‘I can see your voice’: Tillman manages to win $20K with Rick Springfield's help for grandson’s education
Fox’s ‘I Can See Your Voice’ is a new game show that premiered this year and has already garnered over four million viewers. Each week, one contestant has the chance to win a cash prize (up to $100,000) if he or she could tell the difference between good and bad singers, without ever hearing them sing a note. In each episode, there are six secret voices each with their own pseudonym, but nobody knows how many good singers and bad singers there are in the bunch.
While the bad singers are in for a ride, the good ones get a chance to show off their amazing talent in front of the whole world. On the November 26 episode of the show, which was a Thanksgiving special, the show welcomed guest judge Rick Springfield to spot real singers from the rest. Other stars to take the judges' seats were Taye Diggs, DeRay Davis, Cheryl Hines and Adrienne Houghton.
The contestant playing to win the grand prize was Tillman Robinson. Tillman’s daughter, who is in the Army, has a little son. Tillman wanted to win the money to open a trust fund for his grandson to secure his college education. The undercover secret voices were Gamer, Musical Bars, Stuntman, Camp Counselor, Cruise Ship Singer and Copycat Katy.
The secret voices to take the stage in the first lipsync round were Camp Counselor, Cruise Ship Singer and Copycat Katy. Based on their lipsync performance and taking the judges’ advice, Tillman decided to give Copykat Katy the chop. Fortunately, the Katy Perry body double only looked like the ‘Firework’ singer but her voice was far from it. Tillman won $10,000 for identifying the bad singer. For the second lipsync round Gamer, Musical Bars and Stuntman took the stage. Based on their performance, Tillman decided to give Stuntman the chop but he turned out to be a good singer and he lost $10,000.
Next round was ‘Unlock My Life’ where the participant would be able to get a glimpse into the life of one of the remaining secret voices. Tillman chose to unlock Gamer’s life. Based on the video, he suspected that Gamer could be a good singer and decided to give Musical Bars the chop. He turned out to be a bad singer and Tillman won another $10,000. The remaining secret voices were Gamer, Camp Counselor and Cruise Ship Singer.
Tillman ran into a streak of bad luck as he eliminated two good singers one after the other. The last secret voice to perform with the legendary Rick Springfield was Gamer. Tillman had a big decision to make as he could lose the $20,000 he won if he decided to go on with the game and Gamer turned out to be a bad singer. If he decided to quit he could still secure the money he won. All the judges advised him to take the money he won as they felt Gamer would be a bad singer. Tillman took the judges' advice and opted out of the game. Turned out he made the right decision.
'I Can See Your Voice' airs on Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on Fox.