nash: Come on, toph.
Toph: Whoo! (audience cheers)
Benji uzo: (laughs) I hope you know this song.
Niecy nash: Toph, looking at this,
What are your thoughts?
Toph: I think I do know this.
(audience cheers)
Benji uzo: I'm not going to get excited yet, hold on.
You got to get it right first.
Toph: I said I think. Niecy nash: Ok.
What do you think the lyrics are?
Toph: I think it's, "everybody in the whole cell block".
And then it says, "was dancing to the jailhouse rock".
Benji uzo: Oh, ok.
That feel, that feel,
I mean, I know what it, I don't even know the song.
Toph: And it fits.
That's nice. (audience laughs)
Niecy nash: Ok.
I'm feeling like you all should sing this together.
(audience cheers)
Benji uzo: Ok.
Niecy nash: Ready to sing it?
Benji uzo: Yeah, let's do it.
Niecy nash: Let's do it. (audience cheers)
Hey.
♪ the warden threw a party in the county jail ♪
Benji uzo: Sing!
♪ the prison band was there and they began to wail ♪
♪ the band was jumpin' and the join was swing ♪
♪ you should have heard those knocked out jailbirds sing ♪
♪ let's rock ♪
♪ everybody, let's rock ♪
♪ everybody in the whole cell block ♪
♪ was dancing to the jailhouse rock ♪
Benji uzo: Oh, that feels right.
That feels right. (audience cheers)
Ok. Niecy nash: All right!
Do you want to lock in those lyrics,
Everybody in the whole cell block?
Benji uzo: Um, toph, how do you feel?
(audience laughs)
I literally have no idea. (laughs)
Niecy nash: Well, let me tell you what I love right now.
I love that toph came up here and said,
"I'm absolutely confident.
"I know this song.
"those are the lyrics and they fit".
And then you said,
"are you sure?"
(audience laughs)
Toph: So I'm a trivia host.
And if I get this wrong, I'll have to quit.
(audience laughs)
I think you should do it.
Benji uzo: I trust toph, niecy.
Lock in those lyrics.
Niecy nash: All right. (audience cheers)
You locked in those lyrics.
(benji laughs)
For $50,000, is it everybody in the whole cell block?
(drum roll rumbles)
(triumphant music) (audience cheers)
Great job.
You got it right, and you banked $50,000!
After the break, benji's going to take a shot at $75,000.
We'll be right back with more don't forget the lyrics.
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Welcome back.
I'm here with benji, and he has banked $50,000
Thanks to an incredible save by his backup singer,
Toph. Benji uzo: Yes!
Niecy nash: All right. (audience cheers)
There are just four categories left
To the million-dollar song,
And benji still has all three backup words left.
Let's keep it moving with this next song worth $75,000.
(audience cheers)
Benji uzo: Niecy, you know what?
Benji is short for benjamin.
And let me just tell you right now,
It's all about the benjamins.
That's what I'm feeling, niecy.
That's what I'm feeling. Niecy nash: All right!
So are you ready to play?
Benji uzo: I'm ready, niecy.
Let's go, let's go.
Niecy nash: Is benjamin ready to play for the benjamins?
Benji uzo: Yes! (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right, let's get it.
You have fleetwood mac, '80s,
Made in the uk, and alternative.
Benji uzo: Ooh.
Ok, so made in the uk, the audience wants made in the uk.
But like, you know, I feel like I could do the '80s.
Like, I'm an old soul.
Let's go '80s, niecy.
Niecy nash: All right. (audience cheers)
Let's take a look at your two song choices,
"working for the weekend" by loverboy
Or "the best" by tina turner.
Benji uzo: Ok.
I love me some tina turner.
And let me just tell you, the moment I saw tina turner
Pop up there, I was like,
Ok, if I come on the show and sing a tina turner song
And I don't know the lyrics to it,
I will not have a home to live in when I get back.
Niecy nash: Uh-oh.
Benji uzo: So let me just say
I've got to go with tina turner, and I have to get it right.
Niecy nash: All right.
To keep you from being homeless,
(audience laughs)
I am going to need seven missing words.
Benji uzo: Seven?
That's like a paragraph.
(audience laughs)
Niecy nash: You a smart guy.
(audience laughs)
And we're going to start it at the second verse.
Benji uzo: Ok, let's do it.
I'm ready, I'm ready.
Niecy nash: He's ready, ricky.
(audience cheers)
♪ give me a lifetime of promises ♪
♪ and a world of dreams, hey ♪
♪ you speak the language of love like you know what it means ♪
♪ hey ♪
♪ and it can't be wrong ♪
♪ take my heart and make it strong, babe ♪
♪ you're simply the best ♪
♪ better than all the rest ♪
♪ better than anyone ♪
♪ anyone I've ever met ♪
♪ I'm stuck on your heart ♪
♪ I hang on every word you say, hey ♪
♪ you tear us apart, boy ♪
♪ baby, I would rather be dead, oh ♪
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right, benji.
Tina turner said, "I'm stuck on your heart".
You said, "I hang on every word you say".
Benji uzo: Oh, that's such a good...
Niecy nash: How certain are you about this answer?
Benji uzo: You know, that's such a good line,
And it feels so good, niecy.
♪ I hang on every word you say ♪
Oh, niecy, that's right.
You know what I want to do?
Niecy nash: What?
Benji uzo: Lock in those lyrics, niecy.
(dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: You locked in those lyrics.
For $75,000,
Is it I hang on every word you say?
(drum roll rumbles)
(triumphant music) (audience cheers)
Benji!
That is $75,000!
You are halfway to $1 million.
Benji uzo: This is not happening.
This is not happening.
Niecy nash: How are you feeling?
Benji uzo: This is not happening, niecy.
This, this is, I don't even, where am I? (laughs)
(audience cheers) niecy nash: Well,
Up next is the big one, $100,000.
Benji uzo: Stop, stop!
Niecy nash: So let benji catch his breath
And we'll be right back with more don't forget the lyrics.
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Welcome back to don't forget the lyrics.
Benji is shining in our spotlight...
Audience: Benji, benji, benji!
Niecy nash: And has banked $75,000 so far tonight.
(audience cheers)
He still has all three of his backup words left
And is about to play for $100,000.
(audience cheers)
Ok, benji.
$100,000 is life-changing money.
Early on in the game, you got mama's food truck handled.
What would you do with this kind of money?
Benji uzo: So I mentioned it, niecy,
My dad emigrated from nigeria to the us in the '80s.
And you know, he's been in the states
For about 40 years now, but the truth is
His dream is to have a home back in nigeria.
And if I won this money,
This would go towards the funding for that home,
And we'll have a place to live when we go to nigeria, niecy.
Niecy nash: Ok. (audience cheers)
Well, let's try get daddy that house in nigeria.
Now, there are only three categories left,
Fleetwood mac, made in the uk, and alternative.
Which category is going to get you that 100 grand?
Benji uzo: First off, like I've heard
Of the category alternative, but I'm like,
I can't even think of an alternative song right now,
So that makes me nervous.
Fleetwood mac, people at home are like,
"you don't know fleetwood mac?"
And I'm like, "no". (audience laughs)
And ok, you know what?
I got to do made in the uk, niecy. (laughs)
Niecy nash: All right. (audience cheers)
Let's take a look and see what your two song choices are.
Benji uzo: All right.
Niecy nash: "somebody to love" by queen
Or "bleeding love" by leona lewis.
Benji uzo: Ok, I know both of these songs.
"bleeding love".
You know what?
I feel like I have to do queen.
Come on. (audience cheers)
Let's do "somebody to love".
Niecy nash: All right.
For $100,000, benji, I'm going to need seven missing words.
Benji uzo: Whoo, ok, that's not much.
Niecy nash: And we are going to start it at the first verse.
Benji uzo: First verse.
Let's do it, let's do it.
Niecy nash: Let's do it, ricky!
(audience cheers)
♪ each morning I get up, I die a little ♪
♪ can barely stand on my feet ♪
♪ take a look in the mirror and cry ♪
♪ lord, what you're doin' to me ♪
♪ I have spent all my years believin' you ♪
♪ but I just can't get no relief, lord ♪
♪ somebody ♪
♪ can anybody find me ♪
♪ somebody to love ♪
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Great job.
All right, benji, queen said, "oh, somebody, somebody".
You said, "can anybody find me somebody to love?"
How confident are you in this lyric?
Benji uzo: These words are kind of speaking to me.
I'm like, is this my like call to the world
To find someone to love?
Audience: Aww.
Benji uzo: But also, let's put that aside.
♪ can anybody find me ♪
Oh, that feels so good, niecy.
It can't be anything else.
Niecy nash: If you are right,
$100,000 is yours. (benji shrieks)
(audience cheers)
But if you are wrong, you drop down to $25,000.
Benji uzo: Ok, you know what?
Niecy, lock in those lyrics.
(dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: You locked in those lyrics.
Ok, benji, for $100,000
And daddy's home in nigeria...
Benji uzo: Oh, come on.
Niecy nash: Is it can anybody find me somebody to love?
(drum roll rumbles)
(triumphant music) (audience cheers)
Benji uzo: Oh my god!
Niecy nash: Benji, you got it right!
You got $100,000!
(audience cheers)
Oh my god!
Audience: Benji, benji, benji!
Benji, benji, benji!
Benji uzo: Niecy, this is a lot of money,
Money I've never seen in my entire life at one time, niecy.
Niecy nash: Listen, guys, benji is at a loss for words.
(audience cheers)
The next step on the ladder is $150,000.
Benji uzo: Oh my god!
Niecy nash: The money keeps going up
And so does the pressure.
Can benji stay in the game?
We'll be right back with don't forget the lyrics.
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Welcome back to don't forget the lyrics.
We started with 10 songs
Standing between benji and $1 million.
So far, he has nailed seven of them and banked $100,000
(audience cheers)
Along the way, earning money for his mama's food truck
And his daddy's house in nigeria.
(audience laughs)
It has been an incredible night, and we're not done yet.
But now, once again, benji, the game is about to get harder.
Benji uzo: Niecy, why are you doing that?
(audience laughs)
Niecy nash: There are only two categories left,
Fleetwood mac and alternative,
And he still has all three of his backup words
If he needs them.
Right now, we are playing for $150,000!
(audience cheers)
Ok, talk to me.
Which category is going to get us close
To the million bucks?
Benji uzo: Ok, so alternative, like,
I feel like, oh, man!
I just like, I wish I could just,
I need more details, you know?
Like, what does that mean?
Like I said, niecy,
I know like at least two fleetwood mac songs,
And I'm just going to pray that the two I know pop up.
That's my, just praying.
I got to go fleetwood mac, niecy.
Niecy nash: All right.
(audience cheers)
Let's take a look at your two song choices,
"go your own way" or "say you love me".
Benji uzo: Ok, all right, so I've heard both of these.
These were not the two that I was talking about.
But I feel like I know "go your own way" a little better.
And you know, niecy, I just, I got to go my own way,
So "go your own way", niecy.
Niecy nash: Ok. (audience cheers)
Benji, for $150,000,
We are looking for nine missing words.
Benji uzo: Nine?
Niecy nash: So get yourself together,
(audience cheers)
Starting from the top of the song.
Benji uzo: Ok, all right.
Let's do it.
Niecy nash: (sighs) let's do it, ricky.
(audience cheers)
♪ loving you ♪
♪ isn't the right thing to do ♪
♪ how can I ♪
♪ change the things that I feel ♪
♪ if I could ♪
♪ maybe I'd give you my world ♪
♪ how can I ♪
♪ when you won't make it from me ♪
♪ you can go your own way ♪
♪ go your own way ♪
♪ you can call it another lonely day, hey ♪
♪ you can go your own way ♪
♪ go your own way ♪
♪ tell me why ♪
♪ turned around ♪
♪ packing up ♪
♪ shacking up is all you want to do ♪
♪ if I could ♪
♪ baby, I'd give you my world ♪
♪ mmm, yeah ♪
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right.
Fleetwood mac said, "if I could, baby, I'd give".
You said, "you my world,"
And then you left a whole lot of blank spaces.
(audience laughs)
Let's talk about your options.
Remember, you still have three backup words left.
Benji uzo: Ok, ok, ok.
Niecy nash: You can use them here
Maybe to help you pull this sentence together.
Benji uzo: I got to use them, niecy.
I got to use my backup words. Niecy nash: Ok.
Which word would you like to see correct?
Benji uzo: Ok.
I feel like I need to at least see number one first.
Can I start with the first word?
Niecy nash: Of course you can.
Please reveal the correct word for line one.
Benji uzo: Oh!
That's the one I had right?
Ok.
♪ give you ♪
Well, now I'm liking my world
♪ give you my world ♪
♪ da da da ♪
So I feel like after world, there's like a new,
Like introduction to something else.
So niecy, can I see word number four?
Niecy nash: Please reveal the correct word for line four.
Benji uzo: Ooh, that don't make sense.
You my world open.
♪ give you my ♪
Or maybe it's not even my.
Let me just.
♪ you something something open ♪
Ok, niecy, I need to see another word.
Can I see word number seven?
♪ something something open ♪
♪ something something waiting ♪
Give you my heart, open and waiting.
Can I see my heart open and?
♪ heart open and ♪
Can I see patiently waiting?
Ok, now I'm just like songwriting.
So, um...
Niecy nash: I just want to go over
Exactly where you are in the game.
Benji uzo: Ok, let's do it, niecy.
Niecy nash: And what your options are.
Benji uzo: Let's do it.
Niecy nash: You can work through it
And come up with some lyrics.
If you lock them in and you're right,
You'll move up to $150,000.
Benji uzo: Ugh!
Niecy nash: If you're wrong,
You will drop all the way down to $25,000, or...
Benji uzo: What's or?
Niecy nash: You can bow out with $100,000.
Benji uzo: Oh, that's so much money, niecy.
(audience cheers)
That is so much money.
Niecy nash: What would you like to do?
Benji uzo: You know, niecy, this has been so fun.
The crowd has been awesome.
You all are so awesome.
I've gotten so much energy from you all.
I don't know this song, niecy.
I don't want to risk it.
That's a lot of money.
Niecy, I got to bow out.
(audience cheers) niecy nash: All right.
Benji, you are walking away with $100,000!
(audience cheers)
Benji uzo: Wow!
Niecy nash: Take a bow.
(audience cheers) yeah!
Now, benji...
Audience: Benji, benji, benji!
Niecy nash: Let's see what the correct answer is.
Benji uzo: Let's see it.
Niecy nash: If I could, baby, I'd give you...
Benji uzo: Oh, yeah.
Niecy nash: My world open up.
Everything's waiting for you.
Benji uzo: No, not even close. (laughs)
Niecy nash: You made the right decision to bow out.
(audience cheers) congratulations.
You're going home
With $100,000! Benji uzo: Yes!
Thank you so much, niecy.
Niecy nash: Let's hear it for benji!
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Next time, more singers, more songs, more missing words,
And $1 million on don't forget the lyrics.
Good night.
Hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
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(audience cheers)
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