I Can See Your Voice Indonesia is an Indonesian television mystery music game show series based on the South Korean programme of the same title. It premiered on MNCTV on 29 August 2016,[1][2] and has aired for five seasons.
Gameplay
Format
Presented with a group of "mystery singers",[a] the guest artist(s) must attempt to eliminate bad singers from the group without ever hearing them sing, assisted by clues and a celebrity panel over the course of several rounds.[a] At the end of a game, the last remaining mystery singer is revealed as either good or bad by means of a duet between them and one of the guest artists.
The Indonesian adaptation has two different game formats:
Original format
The guest artist(s) eliminate mystery singers at the end of each round, with the last remaining mystery singer ended up in a duet performance by one of the guest artists.
Battle format (s3)
A variation of the original South Korean rules adapted from Giọng ải giọng ai, when two opposing guest artists eliminate one singer each during the proper game phase, and then remain one singer each to join the final performance. At the end of a game, the following conditions for winning mystery singers chosen by opposing guest artists, depending on the outcome of final performances, if:
One opposing guest artist has revealed as a good singer and the other one has a bad singer, or
Both two opposing guest artists have revealed as good or bad singers.
If the singer is good, he/she will feature on a privilege video; if the singer is bad, he/she wins a cash prize.[a]
Rounds
Visual round
s1–5: The guest artist is given some time to observe and examine each mystery singer based on their appearance.
s1: A muted video of each mystery singer that reveals only 0.3 seconds of their singing voice is played as an additional hint.
Lip sync rounds
s1–4: Each mystery singer performs a lip sync to a song; good singers mime to a recording of their own, while bad singers mime to a recording by someone else.
s5: The mystery singer lip syncs to the good singer's recording, then a bad singer's recording comes in the middle of the performance.
Evidence round
s1–4: A proof of each mystery singer's singing ability (i.e. photo, video, certificates, etc.) is shown on the screen. Good singers have own evidences, while bad singers had their evidences fabricated.
Rehearsal rounds
s3: Three random panelists are wearing headphones to listen to a recording of assigned mystery singer that lasts for 30 seconds. Afterward, the panelist defends the mystery singer and convince the guest artist to choose them as the winner.
s5: The guest artist is presented with video from a recording session by one of the mystery singers, but pitch-shifted to obscure their actual vocals.
Filiming of the show took place at MNC Studios in Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has filmed under implementing health and safety protocols only in the fifth season.[8]
Broadcast history
I Can See Your Voice Indonesia debuted on 28 August 2016.[1][2] A second season began airing with a first part on 30 January 2017, and then second part on 15 May 2017.[b] In the third season having premiered on 11 March 2018,[14][15]Devano Danendra [id] defeated Iis Dahlia on its first episode under battle format on 17 June 2018.[16][17] Despite having aired entirely in 2019, the fourth season premiered on the last day of 2018.[18] The fifth season that initially scheduled to premiere on 18 January 2021,[19] was later moved to 25 January 2021.[20][21]
Special episode and companion event
Romaria Simbolon [id] played in the first episode featuring an entire lineup of kids as mystery singers (in the second season) on 24 June 2017.[22]
In the fifth season, Bigo Live conducted a competitive event I Can See Your Talent, in which the top three participants based on voting popularity, would allow to perform a duet alongside one of the guest artists;[23] this was eventually won by Loui Chen, Clara Kharisma, and Farida Meliana.[24]
Cast
The series has a panel of celebrities who assist the guest artist(s) to decipher mystery singers' identities throughout the game. Alongside with mainstays, guest panelists also appear since the first season. Overall, 11 different members have been assigned as panelists, with their original lineup being Wendy Armoko, Vega Darwanti [id], Lee Jeong-hoon [ko], Julia Perez, Ayu Ting Ting, and Zaskia Gotik [id].
^ abcFor the show's gameplay changes, based on playing time of an episode:[3]
The number of mystery singers are set to six (for the 5th season), seven (from 1st to 4th season), or eight (from 1st to 2nd season).
The number of rounds are set to three (from 2nd, 4th to 5th seasons) or four (for the 1st and 3rd seasons).
In the 4th season, TikTok was used as a lip sync performance piece by a mystery singer.[4][5]
The winning bad singer gets Rp 17,500,000 (from 1st to 4th season) or Rp 10,000,000 (for the 5th season).
^ abThe 2nd season has initially scheduled to air for 13 episodes,[9] with Ayu Ting Ting playing on its tentative [13th episode] finale on 24 April 2017;[10] this was later added by 7 episodes[11] until the formal conclusion on 1 July 2017.[12][13]
^These are the list of foreign panelist(s) having assigned for the show: