Fox teases The Masked Singer's Season 2 changes, including a new round and bigger stars

The Hollywood Reporter

Thanks to the success of Season 1, Fox was able to picky in selecting the contestants for Season 2. "I mean, season one we were just like, 'who wants to do this?' And we slowly got there," says Fox reality boss Rob Wade. "It was a longer process. But the season two we had a lot more choice." Season 2 will change up the format by including a round called Smackdown. "We did that because we wanted to have a bit more time in the show to meet people," says Wade. "So we didn't want to have six performances in a show in the early rounds; we only have four. The way it works is there's four people, two sing-offs, and then the judges and the audience decide who the winners are of those and that leaves two left. And they do what we call a Smackdown — they basically sing a short song back and forth to each other, but really in each other's faces, in a quite comedic way. It's supposed to be funny. And then whoever loses that is unmasked."