# The Masked Singer (Australian TV series) season 4

The fourth season of The Masked Singer Australia was announced in October 2021 and premiered on Network 10 on 7 August 2022. In the Grand Finale on 28 August 2022, The winner was revealed to be Melody Thornton as “Mirrorball”, the runner-up was Sheldon Riley as “Snapdragon”, and third place was Hugh Sheridan as “Rooster”.
The fourth series was filmed with a live audience between 30 June and 20 July 2022.

## Production

The costumes were designed and created by Australian Academy Award and BAFTA Award-Winning costume designer Tim Chappel, who is best known for his work on The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert with Lizzy Gardiner.

## Panellists and host

Only comedian Dave Hughes remained on the panel after the show's previous panelists left. British singer-songwriter Mel B, TV personality Abbie Chatfield and radio personality Chrissie Swan joined Hughes as panelists. Osher Günsberg returned as host.

## Contestants

Before the season began, Network Ten revealed that the cast included a Grammy Award winner, a gold medalist, a singer with more than 50 million records sold and a multiple Logie Award winner.
This is the first season to feature "Wild Card" contestants. Further explained in the premiere episode, it was revealed that two of the twelve contestants would perform later in the competition, similar to the format of the fifth American season.
Like the previous season, a special guest mask, "Poodle", appeared for one night. Poodle was revealed to be Tori Spelling, who also appeared as Unicorn on the first American season.
| Stage name | Identity | Occupation | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Stage name | Identity | Occupation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| Mirrorball | Melody Thornton | Singer | SAFE | | SAFE | | SAFE | | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Snapdragon | Sheldon Riley | Singer | | SAFE | | SAFE | | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RUNNER-UP |
| Rooster | Hugh Sheridan | Actor | | SAFE | | SAFE | | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | THIRD |
| Microphone (WC) | Michelle Williams | Singer/actress | | | | | SAFE | | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
| Blowfly | Shannon Noll | Singer | SAFE | | RISK | | SAFE | | SAFE | OUT | | |
| Popcorn | Sam Sparro | Singer | | SAFE | | RISK | | SAFE | OUT | | | |
| Gnome (WC) | Matt Preston | Food Critic/TV Personality | | | | | | OUT | | | | |
| Zombie | Emma Watkins | Singer/télévision presenter | SAFE | | SAFE | | OUT | | | | | |
| Tiger | Jamie Durie | Horticulturist | | SAFE | | OUT | | | | | | |
| Thong | Pia Miranda | Actress | SAFE | | OUT | | | | | | | |
| Caterpillar | Lisa Curry | Swimmer | | OUT | | | | | | | | |
| Knight | Ryan Moloney | Actor | OUT | | | | | | | | | |
(WC) This masked singer is a wildcard contestant.

## Episodes
### Episode 5 (15 August)

* Group number: "Absolutely Everybody" by Vanessa Amorosi

### Episode 6 (16 August)

* Group Number: "Love Is In The Air" by John Paul Young

### Episode 9 (23 August)

* Group Number: "Best Day of My Life" by American Authors

### Episode 11 (28 August) - Finale

* Group number: "Firework" by Katy Perry

## Reception
### Ratings

| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| 1 | Episode 1 Mask Reveal | 7 August 2022 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 522,000598,000 | 75 | 76,00078,000 | 85 | 598,000676,000 | |
| 2 | Episode 2 Mask Reveal | 8 August 2022 | Monday 7:30 pm | 455,000605,000 | 138 | 61,00060,000 | 147 | 516,000665,000 | |
| 3 | Episode 3 Mask Reveal | 9 August 2022 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 449,000504,000 | 1310 | 71,00053,000 | 1211 | 520,000557,000 | |
| 4 | Episode 4 Mask Reveal | 14 August 2022 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 437,000549,000 | 95 | 51,00056,000 | 85 | 488,000605,000 | |
| 5 | Episode 5 Mask Reveal | 15 August 2022 | Monday 7:30 pm | 445,000526,000 | 1511 | 67,00059,000 | 1714 | 512,000585,000 | |
| 6 | Episode 6 Mask Reveal | 16 August 2022 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 494,000557,000 | 109 | 67,00066,000 | 128 | 561,000623,000 | |
| 7 | Episode 7 Mask Reveal | 21 August 2022 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 451,000568,000 | 116 | 47,00041,000 | 107 | 498,000609,000 | |
| 8 | Episode 8 Mask Reveal | 22 August 2022 | Monday 7:30 pm | 491,000612,000 | 139 | 58,00063,000 | 158 | 549,000675,000 | |
| 9 | Episode 9 Mask Reveal | 23 August 2022 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 476,000582,000 | 108 | 41,00051,000 | 138 | 517,000633,000 | |
| 10 | Episode 10 Mask Reveal | 24 August 2022 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 420,000440,000 | 1513 | 78,00081,000 | 1310 | 498,000521,000 | |
| 11 | Grand Finale The Final Reveal | 28 August 2022 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 575,000713,000 | 74 | 37,00044,000 | 75 | 612,000757,000 | |