Current Events > 'The Masked Singer' is utterly baffling

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What exactly is the premise? Is it a competition of some sort?
It's not really a talent show, since all the singers are fairly well-known performers.
Is it about the judges? The show seems to be centered around whether they can guess who the singer is.
So are the judges (assuming they even are 'judges') the ones competing for some sort of prize? Because that's the only thing that makes sense, even if it doesn't (because it's always the same ones, including the naked Asian guy from 'The Hangover')
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celebrity circle jerk
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I really don't know how this show has become popular tbh; Like, if it was more gameshow style with a different contestant trying to guess a new like, 3 masked singers each episode that'd be one thing, but aren't the same people used for the entire season?

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I tried watching an episode once. The entire show seemed like how you distract a baby with jingly jangly keys. It was shit. Sparkly, obnoxious shit.

Ken Jeong summed it up in the perfectly worst way possible: "we're not here to create stars, we're here to celebrate stars!"
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It's basically The Bachelor, but instead of going on dates they sing in a costume.
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I dont watch the show, but the costumes I see on the commercials look incredible
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I thought they ripped this off some korean or japanese show?
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It gives musicians a chance to embrace their fursonas.

I wanted to watch an episode to see wtf it was about. Do they get people who sing terribly on? I know they got Ninja on there once because it was all over Twitter
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It would be better if they got rid of all the extra crap and just had them sing. I'm fine with the tournament part, but just get the judges to shut the fuck up.
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