# 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. Ruth Moschner returned to the panel and Matthias Opdenhövel also returned as host.

## Panelists and host

TV Presenter Ruth Moschner returned for her sixth season as a panelist. Matthias Opdenhövel returned for his seventh season as host.
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:
| Episode | Guest Panelists | Guest Panelists |
| 1 | Linda Zervakis | Smudo |
| 2 | Carolin Kebekus | Eko Fresh |
| 3 | Yvonne Catterfeld | Ross Antony |
| 4 | Giovanni Zarrella | Stefanie Kloß |
| 5 | Johannes Oerding | Rea Garvey |
| 6 | Riccardo Simonetti | Judith Williams |

## Contestants

The season features 9 contestants, one less than previous seasons.
Results :
| Stage name | Celebrity | Notability | Live Episodes | Live Episodes | Live Episodes | Live Episodes | Live Episodes | Live Episodes | Live Episodes | Live Episodes |
| Stage name | Celebrity | Notability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Stage name | Celebrity | Notability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 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 | 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 | | | | | | | |

## Episodes
### Week 6 (5 November) - Final

* Group number: "Beautiful Day" by U2

#### Round Three
## Reception
### Ratings

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