“I’m looking for clues to try to figure out if that singer is going to be good or bad. Singers will be given a chance to throw off contestants with elaborate — or not-so-elaborate — costumes, and their acting skills need to be on point. RELATED: 'We turned it into a positive': 'The Masked Singer' panelists on filming season 4 during COVID-19 pandemicHere’s what’s at stakeThe grand prize will be $100,000. “It’s like you think you know, but you have no idea,” Bailon-Houghton said. “So you’re like, oh, I know that I can find out who’s a good singer and a bad singer.