The Masked Singer: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Part guessing game and part singing show, The Masked Singer sees 12 famous faces compete to pull off the best performance, with their identity elaborately and imaginatively concealed, thanks to an expert team of talented costume designers. The stars will be transformed and they will take on a masked identity and become a fantastic character which will disguise them for the whole series. 

Forget any thoughts of fancy dress – they'll be full-on, original, movie-standard creations taking inspiration from worlds as varied as manga, superheroes, and wild animals and mythical creatures. Their transformations will be total, even their speaking voices will be disguised in interviews. 

It will be up to a superstar panel to lead the viewers at home in their quest to discover who they are. Although the stars aren't judged on their voices, they'll still need to give their best performance – the audience's least favourite will be eliminated, before the panel try to guess their identity and unmask them.

Series details

• Title: The Masked Singer
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 2020-01-04
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5/10
• TVMaze ID: 43691
• IMDb ID: tt10477884
• TVDB ID: 365173

Cast and credited roles

• Joel Dommett — Host
• Jonathan Ross — Studio Panellist
• Davina McCall — Studio Panellist
• Mo Gilligan — Studio Panellist
• Rita Ora — Studio Panellist
• Jim Johnson — Voiceover
• Maya Jama — Studio Panellist
• Ken Jeong — Studio Panellist

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-01-04; final listed air date 2020-12-19; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2020-12-26; final listed air date 2021-12-25; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2022-01-01; final listed air date 2022-11-06; episode order: 8.
• Season 4: premiered 2023-01-01; final listed air date 2023-12-25; episode order: 8.
• Season 5: premiered 2023-12-30; final listed air date 2024-02-17; episode order: 8.
• Season 6: premiered 2024-12-26; final listed air date 2025-02-15; episode order: 8.
• Season 7: premiered 2025-12-26; final listed air date 2026-02-14; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Masked Singer on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.