Media personality and broadcaster Anele Mdoda and her partners Paul Buys and Frankie Du Toit are bringing the entertainment show The Masked Singer to South Africa.
The Masked Singer broadcasts in over 50 countries across the world, and in the United States it is one of the most-watched reality competition shows.
On Tuesday during a press conference, Mdoda said The Masked Singer is the new trend in music shows in the last three decades.
“We remember how The Shell Road To Fame show in South Africa many years ago got families sitting together to back their favourites. The Masked Singer is the new generation of singing shows and I am certain South African audiences will embrace this show with the same passion and intensity that they did the earlier generation singing competition shows.”
Mdoda added that South Africans can expect a fanciful show, filled to the brim with fun.
“Television consuming habits have become very scattered; families consume content in isolation. This show is sure to have the whole family in front of the TV at the same time. It is the intrigue, the guessing, the unexpected, and the fabulous that will pull in toddler to granny,” said Mdoda.
Every element of the show has been carefully selected from the costumes to the host to the panel of ‘detectives’. The masks, which have been designed by Rose and Oaks Media, have been localised to reflect the best of what South Africa has to offer.
Comedian Mpho Popps will host the show with his winning sense of humour and inquisitive nature. And the detectives are non other than the talented J’Something of MiCasa, former Idols judge Somizi Mhlongo, Sithelo Shozi, and comedian Skhumba Hlophe.
The show will air in the second quarter of 2023 as a weekly show on SABC 3 and on SABC 1.
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