Then Fox has the show for you.
The audience wears masks!
Host Nick Cannon wears a mask when he first walks on stage!
Credit: Michael Becker / FOX
The dancers pretending to play brass horns behind “The Lion” during her performance are wearing masks!
(More on that in a bit.)
It is, for lack of a better term, mask-tastic.
That is not to sayThe Masked Singeris a “good” show.
It may also cause you to worry that someone dropped expired LSD in your Diet Coke.
So, how does it work?
Well, friends, I’ll tell you.
(UPDATE: The unmasked celebrity in the hippo mask was Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, Antonio Brown.)
With that out of the way, let’s move on to the explainer.
The Match-Ups
Each episode consists of three rounds, with two singers facing off in each round.
In other words, every face-off sounds like the best nature documentary that Discovery never aired.
The Unicorn teases that some may call her “Hollywood royalty,” and so on.
Most of the time, Nicole Scherzinger is the voice of reason on the judges' panel.
(YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT, UNICORN.)
He also cat-calls the Lion during her performance.
“Work them hips!”
“Strut that thing!”
Again, is 2:30 in the afternoon too early to drink?
The Eliminations
After each match-up, the audience votes on which singer they like best.
The creatures who survive move on to next week’s episode, until one mystery singer is left standing.
Even as the left side of my brain was likeWhat is happening?
Ken Jeong thinks the Monster is hinting that he went to jail did Ma$e go to jail?
Not according to Wikipedia.
So then which Diddy-affiliated rapper went to jail?
Oh that’s right Shyne!
Wait… how did I wind up in this rabbit hole?
Folks, you have been warned.
The Masked Singer premieres Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 9 p.m. on Fox
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