King of Masked Singer
| Mystery Music Show: King of Mask Singer | |
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| Also known as | Mystery Music Show: Mask King |
| Genre | Reality television |
| Written by | Park Won-woo Ahn Young-ran Kim Hyo-jung Woo Jung-hwa Jung Si-yoon Song Bo-ra Kim Hyang-soo |
| Directed by | Min Chul-ki Noh Si-yong |
| Creative director(s) | Seo Chang-man |
| Presented by | Kim Sung-joo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 104 + 1 (Pilot) + 2 (Special Live) (as of March 26, 2017) (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 105 minutes |
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| Original network | MBC |
| First shown in | February 18, 2015 (Pilot) |
| Original release | April 5, 2015 – present |
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| Related shows | Sunday Night |
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Mystery Music Show: King of Mask Singer (Hangul: 미스터리 음악쇼 복면가왕; RR: Miseuteori Eumaksyo Bokmyeon-gawang) is a South Korean singing competition program presented by Kim Sung-joo, with introductions by voice actor Lee Won-joon. It airs on MBC on Sunday at 16:50, starting from April 5, 2015 as a part of MBC's Sunday Night programming block, along with Real Men, replacing Animals.
Each competition lasts for two episodes, with the singers competing one-on-one in three elimination rounds. They are given elaborate masks to wear in order to conceal their identity, thus removing factors such as popularity, career and age that could lead to prejudiced voting. In the first round, both contestants sing the same song, while in the second and third round they each sing a solo song. The winners of each pair are selected by the audience and panel of celebrities through instant live votes. The identities of the singers are not revealed until they have been eliminated. The winner of the third round challenges the previous competition's Mask King, and is either eliminated or becomes the new Mask King.Ha Hyun-woo of Guckkasten ("Music Captain of Our Local") has nine consecutive wins, which is the highest number of wins achieved by any contestant.
Due to great interest and demand, the show released a special album consisting of a selection of studio recordings by the competitors. Despite great popularity, Luna's performances were not included, as her company SM Entertainment reportedly had other plans.
In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.
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