King of Mask Singer

Mystery Music Show: King of Mask Singer

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Also known as Mystery Music Show: Mask King
Genre Reality television
Written by Park Won-woo
Ahn Young-ran
Kim Hyo-jung
Woo Jung-hwa
Jung Si-yoon
Song Bo-ra
Kim Hyang-soo
Creative director(s) Seo Chang-man
Presented by Kim Sung-joo
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 57 + 1 (pilot) + 1 (Special Live) (as of May 1, 2016)
Production
Executive producer(s) Jang Seung-min
Han Young-rong
Noh Seung-wook
Kim Moon-seob
Producer(s) Min Chul-ki
Noh Si-yong
Running time 85 minutes
Release
Original network MBC
Original release April 5, 2015 (2015-04-05) – present
Chronology
Related shows Sunday Night
External links
Website

Mystery Music Show: King of Mask Singer (Hangul: 미스터리 음악쇼 복면가왕; RR: Miseuteori Eumaksyo Bokmyeon-gawang) is a South Korean singing competition program presented by Kim Sung-joo, with introductions by voice actor Lee Won-joon. It airs on MBC on Sunday at 16:50, starting from April 5, 2015 as a part of MBC's Sunday Night programming block, along with Real Men, replacing Animals.[1]

Format

Each competition lasts for two episodes, with the singers competing one-on-one in three elimination rounds. They are given elaborate masks to wear in order to conceal their identity, thus removing factors such as popularity, career and age that could lead to prejudiced voting. In the first round, both contestants sing the same song, while in the second and third rounds they each sing a solo song. The winners of each pair are selected by the audience and panel of judges through instant live votes. The identities of the singers are not revealed until they have been eliminated.[2] The winner of the third round challenges the previous competition's Mask King, and is either eliminated or becomes the new Mask King.[3] "The Music General" (not yet identified) have seven wins, which is the highest number of wins.

Due to great interest and demand, the show released a special album consisting of a selection of studio recordings by the competitors. Despite great popularity, Luna's performances were not included, as her company SM Entertainment reportedly had other plans.[4]

List of idol contestants performed in this show, include the ex-idols and exclude the sub-groups (initial sort by group)
     – Idol who has left the group to become a solo artist or their group has been disbanded.

Panel of Judges

2015

2016

Competitors

See List of King of Mask Singer episodes.

List of Mask King

2015

2016

List of finalists before the Final's battle

2015

2016

Ratings

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.

2015

2016

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients Result
2015 MBC Entertainment Awards Best Writer Award[5] Park Won-woo Won
Excellence Award for Music/Talk Show (Male)[5] Kim Yeon-woo Won
Top Excellence Award for Music/Talk Show (Male)[5] Kim Sung-joo Won
Grand Prize (Daesang)[6] Kim Gu-ra Won
Special Award[5] Shin Bong-sun Won
Rookie Award for Music/Talk Show (Male)[5] Kim Hyung-seok Won

Notes

  1. ↑ Kim Heung-gook only appeared on episode 45.

References

  1. ↑ Won Ho-jung (April 19, 2015). "Singing shows get a mysterious twist". K-pop Herald. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Park So-jung (July 20, 2015). "'King of Mask Singer' leads Sunday for first time". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Ko Dong-hwan (July 1, 2015). "Revealing true self behind mask". The Korea Times. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ Hwang Hye-jin (May 29, 2015). "'복면가왕' 측 "황금락카 루나 음원 발매 안되는 이유는…"" ["King of Mask Singer" explains why Luna will not partake in show's special album]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Yi, Yoonjung (December 30, 2015). "‘MBC 2015 Entertainment Awards’: Complete List of Winners!". BNT News. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ Sung So-young (December 31, 2015). "Kim Gu-ra takes top prize at MBC awards". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

External links

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