The Masked Singer (Greek TV series)

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The Masked Singer
Genre Reality competition
Based on Masked Singer
by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Presented by Sakis Rouvas
Starring
Opening theme"Who Are You" by The Who
Country of origin Greece
Original languageGreek
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producerAggelos Christopoulos
Production location Athens
Running timeapprox. 180 to 200 minutes per episode
(including commercials)
Production company Acun Medya
Original release
Network Skai TV
Release31 March (2022-03-31) 
2 July 2022 (2022-07-02)
Related

The Masked Singer is a Greek reality singing competition television series that premiered on Skai TV on 31 March 2022. [1] It is part of the Masked Singer franchise which began in South Korea and features celebrities singing songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks concealing their identities. The show is hosted by Sakis Rouvas, the program employs panelists who guess the celebrities' identities by interpreting clues provided to them throughout each season. Elisavet Konstantinidou, Thodoris Marantinis, Nikos Moutsinas and Athina Oikonomakou appear in each episode and vote alongside an audience for their favorite singer after all perform. The least popular is eliminated, taking off their mask to reveal their identity. [2] [3] The first season ended on 2 July 2022 with actor Renos Haralambidis coming in first as "Minotavros" and singer Sarbel coming in second as "Moro".

Contents

To prevent their identities from being revealed before each prerecorded episode is broadcast, the program makes extensive use of code names, disguises, non-disclosure agreements, and a team of security guards.

Format

The show features a group of celebrity contestants. In a typical episode, eight contestants each sing a 90-second cover for panelists and an audience anonymously in costume. Hints to their identities are given before and occasionally after each performs. The perennial format is a taped interview with a celebrity's electronically masked voice narrating a video showing cryptic allusions to what they are known for. After performances, and before an elimination, the panelists are given time to speculate each singer's identity out loud and write comments in note binders. They may ask questions and the host may offer additional clues. After performances conclude, the audience and panelists vote for their favorite singer using an electronic device. The least popular contestant then takes off their mask to reveal their identity. [4]

Production

The broadcast format started in South Korea in 2015 as King of Mask Singer . In 2019, it was rumored that Skai TV would air in Greece the format of Masked Singer , that have been aired also in Asia, the United States and lot of other countries. [5] In November 2019, it was announced that Skai TV would broadcast the show in 2020. [6] The makers of Skai TV are in feverish preparations, as they are preparing to air not one, but two talent shows when 2021 arrives. The reason of course is House of Fame and The Masked Singer. But at the end of the 2020-2021 television season, Skai TV did not air The Masked Singer, but it was announced that would begin airing in 2021-2022 television season. [7] It was announced that Skai TV wants that the show to begin air in February 2022. [8] This particular project was due to air two years ago and in March 2022 the first trailer was seen. [9]

Panelists and host

Current season panelists and host
Onirama Pieria concert.JPG
Thodoris Marantinis

Several artists were rumored to be part of the panel once Skai TV announced the show. Model Iliana Papageorgiou was rumored as the host of the show, but Skai TV denied the agreement. [10] Then Skai TV announced the singer Sakis Rouvas as the presenter of the show. [11]

It was rumored that singer Harry Varthakouris has already been booked to be on the show as a panelist, as he was already a member of Skai's staff due to Big Brother , while discussions were well underway with TV presenter and actor Nikos Moutsinas, who is also a member of the station's staff, as well as with singer Tamta, [12] singer Eleni Foureira, [13] Giorgos Tsalikis [14] and Phoebus [15] On 21 March 2022, Skai TV announced that the panel would be actress Elisavet Konstantinidou, singer and songwriter Thodoris Marantinis, TV presenter and actor Nikos Moutsinas and actress Athina Oikonomakou. [16]

In the 10th episode, Katerina Stikoudi was a guest and sang as the Skiachtro, she was immediately unmasked after her performance. For the rest of the episode she was the guest panelist. [17]

Contestants

Results
Stage nameCelebrityNotabilityEpisodes
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Minotavros (Minotaur) Renos Haralambidis ActorSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINNER
Moro (Baby) (WC) Sarbel SingerSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFERUNNER-UP
Pagotó (Ice Cream) (WC)Natalia DragoumiActressSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFETHIRD
Amforéas (Amphora) (WC)Ivan SvitailoActorSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Cyber GirlMaria KorinthiouActressSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Pápia (Duck) (WC)Dorotea MercouriActressSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Gorilas (Gorilla)Penelope AnastasopoulouActressSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Pop CornChristos CholidisSingerSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Margaríta (Daisy) (WC)Michalis SeitisParalympic athleteSAFESAFEOUT
Tsolias (Evzone)Konstantinos KazakosActorSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Achinos (Sea Urchin) (WC)Gogo TsambaSingerSAFEOUT
Cyclopas (Cyclops) Memos Mpegnis ActorSAFESAFEOUT
Melissa (Bee) Kostas Martakis SingerSAFEOUT
Ippopotamos (Hippo)Christina SouziMeteorologistOUT
Skiáchtro (Scarecrow) Katerina Stikoudi SingerGUEST
  The masked singer was safe from elimination.
  The mask was a guest and was immediately unmasked after their performance.
  The masked singer was eliminated from the competition and unmasked upon their elimination.
  The masked singer did not perform.

(WC) This masked singer is a wild card contestant.

Episodes

Week 1 (31 March)

Performances on the first episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Gorilla"Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby undisclosedSAFE
2Pop Corn"Telika" by Konstantinos Argyros feat. RackundisclosedSAFE
3Minotaur"Beggin'" by Måneskin undisclosedSAFE
4Cyber Girl"Caramela" by Eleni Foureira undisclosedSAFE
5Bee"Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd undisclosedSAFE
6Evzone"Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams undisclosedSAFE
7Hippo"Crazy Girl" by Mimis Plessas Christina SouziOUT
8Cyclops"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli undisclosedSAFE

Week 2 (7 April)

Performances on the second episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
WildcardBaby"Dynata (Ta Ta Ta)" by Stefanos PitsiniagasundisclosedSAFE
1Cyclops"O Horos (Klise Ta Matia)" by Onirama undisclosedSAFE
2Gorilla"I Sklava" by Tzeni Vanou undisclosedSAFE
3Evzone"Dance with Somebody" by Mando Diao undisclosedSAFE
4Minotaur"Pou na vro mia na sou moiazei" by Kostis Maraveyas undisclosedSAFE
5Bee"Ola S'agapane" by Stamatis Gonidis Kostas Martakis OUT
6Cyber Girl"Zeibekiko (M' Aeroplana kai Vaporia)" by Sotiria Bellou undisclosedSAFE
7Pop Corn"Eimai Allou" by Melisses undisclosedSAFE

Week 3 (14 April)

Performances on the third episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
WildcardSea Urchin"Ta Kalitera Paidhia" by Josephine undisclosedSAFE
1Baby"Eimai Enas Allos" by Nino undisclosedSAFE
2Cyclops"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor Memos Mpegnis OUT
3Gorilla"Re!" by Anna Vissi undisclosedSAFE
4Pop Corn"Magiko Hali" by Locomondo undisclosedSAFE
5Evzone"As kratisoun oi Khoroi" by Dionysis Savvopoulos undisclosedSAFE
6Minotaur"You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Randy Newman undisclosedSAFE
7Cyber Girl"I Love It" by Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX undisclosedSAFE

Week 4 (28 April)

Performances on the fourth episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
WildcardDaisy"S' Agapo" by Marinella undisclosedSAFE
1Pop Corn"They Don't Care About Us" by Michael Jackson undisclosedSAFE
2Sea Urchin"S'Echo Kanei Theo" by Katerina StanisiGogo TsambaOUT
3Gorilla"The Show Must Go On" by Queen undisclosedSAFE
4Cyber Girl"Gia Sena" by Anna Vissi undisclosedSAFE
5Evzone"Hippy Hippy Shake" by The Swinging Blue Jeans undisclosedSAFE
6Minotaur"Min Andistekese" by Sakis Rouvas undisclosedSAFE
7Baby"Physical" by Dua Lipa undisclosedSAFE

Week 5 (5 May)

Performances on the fifth episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
WildcardDuck"Dancing Queen" by ABBA undisclosedSAFE
1Minotaur"Diamanti" by SnikundisclosedSAFE
2Cyber Girl"Ela Ela" by Lena ZevgaraundisclosedSAFE
3Daisy"Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd undisclosedSAFE
4Baby"Fuego" by Eleni Foureira undisclosedSAFE
5Evzone"Kataigida" by Antypas Konstantinos KazakosOUT
6Gorilla"Xero Ti Zitao" by Hi-5 undisclosedSAFE
7Pop Corn"Valto Terma" by Nikos Oikonomopoulos undisclosedSAFE

Week 6 (21 May)

Performances on the sixth episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
WildcardIce Cream"Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga undisclosedSAFE
1Gorilla"Anoixe Petra" by Marinella undisclosedgSAFE
2Baby"Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin undisclosedSAFE
3Duck"S' agapo" by Mariada Pieridi undisclosedSAFE
4Pop Corn"My Way" by Frank Sinatra undisclosedSAFE
5Daisy"Margarites" by Angela Dimitriou Michalis SeitisOUT
6Minotaur"Caruso" by Lucio Dalla undisclosedSAFE
7Cyber Girl"Deja Vu" by Helena Paparizou feat. MarseauxundisclosedSAFE

Week 7 (28 May)

Performances on the seventh episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
WildcardAmphora"Believer" by Imagine Dragons undisclosedSAFE
1Gorilla"I Anixi" by Sophia Vossou undisclosedSAFE
2Pop Corn"Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake Christos CholidisOUT
3Ice Cream"Pio Psila" by Vegas undisclosedSAFE
4Minotaur"El Ritmo Psicodélico" by Eleni Foureira / "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee undisclosedSAFE
5Cyber Girl"Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez undisclosedSAFE
6Baby"Apopse Stis Akrogialies" by Charoula LamprakiundisclosedSAFE
7Duck"Zitti e buoni" by Måneskin undisclosedSAFE

Week 8 (4 June)

Performances on the eighth episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Baby"Moves like Jagger" by Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera undisclosedSAFE
2Duck"A Pa Pa" by Despina Vandi undisclosedSAFE
3Amphora"American Woman" by The Guess Who undisclosedSAFE
4Gorilla"Ola Gyro Sou Gyrizoun" by Sakis Rouvas Penelope AnastasopoulouOUT
5Minotaur"Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara undisclosedSAFE
6Ice Cream"To Kati Pou Echeis" by Eleni Foureira undisclosedSAFE
7Cyber Girl"(You Drive Me) Crazy" by Britney Spears undisclosedSAFE

Week 9 (11 June)

Performances on the ninth episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Cyber Girl"I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry undisclosedSAFE
2Duck"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" by Baccara Dorotea MercouriOUT
3Minotaur"Evaisthisíes" by Katy Garbi undisclosedSAFE
4Ice Cream"Can't Get You out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue undisclosedSAFE
5Baby"S' Agapáo Sou Fónaxa" by Petros IakovidisundisclosedSAFE
6Amphora"Athína Mou" by Konstantinos Argyros undisclosedSAFE

Week 10 (18 June)

Performances on the tenth episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Scarecrow"Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz Katerina Stikoudi GUEST
2Ice Cream"Ta Koritsia Χenihtane" by Alexia VassiliouundisclosedSAFE
3Baby"Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst undisclosedSAFE
4Cyber Girl"Stihimatizo" by MantoMaria KorinthiouOUT
5Minotaur"Peirazei Pou Eimai Firma" by Giannis FloriniotisundisclosedSAFE
6Amphora"The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson undisclosedSAFE

Week 11 (25 June)

Performances on the eleventh episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
1Minotaur"Hristougenna" by Despina Vandi undisclosedSAFE
2"Madame" by Kings and Trannos
3Ice Cream"Ego" by Josephine undisclosedSAFE
4"Pou isoun Chtes" by Onirama
5Amphora"Kalos Sas Vrika" by Giorgos Mazonakis Ivan SvitailoOUT
6(I've Had) The Time of My Life” by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
7Baby"Vrehi Fotia sti strata mou" by Stratos Dionysiou undisclosedSAFE
8"It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls

Week 12 - Final (2 July)

Performances on the twelfth episode
#Stage nameSongIdentityResult
Round 1
1Minotaur"I Agapi Moy Stin Ikaria" by Vaggelis KonitopoulosundisclosedSAFE
"Tosa Kalokairia" by Dakis
2Baby"...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears undisclosedSAFE
"Last Kiss" by Ishtar
3Ice Cream"Ximeromata" by Konstantinos Argyros Natalia DragoumiTHIRD PLACE
"Anaveis Foties" by Despina Vandi
Round 2
4Minotaur"Min Andistekese" by Sakis Rouvas Renos Haralambidis WINNER
5Baby"Dynata (Ta Ta Ta)" by Stéfanos Pitsiniagkas Sarbel RUNNER-UP

Ratings

EpisodeDateTimeslot (EET)RatingsViewers
(in millions)
Rank
Daily
ShareSource
HouseholdAdults 18-54
1Week 1: "Season Premiere"31 March 2022Thursday 9:00pm6.6%0.680#814.1%18.5% [18]
2Week 27 April 2022 2 9.4%10.4% [19]
3Week 314 April 20224.7%0.491#1010.7%12.4% [20]
4Week 428 April 20224.9%0.507#711.8%11.7% [21]
5Week 55 May 2022 2 8.1%7.4% [22]
6Week 621 May 2022Saturday 9:00pm4.1%0.425#212.3%12.1% [23]
7Week 728 May 20223.8%0.391#711.2%8.7% [24]
8Week 84 June 20224.0%0.409#213.6%13.5% [25]
9Week 911 June 20224.5%0.465#213.0%10.3% [26]
10Week 1018 June 20224.2%0.430#613.5%11.8% [27]
11Week 1125 June 20223.6%0.375#613.2%10.9% [28]
12Week 12: "Season Finale"2 July 20224.1%0.420#315.8%12.9% [29]
Note
  1. ^ Outside top 20.

References

  1. "ΤHE MASKED SINGER: Κάνει πρεμιέρα την Πέμπτη 31 Μαρτίου στις 21.00 στον ΣΚΑΪ".
  2. "The Masked Singer: Τέσσερις "ντετέκτιβ" στο νέο σόου του ΣΚΑΙ – Όσα θα δούμε".
  3. "The Masked Singer: Η ανακοίνωση του ΣΚΑΪ για τον Σάκη Ρουβά και την επιτροπή-έκπληξη".
  4. "Σάκης Ρουβάς: Τί είναι το "The Masked Singer" που θα παρουσιάσει στον Σκάι".
  5. "Πότε θα βγει στον "αέρα" του ΣΚΑΪ το "The Masked Singer"".
  6. "Masked Singer : Αυτός είναι ο παρουσιαστής και οι κριτές του show!".
  7. "The Masked Singer: Ραντεβού του χρόνου!".
  8. "The Masked Singer: Όλη η αλήθεια για το project του ΣΚΑΪ".
  9. "The Masked Singer: Το σόου που βλέπει πίσω από τις μάσκες έχει τρέιλερ".
  10. "Ανατροπή με την Ηλιάνα Παπαγεωργίου: Ο ΣΚΑΪ διαψεύδει τα περί συμφωνίας -Εχουμε παρουσιαστή για το The Masked Singer".
  11. "The Masked Singer: Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς έρχεται με κριτική επιτροπή – έκπληξη".
  12. "The Masked Singer: Ο παρουσιαστής κι αυτοί που θα είναι στην κριτική επιτροπή".
  13. "The Masked Singer: Ελένη Φουρέιρα VS Τάμτα για τη θέση στην κριτική επιτροπή".
  14. "Γιώργος Τσαλίκης: Ο ΣΚΑΪ "τα βρίσκει" μαζί του και προτείνει εκπομπή στον τραγουδιστή".
  15. "Νίκος Μουτσινάς, Σάκης Ρουβάς και Φοίβος μαζί στο The Masked Singer του ΣΚΑΪ".
  16. "The Masked Singer – Είναι οριστικό: Αυτοί θα είναι στην κριτική επιτροπή".
  17. "The Masked Singer: Η Κατερίνα Στικούδη έκανε την ανατροπή και άφησε τους πάντες με το στόμα ανοιχτό".
  18. "Τι τηλεθέαση έκανε η πρεμιέρα του The Masked Singer απέναντι στον σκληρό ανταγωνισμό;".
  19. "Τι τηλεθέαση έκανε στο φινάλε του ο Άγιος Παϊσιος;".
  20. "Τηλεθέαση: Η μυθοπλασία χτύπησε… κόκκινο".
  21. "Τηλεθέαση: Η μάχη στην prime time την Πέμπτη (28/04) - Τι έκαναν ο "Σασμός" και το "The Masked Singer";".
  22. "Τηλεθέαση: Η μυθοπλασία κατατρόπωσε shows και realities".
  23. "Τηλεθέαση: Chart Show πρώτο στο δυναμικό – Masked Singer πρωτιά στο σύνολο".
  24. "Τηλεθέαση: Ο τελικός Champions League "τσάκισε" την prime time του Σαββάτου".
  25. "Τηλεθέαση: Ποιος έπιασε κορυφή το σαββατόβραδο;".
  26. "Τηλεθέαση: Ποιος έκοψε πρώτος το νήμα το βράδυ του Σαββάτου;".
  27. "Τηλεθέαση: Ποιος κατέκτησε την πρώτη θέση το βράδυ του Σαββάτου;".
  28. "Τηλεθέαση: Ποιος κέρδισε τη μάχη του σαββατόβραδου;".
  29. "Τηλεθέαση: Τελικός με νίκη για το Masked Singer".