TV There is a new hype created in tv-land: the origin of Korean ” The Masked Singer’. The concept is as simple as it is successful: well-known singers take part in a talent show, but are completely unrecognizable, disguised in eccentric stuffed animal costumes. Also with us there is already interest for the format.
there Are also be here soon crazy animals on stage? The opportunity seems to be there already. Wherever “The Masked Singer” on tv, it grows into kijkcijferkanon. As the match went on last week also began in the United States and immediately caught remarkably high ratings. It looked at more than nine million Americans to the first broadcast, in the meantime, the number of viewers has grown to more than 12 million.
The major difference with other talent shows? In contrast to ‘Got Talent’, ‘The Voice’, or ‘X-Factor’ is ‘The Masked Singer’ is no match for new and beginning talent, but already well-known faces. Just as in any other talent show, the candidates are again evaluated by a jury. Also they do not know who was behind the masks. In America, that under more ‘Blurred Lines’singer Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger and Jenny McCarthy.
Enquiries to the Flemish channels by Gazet Van Antwerpen shows that there is interest from SBS Belgium, the company behind FOUR, FIVE and SIX. “SBS Belgium watch The Masked Singer ” for Flanders,” says spokesperson Kristof Demasure.
