The Masked Singer Austria is an Austrian reality singing competition television series adapted from the South Korean format King of Mask Singer. The first season premiered on Puls 4 on 14 March 2020, and is hosted by Arabella Kiesbauer. The show features celebrities singing in head-to-toe costumes and face masks which conceal their identities from other contestants, panelists, and an audience.[1][2]
On 19 March 2020, Puls 4 announced that the production would be interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria.[3] The program continued on 15 September 2020.
Panelists and host
Current season panelists and host
Arabella Kiesbauer served as host of the series for its first season.[4] Kiesbauer was replaced by Mirjam Weichselbraun for the second season.[5] Since the first season, the panelists consist of Elke Winkens and Sasa Schwarzjirg. Nathan Trent served as a third panelist in the first season before being replaced by Rainer Schönfelder for the second.
| Cast | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| Hosts | ||
| Arabella Kiesbauer | Main | |
| Mirjam Weichselbraun | Main | |
| Panelists | ||
| Elke Winkens | Main | |
| Sasa Schwarzjirg | Main | |
| Nathan Trent | Main | |
| Nazar | Guest | |
| Hans Sigl | Guest | |
| Josh. | Guest | |
| Cesár Sampson | Guest | Mask |
| Gery Seidl | Guest | |
| Manuel Rubey | Guest | |
| Rainer Schönfelder | Mask | Main |
| Felix Neureuther | Guest | |
| Nina Proll | Mask | Guest |
| Andy Borg | Guest | |
| Ina Regen | Guest | |
| Nadine Beiler | Mask | Guest |
Series overview
| Season | Celebrities | Episodes | Originally released | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||||||
| 1 | 8 | 6 | March 14, 2020 | October 13, 2020[a] | Nadine Beiler as “Yeti” | Simone Stelzer as “Lipizzaner” | Nina Proll as “Geistergräfin” | |
| 2 | 9 | 6 | February 15, 2021 | March 22, 2021 | Sandra Pires as “Babyelefant” | Madita as “Donaunymphe” | Jakob Seebäck as “Gelse” | |
Season 1
Contestants
| Stage name[6] | Celebrity | Notability | Episodes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| A | B | |||||||||
| Yeti | Nadine Beiler | Singer | RISK | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WINNER | |
| Lipizzaner | Simone Stelzer | Singer | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | RISK | SAFE | RUNNER-UP | |
| Geistergräfin “Ghost Countess” | Nina Proll | Actress/singer | WIN | WIN | WIN | RISK | WIN | THIRD | ||
| Karpfen “Carp” | Rainer Schönfelder | Retired Ski Racer | RISK | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | |||
| Klimaheld “Climate Hero” | Lukas Plöchl | Rapper | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | ||||
| Katze “Cat” | Sabine Petzl | Actress | WIN | RISK | OUT | |||||
| Steinbock “Ibex” | Alfons Haider | Actor/singer | RISK | OUT | ||||||
| Falke “Falcon” | James Cottriall | Musician/singer | OUT | |||||||
The masked singer won their face-off and remained in the competition.
The masked singer lost their face-off and was in the bottom three/two, but was not eliminated.
The masked singer was safe from elimination.
The masked singer was eliminated from the competition and unmasked upon their elimination.
- Carp is also known as Carp Diva
The celebrities who competed in the first season of The Masked Singer Austria, pictured in order of elimination (l-r):
James Cottriall (“Falcon”), Alfons Haider (“Ibex”), Sabine Petzl (“Cat”), Lukas Plöchl (“Climate Hero”), Rainer Schönfelder (“Carp”), Nina Proll (“Ghost Countess”), Simone Stelzer (“Lipizzaner”), Nadine Beiler (“Yeti”).
James Cottriall (“Falcon”), Alfons Haider (“Ibex”), Sabine Petzl (“Cat”), Lukas Plöchl (“Climate Hero”), Rainer Schönfelder (“Carp”), Nina Proll (“Ghost Countess”), Simone Stelzer (“Lipizzaner”), Nadine Beiler (“Yeti”).
Episodes
Week 1 (14 March)
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falke | “Junge Roemer” by Falco | James Cottriall | OUT |
| 2 | Geistergräfin | “Take Me to Church” by Hozier | undisclosed | WIN |
| 3 | Karpfen | “Diamonds” by Rihanna | undisclosed | RISK |
| 4 | Katze | “Your Song” by Elton John | undisclosed | WIN |
| 5 | Klimaheld | “Formidable” by Stromae | undisclosed | WIN |
| 6 | Steinbock | “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” by Neil Diamond | undisclosed | RISK |
| 7 | Lipizzaner | “Listen to Your Heart” by Roxette | undisclosed | WIN |
| 8 | Yeti | “Supergirl” by Reamonn | undisclosed | RISK |
Week 2 (15 September)
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lipizzaner | “Ex’s & Oh’s” by Elle King | undisclosed | WIN |
| 2 | Steinbock | “The Final Countdown” by Europe | Alfons Haider | OUT |
| 3 | Geistergräfin | “No Time to Die” by Billie Eilish | undisclosed | WIN |
| 4 | Karpfen | “Lady Marmalade” by Labelle | undisclosed | WIN |
| 5 | Klimaheld | “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver | undisclosed | RISK |
| 6 | Yeti | “Mercy” by Duffy | undisclosed | WIN |
| 7 | Katze | “Memory” from Cats | undisclosed | RISK |
Week 3 (22 September)
| # | Stage name | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katze | “Ich will immer wieder… dieses Fieber spür’n” by Helene Fischer | RISK | |
| 2 | Lipizzaner | “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus | WIN | |
| 3 | Karpfen | “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” by Michel Teló | RISK | |
| 4 | Yeti | “Valerie” by The Zutons | WIN | |
| 5 | Geistergräfin | “Heart of Glass” by Blondie | WIN | |
| 6 | Klimaheld | “Out of the Dark” by Falco | RISK | |
| Sing-off details | Identity | Result | ||
| 1 | Katze | “Believe” by Cher | Sabine Petzl | OUT |
| 2 | Karpfen | “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Klimaheld | “Say Something” by A Great Big World | undisclosed | SAFE |
Week 4 (29 September)
| # | Stage name | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karpfen | “Alles nur geklaut” by Die Prinzen | RISK | |
| 2 | Klimaheld | “Fix You” by Coldplay | RISK | |
| 3 | Lipizzaner | “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” by Shania Twain | WIN | |
| 4 | Geistergräfin | “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” by James Brown | RISK | |
| 5 | Yeti | “Rise Like a Phoenix” by Conchita Wurst | WIN | |
| Sing-off details | Identity | Result | ||
| 1 | Karpfen | “In the Ghetto” by Elvis Presley | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Klimaheld | “Love Me like You Do” by Ellie Goulding | Lukas Plöchl | OUT |
| 3 | Geistergräfin | “Because of You” by Kelly Clarkson | undisclosed | SAFE |
Week 5 (6 October)
| # | Stage name | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeti | “Elastic Heart” by Sia feat. The Weeknd and Diplo | WIN | |
| 2 | Karpfen | “Faith” by George Michael | RISK | |
| 3 | Geistergräfin | “Because the Night” by Patti Smith Group | WIN | |
| 4 | Lipizzaner | “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga | RISK | |
| Sing-off details | Identity | Result | ||
| 1 | Karpfen | “Just a Gigolo” by Louis Prima | Rainer Schönfelder | OUT |
| 2 | Lipizzaner | “L’amour toujours” by Gigi D’Agostino | undisclosed | SAFE |
Week 6 (13 October) – Final
Group Number: “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” by The Blues Brothers
Round One
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geistergräfin | “Cry Me a River” by Justin Timberlake | Nina Proll | THIRD |
| 2 | Lipizzaner | “Cordula Grün” by Josh. | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Yeti | “Creep” by Radiohead | undisclosed | SAFE |
Round Two
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lipizzaner | “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus | Simone Stelzer | RUNNER-UP |
| 2 | Yeti | “Rise Like a Phoenix” by Conchita Wurst | Nadine Beiler | WINNER |
Season 2
Contestants
| Stage name[7] | Celebrity | Notability | Episodes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| A | B | A | B | |||||||
| Babyelefant “Baby Elephant” | Sandra Pires | Singer | RISK | RISK | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WINNER |
| Donaunymphe “Danube Siren” | Madita | Singer/actress | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | RUNNER-UP |
| Gelse “Mosquito” | Jakob Seeböck | Actor | WIN | WIN | RISK | RISK | SAFE | RISK | THIRD | |
| Frechdachs “Cheeky Badger” | Cesár Sampson | Singer | RISK | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||
| Weintraube “Grape” | Elisabeth Görgl | Retired Ski Racer | WIN | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | |||
| Wackeldackel “Bobblehead” | Robert Almer | Former Footballer | WIN | RISK | WIN | OUT | ||||
| Germknödel “Yeast Dumpling” | Roberto Blanco | Singer & Actor | WIN | RISK | OUT | |||||
| Schaf “Sheep” | Nicole Beutler | Actress | RISK | OUT | ||||||
| Wildschwein “Wild Boar” | Klaus Eberhartinger | Singer/actor/host | OUT | |||||||
The masked singer won their face-off and remained in the competition.
The masked singer lost their face-off and was in the bottom three/two, but was not eliminated.
The masked singer was safe from elimination.
The masked singer was eliminated from the competition and unmasked upon their elimination.
The celebrities who have competed in the second season of The Masked Singer Austria, pictured in order of elimination (l-r):
Klaus Eberhartinger (“Wildschwein”), Nicole Beutler (“Schaf”), Roberto Blanco (“Germknödel”), Robert Almer (“Wackeldackel”), Elisabeth Görgl (“Weintraube”) Cesár Sampson (“Frechdachs”) Madita (“Donaunymphe”), Sandra Pires (“Babyelefant”).
Episodes
Week 1 (15 February)
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gelse | “Easy” by Lionel Richie/”Gangnam Style” by Psy | undisclosed | WIN |
| 2 | Babyelefant | “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens | undisclosed | RISK |
| 3 | Donaunymphe | “Toxic” by Britney Spears | undisclosed | WIN |
| 4 | Schaf | “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” by Nancy Sinatra | undisclosed | RISK |
| 5 | Frechdachs | “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns N’ Roses | undisclosed | RISK |
| 6 | Wackeldackel | “Kabinenparty” by Skero | undisclosed | WIN |
| 7 | Wildschwein | “Behind Blue Eyes” by Limp Bizkit | Klaus Eberhartinger | OUT |
| 8 | Weintraube | “Je Veux” by Zaz | undisclosed | WIN |
| 9 | Germknödel | “Caruso” by Lucio Dalla | undisclosed | WIN |
Week 2 (22 February)
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donaunymphe | “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa | undisclosed | WIN |
| 2 | Germknödel | “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex | undisclosed | RISK |
| 3 | Weintraube | “I Wanna Be Loved By You” by Marilyn Monroe/”Schöner fremder Mann” by Connie Francis | undisclosed | WIN |
| 4 | Wackeldackel | “Daddy Cool“/”Sunny” by Boney M. | undisclosed | RISK |
| 5 | Gelse | “Bungalow” by Bilderbuch | undisclosed | WIN |
| 6 | Schaf | “Time Warp” from The Rocky Horror Show | Nicole Beutler | OUT |
| 7 | Babyelefant | “Dancing Queen” by ABBA | undisclosed | RISK |
| 8 | Frechdachs | “Every You Every Me” by Placebo | undisclosed | WIN |
Week 3 (1 March)
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frechdachs | “The Real Slim Shady” by Eminem | undisclosed | WIN |
| 2 | Gelse | “Last Resort” by Papa Roach | undisclosed | RISK |
| 3 | Wackeldackel | “Hollywood” by Gigi D’Agostino | undisclosed | WIN |
| 4 | Donaunymphe | “Mother” by Danzig | undisclosed | WIN |
| 5 | Weintraube | “Underdog” by Alicia Keys | undisclosed | RISK |
| 6 | Germknödel | “Fly Me to the Moon” by Frank Sinatra | Roberto Blanco | OUT |
| 7 | Babyelefant | “Engel” by Rammstein | undisclosed | WIN |
Week 4 (8 March)
| # | Stage name | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weintraube | “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” by Fergie | RISK | |
| 2 | Babyelefant | “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole | WIN | |
| 3 | Wackeldackel | “Was du Liebe nennst” by Bausa | RISK | |
| 4 | Frechdachs | “Largo al factotum” by Gioachino Rossini | WIN | |
| 5 | Gelse | “…Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears | RISK | |
| 6 | Donaunymphe | “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper | WIN | |
| Sing-off details | Identity | Result | ||
| 1 | Weintraube | “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone/Muse | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Wackeldackel | “I’m Still Standing” by Elton John | Robert Almer | OUT |
| 3 | Gelse | “Ham kummst” by Seiler und Speer | undisclosed | SAFE |
Week 5 (15 March)
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round One | ||||
| 1 | Baby Elefant | “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Gelse | “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” by Marilyn Manson/Eurythmics | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Weintraube | “I Will Follow Him” by Peggy March | Elisabeth Görgl | OUT |
| 4 | Donaunymphe | “Frozen“/”Hung Up” by Madonna | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Frechdachs | “Wild World” by Cat Stevens | undisclosed | SAFE |
| Round Two | ||||
| 1 | Babyelefant | “One Moment in Time” by Whitney Houston | undisclosed | WIN |
| 2 | Gelse | “Word Up!” by Cameo | undisclosed | RISK |
| 3 | Donaunymphe | “Ohne dich” by Rammstein | undisclosed | WIN |
| 4 | Frechdachs | “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley | Cesár Sampson | OUT |
Week 6 (22 March)
- Group number: “Come Together” by The Beatles/”Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round One | ||||
| 1 | Donaunymphe | “Freed from Desire” by Gala | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Gelse | “Under the Bridge” by Red Hot Chili Peppers | Jakob Seeböck | THIRD |
| 3 | Babyelefant | “Never Enough” by Loren Allred | undisclosed | SAFE |
| Round Two | ||||
| 1 | Donaunymphe | “Toxic” by Britney Spears | Madita | RUNNER-UP |
| 2 | Babyelefant | “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen | Sandra Pires | WINNER |
Reception
Ratings
| Season | Time slot | No. of episodes |
Premiered | Ended | TV season | Viewers (in millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Viewers (in millions) |
Date | Viewers (in millions) | |||||
| 1 | Saturday 8:15 pm (episode 1) Tuesdays 8:15 pm (episodes 2-6) |
6 | 14 March 2020 | 0.311[8] | 1 August 2019 | 0.292 | 2019–2020 | |
| 2 | Mondays 8:15 pm | 6 | 15 February 2021 | 0.121[9] | 22 March 2021 | TBA | 2020–2021 | |
Notes
- ^ This season was originally set to end on April 18, 2020 but was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It eventually resumed in September 2020, after a six-month hiatus.
References
- ^ “Maskierte Sänger gibt es demnächst auch in Österreich”.
- ^ “Arabella Kiesbauer moderiert “The Masked Singer Austria”“.
- ^ ““Masked Singer Austria” muss wegen Corona pausieren”. DWDL.de (in German). 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ “Arabella Kiesbauer moderiert “The Masked Singer Austria”“.
- ^ “Mirjam Weichselbraun wird neue Moderatorin von “The Masked Singer Austria”“.
- ^ “ALLE KOSTÜME”. puls4.com (in German).
- ^ “ALLE KOSTÜME”. puls4.com (in German).
- ^ “Guter “Masked Singer”-Start, ORF mit Rekord-Quoten”. DWDL.de (in German). 17 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ “Reichweiten für PULS 4 am 15. Februar 2021”. prosiebensat1puls4.com (in German).
External links
- Official website
- The Masked Singer Austria on Internet Movie Database