Nearly 9 million people tuned in to observe Frog, Turtle, and Night Angel duke it out for the Golden Masks on The Masked Singer Season Three finale. That is an enchancment over the Season 2 finale and with Season 4 already on deck, it is protected to say it is a cow the community intends to maintain milking effectively into the longer term. (Facet be aware: why have not we seen a cow costume but?! Get on that, Masked Singer!)
On the outset of Season 3, The Masked Singer promised to be greater and bolder, and it did not disappoint — the caliber of expertise shot up, with contestants holding 69 Grammys, 88 gold data, 11 Tremendous Bowl appearances and three stars on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame between them, to not point out the road cred of getting somebody like Lil Wayne, and the bona fides of legit music icons like Chaka Khan and Dionne Warwick coming to play the sport. As huge as Season Three was — audaciously kicking off proper after the Tremendous Bowl — it is solely cheap that producers need to make Season Four even higher and wilder, so TV Information caught up wth government producer Craig Plestis to seek out out all we might concerning the new iteration, already underway and anticipated in fall. Here is what he was keen to disclose.
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To begin with, you guys had been means forward of the curve on masks. Instantly all people is carrying masks! Are there plans to capitalize on the pattern with some merch? I’d purchase a Night time Angel masks for those who made one.
Craig Plestis: I positively suppose we had been forward of the curve. Yeah, shield your well being and your identification! Masks are very acceptable at the moment. [If we make them] you may be the primary to get one.
Thrilling! Congratulations on a fantastic season. How’d you are feeling concerning the season total?
Plestis: It was phenomenal. It is nonetheless a powerhouse within the scores however extra to the purpose, the followers find it irresistible and once I look again on how a lot pleasure and laughter we dropped at America, we had been a small island. From the pandemic to politics and all the things else. I dwell on-line the evening the episodes air, to see what individuals are saying and seeing how we might be higher subsequent season, and I simply love how we convey households collectively. It is uncommon a present will get everybody of all ages to come back collectively and watch in the identical room. Youngsters are often watching on their telephones in one other room at a distance. With this, everybody’s capable of come collectively to play the sport.
You promised an even bigger lineup of stars and also you delivered. Are you able to speak about what that technique of getting expertise was like this time?
Plestis: It was rather a lot simpler in Season 3. In Season 1, it was not simple going out to those icons saying we need to put you in these costumes… however we had been fortunate that some individuals received it. In Season 3, individuals know what they’re stepping into. They love the concept of stepping into these totally different characters. Lil Wayne — that was a heartbreaking second for me. I needed him to go all the way in which to the top as a result of that was considered one of my favourite costumes. However Individuals noticed the potential for what we had arising primarily based on that. We labored with unbelievable legends.
You had been one of many first exhibits to stay your neck out and say you are going ahead with manufacturing on one other season. How are you going to do this, in gentle of the pandemic, and the place are you within the course of?
Plestis: We’re nonetheless engaged on the method and the logistics. Security is paramount. We’re engaged on it as we communicate — proper now, I am mock-ups of a number of the costumes. I really feel assured we’ll clear up it. We do not know what’s occurring by fall with the pandemic, the election however we’re this island. We must be there so individuals can disconnect from all the things else occurring.
What number of costumes are we speaking right here? Final season you upped the variety of contestants. Are you planning on including extra once more?
Plestis: I might like to inform you that. I can inform you that every season the costumes get higher and higher. I am wanting on the board now they usually’re a number of the most unbelievable.
So far as manufacturing, are you continue to planning to have the viewers, or are you contemplating capturing in isolation?
Plestis: We would wish to maintain as a lot of the vitality as now we have in place — that magic. We’re nonetheless in dialogue.
The place are you with The Masked Dancer?
Plestis: We’re nonetheless speaking. We’re hoping we are able to transfer forward within the yr forward. There is no thought precisely; we depart that as much as Fox. However we’re all obsessed with a number of the pre-planning that was occurring pre-COVID.
Equally, The Masked Singer tour was anticipated to roll out in summer time. I do know a separate firm can be dealing with that however the place is it at now? And the way was that going to work precisely — was it new celebrities or individuals from the present?
Plestis: It would resume for future dates. Lots of people signed on, so there was pleasure… it might be celebs from the present in addition to others.
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Again to The Masked Singer Four format, would you continue to do pre-recorded episodes or is there an opportunity you’d do dwell episodes?
Plestis: We’re nonetheless engaged on particulars, so I can not give away how a lot shall be pre-recorded. There shall be extra info within the subsequent month or so. The present is working effectively, so we do not need to utterly change it. It isn’t damaged. We simply need to make it higher.
I have been to some tapings, and I’ve seen firsthand how unbelievable the set is. Assuming you make all the things greater in Season 4, can we anticipate to see some adjustments to the precise set and stage?
Plestis: We’re experimenting with some novel approaches that shall be eye-catching. I can not inform you what that’s; we’re engaged on it now. But when all goes to plan will probably be unbelievable. It will likely be a serious enchancment.
Final query: I would like you to dispel a delusion for me. I am satisfied the judges have their telephones up there on stage, they usually’re Googling info. They are not pulling these guesses out of the blue, proper?
Plestis: Here is the reality about guesses. They should do it for actual. Solely a handful of producers know who individuals are. The director, the lighting individuals, the crew, the community — only a few individuals know. We don’t inform the panelists. We confiscate their telephones. Once they go dwelling I am certain they’re Googling like loopy; we ask them to not. However on the set, they do not have that luxurious. They’ve to make use of their brains. It is real-time info. They should guess. What you do not see is that they every have a binder. When the cameras aren’t on them, they’re taking copious notes. They’re writing down the clues — they’re very aggressive they usually all need to get it proper. These binders are their bibles. Every single day they depart, we put them in a vault.
The Masked Singer Season Four is predicted to return to Fox within the fall.
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