- Guys, I want you to be scared,
because I'm going to bring it tonight.
And you're going to be shocked,
you're going to be amazed.
You're going to be shook.
(high energy music)
- Welcome to Lip Sync Battle Preshow.
This week, we're going to get to know our competitors.
They are members of an epic acapella group, Pentatonix.
- Now, in case you don't know what acapella is,
Lee and I have prepared a little something.
(clearing throat)
(harmonica plays)
- Ooh, that's you.
- [Both] Oooh!
♪ My Bonnie lies over the ocean
♪ My Bonnie is over the sea,
♪ My Bonnie is over the ocean
- [Director] Guys, cut, cut, cut.
We talked about this.
- Okay
- We just thought if you heard it, you know
- [Director] No.
- From us.
- [Director] No, just say the lines.
- Here's Scott Hoying and Mitch Grassi from Pentatonix.
- Hey guys, it's Niki.
And we're backstage with Scott from Pentatonix.
- Hello. How's it going?
I'm fan-girling.
I'm obsessed with you guys.
- Oh wow, thank you.
- So what are your feelings going into this.
It's really different from what you normally do.
- I am very excited.
First of all, I'm a very competitive person.
I'm taking this probably way more seriously than I should.
But I'm excited, I'm nervous.
I'm excited to perform without having to sing.
That's gonna be nice.
- Have you ever done any kind of choreography
with your band?
- Yeah, we do like little things, here and there.
But we never get to like hair whip.
Not to give anything way,
but I'm doing some hair-whipping tonight.
- So whoever wins out of you guys,
do you think they will have bragging rights,
and you guys will let them have their moment?
- Oh yeah, well we win that beautiful belt,
so I will probably come to all the rehearsals and backstage
and I'll just have it on.
(laughing)
and to show that I run this.
- Totally.
Okay, so why don't you look into this camera
and do some trash talking?
- Okay, Kevin, Kirstin, Mitch
you're going down.
I have rehearsed so much, I'm 100% positive
that I'm going to win and go home with that belt.
- We're backstage with Mitch from Pentatonix.
- Hi Niki, hi guys.
- Hey, so how are you feeling?
- I'm feeling good.
I'm very excited.
I'm also a little nervous.
- What are you most nervous about?
- I'm nervous about just kinda hitting everything,
hitting all my marks.
There's lots of big set pieces that I have to run to.
- Is there anything that you can tell us
about your performance without spilling anything?
- Um, yes.
It involves cooking.
It involves giant fruits and vegetables.
- Ooh.
- And maybe a giant clamshell.
- So, what are your plans if you win the title belt?
Are you going to wear it on tour?
Rub it in their faces?
- Definitely rub it in their face,
probably just take a bunch of selfies
and send them periodically to the group
throughout the day.
- Just like hey, I won.
- Yeah, just a reminder.
- Something you'll always have against them if you do.
- 100%.
- So why don't you look into this camera
and do some trash-talking to your bandmates
and tell them why they should be scared of your performance?
- But I'm so nice.
Okay.
Guys, I want you to be scared.
Because I'm going to bring it tonight,
and you're going to be shocked,
you're going to be amazed,
you're gonna be shook.
- Wow, what a great performance tease.
Okay, so it's gonna involve cooking,
it's gonna involve giant fruits and vegetables.
Maybe even a giant clam shell.
- I mean what is he possible gonna do?
You know what?
I'm think we should take his crazy clues
and put them in the LSB song detector.
- Yeah, this thing is absolutely incredible.
It once guessed that Tom Holland was gonna perform
Umbrella, based solely on a pleather boot and a puddle.
- Yeah.
- You gotta keep grinding.
It needs a little elbow--
- [Both] No, no, no!
- Shoot!
- Oh my God!
Mitch's crazy clues broke my song detector!
- Alright, listen, while we're tending to our invention,
please let us know any guesses you have
in the comments down below.
- Here's more from Pentatonix.
Ugh!
Great job, Mitch!
- We're backstage with Kirstin from Pentatonix.
- Yay!
- What would you say your favorite part has been
about preparing for your performance?
- Well, I've done all the preparation today,
like my first choreo, my fitting and everything.
Just today.
- Oh my gosh!
- So I was like really nervous,
but when we did the choreography rehearsal,
all the dancers were killing it.
It was so great.
So I just can't wait to see it all come together.
- See now Scott is nervous.
He thinks you're a big competition.
- Okay.
- So who do you think would be your biggest competition
out of everybody?
- I think Scott will be my biggest competition.
- Ooh, you guys are like going head to head.
- Yeah. I've heard that Kevin is going around saying
he's gonna be holding his belt up and putting it in my face.
Kevin's trying to fight me, so...
- Is there any trash talking you want to do to this camera
to your bandmates?
- Um, yeah.
You're going down, guys.
I'm just kidding.
I don't know.
Do a great job.
- Wow!
- One girl in a band with all those dudes.
How does she deal?
- I know.
It must be really intense.
I bet it's a lot like how you have to always
be dealing with my constant, raw, masculine
sorta like, animalistic energy everyday.
- Yeah.
It's probably the same.
- Last month, I watched football.
(grunts)
I was like (grunts)
- Ah now, there's more from Kevin Olusola.
- We're backstage with Kevin from Pentatonix.
- Hey, what's up?
- How are you feeling going into this?
- I feel good.
This is honestly really really fun.
It's very different from our band
because we've never competed against each other,
so to do something like this,
is interesting but really, really fun for us.
But I'm gonna beat everybody.
So it's all good.
- So we already know the winner.
- I mean, you know (laughing)
- Who do you think will take it the hardest
if they don't win?
- Ooh!
Honestly, I think it would be Scott or Kirstin.
Because Scott's been trying to figure out
everyone's song this whole week,
and he's been preparing so much,
and Kirstin is just a competitive person.
If anyone beats her,
I'm really excited to see her reaction to that.
- How's this different in preparation
verus your usual performances?
- It's weird not singing.
- Well, you guys don't just sing.
You guys kinda make your own sounds
and instruments with your mouths.
- Exactly, I'm the beatboxer
so that's all I do.
So to not sing and to not beatbox,
I just pretend
it's so weird for me.
- Yeah?
Now is there any trash talking you want to do to them?
- Listen guys, I love you.
You're wonderful people.
I love you to death, but it's time for y'all to go down.
(laughing)
- Kevin seems awesome.
I cracked up when he said he makes the instruments
on their album with his mouth.
- Oh, no he does make the sounds with his mouth.
He's a beatboxer.
- Oh.
- Wait, what did you think a beatboxer was?
- I thought it was this.
- Oh.
I thought you, well...
I heard it, and I thought--
well, you know what I thought isn't that important.
I'm just a preshow host.
Not a big deal.
And we can just probably move on.
- That's about all the time we have
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(low melodic music)
- It's just...
- How, how would that work?
(tapping the box)