

However, mystery singers' voices can be still concealed such as audio distortion. Each mystery singer has a video package to convince the guest artist, but with voices being distorted.Įach mystery singer demonstrates a pre-show rehearsal piece.The guest artist must choose a clue for each mystery singer. The host has randomly assigned clues about the mystery singer.photo, video, certificates, etc.) is shown on the screen. A proof of each mystery singer's singing ability (i.e.Good singers have own evidences while bad singers have their evidences fabricated. Two mystery singers face each other, culminating a lip sync showdown performance for one song only.Įach mystery singer reveals an evidential piece.The mystery singers perform lip sync altogether in two separate phases - the good singers' voices do miming first, and then the bad singers' voices again in the last.Separated into multiple groups, each group of mystery singers participate in a short lip sync performance for one song each.The mystery singer lip syncs to the good singer's voice, then a bad singer's voice comes in the middle of the performance.Only one of them is the owner of the voice. A mystery singer and a substitute lip sync to a song together.Good singers mime to their own voices while bad singers mime to the voices of others. The host is given three "keywords" depending on each mystery singer's identity, and then five different voice snippets from a muted video of each mystery singer are being played.Įach mystery singer performs a lip sync to a song.Each mystery singer is given two different identities - as a good singer and as a bad singer.A muted video of each mystery singer that reveals only 0.3 seconds of their singing voice is played as an additional hint.The guest artist is given some time to observe and examine each mystery singer based on their appearance. The original format of this game consists of five main rounds with varying mechanics. In the penultimate round, they may choose to walk away with the earned money if they think that the last mystery singer is a bad singer, or to risk it all for a chance to take home the jackpot prize, otherwise. įor some franchises involving with an ordinary person as player, the contestant gets a prize money for every bad singer eliminated. The artist wins the game if a good singer remains at the end of the show and the winning mystery singer receives a "reward". At the end, the winning mystery singer is revealed as good or bad by means of a duet with one of the guest artists. The artist will eliminate one to two singers at the end of each round and then proceeding to perform on the "stage of truth". They get assistance from clues by "celebrity panelists" over the course of each round.

The artist must attempt to eliminate bad singers from the group by guessing who they are without hearing them sing. Gameplay Format Ī guest artist (also includes a contestant) are presented with a group of "mystery singers" - some of them are good singers, and some are bad. ĭue to its unique format, it was later sold to different countries, which distributed by CJ ENM and several syndicated television productions. This format comes with a "fusion of music and guessing game concepts" would later adopt to similar shows such as Masked Singer, Shadow Singer, and Super Hearer. Dubbed as the mystery music game show, it proved to be an instant success in South Korea.

On February 26, 2015, I Can See Your Voice began to air on Mnet alongside with simulcast on tvN. Also, she was originally envisioned a program that will allow anyone to be the main character regardless of their appearances, and was inspired by Kim Bum-soo who struggled to gain recognition because of his look. Besides with the existence of "good singers", she added "bad singers" and lip sync as format elements. In 2012, producer and creator Lee Seon-young planned to develop a music game show.
