The second season of the German singing competition The Masked Singer premiered on 10 March 2020 on ProSieben. Ruth Moschner returned in the panel, with Rea Garvey, replacing Collien Ulmen-Fernandes and Max Giesinger. Matthias Opdenhövel also returned as host.
In this season, the viewers vote after each Duel or Truel, only via the ProSieben-app.
On 28 April 2020, the Faultier (actor and singer Tom Beck) was declared the winner and the Wuschel (singer Mike Singer) was the runner-up.
On 29 March 2020, ProSieben announced to cease the show's production for two weeks because three people from the production team tested positive with COVID-19. The channel also announced that the show would return on 14 April. In the final, it was revealed that Gregor Meyle, who sang as the Drache, and Tom Beck, who sang as the Faultier, were the two people who contracted the virus.
Panelists and host
On 24 July 2019, The Masked Singer Germany was renewed for a second season.
Matthias Opdenhövel returned as host. On 25 February 2020, it was announced that the rateteam or panelists would consist of returning TV presenter Ruth Moschner and the new panelist singer Rea Garvey, who was previously a guest panelist in season 1.
As in previous season, a spin-off show named The Masked Singer - red. Special was aired after each live episode, hosted by Viviane Geppert (episodes 1, 3 and 5), Rebecca Mir (episode 2) and Annemarie Carpendale (episode 4 and 6). In the Final Carpendale also hosted the red. - The Masked Singer Countdown, which aired for 15 minutes before the final.
Guest panelists Throughout the season, various guest panelists appeared as the third judge in the judging panel for one episode. These guest panelists included:
Episode Name Notability Ref. 1 Carolin Kebekus Comedienne 2 Elton Presenter 3 Luke Mockridge Comedian 4 Bülent Ceylan Comedian 5 Conchita Wurst Singer 6 Max Mutzke Singer
Contestants + Results Stage name Celebrity Notability Live Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C Faultier "Sloth" Tom Beck Actor/Singer WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WINNER Wuschel "Fluffy Ball" Mike Singer Singer WIN WIN WIN RISK RISK SAFE SAFE RUNNER-UP Drache "Dragon" Gregor Meyle Singer WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE THIRD Hase "Rabbit" Sonja Zietlow Presenter RISK RISK RISK WIN RISK OUT Chamäleon "Chameleon" Dieter Hallervorden Actor/Comedian RISK WIN RISK RISK OUT Roboter "Robot" Caroline Beil Actress RISK WIN WIN OUT Göttin "Goddess" Rebecca Immanuel Actress WIN RISK OUT Kakerlake "Cockroach" Angelo Kelly Singer WIN RISK WD Fledermaus "Bat" Franziska Knuppe Model RISK OUT Dalmatiner "Dalmatian" Stefanie Heinzmann Singer OUT
Episodes
Week 1 (10 March) + Performances on the first live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Roboter "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from La traviata / "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk RISK 2 Wuschel "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley WIN 3 Kakerlake "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio WIN 4 Hase "A Night like This" by Caro Emerald RISK 5 Faultier "Mr Boombastic" by Shaggy WIN 6 Dalmatiner "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" by Marilyn Monroe Stefanie Heinzmann OUT 7 Fledermaus "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish RISK 8 Göttin "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin WIN 9 Chamäleon "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I RISK 10 Drache "Frozen" by Madonna WIN
Week 2 (17 March) + Performances on the second live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Kakerlake "California Love" by 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre/"Hey Ya!" by Outkast RISK 2 Faultier "Kiss" by Prince WIN 3 Chamäleon "Bella Ciao" by Maître Gims WIN 4 Göttin "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst RISK 5 Wuschel "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd WIN 6 Fledermaus "Beat It"/"Bad" by Michael Jackson Franziska Knuppe OUT 7 Drache "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden WIN 8 Hase "Dear Future Husband" by Meghan Trainor RISK 9 Roboter "Underneath" by Adam Lambert WIN
Week 3 (24 March) + Performances on the third live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Wuschel "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake WIN 2 Hase "I Wanna Be Loved By You" by Marilyn Monroe RISK 3 Roboter "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA WIN 4 Göttin "Juice" by Lizzo Rebecca Immanuel OUT 5 Chamäleon "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash RISK 6 Drache "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele WIN 7 Faultier "Volare" by Domenico Modugno WIN
Week 4 (14 April)
+ Performances on the fourth live episode # Stage name Song Result 1 Roboter "Titanium" by David Guetta feat. Sia RISK 2 Hase "Big Spender" by Shirley Bassey WIN 3 Drache "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane WIN 4 Wuschel "Maniac" by Michael Sembello RISK 5 Chamäleon "Azzurro" by Adriano Celentano RISK 6 Faultier "Lemon Tree" by Fool's Garden WIN Sing-off details Identity Result 1 Roboter "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence Caroline Beil OUT 2 Wuschel "Naked" by James Arthur SAFE 3 Chamäleon "Daddy Cool" by Boney M. SAFE
Week 5 (21 April) – Semi-final
+ Performances on the fifth live episode # Stage name Song Result 1 Chamäleon "D.I.S.C.O." by Ottawan RISK 2 Drache "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera WIN 3 Wuschel "Valerie" by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse RISK 4 Hase "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" by Cher RISK 5 Faultier "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth WIN Sing-off details Identity Result 1 Chamäleon "Blame It on the Boogie" by The Jacksons Dieter Hallervorden OUT 2 Wuschel "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes SAFE 3 Hase "(They Long to Be) Close to You" by The Carpenters SAFE
Week 6 (28 April) – Final Group number: "The Greatest Show" by Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron and Zendaya
Round One + Performances on the final live episode – round one # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Hase "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis Sonja Zietlow OUT 2 Drache "Wonderful Life" by Black SAFE 3 Faultier "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars SAFE 4 Wuschel "My Way" by Frank Sinatra SAFE
Round Two + Performances on the final live episode – round two # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Drache "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell Gregor Meyle THIRD 2 Wuschel "Durch den Monsun" by Tokio Hotel SAFE 3 Faultier "Say You Won't Let Go" by James Arthur SAFE
Round Three + Performances on the final live episode – round three # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Wuschel "Naked" by James Arthur Mike Singer RUNNER-UP 2 Faultier "Kiss" by Prince Tom Beck WINNER
Reception
Ratings Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers Share Source Household Adults 14-49 Household Adults 14-49 1 Tuesdays 8:15 pm 3.32 2.18 12.0 25.3 2 4.13 2.65 13.1 26.9 3 4.26 2.68 12.9 26.2 4 3.88 2.45 12.1 24.6 5 3.94 2.46 12.5 25.9 6 5.34 3.38 19.1 36.9 Average 4.15 2.63 13.6 27.6
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