# The Masked Singer (German TV series) season 3

The third season of the German singing competition The Masked Singer premiered on 20 October 2020 on ProSieben. This season the panel were Bülent Ceylan and Sonja Zietlow, replacing Ruth Moschner and Rea Garvey. Matthias Opdenhövel also returned as host.
On 24 November 2020, the Skelett (singer Sarah Lombardi) was declared the winner and the Alien (musician Alec Völkel) was the runner-up.

## Panelists and host

On 24 April 2020, ProSieben announced the third season.
Matthias Opdenhövel returned as host. In August 2020, it was announced that Ruth Moschner and Rea Garvey would not be returning in the panel for this season, but they would be returning in the fourth season, which aired in 2021. On 15 September 2020, ProSieben announced that contestants from season one Bülent Ceylan and from season two Sonja Zietlow would be in the panel.
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 and 3) and Annemarie Carpendale (episode 2, 4 and 6). On 16 November 2020, the episode wasn't played, because the live episode was played Monday. In the Final Carpendale hosted also, the red. - The Masked Singer Countdown, which aired for 15 minutes before the final.

### Guest panelists

Also this season, various guest panelists appeared as the third judge in the judging panel for one episode. These guest panelists included:
| Episode | Name | Notability |
| 1 | Dieter Hallervorden | Actor/Comedian |
| 2 | Ruth Moschner | Presenter |
| 3 | Carolin Kebekus | Comedienne |
| 4 | Elton | Presenter |
| 5 | Rea Garvey | Singer |
| 6 | Tom Beck | Actor/Singer |

## Contestants

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 |
| Skelett "Skeleton" | Sarah Lombardi | Singer | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WINNER |
| Alien | Alec Völkel | Musician | WIN | RISK | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | RUNNER-UP |
| Nilpferd "Hippo" | Nelson Müller | Chef | WIN | WIN | RISK | RISK | RISK | SAFE | OUT | |
| Anubis | Ben Blümel | Singer | RISK | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |
| Erdmännchen "Meerkats" | Daniela Katzenberger | TV personality | WIN | WIN | RISK | WIN | RISK | OUT | | |
| Erdmännchen "Meerkats" | Lucas Cordalis | Singer | WIN | WIN | RISK | WIN | RISK | OUT | | |
| Katze "Cat" | Vicky Leandros | Singer | WIN | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | | | |
| Frosch "Frog" | Wigald Boning | Comedian | RISK | RISK | WIN | OUT | | | | |
| Alpaka "Alpaca" | Sylvie Meis | Model | RISK | RISK | OUT | | | | | |
| Hummer "Lobster" | Jochen Schropp | Actor/Presenter | RISK | OUT | | | | | | |
| Biene "Bee" | Veronica Ferres | Actress | OUT | | | | | | | |

## Episodes
### Week 6 (24 November) – Final

* Group number: "One Night Only" by Jennifer Hudson

#### 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 | 20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 3.33 | 2.03 | 12.5 | 25.9 | |
| 2 | 27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 2.91 | 1.79 | 10.9 | 23.4 | |
| 3 | 3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 3.21 | 1.92 | 11.2 | 22.4 | |
| 4 | 10 November 2020 (2020-11-10) | Tuesdays 8:15 pm | 3.01 | 1.84 | 11.2 | 23.7 | |
| 5 | 16 November 2020 (2020-11-16) | Monday 8:15 pm | 3.28 | 1.95 | 11.5 | 23.1 | |
| 6 | 24 November 2020 (2020-11-24) | Tuesday 8:15 pm | 3.65 | 2.07 | 14.8 | 28.8 | |
| Average | Average | Average | 3.33 | 1.99 | 12.8 | 24.9 | |