# The Masked Singer (German TV series) season 4

The fourth season of the German singing competition The Masked Singer premiered on 16 February 2021 on ProSieben. Ruth Moschner and Rea Garvey returned to the panel after one season hiatus, replacing Bülent Ceylan and Sonja Zietlow. Matthias Opdenhövel also returned as host.
On 23 March 2021, the Dinosaurier (singer Sasha) was declared the winner and the Leopard (singer Cassandra Steen) was the runner-up.

## Panelists and host

Matthias Opdenhövel returned as host. In August 2020, it was announced that Ruth Moschner and Rea Garvey, would be returning after one season hiatus.
As in previous seasons, a spin-off show named The Masked Singer - red. Special was aired after each live episode, hosted by Viviane Geppert (episodes 1, 3–4, 6) and Annemarie Carpendale (episodes 2, 5).

### Guest panelists

Various guest panelists appeared as the third judge in the judging panel for one episode. These guest panelists included:
| Episode | Name | Notability |
| 1 | Carolin Kebekus | Comedienne |
| 2 | Smudo | Rapper |
| 3 | Steven Gätjen | TV Host |
| 4 | Lena Gercke | Model & TV Host |
| 5 | Katrin Bauerfeind | Actress |
| 6 | Joko Winterscheidt | TV Host |

## Contestants

Like in the previous seasons, the fourth season included 10 contestants. On 26 January 2021, the first three contestants were revealed. Since 5 February 2021 until 11 February 2021, every day one new costume was revealed.
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 |
| Dinosaurier "Dinosaur" | Sasha | Singer | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Leopard | Cassandra Steen | Singer | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | RUNNER-UP |
| Flamingo | Ross Antony | Singer | RISK | WIN | RISK | WIN | WIN | SAFE | THIRD | |
| Schildkröte "Turtle" | Thomas Anders | Singer | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | RISK | OUT | | |
| Monstronaut | Thore Schölermann | TV Presenter | RISK | WIN | WIN | RISK | OUT | | | |
| Stier "Bull" | Guildo Horn | Singer | WIN | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | | | |
| Küken "Chick" | Judith Rakers | Journalist | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | | | | |
| Quokka | Henning Baum | Actor | WIN | RISK | OUT | | | | | |
| Einhorn "Unicorn" | Franziska van Almsick | Former Swimmer | RISK | OUT | | | | | | |
| Schwein "Pig" | Katrin Müller-Hohenstein | TV Presenter | OUT | | | | | | | |

## Episodes
### Week 6 (23 March) – Final

* Group number: "Fix You" by Coldplay

#### 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 | 16 February 2021 (2021-02-16) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 3.55 | 2.10 | 12.3 | 26.7 | |
| 2 | 23 February 2021 (2021-02-23) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 3.38 | 2.04 | 11.9 | 26.1 | |
| 3 | 2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 3.15 | 1.83 | 10.7 | 22.5 | |
| 4 | 9 March 2021 (2021-03-09) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 3.23 | 1.87 | 11.4 | 23.8 | |
| 5 | 16 March 2021 (2021-03-16) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 3.47 | 2.00 | 12.2 | 25.2 | |
| 6 | 23 March 2021 (2021-03-23) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 3.75 | 2.09 | 14.0 | 27.9 | |
| Average | Average | Average | 3.42 | 1.99 | 12.1 | 25.4 | |