The twelfth season of the German singing competition The Masked Singer premiered on 8 November 2025 on ProSieben.
Panelists and host
In this season, there are two new members on the guessing panel, actress and TV host Verona Pooth, and comedian Chris Tall. Matthias Opdenhövel returned for his twelfth season as host.
Guest panelists
Various guest panelists appeared as the third and fourth judge in the judging panel for one episode. These guest panelists included: Episode Panelist Guest Panelist(s) 1 Verona Pooth Chris Tall Edin Hasanović 2 Alec Völkel Sascha Vollmar 3 Sasha 4 Conchita Wurst 5 Álvaro Soler 6 Beatrice Egli
Contestants The season features 9 contestants, which is less than the number of contestants in the previous season, as it featured 10 contestants.
+ Results Stage name Celebrity Notability Live Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C Muuhnika "Moonika" Meltem Kaptan Actress SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER Rave-ioli Pietro Lombardi Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE RUNNER-UP King Wayne Carpendale Actor SAFE RISK RISK RISK RISK SAFE THIRD Eggi Amira Aly Presenter SAFE SAFE RISK SAFE RISK OUT Harry Otter Clemens Schick Actor RISK SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Dude Jared Hasselhoff Musician SAFE RISK SAFE OUT Quietsch "Squeak" Natalia Wörner Actress/Writer SAFE SAFE OUT Kiss Brigitte Nielsen Actress/Model SAFE OUT Smiley Barbara Becker Actress OUT
Episodes
Episode 1 (8 November) + Performances on the first live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Kiss "Lovefool" by The Cardigans SAFE 2 Muuhnika "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton/"Milkshake" by Kelis SAFE 3 Dude "Hot in Herre" by Nelly SAFE 4 Quietsch "You've Got a Friend in Me" by Randy Newman SAFE 5 Harry Otter "A Kind of Magic" by Queen RISK 6 Rave-ioli "In My Head" by Jason Derulo SAFE 7 Eggi "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani SAFE 8 Smiley "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons Barbara Becker OUT 9 King "Rock DJ" by Robbie Williams SAFE
Episode 2 (15 November) + Performances on the second live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Eggi "Saturday Night" by Whigfield SAFE 2 Dude "All The Small Things" by Blink-182 RISK 3 Rave-ioli "Sweat" by Inner Circle SAFE 4 Harry Otter "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga SAFE 5 King "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley RISK 6 Quietsch "Ella, elle l'a" by France Gall SAFE 7 Kiss "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter Brigitte Nielsen OUT 8 Muuhnika "Still Loving You" by Scorpions SAFE
Before the Voting is official, The BossHoss sings: "I'll Be Back" by The BossHoss
Episode 3 (22 November) + Performances on the third live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 King "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran RISK 2 Eggi "La Isla Bonita" by Madonna RISK 3 Harry Otter "Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day SAFE 4 Dude "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper SAFE 5 Muuhnika "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga SAFE 6 Quietsch "Le Freak" by Chic Natalia Wörner OUT 7 Rave-ioli "A Whole New World" from Aladdin SAFE
Before the Voting is official, Sasha sings: "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone
Episode 4 (29 November) + Performances on the fourth live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Eggi "99 Luftballon" by Nena rowspan="2" SAFE "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel 2 Muuhnika "Vogue" by Madonna rowspan="2" SAFE "Fame" by Irene Cara 3 Dude "Unbelievable" by EMF Jared Hasselhoff OUT "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake 4 Harry Otter "Blue Monday" by New Order rowspan="2" SAFE "Quit Playing Games" by The Backstreet Boys 5 Rave-ioli "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson rowspan="2" SAFE "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club 6 King "Freedom! '90" by George Michael rowspan="2" RISK "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams
Episode 5 (6 December) + Performances on the fifth live episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 King "The Cup of Life" by Ricky Martin rowspan="2" RISK "Auf uns" by Andreas Bourani 2 Rave-ioli "Titanium" by David Guetta & Sia rowspan="2" SAFE "We Are the Champions" by Queen 3 Eggi "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" by ABBA rowspan="2" RISK "Too Lost in You" by Sugababes 4 Muuhnika "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston rowspan="2" SAFE "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez 5 Harry Otter "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond Clemens Schick OUT "Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)" by Peter Schilling
Before the Voting is official, Álvaro Soler sings: "Jardín de los Recuerdos" by Álvaro Soler and Jared Hasselhoff sings: "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes
Week 6 (13 December) - Final Group number: "Forever Young" by David Guetta, Alphaville and Ava Max
Round One + Performances on the final live episode – Round one # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Rave-ioli "Fresh" by Kool & the Gang SAFE 2 Eggi "Ex's & Oh's" by Elle King Amira Aly OUT 3 King "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King SAFE 4 Muuhnika "I Was Made For Lovin' You" by Yungblud SAFE
Round Two + Performances on the final live episode – round two # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 King "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra Wayne Carpendale THIRD 2 Rave-ioli "We Are The World" by USA for Africa SAFE 3 Muuhnika "Lovely" by Billie Eilish & Khalid SAFE
Round Three + Performances on the final live episode – round three # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Rave-ioli "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson Pietro Lombardi RUNNER-UP 2 Muuhnika "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga Meltem Kaptan WINNER
Before the final round, Beatrice Egli sings: "Hör nie auf damit" by Beatrice Egli and Loi sings: "Hurt" by Christina Aguilera
Reception
Ratings Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers Share Source Household Adults 14–49 Household Adults 14–49 1 Saturday 8:15 pm 1.29 0.43 6.6 12.6 2 1.26 0.39 6.4 10.8 3 1.05 0.27 5.5 7.5 4 1.01 0.35 5.1 10.1 5 0.87 0.28 4.5 7.9 6 1.17 0.33 6.2 9.9 Average 1.11 0.34 5.7 9.8
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