The third season of the German singing competition The Masked Singer premiered on 20 October 2020 on ProSieben. This season the panel were Bülent Ceylan and Sonja Zietlow, replacing Ruth Moschner and Rea Garvey. Matthias Opdenhövel also returned as host.
On 24 November 2020, the Skelett (singer Sarah Lombardi) was declared the winner and the Alien (musician Alec Völkel) was the runner-up.
Panelists and host
On 24 April 2020, ProSieben announced the third season.
Matthias Opdenhövel returned as host. In August 2020, it was announced that Ruth Moschner and Rea Garvey would not be returning in the panel for this season, but they would be returning in the fourth season, which aired in 2021. On 15 September 2020, ProSieben announced that contestants from season one Bülent Ceylan and from season two Sonja Zietlow would be in the panel.
As in previous seasons, a spin-off show named The Masked Singer - red. Special was aired after each live episode, hosted by Viviane Geppert (episodes 1 and 3) and Annemarie Carpendale (episode 2, 4 and 6). On 16 November 2020, the episode wasn't played, because the live episode was played Monday. In the Final Carpendale hosted also, the red. - The Masked Singer Countdown, which aired for 15 minutes before the final.
Guest panelists Also this 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 Dieter Hallervorden Actor/Comedian 2 Ruth Moschner Presenter 3 Carolin Kebekus Comedienne 4 Elton Presenter 5 Rea Garvey Singer 6 Tom Beck Actor/Singer
Contestants + Results Stage name Celebrity Notability Live Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C Skelett "Skeleton" Sarah Lombardi Singer WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE WIN WINNER Alien Alec Völkel Musician WIN RISK WIN WIN WIN SAFE WIN RUNNER-UP Nilpferd "Hippo" Nelson Müller Chef WIN WIN RISK RISK RISK SAFE OUT Anubis Ben Blümel Singer RISK WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE OUT Erdmännchen "Meerkats" Daniela Katzenberger TV personality WIN WIN RISK WIN RISK OUT Lucas Cordalis Singer Katze "Cat" Vicky Leandros Singer WIN WIN RISK RISK OUT Frosch "Frog" Wigald Boning Comedian RISK RISK WIN OUT Alpaka "Alpaca" Sylvie Meis Model RISK RISK OUT Hummer "Lobster" Jochen Schropp Actor/Presenter RISK OUT Biene "Bee" Veronica Ferres Actress OUT
Episodes Week 1 (20 October) + Performances on the first live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Erdmännchen "Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen/"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes WIN 2 Alpaka "Say So" by Doja Cat RISK 3 Anubis "They Don't Care About Us" by Michael Jackson RISK 4 Nilpferd "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston WIN 5 Hummer "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner WIN 6 Alien "Welcome to St. Tropez" by DJ Antoine RISK 7 Katze "Someone like You" by Adele WIN 8 Biene "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"/"Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses Veronica Ferres OUT 9 Frosch "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real RISK 10 Skelett "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence WIN
Week 2 (27 October) + Performances on the second live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Hummer "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars Jochen Schropp OUT 2 Nilpferd "Purple Rain" by Prince WIN 3 Anubis "Legendary" by Welshly Arms WIN 4 Alpaka "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer RISK 5 Erdmännchen "A Whole New World" from Aladdin WIN 6 Frosch "One (Always Hardcore)" by Scooter RISK 7 Katze "The Show Must Go On" by Queen WIN 8 Alien "Alien" by Dennis Lloyd RISK 9 Skelett "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler WIN
Week 3 (3 November) + Performances on the third live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Anubis "As Long as You Love Me"/"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by Backstreet Boys WIN2Erdmännchen"Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison RISK 3 Alien "Perfect Symphony" by Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli WIN 4 Nilpferd "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara RISK 5 Frosch "How Deep Is Your Love" by Bee Gees WIN 6 Alpaka "Like a Virgin" by Madonna Sylvie Meis OUT 7 Katze "Hello" by Lionel Richie RISK 8 Skelett "Dirty Diana"/"Thriller" by Michael Jackson WIN
Week 4 (10 November)
+ Performances on the fourth live episode # Stage name Song Result 1 Frosch "You're My Heart, You're My Soul"/"Cheri, Cheri Lady"/"Brother Louie" by Modern Talking RISK 2 Anubis "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi WIN 3 Erdmännchen "I Want to Break Free" by Queen WIN 4 Alien "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus WIN 5 Katze "I Am What I Am" by Gloria Gaynor RISK 6 Nilpferd "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" by Alicia Keys RISK 7 Skelett "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston WIN Sing-off details Identity Result 1 Frosch "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas Wigald Boning OUT 2 Katze "Diamonds" by Rihanna SAFE 3 Nilpferd "Theme from New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra SAFE
Week 5 (16 November) – Semi-final
+ Performances on the fifth live episode # Stage name Song Result 1 Alien "Quando quando quando" by Pat Boone WIN 2 Nilpferd "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith RISK 3 Anubis "Rooftop" by Nico Santos WIN 4 Katze "Sex Bomb" by Tom Jones & Mousse T. RISK 5 Erdmännchen "Breaking Me" by Topic and A7S RISK 6 Skelett "Chandelier" by Sia WIN Sing-off details Identity Result 1 Nilpferd "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers SAFE 2 Katze "Believe" by CherVicky Leandros OUT3Erdmännchen"Señorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello SAFE
Week 6 (24 November) – Final
Group number: "One Night Only" by Jennifer Hudson
Round One + Performances on the final live episode – round one # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Anubis "Last Resort" by Papa Roach SAFE 2 Alien "Best of You" by Foo Fighters SAFE 3 Nilpferd "All of Me" by John Legend SAFE4Erdmännchen"Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift Daniela Katzenberger OUT Lucas Cordalis 5 Skelett "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera SAFE
Round Two + Performances on the final live episode – round two # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Anubis "Sonne" by Rammstein Ben Blümel OUT 2 Alien "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel WIN 3 Nilpferd "The Best" by Tina Turner Nelson Müller OUT 4 Skelett "Reflection" from Mulan WIN
Round Three + Performances on the final live episode – round three # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Alien "Perfect Symphony" by Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli Alec VölkelRUNNER-UP 2 Skelett "Dirty Diana"/"Thriller" by Michael Jackson Sarah Lombardi WINNER
Reception
Ratings Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers Share Source Household Adults 14-49 Household Adults 14-49 1 Tuesdays 8:15 pm 3.33 2.03 12.5 25.9 2 2.91 1.79 10.9 23.4 3 3.21 1.92 11.2 22.4 4 3.01 1.84 11.2 23.7 5 Monday 8:15 pm 3.28 1.95 11.5 23.1 6 Tuesday 8:15 pm 3.65 2.07 14.8 28.8 Average 3.33 1.99 12.8 24.9
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