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1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Due to the level of musical skill required to pull off a good {{a cappella}} performance, there are many contenders.
2	** One highlight from Season 3 is Afro-Blue's jazz reinterpretation of Estelle's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwv1gt4axfQ "American Boy."]]
3	** And we can't leave out Music/{{Pentatonix}}' performance of “[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp4I3fgdf2o Video Killed the Radio Star]]”, or [[Music/MarvinGaye “Let's Get It On”]], which elicited a standing ovation from BEN FOLDS!!!
4	** Just when you think Music/{{Pentatonix}} couldn't possibly top themselves again, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_VCF-9IrOE&feature=feedlik they unleash their secret weapon]].
5	** According to Sara Bareilles, the best performance of Season 3 was the Dartmouth Aires' {{Music/Queen}} medley. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPW5LspKq0k One sees her point.]]
6	** Urban Method, for the ChristmasEpisode, give us their rendition of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8g9l8n7TlQ "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]].
7	** Home Free vs. Filharmonic, "dueling" on ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'''s "I'm Alright," ended up with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XOyYCIKQ34 a raucous, hilarious and incredibly fun performance]].
8	* CoveredUp: Has been known to happen, especially when a good group performs a "Current Pop Hit" or "Guilty Pleasure" . For instance, after hearing North Shore's doo-wop take on Music/BrunoMars' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnZAH5HIBp8 "Lazy Song,"]] it's tough to recall the original.
9	** Pretty much anything Music/{{Pentatonix}} has done... seriously.
10	* EliminationHoudini: Vocal Point in third season, whose survival essentially amounted to pity because the baritone's father died just before filming.
11	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
12	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QmzOJHDwH8&feature=youtu.be&t=8 On The Rocks' elimination speech]], with a love letter to the judges
13	--->"Well Nick, throughout this competition we've all really grown from Music/BoyzIIMen and we've shown the nation we're not just a bunch of [[Music/PussycatDolls Pussycats]] anymore. I'm just really proud we haven't [[Music/BenFolds Ben Fold]]ing under the pressure and just wish the judges would [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Me_Just_One_Night_(Una_Noche) Give us One More Night, (Una Noche)]]."
14	** For GuiltyPleasure week, the Yellow Jackets, a group of college guys performed “[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB5JL2s7elw Wannabe]]” by Music/SpiceGirls. The results were amazing.
15	** And then they hammed it up for the swan song, with Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping".
16	--->"Shawny boy... Benny boy... [[OddNameOut Sara boy]]..."
17	** Music/BenFolds' PissTakeRap in honor of Urban Method has to be seen to be believed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt3eQsmJoY0&feature=related So here you are.]]
18	** Music/BenFolds and Music/SaraBareilles did a duet of "Baby, It's Cold Outside". They have... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSybDG2mLKo differing opinions]] on it.
19	* {{Padding}}: Notable in weeks after the first few eliminations, when it seems like they show more material off-stage about the groups' preparations for their performances than the performances themselves.
20	* SeasonalRot:
21	** There are accusations, inevitably that "groups in Season X are much weaker than groups in Season [=X-1=]."
22	** The decision to reduce Season 5 to a single two-hour special (giving each group only one or two performances at most to impress the judges) compounds the accusations of rot for some viewers.
23	* ShockingElimination: While this is inevitable for fans of nearly any group, the fairly early elimination of North Shore from Season 3 caught even the reviewer for ''Rolling Stone'' magazine [[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-sing-off-recap-groups-reveal-their-guilty-pleasures-20111018 off-guard]].
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