I Can See Your Voice (South Korean game show) season 1

The first season of the South Korean television mystery music game show I Can See Your Voice premiered on Mnet and tvN on February 26, 2015.^[1]

I Can See Your Voice
Season 1
Starring	Kim Sang-hyuk (Click-B) Ben Julian Quintart Yoon Sung-ho [ko]
Hosted by	Kim Bum-soo Leeteuk (Super Junior) Yoo Se-yoon
Winners	Good singers: 4 Bad singers: 7
No. of episodes	Regular: 11 Special: 1 Overall: 12
Release
Original network	Mnet tvN
Original release	February 26 (2015-02-26) – May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Gameplay

Format

The guest artist(s) eliminate mystery singers at the end of each round, with the last remaining mystery singer ended up in a duet performance by one of the guest artists.^[a]

If the last remaining mystery singer is good, they are granted to release a digital single; if a singer is bad, they win ₩5,000,000.

Rounds

1. 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.
2. Introduction round
   Each mystery singer self-introduces to guest artist and panelists. Good singers are telling the truth, while bad singers are allowed to lie.^[a]
3. 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 backing track by another vocalist.
4. 1. 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.^[a]
4. 2. Evidence round
   A proof of each mystery singer's singing ability (i.e. photo, video, certificates, etc.) is shown on the screen. Good singers have own evidences, while bad singers had their evidences fabricated.^[a]

Episodes

Guest artists

Legend:
Good singer
Bad singer

Episode		Guest artist[b]	Mystery singers (In their respective numbers and aliases)[c]
#	Date		Elimination order								Winner
			Visual round		Introduction round		Lip sync round		Interrogation round
1	February 26, 2015	Kim Bum-soo[d] [4][5][6]	2. Park Min-seo	4 Kim In-seop	6. Kang Byung-gon	3. Park Joon-im	9. Im Ba-wool	1. Lee Seon-ah	5. Kim Sung-gon	7. Im Je-jin	8. Park Ji-eun
2	March 5, 2015	Lena Park [7][8]	3. Kim Eun-bi [ko]		6. Lee Ye-dam	7. Bang Se-jin	4. Lee Sung-min	5. Lee Myung-jin	1. Hwang Chi-yeul	8. Choi Beom-yeol	2. Cha Geon-jae
#	Date	Guest artist[b]	Elimination order								Winner
			Visual round			Lip sync round			Evidence round
3	March 12, 2015	Yoon Min-soo [9][10]	1. Amon Martin	3. Park Cheol-hoon	2. Yeon Ji-eun [ko]	6. Yang Sung-hoon		5. Bang Sung-woo	7. Ha Jeong-hyun	8. Kim Ha-yi	4. Park Ho-yong
4	March 19, 2015	Kim Tae-woo [11][12]	5. Yoon Young-shin	6. Seo Sang-hyun		1. Im Hae-chang		2. Kang Yi-seul	3. Jo Sung-beom	4. Na Tae-ju	7. Kim Dong-gyun
5	March 26, 2015	Baek Ji-young [13][14][15]	2. Song Woo-seok	6. Park Won-jong		4. Kim Gi-wook		5. Park Sung-yoon	1. Oh Young-joo	7. Lee Jin-hee	3. Im Dong-hyuk
6	April 2, 2015	Kim Yeon-woo [16][17]	4. Kang Min	5. Lee Yong-moon		1. Jang Ji-gwang		7. Jung Hyun-mo	6. Park Se-joon	3. Go Seung-hyung	2. Lee Seul-gi [ko]
7	April 9, 2015	2AM [18][19][20]	4. Park Jeong-joon	1. Jo Byung-joon		5. Heo Yoon		6. Lee Jin-hwang	3. Hwang Woo-lim	7. Jung Hyun-woong	2. Kim Yoo-rim
8	April 16, 2015	Jang Yun-jeong [21][22][23] [24][25][26]	1. Kwon Joon-yeon	6. Won Ji-hye		4. Kim Young-cheol		7. Lee Jae-hyuk	3. Jung Jin-myung and Jung Jin-wook	5. Ahn Je-hyun	2. Lee Ah-hyun
9	April 23, 2015	Noel [27][28][29][30]	3. Lee Seung-hee	4. Hong Seok-joon		6. Kim Ki-yeol		7. Seo Min-cheol	1. Ah Yeon	2. Kwon Min-je [ko]	5. Lydia Ahn [ko]
10	April 30, 2015	DJ Doc [31][32]	4. Hong Ji-myung	1. Kim Ha-eun		3. Kim Seong-ri [ko]		6. Kim Ga-yeon	2. Yeon Ji-hoon	7. Lee An	5. Park Min-gi
11	May 7, 2015	Ailee [33][34][35]	1. Kwon Mi-hee	2. Mok Young-soo		3. Kim So-hee		5. Kim Jeong-won	4. Kim Sung-ho	7. Go Gwang-wook	6. Kim Min-seon

Panelists

Legend:
Main panelist
Additional panelist
Guest panelist

Episode	Panelists
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1	Kim Sang-hyuk (Click-B)	Julian Quintart[e]	Kang Yong-suk	Ahn Young-mi	Jaekyung (Rainbow)	Cho Dong-wook[d]	Kim Min-jeong[d]	Vacant
2			Yoon Sung-ho		Hyunyoung (Rainbow)	Vacant
3					Shin A-young	Ben	Choi Gook [ko]	Minwoo (ZE:A)	Vacant
4						Heechul (ZE:A)	Vacant
5			Jang Dong-min	Ilhoon (BtoB)	Lee Young-jin	Lee Sang-joon [ko]	Song Yuvin	Bae Ji-hyun [ko]	Vacant
6				Hwang Chi-yeul	Ben	Lee Yeon-doo	Yoo Sang-moo [ko]	Jeong Ga-eun	Eddy Kim
7			Yoon Sung-ho		MIIII				Vacant
8				Ben	Jang Dong-min	Hwang Chi-yeul	Hwang Hyun-hee [ko]	James (Royal Pirates)	Kim Na-young
9					Hwang Chi-yeul	Yang Sang-guk	Hong Kyung-joon [ko]
10						Yoo Sang-moo	Lee Guk-joo	Son Seung-yeon	Kim In-seok [ko]
11				Jang Dong-min	Bae Ji-hyun [ko]	Ilhoon (BtoB)	Hyun Young	Vacant

Star Wars (May 14, 2015)

Ten re-invited mystery singers are divided into two teams of five (with each of are represented by four good singers and one bad singer). In each round, a mystery singer is chosen by their team's panelists for a showdown. Afterward, voting is done through audience majority, and are accumulated for the winning team.^[36]

Team	Black Stars		vs.	Gold Stars
Panelists	Yoo Se-yoon (leader), Ben, Julian Quintart, Shin A-young, and Yoo Sang-moo		322–310	Kim Bum-soo (leader), Jaekyung (of Rainbow), Eddy Kim, Kim Sang-hyuk, and Yoon Sung-ho
Round	Mystery singer	Song	Score	Mystery singer	Song
1	Bang Se-jin (ep. 2)	"Wish" (소원) — Kim Sung-hyun [ko]	43–57	Go Seung-hyung (ep. 6)	"Snow Flower" (눈의 꽃) — Park Hyo-shin
2	Hwang Chi-yeul (ep. 2)	"The Flight" (비상) — Yim Jae-beom	71–29	Jung Jin-myung and Jung Jin-wook (ep. 8)	"8282" — Davichi
3	Park Ji-eun (ep. 1, winner)	"Caution" (경고) — Tashannie and "Tears" — So Chan-whee	52–48[d]	Jung Hyun-mo (ep. 6)	"Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson
Lip sync	Yoo Se-yoon	"I Won't Love" (사랑 안 해) — Baek Ji-young	0–80	Kim Bum-soo	"Memory of the Wind" (바람기억) — Naul
4	Kwon Min-je (ep. 9)	"Memory of the Wind" (바람기억) — Naul	32–68	Bang Sung-woo (ep. 3)	"You in the Same Time" (같은 시간 속의 너) — Naul
5	Lee Jin-hee (ep. 5)	[[Real+|"Only I Didn't Know" (나만 몰랐던 이야기)]] — IU	72–28	Cha Geon-jae (ep. 2, winner)	"Wind, Please Stop Blowing" (바람아 멈추어다오) — Lee Ji-yeon [ko]

Reception

Legend:
Highest rated episode
Lowest rated episode

No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot (KST)	AGB Ratings			TNmS Ratings
				Mnet[37]	tvN[38]	Comb.	Mnet[37]	tvN[37]	Comb.
1	"Kim Bum-soo"	February 26, 2015	Thursday, 9:40 pm	0.3%	1.613%	1.913%	0.7%	1.3%	2%
2	"Lena Park"	March 5, 2015		0.2%	1.39%	1.59%	0.7%	1%	1.7%
3	"Yoon Min-soo"	March 12, 2015		0.568%	1.551%	2.119%	0.6%	1%	1.6%
4	"Kim Tae-wook"	March 19, 2015		0.52%	1.155%	1.675%	0.8%	0.8%	1.6%
5	"Baek Ji-young"	March 26, 2015		0.6%	1.298%	1.898%	1.1%	1.4%	2.5%
6	"Kim Yeon-woo"	April 2, 2015		0.647%	1.334%	1.981%	0.7%	1.3%	2%
7	"2AM"	April 9, 2015		0.4%	1.523%	1.923%	0.8%	1.2%	2%
8	"Jang Yun-jeong"	April 16, 2015		0.513%	1.972%	2.485%	0.9%	1.4%	2.3%
9	"Noel"	April 23, 2015		0.4%	1.392%	1.792%	1.1%	1.4%	2.5%
10	"DJ Doc"	April 30, 2015		0.589%	1.5%	2.089%	0.8%	1.8%	2.6%
11	"Ailee"	May 7, 2015		0.538%	1.516%	2.054%	0.6%	1.3%	1.9%
Special	"Star Wars"	May 14, 2015		0.529%	0.9%	1.429%	0.9%	1.1%	2%

Sources: Nielsen Media Research and TNmS [ko]

Notes

1. For this season's gameplay changes:^[1]

   • The number of mystery singers are set to seven (for the rest of episodes), eight (eps. 2–3), or nine (its original count, from the debut).
   • Through 4 rounds, the introduction portion was initially used for the first 2 episodes, before it was replaced by an evidential one for the rest of the season.
2. For the returning guest artists (which also include foreigners or former good singers), names are displayed in italics.
3. For the mixed groups, names of the bad singers are displayed in italics.
4. For this season's highlights:

   • Host Kim Bum-soo demonstrated the game as a guest artist, with experts Cho Dong-wook (on voice analysis) and Kim Min-jeong (on face reading) as guest panelists.^[2]
   • During its Star Wars special, when a 3rd round initially scored 74–26 in favor of good singer Jung Hyun-mo (from Gold Stars), bad singer Park Ji-eun (from Black Stars) countered it by performing two songs, resulting in an upset victory and her score doubled to 52 points.^[3]
5. These are the list of foreign panelist(s) having assigned for this season:

   • Belgium — Julian Quintart (11 eps, Star Wars special)