Showtime at the Apollo - Episode Guide

Host/Musical Guest:
 LL Cool J - "I Need Love."

Musical Guests:
Donna Allen - "Serious" & "Sweet Somebody."
The Breakfast Club - "Right On Track."

Comic: Rick Aviles

Amateur Contestants:
Cheryl Sumpter (Howard University music grad & previous week's winner) sings "Everything Must Change."
Mike Little (comedian)
Tony Vaso sings "I Believe In You and Me."
Lavincent Lockhart - plays the flute
Michael Robinson (From Paterson, NJ) - raps "I'm Coming Out" (this week's winner)

An all-new episode of Showtime at the Apollo will feature some of the nation's top musical acts offering renditions of their favorite Christmas songs, including performances by Snoop Dogg & Boyz II Men, Fifth Harmony and DMX. Along with the well-known acts, the show will showcase the Apollo's legendary long-running, live talent competition – which provides a platform for up-and-coming artists to perform in front of the toughest audience in the world. The Apollo audience is famed as one of entertainment's most boisterous and brutally honest and those contestants who don't win over the crowd risk being booed off the stage.

The series premiere of Showtime at the Apollo will showcase the Apollo's legendary long-running, live talent competition – which provides a platform for up-and-coming artists to perform in front of the toughest audience in the world. Performers with various talents, from singing to juggling knives, will compete in hopes of winning over the Apollo crowd and having the opportunity to come back in the season finale for a chance at headlining their very own show at the legendary Apollo Theater. The Apollo audience is famed as one of entertainment's most boisterous and brutally honest and those contestants who don't win over the crowd risk being booed off the stage.

A boy band, a girl group, a singer and a magician are among the few that will try to win over the Apollo audience. Featuring hip-hop superstar, Flo Rida.

A ventriloquist, a magician and a comedian are among the few that will try to win over the Apollo audience. Special guest Biz Markie and Naughty By Nature.

Performers with various talents will compete in hopes of winning over the Apollo crowd and having the opportunity to come back in the season finale.

Showtime at the Apollo, which showcases the world-famous Apollo Theater's legendary long-running, live talent competition and provides a platform for up-and-coming artists, comes to a spectacular conclusion. On tonight's season finale, hosted by Steve Harvey and co-hosted by Adrienne Houghton, the best of the best, who previously won over the toughest audience in the world this season, will return to perform one more time for a chance at headlining their very own show at the Apollo.