South Korean Game Show I Can See Your Voice

Since the show's premiere on February 26, 2015, it has aired 10 seasons on two different networks — Mnet and tvN.

I Can See Your Voice
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Genre	Mystery Music Reality competition Panel show Game show
Created by	Lee Seon-young
Presented by	Kim Bum-soo (1—3) Leeteuk (Super Junior) (1—10) Yoo Se-yoon (1—10) Kim Jong-kook (4—10)
Starring	The celebrity panelists (see cast)
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	Regular: 122 Special: 5 Overall: 127
Production
Producers	Hwang Na-hye Lee Seon-young
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production companies	CJ ENM Signal Entertainment Group
Original release
Network	Mnet (Original) tvN (Simulcast)
Release	February 26, 2015 (2015-02-26) – May 10, 2023 (2023-05-10)

Format

Presented with a group of "mystery singers" identified only by their occupation, a guest artist must attempt to eliminate bad singers from the group without ever hearing them sing, assisted by clues and a celebrity panel over the course of several rounds. At the end of the game, the last remaining mystery singer is revealed as either good or bad by means of a duet between them and one of the guest artists.

The original program has two different game formats:

• Original format

Under the original format, the guest artists can eliminate one or two mystery singers in each round, and the last mystery singer standing will perform a duet.

• Star Wars format (season 1 special only)

Ten former mystery singers were separated into two teams. For each round, a mystery singer is chosen for a "showdown". Afterward, voting is done through audience majority, and the votes are accumulated for the winning team.

Rewards

The winning mystery singer is awarded on the following conditions:

• If the singer is good, he/she will have release a digital single.
  • In the Global Stars special (of the fifth season), the winning singer, regardless of being good or bad, receives a trophy.
• If the singer is bad, he/she wins ₩5,000,000.

Rounds

Visual rounds

• The guest artist is given some time to observe and examine each mystery singer based on their appearance.
• A muted video of each mystery singer that reveals only 0.3 seconds of their singing voice is played as an additional hint.
• Each mystery singer is given two different identities — as a good singer and as a bad singer. Only one of them is a real identity.
• The host is given three "keywords" depending on each mystery singer's identity.
• The guest artist is given some time to observe and examine five out of six mystery singers, according to year of birth.

Introduction round

• Each mystery singer self-introduces to guest artist and panelists. Good singers are telling the truth, while bad singers are allowed to lie.

Lip sync rounds

• Each mystery singer performs a lip sync to a song. Good singers mime to a recording of their own performance, while bad singers mime to a recording by someone else.
• A mystery singer and a substitute lip sync together in one song. Only one of them is the owner of that recording.
• The mystery singer lip syncs to the good singer's recording, then a bad singer's recording comes in the middle of the performance.
• Separated into two phases, the mystery singers perform their lip sync, starting with good singer's recordings first and then bad singer's recordings being the last.
• Each mystery singer self-introduces to guest artist and panelists and then performs a song, both on lip sync renditions.

Interrogation rounds

• The guest artist may ask questions to the remaining mystery singers. Good singers are required to give truthful responses, while the bad singers must lie.
• The guest artist must pick one of three given "keywords" to question one of the mystery singers after detailing additional information about them.
• Each mystery singer has a story of what kind of identity they have if the singer is bad, which is true to make everyone believe they can't sing.

Evidence rounds

• A proof of each mystery singer's singing ability (i.e. photo, video, certificates, etc.) is shown on the screen. Good singers have own evidences, while bad singers had their evidences fabricated.
• The hosts have randomly assigned clues about the mystery singer. The guest artist must choose a clue for each mystery singer.
• The guest artist is presented with a video package including witnesses of a respective mystery singer react when they hear on its own performance that would appear on the show.

Rehearsal round

• Three random panelists are wearing headphones to listen to a recording of assigned mystery singer that lasts for 15 seconds. Afterward, the panelist defends the mystery singer and convince the guest artist to choose them as the winner.

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