
The perennial format is a taped interview with a celebrity's electronically masked voice narrating a video showing cryptic allusions to what they are known for. Hints to their identities-known as the "clue package"-are given before and occasionally after each performs. In a typical episode, four to six contestants each sing a 90-second cover for panelists and an audience anonymously in costume. Įach season of The Masked Singer features a group of celebrity contestants.
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In May 2022, the series was renewed for an eighth season, which is set to premiere on September 21, 2022. A seventh season premiered in March 2022. Media and merchandise associated with the series includes a podcast, clothing, accessories, NFTs, and an ongoing stage show. The growth of the Masked Singer franchise has been credited to the show's success, as has an interest in adapting similar South Korean reality television series and other television formats centered on costumes.

Two spin-offs-an aftershow and a dance version, The Masked Dancer-followed as a result.

The first five seasons received the highest Nielsen ratings for a non-sports program in the adults 18–49 key demographic. Other production staff won or received nominations for various labor union awards, and the show has won or been nominated for awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Critics Choice Association, and Hollywood Critics Association. Inspired by haute couture, they were designed in the first six seasons by Marina Toybina, who won a Costume Designers Guild Award and a Creative Arts Emmy Award. While television critics have had mixed reviews for the series and particularly negative opinions of its panelists, the costumes have attracted praise.
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To prevent their identities from being revealed before each prerecorded episode is broadcast, the program makes extensive use of code names, disguises, non-disclosure agreements, and a team of security guards. The least popular is eliminated, taking off their mask to reveal their identity. Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Nicole Scherzinger, and Robin Thicke appear in each episode and vote alongside an audience for their favorite singer after all perform. Hosted by Nick Cannon, the program employs panelists who guess the celebrities' identities by interpreting clues provided to them throughout each season. It is part of the Masked Singer franchise which began in South Korea and features celebrities singing songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks concealing their identities.

The Masked Singer (abbreviated as TMS ) is an American reality singing competition television series that premiered on Fox on January 2, 2019.
