Overview
- The 13th season premiered on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, on ProSieben and on the Joyn streaming service.
- ProSieben expanded the field to a record 16 masked celebrities and compressed early rounds so four contestants perform per show with two advancing and two eliminated.
- Production shifted from live broadcasts to pre-recorded studio tapings held in Cologne between August 27 and September 11, with ticketed audiences and fan upgrades for those recordings.
- Eliminations are now decided by the rateteam together with the studio audience at the recordings rather than by live public voting on television.
- The launch kept returning host Matthias Opdenhövel and core panelists Verona Pooth and Chris Tall, introduced rotating guest panelists, and highlighted elaborate costume work as a continuing production focus.