The fourth season of The Masked Singer based on the Masked Singer franchise which originated from the South Korean version of the show King of Mask Singer. It premiered on VTM on 20 September 2024 and is hosted again by Jens Dendoncker.
The season had a first in the Belgian series and featured for the first time a masked guest singer, multiple-time cyclocross world champion Wout Van Aert. Also for the first time in this Belgian series, a fictional character participated. This was the television dog Samson who participated with his fictional owner Marie. For the second time, an international artist participated, Ruslana, who was unmasked just before the semifinals. The winner of the season was Francisco Schuster as 'Labradoodle'.
Production After three successful seasons, it was quickly apparent that The Masked Singer would return for a fourth season. For the first time, a contest was organized to create a costume for the new series. The winning design, Mister Withlove, was designed by an eleven-year-old girl named Fiona, and featured in the first episode of the series.
The filming took place in May 2024. The jury was presented in August 2024, and consisted mainly of a mix of contestants from the previous three seasons.
Cast Panelists Panel members and returned.
, Boris Van Severen, Erik Van Looy and Véronique De Kock who participated at the previous seasons as masked singers, joined the panel. and were new members. Of this group of 8 judges, a few of them would be selected for each episode.
+ Color key Featured in this episode as a judge.
+ The Masked Singer Judges Judge Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Boris Van Severen colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="1" Erik Van Looy colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="5" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="1" Véronique De Kock colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="2" Guest Judge colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Jeroom Snelders colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1"
Contestants Some costumes were revealed through actions during the first weeks of September. On September 10, 2024, the first 12 contestants were presented. Additional characters Poppemie and Labradoodle participated for the first time in the third and fourth episodes, respectively. One-time guest participant Squirrel appeared in the fifth episode.
Once again a duo participated, this time best friends Joris Hessels and Dominique Van Malder. During Space Babe's first appearance in the second episode, it was made surprisingly clear that she is a duo with her spacecraft, Scooter, so there were two duos participating this season.
The participants again started in two groups of which unmasking happened in turn in group one. In the seventh episode, the remaining four contestants from each group in the Big Bang were merged into a group of eight masked singers. The bell of truth (bel van de waarheid) appeared in the ninth episode. As a result, a video of a prime suspect of a masked singer appeared, allowing it to be removed from the list of possible candidates.
There was a one-off appearance by a masked singer. This celebrity was unable to make more time due to his schedule. Between the two episodes of his participation, the identity of this singer was much discussed on social media. This was Wout Van Aert, multiple world cyclocross champion, which got a lot of attention in the press.
Stage name Celebrity Occupation Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Labradoodle (WC) Actor/Singer WIN SAFE WIN WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WINNER Feniks ("Phoenix") Gustaph Singer WIN WIN SAFE WIN RISK WIN SAFE SAFE RUNNER-UP Poppemie ("Doll") (WC) Nathalie Meskens Actress/Singer WIN SAFE WIN RISK RISK SAFE SAFE THIRD Medusa Linda Mertens Singer WIN WIN RISK RISK WIN WIN RISK OUT Zeeduivel ("Monkfish") Ruslana Singer WIN WIN SAFE WIN WIN RISK OUT Giraf ("Giraffe") James Cooke TV presenter/actor WIN RISK WIN RISK RISK OUT Zebra Céline Van Ouytsel Miss Belgium/Blogger RISK WIN WIN RISK OUT Space Babe Music duo WIN RISK RISK OUT Dame Blanche Actress RISK RISK OUT Tik & Tok Radio presenter RISK RISK OUT Actor Eikeltje ("Acorn") Disc jockey WIN OUT Boom ("Tree") News anchor RISK OUT De Mike ("The Mike") Hugo Sigal Singer OUT Mister Withlove Journalist OUTEekhoorn (Squirrel) Wout Van Aert Road and cyclo-cross racerGUEST
Episodes
Episode 1 (20 September) Group number: "What I Like About You" by The Romantics + Performances on the first episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Tik & Tok "I Wanna Be Your Slave" by Måneskin RISK 2 Giraffe "We've Got It Goin' On" by Backstreet Boys WIN 3 Tree "Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood RISK 4 Monkfish "Listen To Your Heart" by Roxette WIN 5 Mister Withlove "Copacabana" by Barry Manilow Karl Vannieuwkerke OUT 6 Medusa "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette WIN
Episode 2 (27 September) Group number: "Came Here For Love" by Sigala & Ella Eyre + Performances on the second episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Zebra "Dance the Night" by Dua Lipa RISK 2 Space Babe "For You" by Liam Payne & Rita Ora WIN 3 The Mike "Substitution" by Kungs & Purple Disco Machine Hugo Sigal OUT 4 Phoenix "Holding Out For A Hero" by Adam Lambert WIN 5 Dame Blanche "Padam Padam" by Kylie Minogue RISK 6 Acorn "The Hum" by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike WIN
Episode 3 (4 October) + Performances on the third episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Giraffe "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin RISK Wildcard Doll "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish WIN 3 Medusa "Is It Love" by Loreen WIN 4 Tree "Heaven" by Niall Horan Wim De Vilder OUT 5 Tik & Tok "Especially For You" by Jason Donovan & Kylie Minogue RISK 6 Monkfish "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence WIN
Episode 4 (11 October) + Performances on the fourth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Phoenix "yes, and?" by Ariana Grande WIN 2 Acorn "Satisfaction" by Benny Benassi Frank Verstraeten OUT 3 Dame Blanche "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor RISK 4 Zebra "Murder on the Dancefloor" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor WIN 5 Space Babe "Scream & Shout" by will.i.am & Britney Spears RISK Wildcard Labradoodle "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz WIN
Episode 5 (18 October) Guest Performance: Squirrel (Guest Mask) performs "Song 2" by Blur + Performances on the fifth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Medusa "Houdini" by Dua Lipa RISK 2 Giraffe "Control" by Zoe Wees WIN 3 Monkfish "Don't Stop The Music" by Rihanna SAFE4Tik & Tok "Alexandrie, Alexandra" by Claude François Joris Hessels OUT Dominique Van Malder 5 Doll "Titanium" by David Guetta & Sia SAFE 1 Medusa "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston 2 Tik & Tok
Episode 6 (25 October) + Performances on the sixth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Dame Blanche "Green Light" by Lorde Zita Wauters OUT 2 Labradoodle "Used To Be Young" by Miley Cyrus SAFE 3 Phoenix "Crazy In Love (Fifty Shades of Grey Remix)" by Beyoncé SAFE 4 Zebra "Dat Heb Jij Gedaan" by Meau WIN 5 Space Babe "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes RISK 1 Dame Blanche "Jump (For My Love)" by Pointer Sisters 2 Space Babe
Episode 7 (1 November) + Performances on the seventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Phoenix "The Door" by Teddy Swims WIN 2 Giraffe "Yeah 3x" by Chris Brown RISK 3 Monkfish "Please Forgive Me" by Bryan Adams WIN 4 Zebra "On The Floor" by Jennifer Lopez RISK 5 Doll "Tattoo" by Loreen WIN 6 Space Babe "Rasputin" by Boney M. Samson en Marie OUT 7 Labradoodle "Where Have You Been" by Rihanna WIN 8 Medusa "My Immortal" by Evanescence RISK
Episode 8 (8 November) + Performances on the eighth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Phoenix "Push Up" by Freestylers RISK 2 Labradoodle "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone WIN 3 Giraffe "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Mýa, P!nk, & Lil' Kim RISK 4 Zebra "Your Song" by Elton John Céline Van Ouytsel OUT 5 Medusa "Burnin' Up" by Jessie J ft. 2 Chainz WIN 6 Doll "Turning Tables" by Adele RISK 7 Monkfish "Move Your Body" by Sia WIN
Episode 9 (15 November) + Performances on the ninth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Phoenix "Love Me Again" by John Newman WIN 2 Monkfish "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor RISK 3 Doll "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield RISK 4 Medusa "Nutbush City Limits" by Tina Turner WIN 5 Giraffe "In The Stars" by Benson Boone RISK 6 Labradoodle "Freed from Desire" by Gala Rizzatto WIN Sing-off details 1 Monkfish"Heaven Is A Place On Earth" by Belinda Carlisle SAFE 2 Doll SAFE 3 Giraffe James Cooke OUT
Episode 10 (22 November) The masked singers were given a duet partner in the tenth episode.
+ Performances on the tenth episode # Stage name Song Duet partner Identity Result 1 Phoenix "De Wereld Draait Voor Jou" by Niels Destadsbader & Regi Penxten Niels Destadsbader SAFE 2 Medusa "Light of My Life" by Belle Perez Belle Perez RISK 3 Monkfish "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" by Natalia & The Pointer Sisters Natalia RISK 4 Labradoodle "Simple Life" by Stan Van Samang Stan Van Samang SAFE 5 Doll "I'm On Fire/Lift U Up" by 2 Fabiola 2 Fabiola SAFE Sing-off details 1 Medusa "Stargazing" by Myles Smith N/A SAFE 2 Monkfish N/A Ruslana OUT
Episode 11 (29 November) Each contestant performed two songs. Two contestants were saved from elimination by the judges, one contestant was saved by the audience. The remaining contestant was unmasked. + Performances on the eleventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Doll "Hurt" by Christina Aguilera rowspan="2" SAFE "Break Free" by Ariana Grande ft. Zedd 2 Labradoodle "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims rowspan="2" SAFE "Turn Up The Music" by Chris Brown 3 Medusa "E.T." by Katy PerryLinda Mertens OUT "Running Up That Hill" by Within Temptation 4 Phoenix "Texas Hold 'Em" by Beyoncé rowspan="2" SAFE "Rise Like A Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst
Episode 12 (6 December) - Finale Group number: "Spice Up Your Life" by Spice Girls After each contestant performed two songs, two of them were saved by the audience and the third one was unmasked. The remaining two contestants went up against each other in a sing-off. The audience chose the winner, after which both the runner-up and the winner were unmasked. + Performances on the twelfth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Doll "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie GouldingNathalie Meskens THIRD "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish 2 Phoenix "I'd Do Anything for Love" by Meat Loaf rowspan="2" SAFE "Love Me Again" by John Newman 3 Labradoodle "I Was Here" by Beyoncé rowspan="2" SAFE "Where Have You Been" by Rihanna Sing-off details 1 Phoenix "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA Gustaph RUNNER-UP 2 Labradoodle Francisco Schuster WINNER
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