The Masked Singer (German TV series) season 7

The seventh season of the German singing competition The Masked Singer premiered on 1 October 2022 on ProSieben.^[1] Ruth Moschner returned to the panel and Matthias Opdenhövel also returned as host.

The Masked Singer
Season 7
Starring	Ruth Moschner Various guests
Hosted by	Matthias Opdenhövel
No. of contestants	9
Winner	Daniel Donskoy as "Maulwurf"
Runner-up	Bürger Lars Dietrich as "Werwolf"
No. of episodes	6
Release
Original network	ProSieben
Original release	1 October (2022-10-01) – 5 November 2022 (2022-11-05)
Season chronology

Panelists and host

Season 7 main panelists and host

Ruth Moschner

Matthias Opdenhövel

TV Presenter Ruth Moschner returned for her sixth season as a panelist.^[2] Matthias Opdenhövel returned for his seventh season as host.^[3]

As in previous seasons, a spin-off show named The Masked Singer - red. Special aired after each live episode, hosted by Viviane Geppert for the first and third episodes, Annemarie Carpendale for the second, fourth and sixth episodes and Rebecca Mir for the fifth episode.

Guest panelists

Various guest panelists appeared as the second and third judge in the judging panel for one episode. These guest panelists included:

Season 7 guest panelists

Linda Zervakis (episode 1)

Smudo (episode 1)

Carolin Kebekus (episode 2)

Eko Fresh (episode 2)

Yvonne Catterfeld (episode 3)

Ross Antony (episode 3)

Giovanni Zarrella (episode 4)

Stefanie Kloß (episode 4)

Johannes Oerding (episode 5)

Rea Garvey (episode 5)

Riccardo Simonetti(episode 6)

Judith Williams(episode 6)

Episode	Guest Panelists		Ref.
1	Linda Zervakis	Smudo	[4]
2	Carolin Kebekus	Eko Fresh	[5]
3	Yvonne Catterfeld	Ross Antony	[6]
4	Giovanni Zarrella	Stefanie Kloß	[7]
5	Johannes Oerding	Rea Garvey	[8]
6	Riccardo Simonetti	Judith Williams	[9]

Contestants

The season features 9 contestants, one less than previous seasons.

Results

Stage name	Celebrity	Notability	Live Episodes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
								A	B	C
Maulwurf "Mole"	Daniel Donskoy	Actor	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WINNER
Werwolf "Werewolf"	Bürger Lars Dietrich	Musician/Comedian	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	RUNNER-UP
Rosty[a]	Rick Kavanian	Actor/Comedian	WIN	RISK	RISK	RISK	RISK	SAFE	THIRD
Zahnfee "Tooth Fairy"	Leslie Clio	Singer	WIN	RISK	WIN	WIN	RISK	OUT
Goldi	Armin Rohde	Actor	RISK	WIN	WIN	RISK	OUT
Black Mamba	Felix von Jascheroff	Actor	WIN	WIN	RISK	OUT
Pfeife "Whistle"	Thomas Hayo	Creative Director	WIN	RISK	OUT
Walross "Walrus"	Jutta Speidel	Actress	RISK	OUT
Brokkoli "Broccoli"	Katja Burkard	TV Presenter	OUT

  The masked singer won their face-off and remained in the competition.

  The masked singer lost their face-off and was in the bottom four/three/two, but was not eliminated.

  The masked singer was safe from elimination.

  The masked singer was eliminated from the competition and unmasked upon their elimination.

The celebrities who have competed in the seventh season of The Masked Singer, pictured in order of elimination (l-r):
Katja Burkard ("Brokkoli"), Jutta Speidel ("Walross"), Thomas Hayo ("Pfeife"), Felix von Jascheroff ("Black Mamba"), Armin Rohde ("Goldi"), Leslie Clio ("Zahnfee"), Rick Kavanian ("Rosty"), Bürger Lars Dietrich ("Werwolf"), Daniel Donskoy ("Maulwurf")

Episodes

Week 1 (1 October)

Performances on the first live episode

#	Stage name	Song	Identity	Result
1	Maulwurf	"Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler	undisclosed	WIN
2	Brokkoli	"So What" by Pink	Katja Burkard	OUT
3	Black Mamba	"Trust in Me" from The Jungle Book	undisclosed	WIN
4	Werwolf	"Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi	undisclosed	WIN
5	Rosty	"Mr. Lonely" by Bobby Vinton	undisclosed	WIN
6	Walross	"Move in the Right Direction" by Gossip	undisclosed	RISK
7	Goldi	"An Angel" by The Kelly Family	undisclosed	RISK
8	Pfeife	"Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson	undisclosed	WIN
9	Zahnfee	"When You Believe" by Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston	undisclosed	WIN

Week 2 (8 October)

Performances on the second live episode

#	Stage name	Song	Identity	Result
1	Zahnfee	"Firework" by Katy Perry	undisclosed	RISK
2	Black Mamba	"Temple of Love" by Sisters of Mercy	undisclosed	WIN
3	Pfeife	"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak	undisclosed	RISK
4	Goldi	"Bad Day" by Daniel Powter	undisclosed	WIN
5	Rosty	"As It Was" by Harry Styles	undisclosed	RISK
6	Werwolf	"Enter Sandman" by Metallica	undisclosed	WIN
7	Walross	"What You Waiting For" by Gwen Stefani	Jutta Speidel	OUT
8	Maulwurf	"Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/"Pony" Ginuwine	undisclosed	WIN

Week 3 (15 October)

Performances on the third live episode

#	Stage name	Song		Identity	Result
1	Black Mamba	"Like a Prayer" by Madonna	"Relight My Fire" by Take That	undisclosed	RISK
2	Maulwurf	"My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion		undisclosed	WIN
3	Goldi	"Gold" by Spandau Ballet		undisclosed	WIN
4	Zahnfee	"Kings & Queens" by Ava Max	"Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj	undisclosed	WIN
5	Pfeife	"Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney and Wings		Thomas Hayo	OUT
6	Rosty	"Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees	"Walk This Way" by Run-D.M.C. & Aerosmith	undisclosed	RISK
7	Werwolf	"You're My Heart, You're My Soul" by Modern Talking		undisclosed	WIN

Week 4 (22 October)

Performances on the fourth live episode

#	Stage name	Song		Identity	Result
1	Maulwurf	"Larger than Life" by Backstreet Boys	"Felicità" by Al Bano & Romina Power	undisclosed	WIN
2	Rosty	"Happy" by Pharrell Williams		undisclosed	RISK
3	Zahnfee	"Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa	"Beauty and the Beast" by Ariana Grande & John Legend	undisclosed	WIN
4	Black Mamba	"Unholy" by Sam Smith & Kim Petras		Felix von Jascheroff	OUT
5	Goldi	"Looking for Freedom" by David Hasselhoff	"Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf	undisclosed	RISK
6	Werwolf	"In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes		undisclosed	WIN

Week 5 (29 October) - Semi-final

Performances on the fifth live episode

#	Stage name	Song	Identity	Result
1	Rosty	"Get Down on It" by Kool & The Gang	undisclosed	RISK
2	Zahnfee	"Remedy" by Leony	undisclosed	RISK
3	Maulwurf	"Breathe Easy" by Blue	undisclosed	WIN
4	Goldi	"Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli/"We Will Rock You" by Queen	undisclosed	RISK
5	Werwolf	"Personal Jesus" by Marilyn Manson	undisclosed	WIN
Sing off details			Identity	Result
1	Rosty	"Holiday" by Madonna	undisclosed	SAFE
2	Zahnfee	"Stay" by Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko	undisclosed	SAFE
3	Goldi	"Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top/"Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer	Armin Rohde	OUT

Week 6 (5 November) - Final

• Group number: "Beautiful Day" by U2

Round One

Performances on the final live episode – Round one

#	Stage name	Song	Identity	Result
1	Goldy	"Grenade" by Bruno Mars	undisclosed	SAFE
2	Zahnfee	"Take Me to Church" by Hozier	Leslie Clio	OUT
3	Rosty	"Miami" by Will Smith/ "Conga" by Gloria Estefan	undisclosed	SAFE
4	Werwolf	"Numb" by Linkin Park	undisclosed	SAFE

Round Two

Performances on the final live episode – round two

#	Stage name	Song with (Zebra) Ella Endlich	Identity	Result
1	Maulwurf	"Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon	undisclosed	SAFE
2	Rosty	"I'll Be There for You" by The Rembrandts	Rick Kavanian	THIRD
3	Werwolf	"Hurt" by Johnny Cash	undisclosed	SAFE

Round Three

Performances on the final live episode – round three

#	Stage name	Song	Identity	Result
1	Maulwurf	"Larger than Life" by Backstreet Boys	Daniel Donskoy	WINNER
2	Werwolf	"Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi	Bürger Lars Dietrich	RUNNER-UP

Reception

Ratings

Episode	Original airdate	Timeslot	Viewers (in millions)		Share (in %)		Source
			Household	Adults 14–49	Household	Adults 14–49
1	1 October 2022 (2022-10-01)	Saturday 8:15 pm	2.42	1.15	10.3	21.2	[10]
2	8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)		2.12	1.03	8.5	17.1	[11]
3	15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)		2.19	1.07	8.9	20.2	[12]
4	22 October 2022 (2022-10-22)		1.86	0.87	7.6	15.3	[13]
5	29 October 2022 (2022-10-29)		2.13	1.01	9.0	19.0	[14]
6	5 November 2022 (2022-11-05)		2.29	1.21	10.0	23.1	[15]
Average			2.17	1.06	9.1	19.3

Notes

1. The character was initially named "No Name", but changed their name in episode 3.