Alter Ego

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 22, 2021
Metascore
34

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Sep 22, 2021
    70
    Alter Ego is silly, sure, but on a network that airs The Masked Singer, it feels downright dignified. And the contestants’ stories are worth watching.
  2. The Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kristi Turnquist
    Sep 28, 2021
    50
    This Fox effort at least gets points for its novel, wackadoodle premise.
  3. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Spencer Kornhaber
    Oct 1, 2021
    40
    A wacky premise and judging panel (will.i.am, Alanis Morissette, Nick Lachey, and the “musician, innovator” Grimes) just disguise the same schmaltz and strained belting that have been common on network TV ever since American Idol premiered in 2002.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Sep 22, 2021
    30
    Generally, the judges are a problem for this show: Morissette, Lachey, and host Rocsi Diaz seem benevolently disengaged, while will.i.am and Grimes are enthusiastic in a flailing, exaggerated way. ... “Alter Ego” tries to have it both ways — introducing us on intimate terms to people who insist that they’re best understood through their music, and, in sharing that personal backstory, making it impossible for us to see them the way they want to be seen.
  6. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Kevin Fallon
    Sep 23, 2021
    10
    A show so inane that the pendulum swings the other way and forces you to think anthropologically about how we got here.

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 2 out of 2
  1. Ededed
    Nov 1, 2021
    3
    There is and isn’t something to like about this show.

    The quality of the music and the judging is all over the place— sometimes good, but    There is and isn’t something to like about this show.

    The quality of the music and the judging is all over the place— sometimes good, but as often very bad.

    The idea of putting a pleasant face on a vocal performance is quite old, the Irish used to have performers hide behind screens and had a person stand in front just to look pleasant for the audience.

    While I can see why some shows want us to judge the quality of the singing apart from the appearance, this is both good and bad. It’s good that singers who don’t have superstar looks get a shot to be heard, but aren’t the producers at the same time saying “your looks aren’t good enough — you’d never make it on your own without our tech!” What are these performers going to do when the avatar is gone? Will just this show change their careers forever? Don’t think so. Frankly I think this show reinforces the very biases it pretends to condemn.    … Full Review »
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