I Can See Your Voice (Chinese game show)

I Can See Your Voice (Chinese: 看见你的声音; pinyin: Kàn jiàn nǐ de shēng yīn) television mystery music game show broadcast by JSTV. It is the Chinese version of the South Korean namesaked program.[1]

"ICSYVCN" redirects here. For the recently aired season, see I Can See Your Voice (Chinese season 1).

I Can See Your Voice
看见你的声音
Genre	Mystery music game show
Based on	I Can See Your Voice by CJ ENM and Signal Entertainment Group
Directed by	Zhou Hailiang
Presented by	Mickey Huang Li Hao Shen Ling
Starring	The SING-vestigators (see cast)
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jun Quan-yi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company(s)	Eslite Media Hua Chuan Culture Inly Media Company
Distributor	CJ ENM
Release
Original network	JSTV
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	March 27 (2016-03-27) – June 12, 2016 (2016-06-12)
Chronology
Related shows	I Can See Your Voice franchise

History

Season 1 (2016)

Main article: ICSYVCN1

ICSYVCN commenced its debut broadcast by JSTV on March 27, 2016.[2] A masked SEE-cret songer was appeared but she wasn't reveal her identity entirely, which was later identified as good singer Li Bingbing.[3] Good singer Marcelo from Spain became the first winning foreigner SEE-cret songer in the ICSYV franchise.[4]

Production

Development

Mnet and Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation was first announced the development of the series in June 2015.[5] It was produced by Eslite Media, Hua Chuan Culture, and Inly Media Company. The show's staff is commissioned by director Zhou Hailiang; joined by executive producer Jun Quanyi.[6]

Gameplay

Format

The guest artist(s) must attempt to guess SEE-cret songers who are "good" and "bad" without hearing them sing. SEE-cret songers must partake on every round, at which they can receive help and advice from the SING-vestigators.

After eliminating one to two SEE-cret songers in each round, they would perform using real voice at the stage of truth. The last SEE-cret songer standing will do duet-perform by guest artist(s).[7]

Rounds

There were seven individuals of SEE-cret songers standing on the platform with its aliases to keep their identities concealed until its initial performance.[7]

Singer's visual

• The guest artist(s) have time to observe and examine each SEE-cret songer based on their appearance. After this, a muted video of each SEE-cret songer that reveals only 0.3 seconds of their singing voice is played as an additional hint.[CN 1]

Singer's lip-sync

• Every SEE-cret songer performs a lip-sync of a song. Good singers lip-sync to their own voice, while bad singers lip-sync to other's voices.[CN 1]

Singer's evidence

• A proof of each SEE-cret songer's singing ability (i.e. photo, video, certificates, etc) is shown on the screen. Good singers have their own evidences while bad singers had their evidences fabricated.[CN 1]

Series overview

Seasons

Winners' majority:

  Good singers

  Bad singers

  Draw

Season		Good singers	Bad singers	Episodes		Originally aired
						First aired	Last aired
	1	5	7	12		March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27)	June 12, 2016 (2016-06-12)
	Total	5	7	12		—	—

Cast

Cast type:

  Host

  SING-vestigator

Season	1
Mickey Huang	Main
Li Hao	Main
Shen Ling	Main
Dai Jun	Main
Di Yang	Main
Huang Kuo-lun	Main
Xiao Xiao	Main
Zhang Chunye	Main
Wowkie Zhang	Main

Reception

Controversy

In August 2015, CJ ENM was accused two Chinese programs, God of Songs by SZTV and X-Singer by Beijing TV of plagiarism, which both shows imitated its gameplay similar to ICSYV, but they were denied of its allegations.

It was proved that as both broadcasters were failed to purchase into ICSYV franchise and both of them were unlicensed Chinese counterparts. Despite this, God of Songs would have became successful in due to higher ratings and even trending on social media such as Sina Weibo.[8][9]

Footnotes

1. Used in season 1.

References

1. "《看见你的声音》阵容大曝光，六大金刚各显身手，辨音神助攻！". news.jstv.com (in Chinese). Jiangsu Television. March 11, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
2. Gao, Nian (March 28, 2016). "《看见你的声音》开播 范冰冰变麦霸笑抢话筒" (in Chinese). Qian Long. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
3. Liu, Yang (April 11, 2016). "看见你的声音bing真名叫什么黎冰冰华人女歌手BING摘下面罩照片_YY粉丝网" (in Chinese). YYfensi. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
4. "搜鲜网 看见你的声音蓝子龙个人资料微博女友谁西班牙蓝子龙NIO曾上非诚勿扰_搜鲜网" (in Chinese). Sosoxian. May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
5. Choi, Bo-ran (June 17, 2015). "'너의 목소리가 보여', 중국 포맷 수출 "판매가 역대 최고 수준"" (in Korean). Korea Economic Daily. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
6. "引力传媒：拟投资综艺节目《看见你的声音》". Sina Weibo (in Chinese). February 29, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
7. "《看见你的声音》范冰冰韩庚哪是推理 完全是假嗨". Metropolis Daily (in Chinese). Tencent. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
8. Li, Haichao; Hao, Jingjing (August 2, 2016). "论综艺节目著作权保护的急迫性". people.com.cn (in Chinese). People's Daily. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
9. Park, Seol-yi (August 19, 2015). "중국서 '너목보' 표절 의혹 프로 2개 동시 방송 '촌극'". ytn.co.kr (in Korean). YTN. Retrieved March 13, 2020.