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Маска (Translated as Mask) is a Russian reality singing competition television series based on The Masked Singer franchise. It premiered on NTV on 1 March 2020.

Series Overview[]

Season Contestants Episodes Duration dates Winner Runner-Up Third place Fourth place
1 12 9 Mar. 1, 2020 - Apr. 26, 2020 Лев Волк Олень Попугай
2 14 12 Feb. 14, 2021 - May. 2, 2021 Крокодил Лама Змея Заяц
3 Feb. 13, 2022 - May. 1 2022 Дракон Анубис Монстрик Пчела
4 Feb. 12, 2023 - Apr. 30, 2023 Мамонтёнок & Скорпион Пудель Мандрил
5 Feb. 18, 2024 - May. 5, 2024 Енот Кот Бабочка Змей Горыныч
6 Feb. 9, 2025 - Apr. 27, 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA

Holiday Specials[]

Special Air Date
New Years 2021 December 31, 2020
New Years 2022 December 31, 2021
Philipp Kirkorov's Birthday April 30, 2022
New Years 2023 December 31, 2022
Valeriya's Birthday May 7, 2023
New Years 2024 December 31, 2023
Igor Krutoy's Birthday July 28, 2024
New Years 2025 December 31, 2024
Dima Bilan's Special: BilanVision February 2, 2025

Trivia[]

  • Unlike all of international versions, most costumes in Russian version are replicas from other countries costumes.
  • As of Season 5, there have been 68 contestants on the show (not including 32 New Year's masks, 17 special masks, and 22 guest masks). In total, there've been:
    • 102 singers;
    • 12 actors;
    • 9 athlets;
    • 7 journalists;
    • 8 comedians;
    • 11 "Eurovision" representatives;
    • 5 participants of "The Voice".
  • Coincidentally, all the first four seasons of Маска have been won by male celebrities. Season 5's winner Seville broke this track and became the first female winner of the show.
  • 3 contestants were someone from the panel's family. Panda was Regina Todorenko's husband, Ananas (Pineapple) was Valeriya's husband and Skuns (Skunk) was Valeriya's daughter. There is also the fourth one if you count Season 2's guest mask Sultan),who was Philipp Kirkorov's father - Bedros Kirkorov.
  • Only Popugay, Drakon, Mamontonok and Babochka were never nominated for elimination.
  • All Season 2 songs were released in many music streaming services (plus one song from Season 1's Lev and one from Season 3's Monstrik).
  • Instead of the normal studio in Glavkino Season 3 and 4, the Grand Finales were filmed in Crocus City Hall with live broadcast in the Vladivostok time zone.
  • Маска is the first version of The Masked Singer Franchise to feature two contestants winning the same season while not competing together.
  • Маска is also the first series of The Masked Singer franchise that had the most consecutive male winners, having five male winners in a row and achieving the incredible feat of featuring five male winners in four seasons.

See Also[]

Маска. Танцы - Russian version of The Masked Dancer

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