I Can See Your Voice Season 1 VietSub (I Can See Your Voice - Mystery music game show) is an international music entertainment television program based on the Korean version of the same name.
The show introduces a group of "mysterious singers". The task of the guest artists in each round is to eliminate the bad singers without hearing their real voices, with the assistance of advisors and clues provided by the show. The guest artists will eliminate one or two mysterious singers at the end of each round, and the eliminated singers will then perform their real voices on stage. At the end of the show, the chosen mysterious singer will be revealed whether they have a good singing voice or not through a duet with one of the guest artists. The guest artist wins if they keep the good singer until the end of the show, and the remaining mysterious singer will receive the show's prize.
In other versions, a player (not a celebrity) will participate in the show. The player receives a cash prize for correctly eliminating each bad singer. In the final round, the player can choose to take the prize money if they think the last mysterious singer will sing badly, or continue the show for a chance to win a special prize.
Game Rounds:
The original version of the show has 3 game rounds with rules that vary in each season.
Singer's Visual:
The difference between good and bad singers is judged based on their appearance and costumes. The show provides a video of the player singing a song but with the sound turned off, with only about 0.3 seconds of sound to hint to the guest. Each mysterious singer has two identities, and both identities will be revealed. The guest must determine who the good singer is and who the bad singer is based on their appearance.
Singer's Lip-sync:
The guest chooses based on the player's lip-sync performance. The good singer will sing along to a pre-recorded track of their own voice, while the bad singer will sing along to a track recorded by someone else to match their tone. The player and the lip-sync substitute appear together, both lip-syncing to the same song, but only one of them is the owner of the pre-recorded track. Both voices will be revealed at the same time, and one of them belongs to the player. The guest must determine the player's real voice based on the lip-sync performances. The mysterious singers are divided into two groups, each performing a lip-sync performance based on the music of a song.
Singer's Proof:
In this round, each mysterious singer has evidence in various forms. The good singer has their own evidence, while the bad singer has fake evidence. A hint about the singing ability of each mysterious singer (such as photos, videos, certificates, etc.) is displayed on the screen. Any three chosen individuals (from the advisory panel or the host) must use headphones to listen to the mysterious singer's voice for 30 seconds. After that, they have to defend the mysterious singer and convince the guest to choose them, regardless of whether they sing well or not. The host randomly assigns clues about the mysterious singer. The guest must choose a clue for each mysterious singer. The guest will use the clue from the host to determine the identity of the mysterious singer, and from there, figure out who the bad singer is and who the good singer is.
Controversy:
In August 2015, CJ ENM accused two Chinese shows, God of Songs by SZTV and X-Singer by Beijing TV, of plagiarism, copying the rules of I Can See Your Voice, making both shows unlicensed versions in China. However, God of Songs became successful due to high viewership ratings and even created a trend on social media.
In an interview with CJ ENM, the owner of the format, Diane Min, in June 2020, the company revealed that they had a dispute with Is That Really Your Voice?, another game show format by Global Agency based in Turkey in 2013, which accused I Can See Your Voice of stealing their idea. However, the show was later adapted into Chinese and French versions.
Awards:
I Can See Your Voice was nominated for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment Program at the 44th International Emmy Awards, along with Gogglebox, Adotada, and the eventual winner Allt för Sverige.
International Versions:
Thanks to the popularity of the show in South Korea, I Can See Your Voice has become an international game show, owned by CJ ENM and other television production companies. Since 2016, the international versions of I Can See Your Voice have been aired in 18 countries around the world. Giọng ải giọng ai, the Vietnamese version of the show, has a similar format to I Can See Your Voice but is designed as a "duel format" and is recognized as part of the later international versions because of its unique format, which has been used for production partners of I Can See Your Voice.)