The first season of ''

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'' premiered on Monday 23 September 2019 on Network 10 and is hosted by Osher Günsberg. In the Grand Finale on 21 October 2019, it was announced that the winner was Cody Simpson (who competed as “Robot”), the runner-up Rob Mills (who competed as “Wolf), and the third place finisher was

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(who competed as “Monster”). The show involved 10 episodes and was filmed at Fox Studios Australia.

Production

The costumes were designed and created by

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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

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. The winner, Cody Simpson, received the highest combined audience and panellist votes thereby winning the show.

Panellists and host

Following the announcement of the series, it was confirmed by Network 10 that the judging panel would consist of radio personality

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, singer-songwriter

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, international actress and singer-songwriter

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and comedian

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. It was also confirmed that Osher Günsberg would host the show. Throughout the season, guest panellists appeared as a fifth judge on the judging panel. The guest panellists in the first season were comedians Nazeem Hussain ''(episode 4)'' and

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''(episode 5)''.

Contestants

In the first season, there were 12 competitors in the competition. Before the season began, Ten released clues that it included

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winners, an MTV Award winner,

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winner, 'Hall of Famers', an

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recipient and a World Cup winner.

Episodes

Episode 1 (23 September)

Episode 2 (24 September)

Episode 3 (30 September)

Episode 4 (1 October)

Episode 5 (7 October)

* Group number: "

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Episode 6 (8 October)

* Group number: " So Am I" by Ava Max

Episode 7 (14 October)

Episode 8 (15 October)

Episode 10 (21 October) — Finale

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" by

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, Benj Pasek &

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Controversy

Independent music group Halocene purported that the Lion's ( Kate Ceberano) rendition of "

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" in episode 3 was "virtually identical" to their own original cover and arrangement of the song. Ceberano received backlash on social media, after which it was clarified that she did not choose the arrangement, only the song.

Reception

Ratings

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Masked Singer (Australian season 1), The The Masked Singer (Australian TV series) 2019 Australian television seasons