FOX is creating a new series based on an Ellen Degeneres spoof of The Masked Singer. The network announced The Masked Dancer at Tuesday’s Television Critics Association tour in Los Angeles. Check out the press announcement below:
FOX is partnering with Emmy Award-winning talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to produce The Masked Dancer, a new celebrity competition show based on the smash hit FOX series The Masked Singer and inspired by a popular segment featured on The Ellen Show.
In this all-new format, celebrity contestants will perform unique dances, while covered from head-to-toe in elaborate costumes and face masks, leaving audiences to guess their identities. A nod to The Masked Singer, the guessing game was introduced on The Ellen Show, with celebrities such as Howie Mandel, Sean Hayes, Derek Hough and The Masked Singer own panelist, Ken Jeong.
“We’re still blown away by The Masked Singer’s massive impact on pop culture, but when Ellen debuted her own inventive segment, The Masked Dancer, on her show, we were truly amazed,” said Rob Wade, President, Alternative Entertainment & Specials, FOX Entertainment. “We are thrilled to partner with Ellen on this new format and take The Masked Dancer to a whole new creative level.”
“This is gonna be just as fun and suspenseful as THE MASKED SINGER, but with a lot more Krumping,” DeGeneres said. “And I cannot wait!”
Produced by FOX Alternative Entertainment, The Masked Dancer is executive-produced by Ellen DeGeneres and Warner Bros. Unscripted & Alternative Television.
With FOX airing The Masked Singer twice a season in the fall and spring, will The Masked Dancer air as a summer show? That’s a lot of masks for one network. FOX has a good thing going–unless they burn out the format.
For an idea of what to expect, here is Ellen and tWitch playing The Masked Dancer on her show. It really is just a goofy, throwaway bit with no real dancing or clue giving. To turn it into an actual competition, will FOX bring along choreographers like Travis Wall to create elaborate routines? Or will it just be celebrities on stage acting foolish? Hm.
SURPRISE. The Masked Dancer is a reality show star.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHO THIS IS! (Major clue!)
