I Can See Your Voice Malaysia (Malay language)

For the most recent season, see I Can See Your Voice Malaysia (Malay language) season 7.

I Can See Your Voice Malaysia is a Malaysian Malay-language television mystery music game show series based on the South Korean programme of the same title. It premiered on 4 August 2018,^[3][4] and has aired for seven seasons.

I Can See Your Voice Malaysia
Genre	Game show
Based on	I Can See Your Voice by CJ ENM
Directed by	Lucent Chong
Presented by	Alvin Chong [ms] (1) Shuk Sahar (1–4) Sean Lee [ms] (2–4) Ain Edruce [ms] (5) Izzue Islam (5–7) Shiha Zikir [ms] (6–7)
Starring	The celebrity panelists (see cast)
Country of origin	Malaysia
Original language	Malay
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	Regular: 90 Special: 5 Overall: 95
Production
Executive producers	Mas Ayu Binti Ali Jamil Hassan[1][2]
Producer	Ikha Arnisya[1]
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Primeworks Studios
Original release
Network	NTV7
Release	4 August (2018-08-04) – 27 October 2018 (2018-10-27)
Network	TV3
Release	23 June 2019 (2019-06-23) – 8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)
Related
I Can See Your Voice franchise

Gameplay

Format

Presented with a group of six "mystery singers", the guest artist(s) 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 winning mystery singer, regardless of being good or bad, gets a reward on the following conditions:

• If a singer is good, they;
  • s1–2: will have to perform again at the encore concert.
  • s3–7: will have chance to grant a potential contract on any recording label.
• If a singer is bad, they win a cash prize.^[a]

Rounds

Visual rounds

• s1–2: The guest artist is given some time to observe and examine each mystery singer based on their appearance. Afterward, a muted video of each mystery singer that reveals only 0.3 seconds of their singing voice is played as an additional hint.
• s3–7: Each mystery singer is given two different identities as a good and bad singer, with one of them is a real identity.

Lip sync rounds

• s1–2: 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.
• s3–7: 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 rounds

• s2–3: The guest artist is presented with a video package featuring a "super fan" by one of the mystery singers.
• s3: The host has randomly assigned clues about the mystery singer, and then the guest artist must choose a clue for each one.

Rehearsal round

• s1–2, 4–7: Three random panelists are wearing headphones to listen to a recording of assigned mystery singer that lasts for 15 seconds. Afterward, the panelist defends the mystery singer and convince the guest artist to choose them as the winner.

Background

Production and development

Media Prima Berhad formally acquired the rights to produce separate, multilingual adaptations of I Can See Your Voice in Malaysia, with 8TV for the Mandarin-language counterpart in April 2017 and NTV7 for the Malay-language counterpart in June 2018, including with production duties assigned by Primeworks Studios.^[7][8]

Filming

Filming of the show took place at Sri Pentas Studios in Shah Alam. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has filmed under implementing health and safety protocols since from third to fourth season.^[9][10][11]

Broadcast history

The Malay-language counterpart of I Can See Your Voice debuted on NTV7 on 4 August 2018.^[3][4][b] A week before its first season finale (as an encore concert), the series was already renewed for a second season^[15] that made its airing debut on TV3 on 23 June 2019.^[16][17] A third season began airing with a first part on 16 February 2020, and then second part on 21 June 2020.^[c] The fourth season began airing regular episodes on 23 May 2021,^[24][25] followed by a fifth season that has been already announced during its finale,^[26] was premiered on 15 May 2022.^[27][28]

In celebration of TV3's 39th founding anniversary, the sixth season premiered on 4 June 2023.^[29][30] In a news article from Prensario Internacional released in May 2024, the series was renewed for a seventh season^[31] that premiered on 23 June 2024.^[1][2] Following that finale, the series was already renewed for an eighth season.^[32]

Special episodes and companion event

Eid al-Fitr specials were played by Ramlah Ram [ms] (from third season) on 31 May 2020,^[33] Floor 88 [ms] (from fourth season) on 16 May 2021,^[24][34] and Naim Daniel [ms] (from fifth season that premiered) on 8 May 2022.^[35]

For the first two seasons, a series of encore concerts were held after the regular season finale, featuring some of invited guest artists and mystery singers return to perform one last time.^[36][37] Since from third to fifth season, a postseason competitive online concert was conducted, with the winning good singer granting an exclusive contract and a single on any record label.^[38]

Cast

The series has a panel of celebrities who assist the guest artist(s) to decipher mystery singers' identities throughout the game. Alongside with mainstays, guest panelists also appear since the first season. Overall, 16 different members have been assigned as panelists, with their original lineup being Mark Adam [ms], Jihan Muse [ms], and Seelan Paul [ms].

Beside them, subsequent members that have assigned panelist duties also include Yusry Abdul Halim (of KRU) (from 3rd season); Fad Bocey [ms], Alif Satar (from 4th season); Andi Bernadee [ms], Janna Nick, Rosyam Nor (from 5th season); Khir Rahman [ms], Baby Shima [ms], Ropie Cecupak [ms] (from 6th season); Siti Khadijah Halim [ms], Naim Daniel [ms], Bell Ngasri [ms], and Riena Diana [ms] (from 7th season).

Cast type:
✱ Main member
✚ Additional member

s#	Host(s)		Panelist(s)
1	Alvin Chong	Shuk Sahar	Seelan Paul (✱)	Mark Adam (✱)	Jihan Muse (✱)	—
2	Sean Lee
3			Yusry Abdul Halim (KRU) (✱)
4			Fad Bocey (✱)	Alif Satar (✱)
5	Ain Edruce	Izzue Islam	Janna Nick (✱)	Rosyam Nor (✱)	Andi Bernadee (✱)
6	Shiha Zikir		Baby Shima (✱)	Khir Rahman (✱)	Jihan Muse (✱)	Ropie Cecupak (✱)
7			Naim Daniel (✱)	Bell Ngasri (✱)	Riena Diana (✱)	Siti Khadijah Halim(✱)

Series overview

Main article: List of I Can See Your Voice Malaysia (Malay language) episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released			Good singers	Bad singers
			First released	Last released	Network
1	13		4 August 2018 (2018-08-04)	27 October 2018 (2018-10-27)	NTV7	7	6
2	13		23 June 2019 (2019-06-23)	15 September 2019 (2019-09-15)	TV3	7	6
3	20[c]	10	16 February 2020 (2020-02-16)	19 April 2020 (2020-04-19)		11	9
		10	21 June 2020 (2020-06-21)	23 August 2020 (2020-08-23)
4	11		23 May 2021 (2021-05-23)	1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)		5	6
5	11		15 May 2022 (2022-05-15)	24 July 2022 (2022-07-24)		7	4
6	11		4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)	13 August 2023 (2023-08-13)		7	4
7	11		23 June 2024 (2024-06-23)	8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)		7	4
Sp	5		3 November 2018 (2018-11-03)	8 May 2022 (2022-05-08)	—	2	1

Notes

1. For the show's gameplay changes, based on playing time of an episode:^[5][6][1]

   • The number of rounds are set to three (from 1st, 4th, and 6th to 7th season) or four (from 2nd to 3rd season).
   • The winning bad singer gets RM3,000 (from 1st to 4th, and 6th to 7th season) or RM5,000 (for the 5th season).
2. For the show's overall highlights:

   • Cakra Khan [id] (s1 ep. 1) also returned on his 2nd game as a foreigner,^[12][13] when he last played for the Indonesian 1st season.^[14]
3. The 3rd season has initially scheduled to air for 10 episodes,^[18][19] with Sufian Suhaimi playing on its tentative [10th episode] finale on 19 April 2020;^[20] this was later added by 11 episodes^[21][22] until the formal conclusion on 23 August 2020.^[23]

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