FOX new musical reality show "The Masked Singer", based on the South Korean format "King of Mask Singer", premiered to big ratings last night. The show was watched by 9.4 million people, and got a 3.0 A18-49 ratings. That was highest rated unscripted series launch on TV in SEVEN YEARS, since The X Factor premiere on FOX in 2011. It also bested the American Idol revival premiere on ABC last spring.
In the premieres, 6 masked celebrity sang in head-to-head battles. The winners from each round (deduced by judges and audience votes) were deemed safe, and from the remaining 3, the one with the lowest votes as eliminated and unmasked. The first celebrity unmasked was [Spoiler (click to open)]the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Antonio Brown who was dressed as the Hippo.