48 Singing Shows That Will Make You Want To Belt It Out Together

Do you know what Beyonce, Britney Spears, Becky Hill, Justin Timberlake, and Christina Aguilera have in common? They are all artists who found fame on TV talent shows! They all appeared in Star Search, an American TV show which ran from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s and was revived for a second run from 2003 to 2004. However, Star Search was a talent competition, not specifically a singing TV show.

Considering the number of singing stars that got discovered in the project, it was only a matter of time until someone came up with a TV format strictly dedicated to singing competition shows. It was Simon Fuller's singing shows, Pop Idol and American Idol, inspired by the reality documentary television show Popstars, that gained global commercial success and blew up the reality TV genre.

One of the first strictly singing shows on TV, American Idol, is still running today. 20 years after its initial release, and among all the competitors it served as a precursor for, American Idol remains one of the best singing shows ever made. However, following the Idol franchise, many other singing TV shows appeared on screens in the last two decades: The Voice, The Masked Singer, The X Factor, and many others.

Below, we've gathered and ranked some of the best TV shows about singing. What is your favorite singing competition? Let us know! Also, if you are into tunes, check out our list of the best musical movies of all time!