The Masked Singer Australia premieres Sunday, August 7 at 7.30pm on 10 and 10 play on demand, with a new bunch of judges joining the panel.
Taking their places alongside last year’s judge Dave Hughes, is global pop phenomenon Melanie Brown (aka Mel B), radio royalty Chrissie Swan and pop-culture icon Abbie Chatfield.
Also returning for his fourth season of hosting Australia’s addictive singing competition is host extraordinaire Osher Günsberg.
Dave Hughes
Dave “Hughesy” Hughes returns to The Masked Singer Australia for a fourth season.
Dave currently hosts The Morning Crew with Hughesy and Ed and Erin on the HIT Network.
On returning to The Masked Singer Australia, Dave said: “How lucky am I to already have three amazing years with a brilliant cast. I look forward to another season of so much fun with a stellar new guessing group. They are going to look for me for guidance. God help them.”
Mel B
World-renowned singing sensation Mel B is on her way down under to add some international spice to the country’s biggest guessing game.
Mel B said: “Hello Australia. I have missed you so much but I am back and I can’t wait to get the party started with Hughesy, Abbie and Chrissie. Let me tell you though, I am the best-ever game player and I have something up my sleeve that none of these guys have… I’ve hidden behind these masks as a competitor not once but twice.
“So I’m bringing all my secret inside knowledge to this. But more to the point, I’m bringing the fun. Fasten your seatbelts everyone, it’s going to be a rollercoaster ride,” the Spice Girls star added.
Chrissie Swan
Chrissie Swan is bringing her warmth, intelligence, and humour to this year’s star-studded panel. As radio breakfast host, Chrissie is no stranger to hearing homegrown and international voices dominate the airwaves.
On joining this year’s panel, Swan said: “I’m here to guess who is under the masks, I’m here to get them right and I mean business! And let’s face it, I couldn’t possibly be any worse than Hughesy at guessing them correctly!”
Abbie Chatfield
She’s one of Australia’s most popular media personalities, and now Abbie Chatfield can add prime-time panelist to her already impressive resumé.
On joining The Masked Singer Australia, she said: “I am thrilled to be joining the panel! I’m the first to say I can be competitive and I’m so ready to put my pop culture knowledge to the test and guess who is under the mask. Bring on the clues!”
Mediaweek spoke to Abbie Chatfield about taking her place behind the desk ahead of the show’s launch.
When the opportunity arose to be a part of the show, Chatfield says she didn’t take long to think about whether or not she would jump on board.
“I knew that Chrissie was joining, and obviously Hughesy was there. I didn’t know about Mel B yet, but there were all these amazing people who I would have loved to work with. So it was a pretty easy ‘yes’.”
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Top image left to right: Chrissie Swan, Abbie Chatfield, Mel B and Dave Hughes