I Can See Your Voice (British game show)

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I Can See Your Voice
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Genre Game show
Based on I Can See Your Voice
by CJ ENM
Written byDavid Reilly
Directed by
  • Meyrick Cook
  • Julia Knowles
  • Sam Nutt
  • Peter Oliver
Creative directorElizabeth Honan
Presented by Paddy McGuinness
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes
  • Regular: 16
  • Special: 1
  • Overall: 17
Production
Executive producers
  • Rachel Ashdown
  • Amelia Brown
  • Louise Hutchinson
  • Tom O'Brien
Producers
  • Hally Booth
  • Meyrick Cook
  • Phoebe Janner
  • Sarah Mittell
  • Sam Nutt
  • Peter Oliver
Editors
  • Alistair Knapp
  • Chris Lewis
  • Matthew Pratt
Camera setup Multi-camera
Production companies
Original release
Network BBC One
Release10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) –
24 December 2022 (2022-12-24)
Related
I Can See Your Voice franchise

I Can See Your Voice is a British television mystery music game show based on the South Korean programme of the same title. It first aired on BBC One on 10 April 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

In February 2023, I Can See Your Voice was cancelled by the BBC after two series.

Gameplay

Format

Presented with a group of six "mystery singers" that identified only by their occupation or alias, a guest artist and a pair of contestants must attempt to eliminate bad singers from the selection without ever hearing them perform live, over the course of four rounds. They are also assisted with clues regarding singers' backgrounds, style of performance, and observations from a celebrity panel. 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. [3]

If the last remaining mystery singer is good, the contestants win £10,000; this is also applied to the winning bad singer selected by them.

Rounds

Visual round

  • First Impressions
s1: The guest artist and contestants are given some time to observe and examine each mystery singer based on their appearance.

Lip sync round

  • Lip Sync Challenge
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 backing track by another vocalist.

Evidence rounds

  • Unlock my Life
s1–2: The guest artist and contestants are presented with a video package chronicling the daily lives by one of the mystery singers.
  • Home Truths
s2: The guest artist and contestants "tour" one of the remaining mystery singer's homes for clues (which may include red herrings) for 60 seconds.

Interrogation round

  • Interrogation
s1–2: The guest artist and contestants must choose one mystery singer to question with. The host is given a list of 15 questions shown on the screen and the artist can ask any of 15 questions within the 30 second time limit.

Production

A local adaptation of I Can See Your Voice in the United Kingdom was first mentioned, as per press release by CJ ENM at the time of its ongoing (South Korean) sixth season in March 2019; [4] this was subsequently confirmed by the BBC in July 2020, [5] with Fremantle's units Naked and Thames, co-assigning on production duties. [6] [7]

Broadcast history

I Can See Your Voice debuted on 10 April 2021, [1] [2] with filming taking place at The Maidstone Studios in Maidstone, Kent. At the time of filming during the COVID-19 pandemic, health and safety protocols are also implemented. [8] Being as part of its first series, Leona Lewis and contestant Gabby Logan played in a holiday special that concluded on the Christmas Eve of 2021. [9] [10] Two weeks before first series finale, the BBC has already renewed the show for a second series, [11] [12] which premiered on 15 October 2022. [13] [14]

In February 2023, the BBC formally announced to discontinue the show after airing two series. [15] [16]

Children in Need mini-segment

During the 42nd appeal show of the Children in Need charity broadcast held at Dock10 in Salford, Greater Manchester on 19 November 2021, [17] a mini-segment of I Can See Your Voice featured newsreader Kate Silverton, Final Score host Jason Mohammad, and BBC Breakfast presenter (also bad singer) Mike Bushell portraying as mystery singers. [18] [19]

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally releasedGood singersBad singers
First releasedLast released
1 810 April 2021 (2021-04-10)29 May 2021 (2021-05-29)62
2 815 October 2022 (2022-10-15)24 December 2022 (2022-12-24)44
Special 24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)10

Episodes

Series 1 (2021)

List of series 1 episodes
No.
overall		No. in
series		Guest artist(s)Player order [a] ContestantsOriginal release dateU.K. viewers
(millions)		U.K. share
(national)
11 Danny Jones (McFly)1Lee and John [2] 10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)3.29 [20] 17% [21]
22 Nadine Coyle (Girls Aloud)2Jen and Nadine [22] 17 April 2021 (2021-04-17)3.822 [23] 22.3% [24]
33 Ronan Keating (Boyzone) [b] 3Saaj and Sash [26] 24 April 2021 (2021-04-24)3.578 [27] 23.6% [28]
44 Fleur East 4Anton and Duban1 May 2021 (2021-05-01)3.436 [29] 21.7% [30]
55 Louise Redknapp (Eternal)5Billy and Leanne Murphy [31] 8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)3.538 [32] 20.5% [33]
66 Heather Small (M People)6Kristen and Caitlin [34] 15 May 2021 (2021-05-15)4.8 [35] 27.8% [36]
77 Alexandra Burke 7Daniel and Joe22 May 2021 (2021-05-22)3.84 [37] 26% [38]
88 Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs)8 Sophie Carrigill and Josh Landmann29 May 2021 (2021-05-29)NR [39] NR [40]

Series 2 (2022)

List of series 2 episodes
No.
overall		No. in
series		Guest artist(s)Player order [a] ContestantsOriginal release dateU.K. viewers
(millions)		U.K. share
(national)
91 Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)10Glenda and Paul15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)NR [41] NR [42]
102Alexandra Burke—Charlie and Dexter22 October 2022 (2022-10-22)3.015 [43] 18.8% [44]
113 Becky Hill 11Heather and Kaveh29 October 2022 (2022-10-29)4.57 [45] 24.6% [46]
124 Lulu 12Haloo and Zanist5 November 2022 (2022-11-05)3.788 [47] 26.4% [48]
135 Claire Richards (Steps)13Essylne and Nkechi26 November 2022 (2022-11-26)3.652 [49] 19.8% [50]
146 Andy Bell (Erasure)14Dominique and Tahiela3 December 2022 (2022-12-03)2.71 [51] 19.1% [52]
157 Simon Webbe (Blue)15Tracy and Michelle10 December 2022 (2022-12-10)NR [53] NR [54]
168 Layton Williams 16Maryanne and Chloe24 December 2022 (2022-12-24)NR [55] NR

Special

No.TitleGuest artist(s)Player order [a] ContestantsOriginal release dateU.K. viewers
(millions)		U.K. share
(national)
1"Holiday special" Leona Lewis 9 Gabby Logan and Dev24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)NR [56] NR

Accolades

EventYear [c] CategoryNominee(s)ResultRef(s)
BAFTA Awards 2022 Best Entertainment Performance Alison HammondNominated [57]
Entertainment Daily Awards2022Favourite Entertainment ShowI Can See Your VoiceNominated [58]
National Television Awards 2022 Best TV PresenterPaddy McGuinessLonglisted [59]
The Sir Bruce Forsyth Entertainment AwardI Can See Your VoiceLonglisted
TVTimes Awards 2021Favourite Entertainment ShowI Can See Your VoiceNominated [60]
TRIC Awards 2022Best Reality TV ProgrammeI Can See Your VoiceLonglisted [61] [62]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 It refers to the guest artist(s) that have played according to their first game; returning guest artists (which also include foreigners or former good singers, with their names displaying in italics) did not count.
  2. ↑ These are the list of foreign guest artist(s) having played for the show:
    • Ireland — Ronan Keating (of Boyzone) (s1 ep. 3) [25]
  3. ↑ Indicates the year of ceremony

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