Music mystery gameshow I Can See Your Voice returns for a brand-new series on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Hosted by Paddy McGuinness, each week, players will need to navigate their way through a series of entertaining rounds by guessing who can and can’t sing from a group of people standing before them, all without ever hearing them sing a note.
Helping the players whittle down the mystery singers for a cash prize, are celebrity investigators Jimmy Carr, Amanda Holden and the BAFTA-nominated Alison Hammond.
As the players try to work out the clues, they need to remember one simple rule. Everything the good singers say is true, and the bad singers can tell a few lies to make everyone believe they can sing.
A guest music artist will join the celebrity investigators each week and the line up includes; singing legend Lulu, Steps’ Claire Richards, Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley, The X Factor winner and West End star Alexandra Burke, Erasure’s Andy Bell, BRIT award-winner Becky Hill, Blue’s Simon Webbe and West End and TV star Layton Williams.
At the end of each show, the guest music star could end up duetting with a terrible singer, resulting in a highly entertaining and unique performance.
I Can See Your Voice, Saturdays from October 14, 9.05pm, BBC One.
The Format
- Round 1 - Lip Sync
The six mystery singers are met for the first time and each take to the stage individually to mime to a song. The good singers will lip sync to their own voice. The bad singers will lip sync to someone else’s lovely voice. - Round 2 - Unlock My Life
The players must choose two singers that they want to find out more about. For each singer chosen, a profile video containing clues is shown. Whether good or bad singers, all photos shown are real photos. As before, everything the good singers say is true. The bad singers will be telling a few lies to make everyone believe they can sing. - Round 3 - Home Truths
The players must choose to look further into the life of one of the remaining mystery singers to find out more clues. The players can choose to see one Home Truths VT, but they must then eliminate two singers based on everything they have learned so far. - Round 4 - Interrogation
The players must choose one singer to interrogate. The players have 30 seconds to interrogate the singer. On the screen in front of the players is a list of 15 questions. The players can ask any of the 15 questions within the 30 second time limit. As with previous rounds, the bad singers can tell a few fibs to make everyone believe they can sing. - The Duet
The last singer standing will perform a duet with the guest music star. If they are a good singer the players will win £10,000, but if they are bad, the bad singer will have fooled everyone and will steal the money.
Jimmy Carr Q&A
Can you tell us a bit about the celebrities in this series?
We’ve had some absolute legends on. I have to say my favourite is Alexandra Burke. I’ve seen her on stage and she’s so incredible. She’s done the show before and it’s great to have her back. We had Tony Hadley on too from Spandau Ballet. I mean, it’s telly gold. If you’ll pardon the pun, it’s telly Gold. Andy Bell is from one of my favourite bands, Erasure and they are fabulous. All the music I was listening to when I was growing up. Proper floor fillers.
What’s your strategy for identifying who you believe is a good singer?
If the lip syncing is phenomenal, sometimes I think it’s too good to be true. The bad singers have put so much work into lip syncing. Some of them are working for six weeks, and they’re practising every hour, so they can to get really good at lip syncing. The good singers aren’t winning money, so I think their lip syncs are never quite as good.
Can you tease any standout moments or highlights?
I take the mickey out of Alison, Amanda and Paddy and I’m loving it and everyone gets on. It’s just all clicked. There’s no edge to the show, you can watch it with the family and you can play along. You can play along if you’re five years of age, or if you’re 95 years of age. And there are six big moments in every show. That’s kind of the secret of it.
How competitive are you with your fellow celebrity investigators?
Very! I think contestants have got their favourites. It’s good that different people on different weeks get guided by us. We had a couple on that absolutely adored Alison, they were listening to the rest of us, but they were really going for what Alison thought, because they absolutely love Alison. Some people are massive fans of Amanda, some people go with my view, but it’s interesting the relationship with the contestants because we do really want them to win, and some of them have been so adorable.
And actually, sometimes when the bad singers win the £10,000, although we haven’t spoken to them throughout the show, they’ve put so much work in, I really feel like they’ve earned it.
If you were a contestant, what song would you lip-sync?
Sweet Caroline is my karaoke special, but I think I’d go for something that is a bit quieter and Sweet Caroline is difficult because it’s too loud and shouty, and people get carried away.
If you could duet with any celebrity singer (dead or alive), who would you choose to share a stage with?
Probably Brandon Flowers, I can’t believe that voice comes out of that man, because he is so slight and he’s got an enormous voice, like a Tom Jones size voice.
