Sedato (Persian: صداتو; English: Your voice)[1] is an Iranian television mystery music game show series based on the South Korean programme I Can See Your Voice.[2] Also as the first adaptation to entirely broadcast through a streamingservice, it premiered on Filimo on 31 May 2023,[3] and has been aired for two seasons.
Gameplay
Format
Presented with a group of six "mystery singers", a contestant 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 performing itself, based on contestant's choice.[a]
The contestant must eliminate one mystery singer at the end of each round, receiving a petty cash[a] if they eliminate a bad singer. At the end of a game, the contestant may either end the game and keep the money they had won in previous rounds, or risk it for a chance to win a main prize[a] by correctly guessing whether the last remaining mystery singer is good or bad.[9]
Rounds
Lip sync round
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. At the conclusion of performances, the contestant eliminates one mystery singer from each group.
Lip sync (Persian: لیپ سینک)
s1: Divided into two groups of three mystery singers, each of them have to perform a lip sync of their own.
s2: A pair of mystery singers perform a lip sync of their own through a showdown.
Evidence round
Unlock (Persian: آنلاک)
s1: The contestant is presented with a video package containing possible clues by one of the mystery singers.
Rehearsal round
Secret studio (Persian: استودیو مخفی)
s1–2: The contestant is presented with video from a recording session by one of the mystery singers, but pitch-shifted to obscure their actual vocals.
Interrogation round
Question and answer (Persian: سین جیم)
s1–2: The contestant may ask questions to the remaining mystery singers. Good singers are required to give truthful responses, while the bad singers must lie.
Background
Sabaidea [fa] formally acquired the rights to produce a local adaptation of I Can See Your Voice in Iran in May 2023.[10] The show's title, Sedato (Persian: صداتو; English: Your voice), is a "shortening" of I Can See Your Voice (Persian: من میتونم صداتو ببینم, romanized: Man mí-tunam sedato bebinam).[1]
Broadcast history
Sedato debuted on 31 May 2023.[b] During its first season airings preempted in observance of Muharram,[21] the series was already renewed for a second season[22] that premiered on 21 March 2024.[23][5] Also, the same season finale that initially scheduled for 6 September 2023, was delayed due to its possible relation to the first death anniversary of Mahsa Amini;[24][25] it formally aired on 20 September 2023.[26] As per announcement by panelist Shabnam Moghaddami in July 2024, the series was renewed for a third season.[27][28]
Special episodes
In the second season, actor and director Javad Hashemi played as a contestant in his "appreciation day" with a duet performance by returning good singer Ali Ayaz Khani on 11 April 2024,[29][30] followed by musician Saman Ehteshami [fa] in the pairs special with Sadegh Nikokalam and a special appearance by football player and coach Ali Parvin on 9 May 2024,[31][32] actor Kianoush Gerami [fa] in a Tribute to the Luti People special with Hassan Zafar and a brief appearance by Kiaei's daughter Roza[33] on 20 June 2024,[34][35] and poet Mohammad Ghadimi in the Musical Geniuses special with Reza Khatamian on 27 June 2024.
^ abcdFor the show's gameplay changes, based on playing time of an episode:[3][4]
In the 2nd season, the guest artists returned for duet performing purposes, unless they are technically included.[5][6]
Actually, the winning mystery singer can perform freely without accompanying guest artist(s) for a duet;[7] this was introduced when bad singer Kim Joo-young did in the 8th season of original South Korean counterpart.[8]
The number of rounds are set to three (for the 2nd season) or four (for the 1st season).
If the last remaining mystery singer is good, the contestant wins 200,000,000﷼ (for the 1st season) or 300,000,000﷼ (for the 2nd season).
As per eliminated bad singer, the contestant gets 20,000,000﷼ (for the 1st season) or 40,000,000﷼ (for the 2nd season).
^Despite the recognition, some earlier releases were occurred:[3]
The German3rd season[16][17] initially released its second half episodes on RTL+[18] before the actual linear television airings on 20, 27 August, and 3 September 2022.[19][20]
^ abThis refers to the guest artist(s) that have played in according only to their first game(s); returning guest artists (which also include foreigners or former good singers, with their names displaying in italics) did not count.