''The King of Mask Singer'' () is a South Korean singing competition program presented by Kim Sung-joo, with introductions by voice actor . It airs on MBC on Sunday, starting from April 5, 2015 as a part of MBC's '' Sunday Night'' programming block.

Format

Each competition lasts for two episodes, with the singers competing one-on-one in three elimination rounds. They are given elaborate

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which are made by designer and

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to wear in order to conceal their identity, thus removing factors such as popularity, career and age that could lead to prejudiced voting. In the first round, both contestants sing the same song, while in the second and third round they each sing a solo song. The winners of each pair are selected by the audience and panel of celebrities through instant live votes. The identities of the singers are not revealed until they have been eliminated. The winner of the third round challenges the previous competition's Mask King, and is either eliminated or becomes the new Mask King.

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("Music Captain of Our Local") has nine consecutive wins, which is the highest number of wins achieved by any contestant (and highest number of males) and

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("The East Invincibility") has eight consecutive wins, which is the highest number of consecutive wins ever achieved by a female contestant. Due to great interest and demand, the show released a special album consisting of a selection of studio recordings by the competitors.

Competitors

List of idol contestants performed in this show, include the ex-idols and exclude the sub-groups (initial sort by group) : –

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group has been disbanded : – Idol group is on hiatus

Panel of celebrities

List of Masked Kings

List of finalists before the Final's battle

About contestants

Top three oldest/youngest contestants

Familial contestants

Foreign contestants

Non-entertainer contestants

Contestant has the same score in every round

About performances

Non-Korean performances

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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