The Masked Singer () is a Russian music competition television series, based on the Masked Singer franchise.
Format The show features celebrities performing songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks concealing their identities. Information about season's cast is strictly classified, as the participants not only signed a non-disclosure agreement, but also they are securely guarded behind the scene. Hints are given only in a short video clip before the cover. In a typical episode, the contestants are divided into groups. After concert conclude, the audience vote to choose a nominee in each group and then the panelists vote to choose one mask to reveal their identity. The process of elimination continues until three vocalists remain in the finale, which is broadcast live at the State Kremlin Palace, and one is declared the winner. The Golden Mask trophy is awarded as a prize.
The first host was Vyacheslav Makarov.
Series overview Season Premiere Finale Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place 1 1 March 2020 26 April 2020 Anatoly Tsoy Karina Koks Larisa Dolina Anna Pletneva 2 14 February 2021 2 May 2021 JONY Yusif Eyvazov Yulia Parshuta Timur Batrutdinov 3 13 February 2022 1 May 2022 Ildar Abdrazakov Maria Zaitseva Alexey Vorobyov Alsou Маска. Танцы 9 October 2022 25 December 2022 Katya Adushkina Evgeny Papunaishvili DAVA Vladimir Marconi 4 12 February 2023 30 April 2023 Dima Bilan & Sergey Lazarev Lada Dance Elchin Azizov 5 18 February 2024 5 May 2024 Seville Ani Lorak Lusia Chebotina Zurab Matua, Andrey Averin & Dmitry Sorokin 6 9 February 2025 27 April 2025 Aleksandr Panayotov Mona Aleksey Goman Zhan Milimerov 7 8 February 2026 26 April 2026 Polina Gagarina Dmitriy Zhuravlyov SOCRAT Alexandra Ursuliak
Season 1
Contestants
Stage name Celebrity Occupation Episodes123456789AB Lion Anatoly Tsoy Singer SAFE WIN WIN SAFE WIN WIN RISK WIN SAFE WINNER Wolf Karina Koks Singer SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN RISK WIN WIN SAFE RUNNER-UP Deer Larisa Dolina Singer WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN RISK SAFE THIRD Parrot Anna Pletnyova Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN FINALIST Panda Vlad Topalov Singer WIN SAFE WIN WIN RISK WIN RISK OUT Egg Anton Lirnik Comedian SAFE RISK RISK RISK WIN RISK OUT Cloud Svetlana Masterkova Runner SAFE SAFE SAFE RISK RISK OUT Spider Lena Katina Singer WIN WIN SAFE SAFE OUT Robot Oxana Fedorova Presenter RISK RISK RISK OUT Elephant Alexey Glyzin Singer SAFE SAFE OUT Ice Cream Stas Kostyushkin Singer RISK OUT Chameleon Vadim Takmenev Journalist OUT Dinosaur Sergey Lazarev Singer Mirror Woman Natalia Gulkina Singer Bunny Yulianna Karaulova Singer Lion Cub Alexandr Shoua Singer
Episodes
Week 1 (1 March) +Performances on the first episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Ice Cream "Зелёный свет" by Valery Leontiev 35,6% RISK 2 Lion "Chandelier" by Sia 18% SAFE 3 Spider "Ту-лу-ла" by Yulia Chicherina 14,4% WIN 4 Elephant "Я — то, что надо" by Valeriy Syutkin 32% SAFE 5 Egg "Всё будет хорошо" by Verka Serduchka 27,6% SAFE 6 Robot "Habanera" from Carmen 35,9% RISK 7 Parrot "Lambada" by Kaoma 29,7% SAFE 8 Deer "Танцы на стёклах" by Maxim Fadeev 6,8% WIN 9 Cloud "На Титанике" by Lolita 18,8% SAFE 10 Panda "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran 18,2% WIN 11 Chameleon "Зацепила" by Arthur Pirozhkov Vadim Takmenev 34,4% OUT 12 Wolf "Sex Bomb" by Tom Jones and Mousse T. 28,6% SAFE
Week 2 (8 March) +Performances on the second episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Parrot "Улыбайся" by IOWA 24,2% SAFE 2 Robot "Я вышла на Пикадилли" by Laima Vaikule 64,7% RISK 3 Panda "Beggin" by The Four Seasons 6,3% SAFE 4 Spider "Young and Beautiful" by Lana Del Rey 4,8% WIN 5 Egg "Песня про яйца" by Diskoteka Avariya 44,3% RISK 6 Deer "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man 6,7% WIN 7 Elephant "Cheap Thrills" by Sia 44,2% SAFE 8 Wolf "Я тебя не прощу никогда" by Polina Gagarina 8,8% SAFE 9 Cloud "Курю" by Elena Vaenga 41,3% SAFE 10 Ice Cream "Есть только миг" by Oleg Anofriyev Stas Kostyushkin 54,6% OUT 11 Lion "Drunk Groove" by Maruv and Boosin 4,1% WIN
Week 3 (15 March) +Performances on the third episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Cloud "Широка река" by Nadezhda Kadysheva 25,5% SAFE 2 Spider "Маршрутка" by IOWA 23,4% SAFE 3 Elephant "Первый снег" by Moral Codex Alexey Glyzin 39,1% OUT 4 Wolf "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I 12% WIN 5 Panda "Остров" by Leonid Agutin 14,4% WIN 6 Parrot "Go Bananas" by Little Big 29,4% SAFE 7 Egg "Луч солнца золотого" by Muslim Magomayev 56,2% RISK 8 Robot "Volare" by Domenico Modugno 61,8% RISK 9 Lion "Там нет меня" by Igor Nikolaev 16,7% WIN 10 Deer "Il dolce suono" from The Fifth Element 21,5% SAFE
Week 4 (22 March) +Performances on the fourth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Egg "Моя бабушка курит трубку" by Garik Sukachov 47,7% RISK 2 Spider "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga 38,1% SAFE 3 Wolf "Отпустите меня в Гималаи" by Masha Rasputina 14,2% WIN 4 Parrot "Айсберг" by Alla Pugacheva 31,3% WIN 5 Lion "Numb" by Linkin Park 34,2% SAFE 6 Cloud "Посмотри в глаза" by Natalya Vetlitskaya 34,5% RISK 7 Robot "Экспонат" by Leningrad Oxana Fedorova 43,3% OUT 8 Deer "Снег" by Nikolai Noskov 35,4% SAFE 9 Panda "Umbrella" by The Baseballs 21,3% WIN
Week 5 (29 March) +Performances on the fifth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Cloud "А я всё летала" by Blestyashchiye RISK 2 Deer "I Breathe" by Vacuum WIN 3 Egg "Мышь" by Philipp Kirkorov WIN 4 Spider "Небо Лондона" by Zemfira Lena Katina OUT 5 Parrot "Freedom" by George Michael WIN 6 Panda "Это всё..." by DDT RISK 7 Wolf "Creep" by Radiohead WIN 8 Lion "Позови меня с собой" by Alla Pugacheva WIN
Week 6 (5 April) +Performances on the sixth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Panda "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee WIN 2 Wolf "Самба белого мотылька" by Valery Meladze RISK 3 Parrot "Часики" by Valeriya WIN 4 Egg "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers RISK 5 Cloud "Quizás, quizás, quizás" by Nat King Cole Svetlana Masterkova OUT 6 Lion "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown WIN 7 Deer "Замок из дождя" by Vladimir Presnyakov WIN
Week 7 (12 April) +Performances on the seventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Dinosaur "Жестокая любовь" by Philipp Kirkorov Sergey Lazarev GUEST 2 Deer "In the Shadows" by The Rasmus WIN 3 Panda "Рюмка водки на столе" by Grigory Leps RISK 4 Egg "Танцы" by Andrey Gubin Anton Lirnik OUT 5 Wolf "Runnin' (Lose It All)" by Naughty Boy feat. Beyoncé and Arrow Benjamin WIN 6 Mirror Woman "Бриллианты" by Nu Virgos Natalia Gulkina GUEST 7 Lion "Блюз" by Zemfira RISK 8 Parrot "Мaрина" by Philipp Kirkorov WIN
Week 8 (19 April) +Performances on the eighth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Bunny "Притяжения больше нет" by Nu Virgos and Valery Meladze Yulianna Karaulova GUEST 2 Panda "Ай-ай-ай" by Leonid Agutin and Tomas N'evergreen Vlad Topalov OUT 3 Parrot "Les Champs-Élysées" by Joe Dassin WIN 4 Wolf "Делу время" by Alla Pugacheva WIN 5 Lion Cub "Трава у дома" by Zemlyane Alexander Shoua GUEST 6 Deer "Нас не догонят" by t.A.T.u. RISK 7 Lion "Unchain My Heart" by Joe Cocker WIN
Week 9 (26 April)
Round One +Performances on the final episode – round one # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Parrot "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles Anna Pletnyova FINALIST 2 Lion "Feeling Good" by Muse SAFE 3 Wolf "Улетай на крыльях ветра" from Prince Igor SAFE 4 Deer "Cosmic Girl" by Jamiroquai SAFE
Round Two +Performances on the final episode – round two # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Deer "Эхо любви" by Anna German Larisa Dolina THIRD 2 Wolf "Queen of the Night" by Whitney Houston Karina Koks RUNNER-UP 3 Lion "Нелюбимая" by A'Studio Anatoly Tsoi WINNER
Season 2 Contestants Stage name Celebrity Occupation Episodes123456789101112AB Crocodile JONY Singer SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE RISK WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WINNER Llama Yusif Eyvazov Opera singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE WIN RISK SAFE RISK WIN SAFE RUNNER-UP Snake Yulia Parshuta Singer WIN WIN SAFE SAFE RISK SAFE RISK WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE THIRD Hare Timur Batrutdinov Comedian SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE WIN WIN SAFE WIN WIN RISK RISK FINALIST Nevalyashka Doll Stas Piekha Singer RISK WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE WIN WIN RISK WIN OUT Rhino Kirill Turichenko Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE RISK WIN WIN RISK OUT White Eagle Mark Tishman Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN RISK SAFE SAFE RISK OUT Unicorn Irina Dubtsova Singer WIN SAFE RISK WIN SAFE WIN RISK OUT Sun Marina Kravets Comedienne WIN SAFE RISK SAFE SAFE RISK OUT Pink Panther Olga Buzova Media personality SAFE RISK SAFE RISK SAFE OUT Banana Yuri Stoyanov Actor RISK SAFE SAFE RISK OUT Penguin Aziza Singer SAFE RISK SAFE OUT Pineapple Iosif Prigozhin Producer RISK SAFE OUT Black Panther Svetlana Khorkina Gymnast SAFE OUT Sultan Bedros Kirkorov Singer Baby Elephant Glukoza Singer Gena the Crocodile Sergey Penkin Singer Little Bear Evelina Bledans Actress
Episodes
Week 1 (14 February) +Performances on the first episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Rhino "Паранойя" by Nikolai Noskov 16,7% SAFE 2 Penguin "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion 17,7% SAFE 3 Banana "Яблони" by Lyapis Trubetskoy 32,3% RISK 4 Sun "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus and Chaka Khan 10,7% WIN 5 Black Panther "Плохая девочка" by Vintage 22,6% SAFE 6 Unicorn "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence 13,3% WIN 7 Pineapple "Hafanana" by Afric Simone 32,6% RISK 8 Llama "Я люблю тебя до слёз" by Alexander Serov 22,1% SAFE 9 Pink Panther "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez 17,1% SAFE 10 Hare "Невеста?" by Mumiy Troll 14,9% SAFE 11 Snake "Du hast" by Rammstein 9,7% WIN 12 Nevalyashka Doll "18 мне уже" by Ruki Vverh! 37,5% RISK 13 White Eagle "Как упоительны в России вечера" by Bely Oryol 31,8% SAFE 14 Crocodile "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" by Lou Bega 21% SAFE
Week 2 (21 February) +Performances on the second episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Unicorn "Под гипнозом" by Artik & Asti 24,6% SAFE 2 Pineapple "Я тебя люблю" by Nikolai Noskov 17,7% SAFE 3 Llama "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin 16,6% SAFE 4 Penguin "Я шагаю по Москве" from "Walking the Streets of Moscow" 29,4% RISK 5 Crocodile "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla 12,8% WIN 6 Banana "Sway" by Dean Martin 31,9% SAFE 7 Pink Panther "Я у твоих ног" by Natalia Vlasova 42,9% RISK 8 Rhino "Belle" from Notre-Dame de Paris 9,9% SAFE 9 White Eagle "Неземная" by Max Barskih 11% SAFE 10 Nevalyashka Doll "Skyfall" by Adele 4,3% WIN 11 Sun "Пьяное солнце" by Alekseev 14,3% SAFE 12 Black Panther "Снег идёт" by Glukoza Svetlana Khorkina 51,9% OUT 13 Hare "Любимка" by Niletto 22,8% SAFE 14 Snake "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande 11% WIN
Week 3 (28 February) +Performances on the third episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 White Eagle "Полетели" by Philipp Kirkorov 9,5% SAFE 2 Pineapple "Havana" by Camila Cabello and Young Thug Iosif Prigozhin 31,3% OUT 3 Penguin "Hijo de la Luna" by Mecano 29,1% SAFE 4 Crocodile "Кружит" by MONATIK 5,6% WIN 5 Pink Panther "Love You like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez & the Scene 24,5% SAFE 6 Banana "Мы любим буги-вуги" by Secret 20,5% SAFE 7 Unicorn "Run to You" by Whitney Houston 44,5% RISK 8 Llama "Куда уехал цирк?" by Valery Leontiev 18,9% SAFE 9 Hare "Февраль" by Leonid Agutin and Anzhelika Varum 16,3% WIN 10 Sun "SuperSTAR" by LOBODA 40,9% RISK 11 Rhino "Беги по небу" by Maxim Fadeev 32,3% SAFE 12 Snake "Ты не верь слезам" by Shura 17,7% SAFE 13 Nevalyashka Doll "Наедине" by Nyusha 9,1% WIN
Week 4 (7 March)