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COMPLETELY SECRET: The production takes the secret of the identity of the participants very seriously. Photo: ULIA MARIE NAGLESTAD / NRK
After receiving posts about curious viewers sneaking around the recording studios, “Maskorama” had to perform.
Even the editor of the project cannot enter where the NRK program “Maskorama” is recorded without anyone opening the door.
– I can only say that we love that people are curious, and so far we have not had to expel anyone, but when we see posters on social media that people plan to go out, we think it is important that we are on guard, says Jan Erik Ådland.
He says they have felt compelled to start closing the doors during the day as well after seeing social media posts where people were planning to take a trip to Hellerudsletta to try and see some of the participants.
CURIOUS: One of the participants in this thread writes that they have been there several times to see who the participants are. Photo: Screenshot, Yodel
– We saw a post where someone said they had been here and checked the license plates to find out who is hiding behind the masks, but it cannot be revealed to anyone that way, says the editor of the project.
In fact, the production company has taken very strict precautions to keep the identity of the songbirds hidden.
Among other things, nobody drives their own car to “Maskorama”.
– They come in transport arranged by us to the studio, and when they get out of the car they come with hooded coats and black visors in front of their faces so that no one can see them.
– They wear it until they enter their living rooms, where they put on the wardrobe for rehearsals, Ådland explains.
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– So even if you come here, you won’t recognize anyone, since they are completely covered, he says.
Aside from not wanting anyone to sabotage the show by revealing who’s hiding behind the big costumes, it’s also about infection control.
– If they had allowed us to have an audience, we could have manipulated it differently, but now it is very important that people stay away, says Ådland.
NO NAPP: Although the viewer writes that they looked up the car numbers, they did not discover who is hiding behind the masks. Photo: Screenshot, Yodel
“Maskorama” has been a resounding success for NRK. 860,000 watched the broadcast linearly last Saturday, which is nearly 60,000 more than the previous week. The first episode has also attracted more than 1 million viewers, reveals the editor of the project.
Did this surprise you?
– Whether or not this concept has proven to work well in other territories and it is something that catches a lot with the secrecy and the numbers of the songs, but at the same time I had not imagined that we would meet so many so early in the season.
So who are the participants?
– That’s the big question, laughs the editor of the project.
