The Masked Singer (Australian TV series) season 3

The third season of The Masked Singer Australia was renewed in October 2020^[1] and premiered on Monday, 13 September 2021.^[1]^[2]^[3] Osher Günsberg returned as the show's host.^[4]^[5] In the Grand Finale on 5 October 2021, Anastacia (as “Vampire”) was revealed as the winner, Em Rusciano (as “Dolly”) was the runner-up, and Axle Whitehead (as “Mullet”), was third.^[6]

Presented byOsher Günsberg

Judges

No. of contestants12

WinnerAnastacia as "Vampire"

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The Masked Singer
Season 3

Presented by	Osher Günsberg
Judges	Jackie O Dave Hughes Dannii Minogue Urzila Carlson
No. of contestants	12
Winner	Anastacia as "Vampire"
Runner-up	Em Rusciano as "Dolly"

No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	Network 10
Original release	13 September (2021-09-13) – 5 October 2021 (2021-10-05)
Season chronology
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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.^[7]

The third series was filmed with a virtual audience between 3 and 24 July 2021 and premiered on 13 September 2021.^[8]^[9]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions in Greater Sydney, the in-studio audience again consisted of socially-distanced production staff wearing costumes, like the previous season.^[9] Additionally, 100 Australian viewers were selected as a virtual audience. They streamed the live performances and voted for their favourite character's performance. The performer with the fewest votes was unmasked in each episode. For confidentiality, the virtual audience did not witness the elimination's result or the unmasking of the performers.^[9]

Panellists and host

Radio personality Jackie O, singer-songwriter Dannii Minogue and comedians Dave Hughes and Urzila Carlson returned to the judging panel from the previous season.^[2] Osher Günsberg returned as host.^[8]^[2]

Season 3 panellists and host

Contestants

In the third season, there were twelve regular contestants who competed in the competition.^[2] Before the season began, Network Ten revealed that the cast included Hollywood A-listers, Logie Award winners, a Brit Award winner, humanitarian, chart-toppers, Grammy Award winner and award-winning superstars.^[10] On 17 June 2021, Network Ten announced the stage identities of the first six masks.^[11] The Mullet and Piñata were announced on 10 August 2021 in the first trailer.^[12] On 24 August 2021, the final four masks were announced in the second trailer.^[13]

For the first time on the Australian version of the series, a special guest mask performed as Rubble from Paw Patrol in a once-off appearance on Episode 6^[14] which was revealed to be Kyle Sandilands.^[15]

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Stage name^[11]^[16]	Celebrity	Occupation	Episodes
Stage name^[11]^[16]	Celebrity	Occupation	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	11
Vampire	Anastacia	Singer	WIN		SAFE		SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WINNER
Dolly	Em Rusciano	Comedian	WIN		SAFE		SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	RUNNER-UP
Mullet	Axle Whitehead	Actor	RISK		SAFE		SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	THIRD
Kebab	Jack Vidgen	Singer		WIN		SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Baby	Ella Hooper	Singer		WIN		SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Lightning	Alli Simpson	Singer/actress/television personality		RISK		SAFE		SAFE	OUT
Atlantis	Macy Gray	Singer		RISK		SAFE		OUT
Pavlova	Mahalia Barnes	Singer	WIN		SAFE		OUT
Piñata	Lote Tuqiri	Rugby player		WIN		OUT
Professor	Ben Lee	Singer	RISK		OUT
Duster	George Calombaris	Chef/TV personality		OUT
Volcano	Vinnie Jones	Actor/former footballer	OUT

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The masked singer won their face-off and remained in the competition.

The masked singer lost their face-off, but was not eliminated.

The masked singer was safe from elimination.

The masked singer was eliminated from the competition and unmasked upon their elimination.

The masked singer did not perform.

The celebrities who competed in the third series of The Masked Singer, pictured in order of elimination (l-r):

Vinnie Jones ("Volcano"), George Calombaris ("Duster"), Ben Lee ("Professor"), Lote Tuqiri ("Piñata"), Mahalia Barnes ("Pavlova"), Macy Gray ("Atlantis"), Ella Hooper ("Baby"), Jack Vidgen ("Kebab"), Axle Whitehead ("Mullet") and Anastacia ("Vampire")

Not pictured: Alli Simpson ("Lightning") and Em Rusciano ("Dolly")