Television series

I Can See Your Voice

Name: I Can See Your Voice
Genre: Music
Released: 2020
Cast: Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, Ken Jeong, Jeff Dye

Other titles called I Can See Your Voice: the 2015 series (Mnet).

Musical
Mystery
Comedy
Light-hearted
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A game show where contestants identify good and bad singers through lip-sync challenges and visual clues, never hearing them perform until the reveal. Ken Jeong hosts a celebrity panel watching people make embarrassing guesses. It's goofy, fast-paced fun built on the simple pleasure of watching someone confidently pick wrong, with genuine musical payoff when they get it right.

TVMaze rating

2.1

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