Masked Singer Pilipinas

Masked Singer Pilipinas is a Philippine reality singing competition television series broadcast on TV5 which premiered on 24 October 2020. It is an adaptation of the Masked Singer franchise and features celebrities singing covers of famous songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks that conceal their identities. Hosted by Billy Crawford, the program features several panelists who are given various clues regarding the celebrities' identities to guess who they could be after each performance. At the end of each episode, the panelists and the audience vote for their favorite singer and the least popular is eliminated, taking off their mask to reveal their identity.

A second season was announced during the final episode of The Wall Philippines.

Format
Masked Singer Pilipinas features a pre-determined number of celebrity contestants per season. In an episode, three to four contestants each hide behind a costume and sing a cover in front of the panelists and a virtual audience. A clue package is played before the start of a performance to provide hints to the contestant's identity. After each performance, the panelists are allowed to comment and make their guesses based on their notes from the clue package. Additionally, they may ask some questions to the contestant. Once all the celebrities for the episode have performed, the audience and the panelists vote for their favorite singer. The panelists' and the audience members' votes are worth 50 percent each and combined to form a score. The contestant with the least score takes off their mask and reveal their identity. The elimination continues every episode until three singers are left in the season finale to compete for the "Golden Mask" trophy. The unmasked celebrity sings once more at the end of the episode.

Panelists and host
In August 2020, Billy Crawford confirmed that he will be hosting a show in October of the same year. On 3 September 2020, Crawford was confirmed to host Masked Singer Pilipinas.

On 26 September 2020, Aga Muhlach, Cristine Reyes, Kim Molina, and Matteo Guidicelli were revealed as the permanent panelists of the show. A guest panelist occasionally enters with a mask and joins the four permanent panelists.

Production
Viva originally began developing a local Philippine adaptation of the franchise in 2016 to be hosted by Cesar Montano and directed by GB Sampedro. Two pilot episodes of the series were filmed to be presented to TV5 management with a planned premiere in June 2016. However, the series was eventually shelved due to budget concerns and to some extent disagreements by the audience and management (and also when Chot Reyes came over as TV5 president and put the then-ESPN5 as the channel's programming priority).

On 24 September 2020, TV5 hinted a new show with a mysterious mask. This was further confirmed on the same day. The filming of the show started on 6 October 2020.