SINGAPORE — I admit I’ve never been a big fan of any of the musical interpretations presented by the TV show. But the cast sings with near-perfect enunciation and a certain — dare I say it — glee, that you find it hard to really hate their cover versions. So I was really interested to see how they would take on my favourite pop group of all time. The Fab Four’s music has been redone to death that you have to wonder if an entire album of covers is really necessary. Well, the answer is, no.

However, there are a few gems. Most notably, Here Comes The Sun by Naya Rivera and Demi Lovato. By stripping down the song to its basics — guitar and vocals, like what George Harrison did at the Concert For Bangla Desh performance — the girls offer a take that is fairly refreshing (I’ll even forgive all the unnecessary over-singing). The Kevin McHale-Becca Tobin duo also does admirable takes on Drive My Car and You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away, and the piano romp on Get Back is actually ... listenable.

The renditions fail when they try to replicate the original recordings. The gosh-darn gee-we’re-so-happy-we-can’t-help-it effervescence just doesn’t quite cut it, and the songs lose that raw charm that made the originals unforgettable. This isn’t by any stretch of the imagination the best Beatles covers album (the soundtrack to Across The Universe takes that spot), but it didn’t turn out as bad as I thought it’d be.