Week 1 & 2 - Hidden Identity Singer (2 and 9 November)

The eight celebrities are revealed for the first time in a similar unmasking format in the Masked Singer franchise, with the first week revealing the four celebrities from Team Freshmen while the second week saw the debut of four Team Junyang's celebrities, hence both weeks are non-elimination. A list of songs are determined by an online vote from 15 to 20 October and the songs were announced on 27 October. Kenneth Chung was not present for hosting during the first three weeks of shows.^[4][10]

Week 3 - Quarterfinal 1- Duets (16 November)

In this round, the eight celebrities are each divided into four pairs of duets by their mentors to perform a song, with the order of performance decided by the celebrities with the highest scores from the preliminary round. After both duets, the pair with a higher score are declared safe, while the losing pair are at risk of elimination, as the mentor had to eliminate one celebrity. Kelly Yu served as the guest judge.

Week 4 - Quarterfinal 2- Team Battle (23 November)

In this episode, teams collaborated and performed a medley of three songs in unison (the order are based on the celebrity's role as a lead singer for the respective song from the medley). After both performances, the judges will then vote for the team who performed better. The losing team (either with a minority of votes or in the case of a deadlock, a lower score) will have one team member eliminated by decision from the mentor. Teams participated in a pop quiz (based on the celebrities' profiles, in a series of quizzes) presented by the hosts; teams took turns answer as many questions in 40 seconds, and the team with the most questions correct will decide the performance order. William Wei served as the guest judge.

Team	Order	Singer	Song	Judges' votes				Judges' score	Result
				Paul	Kit	Peter	William
Team Junyang	1	Kele Lau 阳光可乐	"绿光"/"如燕"/"心牆"					321	Eliminated
		Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔							Mentor's Save
		Rao Zi Jie 饒梓杰							Mentor's Save
Team Freshmen	2	Gao Mei Gui 高美贵	"开始懂了"/"电话"/"爱是怀疑"					336	Safe
		Leon Lim 林纯隆							Safe
		Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱							Safe

Week 5 - Quarterfinal 3- Mixed Battle (30 November)

In the third week of the quarterfinals, one celebrity performed a song of their choice and are put through the "hot seat" (represented as a bar stool). For every subsequent performance, the celebrity tries to beat the score from incumbent in the "hot seat"; if the score is higher, the celebrity is safe and is seated on the "comfy seat" (represented as four gaming chairs); otherwise, the incumbent on the "hot seat" is unseated to replace the celebrity on the "hot seat". The celebrity who remained in the "hot seat" (meaning the lowest score) at the end of all the performances is eliminated from the competition. Angela Chang served as the guest judge.

Week 6 - Quarterfinal 4- Mystery Guest Singer PK (7 December)

In the fourth and final Quarterfinals, each celebrity challenged against a mystery guest singer with the identity unknown to the singer prior to the start of each song; the mystery singer's represented as Drogon (billed as "fierce dragon") during introduction, later revealed as Kelvin Tan. The mystery singer sang "心如刀刻" and sets a target score of 86; one-at-a-time, celebrities will attempt to beat the score. All the scores are not revealed until all the celebrities have performed; if at least one celebrity managed to beat Tan's score, the week became non-elimination, and the celebrity with the highest score would earn immunity and immediately advance to the finals, otherwise, the celebrity with the lowest score would face elimination. Where Chou served as the guest judge.

Week 7 - Semifinal- Guest Duets (14 December)

Each celebrity partnered with a guest singer to perform a duet. The scores received for this round will influence the order of performance during the finale. With the previous week's being non-elimination and Gao being immune from elimination (and exempting her from the semifinal),^[11] the celebrity with the lowest score for this round will face elimination.

In the finale broadcast, surprise guest singer JJ Lin made an appearance to advise on the finalists.

Week 8 - Finale (21 December)

Each celebrity sang two songs, one uptempo and one ballad, and during the finals, a voting window opens during the live shows until 9.15 pm on meListen's YES 933's page. Both the public vote (for up to three) and the judges scores are given equal say, and the celebrity who received a higher combined score will win SPOP Wave!.^[12][13][14] William Wei returned as a guest judge while Jim Lim, the musical director, made an appearance in the finale.