The second season of The Masked Singer Australia was renewed in October 2019 and premiered on Monday, 10 August 2020. Osher Günsberg returned as the show's host. In the Grand Finale on 14 September 2020, Bonnie Anderson (as “Bushranger”) was crowned as the winner, Kate Miller-Heidke (as “Queen”) was the runner-up, and Eddie Perfect (as “Frillneck”) placed third.
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.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the in studio audience consisted of socially-distanced production staff wearing costumes. Additionally, a small number of Australian viewers that were selected to act as a virtual audience. The virtual audience streamed the live performances online while the show was produced and voted for their favourite character's performances. The performer with the fewest votes by the virtual audience was unmasked in each episode. For confidentiality, the virtual audience did not witness the elimination's result or the unmasking of the performers.
Production of The Masked Singer was suspended on 22 August 2020 after a crew member tested positive to COVID-19, with 16 confirmed cases connected to the show. All production staff, judges and singers were placed in self-isolation. All episodes of the show except for the grand finale had been filmed prior to the production's suspension, with the finale having been scheduled to film within hours of the shut down.
Panellists and host
Lindsay Lohan did not return to the judging panel due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Australia's travel restrictions. She was replaced by a new panellist, comedian Urzila Carlson.
The returning judging panel consisted of radio personality Jackie O, singer-songwriter Dannii Minogue and comedian Dave Hughes. Osher Günsberg returned to host the show.
Contestants In the second season, there were 12 contestants who competed in the competition. Before the season began, Network Ten revealed that the cast included Hollywood actors, a "big name" from an Emmy Award winning television series, Logie Award winners, chart-toppers and a triple Olympian who is a top 10 world-ranked athlete. They further revealed the cast amassing a combined 22 platinum records, 11 gold records, 13 ARIA Awards and two World Cups.
Stage name Celebrity Occupation Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 Bushranger Bonnie Anderson Singer WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER Queen Kate Miller-Heidke Singer WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Frillneck Eddie Perfect Singer/comedian WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD Puppet Simon Pryce Children's Entertainer/Singer WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Kitten Julia Morris Comedian/TV Personality WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Cactus Lucy Durack Actress RISK SAFE SAFE OUT Wizard Isaiah Firebrace Singer RISK SAFE OUT Dragonfly Sophie Monk RISK SAFE OUT Sloth Katie Noonan Singer/Composer WIN OUT Goldfish Christine Anu Singer RISK OUT Hammerhead Michael Bevan Cricketer OUT Echidna Former Tennis Player OUT
Episodes Episode 1 (10 August) + Performances on the first episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Goldfish "Post Malone" by Sam Feldt RISK 2 Puppet "Burning Love" by Elvis Presley WIN 3 Queen "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd WIN 4 Echidna "Faith" by George Michael Mark Philippoussis OUT 5 Dragonfly "True Colours" by Cyndi Lauper RISK 6 Frillneck "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj WIN
Episode 2 (11 August) + Performances on the second episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Sloth "Good as Hell" by Lizzo WIN 2 Wizard "Firework" by Katy Perry RISK 3 Kitten "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa WIN 4 Hammerhead "Working Class Man" by Jimmy Barnes Michael Bevan OUT 5 Cactus "Just A Girl" by No Doubt RISK 6 Bushranger "Bills" by LunchMoney Lewis WIN
Episode 3 (17 August) + Performances on the third episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Dragonfly "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I SAFE 2 Frillneck "Breaking Me" by Topic & A7S SAFE 3 Queen "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones SAFE 4 Goldfish "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi Christine Anu OUT 5 Puppet "Somebody to Love" by Queen SAFE
Episode 4 (18 August) + Performances on the fourth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Bushranger "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga SAFE 2 Wizard "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye feat. Kimbra SAFE 3 Sloth "Higher Love" by Kygo feat. Whitney Houston Katie Noonan OUT 4 Kitten "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews SAFE 5 Cactus "I Love It" by Iconia Pop feat. Charli XCX SAFE
Episode 5 (24 August) Group number: "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake + Performances on the fifth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Dragonfly "Tik Tok" by Kesha Sophie Monk OUT 2 Queen "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" by Marilyn Monroe SAFE 3 Frillneck "Mad World" by Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules SAFE 4 Puppet "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee SAFE
Episode 6 (25 August) Group number: "Came Here for Love" by Sigala & Ella Eyre + Performances on the sixth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Wizard "Raise Your Glass" by Pink Isaiah Firebrace OUT 2 Bushranger "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis SAFE 3 Cactus "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls SAFE 4 Kitten "One Way Or Another" by Blondie SAFE
Episode 7 (31 August) + Performances on the seventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Frillneck "Land of 1000 Dances" by Wilson Pickett SAFE 2 Bushranger "Motivation" by Normani SAFE 3 Cactus "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler Lucy Durack OUT 4 Queen "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift SAFE 5 Puppet "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran SAFE 6 Kitten "All The Small Things" by Blink-182 SAFE
Episode 8 (1 September) + Performances on the eighth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Puppet "Take On Me" by A-ha SAFE 2 Queen "Lose You to Love Me" by Selena Gomez SAFE 3 Kitten "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore Julia Morris OUT 4 Bushranger "Need You Now" by Lady A SAFE 5 Frillneck "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis SAFE
Episode 9 (7 September) Group number: "This City" by Sam Fischer + Performances on the ninth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Puppet "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin Simon Pryce OUT 2 Frillneck "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House SAFE 3 Bushranger "One Last Time" by Ariana Grande SAFE 4 Queen "Dancing on My Own" by Robyn SAFE
Episode 11 (14 September) — Finale Because of COVID-19 shutdown, the judges had to be in different states, with Dannii and Dave in-studio in Melbourne, Jackie in Sydney alongside Osher and Urzila in New Zealand. Group number: "Together" by Sia + Performances on the eleventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Frillneck "Devil Inside" by INXS Eddie Perfect THIRD 2 Queen "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor Kate Miller-Heidke RUNNER UP 3 Bushranger "When Love Takes Over" by David Guetta & Kelly Rowland Bonnie Anderson WINNER
Reception Ratings
See also
List of Australian television series The Masked Singer Franchise It Takes Two Australian Idol Australia's Got Talent
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