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The season started with the best ratings since its debut, with almost 2 million viewers.
Big surprise came when the prima ballerina Hippo had a male singing voice. The singer made it to the finale, and turned out to be actor Boris Van Severen. For the first time, no professional singer won, but actor and presenter Aaron Blommaert who did have singing experience. Blommaert did launch a singing career through his victory.
The program was the best-watched program in 2023 in Flanders, repeating the success of the previous seasons.
Production
After the success of the first two seasons, even named the biggest success of broadcoaster VTM ever, a third season was ordered. It was announced that Jens Dendoncker, who was a judge in the previous seasons, would be the new host. A first trailer of the season was released 6 January 2023. It was filmed in a castle.
There were some changes. There were fourteen contestants this season, more than the previous seasons. For the first time the contestants were split into two groups of seven. Only the last remaining four contestants of each group, would join the final group of eight contestants towards the final.
Before the first episode, the audience could already hear the voices of the contestants since audio fragments were released.
The first eight contestants were introduced on 13 January.
The other six characters were revealed in many ways. A new character, Cosmos, appeared on a mural in Antwerp on 17 January 2023. Three new characters performed at an exclusive party on 21 January. On 25 January a new character, Mummy, was heard on several radio stations. The last contestant, Butterfly, was revealed in Leuven on 1 February and on 2 February online.
The season started in two groups. The remaining singers were brought together for the first time in the seventh episode, the long-announced Big Bang.
The masked singer was safe from elimination.
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 eliminated from the competition, and was unmasked upon their elimination.
The masked singer did not perform.
The masked singer won the competition.
The masked singer finished second.
The masked singer finished third.
The celebrities who competed in the third season of The Masked Singer, pictured in order of elimination (L–R):
Herman Verbruggen ("Skiwi"), Mark Coucke ("Kolonel Mops"), Timmy Simons ("Groot Licht"), Siska Schoeters ("Kosmos"), Véronique de Kock ("Mummie"), Jan Van Looveren ("Minotaurus"), Maksim Stojanac ("Leeuw"), Danira Boukhriss ("Foxy Lady"), Boris Van Severen ("Hippo"), Coely ("Raaf"), Miguel Wiels ("Champignon"), and Aaron Blommaert ("Tovenaar")
Not pictured: MATTN ("Vlinder") and Kat Kerkhofs ("Soaperstar")
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.
After each contestant performed two songs, two of them were saved by the audience and the third one was unmasked. The remaining two contestants went up against each other in a sing-off. The audience chose the winner, after which both the runner-up and the winner were unmasked.
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The celebrities who competed in the third season of The Masked Singer, pictured in order of elimination (L–R):