The Masked Singer is a Greek reality singing competition television series that premiered on Skai TV on 31 March 2022. It is part of the Masked Singer franchise which began in South Korea and features celebrities singing songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks concealing their identities. The show is hosted by Sakis Rouvas, the program employs panelists who guess the celebrities' identities by interpreting clues provided to them throughout each season. Elisavet Konstantinidou, Thodoris Marantinis, Nikos Moutsinas and Athina Oikonomakou appear in each episode and vote alongside an audience for their favorite singer after all perform. The least popular is eliminated, taking off their mask to reveal their identity. The first season ended on 2 July 2022 with actor Renos Haralambidis coming in first as "Minotavros" and singer Sarbel coming in second as "Moro".
To prevent their identities from being revealed before each prerecorded episode is broadcast, the program makes extensive use of code names, disguises, non-disclosure agreements, and a team of security guards.
Format The show features a group of celebrity contestants. In a typical episode, eight contestants each sing a 90-second cover for panelists and an audience anonymously in costume. Hints to their identities are given before and occasionally after each performs. The perennial format is a taped interview with a celebrity's electronically masked voice narrating a video showing cryptic allusions to what they are known for. After performances, and before an elimination, the panelists are given time to speculate each singer's identity out loud and write comments in note binders. They may ask questions and the host may offer additional clues. After performances conclude, the audience and panelists vote for their favorite singer using an electronic device. The least popular contestant then takes off their mask to reveal their identity.
Production The broadcast format started in South Korea in 2015 as King of Mask Singer. In 2019, it was rumored that Skai TV would air in Greece the format of Masked Singer, that have been aired also in Asia, the United States and in other countries. In November 2019, it was announced that Skai TV would broadcast the show in 2020. The makers of Skai TV were in feverish preparations, as they were preparing to air two talent shows when 2021 came. The two shows were House of Fame and The Masked Singer. However, at the end of the 2020-2021 television season, Skai TV did not air The Masked Singer, but it was announced that would begin airing in 2021-2022 television season. It was announced that Skai TV would start airing the show in February 2022. This particular project was due to air two years ago and in March 2022, the first trailer was seen.
Panelists and host
Several artists were rumored to be part of the panel once Skai TV announced the show. Model Iliana Papageorgiou was rumored as the host of the show, but Skai TV denied the agreement. Then Skai TV announced the singer Sakis Rouvas as the presenter of the show.
It was rumored that singer Harry Varthakouris has already been booked to be on the show as a panelist, as he was already a member of Skai's staff due to Big Brother, while discussions were well underway with TV presenter and actor Nikos Moutsinas, who is also a member of the station's staff, as well as with singer Tamta, singer Eleni Foureira, Giorgos Tsalikis and Phoebus On 21 March 2022, Skai TV announced that the panel would be actress Elisavet Konstantinidou, singer and songwriter Thodoris Marantinis, TV presenter and actor Nikos Moutsinas and actress Athina Oikonomakou.
In the 10th episode, Katerina Stikoudi was a guest and sang as the Skiachtro, she was immediately unmasked after her performance. For the rest of the episode she was the guest panelist.
Contestants + Results Stage name Celebrity Notability Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Minotavros (Minotaur) Renos Haralambidis Actor SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER Moro (Baby) (WC) Sarbel Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE RUNNER-UP Pagotó (Ice Cream) (WC) Natalia Dragoumi Actress SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD Amforéas (Amphora) (WC) Ivan Svitailo Actor SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Cyber Girl Maria Korinthiou Actress SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Pápia (Duck) (WC) Dorotea Mercouri Actress SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Gorilas (Gorilla) Penelope Anastasopoulou Actress SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Pop Corn Christos Cholidis Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Margaríta (Daisy) (WC) Michalis Seitis Paralympic athlete SAFE SAFE OUT Tsolias (Evzone) Konstantinos Kazakos Actor SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Achinos (Sea Urchin) (WC) Gogo Tsamba Singer SAFE OUT Cyclopas (Cyclops) Memos Mpegnis Actor SAFE SAFE OUT Melissa (Bee) Kostas Martakis Singer SAFE OUT Ippopotamos (Hippo) Christina Souzi Meteorologist OUT Skiáchtro (Scarecrow) Katerina Stikoudi Singer GUEST
(WC) This masked singer is a wild card contestant.
Episodes Week 1 (31 March) +Performances on the first episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Gorilla "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby SAFE 2 Pop Corn "Telika" by Konstantinos Argyros feat. Rack SAFE 3 Minotaur "Beggin'" by Måneskin SAFE 4 Cyber Girl "Caramela" by Eleni Foureira SAFE 5 Bee "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd SAFE 6 Evzone "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams SAFE 7 Hippo "Crazy Girl" by Mimis Plessas Christina Souzi OUT 8 Cyclops "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli SAFE
Week 2 (7 April) +Performances on the second episode # Stage name Song Identity Result Wildcard Baby "Dynata (Ta Ta Ta)" by Stefanos Pitsiniagas SAFE 1 Cyclops "O Horos (Klise Ta Matia)" by Onirama SAFE 2 Gorilla "I Sklava" by Tzeni Vanou SAFE 3 Evzone "Dance with Somebody" by Mando Diao SAFE 4 Minotaur "Pou na vro mia na sou moiazei" by Kostis Maraveyas SAFE 5 Bee "Ola S'agapane" by Stamatis Gonidis Kostas Martakis OUT 6 Cyber Girl "Zeibekiko (M' Aeroplana kai Vaporia)" by Sotiria Bellou SAFE 7 Pop Corn "Eimai Allou" by Melisses SAFE
Week 3 (14 April) +Performances on the third episode # Stage name Song Identity Result Wildcard Sea Urchin "Ta Kalitera Paidhia" by Josephine SAFE 1 Baby "Eimai Enas Allos" by Nino SAFE 2 Cyclops "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor Memos Mpegnis OUT 3 Gorilla "Re!" by Anna Vissi SAFE 4 Pop Corn "Magiko Hali" by Locomondo SAFE 5 Evzone "As kratisoun oi Khoroi" by Dionysis Savvopoulos SAFE 6 Minotaur "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Randy Newman SAFE 7 Cyber Girl "I Love It" by Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX SAFE
Week 4 (28 April) +Performances on the fourth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result Wildcard Daisy "S' Agapo" by Marinella SAFE 1 Pop Corn "They Don't Care About Us" by Michael Jackson SAFE 2 Sea Urchin "S'Echo Kanei Theo" by Katerina Stanisi Gogo Tsamba OUT 3 Gorilla "The Show Must Go On" by Queen SAFE 4 Cyber Girl "Gia Sena" by Anna Vissi SAFE 5 Evzone "Hippy Hippy Shake" by The Swinging Blue Jeans SAFE 6 Minotaur "Min Andistekese" by Sakis Rouvas SAFE 7 Baby "Physical" by Dua Lipa SAFE
Week 5 (5 May) +Performances on the fifth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result Wildcard Duck "Dancing Queen" by ABBA SAFE 1 Minotaur "Diamanti" by Snik SAFE 2 Cyber Girl "Ela Ela" by Lena Zevgara SAFE 3 Daisy "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd SAFE 4 Baby "Fuego" by Eleni Foureira SAFE 5 Evzone "Kataigida" by Antypas Konstantinos Kazakos OUT 6 Gorilla "Xero Ti Zitao" by Hi-5 SAFE 7 Pop Corn "Valto Terma" by Nikos Oikonomopoulos SAFE
Week 6 (21 May) +Performances on the sixth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result Wildcard Ice Cream "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga SAFE 1 Gorilla "Anoixe Petra" by Marinella g SAFE 2 Baby "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin SAFE 3 Duck "S' agapo" by Mariada Pieridi SAFE 4 Pop Corn "My Way" by Frank Sinatra SAFE 5 Daisy "Margarites" by Angela Dimitriou Michalis Seitis OUT 6 Minotaur "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla SAFE 7 Cyber Girl "Deja Vu" by Helena Paparizou feat. Marseaux SAFE
Week 7 (28 May) +Performances on the seventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result Wildcard Amphora "Believer" by Imagine Dragons SAFE 1 Gorilla "I Anixi" by Sophia Vossou SAFE 2 Pop Corn "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake Christos Cholidis OUT 3 Ice Cream "Pio Psila" by Vegas SAFE 4 Minotaur "El Ritmo Psicodélico" by Eleni Foureira / "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee SAFE 5 Cyber Girl "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez SAFE 6 Baby "Apopse Stis Akrogialies" by Charoula Lampraki SAFE 7 Duck "Zitti e buoni" by Måneskin SAFE
Week 8 (4 June) +Performances on the eighth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Baby "Moves like Jagger" by Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera SAFE 2 Duck "A Pa Pa" by Despina Vandi SAFE 3 Amphora "American Woman" by The Guess Who SAFE 4 Gorilla "Ola Gyro Sou Gyrizoun" by Sakis Rouvas Penelope Anastasopoulou OUT 5 Minotaur "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara SAFE 6 Ice Cream "To Kati Pou Echeis" by Eleni Foureira SAFE 7 Cyber Girl "(You Drive Me) Crazy" by Britney Spears SAFE
Week 9 (11 June) +Performances on the ninth episode # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Cyber Girl "I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry SAFE 2 Duck "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" by Baccara Dorotea Mercouri OUT 3 Minotaur "Evaisthisíes" by Katy Garbi SAFE 4 Ice Cream "Can't Get You out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue SAFE 5 Baby "S' Agapáo Sou Fónaxa" by Petros Iakovidis SAFE 6 Amphora "Athína Mou" by Konstantinos Argyros SAFE
Week 10 (18 June) +Performances on the tenth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Scarecrow "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz Katerina Stikoudi GUEST 2 Ice Cream "Ta Koritsia Χenihtane" by Alexia Vassiliou SAFE 3 Baby "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst SAFE 4 Cyber Girl "Stihimatizo" by Manto Maria Korinthiou OUT 5 Minotaur "Peirazei Pou Eimai Firma" by Giannis Floriniotis SAFE 6 Amphora "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson SAFE
Week 11 (25 June) +Performances on the eleventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Minotaur "Hristougenna" by Despina Vandi rowspan="2" SAFE 2 "Madame" by Kings and Trannos 3 Ice Cream "Ego" by Josephine rowspan="2" SAFE 4 "Pou isoun Chtes" by Onirama 5 Amphora "Kalos Sas Vrika" by Giorgos Mazonakis Ivan Svitailo OUT 6 “(I've Had) The Time of My Life” by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes 7 Baby "Vrehi Fotia sti strata mou" by Stratos Dionysiou rowspan="2" SAFE 8 "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls
Week 12 - Final (2 July) +Performances on the twelfth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result Round 1 1 Minotaur "I Agapi Moy Stin Ikaria" by Vaggelis Konitopoulos rowspan="2" SAFE "Tosa Kalokairia" by Dakis 2 Baby "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears rowspan="2" SAFE "Last Kiss" by Ishtar 3 Ice Cream "Ximeromata" by Konstantinos Argyros Natalia Dragoumi THIRD "Anaveis Foties" by Despina Vandi Round 2 4 Minotaur "Min Andistekese" by Sakis Rouvas Renos Haralambidis WINNER 5 Baby "Dynata (Ta Ta Ta)" by Stéfanos Pitsiniagkas Sarbel RUNNER-UP
Ratings Episode Date Timeslot (EET) Ratings Viewers Rank Share Source 1 Week 1: "Season Premiere" Thursday 9:00pm 6.6% 0.680 #8 14.1% 18.5% 2 Week 2 colspan="3" 9.4% 10.4% 3 Week 3 4.7% 0.491 #10 10.7% 12.4% 4 Week 4 4.9% 0.507 #7 11.8% 11.7% 5 Week 5 colspan="3" 8.1% 7.4% 6 Week 6 Saturday 9:00pm 4.1% 0.425 #2 12.3% 12.1% 7 Week 7 3.8% 0.391 #7 11.2% 8.7% 8 Week 8 4.0% 0.409 #2 13.6% 13.5% 9 Week 9 4.5% 0.465 #2 13.0% 10.3% 10 Week 10 4.2% 0.430 #6 13.5% 11.8% 11 Week 11 3.6% 0.375 #6 13.2% 10.9% 12 Week 12: "Season Finale" 4.1% 0.420 #3 15.8% 12.9%
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