I Can See Your Voice Malaysia (Chinese language)

I Can See Your Voice Malaysia (Chinese: 看见你的声音; pinyin: Kàn jiàn nǐ de shēng yīn) is a Malaysian Mandarin-language television mystery music game show series based on the South Korean programme of the same title. It premiered on 8TV on 20 August 2017, and has aired for two seasons.

Gameplay

Format

Presented with a group of six "mystery singers", 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 three rounds. 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.

Rounds

Visual rounds

s1: The guest artist is given some time to observe and examine each mystery singer based on their appearance. Afterward, a muted video of each mystery singer that reveals only 0.3 seconds of their singing voice is played as an additional hint.
s2: Each mystery singer is given two different identities as a good and bad singer, with one of them is a real identity.

Lip sync rounds

s1: 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.
s2: 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 rounds

s1: 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.
s2: Three random panelists are wearing headphones to listen to a recording of assigned mystery singer that lasts for 15 seconds. Afterward, the panelist defends the mystery singer and convince the guest artist to choose them as the winner.

Background

Production and development

Media Prima Berhad formally acquired the rights to produce separate, multilingual adaptations of I Can See Your Voice in Malaysia, with 8TV for the Mandarin-language counterpart in April 2017 and NTV7 for the Malay-language counterpart in June 2018, including with production duties assigned by Primeworks Studios.

Naming

The Mandarin translation of I Can See Your Voice (Chinese: 看见你的声音; pinyin: Kàn jiàn nǐ de shēng yīn) is adapted to the Malaysian counterpart, that also came from a title of the Chinese counterpart itself. Also, the I Can See Your Voice Malaysia subtitle is later used as its own title of the Malay-language counterpart.

Broadcast history

The Chinese-language counterpart of I Can See Your Voice Malaysia debuted on 20 August 2017. 8TV renewed the series for a second season that premiered on 19 August 2018, during the first season airings of its Malay-language counterpart on NTV7 that began airing on 4 August 2018.

Special episodes

In the second season, an encore concert was actually held on Christmas day, featuring some of invited guest artists and mystery singers return to perform one last time; followed by a duo of Nick and Stella Chung playing in the Chinese New Year special that concluded on 5 February 2019.

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, four different members have been assigned as panelists, with their original lineup being Rickman Chia and Orange Tan.

Beside them, subsequent members that have assigned panelist duties also include Hoon Mei Sim and Gary Yap (from 2nd season).