I Can See Your Voice Season 3 VietSub (I Can See Your Voice - Mystery music game show) is an international music entertainment 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 program. The guest artists will eliminate one or two mysterious singers at the end of each round, and the eliminated singers will 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 program'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 poorly, 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 outfits. The program provides a video of the player singing a song but with the sound muted, leaving only about 0.3 seconds of sound as a hint for the guest. Each mysterious singer has two identities, and both identities will be revealed. The guest must determine who is the good singer and who is the bad singer based on their appearance.
Singer's Lip-sync:
The guest chooses based on the lip-sync performance of the player. 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 simultaneously, and one of them belongs to the player. The guest must identify the player's real voice based on the lip-sync performances.
Singer's Proof:
In this round, each mysterious singer presents evidence in various ways. The good singer has their own evidence, while the bad singer has fake evidence. Clues about the singing ability of each mysterious singer (such as photos, videos, certificates, etc.) are displayed on the screen. Any three chosen individuals (from the advisory board or the host) must use headphones to listen to the mysterious singer's voice for 30 seconds. They then 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 use the clues from the host to determine the identity of the mysterious singer, and then identify who is the bad singer and who is the good singer.
Controversy:
In August 2015, CJ ENM accused two Chinese programs, God of Songs by SZTV and X-Singer by Beijing TV, of plagiarism, copying the rules of I Can See Your Voice, making both programs unlicensed versions in China. However, God of Songs became successful due to its 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 alongside 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 and is owned by CJ ENM and other television program producers. Since 2016, the international versions of I Can See Your Voice have been broadcast in 18 countries worldwide. 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 international version because its unique format has been used for program production partners of I Can See Your Voice.)