Show Me Your Voice is a French television mystery music game show series based on the South Korean programme I Can See Your Voice. It premiered on M6 on 22 April 2021,[1][2] and has aired for two seasons.
Gameplay
Format
Presented with a group of nine "mystery singers", a guest artist and a group of two contestants 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.[a] 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.
The contestants must eliminate one mystery singer at the end of each round, receiving a designated cash value based on the number of bad singer eliminations.[a] 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 €20,000 if a singer is good, or lose their all winnings if a singer is bad.
Rounds
Visual round
First impression (French: Première impression)
s2: The guest artist and contestants are given some time to observe and examine each mystery singer based on their appearance.
Lip sync rounds
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. At the conclusion of performances, the contestants eliminate one mystery singer from each group.
Playback (French: Relecture)
s1–2: Divided into multiple batches of mystery singers,[a] each of them have to perform a lip sync of their own.
Concealed vocals (French: Cachez la voix)
s1–2: 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
Exhibit (French: Pièce à conviction)
s1–2: The guest artist and contestants are presented with a video package containing possible clues by one of the mystery singers of their choice.
Talent round
Acting (French: La performance)
s1: The guest artist and contestants must describe one of the mystery singer's other talents, except "singing" itself. This may not be related to the "stage of truth", but depends on their identity.
Rehearsal round
Secret studio (French: Studio secret)
s2: The guest artist and contestants are presented with video from a recording session by one of the mystery singers, but pitch-shifted to obscure their actual vocals.
Interrogation round
Interview (French: L'interview)
s1–2: The guest artist and contestants 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
Shine Group has initially made interest to produce a local adaptation of I Can See Your Voice in France, as per earlier report from Toute la Télé in September 2015.[5] After a six-year hiatus, Groupe M6 has formally acquired the rights in February 2021,[6] including with production duties assigned by Warner Bros. International Television Production.[7]
Filming
Filming of the show took place at Studio 128 in Saint-Denis, Paris.[8] During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has filmed under implementing health and safety protocols.[9]
Broadcast history
Show Me Your Voice debuted as a two-night pilot premiere that occasionally aired on 22 April and 13 May 2021.[1][2] As per tweet by journalist Clément Garin [fr] in April 2024,[10] the series has formally announced to return after a three-year hiatus[11] with a second season that premiered on 8 July 2024.[b]
^ abcFor the show's gameplay changes, based on playing time of an episode:[3][4]
The number of rounds are set to five (for the 1st season) or six (for the 2nd season).
For the lip sync round, the number of mystery singer batches in the Playback segment are set to three groups of three (for the 1st season) or two groups of four (for the 2nd season).
For the 2nd season, a "safe haven" variant was conducted, in which contestants having the most bad singers eliminated receive a designated cash value, from a minimum of €1,000 to a maximum of €10,000 (if there are more than 6 bad singers).
^ abDespite the 2nd season have prematurely ended for two weeks, all of four episodes, including two unaired ones (with Sheryfa Luna and Anne Sila playing as guest artists) were initially released through streamingservice M6+ on the same day as linear television premiere.[4][12]
^ abThis refers to the guest artist(s) that have played in according only to their first game(s); returning guest artists (which also include foreigners or former good singers, with their names displaying in italics) did not count.
In the 2nd episode (of a 2nd season) on 15 July 2024, average viewing population and (both overall and u-50 [fr]) shares were combined from two parts — with the 1st part garnering 941,000, 5.2% and 11.1%, and the 2nd have 963,000, 6.8% and 12.3%.[19][20]
