{"id":475250,"date":"2026-05-08T19:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/475250\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:55:10","slug":"the-masked-singer-renewed-for-season-15-at-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/475250\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Masked Singer\u2019 Renewed For Season 15 At Fox\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>The Masked Singer<\/a> is heading into Season 15 with a new production company and likely a new, east coast location.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline understands that Fox<\/a> has renewed the singing competition for a midseason bow in the 2026\/27 broadcast season. However, it will no longer be produced by Fox Entertainment Studios after Fremantle-owned Eureka Productions<\/a> beat a number of rivals for the right to make the show.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe show is also going to stick with one season per year, which it brought in for Season 14, as revealed by Deadline last year.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThe move is interesting because it puts production of one of Fox\u2019s biggest hits \u2013 arguably the show that had the most impact on the unscripted business in the States before The Traitors came along \u2013 into the hands of a third party.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIt\u2019s not the show\u2019s first production change; the first season in 2019 was produced by Endemol Shine North America before it was taken over by the then-titled Fox Alternative Entertainment for its second season.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Masked Singer is also likely to move from Los Angeles, where its most recent season was shot, to the east coast. Deadline understands that Eureka is keen to cement a deal for the production in New Jersey. The Garden State offers production tax incentives of 30% on qualified expenses with up to 40% on certain studio projects. New Jersey, unlike California and many other states, also accepts unscripted in its tax incentive scheme.<\/p>\n

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\n\tFox insiders noted that the move could also benefit the show from a talent perspective; it will now have more access to east coast stars, including Broadway performers and those working in New York.<\/p>\n

\n\tEureka Productions, which is owned by Fremantle, is no stranger to big-budget productions. It is producing Netflix\u2019s upcoming Willy Wonka-themed series The Golden Ticket and has produced series including Megan Thee Stallion-starring KPopped for Apple TV and The Mole for Netflix.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company has also worked regularly with Fox; it produces Rob Lowe\u2019s The Floor, Jay Pharoah-hosted game show The Quiz With Balls and dating show Farmer Wants A Wife.<\/p>\n

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\n\tSources have told Deadline that Fox was unhappy with the creative on the last season of the show and wanted to inject new life into one of its biggest properties.<\/p>\n

\n\tFox insiders said that in the early days, after the show moved to its own studio in season two, it was done to control the budget, infrastructure, and overall execution. Insiders noted that, at the time, third party production was also more expensive as a result of Netflix\u2019s increased move into the genre, but that the economics have now \u201cimproved\u201d.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company said that it also wants Fox Entertainment Studios to focus on developing new owned IP on the back of titles such as Whitney Cumming\u2019s Marriage Market, Gordon Ramsay\u2019s Secret Service, and Next Level Chef.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut the move has raised questions in the unscripted sector as to why Fox, which buys more unscripted projects than many other broadcasters and streamers, would hand over production of one of its crown jewels.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe series is hosted by Nick Cannon with Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, Robin Thicke and Rita Ora as judges. It\u2019s not clear whether the move will impact this cast.<\/p>\n

\n\tCannon is an exec producer on the project alongside Craig Plestis, who runs Smart Dog Media and brought the Korean format owned by MBC to Fox. Rosie Seitchik served as showrunner for Season 14.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe other major change that seems cemented is one season per year. In May 2025, Fox CEO Rob Wade said that it was \u201cnot intended\u201d to be one season per year. \u201cIt just felt like the right time to give the show and the very, very hardworking people involved in it a little bit of breathing space just to regroup creatively, get their breath back and do a season this year in January, which is traditionally our strongest time of year. And then after that we\u2019ll see where it goes. But it\u2019s not intended, at the moment, just to become a one season a year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhile the production is likely moving to the east coast, sources have celebrated the fact that it will be produced in the States. Fox produces a number of its shows in Ireland, Australia and Belgium.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt last week\u2019s Deadline Reality TV Summit, Allison Wallach, Head of Unscripted Programming at Fox Entertainment Studios highlighted The Masked Singer as an example of one of the shows, alongside Gordon Ramsay\u2019s\u00a0Kitchen Nightmares and Hell\u2019s Kitchen\u00a0as well as its recent Whitney Cummings-hosted dating show\u00a0Marriage Market, that it produces in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe actually produce a lot in the States,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are absolutely leaning into filming here, if we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

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