The first season of The Masked Singer Australia premiered on Monday 23 September 2019 on Network 10 and is hosted by Osher Günsberg. In the Grand Finale on 21 October 2019, it was announced that the winner was Cody Simpson (who competed as “Robot”), the runner-up Rob Mills (who competed as “Wolf), and the third place finisher was Gorgi Coghlan (who competed as “Monster”).
The show involved 10 episodes and was filmed at Fox Studios Australia.
Production The costumes were designed and created by Australian Academy Award and BAFTA Award-Winning costume designer Tim Chappel, who is best known for his work on The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert with Lizzy Gardiner.
The winner, Cody Simpson, received the highest combined audience and panellist votes thereby winning the show.
Panellists and host
Following the announcement of the series, it was confirmed by Network 10 that the judging panel would consist of radio personality Jackie O, singer-songwriter Dannii Minogue, international actress and singer-songwriter Lindsay Lohan and comedian Dave Hughes. It was also confirmed that Osher Günsberg would host the show.
Throughout the season, guest panellists appeared as a fifth judge on the judging panel. The guest panellists in the first season were comedians Nazeem Hussain (episode 4) and Luke McGregor (episode 5).
Contestants In the first season, there were 12 competitors in the competition. Before the season began, ten released clues that it included ARIA Music Awards winners, an MTV Award winner, Logie Awards winner, 'Hall of Famers', an Order of Australia recipient and a World Cup winner.
Stage name Celebrity Occupation Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 Robot Cody Simpson Singer WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER Wolf Rob Mills Actor RISK SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Monster Gorgi Coghlan TV Presenter WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD Unicorn Deni Hines Singer WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Spider Paulini Singer WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Lion Kate Ceberano Singer WIN SAFE SAFE OUT Dragon Adam Brand Singer RISK SAFE OUT Prawn Darren McMullen TV Presenter WIN SAFE OUT Rhino Wendell Sailor Rugby Player RISK OUT Alien Nikki Webster Singer RISK OUT Parrot Brett Lee Cricketer OUT Octopus Gretel Killeen Comedian OUT
Episodes
Episode 1 (23 September) + Performances on the first episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Prawn "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley WIN 2 Alien "Born this Way" by Lady Gaga RISK 3 Octopus "Fame" by Irene Cara Gretel Killeen OUT 4 Robot "Hold Back the River" by James Bay WIN 5 Unicorn "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran WIN 6 Wolf "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain RISK
Episode 2 (24 September) + Performances on the second episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Dragon "Geronimo" by Sheppard RISK 2 Monster "Think" by Aretha Franklin WIN 3 Parrot "What's My Scene?" by Hoodoo Gurus Brett Lee OUT 4 Spider "Toxic" by Britney Spears and 2WEI WIN 5 Rhino "Shotgun" by George Ezra RISK 6 Lion "High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco WIN
Episode 3 (30 September) + Performances on the third episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Wolf "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" by Shawn Mendes SAFE 2 Lion "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish SAFE 3 Alien "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer Nikki Webster OUT 4 Prawn "I Want to Break Free" by Queen SAFE 5 Robot "The Horses" by Daryl Braithwaite SAFE
Episode 4 (1 October) + Performances on the fourth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Spider "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" by AC/DC SAFE 2 Monster "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner SAFE 3 Rhino "Low" by Flo Rida Wendell Sailor OUT 4 Unicorn "Proud Mary" by Tina Turner SAFE 5 Dragon "Roar" by Katy Perry SAFE
Episode 5 (7 October) Group number: "Me!" by Taylor Swift + Performances on the fifth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Prawn "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams Darren McMullen OUT 2 Robot "I Don't Care" by Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber SAFE 3 Lion "Heroes" by David Bowie SAFE 4 Wolf "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps SAFE
Episode 6 (8 October) Group number: "So Am I" by Ava Max + Performances on the sixth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Spider "Zombie" by The Cranberries SAFE 2 Dragon "Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon Adam Brand OUT 3 Monster "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera SAFE 4 Unicorn "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z SAFE
Episode 7 (14 October) + Performances on the seventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Lion "Moves like Jagger" by Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera Kate Ceberano OUT 2 Monster "All by Myself" by Celine Dion SAFE 3 Spider "Titanium" by David Guetta & Sia SAFE 4 Wolf "Shallow" by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper SAFE 5 Robot "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue SAFE 6 Unicorn "Forget You" by CeeLo Green SAFE
Episode 8 (15 October) + Performances on the eighth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Unicorn "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars Deni Hines OUT 2 Spider "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi Paulini OUT 3 Robot "Jolene" by Dolly Parton / "Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" by Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus SAFE 4 Monster "Listen to Your Heart" by Roxette SAFE 5 Wolf "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by Backstreet Boys SAFE
Episode 10 (21 October) — Finale Group number: "This is Me" by Keala Settle, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul + Performances on the tenth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Wolf "Come Together" by The Beatles Rob Mills RUNNER-UP 2 Monster "What About Us" by Pink Gorgi Coghlan THIRD 3 Robot "The Edge of Glory" by Lady Gaga Cody Simpson WINNER
Controversy Independent music group Halocene purported that the Lion's (Kate Ceberano) rendition of "Bad Guy" in episode 3 was "virtually identical" to their own original cover and arrangement of the song. Ceberano received backlash on social media, after which it was clarified that she did not choose the arrangement, only the song.
Reception Ratings
See also
List of Australian television series The Masked Singer franchise It Takes Two
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