The Masked Singer (German TV series) season 3

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The Masked Singer
Season 3
Starring
Hosted by Matthias Opdenhövel
No. of contestants10+1
Winner Sarah Lombardi as "Skelett"
Runner-up Alec Völkel as "Alien"
No. of episodes6
Release
Original network ProSieben
Original release20 October (2020-10-20) 
24 November 2020 (2020-11-24)
Season chronology
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Season 4

The third season of the German singing competition The Masked Singer premiered on 20 October 2020 on ProSieben. [1] This season the panel were Bülent Ceylan and Sonja Zietlow, replacing Ruth Moschner and Rea Garvey. Matthias Opdenhövel also returned as host.

On 24 November 2020, the Skelett (singer Sarah Lombardi) was declared the winner and the Alien (musician Alec Völkel) was the runner-up.

Panelists and host

On 24 April 2020, ProSieben announced the third season. [2]

Matthias Opdenhövel returned as host. In August 2020, it was announced that Ruth Moschner and Rea Garvey would not be returning in the panel for this season, but they would be returning in the fourth season, which aired in 2021. [3] On 15 September 2020, ProSieben announced that contestants from season one Bülent Ceylan and from season two Sonja Zietlow would be in the panel. [4]

As in previous seasons, a spin-off show named The Masked Singer - red. Special was aired after each live episode, hosted by Viviane Geppert (episodes 1 and 3) and Annemarie Carpendale (episode 2, 4 and 6). On 16 November 2020, the episode wasn't played, because the live episode was played Monday. In the Final Carpendale hosted also, the red. - The Masked Singer Countdown, which aired for 15 minutes before the final.

Guest panelists

Also this season, various guest panelists appeared as the third judge in the judging panel for one episode. These guest panelists included:

Season 3 guest panelists
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Dieter Hallervorden (episode 1)
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Ruth Moschner (episode 2)
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Carolin Kebekus (episode 3)
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Elton (episode 4)
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Rea Garvey (episode 5)
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Tom Beck (episode 6)
EpisodeNameNotabilityRef.
1 Dieter Hallervorden Actor/Comedian [5]
2 Ruth Moschner Presenter [6]
3 Carolin Kebekus Comedienne [7]
4 Elton Presenter [8]
5 Rea Garvey Singer [9]
6 Tom Beck Actor/Singer [10]

Contestants

Results
Stage nameCelebrityNotabilityLive Episodes
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Skelett "Skeleton" Sarah Lombardi SingerWINWINWINWINWINSAFEWINWINNER
Alien Alec Völkel MusicianWINRISKWINWINWINSAFEWINRUNNER-UP
Nilpferd "Hippo" Nelson Müller ChefWINWINRISKRISKRISKSAFEOUT
Anubis Ben Blümel SingerRISKWINWINWINWINSAFEOUT
Erdmännchen "Meerkats" Daniela Katzenberger TV personalityWINWINRISKWINRISKOUT
Lucas CordalisSinger
Katze "Cat" Vicky Leandros SingerWINWINRISKRISKOUT
Frosch "Frog" Wigald Boning ComedianRISKRISKWINOUT
Alpaka "Alpaca" Sylvie Meis ModelRISKRISKOUT
Hummer "Lobster" Jochen Schropp Actor/PresenterRISKOUT
Biene "Bee" Veronica Ferres ActressOUT
  The masked singer won their face-off and remained in the competition.
  The masked singer lost their face-off and was in the bottom five/four/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.
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The celebrities who competed in the third season of The Masked Singer, pictured in order of elimination (l-r):
Veronica Ferres ("Biene"),Jochen Schropp ("Hummer"),Sylvie Meis ("Alpaka"),Wigald Boning ("Frosch"),Vicky Leandros ("Katze"),Daniela Katzenberger & Lucas Cordalis ("Erdmännchen"),Ben Blümel ("Anubis"),Nelson Müller ("Nilpferd"),Alec Völkel ("Alien"),Sarah Lombardi ("Skelett")

Episodes

Week 1 (20 October)

Performances on the first live episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Erdmännchen"Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen/"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes undisclosedWIN
undisclosed
2Alpaka"Say So" by Doja Cat undisclosedRISK
3Anubis"They Don't Care About Us" by Michael Jackson undisclosedRISK
4Nilpferd"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston undisclosedWIN
5Alien"I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner undisclosedWIN
6Hummer"Welcome to St. Tropez" by DJ Antoine undisclosedRISK
7Katze"Someone like You" by Adele undisclosedWIN
8Biene"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"/"Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses Veronica Ferres OUT
9Frosch"I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real undisclosedRISK
10Skelett"Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence undisclosedWIN

Week 2 (27 October)

Performances on the second live episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Hummer"24K Magic" by Bruno Mars Jochen Schropp OUT
2Nilpferd"Purple Rain" by Prince undisclosedWIN
3Anubis"Legendary" by Welshly Arms undisclosedWIN
4Alpaka"Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer undisclosedRISK
5Erdmännchen"A Whole New World" from Aladdin undisclosedWIN
undisclosed
6Frosch"One (Always Hardcore)" by Scooter undisclosedRISK
7Katze"The Show Must Go On" by Queen undisclosedWIN
8Alien"Alien" by Dennis Lloyd undisclosedRISK
9Skelett"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler undisclosedWIN

Week 3 (3 November)

Performances on the third live episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Anubis"As Long as You Love Me"/"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by Backstreet Boys undisclosedWIN
2Erdmännchen"Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison undisclosedRISK
undisclosed
3Alien"Perfect Symphony" by Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli undisclosedWIN
4Nilpferd"Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara undisclosedRISK
5Frosch"How Deep Is Your Love" by Bee Gees undisclosedWIN
6Alpaka"Like a Virgin" by Madonna Sylvie Meis OUT
7Katze"Hello" by Lionel Richie undisclosedRISK
8Skelett"Dirty Diana"/"Thriller" by Michael Jackson undisclosedWIN

Week 4 (10 November)

Performances on the fourth live episode
#Stage nameSongResult
1Frosch"You're My Heart, You're My Soul"/"Cheri, Cheri Lady"/"Brother Louie" by Modern Talking RISK
2Anubis"It's My Life" by Bon Jovi WIN
3Erdmännchen"I Want to Break Free" by Queen WIN
4Alien"Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus WIN
5Katze"I Am What I Am" by Gloria Gaynor RISK
6Nilpferd"Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" by Alicia Keys RISK
7Skelett"I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston WIN
Sing-off detailsIdentityResult
1Frosch"Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas Wigald Boning OUT
2Katze"Diamonds" by Rihanna undisclosedSAFE
3Nilpferd"Theme from New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra undisclosedSAFE

Week 5 (16 November) – Semi-final

Performances on the fifth live episode
#Stage nameSongResult
1Alien"Quando quando quando" by Pat Boone WIN
2Nilpferd"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith RISK
3Anubis"Rooftop" by Nico Santos WIN
4Katze"Sex Bomb" by Tom Jones & Mousse T. RISK
5Erdmännchen"Breaking Me" by Topic and A7S RISK
6Skelett"Chandelier" by Sia WIN
Sing-off detailsIdentityResult
1Nilpferd"Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers undisclosedSAFE
2Katze"Believe" by Cher Vicky Leandros OUT
3Erdmännchen"Señorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello undisclosedSAFE
undisclosed

Week 6 (24 November) – Final

Round One

Performances on the final live episode – round one
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Anubis"Last Resort" by Papa Roach undisclosedSAFE
2Alien"Best of You" by Foo Fighters undisclosedSAFE
3Nilpferd"All of Me" by John Legend undisclosedSAFE
4Erdmännchen"Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift Daniela Katzenberger OUT
Lucas Cordalis
5Skelett"Fighter" by Christina Aguilera undisclosedSAFE

Round Two

Performances on the final live episode – round two
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Anubis"Sonne" by Rammstein Ben Blümel OUT
2Alien"The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel undisclosedWIN
3Nilpferd"The Best" by Tina Turner Nelson MüllerOUT
4Skelett"Reflection" by Christina Aguilera undisclosedWIN

Round Three

Performances on the final live episode – round three
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Alien"Perfect Symphony" by Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli Alec Völkel RUNNER-UP
2Skelett"Dirty Diana"/"Thriller" by Michael Jackson Sarah Lombardi WINNER

Reception

Ratings

EpisodeOriginal airdateTimeslotViewers
(in millions)
Share
(in %)
Source
HouseholdAdults 14-49HouseholdAdults 14-49
120 October 2020Tuesdays 8:15 pm3.332.0312.525.9 [11]
227 October 20202.911.7910.923.4 [12]
33 November 20203.211.9211.222.4 [13]
410 November 20203.011.8411.223.7 [14]
516 November 2020Monday 8:15 pm3.281.9511.523.1 [15]
624 November 2020Tuesday 8:15 pm3.652.0714.828.8 [16]
Average3.331.9912.824.9

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