The first season of the Vietnamese television mystery music game show Hidden Voices[1][2] premiered on HTV7 on 5 November 2016.[3]
Gameplay
Format
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:
One opposing guest artist has chosen a "good singer" and the other one has a "bad singer", or
Both two opposing guest artists have chosen a "good singer" or a "bad singer".
The guest artist gets ₫50,000,000 if a good singer was chosen; in case of a two-way tie, the main prize is halved, leaving with ₫25,000,000 each. Both winning singers, regardless of being good or bad, receive ₫10,000,000 each.
Rounds
Each episode presents the opposing guest artists with seven people whose identities and singing voices are kept concealed until they are eliminated to perform on the "stage of truth" or remain in the end to perform the final duet.
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.
365daband is classified as a group, and their members playing on subsequent games did not count individually. Sơn Thạch,[10][11][12] Jun Phạm,[13] Tronie Ngô,[14] Will,[15][16] and Isaac Pham[17] have been played.