# I Can See Your Voice (Dutch game show)

I Can See Your Voice is a Dutch television mystery music game show series based on the South Korean programme of the same title. It premiered on RTL 4 on 29 October 2020, and has aired for five seasons.

## Gameplay
### Format

Presented with a group of "mystery singers", a guest artist and contestant(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 four rounds. 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.
From first to third season, if the last remaining mystery singer is good, the contestant(s) win €5,000; this is also applied to the winning bad singer selected by them.
From fourth to fifth season, the contestant(s) must eliminate one mystery singer at the end of each round, receiving €1,000 if they eliminate a bad singer. At the end of a game, if the contestant(s) decide to walk away, they will keep the money had won in previous rounds; if they decide to risk for the last remaining mystery singer, they win €7,500 if a singer is good, or lose their all winnings if a singer is bad.

### Rounds
#### Visual round

* First impression (Dutch: Eerste indruk)
    s1–4: The guest artist and contestant(s) are given some time to observe and examine each mystery singer based on their appearance.

#### Lip sync round

* Lip sync (Dutch: Lipsynchronisatie)
    s1–4: 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.

#### Evidence round

* Witness (Dutch: Bewijs)
    s1–4: The guest artist and contestant(s) are presented with a video package containing possible clues by one of the mystery singers.

#### Rehearsal round

* Secret studio (Dutch: Geheime studio)
    s2–4: The guest artist and contestant(s) presented with video from a recording session by one of the mystery singers, but pitch-shifted to obscure their actual vocals.

#### Interrogation round

* Interrogation (Dutch: De ondervraging)
    s1: The guest artist and contestant(s) may ask questions to the remaining mystery singers. Good singers are required to give truthful responses, while the bad singers must lie.

## Background
### Production and development

After RTL Deutschland made a German counterpart of I Can See Your Voice and then successful broadcasts of The Masked Singer, RTL Nederland followed suit by formally acquiring the rights to produce a local adaptation of the said show in the Netherlands in March 2020, including with production duties assigned by Warner Bros. International Television Production.

### Filming

Filming of the show took place at various locations, such as Mediahaven [nl] in Amsterdam and Studio's Aalsmeer [nl] in Aalsmeer. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has filmed under implementing health and safety protocols for the first two seasons.

## Broadcast history

I Can See Your Voice initially scheduled to debut on 8 May 2020, but it was delayed until 29 October 2020. A day after its first season finale, the series was already renewed for a second season that premiered on 22 April 2021. The third season premiere that initially scheduled for 17 February 2022, began airing earlier on 21 January 2022. A fourth season premiered on 31 August 2022, followed by a fifth season on its same date in 2023, which was later moved to 19 October 2023.

### Special episodes

Silver Metz [nl] played in a kids special (of the second season that concluded) on 10 June 2021, followed by Francis van Broekhuizen [nl] in a holiday special (of the fourth season) on 22 December 2022.

## Cast

The series has a panel of celebrities who assist the guest artist(s) and contestant(s) to decipher mystery singers' identities throughout the game. Alongside with mainstays, guest panelists also appear since the first season. Overall, seven different members have been assigned as panelists, with their original lineup being Marieke Elsinga, Ronnie Flex, Samantha Steenwijk [nl], Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, and Fred van Leer.
Beside them, subsequent members that have assigned panelist duties also include Danny de Munk and Edsilia Rombley (from 2nd season).
| s# | Host | Panelist(s) | Panelist(s) | Panelist(s) | Panelist(s) | Panelist(s) |
| 1 | Carlo Boszhard | Fred van Leer (✱) | Marieke Elsinga (✱) | Ronnie Flex (✱) | Samantha Steenwijk (✱) | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge (✱) |
| 2 | Carlo Boszhard | Fred van Leer (✱) | Marieke Elsinga (✱) | Edsilia Rombley (✱) | Danny de Munk (✱) | — |
| 3 | Carlo Boszhard | Fred van Leer (✱) | Marieke Elsinga (✱) | Edsilia Rombley (✱) | Danny de Munk (✱) | — |
| 4 | Carlo Boszhard | Fred van Leer (✱) | Marieke Elsinga (✱) | Edsilia Rombley (✱) | — | — |
| 5 | Carlo Boszhard | Fred van Leer (✱) | Marieke Elsinga (✱) | Danny de Munk (✱) | — | — |

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Good singers | Bad singers |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Good singers | Bad singers |
| 1 | 8 | 8 | 29 October 2020 (2020-10-29) | 17 December 2020 (2020-12-17) | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 April 2021 (2021-04-22) | 3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | 21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) | 25 March 2022 (2022-03-25) | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 31 August 2022 (2022-08-31) | 5 October 2022 (2022-10-05) | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 October 2023 (2023-10-19) | 7 December 2023 (2023-12-07) | 2 | 2 |
| Sp | 2 | 2 | 10 June 2021 (2021-06-10) | 22 December 2022 (2022-12-22) | 1 | 1 |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2020)

List of season 1 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artist(s) | Player order | Contestant | Original release date | NLD viewers (millions) | NLD share (national) |
| 1 | 1 | OG3NE | 1 | Anneke | 29 October 2020 (2020-10-29) | 2.338 | 15.8% |
| 2 | 2 | Edsilia Rombley | 2 | Valerie | 5 November 2020 (2020-11-05) | 2.284 | 17.5% |
| 3 | 3 | Danny de Munk | 3 | Demi | 12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) | 2.468 | 20.1% |
| 4 | 4 | Trijntje Oosterhuis | 4 | Nicky Roeg | 19 November 2020 (2020-11-19) | 2.326 | 20.2% |
| 5 | 5 | Gerard Joling | 5 | Melvin | 26 November 2020 (2020-11-26) | 2.414 | 23% |
| 6 | 6 | Dave von Raven [nl] | 6 | Viola | 3 December 2020 (2020-12-03) | 2.287 | 21.9% |
| 7 | 7 | Romy Monteiro | 7 | Lars | 10 December 2020 (2020-12-10) | 2.127 | 20% |
| 8 | 8 | Emma Heesters | 8 | Sabrina | 17 December 2020 (2020-12-17) | 2.35 | 21.3% |

### Season 2 (2021)

List of season 2 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artist(s) | Player order | Contestant | Original release date | NLD viewers (millions) | NLD share (national) |
| 9 | 1 | Glennis Grace | 9 | Marianne | 22 April 2021 (2021-04-22) | 2.282 | 18.1% |
| 10 | 2 | Francis van Broekhuizen [nl] | 10 | Nick | 29 April 2021 (2021-04-29) | 2.404 | 21.6% |
| 11 | 3 | Glen Faria [nl] | 11 | Farid | 6 May 2021 (2021-05-06) | 2.183 | 21.4% |
| 12 | 4 | Jim Bakkum | 12 | Svenja | 13 May 2021 (2021-05-13) | 2.18 | 24% |
| 13 | 5 | René Froger | 13 | Ann | 27 May 2021 (2021-05-27) | 2.441 | 23.6% |
| 14 | 6 | Berget Lewis | 14 | Marjorie | 3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) | 2.008 | 20.5% |

### Season 3 (2022)

List of season 3 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artist(s) | Player order | Contestant | Original release date | NLD viewers (millions) | NLD share (national) |
| 15 | 1 | Jan Smit | 16 | Shirley | 21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) | 2.5 | 17.5% |
| 16 | 2 | Jeroen van der Boom | 17 | Linda | 28 January 2022 (2022-01-28) | 2.673 | 19.9% |
| 17 | 3 | Anita Meyer | 18 | Stephan | 4 February 2022 (2022-02-04) | 2.359 | 18.1% |
| 18 | 4 | Donnie | 19 | Jaco | 11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) | 2.267 | 18.1% |
| 19 | 5 | Ruth Jacott | 20 | Dhiraj | 18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) | 2.281 | 17.2% |
| 20 | 6 | Frans Duijts | 21 | Tony | 25 February 2022 (2022-02-25) | 2.109 | 17.1% |
| 21 | 7 | Nielson | 22 | Eliana | 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) | 2.205 | 16.4% |
| 22 | 8 | Jake Reese | 23 | Robin | 11 March 2022 (2022-03-11) | 2.005 | 16.4% |
| 23 | 9 | Mart Hoogkamer | 24 | Melissa | 18 March 2022 (2022-03-18) | 2.101 | 19.3% |
| 24 | 10 | Patty Brard (Luv') | 25 | Stacey | 25 March 2022 (2022-03-25) | 2.112 | 17.7% |

### Season 4 (2022)

List of season 4 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artist(s) | Player order | Contestant | Original release date | NLD viewers (millions) | NLD share (national) |
| 25 | 1 | Wolter Kroes | 26 | Richard | 31 August 2022 (2022-08-31) | 1.618 | 15.2% |
| 26 | 2 | Trijntje Oosterhuis | — | Nina | 7 September 2022 (2022-09-07) | 1.507 | 14.2% |
| 27 | 3 | Jamai Loman | 27 | Ysabel | 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14) | 1.446 | 14.2% |
| 28 | 4 | Edsilia Rombley | — | Emma | 21 September 2022 (2022-09-21) | 1.623 | 15% |
| 29 | 5 | Buddy Vedder | 28 | Tarini | 28 September 2022 (2022-09-28) | 1.711 | 16.4% |
| 30 | 6 | Emma Heesters | — | Tom | 5 October 2022 (2022-10-05) | 1.71 | 15.2% |

### Season 5 (2023)

List of season 5 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artist(s) | Player order | Contestant(s) | Original release date | NLD viewers (millions) | NLD share (national) |
| 31 | 1 | Jelka van Houten | 29 | Simone | 19 October 2023 (2023-10-19) | 1.575 | 18.4% |
| 32 | 2 | Tania Kross | 30 | Jordy | 26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) | 1.39 | 12.6% |
| 33 | 3 | Thomas Berge | 31 | Danielle and Monique | 2 November 2023 (2023-11-02) | 1.515 | 14.1% |
| 34 | 4 | Vajèn van den Bosch [nl] | 32 | Marloes and Romany | 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) | 1.431 | 13.7% |
| 35 | 5 | Roel van Velzen | 33 | Nelson | 16 November 2023 (2023-11-16) | 1.42 | 13.8% |
| 36 | 6 | Soy Kroon | 34 | Yannick and Maurice | 23 November 2023 (2023-11-23) | 1.732 | 16% |
| 37 | 7 | Danny de Munk | — | Arjun | 30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) | 1.569 | 16.4% |
| 38 | 8 | Mart Hoogkamer | — | Nancy and Brigitte | 7 December 2023 (2023-12-07) | 1.688 | 18.8% |

### Specials

List of special episodes :
| No. | Title | Guest artist(s) | Player order | Contestant | Original release date | NLD viewers (millions) | NLD share (national) |
| 1 | "Kids special" | Silver Metz [nl] | 15 | — | 10 June 2021 (2021-06-10) | 1.594 | 19.3% |
| 2 | "Holiday special" | Francis van Broekhuizen | — | Astrid | 22 December 2022 (2022-12-22) | 1.993 | 18.2% |