The second edition of the current ninth season of “The Masked Singer” took place on Sunday evening on ProSieben. After a mega mishap and near unmasking at the Kiwi, the fire extinguisher had to unmask at the end of the show. Model Eva Padberg, 43, was underneath.
The jury was already on the right track after the performance of the fire extinguisher, who sang “I Love It” by Icona Pop on stage. Rate guest Heiner Lauterbach suggested that the red XXL costume could be a model. He sensed the model qualities: “Nadja Auermann, Eva Padberg. I know them both, but I don’t know how they sing. That almost has to be a model given her size.”
The size wasn’t lost on Alvaro Soler either: “You’re already very big for a woman!” The singer wondered whether Stefanie Giesinger could be under the mask. Ruth Moschner named other names, including Lena Gercke and Sonya Kraus. Most of the viewers had guessed comedian Tahnee or presenter Jana Ina Zarrella in the ranking.
In the end, guest judge Heiner Lauterbach was right. After her unmasking, Padberg explained that she had a lot of fun with the project: “It’s like being in a toy store here.” The only thing she found extremely difficult was keeping it a secret from her relatives: “It makes you feel bad. I’m sorry.”
Even before Padberg’s performance, there was a breakdown live on stage that caused a lot of fuss. The Kiwi gave his performance to Patrick Swayze’s hit “She’s Like the Wind”. In keeping with the song title, wind machines created a good breeze on the stage – but it suddenly blew the Kiwi’s head off. However, since the celebrity underneath was only visible for about a second, people within the live show weren’t entirely sure who it could be. Lauterbach had a guess: “I would say it’s Uwe Ochsenknecht.”
This assumption was shared by most fans, who promptly started a discussion including screenshots on social media after the breakdown. However, the broadcaster has not yet clarified this and has still left the bird in the competition.
The next episode of “The Masked Singer” will be broadcast live on ProSieben and Joyn next Saturday (December 2nd) from 8:15 p.m.
