Masked Singer


Masked Singer is an international music game show franchise. It originated from the South Korean program King of Mask Singer, developed by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.

Format

The format features celebrities who perform anonymously in elaborate head-to-toe costumes and are unmasked if they receive the fewest votes. In the United States and the UK votes are limited to the live studio audience members due to the show being pre-taped. In Germany and Austria votes are open to all viewers because the show is live. While the panelists will guess based on clues the singers give about themselves, the panelists do not participate in the vote. Singers in the American version have spanned the range of Grammy award winners to professional video gamers and YouTube influencers to professional athletes.

International versions

Local titleNetworkSeasons and winnersPanelistsHost
AustraliaThe Masked SingerNetwork TenOsher Günsberg
AustriaThe Masked Singer AustriaPuls 4Arabella Kiesbauer
AzerbaijanTBAİTVTBA
BulgariaМаскираният певец
NOVA TVDimitar Rachkov
Vasil Vasilev – Zueka
China King of Mask SingerJSTV:zh:李好|Li Hao
China Mask SingerJSTVVarious:zh:李好|Li Hao
EstoniaMaskis laulja
TV3Mart Sander
FinlandMasked Singer Suomi
MTV3
FranceMask SingerTF1Camille Combal
GermanyThe Masked SingerProSiebenMatthias Opdenhövel
GreeceMasked Singer GreeceSkai TVSakis Rouvas
HungaryÁlarcos énekes
RTL Klub:hu:Istenes Bence|Bence Istenes
IndonesiaThe Mask Singer IndonesiaGTVJohn Martin Tumbel
ItalyIl cantante mascherato
Rai 1Milly Carlucci
Mexico¿Quién es la máscara?
TelevisaOmar Chaparro
MalaysiaThe Masked Singer MalaysiaAstro WarnaSeason 1, 2020: New SeriesTBATBA
MyanmarThe Masked Singer MyanmarMRTV EntertainmentPaing Zay Ye Tun
NetherlandsThe Masked SingerRTL 4Ruben Nicolai
PerúLa Máscara
Latina TelevisiónMathías Brivio
PortugalA Máscara
SICJoão Manzarra
RomaniaMasked Singer România
Pro TVGeorge Papagheorghe
RussiaМаска
NTVVyacheslav Makarov
SlovakiaZlatá maska
JOJ
South KoreaKing of Mask SingerMBCKim Sung-joo
SpainMask Singer: Adivina quién canta
Antena 3
ThailandThe Mask SingerWorkpoint TVKan Kantathavorn
UkraineМаска
UkraineTBA
United KingdomThe Masked SingerITVJoel Dommett
United StatesThe Masked SingerFoxNick Cannon
VietnamMặt nạ Ngôi Sao
HTV7Hoàng Rapper

Spin-off: ''The Masked Dancer''

On at the winter Television Critics Association press tour, Fox Alternative Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television announced that they had ordered a spin-off series, The Masked Dancer, with Ellen DeGeneres as executive producer. DeGeneres had previously conducted The Masked Dancer as a recurring segment of her syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, as a parody of The Masked Singer. DeGeneres stated that the show was "gonna be just as fun and suspenseful", but "with a lot more krumping."