Bizarre singing show becomes US TV’s biggest reality hit! Is this the singing show we deserve in 2019?
The Masked Singer, which premiered to intense buzz on US network Fox on Wednesday, will have local TV executives rushing to commission an Aussie remake.
This week’s debut earned 9.2 million viewers in the US to easily sweep its timeslot and make it the network’s highest-rating reality TV premiere since The X Factor launched in 2011.
A singing contest with a twist, the show features 12 mysterious celebrities – including Grammy winners, Broadway stars, and Hollywood Walk of Famers – performing radio hits while disguised in wacky animal costumes.
A judging panel, featuring celebrities Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jenny McCarthy and Ken Jeong, are tasked with picking the best and worst performers and revealing their secret identities.
Perhaps more significantly for local networks, the show has quickly captured that oft-elusive water-cooler buzz, as TV critics fawn over the bizarre concept and viewers speculate over the personalities hidden beneath the nutty costumes.
A review in Vanity Fair described the series as “the show we deserve in 2019”.
“In a broadcast landscape rife with reality-competition shows that recycle the same format over and over again, The Masked Singer feels less like a straightforward take on the genre – and more like a corner of Weird Twitter brought to life by some unholy Hollywood ritual,” the publication wrote.
Other reviews have seen the show labelled “the weirdest and most wonderful show on television”, and “the craziest reality show of our time”.
The series is based on a hit South Korean format, King of Mask Singer, that debuted in 2015, and is produced in the US by Endemol Shine, whose local arm is responsible for shows including Married at First Sight, Australian Ninja Warrior, Australian Survivor and All Together Now.
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