The Masked Singer may not be the best option for Demi Lovato and other unique voices

We live in the golden age of reality television. Want to watch housewives fight? There’s a show for that. Excited to see how people survive on an island with limited resources? We’ve got your back. Desperate to watch couples get together after just a day of dating? Don’t worry, there’s a show for you.

When it comes to competition-based shows, you even have a lot to choose from as you can watch everything from cooking to singing to dancing to baking. However, even the most niche reality shows have their problems, and Fox The Masked Singer not above being a little imperfect.

The Masked Singer is a singing competition show where celebrities dress up in elaborate and wild costumes before performing on stage. Then, after the performance is over and some biographical clues have been given, a panel of celebrity judges must correctly guess who is singing under the giant mascot head that each celebrity must wear.

For the most part, the performances are pretty hard to make assumptions about. Since many of the celebrities performing aren’t exactly known for their singing abilities, it’s harder to figure out who they might be—and that’s really the point of the show.

I then came to the conclusion that a famous singer with an incredibly distinct voice should not be allowed to be on the show because his voice is so famous that it takes away the mystique of the show.

I came to this conclusion after watching an excerpt from the premiere episode of season 10 of the series. The Masked Singer

. In the episode, the celebrity, dressed in a rock ‘n’ roll mouse costume, took the stage to sing “What About Love” by Heart. The performance itself was so good that the celebrity had the voice of an angel, but it only took five seconds of hearing them sing to realize that the person behind the mouse mask was Demi Lovato.

Lovato, who has been making music since her Disney Channel days, has always had an incredibly unique voice and range that set her apart from her peers. Whether she’s singing her original work or a cover, you know when Lovato sings thanks to her one-of-a-kind powerful voice. I’m not being dramatic when I say this, but no one sounds like Lovato, so putting her on a singing show and doing nothing to try and change her voice isn’t that interesting because people recognize Lovato by her voice. It would be incredibly difficult to confuse her voice with anyone else’s.

Lovato isn’t the only singer with a unique voice to suit up for the show. Grammy Award-winning R&B icon Patti LaBelle appeared on the show’s second season, where she performed Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” Heart’s “Alone” and Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.”

Like Lovato, LaBelle couldn’t hide her iconic and recognizable voice because it has too much unique charm. The audience and most of the judges immediately knew who she was from the first notes of Parton’s track, and the longer LaBelle sang, the more confident they became. While her performance was enjoyable to watch, the lack of mystery to her personality still detracted from the show.

I’m not saying that singers shouldn’t be on reality singing shows, but I do stand by the idea that singers with incredibly unique and instantly recognizable voices shouldn’t be on shows like The Masked Singer

because it undermines the whole essence of what, in the end, is guessing a game.

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