The second season of the German singing competition ''

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'' premiered on 10 March 2020 on

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Ruth Moschner Ruth Isabel Moschner (born 11 April 1976) is a German TV presenter and actress. She was a judge in the first season of the German talent show '' Das Supertalent'' (part of the ''Got Talent'' franchise), but was replaced by Sylvie van der Vaart ...

returned in the panelist, with

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, replacing Collien Ulmen-Fernandes and

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also returned as host. In this season, the viewers vote after each

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, only via the ProSieben- app. On 28 April 2020, the Faultier (actor and singer Tom Beck) was declared the winner and the Wuschel (singer

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) was the runner-up. On 29 March 2020, ProSieben announced to cease the show's production for two weeks because three people from the production team tested positive with

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. The channel also announced that the show will return on 14 April. In the final, it was revealed that

Gregor Meyle Gregor Meyle (born 13 October 1978) is a German singer-songwriter. He first rose to prominence when he auditioned for the talent contest ''TV Total'', hosted in Stefan Raab's late-night-show ''TV total'' in late-2007, eventually finishing in se ...

, who sang as the Dragon, and Tom Beck, who sang as the Faultier, were the two people who contracted the virus.

Panelists and host

On 24 July 2019, ''The Masked Singer Germany'' was renewed for a second season.

returned as host. On 25 February 2020, it was announced that the ''rateteam'' or panelists would consist of returning TV presenter

and the new panelist singer

, who was previously a guest panelist in

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. As in previous season, a spin-off show named ''The Masked Singer - red. Special'' was aired after each live episode, hosted by Viviane Geppert (episodes 1, 3 and 5), Rebecca Mir (episode 2) and

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(episode 4 and 6). In the Final Carpendale hosted also, the ''red. - The Masked Singer Countdown'', which aired for 15 Minutes before the final.

Guest panelists

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

Contestants

Episodes

Week 1 (10 March)

Week 2 (17 March)

Week 3 (24 March)

Week 4 (14 April)

Week 5 (21 April) – Semi-final

Week 6 (28 April) – Final

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" by

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Keala Settle Keala Joan Settle (born November 5, 1975) is an American actress and singer. Settle originated the role of Norma Valverde in '' Hands on a Hardbody'', which ran on Broadway in 2013, and was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk ...

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and

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Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Reception

Ratings

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Masked Singer (German season 2), The 2020 German television seasons The Masked Singer (German TV series)