History Series / TheMaskedSinger

* CoolOldLady: Bee ([[spoiler:Music/GladysKnight]]), who competed aged 74; Flower ([[spoiler:Music/PattiLaBelle]]), who competed aged 75; Cupcake ([[spoiler:Ruth Pointer]]), who competed aged 76; and Mouse ([[spoiler:Music/DionneWarwick]]), who competed aged 79.

Its premiere was an unexpected hit, with Fox claiming it to be their biggest non-scripted premiere (without an NFL game as a lead-in) since ''Series/TheXFactor''. As of now, the show currently has nine seasons under its belt.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Several costumes look outwardly female, yet the singers inside them are male. So far, these include the Leopard, the Mushroom, the Russian Dolls, the Maize, the Bride, the Doll, and the Cow.

** There's at least one Monster-type costume among most seasons' ranks.[[note]]Season 1 had Monster, Season 2 had Thingamajig, Season 3 had Miss Monster, Season 4 had Whatchamacallit and Squiggly Monster, Season 5 had Grandpa Monster, Season 7 had Thingamabob and Cyclops, Season 8 had Sir Bug a Boo, and Season 9 had Gargoyle. Subverted in Season 6 where no Monsters are present.[[/note]]

* TheMenInBlack: The show started out by selling its heavily-guarded nature, with bodyguards in the appropriate black suits and shades - who just goof around during clue packages and act as {{Living Prop}}s during the whole show, while certain behind-the-scenes videos show that the actual security is a lot more mundane and less obtrusive.

* HalloweenEpisode: Weirdly subverted-Season 8's Fright Night seems to have all the trappings of one-the obviously creepy theme, the OnceASeason monster costume showing up (in this case-Sir Bug A Boo), the other new costume having what is basically a jack-o-lantern for a head, all performances having a spooky element to them and the two celebrities introduced also having something to do with the holiday ([[spoiler:Linda Blair was the star of ''Film/TheExorcist'' and Ray Parker Junior wrote and sang the iconic ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme song]])-yet the episode aired in the middle of November.

** In Season 8, Jenny picked up on some ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' clues for Sir Bug a Boo, and began to guess that he was Creator/ErnieHudson (Winston's actor) as a result. [[spoiler:While she was correct about the ''Ghostbusters'' clues, Bug a Boo turned out to be Ray Parker Jr. (who sang the titular theme song) instead.]]

* WildCard: Seasons 5 and 6 included the concept of wildcard contestants. These contestants are not part of the original lineup of the season; rather, they appear at the end (or, in Hamster's case, beginning) of several episodes of the season to try and join the competition for the Golden Mask.

* BaitAndSwitch: With Creator/JamieFoxx brought on to promote ''Beat Shazam'', they do their own take on the game by playing part of a song and making everyone guess the title - and the song is quite clearly Beethoven's 5th Symphony. It's actually a sampling of that tune for the intro of "When I Get You Alone" by Music/RobinThicke.

*** The first season to not have a boyband member under any of the masks.

*** The first to not have Marina Toybina as the costume designer (Nick Chappel from the show's Australian version replaces her).

*** The first season to have contestants' unmasked performance be songs they didn't perform in the competition, so far only done when the unmasker celebrity has their own signature song. The only who didn’t go with this rule are Fortune Teller, Robo Girl, Milkshake, Avacado, Snowstorm, and Harp.

* WidgetSeries: As Nick put it best, this show is the only show where you can go from Creator/AndrewLloydWebber to a "big-ass piece of corn".

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Due to some performances being used in trailers, it reveals that the singer has to make to until at least the round they sing that song in.

** Just like Sun, Harp performed the first and last songs of Season 8.

* Night Angel [[spoiler:(Kandi Burruss)]]

* California Roll [[spoiler:(Music/{{Pentatonix}}]]

* WildCard: Season 5 introduces the concept of wildcard contestants. These contestants are not part of the original lineup of the season; rather, they appear at the end (or, in Hamster's case, beginning) of several episodes of the season to try and join the competition for the Golden Mask.

** In Season 9, Robin found some clues related to the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers, and used them as his reasoning for both of his final guesses: Antonio Gates and Joey Bosa. [[spoiler:While Robin was correct about the Chargers clues, they ultimately were referring to another member of the team, Keenan Allen.]]

** The first group costume on the show, the Snow Owls, consisted of two people. The following season, the Russian Dolls gave us a three-man group. Afterwards, group costumes fluctuated between two and three people, until the California Rolls gave us a group of ''five'' (notably, the largest group costume in the history of the ''Masked Singer'' franchise).

* {{Squee}}: Jenny McCarthy reacts like this (albeit in a quite over-the-top manner) in the Season 1 finale when Monster is revealed to be [[spoiler:T-Pain]].