But who is hiding in the dragon of "Mask Singer"?
-
CHRISTOPHE CHEVALIN / TF1
“Mask Singer”, the disguised celebrity contest, is back on TF1 this Saturday evening.
After a somewhat disappointing casting last year, the show must keep its promises for its second season.
among the stars of season 2, "there are personalities who do not need this show, who have enough notoriety and who still have a career", promises Alessandra Sublet.
Let's put our cards on the table from the first lines of this article.
Last year, when TF1 launched with great fanfare
Mask Singer
, its new event program, our hopes were high.
Is Marion Cotillard hiding behind the bee?
Is Omar Sy disguised as a lion?
Wouldn't it be Zinedine Zidane in the dino costume?
Finally, we (globally) had the right to celebrities on whom the spotlight did not shine so much.
Will the show use its second season to change the game?
With a filming started in July, the health crisis is an element to be taken into account in the elaboration of the casting.
The confinement has allowed celebrities to work more on their songs and naturally camouflage their true voice.
That's on the positive side.
But the return to an almost normal life also involved a return to work for the stars of the cinema or the television, preventing them then from going on the way of
Mask Singer
.
Candidates "who still have a career"
Camille Combal, he promises that "the casting of season 2 was much easier to do than that of season 1." Rather than throwing themselves into the unknown, the personalities were able to judge the show on parts and rely on audience figures before confirming their participation.
With a launch to 7.3 million viewers, the argument to attract more big stars was found.
"People made spontaneous applications to me by SMS", launches the host of the show.
The members of the jury, called the investigators, promise a more eclectic cast than last year.
"I believe that there are even people a little older who will have to be explained by the youngest who are the people," says Kev Adams.
Which was actually not the case in the first season with Yves Lecoq, Sheila and Smaïn.
For Alessandra Sublet, three categories of candidates emerged: "personalities who did not need this program, who have enough notoriety and who still have a career", "those whom we had not heard of for a long time , but it makes us happy [to see them again] ”and“ those who came to mess around.
"Result," if we make a shaker of all that, it will be complicated to hear the same remarks that we heard last year ", certifies the host.
Time is money
What if the answer to our question ultimately lies with the show's former attendees?
One of the celebrities who wiped the plaster of
Mask Singer
gives two reasons for the public's disappointment with the casting of the first season.
“First the price of the service, which is not huge at all, she begins.
Then the time and the implication that it would require.
"
Between recording songs, learning choreography, rehearsals and "endless recordings", the game would not be so worth the candle.
“Do the math!
For a song star or a media personality, the count is not there.
It takes too long for too little return on investment, in a way, ”analyzes the same celebrity.
Clearly, a small appearance in a private party or nightclub (when it existed) would bring more and would tire less.
According to their own words, the investigators will make their proposals knowingly, that is to say according to the cast of the first season.
"You know more or less in which cast you are located, you more easily give names that are more realistic too, notes Alessandra Sublet.
But that does not prevent we still have two or three surprises, ”she promises.
To know if they will be good or bad, you will have to pass your curfew in front of TF1 on Saturday evening.
Television
"Mask Singer": Costumes, international star, news… Everything you need to know about season 2
Television
"Mask Singer": Casting, spoils, rhythm ... We take stock of season 1
Television
Camille Combal
Alessandra Sublet
Kev Adams
TF1
Mask Singer