The Masked Singer Austria

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]

For the recent season, see The Masked Singer Austria (season 2).

The Masked Singer Austria
GenreReality television
Game show
Based onKing of Mask Singer
by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Presented by
Starring
Opening theme"Who Are You" by The Who
Country of originAustria
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Production locationsMMC Studios, Cologne
Running timeapprox. 110 to 135 minutes per episode
(including commercials)
Production companiesEndemolShine Germany, 4Entertainment
Release
Original networkPuls 4
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital 5.1
First shown inSouth Korea
Original release14 March 2020 (2020-03-14) –
present
Chronology
Related showsMasked Singer franchise
King of Mask Singer
The Masked Singer (US)

On 19 March 2020 the channel 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
Elke Winkens
Sasa Schwarzjirg
Rainer Schönfelder
Mirjam Weichselbraun

In the first season the host of the show was Arabella Kiesbauer.[4] Since the second season, the host of the show is Mirjam Weichselbraun.[5] Since the first season, the panelist are Elke Winkens and Sasa Schwarzjirg. In the first season, the third panelist was Nathan Trent and since the second season, the third panelist is Rainer Schönfelder.

There were also in every episode guest panelists that appear as the fourth panelist on the series—occasionally for multiple episodes. In the first season, they were Nazar (episode 1), Hans Sigl (episode 2), Josh. (episode 3), Cesár Sampson (episode 4), Gery Seidl (episode 5) and Manuel Rubey (episode 6). In the second season, they were Felix Neureuther (episode 1), Nina Proll (episode 2).

Cast timeline
Cast Seasons
1 2
Hosts
Arabella Kiesbauer Main Does not appear
Mirjam Weichselbraun Does not appear Main
Panelists
Elke Winkens Main
Sasa Schwarzjirg Main
Nathan Trent Main Does not appear
Nazar Guest Does not appear
Hans Sigl Guest Does not appear
Josh. Guest
Cesár Sampson Guest Mask
Gery Seidl Guest Does not appear
Manuel Rubey Guest Does not appear
Rainer Schönfelder Mask Main
Felix Neureuther Does not appear Guest
Nina Proll Mask Guest
Andy Borg Does not appear Guest
Ina Regen Does not appear Guest
Nadine Beiler Mask Guest

Series overview
Series overview
SeasonCelebritiesEpisodesOriginally airedWinnerRunner-upThird place
First airedLast aired
186March 14, 2020 (2020-03-14)October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)[lower-alpha 1]Nadine Beiler
as "Yeti"		Simone Stelzer
as "Lipizzaner"		Nina Proll
as "Geistergräfin"
296February 15, 2021 (2021-02-15)March 22, 2021 (2021-03-22)Sandra Pires
as "Babyelefant"		Madita
as "Donaunymphe"		Jakob Seebäck
as "Gelse"

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[6] 1 August 2019 0.292 2019–2020
2 Mondays 8:15 pm 6 15 February 2021 0.121[7] 22 March 2021 TBA 2020–2021

Notes
  1. 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
  1. "Maskierte Sänger gibt es demnächst auch in Österreich".
  2. "Arabella Kiesbauer moderiert "The Masked Singer Austria"".
  3. ""Masked Singer Austria" muss wegen Corona pausieren". DWDL.de (in German). 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. "Arabella Kiesbauer moderiert "The Masked Singer Austria"".
  5. "Mirjam Weichselbraun wird neue Moderatorin von "The Masked Singer Austria"".
  6. "Guter "Masked Singer"-Start, ORF mit Rekord-Quoten". DWDL.de (in German). 17 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  7. "Reichweiten für PULS 4 am 15. Februar 2021". prosiebensat1puls4.com (in German).
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