I Can See Your Voice (German game show)

I Can See Your Voice is a German television mystery music game show series based on the South Korean programme of the same title. It premiered on RTL on 18 August 2020, and has aired for three seasons.

Gameplay

Format

Presented with a group of "mystery singers", a guest artist and contestant(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 several 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.

From first to second season, if the last remaining mystery singer is good, the contestant wins €10,000; this is also applied to the winning bad singer selected by them.

For the third season, the contestants must eliminate one mystery singer at the end of each round, receiving €2,500 if they eliminate a bad singer. At the end of a game, if the contestants decide to walk away, they will keep the money had won in previous rounds; if they decide to risk for the last remaining mystery singer, they win €25,000 if a singer is good, or lose their all winnings if a singer is bad.

Rounds

Visual rounds

First impression (German: Erster Eindruck)

s1–2: The guest artist and contestant(s) are given some time to observe and examine each mystery singer based on their appearance.

Tune it up! (German: 3, 2, 1... Ton an!)

s3: A muted video of each mystery singer that reveals only 0.3 seconds of their singing voice is played as an additional hint.

Lip sync rounds

Lip sync (German: Das Playback)

s1–2: 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.

Full playback (German: Vollplayback)

s3: 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 round

Fact or fake? (German: Fakt oder Fake?)

s1–3: The guest artist and contestant(s) are presented with a video package containing possible clues by one of the mystery singers.

Rehearsal round

Secret studio (German: Soundcheck)

s2: The guest artist and contestant(s) are presented with video from a recording session by one of the mystery singers, but pitch-shifted to obscure their actual vocals.

Interrogation round

Cross-examination (German: Kreuzverhör)

s1–3: The guest artist and contestant(s) may ask questions to the remaining mystery singers. Good singers are required to give truthful responses, while the bad singers must lie.

Background

Production and development

A local adaptation of I Can See Your Voice in Germany was first mentioned, as per press release by CJ ENM at the time of its ongoing (South Korean) sixth season in March 2019; this was subsequently confirmed by RTL Deutschland in June 2020, including with production duties assigned by Tresor Television.

Naming

In the third season, the show was renamed as Zeig uns Deine Stimme! (English: Show us your voice!), after a "stage of truth" performance catchphrase by Hartwich himself.

Filming

Filming of the show took place at MMC Studios in Ehrenfeld, Cologne. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has filmed under implementing health and safety protocols only in the second season.

Production in the first season was halted immediately due to being "unpreparedness" on the COVID-19 pandemic; Tresor Television spokesperson Jovan Evermann also responded on the issue that the federal health department guidelines are followed properly.

Broadcast history

I Can See Your Voice debuted as a two-night premiere on 18 and 19 August 2020. After the pilot airings, RTL renewed the series for a second season that premiered on 30 March 2021, a week after the fourth season finale of ProSieben's rival show The Masked Singer. Under its German title Zeig uns Deine Stimme!, the third season began airing at prime time block on 24 July 2022, but it was prematurely ended on 7 August 2022, before resuming to late night block on 20 August 2022.

Cast

The series has a panel of celebrities who assist the guest artist(s) and contestant(s) to decipher mystery singers' identities throughout the game. Alongside with mainstays, guest panelists also appear since the first season. Overall, five different members have been assigned as panelists, with their original lineup being Evelyn Burdecki, Jorge González, Thomas Hermanns, Tim Mälzer, and Judith Rakers.