The Masked Singer (Belgian TV series)

In January 2020, VTM announced that they would be producing a local series of the franchise.[2] Normally, the series would have been recorded in March 2020, but recording was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Recording started in June but with a limited audience.[4] The judges were in the same group they could meet during the social resitrictions because of COVID-19. After the final of the first season at 6 November 2020, VTM confirmed a second season.[5]

Michel Milbou designed the set.[6] The production was commended by The Economic Times for the set design and the clever use of lighting to give the impression there was a bigger audience.[7] There was meant to be an audience of 300 people but because of COVID-19 measures, there was only an audience of 80 people possible. It took 1 hour to get the audience according to the measures and social restrictions safely into the studio. A home audience of 100 families was added.

Emmy Award-winning costume designer Marina Toybina created the costumes.[8] Every candidate needed half or a full hour to get into the costume. After only 10 minutes it became 35 degrees behind the masks. The costume of Queen was the heaviest with 12 kg. The costume of Dragonfly was the largest with 2,5 meters. The costumes of Diver and Monkey were modified during the season acoording to the songs they performed. The costume of Wolf had to be adjusted because the candidate got backproblems due to the weight of the tail.

Only 8 people knew the identity of the participants in advance. VTM also asked the press not to leak any information about the identity of the participants. Even the live studio audience didn't know the identity of the participants because the unmasking was taped after they had left the studio. If somebody had revealed the identity of a participant, he would have had to pay 200.000 euro.[9][10] [11]

Niels Destadsbader was the host of the series. Jens Dendoncker, Julie Van den Steen and Karen Damen were the judges. In every episode, there was another guest judge. In season 1 the guest judges were Sean Dhondt, Leen Dendievel, Guga Baúl, Ingeborg, Laura Tesoro, Vincent Banić, and Lize Feryn.

Karen Damen guessed eight out of ten contestants correctly, making her the highest scoring judge. Julie Van den Steen only managed to guess three contestants. Jens Dendocker didn't guess any of the contestants.

A new contestant "Mermaid" enters the competition.

A new contestant "Candyfloss" enters the competition.

In this episode, only one of the masked singers at risk was saved from elimination by the judges. The bottom two contestants went up against each other in a sing-off. The audience chose the winner, the runner-up was unmasked.

Each contestant performed a song. Two contestants were saved from elimination by the audience, one contestant was saved by the judges. The remaining two contestants went up against each other in a sing-off. The audience chose the winner, the runner-up was unmasked.

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.