— The Masked Singer (@MaskedSingerFOX) February 27, 2019 It is correct that most celebrity-based reality TV competitions do not end with a large prize-bucket of winnings, as the contestants are typically paid a negotiated sum for their appearance. 'The Masked Singer' first came about last year as a fresh and new take on reality competition series. While singing has always been a fan favorite, the network went for something a little bit more different! Contestants on the show are not your average everyday people but are fellow celebs in costume. Part of the undeniable appeal of a bizarre series like The Masked Singer is, of course, the elaborate masks and costumes themselves. But as it turns out, the talented (and not so talented) contestants that are taking part on stage aren't the only members of the series who are forced to wear a mask.

The Masked Singer will air its Season 1 finale this week, and now the winner's prize has been revealed.

However, as Bustle reports, the prize is not quite grand as the emerging victor will only leave with bragging rights and a trophy.

'The Masked Singer': Kandi Burruss accused of rigging, fans say she should be 'put in jail' for stealing win. Fans claimed that she paid money to the network to win the show while others felt that the only reason she won the show was since 'The Masked Singer' badly wanted a female winner.

The outlet cited other news organizations that had reported the same detail, with USA Today writing that there is 'no particular prize,' and Metro News saying, 'Like most celebrity-based reality television, The Masked Singer doesn't boast a big prize at the end.'

🏆 Who will win it all? 🏆

Find out TONIGHT on our two-hour season finale at 8/7c on @FOXTV. #TheMaskedSingerpic.twitter.com/nC4JnSlXy4

— The Masked Singer (@MaskedSingerFOX) February 27, 2019

It is correct that most celebrity-based reality TV competitions do not end with a large prize-bucket of winnings, as the contestants are typically paid a negotiated sum for their appearance.

Recently Masked Singer host Nick Cannon opened up about the show, and revealed that he does not know who is under the costumes, but added that he does know how fans can better guess the celebrity identities.

“I personally stay out of when they pick whoever the celebs are in the costumes because I want to be able to play along with everyone else,” he told Country Living. “I can make all the crazy, random guesses myself because I don’t know who’s underneath the mask.”

“The other singers don’t even know who the other singers are,” Cannon added. “Everyone’s kind of ushered through security and tents that separate everyone. It’s pretty intense.”

“The song choices and the actual mask,” he went on to say. “If you pay close attention to the songs that people are singing and then why they chose the costume that they chose, I think that those are some of the biggest clues that sometimes people just overlook.”

The Masked Singer executive producers Izzie Pick Ibarra and Craig Plestis also previously opened up about the show, and shared how they plan to keep the celebrities identities secret going forward.

'We have a lot of production processes in place for that type of secrecy that can still remain in place, if that makes sense. So few people knew who any of the singers were on our production—and it was very, very, very few people,' Ibarra stated. 'We can carry on that to another season and I feel confident that we can keep [that going].'

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'That’s the big part of the show right now: keeping the secret,' Plestis chimed in. 'We want America to guess. We want our panel to guess. We really tried to keep every secret from them because that’s a magic that we got from the show. If we can keep that again, keep all this a secret from everybody, from the crew and from the rest of America, it’s going to be a great season.'

The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

Do The Judges On The Masked Singer Get Paid

Fox's new competition show, The Masked Singer, is exactly what it sounds like. Each week, a bunch of celebrities put on their chosen costumes and perform a song, leaving the audience (and the show's panel of judges) to guess who they are. And considering we can't always see their mouths, it's just as big a mystery if The Masked singer contestants sing live.

While most singing competitions are dependent on the performer's ability to deliver a good vocal performance in front of an audience, many of the Masked Singer stars aren't professionals. According to the show's official site, contestants range from 'Grammy Award winners to legendary athletes and everything in between.'

Obviously, we know it is the real person singing, otherwise that would defeat the purpose of guessing whose voice it is, but it's possible it's pre-recorded. After all, lip-syncing is a lot easier when your entire face is being obscured by a giant monster outfit. According to Inquisitr, series host Nick Cannon said during a January episode of The Talk that he couldn't believe producers were able to convince celebs to 'sing live in those ridiculous costumes,' which seems like confirmation that they are. However, it's easier to make a case for some singers than others.

In the premiere, some of the masked performers' costumes didn't cover their mouths. As such, it seemed pretty clear that the deer and the unicorn were both singing live, or at the very least doing a very convincing job of lip-syncing. The peacock and the lion's mouths were both fully obscured by their masks, but the masks themselves seemed to have a mesh material in front of the singer's faces that allowed their voices to carry through — which is helped by the fact that they're both clearly professional singers.

Do The Performers On The Masked Singer Get Paid To Be

Of all of night one's performers, the monster and the hippo seem most likely to have been lip-syncing. The hippo (who was later revealed to be NFL player Antonio Brown) had a costume that jutted out near his mouth area and left a gap underneath, which would've made it easier for him to project his real singing voice live. The monster, on the other hand, was holding a retro microphone that was different from the wireless mics the rest of the contestants were using. The monster also seemed to have the most obtrusive mask, though it was bulky enough that the performer, who sounds like they have a professionally-trained voice, could have been singing into a hands-free mic hidden under the fuzzy cyclops head.

Are Contestants On The Masked Singer Paid

Overall, it seems like a strong possibility that the Masked Singer stars are, in fact, singing live, though ultimately it doesn't really matter. The point is that they're using their real voices — for better or for worse — and we're all left guessing who the heck they are. Besides, who cares if they're singing live when there's a giant hippo hopping around to 'My Perogative'? Either way, this is entertainment gold — even if it is the most ridiculous thing on TV right now.