Fox Unscripted Chief Rob Wade Talks New ‘Masked Singer’ Format and Renewal Status of ‘I Can See Your Voice,’ ‘Name That Tune’ and ‘Joe Millionaire’
variety.comSelome Hailu As Fox Entertainment gears up for the fall season, the chief of its unscripted division is most excited about returning to production with scaled-back pandemic restrictions. “I’m not gonna say COVID’s gone, because it’s definitely not gone, but things have become easier to film,” Rob Wade, president of alternative entertainment and specials, told Variety ahead of the network’s summer 2022 Television Critics Association press tour presentation. “‘We have ‘The Masked Singer’ coming back,” which has been completely reinvented,” Wade said.
The series, a singing competition between celebrities whose identities are concealed by elaborate costumes, debuted in 2019.
Therefore, only its first two seasons got through production unaffected by COVID-19. Season 8 will follow what Wade calls a “king or queen of the hill” format, where only one contestant will move on from each episode.
After three singers perform and votes are counted from the studio audience, the loser will unmask mid-show before the remaining two battle with a rendition of the same song.
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