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Introducing 'The Masked Singer,' Featuring Television's Hottest Peacock-Hippo Battle

Fox's The Masked Singer, based on a South Korean show, is a little like American Idol — if all the contestants were celebrities hidden inside college mascot costumes.
<em>The Masked Singer</em> dares to dangle the question ... who is the Peacock?

If you've always wondered what a sing-off between the Phillie Phanatic and Goofy from Disneyland would look like, The Masked Singer is about as close as you're going to get. It premiered on Fox on Wednesday night, and the network would love to see it burn brightly, even though the high (like, extremely high) concept suggests it might burn rather briefly.

The way it works is this: There are 12 contestants total. On Wednesday night, six of them performed. They are celebrities, , but their identities

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