"We're kind of going back to what made the show fantastic," executive producer Craig Plestis told Entertainment Weekly. Regina: I actually noticed that. What did you think ofThe Masked Singer Season 4 premiere? Theyre always trying to get these different reactions out of people. Mick likes good television, but also reality television. This year, along with wildcards, Group A and Group B will each declare a winner. 23:43 Gremlin Reveal (YouTube) 27:14 Pixotope. Adrianne: Its all done in unreal engine. The popular singing competition show made some creative adjustments due to the Another tweet: @MaskedSingerFox whats with the audience? After two seasons of filming with fake audiences, The Masked Singer has indeed brought back actual human beings to gather together indoors, where they can yell Hes been writing online for over a decade and never dreamed hed be in the position he is today. Nick Cannon: Through the magic of television it can all go away like this. Some of the clips have been taken from other performances, showing the audience dancing in seats. Then theres the use of technology to add the sound of the audience there. 1 day ago, by Samantha Brodsky The Masked Singer Season 4 premiere: Who went home and who was under the mask? Moreover, many among them noticed that there was an audience sitting behind. Theyll give that person a device and theyll have a camera person go into the audience and get that shot. In early episodes of the series, The Masked Singer would show the heights of each of its performers. Trying to figure out whos who in the middle of the show is difficult. 1,440, This story has been shared 1,376 times. Every episode of The Masked Singer has been pre-recorded in front of a live studio audience. Billy: Sorry, I was just imagining like the music comes in there or something. By 2019, there was a U.S. version of the show. Adrianne: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. We can break it down more: For the first four seasons of the show, there were actually threegroups that competed before merging for the last few episodes. While comedian Ken Jeong formerly thought the Black Widow was his Community co-star Yvette Nicole Brown, fans believe it's Raven Symon. Here's why. After her second appearance on the October 16 episode of The Masked Singer, the Black Widow stood out once again with her rendition of Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats." Regina: This is why archiving is important. Its impressive, but also very alarming. Let us know in the comments and tune into new episodes on Fox Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. By now you know the drill. And they have a panel of judges speculate about who they are the whole time. So the concept of The Masked Singer, first of all, I feel like whenever I tell people about it, I note that it started as a Korean show, which explains some of the zaniness that is like, its like up a notch from American television zaniness. To be clear, theres nothing realistic or relatable about having a net worth of $2 billion. The short answer is theyre doing it all for bragging rights and the trophy we finally saw in Episode 6. Billy: One of the performances on the first episode of this season is a character called the dragon. Youre talking about the one with the city and the dinosaur right? While I suppose its better than a packed house, there is some weirdness in having a live studio audience however small, and not committing to just doing it all virtually. And this all happens in real time. Host Nick Cannon said he had to help The Deer, aka NFL Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw, out of his costume. However, to keep the ratings coming in, these shows must adapt to remain competitive. But essentially, everything else, all of the complicated stuff, the people on the floor, all of that is added virtually on the fly. The use of these visuals was for creative purposes only and did not impact the actual audience voting and outcome. Heres another tweet: Is The Masked Singer filmed in New Zealand or are they faking the audience? Fans Have Offered Some Early Theories, Latest The Masked Singer News and Updates. There are all these legal disclaimers, I think because it is, uh, a contest that is on broadcast television. Question three, whats the deal with the virtual audience? They could continue to do this. WebHave been having a great time on set of The Masked Singer as an Audience Coordinator with OCA! Does The Masked Singer have a live audience? Billy: Yeah, and these so theres cutaways. The reveal is worth nothing. They say that there is like a virtual reality aspect to this season, but I havent seen any specifics as to what that is. Kyle Montplaisir: I was wondering about that too. Feel free to describe what youre saying. This isnt something thats done in post-production. Laura Herzing: For all of our virtual audience applications, we have an actual operator there onsite whos watching the game or the show and triggering what the audience should be doing in real time as well. And the simple answer to the question here as weve kind of guessed, is that all of this is fake. Here's the Deal, The "Stranger Things" Prequel Stage Play Dives Deep Into Vecna's Origin Story, Can't Wait For "Daisy Jones & The Six"? Cause theres no reporting on this. I think the frames are AR for sure. WebShow Information. What theyll do is theyll cut to someone in the audience making a choice on their phone. I have to admit, when I watched this, I didnt realize they were using all of these kind of AR props. Honestly, thats when it really blew up, like the concept of fake crowds, the concept of fake sets. Youre about to find out. I believe when Nick Cannon said through the magic of television what he meant was all of these people are fake. Billy: If you hear them, John did something, right. All picks and predictions are suggestions only. Without a virtual light, those picture frames would just render as black. So theres certain FCC rules and regulations that they are subject to, but I was still, again, kind of suspicious of it. Literally, it's a banana and a scoop of ice cream doing a split. So Nickon cant really speak exactly to how all of that works. In the show trying to give a sense of normalcy Im even more reminded of how unprecedented this time really is, and I just dont feel like I should be thinking about that while watching this show. Like, its hard for not to stick, just because of how much money, you know, production studios are saving. (Feb. 27, 2023), Is Alert: Missing Persons Unit cancelled? Thank you for signing up to CinemaBlend. From an app. Nickon Mirsepassi: Yeah. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Dave Mangels/Getty Images; Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Turner; John Shearer/ACMA2021/Getty Images for ACM, Visit Insider's homepage for more stories, executive producer Craig Plestis told Entertainment Weekly, showrunner James Breen told Entertainment Weekly. John: Thanks to everyone who supported us so far in whatever way youre supporting us. If you love The Masked Singer - then, you will love THE MASKED DANCER! It has a hyper real quality, for lack of a better term. Do these people actually exist? They had us do a bunch of reaction shots. Copyright 2023 Distractify. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. The series first started production in August and like many other shows filming amid the pandemic, The Masked Singer made sure that the set was as safe as possible for cast and crew. [1] [2] The season was followed by a Christmas special, which aired on December 7, 2022. 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And that X has an LED screen on the floor and behind them, there is a, theres a sort of like a curved led screen behind them between those two big masks on the right and left. Billy: One thing thats interesting about Silver Spoon is remember how I mentioned that I thought that Fox baseball stuff wasnt that great? Also, the live audience has considerably shrunk in size. The internet doesn't have all the answers.But that doesn't mean we can't find them. And what I, uh, thought would be a good idea also, would be to link up the lighting controls into the game engine. Laura Herzing: Somebody said, wouldnt it be funny if we could put virtual people in these stadiums? (Will there be a season 2? Viewers can tune in to watch the madness unfold from 7pm every Saturday. Billy: Those apparently did not perform well. Along the way each performer gives veiled hints about who they may be, turning the whole series into one giant guessing game for both the panelists and audience members. Billy: I think if its clear to you, that person is Busta Rhymes, you want to keep them around. Kyle Montplaisir: The Masked Singer leaves the stage and they played their performance over again and just had all of the audience members dance to the song, react to the song, clap. And number three, what do they mean when they say theyre using innovation and virtual reality? Theres no controversies, you know, theyre not going to make Nick Cannon address his antisemitism scandal, for example, or theyre not going to explain why during a pandemic, they brought back Jenny McCarthy, probably Americas most famous anti-vaxxer. Billy: The voting on this show is very strange, I would say. It says, quote, the judges votes are worth 50% of the total score and the audience votes are also worth 50%. So if you think about that in practice, yeah, the judges can basically collectively control who gets eliminated, more or less. We still need to unmask five more celebrities, but the creators are already looking ahead to the future. Kyle Montplaisir: And you know, we would react accordingly and they would be taping all of that. Its all a matter of perception. The show went to extreme lengths to make viewers forget that COVID-19 was still here, and the same went for Season 5. And he says that the process for his group, just for one episode, all in, was probably like five hours. Laura Herzing: Once people do come back to these games and these studio shows, I think that integrating augmented reality with practical set builds is just going to be kind of the way things are done. All of this stuff is being taped. And then you take the lowest (score) and do the same thing with the panel.. Theres a reason why Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong, and Nicole Scherzinger make so many bad guesses, so often. Production has begun in Los Angeles on season 4 of the Fox show, which sources say is taking all the usual COVID-19 production precau Billy: Yes. Kyle Montplaisir: They have an audience coordinator whos going through in the commercial breaks was doing fun games and things to keep everyone entertained.