Alter Ego premiere live – New singing show starts tonight on Fox with performers turned into augmented-reality avatars

THE latest reality TV singing show gets underway tonight — and this one has a unique twist.

Fox’s Alter Ego premieres tonight at 9pm, before part two of its debut special airs on Thursday.

The show sees contestants battle it out for a $100,000 prize, however, they’ll perform off-stage while their augmented-reality avatars try to wow the judges who are watching on monitors.

Each contestant, according to Rolling Stone, will perform behind a curtain while wearing “motion-capturing suits that control their avatar”.

The new show is hosted by Rocsi Diaz, with Alanis Morissette, Grimes, Nick Lachey, and willi.i.am serving as judges.

The show airs after The Masked Singer on Fox.

Read our Alter Ego live blog for the latest news and updates…