Cluedle-Doo, a rooster that popped up on stage to randomly give out clues, was a new addition last season. During an interview with a small group of reporters at TCA, Ibarra explained why that feature was quickly removed. Uh, youve been involved in both theater and television production, you know, about the like protocol that lighting boards use, right? Alright, are you seeing this? Get the daily inside scoop right in your inbox. Billy: Right, maybe the whole crew is virtual too. This means a packed house can be seen throughout the episode, though its mostly a mix of virtual reality and composite shots (via Deadline). John: These were the worst things Ive seen. But there is some interesting stuff to get into that is noticeable. Billy: The virtual audience was added using the same software, in the same studio, but in a different isolated room by a different team. 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And we noticed that in the end credits, in addition to this thing about there being, uh, that the voting is real or whatever theyre saying, theres like a special thanks to unreal engine or something like that in there that I dont think had been in other seasons that made me think, Oh, theyre doing something with like, With unreal engine to generate a set or generate the audience or something like that in real time, because thats a game engine that could be used presumably to make 3D stuff happen in real time. Yes. Adrianne: This has got to be more expensive than a real audience. The Masked Singer has tried to create normalcy in an abnormal time, and while theres something to be appreciated in that, I cant help but feel stressed watching. But if they are all on a unified front, they basically control the vote because theyre 50%. Kyle Montplaisir: No, I dont want to get into any conspiracy theories, but the truth about all of these types of reality competition shows days its up to the producers discretion, you know, Im sure especially when youre dealing with really big celebrities and things like that. Billy: Sure, yeah, I mean, I would think if its obvious to you that that performer is Busta Rhymes First of all, I think it was the best performance in the episode. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Billy: So each judge has 12.5% of the vote. Here's the Deal, The "Stranger Things" Prequel Stage Play Dives Deep Into Vecna's Origin Story, Can't Wait For "Daisy Jones & The Six"? Billy: It seems like this is what the big mystery is. 2,899, This story has been shared 2,550 times. Like the Poodle before him, we have another dog breed-inspired costume. But we have yet to see McCarthys biggest guessing regret. What does the winner of The Masked Singer get? John: It was so rough. There was a problem. Fire Country: How A Character Death And Another Key Moment In Latest Episode Could Impact The Rest Of The Season, Ant-Man 3 Writer Drops F-Bomb Defending MODOK Choices, East New York: Watch Jimmy Smits' Suarez Get Some Complicated Family News In New Episode Clip. Billy: They go out of their way to claim that theyre doing things by the book. I Zoom almost 24/7, so that's the last thing I want to see is little boxes. 3,298, This story has been shared 2,899 times. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. So this is a performance by giraffe. Here's What We Know So Far, Who Is Cyclops on 'The Masked Singer'? It says, quote, the judges votes are worth 50% of the total score and the audience votes are also worth 50%. So if you think about that in practice, yeah, the judges can basically collectively control who gets eliminated, more or less. And specifically what he was there to do was augmented reality. Billy: Yes. 1 day ago, by Victoria Edel Nick Cannon: Through the magic of television it can all go away like this. The Masked Singer is officially back in business. It wouldnt match the lights in the studio. Were seeing a shot from behind Nick cannon right now, and hes on the set and then you can see audience surrounding the stage and up in front of him. I watched the hits: Hannah Montana, The Cheetah Girls, Wizards of Waverly Place. Adrianne: Its all done in unreal engine. How far are they into casting The Masked SingerSeason 2? John: No that was me singing when was that?. Um, you know, its very like tight. Read the Book Spoilers Now, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. I think the frames are AR for sure. How Selena Gomez Appears To Be Spending Her Downtime Amid Social Media Break And Hailey Bieber Drama. WebHave been having a great time on set of The Masked Singer as an Audience Coordinator with OCA! Billy: So today I have a mystery about something that is designed to be mysterious. Well that was going to be my question. John: Those props on the sides of the stage we were watching last night and it looks like theyre being lit by the lights that are on the set. Have you seen shots of yourself in the latest season? So they were left with this question of like, what do we do? A new twist in season four of the wildly popular series will give some super fans the chance to vote on their favorite performances from home as part of a virtual Going into The Last Of Us, a series about a zombie apocalypse, you expect it wont be a lighthearted romp. So theres certain FCC rules and regulations that they are subject to, but I was still, again, kind of suspicious of it. This was to prevent anyone from accidentally learning more about the identities of these stars. Billy: The magic of television, which brings us to the second question, which was about voting. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly before Season 6 premiered, showrunner James Breen discussed what audiences could expect about the show's COVID rules going forward. Billy: So the experience of being there is, as he explains it, really like close to what you see on TV, actually. Is he going to do one of his more acrobatic rap performances? Nickon Mirsepassi: That was actually a different team called silver spoon. However, you know how I was saying, like, the audience cutaways always do feel staged and fake? How does The Masked Singer keep the identities of its celebrity contestants such well-guarded secrets? Will he be back? Theres just something about watching people compete that viewers at home cant resist. Billy: Yeah, I mean, according to everyone that I talked to it, it definitely ends up being cheaper. John: Yeah. You can put away your pitchforks for so many people being crowded together now. Facebook One of the first things Nickon did when he got on the actual set is work with the lighting person to figure out how he can tap into that data and use it. It was on this awful virtual set that looked like they had bought it from like, the cheapest stock source that you could find. Nickon Mirsepassi: We had a type of system called a holdout, right? Billy: One of the performances on the first episode of this season is a character called the dragon. And if it was a Friday, American History Has Been Whitewashed, But, Black Teen Girls On TV Are A Mess Finally. Its true that the nation is slowly but surely opening up more in areas for events, but is The Masked Singer really one of those must-see experiences? John: Nicks doing all the virtual reality himself. The supposedly virtual audience. The series first started production in August and like many other shows filming amid the pandemic, The Masked Singer made sure that the set was as safe as possible for cast and crew. 4 hours ago, by Eden Arielle Gordon Billy: See, if you can spot, what is, what you think is AR in this. And yes, they will probably have real fans return when they can. 1 day ago, by Samantha Brodsky So that was before it was February 2nd. And that, apparently, is from a separate shoot with real people that was added in during post-production, after the fact. It's almost time for The Masked Singer Season 4 and the addition of a virtual studio audience for tapings gives fans the chance to join in from the comfort of their home. The Masked Singer exposed: It's 100% faked - what the judges know. You won't believe it! - by New Idea. Network Tens hit new show The Masked Singer has already amassed a huge audience but some fans arent convinced the performances are genuine. Confirmed! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Masked Singer implemented a number of changes in order to keep everyone involved safe. After two seasons of a virtual audience, a live studio audience was finally present once again on Season 6 of The Masked Singer, and that continues on in Season 7. Billy: Right, youre talking about these jib shots they do that sweep across the stage. It really was all about singing live on the stage. Nickon Mirsepassi: During the pandemic, you know, a lot of movie and TV studios had to shutdown. Like that scene we talked about with the UFO and the dinosaur, it was in the first episode of this season, there was like a really wild opening shot. 23 hours ago, by Lindsay Kimble The at-home fans will be able to guess alongside the star-studded celebrity panel from the comfort of So we did a lot of those shots, which again, talking about this, make sense how they can put together audience shots just based on what they have from previous season, because a lot of that they have a lot of extra footage there. So, uh, in a matter of just a few weeks, we developed an entire virtual crowd platform to allow us to place, you know, 40,000 people in a venue. The Masked Singer Season 4 theories: Could Sun be Christina Aguilera? Aside from Ibarra and Plestis very few people knew the identities of the singers, including several Fox executives. Great, Click the Allow Button Above Kyle Montplaisir: They have an audience coordinator whos going through in the commercial breaks was doing fun games and things to keep everyone entertained. 4,099, This story has been shared 3,718 times. So based on where the camera is, we know where its looking in 3d space so we can place whatever we need to, right? "It feels that through virtual reality and composite and reaction shots, we managed to create the feeling that there were people in the room," Wade added. And you can hang out in our discord with the rest of the community. (February 28), How long is Alert: Missing Persons Unit tonight on FOX? Billy: Because the U.S. one is more of a season long competition, its also way more secretive than the Korean one, because they dont want the reveals to be spoiled. Laura Herzing: For all of our virtual audience applications, we have an actual operator there onsite whos watching the game or the show and triggering what the audience should be doing in real time as well. I don't want to watch another Zoom. Published Nov 15, 2022. Then theres the use of technology to add the sound of the audience there. And you can kind of just use a predesigned light in unreal engine to light them, but it wouldnt look quite right. Is he going to sing a song? John: There was an episode on this season where that happened, Adrianne, and they didnt vote because the participant took off their mask at the end of the episode. Its impressive, but also very alarming. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Davina is worth $4million around 2.83m. From an app. For the first time, the show will allow some lucky fans to see the show early and vote online. Itll be around pretty much forever. I think, you know the drill by now. Production has begun in Los Angeles on season 4 of the Fox show, which sources say is taking all the usual COVID-19 production precau Billy: Right. 6,427, This story has been shared 5,170 times. Spoilers ahead. Are we actually hearing one take performances? Everything about the audience in Masked Singer Various fans and followers of the show have shared their excitement about the new season. This still has to air.'. Billy: He actually is a host and reporter for a website called Talent Recap, which covers talent shows, and theyve become sort of well known for their coverage of The Masked Singer. For example, how did these celebrities choose their costumes? Billy: But then an interesting thing happens and hes like, check out the set.. It transcends money. This story has been shared 6,427 times. All shows will be available to watch shortly after they air via the ITV Hub. But Why Is The Company Losing A Billion? How much is it zoom? Im sure there are some who are more eager to leave than others. It happened very quickly. The Masked Singer Season 4 filmed in a quarantine bubble. Still, taking a quick moment to let the general audience know they're not, Does The Masked Singer Have A Crowd This Season In 2020, In the Bridgerton Cinematic Universe the BCU, if you will its expected that glamorous balls, fancy gowns, and romantic longing will reign over a, Thanks to the machinations of crafty producers and executives eager to make their productions as dramatic as possible, we know that much of reality televis, Spoilers ahead. Also, the live audience has considerably shrunk in size. So the camera is being tracked in 3D space and based on location of that camera, you can tel where the 3d graphics elements should be and how they look like inside of the camera. Whos in the audience during recordings of The Masked Singer? They did two seasons in 2019, and in 2020 season three premiered in February, at the beginning of the year. You dont have to hire a bunch of prop people to come in and haul things on stage. Thats kind of, at the root of what we do. And what you hear, a lot of it is what they got. Executive producer Craig Plestis didnt explain exactly how. The more I think about it, the more Im wondering why there was even a need to fake an audience for The Masked Singer at all. Basically provides a tool set optimized for things like AR. So this is what they did. Yeah. Well, it appears like it might be a little TV magic. Regina: Its really unfortunate that Trump didnt have access to this for his inauguration. Like its not going anywhere. And heres why: Nick Cannon: Its time to release the dragon. I dont get it. Billy: No, the light hits it pretty naturally. And since this was developed to be able to work live, they were able to add in virtual fans again, all in real time, as they were taping the show. Though they were offered the information, many of Foxs top brass were too worried about leaks to learn the spoiler. Question three, whats the deal with the virtual audience? "We're kind of going back to what made the show fantastic," executive producer Craig Plestis told Entertainment Weekly. Here are some of the solutions to The Masked Singers biggest mysteries. THE Masked Singers audience are made to go home before the celebrity is revealed, the shows warm-up man has revealed. Because the panelists were never given the heights of the performers, the shows creators felt like giving them to audiences at home would be unfair. Whereas like if you watch a baseball game with virtual fans, it feels extremely different, right? So the concept of The Masked Singer, first of all, I feel like whenever I tell people about it, I note that it started as a Korean show, which explains some of the zaniness that is like, its like up a notch from American television zaniness. The crew used camera tricks to make it look as though people were in the studio due to coronavirus social-distancing restrictions. Google+, Apple Podcasts SpotifyGoogle PodcastsOvercastPocket CastsStitcherCastroCastboxRadioPublicTuneInRSS, https://underunderstood.com/podcast/episode-player/1929/masked-singer-audience.mp3, How Does The Masked Singer Voting Work This Season? Best Picture Nominee Triangle of Sadness Is Now Streaming on Hulu, Stream It or Skip It: 'Black Girl Missing' on Lifetime Casts Garcelle Beauvais as a Mother Searching for Her Daughter, When Does 'Black Girl Missing' Premiere on Lifetime? WebReality TV shows have been popular for several years, and that popularity is only continuing to grow. ", In a separate interview with The Wrap, executive producer Craig Plestis gave a little more clarification adding, "You'll see a lot of differences this season too with the virtual reality stuff, with the animation, with adding America's votes since we couldn't have a full audience of 300 people, though we're utilizing some audience footage from past seasons to get that audience feel. While w, Welcome to If You Know, You Know, the corner of the internet celebrating the most interesting people and dissecting phenomena within our rich diaspora. WebThe Masked Singer returned for season four on Sept. 23, but unlike other reality show competition series, it actually features a studio audience in the premiere. No, I didnt try Nick Canon, but what I did try was I got the information for the PR people that I would need to reach out to, and I never heard back. John: All of the episodes, Billy. You all did that, right? Okay. Its amazing looking how good, the match is between lighting on the character and lighting on these props, like is the lighting system also being simulated in this system? WebThe Masked Singer is another example of product from a country that has given up. 1 day ago. Hes been writing online for over a decade and never dreamed hed be in the position he is today. In this case, we used a Lidar scan to scan the entire set, convert it to a 3D model and then place it in the location where the actual real set is supposed to be. So there wasnt much progress made with any sort of like production. We have a winner from Group A and Group B, and they'll then be going head-to-head almost like a prizefight to see who is the Masked Singer [in the finale]," Plestis told Entertainment Weekly. Look at the judges. And as soon as they open their mouth, its clear that that person is Busta Rhymes. John: Virus non-believers is really good. Youre about to find out. The performers are celebrities wearing elaborate head to toe costumes to conceal their identities from the host, panelists, audience, and other contestants. ! and turns around and Im still going, Oh, my God. Question two, what do they mean that the fake audience doesnt affect the voting. Like, is the voting even real? Billy: Um, I dont think most people, I dont think mask wearing and, and schools and stuff closing happened until like mid-March. Adrianne: I believe those cutaways are recycled. Shes not only amassed her wealth from appearing on camera but has released several books during her career. 5 hours ago, by Sarah Wasilak It has a hyper real quality, for lack of a better term. The Masked Singer returns TONIGHT (January 16), on ITV. And Fox tried to do some additional sort of weird virtual studio stuff that were like after shows where they would have video calls from people who are just eliminated celebrities who are just eliminated. Adrianne: Will The Masked Singer ever need to shoot another audience again, it sounds like, they have the reaction clips. Fox Entertainment's President of Alternative Entertainment and Specials Rob Wade recently told Deadline that the show "went above and beyond the outlines of the CDC and local authorities in order to keep people safe." Each star was asked to pick the character they identified with most. (Feb. 27, 2023), Is Alert: Missing Persons Unit cancelled? The use of these visuals was for creative purposes only and did not impact the actual audience voting and outcome. The Masked Singer is officially back in business. In season five, Group C was cut out altogether and replaced by wildcard contestants who joined a group randomly, before the merging. But this year, an audience albeit a smaller one will be back. (How to watch), What time is 911 Lone Star on FOX tonight? 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Is masked singer filmed in front of a live audience? For sure. So I figured I would try reaching out to someone from the crew directly. Are the masks really that hard to get off? The Masked Singer did everything in its power so far to make this Season 4 almost indistinguishable from past seasons. This is for a mask, Fox President of Alternative Entertainment Rob Wade said during the panel for the series. Please select the topics you're interested in: Would you like to turn on POPSUGAR desktop notifications to get breaking news ASAP? No distancing. Leslie Jordan, Joel McHale, will.i.am, and Cheryl Hines have all been announced as guest panelists. Billy: Its called DMX. Considering were just coming off a season that featured the horrifying Night Angel, thats really saying something. Billy: So, in the game engine, you need virtual lights to be able to see stuff like, you know, in the real world. Adrianne: No, thats cuts from previous Masked Singers. And the simple answer to the question here as weve kind of guessed, is that all of this is fake. Audience members are required to show proof that they have been vaccinated and a negative coronavirus test before taping. Kyle Montplaisir: You go in, they take your cell phone, you sign like a non-disclosure agreement and do all of that, just to say that youre not going to go and tell everyone who was revealed on the episode you watched. Adrianne: Kyle was validating, again, my theory, that the big names they want to reveal early in order to make it seem like theres going to be really juicy stuff happening in the season. John: I dont think. According to Plestis, each song is only performed once and what you see on Fox is what happened. Turns out, it was all arranged to appear that way and the audience was actually virtually in attendance. For Aimee Carreros character Patti in the Ama, For Sheryl Lee Ralph, playing educator Barbara Howard on the hit series Abbott Elementary came pretty naturally. ", by Njera Perkins Adrianne: All right. How did the crew keep the identities of the contestants secret? And the entire studio audience goes, What? Hes kind of like a prediction guru. [Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Masked Singer Season 9 Episode 3 New York Night.] Start spreading the news another Masked Singer contestant has been eliminated. Adrianne: Its like Goldilocks and the three masked singer fans. About the only thing working against The Masked Singer is that it's a show on a broadcast network. 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