''The Masked Singer Austria'' is an Austrian reality singing competition television series adapted from the South Korean format ''

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''. The first season premiered on

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on 14 March 2020, and is hosted by Arabella Kiesbauer. The show features celebrities singing in head-to-toe costumes and face masks which conceal their identities from other contestants, panelists, and an audience. On 19 March 2020, Puls 4 announced that the production would be interrupted due to the

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. The program continued on 15 September 2020.

Panelists and host

Arabella Kiesbauer served as host of the series for its first season. Kiesbauer was replaced by Mirjam Weichselbraun for the second season. Since the first season, the panelists consist of

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and Sasa Schwarzjirg. Nathan Trent served as a third panelist in the first season before being replaced by

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for the second.

Series overview

Season 1

Contestants * ''Carp'' is also known as ''Carp Diva'' Episodes

Week 1 (14 March)

Week 2 (15 September)

Week 3 (22 September)

Week 4 (29 September)

Week 5 (6 October)

Week 6 (13 October) – Final

Group Number: "

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Round One

Round Two

Season 2

Contestants Episodes

Week 1 (15 February)

Week 2 (22 February)

Week 3 (1 March)

Week 4 (8 March)

Week 5 (15 March)

Week 6 (22 March)

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Reception

Ratings

Notes

References

External links

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