What is the “Masked Singer”?
A: The Masked Singer is an international music reality game show franchise.
It originated from what South Korean program?
A: The King of Mask Singer, developed by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
The format features the celebrities who perform a song
anonymously in what?
A: Elaborate masks or head-to-toe costumes.
The panelists will then guess the identity based on
what?
A: Clues the singers give about themselves.
After their performances, the singers are voted on by
whom?
A: The audiences in each round while the panelists do not participate in the
vote.
The singer who receives the fewest votes in each round
is what?
A: Unmasked and eliminated until the winner is declared.
The participating celebrities can come from what?
A: Various occupational backgrounds.
The original South Korean series features various what?
A: Musicians, actors or actresses, and comedians.
The singers of the American series have spanned further
up to the range of who?
A: Grammy award winners, professional video gamers, YouTube influencers and
professional athletes.
The voting system may also be different based on what?
A: The program's country.
In Austria, the Netherlands, the United States and the
UK, the votes are limited to what?
A: The live studio audience members due to the show being pre-taped.
In Germany and
Italy, why are votes open to all
viewers?
A: Because the show is live.
The Swedish format provides what?
A: Simulated live voting without the ability to affect the pre-taped show.
The original South Korean series King of Mask Singer is
a continuous, episode-by-episode format, in which the winner is decided
when?
A: After each tournament that lasts two weekly episodes.
In the final round of each tournament, the finalist
singer must face-off what?
A: The previous bi-weekly winner to take over the champion title.
The program thus focuses on how long the one can do
what?
In comparison, most of the other international versions
have been following the seasonal format in which the winner is declared
when?
A: After a single season tournament that lasts from few months to about a
year.
The international programs consequently focus on what?
A: Who the champion is after the months to year-long tournament.
Who was the first unofficial winner of the franchise?
A: It was Solji of the South Korean girl group EXID who won in the pilot
episode of the original South Korean King of Mask Singer series aired on 18
February 2015.
Who was the first official winner of the franchise?
A: It was Luna of the K-Pop girl group f(x) who was declared as the winner
of the first ever tournament held in the original South Korean series on 12
April 2015.