# The Masked Singer (Greek TV series)

The Masked Singer is a Greek reality singing competition television series that premiered on Skai TV on 31 March 2022. It is part of the Masked Singer franchise which began in South Korea and features celebrities singing songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks concealing their identities. The show is hosted by Sakis Rouvas, the program employs panelists who guess the celebrities' identities by interpreting clues provided to them throughout each season. Elisavet Konstantinidou, Thodoris Marantinis, Nikos Moutsinas and Athina Oikonomakou appear in each episode and vote alongside an audience for their favorite singer after all perform. The least popular is eliminated, taking off their mask to reveal their identity. The first season ended on 2 July 2022 with actor Renos Haralambidis coming in first as "Minotavros" and singer Sarbel coming in second as "Moro".
To prevent their identities from being revealed before each prerecorded episode is broadcast, the program makes extensive use of code names, disguises, non-disclosure agreements, and a team of security guards.

## Format

The show features a group of celebrity contestants. In a typical episode, eight contestants each sing a 90-second cover for panelists and an audience anonymously in costume. Hints to their identities are given before and occasionally after each performs. The perennial format is a taped interview with a celebrity's electronically masked voice narrating a video showing cryptic allusions to what they are known for. After performances, and before an elimination, the panelists are given time to speculate each singer's identity out loud and write comments in note binders. They may ask questions and the host may offer additional clues. After performances conclude, the audience and panelists vote for their favorite singer using an electronic device. The least popular contestant then takes off their mask to reveal their identity.

## Production

The broadcast format started in South Korea in 2015 as King of Mask Singer. In 2019, it was rumored that Skai TV would air in Greece the format of Masked Singer, that have been aired also in Asia, the United States and lot of other countries. In November 2019, it was announced that Skai TV would broadcast the show in 2020. The makers of Skai TV are in feverish preparations, as they are preparing to air not one, but two talent shows when 2021 arrives. The reason of course is House of Fame and The Masked Singer. But at the end of the 2020-2021 television season, Skai TV did not air The Masked Singer, but it was announced that would begin airing in 2021-2022 television season. It was announced that Skai TV wants that the show to begin air in February 2022. This particular project was due to air two years ago and in March 2022 the first trailer was seen.

## Panelists and host

Several artists were rumored to be part of the panel once Skai TV announced the show. Model Iliana Papageorgiou was rumored as the host of the show, but Skai TV denied the agreement. Then Skai TV announced the singer Sakis Rouvas as the presenter of the show.
It was rumored that singer Harry Varthakouris has already been booked to be on the show as a panelist, as he was already a member of Skai's staff due to Big Brother, while discussions were well underway with TV presenter and actor Nikos Moutsinas, who is also a member of the station's staff, as well as with singer Tamta, singer Eleni Foureira, Giorgos Tsalikis and Phoebus On 21 March 2022, Skai TV announced that the panel would be actress Elisavet Konstantinidou, singer and songwriter Thodoris Marantinis, TV presenter and actor Nikos Moutsinas and actress Athina Oikonomakou.
In the 10th episode, Katerina Stikoudi was a guest and sang as the Skiachtro, she was immediately unmasked after her performance. For the rest of the episode she was the guest panelist.

## Contestants

Results :
| Stage name | Celebrity | Notability | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Stage name | Celebrity | Notability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Minotavros ("Minotaur") | Renos Haralambidis | Actor | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Moro ("Baby") (WC) | Sarbel | Singer | | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RUNNER-UP |
| Pagotó ("Ice Cream") (WC) | Natalia Dragoumi | Actress | | | | | | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | THIRD |
| Amforéas ("Amphora") (WC) | Ivan Svitailo | Actor | | | | | | | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
| Cyber Girl | Maria Korinthiou | Actress | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | |
| Papaki ("Duck") (WC) | Dorotea Mercouri | Actress | | | | | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | |
| Gorilas ("Gorilla") | Penelope Anastasopoulou | Actress | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | |
| Pop Korn ("Popcorn") | Christos Cholidis | Singer | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | | |
| Margaríta ("Daisy") (WC) | Michalis Seitis | Paralympic athlete | | | | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | |
| Tsolias ("Evzone") | Konstantinos Kazakos | Actor | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | |
| Achinos ("Sea Urchin") (WC) | Gogo Tsamba | Singer | | | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | | |
| Kyklopas ("Cyclops") | Memos Mpegnis | Actor | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | | | |
| Melissa ("Bee") | Kostas Martakis | Singer | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ippopotamos ("Hippo") | Christina Souzi | Meteorologist | OUT | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Skiachtro ("Scarecrow") | Katerina Stikoudi | Singer | | | | | | | | | | GUEST | | |
(WC) This masked singer is a wild card contestant.

## Episodes
### Week 1 (31 March)

Performances on the first episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| 1 | Gorilas | "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Pop Korn | "Telika" by Konstantinos Argyros feat. Rack | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Minotavros | "Beggin'" by Måneskin | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Cyber Girl | "Caramela" by Eleni Foureira | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Melissa | "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 6 | Tsolias | "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 7 | Ippopotamos | "Crazy Girl" by Mimis Plessas | Christina Souzi | OUT |
| 8 | Kyklopas | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 2 (7 April)

Performances on the second episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| Wildcard | Moro | "Dynata (Ta Ta Ta)" by Stefanos Pitsiniagas | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 1 | Kyklopas | "O Horos (Klise Ta Matia)" by Onirama | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Gorilas | "I Sklava" by Tzeni Vanou | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Tsolias | "Dance with Somebody" by Mando Diao | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Minotavros | "Pou na vro mia na sou moiazei" by Kostis Maraveyas | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Melissa | "Ola S'agapane" by Stamatis Gonidis | Kostas Martakis | OUT |
| 6 | Cyber Girl | "Zeibekiko (M' Aeroplana kai Vaporia)" by Sotiria Bellou | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 7 | Pop Korn | "Eimai Allou" by Melisses | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 3 (14 April)

Performances on the third episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| Wildcard | Achinos | "Ta Kalitera Paidhia" by Josephine | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 1 | Moro | "Eimai Enas Allos" by Nino | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Kyklopas | "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor | Memos Mpegnis | OUT |
| 3 | Gorilas | "Re!" by Anna Vissi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Pop Korn | "Magiko Hali" by Locomondo | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Tsolias | "As kratisoun oi Khoroi" by Dionysis Savvopoulos | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 6 | Minotavros | "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Randy Newman | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 7 | Cyber Girl | "I Love It" by Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 4 (28 April)

Performances on the fourth episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| Wildcard | Margaríta | "S' Agapo" by Marinella | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 1 | Pop Korn | "They Don't Care About Us" by Michael Jackson | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Achinos | "S'Echo Kanei Theo" by Katerina Stanisi | Gogo Tsamba | OUT |
| 3 | Gorilas | "The Show Must Go On" by Queen | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Cyber Girl | "Gia Sena" by Anna Vissi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Tsolias | "Hippy Hippy Shake" by The Swinging Blue Jeans | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 6 | Minotavros | "Min Andistekese" by Sakis Rouvas | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 7 | Moro | "Physical" by Dua Lipa | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 5 (5 May)

Performances on the fifth episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| Wildcard | Papaki | "Dancing Queen" by ABBA | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 1 | Minotavros | "Diamanti" by Snik | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Cyber Girl | "Ela Ela" by Lena Zevgara | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Margaríta | "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Moro | "Fuego" by Eleni Foureira | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Tsolias | "Kataigida" by Antypas | Konstantinos Kazakos | OUT |
| 6 | Gorilas | "Xero Ti Zitao" by Hi-5 | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 7 | Pop Korn | "Valto Terma" by Nikos Oikonomopoulos | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 6 (21 May)

Performances on the sixth episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| Wildcard | Pagotó | "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 1 | Gorilas | "Anoixe Petra" by Marinella | undisclosedg | SAFE |
| 2 | Moro | "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Papaki | "S' agapo" by Mariada Pieridi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Pop Korn | "My Way" by Frank Sinatra | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Margaríta | "Margarites" by Angela Dimitriou | Michalis Seitis | OUT |
| 6 | Minotavros | "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 7 | Cyber Girl | "Deja Vu" by Helena Paparizou feat. Marseaux | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 7 (28 May)

Performances on the seventh episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| Wildcard | Amforéas | "Believer" by Imagine Dragons | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 1 | Gorilas | "I Anixi" by Sophia Vossou | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Pop Korn | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake | Christos Cholidis | OUT |
| 3 | Pagotó | "Pio Psila" by Vegas | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Minotavros | "El Ritmo Psicodélico"/"Gasolina" by Eleni Foureira | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Cyber Girl | "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 6 | Moro | "Apopse Stis Akrogialies" by Vassilis Tsitsanis | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 7 | Papaki | "Zitti e buoni" by Måneskin | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 8 (4 June)

Performances on the eighth episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| 1 | Moro | "Moves like Jagger" by Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Papaki | "A Pa Pa" by Despina Vandi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Amforéas | "American Woman" by The Guess Who | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Gorilas | "Ola Gyro Sou Gyrizoun" by Sakis Rouvas | Penelope Anastasopoulou | OUT |
| 5 | Minotavros | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 6 | Pagotó | "To Kati Pou Echeis" by Eleni Foureira | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 7 | Cyber Girl | "(You Drive Me) Crazy" by Britney Spears | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 9 (11 June)

Performances on the ninth episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| 1 | Cyber Girl | "I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Papaki | "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" by Baccara | Dorotea Mercouri | OUT |
| 3 | Minotavros | "Evaisthisíes" by Katy Garbi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Pagotó | "Can't Get You out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Moro | "S' Agapáo Sou Fónaxa" by Petros Iakovidis | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 6 | Amforéas | "Athína Mou" by Konstantinos Argyros | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 10 (18 June)

Performances on the tenth episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| 1 | Skiachtro | "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz | Katerina Stikoudi | GUEST |
| 2 | Pagotó | "Ta Koritsia Χenihtane" by Alexia Vassiliou | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Moro | "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Cyber Girl | "Stihimatizo" by Manto | Maria Korinthiou | OUT |
| 5 | Minotavros | "Peirazei Pou Eimai Firma" by Giannis Floriniotis | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 6 | Amforéas | "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 11 (25 June)

Performances on the eleventh episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| 1 | Minotavros | "Hristougenna" by Despina Vandi | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Minotavros | "Madame" by Kings and Trannos | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Pagotó | "Ego" by Josephine | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Pagotó | "Pou isoun Chtes" by Onirama | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Amforéas | "Kalos Sas Vrika" by Giorgos Mazonakis | Ivan Svitailo | OUT |
| 6 | Amforéas | “(I've Had) The Time of My Life” by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | Ivan Svitailo | OUT |
| 7 | Moro | "Vrehi Fotia sti strata mou" by Stratos Dionysiou | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 8 | Moro | "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls | undisclosed | SAFE |

### Week 12 - Final (2 July)

Performances on the twelfth episode :
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
| Round 1 |||||
| 1 | Minotavros | "I Agapi Moy Stin Ikaria" by Nasia Konitopoulou | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 1 | Minotavros | "Tosa Kalokairia" by Dakis | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Moro | "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Moro | "Last Kiss" by Ishtar | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 3 | Pagotó | "Ximeromata" by Konstantinos Argyros | Natalia Dragoumi | THIRD PLACE |
| 3 | Pagotó | "Anaveis Foties" by Despina Vandi | Natalia Dragoumi | THIRD PLACE |
| Round 2 |||||
| 4 | Minotavros | "Min Andistekese" by Sakis Rouvas | Renos Haralambidis | WINNER |
| 5 | Moro | "Dynata (Ta Ta Ta)" by Stefanos Pitsiniagas | Sarbel | RUNNER-UP |

## Ratings

| Episode | Episode | Date | Timeslot (EET) | Ratings | Viewers (in millions) | Rank Daily | Share | Share | Source |
| Episode | Episode | Date | Timeslot (EET) | Ratings | Viewers (in millions) | Rank Daily | Household | Adults 18-54 | Source |
| 1 | Week 1: "Season Premiere" | 31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) | Thursday 9:00pm | 6.6% | 0.680 | #8 | 14.1% | 18.5% | |
| 2 | Week 2 | 7 April 2022 (2022-04-07) | Thursday 9:00pm | — | — | — | 9.4% | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Week 3 | 14 April 2022 (2022-04-14) | Thursday 9:00pm | 4.7% | 0.491 | #10 | 10.7% | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Week 4 | 28 April 2022 (2022-04-28) | Thursday 9:00pm | 4.9% | 0.507 | #7 | 11.8% | 11.7% | |
| 5 | Week 5 | 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) | Thursday 9:00pm | — | — | — | 8.1% | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Week 6 | 21 May 2022 (2022-05-21) | Saturday 9:00pm | 4.1% | 0.425 | #2 | 12.3% | 12.1% | |
| 7 | Week 7 | 28 May 2022 (2022-05-28) | Saturday 9:00pm | 3.8% | 0.391 | #7 | 11.2% | 8.7% | |
| 8 | Week 8 | 4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) | Saturday 9:00pm | 4.0% | 0.409 | #2 | 13.6% | 13.5% | |
| 9 | Week 9 | 11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) | Saturday 9:00pm | 4.5% | 0.465 | #2 | 13.0% | 10.3% | |
| 10 | Week 10 | 18 June 2022 (2022-06-18) | Saturday 9:00pm | 4.2% | 0.430 | #6 | 13.5% | 11.8% | |
| 11 | Week 11 | 25 June 2022 (2022-06-25) | Saturday 9:00pm | 3.6% | 0.375 | #6 | 13.2% | 10.9% | |
| 12 | Week 12: "Season Finale" | 2 July 2022 (2022-07-02) | Saturday 9:00pm | 4.1% | 0.420 | #3 | 15.8% | 12.9% | |

### Note

* ^ Outside top 20.