TV Meet the colorful avatars of Fox's new singing competition Alter Ego — from Lover Boy to Fern Get an exclusive first look. By Lauren Huff Lauren Huff Lauren Huff is a writer at Entertainment Weekly with over a decade of experience covering all facets of the entertainment industry. After graduating with honors from the University of Texas at Austin (Hook 'em, Horns!), Lauren wrote about film, television, awards season, music, and more for the likes of The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Us Weekly, Awards Circuit, and others before landing at EW in May 2019. EW's editorial guidelines Published on September 10, 2021 11:00AM EDT Fox's Alter Ego is truly shaping up to be a singing competition like you've never seen before. EW can exclusively reveal the first look at the avatars that will be competing on the show, which is being touted as the world's first avatar singing competition show and the next iteration of the musical competition series. In it, 20 aspiring singers from all walks of life will compete, but not as themselves. Instead, they get to create their dream avatar, or alter ego, to reinvent themselves. Check out the photos below for the first look at five of those alter egos, including St. Luna, Night Journey, Lover Boy, Kai, and Fern. St. Luna. FOX Night Journey. FOX Lover Boy. FOX Kai. FOX Fern. FOX The series is hosted by Rocsi Diaz, with Will.i.am, Grimes, Alanis Morissette and Nick Lachey serving on the judging panel. Lachey will also give an exclusive backstage tour and show the viewer how the Alter Ego motion capture technology works during a 30-minute Masked Singer sneak peek special after the FOX NFL Sunday double-header on Sept. 12. Alter Ego premieres after The Masked Singer on Wednesday, Sept. 22 and Thursday, Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX. Video courtesy of FOX. Related content: Everything we know so far about The Masked Singer season 6 See two wild new costumes for The Masked Singer season 6 The Masked Singer season 6 continues production amid 12 positive COVID-19 cases