Overview
- ProSieben will air a six-episode 13th season on Wednesdays at 20:15 starting September 16, 2026, moving the show off its former Saturday prime slot to a midweek schedule.
- Episodes will be pre-recorded so producers can court higher-profile or schedule-constrained celebrities, a change the network’s CEO framed as aligning the show with international practice.
- The contestant field expands to a record 16 masked celebrities and the first four shows will feature a new elimination rule where four masks compete, two are unmasked the same night, and two advance to the semifinal.
- Audience voting through the Joyn app has been removed as the determinant of eliminations, though ProSieben still used Joyn to invite name suggestions for one silver mask revealed in advance.
- Matthias Opdenhövel returns as host with Verona Pooth and Chris Tall on the core guessing panel and the network will watch viewer response and ratings to judge whether the package stops the program’s multi-season decline.