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Jan 23, 2019 · When people reflect on their careers, conversations tend toward the serious. Even those who love their work can sound coldly detached. However, when Izzie Pick Ibarra (pictured above), executive producer and showrunner of Fox’s The Masked Singer – the first new hit television series of 2019 -- reflects on work she frequently breaks into laughter, even when talking about difficult times.
Dec 11, 2019 · Izzie Pick Ibarra, The Masked Singer. "The Masked Singer" showrunner Izzie Pick Ibarra teases the semi-finals and holiday episode, which brings back Season 1 winner T-Pain.
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- The US version of The Masked Singer is actually based on a South Korean show called King of Masked Singer.
- The show isn't actually live. All of the episodes are pre-recorded months in advance in front of a studio audience.
- All electronics are banned from the studio audience, and audience members must sign contracts binding them to secrecy.
- One audience account said they didn't actually get to see who was unmasked at the end of the episode they watched.
- The Masked Singer Revived The Dull Reality TV Genre
- Executive Producer Craig Plestis Got The Idea at A Thai Restaurant
- The Show Attracted More Viewers in The Next Seasons
Hosted by Nick Cannon, The Masked Singer is a reality singing competition series that features celebrities wearing head-to-toe costumes that first premiered in 2019. The show conceals identities of celebrities until they get eliminated. Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Nicole Scherzinger, and Robin Thicke sit on the panel. They guess the identit...
Veteran TV show producer Craig Plestis was in a Thai restaurant with his daughter when he saw an adaptation of South Korea’s King of Mask Singer. The moment he saw how glued people were to the game show, he immediately did his research. Upon knowing the show’s premise, he knew that America must have its own. Plestis secured his company’s right to p...
The following seasons did not disappoint. Each week, the competition gets tough for the masked singers, so the audience becomes more engaged until the finale. To date, the competition has included several celebrities from prominent singers to unanticipated personalities. Last season, the show sparked controversy when Rudy Giulianiwas revealed as th...
Dec 19, 2019 · And we’ve got a real variety of people, which is fantastic,” showrunner and executive producer Izzie Pick Ibarra tells Variety of the new cast. “We have a wish list,” Ibarra explains of ...
Jan 31, 2019 · Unmasking The Masked Singer: Revealing All the Secrets About TV's Most Secretive Show. While showrunner Izzie Pick Ibarra initially wasn't sure how the show, which is a massive hit in South...
Jan 26, 2023 · Executive produced by Izzie Pick Ibarra, The Masked Singer is the American version of South Korean show The King of Mask Singer, which was developed by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Each week, celebrity contestants disguised in elaborate costumes perform songs with the help of computer-generated voices.
