Revealing Behind The Mask
In the first round, Jihyo earned 48 votes and her rival earned three more votes than she did. As soon as she revealed her face to the panelists and viewers, everyone was very surprised with her appearance on the stage.
Even the panelists were curious about the real identity of the singer behind the “You Hold Me, Little Ghost” mask.
Soon as she revealed her face on the stage, the panelists and viewers were shocked that Jihyo, vocalist for the hottest girl-group, TWICE, was the face behind the mask.
No one knew that Jihyo had such an attractive voice inside her small body, and everyone who already knew it was her, enjoyed her performance while she finished the rest of the song she brought.
After she revealed her face, the MC introduced her to the panelists, saying she was born in 1997 and that her trainee period lasted for 10 years, making her a professional singer when she debuted.
One of the panelist added a comment that her voice sounded very mature for her age and it was hard to believe that a 20 year old girl could be such a good singer. That’s why the panelists mostly thought that she was older.
Later on, Jihyo said that it would be nice if she could have moved to the second round, but she said that she gets very anxious and nervous when she needs to perform alone on the stage.
She was thankful for hearing a lot of positive responses from the panelists and planned to take the opportunity to become a better singer in the future.
After her appearance on ‘King Of Masked Singer‘, the show received some criticism over panelist’s comments about Jihyo. One of the panelists commented about her looks, saying that they weren’t the right size for a girl-group member, that her shoulders looked a bit too muscular.
PD Noh Shi-yong said that the comments were made because it was one of the concepts for the show that the panelists should try to guess the identity of the singer behind the mask. The producer might know about fans who felt uncomfortable about the previous comment towards Jihyo, but he promised that the production staff would prevent any similar issues in the future.
