Ben Folds (Benjamin Scott), American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and the former frontman of the band Ben Folds Five, is one of the judges of The Sing-Off.

“The Sing-Off” is like “American Idol” for a cappella groups, but hosted by Nick Lachey. To the suggestion that a sizable chunk of the television-viewing public thinks the genre is – let’s just say it – corny, Folds says, “I think this competition might change some people’s minds. We’ve really mined the conventions in pop music: drums, bass, guitar, maybe keyboards. I’m a big fan of anything that has to be inventive, musically. This isn’t about who can sing the best, it’s about who can invent the best.’’