ProSieben show: “Schuhschnabel” wins “The Masked Singer”

The “shoe beak” flutters to first place: Singer Luca Hänni dressed as a giant bird won the ProSieben show “The Masked Singer”. The audience chose the 28-year-old as the winner of the eighth season on Saturday evening. Hidden under the bird’s head with the wide beak, he had given singing performances for several weeks – and, in his own words, had become more used to the expansive costume from week to week. “It was so much fun,” he said after his victory. “The Shoebill has come to life.” However, he first had to learn how to use the large wings of his costume.

The unmasking of the Swiss was no longer really surprising. “We are relatively in agreement here,” emphasized Ruth Moschner before the final reveal of the season. The rate team, which was supported in this show by last year’s winner Daniel Donskoy and runner-up Lars Dietrich, then unanimously decided on Hänni. “All indications speak for it,” summarized Dietrich. As a last hint, a bear was displayed shortly before the decision was made – the heraldic animal of the city of Bern, Hänni’s place of birth.

“The Masked Singer” is not the first German music show that the Swiss has won. He gained notoriety in 2012 with his victory in the ninth season of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”. In 2017 he won the RTL dance show “Dance Dance Dance” with musician Prince Damien (“DSDS” winner from 2016). In 2019, Hänni represented Switzerland in the “Eurovision Song Contest” and took fourth place.

In the finale of the music guessing show, he prevailed against the actress Felicitas Woll, who took second place as a hedgehog in a punk outfit. In addition, at the end of the season, Patricia Kelly was revealed as the “Diamantula/Mystica” spider and presenter Melissa Khalaj as “Frotteefant”.