King of Mask Singer

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. It was originally broadcast as a holiday special program, but it was so popular that it became a regular program.

Format Each competition lasts for two episodes, with the singers competing one-on-one in three elimination rounds. They are given elaborate masks which are made by designer and gloves 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. Ha Hyun-woo of Guckkasten ("Music Captain of Our Local"), Yunmin of ("The Joys And Sorrows Also Count As Rock") and ("Perfume Over Flowers") have nine consecutive wins, which is the highest number of wins achieved by any contestant (and highest number of both males and females)

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 Masked Kings

King # Generation # Contestant Occupation Winning Eliminatedin Episode # Voting AverageStage Name Real Name Time(s) Episodes— Self-Luminous Mosaic Solji of EXID Singer 1 Pilot data-sort-value="0" 1 1–2 Used Two Buckets of Gold Lacquer Luna of f(x) 2 1–2, 4 6 2 3 Jingle Jingle Lark Jinju 1 5–6 8 3 4–7 CBR Cleopatra Kim Yeon-woo 4 7–8, 10, 12, 14 16 4 8 King of Song Tungki Lee Jung 1 15–16 18 5 9 Give A Taste Of Spicy Miss Pepper of Melody Day 1 17–18 20 6 10–11 Go! Hawaii Musical Actress 2 19–20, 22 24 — Sexy Vocal Cricket Singer 1 Special Live 2015 (between 23 and 24) 34 7 12 Write With Love Pencil Singer & Musical Actress 1 23–24 26 8 13–16 Young and Innocent Cosmos Gummy Singer 4 25–26, 28, 30, 32 34 9 17–21 Amazon Cat-Girl Cha Ji-yeon Musical Actress 5 33–34, 36, 38, 40, 42 44 10 22–30 Music Captain of Our Local Ha Hyun-woo of Guckkasten Singer 43–44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60 62 11 31–32 An Out-and-Out Escape 2 61–62, 64 66 12 33–34 Romantic The Dark Knight Roy Kim 2 65–66, 68 70 13 35 Bulgwang-dong Gasoline Kim Yeon-ji of SeeYa 1 69–70 72 14 36–39 Get Excited Eheradio Jung Dong-ha 4 71–72, 74, 76, 78 80 — Heart Attack Cupid Sandeul of B1A4 1 Special Live 2016 (between 79 and 80) 84 15 40–42 Ready to Order, Popcorn Girl Ali 3 79–80, 82, 84 86 16 43–45 Warm Heart Robot of 4Men 3 85–86, 88, 90 92 17 46 Mysticism Baby Angel of Ulala Session 1 91–92 94 18 47–49 Hoppang Prince Hwanhee of Fly to the Sky 3 93–94, 96, 98 100 19 50 Gangnam Swallow 1 99–100 102 20 51–52 Puss in Boots is Sing Lee Hae-ri of Davichi 2 101–102, 104 106 21 53–58 9 Songs, Mood Maker Sohyang 6 105–106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116 118 22 59 0 Calories If You Taste MC Hamburger 1 117–118 120 23 60 The Sea Otter Baby Seahorse K.Will 1 119–120 122 24 61–62 Yeonghui Ock Joo-hyun Singer & Musical Actress 2 121–122, 124 126 25 63–64 Prince of Tree Frog of 10cm Singer 2 125–126, 128 130 26 65–69 Red Mouth Sunwoo Jung-a 5 129–130, 132, 134, 136, 138 140 27 70 Gypsy Woman Ivy 1 139–140 142 28 71–78 The East Invincibility Son Seung-yeon 141–142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156 158 29 79–81 Bob Ross Han Dong-geun 3 157–158, 160, 162 164 30 82–86 Dongmakgol Girl Solji of EXID 5 163–164, 166, 168, 170, 172 174 31 87–89 Giant Chestnuts of Bread 3 173–174, 176, 178 180 32 90–93 Eagle Lee Hyun 4 179–180, 182, 184, 186 188 33 94 Widow Singer & Musical Actress 1 187–188 191 34 95–97 Klimt Haena of 3 189–191, 193, 194 196 35 98–102 Gulliver Lee Won-seok of Daybreak Singer 5 195–196, 198, 200, 202, 204 206 36 103–105 Nightingale Lee Bo-ram of SeeYa 3 205–206, 208, 210 212 37 106–110 Jinie Kyuhyun of Super Junior 5 211–212, 214, 216, 218, 220 222 38 111–116 Handsome Guy Lee Seok-hoon of SG Wannabe 6 221–222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232 234 39 117–121 Sweet 18 So Chan-whee 5 233–234, 236, 238, 240, 242 244 40 122–127 Chow Yun-fat Seungyoon of Winner 6 243–244, 246, 248, 250, 252, 254 256 41 128 Shield Choi Jae-rim Musical Actor 1 255–256 258 42 129 Pearl Hynn Singer 1 257–258 260 43 130–135 Mrs. Rose Kim Yon-ja 6 259–260, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270 272 44 136 Hidden Objects 1 271–272 274 45 137–144 Buttumak Cat Yang Yo-seob of Highlight 273–274, 276, 278, 280, 282, 284, 286, 288 290 46 145 Treasure Chest Lee Young-hyun of Big Mama 1 289–290 292 47 146 Staying Home Park Si-hwan 1 291–292 294 48 147–149 Barcode Lee Joo-hyuk of 3 293–294, 296, 298 300 49 150–152 Baby Goat Jeong Sun-ah Musical Actress 3 299–300, 302, 304 306 50 153–155 Emerald of May Singer 3 305–306, 308, 310 312 51 156 Sori-kkun Park Min-hye of Big Mama 1 311–312 314 52 157–158 Hwachae Choi Jung-in 2 313–314, 316 318 53 159 Non-face-to-face Boyfriend Bae Doo-hoon of Forestella 1 317–318 320 54 160–162 Mung-bean Pancake Gentleman 3 319–320, 322, 326 328 — Sibling Rebellion Lee Ji-young of Big Mama & Lee Seung-woo of 1 323–325 325 55 163–166 Bear Sole 4 327–328, 330, 332, 334 336 56 167–169 Winter Kid Lee Mu-jin 3 335–336, 338, 340 342 57 170 Dad Is a Salaryman Park Hyun-soo of 1 341–342 344 58 171–174 Little Lady Ben 4 343–344, 346, 348, 350 352 59 175–180 Nureongi Jeong Hong-il 6 351–352, 354, 356, 358, 360, 362 364 60 181-185 Indian Doll Kim Ye-ji of KARDI 5 363-364, 366, 368, 370, 371 375 - Our Friendship Is Within One Vote Park Hyun-soo of Letteamor & Baek Hyung-hoon of Hpresso Singer & Musical Actor 1 371-373 373 61 186 Bachelor Kimchi Son Jin-wook of DANGGISIO Singer 1 376-377 379 62 187-193 Voice Gifted From The Gods Seomoon Tak 378-379, 381, 383, 385, 387, 389, 391 393 63 194-197 First Place Trophy Yoo Hwe-seung of N.Flying 4 392-393, 395, 397, 399 401 64 198-203 Fairy Pitta Lim Jeong-hee 6 400-401, 403, 405, 407, 409, 411 413 65 204-207Top Class Special Agent Kim Jong-seo 4 412-413, 415, 417, 419 421 66 208-211The Midas Touch DK of December 4 420-421, 423, 425, 427 429 67 212-214Incense Sandeul of B1A4 3 428-429, 431, 433 435 68 215-223The Joys And Sorrows Also Count As Rock Yunmin of 434-435, 437, 439, 441, 443, 445, 447, 449, 451 453 69 224-227Hercules Min Woo-hyuk Musical actor 4 452-453, 455, 457, 459 461 70 228-232Under The Sea HyolynSinger 5 460-461, 463, 465, 467, 469 471 71 233-235Carnival of 3 470-471, 473, 475 477 72 236-244Perfume Over Flowers 476-477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 487, 489, 491, 493 495 73 245-249Antique Mirror Yangpa Singer 5 494-495, 497, 499, 503, 505 507 TBA 74 250-251Tiger Chasing the Ghosts Chae Bo-Hun of The VANE Singer 2 511 75 252-253 Piano Resounding Souls Yuria Musical Actress 2 515 76 254 Gun Shooter Shoots Everything TBA TBA TBA

List of finalists before the Final's battle