It's An All Time Hit! (TV Show)

Type of show: Song Competition 

Objective: Pair an unknown original song with a performer to create a hit song. America votes!

 Categories/Genres                                                                                                                             1. Pop/Rock and subgenres                                                                                                                         2. Country/Blues                                                                                                                                         3. Gospel                                                                                                                                                     4. Jazz/Showtune                                                                                                       5.Folk/Americana/Multicultural                                                                                                                 6. Commercial Jingle ~ written for a sponsor

The Songwriters/Composers: Five (5) Songwriters/Composers are competing two (2) songs each in any genre.                                                                                                                                            Songs are submitted to a committee that listens to and selects the songs for the competition.                    The selected ten (10) songs are reviewed by a panel consisting of industry professionals such as producers, music supervisors, A&R, etc.

Performers: Ten (10) Winners, five (5) male and five (5) female from shows like America's Got Talent, American Idol and The Voice. Unlike in these shows, the performers are not judged or eliminated - the songs are. The performers are eliminated only when their songs are and only because the songs were eliminated.                                                                                                                                     The performers may perform in multiple genres, however there must be one male and one female performer in each genre. This will organically result in different pairings. This could be interesting.

Band: Hire skilled union musicians and rehearse the selected songs

Judges/Producers: A panel of five (5) legendary and award winning songwriters. Some examples:  Alice Cooper, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bootsy Collins, Bruce Springsteen, Carol King, Chaka Khan, David Lee Roth, Gene Simmons, James Taylor, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Jon Bon Jovi, Lionel Richie, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Roberta Flack, Robert Plant, Sly Stone, Steven Tyler, Sting,                                                                                                                                                              Each judge produces two performers, one male, one female in their genres of choice

The winner of the competition is the song that is voted by the viewers to be the best, the songwriter and the performer who sings it.

AWARD CATEGORIES                                                                                                          Best Pop/Rock and subgenres (Male and Female)                                                                                        Best Country/Blues (Male and Female)                                                                                                       Best Gospel (Male and Female)                                                                                                                   Best Jazz/Showtune (Male and Female)                                                                                                      Best Folk/Americana/Multicultural (Male and Female)                                                                              Best Commercial Jingle (Male and Female) 

Grand Prize Awarded to one (1) Songwriter and one (1) Performer                            Professional recording, release, video and promotion of the winning song by the winning performer with all royalties and fees paid accordingly                                                          Use of the commercial jingle with full royalties paid to the songwriter (Recording financed by the sponsor)

Features:                                                                                               A brief video synopsis of the career of a Judge/Producer                                                       A brief video synopsis of the lifestyle of the songwriter and the story of the song being submitted                                                                                                                                   A brief video of the song being produced for live performance on It's An All Time Hit!