The fourth season of The Masked Singer Australia was announced in October 2021 and premiered on Network 10 on 7 August 2022. In the Grand Finale on 28 August 2022, The winner was revealed to be Melody Thornton as “Mirrorball”, the runner-up was Sheldon Riley as “Snapdragon”, and third place was Hugh Sheridan as “Rooster”.
The fourth series was filmed with a live audience between 30 June and 20 July 2022.
Production The costumes were designed and created by Australian Academy Award and BAFTA Award-Winning costume designer Tim Chappel, who is best known for his work on The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert with Lizzy Gardiner.
Panellists and host Only comedian Dave Hughes remained on the panel after the show's previous panelists left. British singer-songwriter Mel B, TV personality Abbie Chatfield and radio personality Chrissie Swan joined Hughes as panelists. Osher Günsberg returned as host.
Contestants Before the season began, Network Ten revealed that the cast included a Grammy Award winner, a gold medalist, a singer with more than 50 million records sold and a multiple Logie Award winner.
This is the first season to feature "Wild Card" contestants. Further explained in the premiere episode, it was revealed that two of the twelve contestants would perform later in the competition, similar to the format of the fifth American season.
Like the previous season, a special guest mask, "Poodle", appeared for one night. Poodle was revealed to be Tori Spelling, who also appeared as Unicorn on the first American season. Stage nameIdentityOccupation Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 Mirrorball Melody Thornton Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER Snapdragon Sheldon Riley Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Rooster Hugh Sheridan Actor SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD Singer/actress SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT Blowfly Shannon Noll Singer SAFE RISK SAFE SAFE OUT Popcorn Sam Sparro Singer SAFE RISK SAFE OUT Gnome (WC) Matt Preston Food Critic/TV Personality OUT Zombie Emma Watkins SAFE SAFE OUT Tiger Jamie Durie Horticulturist SAFE OUT Thong Pia Miranda Actress SAFE OUT Caterpillar Lisa Curry Swimmer OUT Knight Ryan Moloney Actor OUT
(WC) This masked singer is a wildcard contestant.
Episodes
Episode 1 (7 August) + Performances on the first episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Blowfly "Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus SAFE 2 Mirrorball "Xanadu" by Olivia Newton-John SAFE 3 Zombie "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max SAFE 4 Thong "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins SAFE 5 Knight "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran Ryan Moloney OUT
Episode 2 (8 August) + Performances on the second episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Rooster "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars SAFE 2 Tiger "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone SAFE 3 Snapdragon "Sorry Not Sorry" by Demi Lovato SAFE 4 Caterpillar "Cloudy Day" by Tones and I Lisa Curry OUT 5 Popcorn "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" by Scissor Sisters SAFE
Episode 3 (9 August) + Performances on the third episode # Stage name Song Result 1 Mirrorball "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" by Whitney Houston SAFE 2 Zombie "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado SAFE 3 Blowfly "Easy on Me" by Adele & Chris Stapleton RISK 4 Thong "So What" by P!nk RISK Duel Identity Result 1 Blowfly "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar SAFE 2 Thong Pia Miranda OUT
Episode 4 (14 August) + Performances on the fourth episode # Stage name Song Result 1 Rooster "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas SAFE 2 Snapdragon "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston SAFE 3 Popcorn "Adore You" by Harry Styles RISK 4 Tiger "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins RISK Duel Identity Result 1 Popcorn "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John SAFE 2 Tiger Jamie Durie OUT
Episode 5 (15 August) Group number: "Absolutely Everybody" by Vanessa Amorosi
+ Performances on the fifth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result Wildcard Microphone "Ain't Nobody" by Chaka Khan SAFE 2 Zombie "Creep" by Radiohead Emma Watkins OUT 3 Blowfly "Chains" by Tina Arena SAFE 4 Mirrorball "Always" by Bon Jovi SAFE
Episode 6 (16 August) Group Number: "Love Is In The Air" by John Paul Young
+ Performances on the sixth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result Wildcard Gnome "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees Matt Preston OUT 2 Snapdragon "Therefore I Am" by Billie Eilish SAFE 3 Rooster "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen SAFE 4 Popcorn "Cold Heart" by Elton John & Dua Lipa SAFE
Episode 7 (21 August) + Performances on the seventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Mirrorball "Levitating" by Dua Lipa & DaBaby SAFE 2 Popcorn "Over The Rainbow" by Judy Garland Sam Sparro OUT 3 Blowfly "Stay" by The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber SAFE 4 Snapdragon "Strong" by London Grammar SAFE 5 Microphone "Heroes (We Could Be)" by Alesso feat. Tove Lo SAFE 6 Rooster "Pure Imagination" by Gene Wilder SAFE
Episode 8 (22 August) + Performances on the eighth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Microphone "Say Something" by A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera SAFE 2 Blowfly “You Give Love A Bad Name” by Bon Jovi Shannon Noll OUT 3 Mirrorball "Without You" by The Kid LAROI & Miley Cyrus SAFE 4 Rooster "Shivers" by Ed Sheeran SAFE 5 Snapdragon "Stay" by Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko SAFE
Episode 9 (23 August) Group Number: "Best Day of My Life" by American Authors
+ Performances on the ninth episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Mirrorball "Fantasy" by Earth, Wind & Fire SAFE 2 Snapdragon "Valerie" by Amy Winehouse SAFE 3 Rooster "Beneath Your Beautiful" by Labrinth SAFE 4 Microphone "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey Michelle Williams OUT
Episode 10 (24 August) + Performances on the tenth episode # Stage name Song Identity 1 Poodle "Material Girl" by MadonnaTori Spelling "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane
Episode 11 (28 August) - Finale Group number: "Firework" by Katy Perry
+ Performances on the eleventh episode # Stage name Song Identity Result 1 Snapdragon "Never Enough" by Loren Allred Sheldon Riley RUNNER-UP 2 Rooster "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears Hugh Sheridan THIRD 3 Mirrorball "Last Dance" by Donna Summer Melody Thornton WINNER
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