US pop star Anastacia was unmasked as Vampire and crowned the winner of The Masked Singer Australia 2021.

The “I’m Outta Love” singer, correctly guessed by Jackie O. and Dannii Minogue, was the second international singer for the 10 series this year following from Macy Gray (Atlantis).

She defeated singers Em Rusciano aka Dolly, correctly guessed by Minogue, and Axle Whitehead aka Mullet, correctly guessed by Jackie O.

Anastacia said of her decision to take on the 10 series, “The industry is completely frozen. That is just what our reality is as performers. We have no stages to go on. We can’t have crowds. I understand that because I want to keep people safe. But I miss doing my job and I really, really miss singing.

“So this was just such a beautiful get-out-of-jail free card.”

Runner-up Em Rusciano echoed similar sentiments.

“I haven’t been able to sing live in 18 months. I am a live performer so this has been magic. It’s put all the magic back into my blood. This has been the best experience of my life, my professional life,” she said.

Third-placed Mullet said of performing as Mullet, “It has been such a blast to get in touch with my inner bogan and be able to just take him on. What a character!”