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'Beat Shazam' also hails from the creator behind the musical game show 'Don't Forget the Lyrics.'
In the wake of American Idol's end, Fox is adding a new musical entry to its unscripted slate.
The network has picked up an interactive musical game show based on the Shazam app from Mark Burnett, Fox Television Group chairman and CEO Dana Walden announced Monday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
Beat Shazam centers on individuals competing to identify a particular song, much the way the Shazam app helps users find out the title and artist behind a track. Those who are successful will then have to go up against the app for the top prize. Burnett will exec produce with Jeff Apploff (Don't Forget the Lyrics) and Shazam Entertainment Limited will be a partner on the series. No premiere date has yet been announced.
Founded in 1999, Shazam has reached more than 12 billion tags and has more than 500 million users on its app.
Burnett also has the reality dating show, Coupled, on Fox that launched earlier this summer in addition to his long-running series on CBS (Survivor) and NBC (The Voice, Celebrity Apprentice).
Since American Idol wrapped its 15-season run in April, Fox has been aggressive in building out its unscripted slate with younger projects American Grit and Home Free joining more veteran programs like MasterChef and So You Think You Can Dance.
Beat Shazam is one of two new game shows coming to Fox, the other being an adaptation of the U.K. hit You're Back in the Room, which will be hosted by Taye Diggs. Fox's other upcoming unscripted series include the cooking show My Kitchen Rules and survival competition series Kicking and Screaming.
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