After becoming a huge hit for Fox in the U.S. across three seasons, The Masked Singer finally landed in the UK on Saturday — and it performed well for commercial broadcaster ITV.
The celebrity singing contest, in which stars are disguised in elaborate costumes so that a panel of judges and the audience at home have to guess their identity, premiered with 5.5M viewers between 7Pm and 8.30Pm.
It was the highest-rated show of the day on any channel, peaking with 6.5M as the identity of The Butterfly was revealed, according to Barb figures provided by overnights.tv.
Based on a format originally created by Korean broadcaster Mbc and made by fledging Scottish producer Bandicoot, The Masked Singer beat the second season debut of Simon Cowell’s show The Greatest Dancer on BBC One, which was watched by 3.2M in the same slot. This was well below its first season debut of 4.7M.
The celebrity singing contest, in which stars are disguised in elaborate costumes so that a panel of judges and the audience at home have to guess their identity, premiered with 5.5M viewers between 7Pm and 8.30Pm.
It was the highest-rated show of the day on any channel, peaking with 6.5M as the identity of The Butterfly was revealed, according to Barb figures provided by overnights.tv.
Based on a format originally created by Korean broadcaster Mbc and made by fledging Scottish producer Bandicoot, The Masked Singer beat the second season debut of Simon Cowell’s show The Greatest Dancer on BBC One, which was watched by 3.2M in the same slot. This was well below its first season debut of 4.7M.
- 1/5/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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