The third season of The Masked Singer Australia was renewed in October 2020 and premiered on Monday, 13 September 2021. Osher Günsberg returned as the show's host. In the Grand Finale on 5 October 2021, Anastacia (as “Vampire”) was revealed as the winner, Em Rusciano (as “Dolly”) was the runner-up, and Axle Whitehead (as “Mullet”), was 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.
The third series was filmed with a virtual audience between 3 and 24 July 2021 and premiered on 13 September 2021.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions in Greater Sydney, the in-studio audience again consisted of socially-distanced production staff wearing costumes, like the previous season. Additionally, 100 Australian viewers were selected as a virtual audience. They streamed the live performances and voted for their favourite character's performance. The performer with the fewest votes was unmasked in each episode. For confidentiality, the virtual audience did not witness the elimination's result or the unmasking of the performers.
Panellists and host
Radio personality Jackie O, singer-songwriter Dannii Minogue and comedians Dave Hughes and Urzila Carlson returned to the judging panel from the previous season. Osher Günsberg returned as host.
Contestants In the third season, there were twelve regular contestants who competed in the competition. Before the season began, Network Ten revealed that the cast included Hollywood A-listers, Logie Award winners, a Brit Award winner, humanitarian, chart-toppers, Grammy Award winner and award-winning superstars. On 17 June 2021, Network Ten announced the stage identities of the first six masks. The Mullet and Piñata were announced on 10 August 2021 in the first trailer. On 24 August 2021, the final four masks were announced in the second trailer.
For the first time on the Australian version of the series, a special guest mask performed as Rubble from Paw Patrol in a once-off appearance on Episode 6 which was revealed to be Kyle Sandilands.
Stage name Celebrity Occupation Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 Vampire Anastacia Singer WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER Dolly Em Rusciano Comedian WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Mullet Axle Whitehead Actor RISK SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD Kebab Jack Vidgen Singer WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Baby Ella Hooper Singer WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Lightning Alli Simpson Singer/actress/television personality RISK SAFE SAFE OUT Atlantis Macy Gray Singer RISK SAFE OUT Pavlova Mahalia Barnes Singer WIN SAFE OUT Piñata Lote Tuqiri WIN OUT Professor Ben Lee Singer RISK OUT Duster Chef/TV personality OUT Volcano Vinnie Jones Actor/former footballer OUT
Episodes
Episode 1 (13 September) + Performances on the first episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Mullet "Macho Man" by Village People RISK 2 Pavlova "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles WIN 3 Dolly "Fly Away" by Tones and I WIN 4 Professor "Dumb Things" by Paul Kelly RISK 5 Vampire "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio feat. L.V. WIN 6 Volcano "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers Vinnie Jones OUT
Episode 2 (14 September) + Performances on the second episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Kebab "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer WIN 2 Lightning "Brave" by Sara Bareilles RISK 3 Baby "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers WIN 4 Duster "Shake a Tail Feather" by Ray Charles George Calombaris OUT 5 Atlantis "Pleasure and Pain" by The Divinyls RISK 6 Piñata "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin WIN
Episode 3 (19 September) + Performances on the third episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Dolly "No Scrubs" by TLC SAFE 2 Vampire "Sucker" by The Jonas Brothers SAFE 3 Professor "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal Ben Lee OUT 4 Pavlova "Cover Me in Sunshine" by Pink and Willow Sage Hart SAFE 5 Mullet "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake SAFE
Episode 4 (20 September) + Performances on the fourth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Piñata "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO Lote Tuqiri OUT 2 Baby "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor SAFE 3 Atlantis "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" by Paloma Faith SAFE 4 Lightning "Diamonds" by Rihanna SAFE 5 Kebab "The Middle" by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey SAFE
Episode 5 (21 September) Group number: "Dynamite" by BTS
+ Performances on the fifth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Mullet "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones SAFE 2 Dolly "Make You Feel My Love" by Adele SAFE 3 Pavlova "Rise Up" by Andra Day Mahalia Barnes OUT 4 Vampire "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler SAFE
Episode 6 (26 September) Group number: "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry & MNEK
Special guest mask performance: "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" by Train performed by Kyle Sandilands as Rubble
+ Performances on the sixth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Lightning "Boom Clap" by Charli XCX SAFE 2 Kebab "Stay with Me" by Sam Smith SAFE 3 Atlantis "Ex's & Oh's" by Elle King Macy Gray OUT 4 Baby "My Favorite Things" by Julie Andrews SAFE
Episode 7 (27 September) + Performances on the seventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Dolly "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls SAFE 2 Vampire "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley SAFE 3 Baby "Baby Love" by The Supremes SAFE 4 Kebab "Try a Little Tenderness" by Otis Redding SAFE 5 Lightning "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten Alli Simpson OUT 6 Mullet "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE SAFE
Episode 8 (28 September) + Performances on the eighth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Kebab "Believe" by Cher SAFE 2 Baby "As Long As You Love Me" by Backstreet Boys Ella Hooper OUT 3 Vampire "Cheap Thrills" by Sia SAFE 4 Dolly "Supalonely" by Benee feat. Gus Dapperton SAFE 5 Mullet "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Peter Frampton SAFE
Episode 10 (4 October) Group number: "Only Human" by The Jonas Brothers
+ Performances on the tenth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Mullet "Blame It on Me" by George Ezra SAFE 2 Vampire "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX SAFE 3 Dolly "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt SAFE 4 Kebab "Juice" by Lizzo Jack Vidgen OUT
Episode 11 (5 October) Group number: "On a Night Like This" by Kylie Minogue
+ Performances on the eleventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Mullet "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf Axle Whitehead THIRD 2 Dolly "You've Got the Love" by Florence + The Machine Em Rusciano RUNNER-UP 3 Vampire "Live and Let Die" by Wings Anastacia 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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