Hidden Voices (game show)

Hidden Voices (Giọng ải giọng ai; Who is the voice?; abbreviated as GAGA) is a Vietnamese television mystery music game show series formally recognised as part of the I Can See Your Voice franchise. Since the show's premiere on 5 November 2016, it has aired five seasons on HTV7.

Format
Presented with a group of seven "mystery singers" identified only by their occupation, two opposing guest artists 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 three rounds. At the end of the game, the last remaining mystery singers are revealed each as either good or bad by means of a duet between them and one of the guest artists.

Under the battle format, both opponents can eliminate one singer each in a single round, and then both can choose one singer each to join the final performance in the final round. At the end of the game, the conditions for winning mystery singers chosen by opposing guest artists, depending on the outcome of each final performance, if:

Every mystery singer is rewarded on following conditions:
 * The guest artist gets if a good singer was chosen; in case of a two-way tie, the main prize is halved, leaving with  each. Both winning singers, regardless of being good or bad, receive  each.
 * For the fifth season, the eliminated good singer gets a consolation prize of.

Visual round

 * 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.

Lip sync round

 * 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.

Interrogation round

 * The guest artist may ask questions to the remaining mystery singers. Good singers are required to give truthful responses, while the bad singers must lie.

Talent round

 * The guest artist 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.


 * Notes

Production and development
VTV has initially made interest to produce a local adaptation of I Can See Your Voice in Vietnam in October 2015, with the show being produced by Cát Tiên Sa. HTV would later acquire the rights in July 2016, including with production duties assigned by Điền Quân Media, Color Entertainment and Pixel Factory.

Naming and concept
The show's Vietnamese title Giọng ải giọng ai can be directly translated to "Who is the voice?"; it has an English subtitle of Hidden Voices. Being the formally recognised Vietnamese adaptation of I Can See Your Voice, the introduction of "battle format"  would later implement to existing ICSYV counterparts; entirely in Indonesia  and Thailand — and partially in Mexico and Russia (used by Catch Me If You Can).

Filming
Filming of the show took place at the Pixel Factory Studios in Gò Vấp, Ho Chi Minh City.

According to a statement with director Khương Dừa on 5 April 2020, the series was initially planned to temporarily suspend broadcasts for an upcoming fifth season due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a possibility of discontinuation, which he later decided to reverse its plans and commence "digital auditions" anyway.

Broadcast history
Hidden Voices debuted on 5 November 2016. The fourth season began airing on linear television on 27 July 2019. Also, the same season finale that initially scheduled for 2 November 2019, was later extended until its formal conclusion through streaming television on 18 January 2020. Despite with the COVID-19 pandemic, the fifth season premiered on 28 June 2020.

Special episodes
Trang Pháp defeated Hồ Việt Trung in the kids special (of a fourth season) on 4 January 2020, while Vũ Cát Tường also defeated Tóc Tiên in celebrity special (of a fifth season) on 26 July 2020.

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 third season. Overall, 4 different members have been assigned, with the original lineup being (co-hosts since the third season) Trấn Thành and Trường Giang (entertainer), as well as Ốc Thanh Vân and Thu Trang who also appointed their duties until the second season.