The second season of The Masked Singer based on the Masked Singer franchise which originated from the South Korean version of the show King of Mask Singer. It premiered on VTM on 14 January 2022 and is hosted by Niels Destadsbader. The season was won by singer Camille Dhont as "Miss Kitty", with singer Loredana finishing second as "Knight", and party chairman Conner Rousseau placing third as "Rabbit".
The second season started successfully. Highlights in this season was the unmasking of Johnny Logan, the first international contestant outside of the Benelux, and the unexpected unmasking of Robots in the fifth episode, one of the favorites of the public. The first duo ever in the Belgian series, Robots, turned out to be reallife partners Lize Feryn & Aster Nzeyimana. Another reallife couple, Tine Embrechts and Guga Baúl participated, not in duo but with the matching characters Flamme Fatale and Ice King, representing the elements fire and ice. The unexpected reveal of politician Conner Rousseau during the final made headlines and started a debate about politicians in entertainment programs. Winner Camille Dhont was the revelation of the season.
The season repeated the success of the first season and again became the best-watched program in Flanders in 2022.
Production After the success of the first season, a second season was ordered. The show was filmed during the summer of 2021. The security and confidentiality was even stricter since people knew the show this time with high fines, taping of smartphones and very planned exits for the contestants.
Cast Panelists Panel members Julie Van den Steen, Jens Dendoncker and Karen Damen from the first season returned. Andy Peelman, Kevin Janssens and Ruth Beeckmans, who participated at the first season as masked singers, joined the panel. Of this group of 6 judges, a few of them would be selected for each episode. In the second season Bart Kaëll, Élodie Ouédraogo, Ann Tuts & Bart Peeters were guest judges.
+ Color key Featured in this episode as a judge.
+ The Masked Singer Judges Judge Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Andy Peelman colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="3" Jens Dendoncker colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" Julie Van den Steen colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" Karen Damen colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Kevin Janssens colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" Ruth Beeckmans colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="5" Guest Judge colspan="2" Bart Kaëll Élodie Ouédraogo Ann Tuts Bart Peeters Stan Van Samang Tinne Oltmans An Lemmens
Contestants The first contestants were introduced on 23 December. Robots were the first time a duo participated in the Belgian series. On 29 December all eight original contestants were introduced. At the same time four symbols alluding to four unseen characters were revealed.
Flamme Fatale joined the line-up in the second episode. Scorpion was introduced in the third episode. Two masked singers first appeared during the fourth episode, Rabbit & Ice King.
Stage name Celebrity Occupation Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Miss Poes ("Miss Kitty") Camille Dhont Singer WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WINNER Ridder ("Knight") Loredana Singer WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE SAFE RUNNER-UP Konijn ("Rabbit") (WC) Conner Rousseau Politician RISK RISK WIN RISK SAFE SAFE THIRD Schorpioen ("Scorpion") (WC) Klaasje Meijer Singer RISK WIN RISK RISK WIN RISK OUT IJskoning ("Ice King") (WC) Guga Baúl Actor RISK WIN WIN RISK OUT Flamme Fatale ("Flame Fatale") (WC) Tine Embrechts Actress RISK RISK RISK WIN RISK OUT Papegaai ("Parrot") Mathias Vergels Actor RISK RISK WIN RISK RISK OUT Robots Lize Feryn Actress WIN WIN WIN RISK OUT Aster Nzeyimana Journalist Edelhert ("Red Deer") Johnny Logan Singer RISK RISK RISK OUT Cycloop ("Cyclops") Bart Cannaerts Comedian RISK WIN OUT Radijsje ("Radish") Erik Van Looy Film director WIN OUT Roos ("Rose") Yanina Wickmayer Tennis player OUT
Episodes Episode 1 (14 January)
+ Performances on the first episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Miss Kitty "Levitating" by Dua Lipa WIN 2 Cyclops "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man RISK 3 Robots "City of Stars" from La La Land WIN 4 Rose "Tik Tok" by Kesha Yanina Wickmayer OUT 5 Knight "Nobody's Wife" by Anouk WIN 6 Parrot "Talk Dirty" by Jason Derulo RISK 7 Radish "Light My Fire" by The Doors WIN 8 Red Deer "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele RISK
Episode 2 (21 January) A new contestant "Flame Fatale" enters the competition. + Performances on the second episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Flame Fatale "Stop This Flame" by Celeste RISK 2 Robots "Cheap Thrills" by Sia feat. Sean Paul WIN 3 Red Deer "Sorry" by Justin Bieber RISK 4 Cyclops "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police WIN 5 Miss Kitty "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo WIN 6 Parrot "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles RISK 7 Knight "I'll Never Love Again" by Lady Gaga WIN 8 Radish "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones Erik Van Looy OUT
Episode 3 (28 January) A new contestant "Scorpion" enters the competition. + Performances on the third episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Scorpion "S&M" by Rihanna RISK 2 Parrot "Have a Little Faith in Me" by John Hiatt WIN 3 Cyclops "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift Bart Cannaerts OUT4Robots"Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid WIN 5 Flame Fatale "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles RISK 6 Miss Kitty "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette WIN 7 Red Deer "Diamonds" by Rihanna RISK 8 Knight "Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus WIN
Episode 4 (4 February) Two new contestants "Rabbit" and "Ice King" enter the competition. + Performances on the fourth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Rabbit "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" by Usher feat. Pitbull RISK 2 Miss Kitty "No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish WIN 3 Red Deer "Million Reasons" by Lady Gaga Johnny Logan OUT 4 Ice King "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi RISK 5 Flame Fatale "Sway" by Michael Bublé RISK 6 Knight "Wonder" by Shawn Mendes WIN 7 Robots "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland RISK 8 Scorpion "Girls Like Us" by Zoe Wees WIN 9 Parrot "Hot Stuff" by Kygo & Donna Summer RISK
Episode 5 (11 February) + Performances on the fifth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Miss Kitty "My Head & My Heart" by Ava Max WIN 2 Robots "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys Lize Feryn OUT Aster Nzeyimana 3 Parrot "Drag Me Down" by One Direction RISK 4 Flame Fatale "Firestone" by Kygo WIN 5 Scorpion "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears RISK 6 Ice King "Someone to You" by Banners WIN 7 Rabbit "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys RISK 8 Knight "Dance Again" by Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull WIN
Episode 6 (18 February) + Performances on the sixth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Miss Kitty "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson SAFE 2 Rabbit "Cooler than Me" by Mike Posner WIN 3 Parrot "Table of Fools" by IBE Mathias Vergels OUT 4 "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE 5 Flame Fatale "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" by Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus RISK 6 Ice King "Uprising" by Muse WIN 7 "When the Rain Begins to Fall" by Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora 8 Scorpion "Reggaetón Lento" by CNCO & Little Mix RISK 9 Knight "Alive" by Sia WIN 10 "Symphony" by Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson
Episode 7 (25 February) Group performance: "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas + Performances on the seventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Knight "Ritual" by Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora WIN 2 Flame Fatale "Mad About You" by Hooverphonic RISK 3 Rabbit "The World's Greatest" by R. Kelly RISK 4 Scorpion "Believe" by Cher WIN 5 Miss Kitty "Emotions" by Mariah Carey WIN 6 Ice King "Les Lacs du Connemara" by Michel Sardou RISK Sing-off details 1 Flame Fatale"The One and Only" by Chesney Hawkes Tine Embrechts OUT 2 Ice King WIN
Episode 8 (4 March) Group performance: "Learning to Fly" by Sheppard + Performances on the eighth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Scorpion "Good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo RISK 2 Ice King "With or Without You" by U2 RISK 3 Rabbit "If I Can't Have You" by Shawn Mendes SAFE 4 Knight "Je t'aime" by Lara Fabian SAFE 5 Miss Kitty "Show Me How You Burlesque" by Christina Aguilera SAFE Sing-off details 1 Ice King "Counting Stars" by OneRepublic Guga Baúl OUT 2 Scorpion WIN
Episode 9 (11 March) Each contestant performed two songs. Two contestants were saved from elimination by the judges, one contestant was saved by the audience. The remaining contestant was unmasked. + Performances on the ninth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Knight "What About Us" by Pink rowspan="2" SAFE "Run" by Leona Lewis 2 Scorpion "Soon We'll Be Found" by Sia Klaasje Meijer OUT "Woman Like Me" by Little Mix 3 Miss Kitty "Ella, elle l'a" by Kate Ryan rowspan="2" SAFE "Angels Like You" by Miley Cyrus 4 Rabbit "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan rowspan="2" SAFE "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz
Episode 10 (18 March) - Finale Group performance: "The Best" by Tina Turner Robots Performance: "Rewrite The Stars" from The Greatest Showman After each contestant performed two songs, two of them will be saved by the audience and the third one is unmasked. The remaining two contestants go up against each other in a sing-off. The audience choose the winner, after which both the runner-up and the winner were unmasked. + Performances on the tenth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Knight "The Edge of Glory" by Lady Gaga rowspan="2" SAFE "Alive" by Sia 2 Rabbit "Impossible" by James Arthur Conner Rousseau THIRD "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" by Usher feat. Pitbull 3 Miss Kitty "Listen" by Beyoncé rowspan="2" SAFE "Emotions" by Mariah Carey Sing-off details 1 Knight"Let It Go" by Demi Lovato Loredana RUNNER-UP 2 Miss Kitty Camille Dhont WINNER
Ratings Official ratings are taken from CIM, which includes viewers who watched the programme within 7 days of the original broadcoast.
EpisodeDateViewersWeekly rank114 January 20221.764.6581221 January 20221.801.7261328 January 20221.907.046144 February 20221.812.6641511 February 20221.747.1441618 February 20221.802.1891725 February 20221.653.930184 March 20221.620.8971911 March 20221.617.6411
See also
The Masked Singer franchise
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