The Masked Singer (Belgian season 2)
The second season of The Masked Singer based on the Masked Singer franchise which originated from the South Korean version of the show King of Mask Singer. It premiered on VTM on 14 January 2022 and is hosted by Niels Destadsbader.[1] The season was won by singer Camille Dhont as "Miss Kitty", with singer Loredana finishing second as "Knight", and party chairman Conner Rousseau placing third as "Rabbit".[2]
| The Masked Singer | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Starring |
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| Hosted by | Niels Destadsbader |
| Winner | Camille Dhont as "Miss Kitty" |
| Runner-up | Loredana as "Knight" |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | VTM |
| Original release | 14 January – 18 March 2022 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season started successfully. Highlights in this season was the unmasking of Johnny Logan, the first international contestant outside of the Benelux,[3] and the unexpected unmasking of Robots in the fifth episode, one of the favorites of the public. The first duo ever in the Belgian series, Robots, turned out to be reallife partners Lize Feryn & Aster Nzeyimana.[4] Another reallife couple, Tine Embrechts and Guga Baúl participated, not in duo but with the matching characters Flamme Fatale and Ice King, representing the elements fire and ice.[5] The unexpected reveal of politician Conner Rousseau during the final made headlines and started a debate about politicians in entertainment programs.[6] Winner Camille Dhont was the revelation of the season.[7]
Production Edit
After the success of the first season, a second season was ordered. The show was filmed during the summer of 2021. The security and confidentiality was even stricter since people knew the show this time with high fines, taping of smartphones and very planned exits for the contestants.[8]
Cast Edit
Panelists Edit
Panel members Julie Van den Steen, Jens Dendoncker and Karen Damen from the first season returned. Andy Peelman, Kevin Janssens and Ruth Beeckmans, who participated at the first season as masked singers, joined the panel. Of this group of 6 judges, a few of them would be selected for each episode.[9] In the second season Bart Kaëll, Élodie Ouédraogo, Ann Tuts & Bart Peeters were guest judges.
| Featured in this episode as a judge. |
| Judge | Episodes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Andy Peelman | ||||||||||
| Jens Dendoncker | ||||||||||
| Julie Van den Steen | ||||||||||
| Karen Damen | ||||||||||
| Kevin Janssens | ||||||||||
| Ruth Beeckmans | ||||||||||
| Guest Judge | Bart Kaëll | Élodie Ouédraogo | Ann Tuts | Bart Peeters | Stan Van Samang | Tinne Oltmans | An Lemmens | — | ||
Contestants Edit
The first contestants were introduced on 23 December.[10] Robots were the first time a duo participated in the Belgian series.[11] On 29 December all eight original contestants were introduced.[12] At the same time four symbols alluding to four unseen characters were revealed.
Flamme Fatale joined the line-up in the second episode.[13] Scorpion was introduced in the third episode.[14] Two masked singers first appeared during the fourth episode, Rabbit & Ice King.[15][16]
| Stage name | Celebrity | Occupation | Episodes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Miss Poes (Miss Kitty) | Camille Dhont | Singer | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE[a] | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER | |
| Ridder (Knight) | Loredana | Singer | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | RUNNER-UP | |
| Konijn (Rabbit) | Conner Rousseau | Politician | RISK | RISK | WIN | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | THIRD | ||||
| Schorpioen (Scorpion) | Klaasje Meijer | Singer | RISK | WIN | RISK | RISK | WIN | RISK | OUT | ||||
| IJskoning (Ice King) | Guga Baúl | Actor | RISK | WIN | WIN | RISK | OUT | ||||||
| Flamme Fatale (Flame Fatale) | Tine Embrechts | Actress | RISK | RISK | RISK | WIN | RISK | OUT | |||||
| Papegaai (Parrot) | Mathias Vergels | Actor | RISK | RISK | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | |||||
| Robots | Lize Feryn | Actress | WIN | WIN | WIN | RISK | OUT | ||||||
| Aster Nzeyimana | Journalist | ||||||||||||
| Edelhert (Red Deer) | Johnny Logan | Singer | RISK | RISK | RISK | OUT | |||||||
| Cycloop (Cyclops) | Bart Cannaerts | Comedian | RISK | WIN | OUT | ||||||||
| Radijsje (Radish) | Erik Van Looy | Film director | WIN | OUT | |||||||||
| Roos (Rose) | Yanina Wickmayer | Tennis player | OUT | ||||||||||
Yanina Wickmayer ("Roos"), Erik Van Looy ("Radijsje"), Bart Cannaerts ("Cycloop"), Johnny Logan ("Edelhert"), Lize Feryn ("Robots"), Mathis Vergels ("Papegaai"), Tine Embrechts ("Flamme Fatale"), Guga Baúl ("IJskoning"), Klaasje Meijer ("Schorpioen"), Conner Rosseau ("Konijn"), Loredana ("Ridder"), and Camile Dhont ("Miss Poes")
Episodes Edit
Episode 1 (14 January) Edit
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Kitty | "Levitating" by Dua Lipa | undisclosed | WIN |
| 2 | Cyclops | "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man | undisclosed | RISK |
| 3 | Robots | "City of Stars" from La La Land | undisclosed | WIN |
| undisclosed | ||||
| 4 | Rose | "Tik Tok" by Kesha | Yanina Wickmayer | OUT |
| 5 | Knight | "Nobody's Wife" by Anouk | undisclosed | WIN |
| 6 | Parrot | "Talk Dirty" by Jason Derulo | undisclosed | RISK |
| 7 | Radish | "Light My Fire" by The Doors | undisclosed | WIN |
| 8 | Red Deer | "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele | undisclosed | RISK |
Episode 2 (21 January) Edit
A new contestant "Flame Fatale" enters the competition.
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flame Fatale | "Stop This Flame" by Celeste | undisclosed | RISK |
| 2 | Robots | "Cheap Thrills" by Sia feat. Sean Paul | undisclosed | WIN |
| undisclosed | ||||
| 3 | Red Deer | "Sorry" by Justin Bieber | undisclosed | RISK |
| 4 | Cyclops | "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police | undisclosed | WIN |
| 5 | Miss Kitty | "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo | undisclosed | WIN |
| 6 | Parrot | "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles | undisclosed | RISK |
| 7 | Knight | "I'll Never Love Again" by Lady Gaga | undisclosed | WIN |
| 8 | Radish | "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones | Erik Van Looy | OUT |
Episode 3 (28 January) Edit
A new contestant "Scorpion" enters the competition.
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scorpion | "S&M" by Rihanna | undisclosed | RISK |
| 2 | Parrot | "Have a Little Faith in Me" by John Hiatt | undisclosed | WIN |
| 3 | Cyclops | "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift | Bart Cannaerts | OUT |
| 4 | Robots | "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid | undisclosed | WIN |
| undisclosed | ||||
| 5 | Flame Fatale | "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles | undisclosed | RISK |
| 6 | Miss Kitty | "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette | undisclosed | WIN |
| 7 | Red Deer | "Diamonds" by Rihanna | undisclosed | RISK |
| 8 | Knight | "Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus | undisclosed | WIN |
Episode 4 (4 February) Edit
Two new contestants "Rabbit" and "Ice King" enter the competition.
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbit | "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" by Usher feat. Pitbull | undisclosed | RISK |
| 2 | Miss Kitty | "No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish | undisclosed | WIN |
| 3 | Red Deer | "Million Reasons" by Lady Gaga | Johnny Logan | OUT |
| 4 | Ice King | "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi | undisclosed | RISK |
| 5 | Flame Fatale | "Sway" by Michael Bublé | undisclosed | RISK |
| 6 | Knight | "Wonder" by Shawn Mendes | undisclosed | WIN |
| 7 | Robots | "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland | undisclosed | RISK |
| undisclosed | ||||
| 8 | Scorpion | "Girls Like Us" by Zoe Wees | undisclosed | WIN |
| 9 | Parrot | "Hot Stuff" by Kygo & Donna Summer | undisclosed | RISK |
Episode 5 (11 February) Edit
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Kitty | "My Head & My Heart" by Ava Max | undisclosed | WIN |
| 2 | Robots | "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys | Lize Feryn | OUT |
| Aster Nzeyimana | ||||
| 3 | Parrot | "Drag Me Down" by One Direction | undisclosed | RISK |
| 4 | Flame Fatale | "Firestone" by Kygo | undisclosed | WIN |
| 5 | Scorpion | "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears | undisclosed | RISK |
| 6 | Ice King | "Someone to You" by Banners | undisclosed | WIN |
| 7 | Rabbit | "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys | undisclosed | RISK |
| 8 | Knight | "Dance Again" by Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull | undisclosed | WIN |
Episode 6 (18 February) Edit
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Kitty | "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 2 | Rabbit | "Cooler than Me" by Mike Posner | undisclosed | WIN |
| 3 | Parrot | "Table of Fools" by IBE | Mathias Vergels | OUT |
| 4 | "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE | |||
| 5 | Flame Fatale | "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" by Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus | undisclosed | RISK |
| 6 | Ice King | "Uprising" by Muse | undisclosed | WIN |
| 7 | "When the Rain Begins to Fall" by Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora | |||
| 8 | Scorpion | "Reggaetón Lento" by CNCO & Little Mix | undisclosed | RISK |
| 9 | Knight | "Alive" by Sia | undisclosed | WIN |
| 10 | "Symphony" by Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson | |||
Episode 7 (25 February) Edit
- Group performance: "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knight | "Ritual" by Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora | undisclosed | WIN |
| 2 | Flame Fatale | "Mad About You" by Hooverphonic | undisclosed | RISK |
| 3 | Rabbit | "The World's Greatest" by R. Kelly | undisclosed | RISK |
| 4 | Scorpion | "Believe" by Cher | undisclosed | WIN |
| 5 | Miss Kitty | "Emotions" by Mariah Carey | undisclosed | WIN |
| 6 | Ice King | "Les Lacs du Connemara" by Michel Sardou | undisclosed | RISK |
| Sing-off details | ||||
| 1 | Flame Fatale | "The One and Only" by Chesney Hawkes | Tine Embrechts | OUT |
| 2 | Ice King | undisclosed | WIN | |
Episode 8 (4 March) Edit
- Group performance: "Learning to Fly" by Sheppard
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scorpion | "Good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo | undisclosed | RISK |
| 2 | Ice King | "With or Without You" by U2 | undisclosed | RISK |
| 3 | Rabbit | "If I Can't Have You" by Shawn Mendes | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 4 | Knight | "Je t'aime" by Lara Fabian | undisclosed | SAFE |
| 5 | Miss Kitty | "Show Me How You Burlesque" by Christina Aguilera | undisclosed | SAFE |
| Sing-off details | ||||
| 1 | Ice King | "Counting Stars" by OneRepublic | Guga Baúl | OUT |
| 2 | Scorpion | undisclosed | WIN | |
Episode 9 (11 March) Edit
Each contestant performed two songs. Two contestants were saved from elimination by the judges, one contestant was saved by the audience. The remaining contestant was unmasked.
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knight | "What About Us" by Pink | undisclosed | SAFE |
| "Run" by Leona Lewis | ||||
| 2 | Scorpion | "Soon We'll Be Found" by Sia | Klaasje Meijer | OUT |
| "Woman Like Me" by Little Mix | ||||
| 3 | Miss Kitty | "Ella, elle l'a" by Kate Ryan | undisclosed | SAFE |
| "Angels Like You" by Miley Cyrus | ||||
| 4 | Rabbit | "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan | undisclosed | SAFE |
| "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz |
Episode 10 (18 March) - Finale Edit
- Group performance: "The Best" by Tina Turner
- Robots Performance: "Rewrite The Stars" from The Greatest Showman
After each contestant performed two songs, two of them will be saved by the audience and the third one is unmasked. The remaining two contestants go up against each other in a sing-off. The audience choose the winner, after which both the runner-up and the winner were unmasked.
| # | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knight | "The Edge of Glory" by Lady Gaga | undisclosed | SAFE |
| "Alive" by Sia | ||||
| 2 | Rabbit | "Impossible" by James Arthur | Conner Rousseau | THIRD |
| "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" by Usher feat. Pitbull | ||||
| 3 | Miss Kitty | "Listen" by Beyoncé | undisclosed | SAFE |
| "Emotions" by Mariah Carey | ||||
| Sing-off details | ||||
| 1 | Knight | "Let It Go" by Demi Lovato | Loredana | RUNNER-UP |
| 2 | Miss Kitty | Camille Dhont | WINNER | |
Ratings Edit
Official ratings are taken from CIM, which includes viewers who watched the programme within 7 days of the original broadcoast.[17]
| Episode | Date | Viewers | Weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 January 2022 | 1.764.658 | 1 |
| 2 | 21 January 2022 | 1.801.726 | 1 |
| 3 | 28 January 2022 | 1.907.046 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 February 2022 | 1.812.664 | 1 |
| 5 | 11 February 2022 | 1.747.144 | 1 |
| 6 | 18 February 2022 | 1.802.189 | 1 |
| 7 | 25 February 2022 | 1.653.930 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 March 2022 | 1.620.897 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 March 2022 | 1.617.641 | 1 |
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ "Kijkcijfers 'The masked singer' overtreffen alle verwachtingen: "Ongeziene start"". HetNieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "'Miss Poes' Camille Dhont zong zich naar de overwinning in 'The masked singer': "Nadat ik het kostuum paste, moest ik huilen"". HetNieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Opvallende kandidaat in "The Masked Singer": Edelhert ontmaskerd als buitenlandse deelnemer". VRT (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Eerste duo ontmaskerd: Robots uit "The Masked Singer" bestaat voor de helft uit VRT-gezicht". VRT (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Dit is de afvaller in 'The masked singer': "De Limburgse tongval was een dwaalspoor"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "Conner "Konijn" Rousseau over deelname "The Masked Singer": "Zou nu niet meer meedoen, maar ik ga me niet excuseren"". VRT NWS (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "'Miss Poes' Camille Dhont zong zich naar de overwinning in 'The masked singer': "Nadat ik het kostuum paste, moest ik huilen"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Vertrouwen is goed, controle is beter". De Morgen (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Kevin Janssens, Ruth Beeckmans en Andy Peelman speuren mee naar 'The Masked Singer'". HLN (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Dit zijn de eerste figuurtjes uit 'The masked singer': wij wagen alvast een gokje wie er onder de maskers zitten". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Robot wordt Robots: voor het eerst doet er een duo mee in 'The Masked Singer'". HLN (in Dutch). 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Ook een radijsje, een ridder en een cycloop in 'The masked singer': zitten deze BV's onder de maskers?'". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 29 December 2021.
- ^ "'Flamme Fatale' maakt opwachting in 'The masked singer'". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 20 January 2022.
- ^ "De schrik van het tweede seizoen: Schorpioen voegt zich bij 'The Masked Singer'". HLN (in Dutch). 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Dit figuurtje maakt vrijdag zijn intrede in 'The Masked Singer'". HLN (in Dutch). 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Na Konijn verschijnt ook IJskoning in 'The masked singer'". HetNieuwsblad (in Dutch). 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Top 20| CIM". www.cim.be. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Miss Poes gained immunity for the sixth episode due to the contestants voting on one mask to be safe from the episode’s proceedings
External links Edit
- Official website