No season 3 for "Mask Singer", hosted by Camille Combal.
Not yet, in any case.
Even before Larusso's victory at the end of November, TF 1 had nevertheless ordered a new edition of this singing competition with personalities disguised as penguins, seahorses or panther.
Several candidates had given their agreement for a shoot in February-March, with a possible broadcast in the spring.
"We preferred not to take any risks"
But according to our information, everything has been postponed.
"
Mask Singer
is a big barnum that requires three weeks of production," says an employee of the hit show.
With a strict sanitary protocol.
And given the planned hardening, as in Germany, we preferred not to take any risks.
Internally, we are now talking about recordings in May-June for airing at the start of the school year.
Contacted TF 1 did not wish to comment.
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Launched in November 2019, at the height of advertising investment, “Mask Singer” created the event by surfing a major communication campaign.
6.6 million French people voted for the first program, or 32% audience share.
On average, they were 5.2 million to follow the first season of this South Korean program, adapted in several countries including the United States.
That year, it was the former athletics champion Marie-Josée Pérec who was the first to drop the mask.
Laurence Boccolini, not yet part of France 2, had won the final.
For the second edition this fall, “Mask Singer” went from Friday to Saturday, a more complicated evening in terms of competition.
But the program held up well: 4.9 million followers on average, or 22.8% of PDAs.
For the third season, TF 1 had planned to resume the same cast of investigating jury: Alessandra Sublet, Anggun, Jarry and Kev Adams.
