Gabrielle Hatchett brought her boyfriend Nathan and her good friend Kim to the program with her to help her try to win up to a million dollars by remembering the lyrics to many favorite songs. On her first challenge, Gabrielle chose a Barry Manilow classic to win $2,500. Encouraged by this early success, Gabrielle chose to sing a song from the 1980s category. Picking Kokomo by The Beach Boys, she happily plugged in the missing lyrics with ease.

Gabrielle continued to breeze through the songs she picked until she landed on the Motown category. Her two choices were I Finally Got the Ring and Will You Marry Me?, both by Nathan Reid. Gabrielle stared at her choices for a few seconds -- then suddenly realized what was going on. Her boyfriend Nathan knelt before her and said, “This is me wanting to spend the rest of my life with you…” Opening a box, Nathan presented her with a beautiful diamond ring. Gabrielle was overwhelmed and before she knew it, Nathan had slipped the ring on her finger. As Gabrielle agreed to marry him, Wayne Brady turned to the audience and joked, “Welcome to Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire!”

Gabrielle returned to the game, and soon continued her winning streak, singing her way through songs by The Kinks, The Go-Gos and more, until she went home with $350,000.

Don’t Forget the Lyrics is definitely one of those programs that parents can feel safe in sharing with their kids. The program is consistently enjoyable for all ages and is free of objectionable content. For continuing to make Thursday nights fun for all audiences, Don’t Forget the Lyrics is our Best of the Week.

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