The Masked Singer (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 10 - A Pain in the Mask - full transcript
The six remaining contestants compete together for the first time -- with one celebrity unwrapped.
♪ How do I ♪
♪ Say good‐bye ♪
I knew it!
It's Ninja!
Laila Ali!
Raven‐Symoné!
It's hot in there. I'll miss this
padding in the costume though.
- ‐ Can I take this home?
- Michelle Williams!
Dr. Drew!
Mrs. Patti LaBelle!
I am proud of myself,
but I had to lose to a dog.
- ‐ Hey.
- Kelly Osbourne!
Mr. Paul Shaffer!
Sherri Shepherd!
I learned that when you by
yourself with a mask on your head,
your voice
is real irritating.
Johnny Weir! All I
wanted to do was be Christina Aguilera,
so "The Masked Singer" gave me that
opportunity, even if just for an episode.
I have an omelet to make.
Excuse me.
♪ Who is that? ♪
After saying good‐bye
to ten undercover stars,
only the top six remain.
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
They're all competing for
a spot in the semifinal. ‐ Nice!
The stakes
have never been higher.
I feel like you've flipped
your heart inside out for us.
And the panel is joined
by season one winner T‐Pain.
I know how hot it
can be in those things.
You're probably breathing
hard as hell.
Who...
‐ Lenny Kravitz, man.
...will...
‐ That's gotta be John Legend.
- ...survive?
- You know what?
I'm just gonna stick with Mariah Carey
'cause I want to see Nick panic.
♪ Who are you? ♪
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ I really wanna know ♪
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ ♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ My God.
‐ It's Nick Cannon!
Welcome, everyone.
I'm Nick Cannon, and this is the
greatest and strangest costume party
in Hollywood history,
"The Masked Singer."
Our very punny who‐sungit
just got very, very real
for our six remaining
secret celebrity singers.
Even though it can be hard to read
their famous faces under those masks,
it's pretty clear
they would all love
to make it to tomorrow night's
semifinals, right?
It's gonna be big.
‐ Whoo! ‐ But we have rules
here at "The Masked Singer."
Only five of our six singers
tonight will take one step closer
to our ultimate honor,
the Golden Mask trophy.
‐ Whoo!
‐ Hey!
And tonight we're so excited
to be joined by our first ever
Golden Mask trophy winner, the artist
formerly known as the Monster,
hip‐hop icon T‐Pain!
Come on, T‐Pain!
Come on, T‐Pain!
‐ Come on, come on. Thank you.
‐ He's dripping, he's dripping.
I see it.
All right, now, T‐Pain,
what's it like, you know, seeing the
show from way up there with the panel
instead of standing next to me
in a monster costume?
Well, I'll tell you this, Nick.
There's a‐‐
there's a lot of
air conditioning up here.
It gets hot on this stage,
indeed.
And you know, I didn't have
a lot of‐‐
a lot of air flow
in that thing.
But you did a great job,
right?
‐ I appreciate it. Appreciate it, man.
‐ Boom.
‐ We're so happy to have you here.
‐ I'm happy to be here, brother.
‐ So let's get it on.
‐ Whoo! Yeah!
‐ Yes! ‐ First up, gunning for
a spot in the semifinals,
the Fox.
We need to talk
and it's kind of a big deal.
Listen, it's not you,
it's me.
Feeling like I want
to get away.
‐ I want to fly away. ‐ I want
to fly away, like Lenny Kravitz.
Because I'm finally being
accepted for who I really am.
What?
Come on, now!
Who would have thought it would take a
singing competition to open my eyes?
I've learned I don't need to put
on my superhero disguise any more.
It's time to close this chapter
and move on.
Through this mask,
I feel unchained.
Unchained, that's Django
for Jamie Foxx.
And now I'm ready to prove I can
win this whole thing without you.
It's a solid song
right there.
Darn good song.
♪ Blame it on the booze ♪
♪ Got you feeling loose ♪
♪ Blame it on the 'tron ♪
♪ Got you in the zone ♪
♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
‐ Man.
‐ ♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
♪ You can blame it on the ♪
♪ Hey she say
she usually don't ♪
♪ But I know she front ♪
♪ 'Cause shawty know
she wants ♪
♪ She don't want to seem
like she easy ♪
♪ I hear you saying
what you won't do ♪
♪ But you know
we probably going do ♪
♪ What you been seeing
deep inside ♪
♪ Girl what you drinking? ♪
♪ Gonna let it sink in ♪
♪ Here for the weekend ♪
♪ Thinking we can ♪
♪ See what we can be
if we press fast forward ♪
♪ Just one more round
and you're down I know it ♪
♪ Fill another cup up
feeling on yo butt what? ♪
♪ You don't even care now ♪
♪ I was unaware
how fine you was ♪
♪ Before my buzz set in ♪
♪ My buzz set in ♪
♪ Blame it on the booze ♪
‐ ♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Got you feeling loose ♪
‐ ♪ Blame it on the 'tron ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Got you in the zone ♪
♪ Blame it on the a‐a‐a‐a
alcohol ♪
♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
♪ On the vodka
blame it on the Henny ♪
♪ Blue top
got you feeling dizzy ♪
‐ ♪ Yeah ♪
‐ ♪ Alcohol ♪
♪ A‐a‐a‐a‐a alcohol ♪
Whoo!
‐ Hey!
‐
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
♪ A‐a‐a‐a‐a alcohol ♪
‐ Wow.
‐ Wow!
Whoo!
The Fox swagging it out.
Who are you?
Mr. T‐Pain,
that was one of your songs.
‐ Yep. ‐ Tell him about
his performance.
My God.
I loved everything about it.
The intro was insane. He busted a boo,
boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo.
‐ Yes.
‐ That was fire. Good job.
I know how hard it is
to do that. Great job.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Mr. Fox,
tell us something that you have in
common with the panel up there.
I have spent one of
the best weekends of my life
with one of you.
This isn't a good combination
of people standing up right now.
This‐‐ this could go
a lot of different ways.
You guys looked like you picked
up on some clues with that one.
Ken, we gonna start
with you.
No, I was ‐‐ I was kidding.
Jamie's, like, a good friend
of mine who‐‐
I mean, we've had some weekends,
but not‐‐ like, no.
No, like, with other friends.
Other friends.
'Cause Jamie's the coolest!
Hey, that's not bad.
Honestly.
But from some of the previous clue packages, he
had mentioned he was 30 years in the business.
And the all around stage ability and talent,
I'm thinking it might be Wayne Brady.
Well, what about the superhero
references?
Well, I don't know what any
of that means.
Did you spend a weekend
with him or...
I don't like to talk
about that, so...
Well, Pain, being on the other
side of the table now,
are you picking up on any clues
on who the Fox may be?
I'm picking up
on a lot of things.
We're talking about 30 years
in the game.
I mean, I'm thinking
Lenny Kravitz, man.
- Yes!
- Yeah.
No, absolutely not.
Let me tell you something.
The show wants to go this hip,
ironic route saying,
"We're gonna lean it so much
towards Jamie Foxx,
you'll be too dumb
to think it's Jamie Foxx."
Not this guy.
And it's not a coincidence
that T‐Pain is here,
and it's a song by T‐Pain
and Jamie Foxx
sung by Jamie Foxx
and figured out by Ken Jeong.
Jamie Foxx!
‐ Yes, Ken, yes!
‐ Whoo!
There it is.
Fox, you were amazing.
Ladies and gentlemen,
make some noise.
Our panel thought
one of these celebrities
might be under
the Fox mask.
Who do you think it is?
It sounds like Jamie Foxx
so much.
You gonna listen to a Lenny
Kravitz song at some point.
We're gonna hear it.
That's Lenny Kravitz.
Lenny has a voice in that pitch, like,
for real? I mean, he has really?
‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure, yeah.
‐ Lenny Kravitz is on our show.
♪ Who is that? ♪
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪
‐ We're back
on the only show where I may
already know everybody
without having any idea
who anyone really is.
Now, let's see if you can sink your
teeth into any clues about the Leopard.
I've been in the
bottom two twice now,
and it's really got me
into the fighting spirit.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to
"Leopard Presents the Grand Slam Open,"
brought to you by tofu.
Vegan who plays tennis.
I'm the Leopard,
AKA the Menace of Tennis.
‐
‐ Let me tell you,
this competition
is really heating up.
‐ Wow, what a shot.
‐
He clearly wants to win,
almost as bad as I want to win
this competition.
‐ So close.
‐
Motorcycle crash.
Looks like someone's
a spoil sport.
Look at that aggression.
Move out of the way, boys.
It's time for me to show you
what a real champion
is made of.
♪ Bare with me a second I ♪
♪ I need to get
my story straight ♪
♪ My friends are in
the bathroom ♪
♪ Getting brighter than
the Empire State ♪
♪ My lover, she is waiting
for me just across the bar ♪
♪ My seat's been taken by some
sunglasses asking about a scar ♪
♪ And I know I gave it
to you months ago ♪
♪ I'm trying hard
to take it back ♪
♪ So if by the time
the bar closes ♪
♪ And you feel like
falling down ♪
♪ I'll carry you home ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
♪ We are young ♪
♪ So let's set the world
on fire ♪
♪ We can burn brighter ♪
♪ Than the sun ♪
♪ Carry me home tonight ♪
♪ Whoo ooh ooh ♪
♪ Just carry me home
tonight ♪
♪ Carry me home tonight ♪
♪ Whoo ooh ooh ♪
♪ Just carry me home
tonight ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
♪ We are young ♪
Whoo!
♪ So let's set the world
on fire ♪
♪ We can burn brighter ♪
♪ Than the sun ♪
♪ So if by the time
the bar closes ♪
♪ And you feel like
falling down ♪
♪ I'll carry you home ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
- Wow!
- Yeah!
‐ Yes!
‐ Beautiful! Whoo!
The Leopard
getting a standing ovation
from our panel.
‐ Incredible! ‐ Jenny,
you talk to the Leopard.
This is exactly why I love
"Masked Singer" so much.
It's for characters like you,
performances like you,
and singers like you.
Good job, buddy.
Let's try to find out what do you have
in common with those people up there.
I was presenting an award
on an awards show
that included
one of you.
And I was wearing a custom
leather outfit, darling.
Gave you a little Leopard leg.
You know what? I have been
to a ton of award shows.
Do you notice anybody
wearing leather?
So many people.
So, the past clues that
we've gotten over the weeks,
I have New York written down,
lots of fashion references.
Photography.
Something that stuck out was
"tired of being known
for your marriage."
And I was trying to connect
a low toned voice,
and I came up with
Eric Benet.
- Ooh.
- Married to Halle Berry.
- Eric can sing.
- He can sing
‐ Eric can sing.
‐ Right?
He definitely can sing.
The first few performances,
we thought maybe Billy Porter
from the body language. However, the
last performance Nicole mentioned Seal.
When you started the song tonight, I started
to lock in on the vocal tone a little better,
and it's hard for me to hear anybody else
when you're singing now, Mr. Leopard.
So I'm gonna go
with Seal.
Yeah.
‐ That's a good guess.
Good guess.
‐ Yeah.
‐ All right, here he goes.
‐ God.
Come on, Ken. Come on, Ken.
I know exactly who this is.
God.
Don't support that behavior.
Okay.
Famous marriage, tennis.
I'm thinking "On‐rique" Iglesias
married to Anna Kournikova.
"On‐rique."
Hear me out.
‐ "On‐rique" or Enrique?
"On‐rique."
Great job.
Welcome to "The Masked Singer."
I have no idea
what's going on here,
but I do know the Leopard
once again set it off.
Y'all make some noise
for the Leopard.
Here's who the panel guessed could
be behind the Leopard mask.
Have any of them
solved the mystery?
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ Welcome
back to "The Masked Singer."
Our next singer has sent
the panel and the Twitterverse
all over the map
with their guesses.
So you better look at every little
thing about the Thingamajig.
I can't believe how close
I was to losing it all last week.
It stopped me in my furry
tracks to be in the bottom two.
‐ ♪ Yeah ♪
‐ Thingamajig!
The signs are telling me
it's getting down to the wire.
So I'm gonna start back at one
and rethink my whole strategy.
He's got a guitar.
My competitors aren't pulling
any punches,
so I've got to campaign
for myself.
There's no time
to get crabby.
Crabby. Maryland.
I still think I have so much
more to prove to Nicole‐amajig.
‐ Nicole!
‐.
Leading with my heart
has gotten me this far,
and now it's time to channel
my emotions
and show that I'm anything
but ordinary.
We all go through
some things,
but it's because
we're ordinary.
♪ Girl I'm in love with you ♪
♪ This ain't the honeymoon ♪
♪ It's past
the infatuation phase ♪
♪ Right in the thick
of love ♪
♪ Times we get sick of love ♪
♪ It seems like we argue
every day ♪
♪ I know I misbehave ♪
♪ You've made your mistakes ♪
♪ And we both still have room
left to grow ♪
‐ This is amazing. ‐ ♪ And
though love sometimes hurts ♪
♪ I still put you first ♪
♪ We'll make this thing work ♪
♪ But I think we should
take it slow ♪
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
♪ Baby we should
take it slow ♪
♪ Take it slow ♪
♪ Maybe we'll live and learn ♪
♪ Maybe we'll crash and burn ♪
♪ Maybe you'll stay
maybe you'll leave ♪
♪ Maybe you'll return ♪
♪ Maybe another fight ♪
♪ Maybe we won't survive ♪
♪ Maybe we'll grow
we'll never know ♪
‐ ♪ Maybe you and I ♪
‐ Wow.
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
♪ We don't know
which way to go ♪
♪ 'Cause we're ordinary people ♪
♪ Maybe we should
take it slow ♪
‐ Whoo.
‐ ♪ Take it slow ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ The time we'll take it slow ♪
Bravo! Bravo!
- Yeah! I love that. I love that.
- My God!
Wow. Nothing ordinary
about that at all.
First of all, I just want to
say, son, I'm proud of you.
No, you know, just a little
derivative of the Monster costume.
You're probably breathing
hard as hell.
'Cause I stuck my fat ass
in one of them things.
But that was amazing. Man,
it's, like, indistinguishable
from John Legend.
That was pretty crazy.
That's gotta be John Legend
in that thing on stilts.
On stilts, yeah.
Nicole, I got a feeling that
that song was dedicated to you.
Yeah, I got that same feeling
as well, Nick.
In my mind, it was just the two
of us in the room.
You know what? I'll just say this.
We can take it slow, honey.
‐ We can take it slow.
‐
All right, Thingamajig,
you actually have a few things in
common with some of the panelists.
‐
‐ Well, pal,
I've collaborated with the
same artist as one of you.
Ooh. T‐Pain's collaborated with
a lot of people and so have I.
- ‐ Yeah, that's definitely‐‐ That's not
enough. - That's a long list.
So you collaborated
on something.
Now I think he could be
a professional singer.
I don't think so. In the
clue package, I saw a MVP.
So I think it's maybe
an NBA player.
In the past said something
about Maryland,
so I was thinking Markelle Fultz from
Orlando Magic. He's from Maryland.
I don't know. We've heard
he doesn't run with bulls
and some relation to the Magic which
is where Nicole's getting Fultz.
But he has a really good voice, so, you
know, I've been going with Montell Jordan.
He's from Los Angeles
as far as I remember.
Yeah.
‐ Yeah, he's a L. A. boy.
So I don't know what the
connection to Maryland would be.
So I'm going to stick
with Montell Jordan for now
until I figure this whole
Maryland crab cake connection.
To be truly honest, the best
clues that we've gotten so far
is that it's obvious that you're
Nicole's future fiancé.
Thank you guys.
We're so happy.
‐ We're so happy. ‐ Either way,
that was an amazing performance.
You guys make some noise
for Thingamajig.
The panel thought one of these
celebrities might be under the mask.
Who do you think it is?
Time to turn our attention
to a beautiful bird.
So let's explore the colorful
past of the Flamingo.
Honestly, I can't believe I've
flown this high in the competition.
Who would have thought when I was a
little girl sitting up in my room
with California dreams
that I would end up here?
First, I went from clueless
to celebrated.
‐ "Clueless."
‐ "Celebrated."
And then I mingled
with other flamingos
and it was like
a different world.
‐ "Different world."
‐ Lisa Bonet was on.
My flam fam are like
my sisters, sister.
‐ Old school TV. ‐ Kinda got
these old school graphics, too.
But against these
other species,
I gotta step up because this
Flamingo wants to keep flying.
You feeling me?
Air Flamingo,
you're cleared for takeoff.
♪ Loving you ♪
♪ Isn't the right thing
to do ♪
♪ How can I ♪
♪ Ever change things
that I feel ♪
♪ If I could ♪
♪ Baby I'd give you
my world ♪
♪ How can I ♪
♪ When you won't take it
from me ♪
One, two, three, four!
♪ You can go your own way ♪
♪ Go your own way ♪
♪ You can go your own way ♪
♪ Go your own way ♪
♪ Tell me why ♪
♪ Everything turned around ♪
♪ Packing up ♪
♪ Shacking up's all you
want to do ♪
♪ If I could ♪
♪ Baby I'd give you
my world ♪
♪ Open up ♪
♪ Everything's waiting
for you ♪
♪ You can go your own way ♪
‐ ♪ Go your own way ♪
‐ Nice!
♪ You can call it
another lonely day ♪
♪ Call it another
lonely day ♪
♪ You can go your own way ♪
‐ ♪ Go your own way ♪
‐ Aah!
♪ You can call it
another lonely day ♪
♪ Go your own way ♪
‐ Whoo!
‐ Whoo!
- Yes!
- Yay!
Look at that.
‐ Hell, yeah!
Going her own way,
the Flamingo.
Flamingo! Flamingo!
Ken, how did you feel
about that performance?
I mean, it was sassy.
It was sexy.
It was seamless.
It was super.
And I've run out of adjectives
that begin with the letter "S."
It was great.
It was amazing.
All right,
Miss Flamingo,
tell us something that you have
in common with our panel.
I shared some couch time
with one of you
in 2013.
‐ In 2013.
‐ Is that my therapist?
"Couch time." Maybe she
did a show with Jenny.
Yes, but I've also interviewed about 5,000
people in the last three years, so...
That's a tough one. ‐
I know exactly who this is.
I'm undefeated
in "Masked Singer" competition.
Someone I know very well. Someone
I've worked with in the past.
Someone who also guest‐hosted
"The Talk" that features a couch.
And I was a guest
on "The Talk."
‐ So, putting all those clues together...
‐ My God.
‐ My God. ‐ ...Hilary Duff,
it is good to see you again.
I think it's not
a bad guess at all.
Basing it off the clues, we
know that you branded yourself
with, like, lifestyle,
makeup.
‐ We've heard some Spanish clues.
‐ That's right.
You obviously know how to sing.
You know how to move.
And putting those clues
together,
I feel very confident
this is Adrienne Bailon.
That's not a bad guess
from the clue packages.
But, I mean, from the voice, from the
incredible performance live each week,
and your dancing and everything,
I think it's Fantasia Barrino.
I do like that guess. ‐ Yes,
she's an amazing live performer.
All right.
It was a wonderful performance.
Make some noise
for the lovely Flamingo.
The panel thought one of these
celebrities might be the Flamingo.
Who do you think it is?
♪ Who is that? ♪
Welcome back
to "The Masked Singer."
Let's all grab an ornament
and look for clues
about a lady who's driving us
all gaga, the Tree.
I'm always hedging my
bets that I'm going home,
so it feels incredible
to still be here.
But if I'm being honest, it can get
a little lonely under this mask.
I miss the collaboration.
I miss my friends.
So somebody's used to working
with a group of people.
Maybe she's on "Friends."
The singers left in this
competition are all outstanding,
and I'm feeling
the pressure.
But I know my loved ones
are here in spirit,
and I need their cheers
more than ever.
‐ Cheers. Cheerleaders. ‐ Is
that somebody from "Cheers"?
I feel like a kid
on Christmas Eve.
Nervous, excited,
and unable to sleep.
Tonight, I'm hoping to go
beyond the edge of glory
and earn my spot
in the semifinals.
♪ There ain't a reason
you and me should be alone ♪
♪ Tonight, yeah baby,
tonight, yeah baby ♪
♪ I got a reason that you
should take me home tonight ♪
♪ All right, all right ♪
♪ I need a man that thinks
it's right when it's so wrong ♪
‐ ♪ Tonight, yeah baby,
tonight, yeah baby ♪ ‐ Whoo!
♪ Right on the limit where
we know we both belong tonight ♪
♪ It's hot to feel the rush ♪
♪ To brush the dangerous ♪
♪ I'm gonna run right to ♪
♪ To the edge with you ♪
♪ Where we can both fall far
in love ♪
♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on
a moment of truth ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge,
the edge, the edge ♪
♪ The edge, the edge,
the edge ♪
♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on a moment
with you ♪
♪ I'm on the edge with you ♪
♪ It's hot to feel the rush ♪
‐ ♪ To brush the dangerous ♪
‐ Hey!
♪ I'm gonna run right to ♪
♪ To the edge with you ♪
♪ Where we can both fall far
in love ♪
♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on
a moment of truth ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge,
the edge, the edge ♪
♪ The edge, the edge,
the edge ♪
‐ ♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Hanging on a moment ♪
♪ I'm on the edge with you ♪
‐ Whoo! Yeah!
‐ Come on, Tree!
Tree! Tree! Tree!
- ‐ Tree! Tree!
- Quite festive
right there on the edge
of glory, the Tree.
‐ Yeah!
‐ T‐Pain, talk to the Tree.
That was really good.
I loved it.
I loved the whole‐‐ the whole
pageantry of the whole thing.
I love that they're making
all the costumes this season
to where the ass is shaking on them.
It's a lot of that.
Twerk some.
‐ Those balls don't lie.
Yeah! ‐ That's next season.
"The Masked Twerker."
All right, now this is an opportunity
where you get to tell us something
that you have in common
with our panel.
Well, I had shared a stage
and a standing O
with one of you.
Wow, shared the stage?
‐ Right. Well, there was a Broadway clue.
‐ Broadway.
‐ "Playbill." ‐ I mean, none of
us were on Broadway, were we?
I've never gotten a standing O in
my life, so that's never happened.
Not me.
Okay, you know what?
Great.
‐ No. ‐ Okay, I know
exactly who this is.
‐ Yeah. What you got? ‐ Okay?
All right, all right. Dig it.
Broadway, "Cheers,"
maybe, I don't know.
Someone who was on
the sitcom "Cheers."
Maybe Frasier's wife Lilith.
Someone who I actually saw
as a kid
doing "A Chorus Line" in L. A.,
was an amazing singer,
Bebe Neuwirth. Dig it. Drop the
imaginary mic, Robin Thicke.
To me, what started out with
comes out once a year,
goes back into storage, then there
was a lot of cooking references.
‐ I thought Rachael Ray. ‐ I was thinking
that, too. I'm thinking Rachael Ray.
Yeah, and there's been soup. There's been
a soup reference in many of the packages.
Yeah. I'm kinda on this.
I'm thinking it could be
somebody that‐‐ let me pull a‐‐
let me pull a Ken
real quick.
Somebody‐‐
somebody that needs soup
whenever they come out
of the house.
Now, when will you need soup
when you come out of the house?
‐ It's gotta be cold, right?
When is it usually cold? ‐ Yeah.
Christmas. What do we have here?
A Christmas tree.
Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to
Mariah Carey. Thank you very much.
All right.
‐ I like it.
‐ Mariah Carey.
‐ Ka‐bloom, bloom, bloom.
‐ Hey. T‐Pain, everyone.
And I can vouch Mariah Carey
does like soup.
I can‐‐ I know that for sure.
The original title was "All I
Want For Christmas Is Soup."
- ‐ Is soup.
- Right.
- ‐ Perfect. Perfect.
- There it is.
The panel may be on
to something.
And someone who's definitely
on to something is the Tree
with an amazing performance
once again.
‐ Whoo! Whoo!
‐ Yeah!
According to our panel,
one of these celebrities
might be the Tree.
Tweet us and use the hashtag
themaskedsinger.
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ Welcome
back to "The Masked Singer,"
where our singers are singing
like nobody wants to take it off.
Sit down, Ken!
Let's paw over some more clues
about the true identity
of the Rottweiler.
Ohm. I'm
doing my best to be a Zen dog.
Week after week I've tried
to face my insecurities.
♪ But, darling, I'd still catch
a grenade for you ♪
Your compliments
are so amazing.
I feel like they're directed
to someone better than me.
My self‐doubt can really
get me stuck in my head.
So I take time to meditate
every day,
even if it's only
for 30 seconds.
‐ Baby Bjorn.
‐ He's got a baby.
I like to imagine myself
in a tranquil pool
swimming from the deep end
to the shallow.
‐ Shallow.
‐ Bradley Cooper.
‐
‐ Zeroing in on the present
has really helped focus
my so‐called life.
Tonight,
for the first time,
I'm an open book.
♪ I'm going under ♪
♪ And this time I fear
there's no one to save me ♪
♪ This all or nothing
really got a way ♪
‐ ♪ Of driving me crazy ♪
‐ My God.
♪ I need somebody to heal ♪
♪ Somebody to know ♪
♪ Somebody to have ♪
♪ Somebody to hold ♪
♪ But it's easy to say ♪
♪ But it's never the same ♪
♪ I guess I kinda liked the way
you numbed all the pain ♪
♪ Now the day bleeds ♪
♪ Into nightfall ♪
♪ And you're not here ♪
♪ To get me through it all ♪
♪ I let my guard down ♪
♪ And then you pulled
the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used
to being someone you loved ♪
♪ And I tend to close
my eyes ♪
‐ Wow.
‐ ♪ When it hurts sometimes ♪
♪ I fall into your arms ♪
♪ I'll be safe
in your sound ♪
♪ Till I come back around ♪
♪ For now the day bleeds ♪
‐ ♪ Into nightfall ♪
‐ Whoo.
♪ And you're not here ♪
♪ To get me
through it all ♪
♪ I let my guard down ♪
♪ And then you pulled
the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used
to being someone you loved ♪
♪ And now the day bleeds ♪
♪ Into nightfall ♪
♪ And you're not here ♪
♪ To get me through it all ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ And then you pulled
the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used
to being someone you loved ♪
♪ I let my guard down ♪
♪ Then you pulled
the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used
to being someone you loved ♪
‐ I'm crying.
‐ That was fire.
The Rottweiler, yeah.
‐ Wow. Wow. ‐ Nicole, talk to the
Rottweiler about his performance.
‐ Whoo.
‐ Yeah, exactly.
I have to take a breath
for that one
because I think
it's the most vulnerable
and honest performance
you've ever given
and one of the most vulnerable
and honest performances
we've seen on that stage. You
just brought tears to my eyes.
It was just‐‐ I feel like you flipped
your heart inside out for us.
And you just bared it all.
My God.
Wow.
Now, Rottweiler,
you get to tell everyone up there something
that you have in common with them.
I have been on the same list
as one of you.
And it was not
"People's Sexiest Man Alive."
Sorry, Ken.
Is it prison related? I've
been on a lot of those lists.
Well, I was thinking about, like,
the Hot 100 or something like that.
I've been thinking that it's the
singer Darren Criss from "Glee."
- ‐ And I remember...
- Wow.
...Darren Criss actually sang
one of my songs on "Glee."
‐ Yeah.
‐ And it was on the Hot 100,
so that's all I have to go with because
I'm still thinking it's Darren Criss.
Yeah. I thought it
was Darren Criss as well,
but from the clue package
this week,
‐ we saw "My So‐Called Life."
‐ That's true.
We saw 30 seconds. He's in a
band called 30 Seconds To Mars,
so I'm thinking Jared Leto.
That's a good one.
‐ Yeah.
‐ No.
Sometimes the world
is obvious.
I'm just looking at a dog
and I'm thinking two words:
Bow Wow.
I think you're Bow Wow.
Hear me out!
Bow Wow, back in the day,
he was hosting BET's
"106 & Park."
I was the lead guest.
You was on "106 & Park"?
Yes, I was, Nick Cannon,
surprised?
Bow Wow loved me.
I think it's my best guess yet.
Nah, that was horrible.
Sit down!
All right, you got it.
Yeah.
Man. Whoever it is is a
really good damn singer.
‐ I can tell you that right now. ‐ I agree with
that and so does the rest of our audience.
Keep it going
for the Rottweiler.
Yeah!
The panel thought that
one of these celebrities
might be the Rottweiler.
Who do you think it is?
Tonight we have all witnessed
the emotional
and colorful journeys
of a Leopard,
a Flamingo,
a Fox,
a Thingamajig,
a Rottweiler,
and a Tree.
Only five can make
the semifinals.
Panel and audience,
vote now for your favorite
performer of the night.
Thinking. Okay.
The singer with the
least amount of votes
will have to unmask and head home to
someplace very upscale, I'm sure.
And the singer
who must take it off...
...and head home tonight...
No.
...is...
The votes are in.
My lord.
The undercover
celebrity singer
who must reveal
their top secret identity
and head home tonight is...
No.
...the Tree.
- ‐
- Tree, we love you.
Ladies and gentlemen,
keep it going for the Tree.
We'll see the rest of you in
our semifinals tomorrow night,
so please say good‐bye
to the Tree.
Man!
Damn it!
Come on here, Tree.
You were outstanding.
Tree! Tree! Tree!
See all the love
you're getting, Tree?
We are so sorry
to see you go, Tree,
but we are extremely proud
of you.
You've come so far on this show, and we
can't wait to finally see who you are.
‐ Aww.
‐ Gang,
I need your final guesses.
I've had a tough time with
this one because of the clues.
It started out there were
a lot of cooking references.
I've been thinking
maybe Rachael Ray,
but there was so many other
references as to acting,
to Christmas movies.
We thought like "Elf."
So I'm gonna switch my guess
to Amy Sedaris.
Yeah, I think so, too.
She was a secretary in "Elf."
They mentioned in one
of the past clue packages
"Strangers With Candy,"
and she had a "Playbill."
I believe Amy Sedaris
did Broadway,
so I'm gonna say
Amy Sedaris.
Hey, I'm not feeling
Amy Sedaris.
I just kept getting comedy
week after week.
Kind of like comedic actress. And
when I saw the Broadway clues,
it brought me more east coast,
so I just stuck with "SNL."
So I went Cheri Oteri,
then Molly Shannon.
And I kept trying to think
of more people, Ana Gasteyer.
I need one person.
All right, all right, fine.
Fine.
I'm gonna go with
Ana Gasteyer from "SNL."
Okay.
Dr. Ken?
Yeah, I think,
based on what I saw
and with the clues,
I think this is someone who is
famous on Broadway
and Chicago.
I think, you know,
being on "Cheers,"
I believe had
a Christmas album,
so I'm gonna stay with
Bebe Neuwirth.
Okay.
T‐Pain, who is the Tree?
Well, first of all,
the performance was great.
It was a lot of showmanship
and just‐‐ you did your thing.
And I know it's hard to do
your thing in a tree.
You know what? I'm just gonna
stick with Mariah Carey
'cause I want to see
Nick panic.
- Yeah.
- ‐
That's good.
That would be
an amazing reveal.
It would.
All right.
You've made your final guesses,
so it's time to see
who's right.
Tree, we all want to know
who are you?
‐ Take it off! Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
‐ Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ Take it off!
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ Who ♪
♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Who ♪
♪ Tell me who are you,
you, you ♪
‐ Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ ‐ I just peed!
‐ Ana Gasteyer!
Actress, comedian,
recording artist,
and friend of Ken Jeong.
Come on!
Ken, how did you not pick up
on this, man?
I know!
Okay, here's the deal.
I did "A Christmas Story"
with Ana.
‐ Yes, live on FOX.
‐ I forgot I was in it.
It wasn't that long ago, Ken.
And I sang a major number.
And I believe‐‐
I don't mean to embarrass you, but you did
at one point fall to your knees and say,
"My God.
I can't believe you can sing."
‐ Wow. Wow.
‐ I had no idea.
Well, we definitely won't
forget you.
I mean, you came out here show after
show and just blazed the stage.
I mean, not just only a testament
to when you were on "SNL,"
to when you were on Broadway.
One of my favorite movies which you
did, just think of "Mean Girls."
‐
‐
Ana is just a musical
and comedy genius and I like‐‐
‐ Man. Such a nice thing to say.
‐ We all idolize you in comedy.
‐ Thank you.
‐ I'm serious.
Too bad‐‐ too bad that didn't
help Ken guess.
It turns out the closer
you are to Ken,
- ‐ the less he knows about you.
- Exactly.
‐ It's so true. It's so true.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Great job, Jenny.
‐ Thanks, Nick.
‐ Great job. Good.
‐ Whoo!
To sing an encore unmasked
in all her glory,
Ana Gasteyer.
Whoo.
‐ ♪ I'm on the edge ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on
a moment of truth ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge,
the edge, the edge ♪
♪ The edge, the edge,
the edge ♪
♪ Say good‐bye ♪
I knew it!
It's Ninja!
Laila Ali!
Raven‐Symoné!
It's hot in there. I'll miss this
padding in the costume though.
- ‐ Can I take this home?
- Michelle Williams!
Dr. Drew!
Mrs. Patti LaBelle!
I am proud of myself,
but I had to lose to a dog.
- ‐ Hey.
- Kelly Osbourne!
Mr. Paul Shaffer!
Sherri Shepherd!
I learned that when you by
yourself with a mask on your head,
your voice
is real irritating.
Johnny Weir! All I
wanted to do was be Christina Aguilera,
so "The Masked Singer" gave me that
opportunity, even if just for an episode.
I have an omelet to make.
Excuse me.
♪ Who is that? ♪
After saying good‐bye
to ten undercover stars,
only the top six remain.
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
They're all competing for
a spot in the semifinal. ‐ Nice!
The stakes
have never been higher.
I feel like you've flipped
your heart inside out for us.
And the panel is joined
by season one winner T‐Pain.
I know how hot it
can be in those things.
You're probably breathing
hard as hell.
Who...
‐ Lenny Kravitz, man.
...will...
‐ That's gotta be John Legend.
- ...survive?
- You know what?
I'm just gonna stick with Mariah Carey
'cause I want to see Nick panic.
♪ Who are you? ♪
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ I really wanna know ♪
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ ♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ My God.
‐ It's Nick Cannon!
Welcome, everyone.
I'm Nick Cannon, and this is the
greatest and strangest costume party
in Hollywood history,
"The Masked Singer."
Our very punny who‐sungit
just got very, very real
for our six remaining
secret celebrity singers.
Even though it can be hard to read
their famous faces under those masks,
it's pretty clear
they would all love
to make it to tomorrow night's
semifinals, right?
It's gonna be big.
‐ Whoo! ‐ But we have rules
here at "The Masked Singer."
Only five of our six singers
tonight will take one step closer
to our ultimate honor,
the Golden Mask trophy.
‐ Whoo!
‐ Hey!
And tonight we're so excited
to be joined by our first ever
Golden Mask trophy winner, the artist
formerly known as the Monster,
hip‐hop icon T‐Pain!
Come on, T‐Pain!
Come on, T‐Pain!
‐ Come on, come on. Thank you.
‐ He's dripping, he's dripping.
I see it.
All right, now, T‐Pain,
what's it like, you know, seeing the
show from way up there with the panel
instead of standing next to me
in a monster costume?
Well, I'll tell you this, Nick.
There's a‐‐
there's a lot of
air conditioning up here.
It gets hot on this stage,
indeed.
And you know, I didn't have
a lot of‐‐
a lot of air flow
in that thing.
But you did a great job,
right?
‐ I appreciate it. Appreciate it, man.
‐ Boom.
‐ We're so happy to have you here.
‐ I'm happy to be here, brother.
‐ So let's get it on.
‐ Whoo! Yeah!
‐ Yes! ‐ First up, gunning for
a spot in the semifinals,
the Fox.
We need to talk
and it's kind of a big deal.
Listen, it's not you,
it's me.
Feeling like I want
to get away.
‐ I want to fly away. ‐ I want
to fly away, like Lenny Kravitz.
Because I'm finally being
accepted for who I really am.
What?
Come on, now!
Who would have thought it would take a
singing competition to open my eyes?
I've learned I don't need to put
on my superhero disguise any more.
It's time to close this chapter
and move on.
Through this mask,
I feel unchained.
Unchained, that's Django
for Jamie Foxx.
And now I'm ready to prove I can
win this whole thing without you.
It's a solid song
right there.
Darn good song.
♪ Blame it on the booze ♪
♪ Got you feeling loose ♪
♪ Blame it on the 'tron ♪
♪ Got you in the zone ♪
♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
‐ Man.
‐ ♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
♪ You can blame it on the ♪
♪ Hey she say
she usually don't ♪
♪ But I know she front ♪
♪ 'Cause shawty know
she wants ♪
♪ She don't want to seem
like she easy ♪
♪ I hear you saying
what you won't do ♪
♪ But you know
we probably going do ♪
♪ What you been seeing
deep inside ♪
♪ Girl what you drinking? ♪
♪ Gonna let it sink in ♪
♪ Here for the weekend ♪
♪ Thinking we can ♪
♪ See what we can be
if we press fast forward ♪
♪ Just one more round
and you're down I know it ♪
♪ Fill another cup up
feeling on yo butt what? ♪
♪ You don't even care now ♪
♪ I was unaware
how fine you was ♪
♪ Before my buzz set in ♪
♪ My buzz set in ♪
♪ Blame it on the booze ♪
‐ ♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Got you feeling loose ♪
‐ ♪ Blame it on the 'tron ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Got you in the zone ♪
♪ Blame it on the a‐a‐a‐a
alcohol ♪
♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
♪ On the vodka
blame it on the Henny ♪
♪ Blue top
got you feeling dizzy ♪
‐ ♪ Yeah ♪
‐ ♪ Alcohol ♪
♪ A‐a‐a‐a‐a alcohol ♪
Whoo!
‐ Hey!
‐
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
♪ A‐a‐a‐a‐a alcohol ♪
‐ Wow.
‐ Wow!
Whoo!
The Fox swagging it out.
Who are you?
Mr. T‐Pain,
that was one of your songs.
‐ Yep. ‐ Tell him about
his performance.
My God.
I loved everything about it.
The intro was insane. He busted a boo,
boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo.
‐ Yes.
‐ That was fire. Good job.
I know how hard it is
to do that. Great job.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Mr. Fox,
tell us something that you have in
common with the panel up there.
I have spent one of
the best weekends of my life
with one of you.
This isn't a good combination
of people standing up right now.
This‐‐ this could go
a lot of different ways.
You guys looked like you picked
up on some clues with that one.
Ken, we gonna start
with you.
No, I was ‐‐ I was kidding.
Jamie's, like, a good friend
of mine who‐‐
I mean, we've had some weekends,
but not‐‐ like, no.
No, like, with other friends.
Other friends.
'Cause Jamie's the coolest!
Hey, that's not bad.
Honestly.
But from some of the previous clue packages, he
had mentioned he was 30 years in the business.
And the all around stage ability and talent,
I'm thinking it might be Wayne Brady.
Well, what about the superhero
references?
Well, I don't know what any
of that means.
Did you spend a weekend
with him or...
I don't like to talk
about that, so...
Well, Pain, being on the other
side of the table now,
are you picking up on any clues
on who the Fox may be?
I'm picking up
on a lot of things.
We're talking about 30 years
in the game.
I mean, I'm thinking
Lenny Kravitz, man.
- Yes!
- Yeah.
No, absolutely not.
Let me tell you something.
The show wants to go this hip,
ironic route saying,
"We're gonna lean it so much
towards Jamie Foxx,
you'll be too dumb
to think it's Jamie Foxx."
Not this guy.
And it's not a coincidence
that T‐Pain is here,
and it's a song by T‐Pain
and Jamie Foxx
sung by Jamie Foxx
and figured out by Ken Jeong.
Jamie Foxx!
‐ Yes, Ken, yes!
‐ Whoo!
There it is.
Fox, you were amazing.
Ladies and gentlemen,
make some noise.
Our panel thought
one of these celebrities
might be under
the Fox mask.
Who do you think it is?
It sounds like Jamie Foxx
so much.
You gonna listen to a Lenny
Kravitz song at some point.
We're gonna hear it.
That's Lenny Kravitz.
Lenny has a voice in that pitch, like,
for real? I mean, he has really?
‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure, yeah.
‐ Lenny Kravitz is on our show.
♪ Who is that? ♪
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪
‐ We're back
on the only show where I may
already know everybody
without having any idea
who anyone really is.
Now, let's see if you can sink your
teeth into any clues about the Leopard.
I've been in the
bottom two twice now,
and it's really got me
into the fighting spirit.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to
"Leopard Presents the Grand Slam Open,"
brought to you by tofu.
Vegan who plays tennis.
I'm the Leopard,
AKA the Menace of Tennis.
‐
‐ Let me tell you,
this competition
is really heating up.
‐ Wow, what a shot.
‐
He clearly wants to win,
almost as bad as I want to win
this competition.
‐ So close.
‐
Motorcycle crash.
Looks like someone's
a spoil sport.
Look at that aggression.
Move out of the way, boys.
It's time for me to show you
what a real champion
is made of.
♪ Bare with me a second I ♪
♪ I need to get
my story straight ♪
♪ My friends are in
the bathroom ♪
♪ Getting brighter than
the Empire State ♪
♪ My lover, she is waiting
for me just across the bar ♪
♪ My seat's been taken by some
sunglasses asking about a scar ♪
♪ And I know I gave it
to you months ago ♪
♪ I'm trying hard
to take it back ♪
♪ So if by the time
the bar closes ♪
♪ And you feel like
falling down ♪
♪ I'll carry you home ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
♪ We are young ♪
♪ So let's set the world
on fire ♪
♪ We can burn brighter ♪
♪ Than the sun ♪
♪ Carry me home tonight ♪
♪ Whoo ooh ooh ♪
♪ Just carry me home
tonight ♪
♪ Carry me home tonight ♪
♪ Whoo ooh ooh ♪
♪ Just carry me home
tonight ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
♪ We are young ♪
Whoo!
♪ So let's set the world
on fire ♪
♪ We can burn brighter ♪
♪ Than the sun ♪
♪ So if by the time
the bar closes ♪
♪ And you feel like
falling down ♪
♪ I'll carry you home ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
- Wow!
- Yeah!
‐ Yes!
‐ Beautiful! Whoo!
The Leopard
getting a standing ovation
from our panel.
‐ Incredible! ‐ Jenny,
you talk to the Leopard.
This is exactly why I love
"Masked Singer" so much.
It's for characters like you,
performances like you,
and singers like you.
Good job, buddy.
Let's try to find out what do you have
in common with those people up there.
I was presenting an award
on an awards show
that included
one of you.
And I was wearing a custom
leather outfit, darling.
Gave you a little Leopard leg.
You know what? I have been
to a ton of award shows.
Do you notice anybody
wearing leather?
So many people.
So, the past clues that
we've gotten over the weeks,
I have New York written down,
lots of fashion references.
Photography.
Something that stuck out was
"tired of being known
for your marriage."
And I was trying to connect
a low toned voice,
and I came up with
Eric Benet.
- Ooh.
- Married to Halle Berry.
- Eric can sing.
- He can sing
‐ Eric can sing.
‐ Right?
He definitely can sing.
The first few performances,
we thought maybe Billy Porter
from the body language. However, the
last performance Nicole mentioned Seal.
When you started the song tonight, I started
to lock in on the vocal tone a little better,
and it's hard for me to hear anybody else
when you're singing now, Mr. Leopard.
So I'm gonna go
with Seal.
Yeah.
‐ That's a good guess.
Good guess.
‐ Yeah.
‐ All right, here he goes.
‐ God.
Come on, Ken. Come on, Ken.
I know exactly who this is.
God.
Don't support that behavior.
Okay.
Famous marriage, tennis.
I'm thinking "On‐rique" Iglesias
married to Anna Kournikova.
"On‐rique."
Hear me out.
‐ "On‐rique" or Enrique?
"On‐rique."
Great job.
Welcome to "The Masked Singer."
I have no idea
what's going on here,
but I do know the Leopard
once again set it off.
Y'all make some noise
for the Leopard.
Here's who the panel guessed could
be behind the Leopard mask.
Have any of them
solved the mystery?
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ Welcome
back to "The Masked Singer."
Our next singer has sent
the panel and the Twitterverse
all over the map
with their guesses.
So you better look at every little
thing about the Thingamajig.
I can't believe how close
I was to losing it all last week.
It stopped me in my furry
tracks to be in the bottom two.
‐ ♪ Yeah ♪
‐ Thingamajig!
The signs are telling me
it's getting down to the wire.
So I'm gonna start back at one
and rethink my whole strategy.
He's got a guitar.
My competitors aren't pulling
any punches,
so I've got to campaign
for myself.
There's no time
to get crabby.
Crabby. Maryland.
I still think I have so much
more to prove to Nicole‐amajig.
‐ Nicole!
‐.
Leading with my heart
has gotten me this far,
and now it's time to channel
my emotions
and show that I'm anything
but ordinary.
We all go through
some things,
but it's because
we're ordinary.
♪ Girl I'm in love with you ♪
♪ This ain't the honeymoon ♪
♪ It's past
the infatuation phase ♪
♪ Right in the thick
of love ♪
♪ Times we get sick of love ♪
♪ It seems like we argue
every day ♪
♪ I know I misbehave ♪
♪ You've made your mistakes ♪
♪ And we both still have room
left to grow ♪
‐ This is amazing. ‐ ♪ And
though love sometimes hurts ♪
♪ I still put you first ♪
♪ We'll make this thing work ♪
♪ But I think we should
take it slow ♪
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
♪ Baby we should
take it slow ♪
♪ Take it slow ♪
♪ Maybe we'll live and learn ♪
♪ Maybe we'll crash and burn ♪
♪ Maybe you'll stay
maybe you'll leave ♪
♪ Maybe you'll return ♪
♪ Maybe another fight ♪
♪ Maybe we won't survive ♪
♪ Maybe we'll grow
we'll never know ♪
‐ ♪ Maybe you and I ♪
‐ Wow.
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
♪ We don't know
which way to go ♪
♪ 'Cause we're ordinary people ♪
♪ Maybe we should
take it slow ♪
‐ Whoo.
‐ ♪ Take it slow ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ The time we'll take it slow ♪
Bravo! Bravo!
- Yeah! I love that. I love that.
- My God!
Wow. Nothing ordinary
about that at all.
First of all, I just want to
say, son, I'm proud of you.
No, you know, just a little
derivative of the Monster costume.
You're probably breathing
hard as hell.
'Cause I stuck my fat ass
in one of them things.
But that was amazing. Man,
it's, like, indistinguishable
from John Legend.
That was pretty crazy.
That's gotta be John Legend
in that thing on stilts.
On stilts, yeah.
Nicole, I got a feeling that
that song was dedicated to you.
Yeah, I got that same feeling
as well, Nick.
In my mind, it was just the two
of us in the room.
You know what? I'll just say this.
We can take it slow, honey.
‐ We can take it slow.
‐
All right, Thingamajig,
you actually have a few things in
common with some of the panelists.
‐
‐ Well, pal,
I've collaborated with the
same artist as one of you.
Ooh. T‐Pain's collaborated with
a lot of people and so have I.
- ‐ Yeah, that's definitely‐‐ That's not
enough. - That's a long list.
So you collaborated
on something.
Now I think he could be
a professional singer.
I don't think so. In the
clue package, I saw a MVP.
So I think it's maybe
an NBA player.
In the past said something
about Maryland,
so I was thinking Markelle Fultz from
Orlando Magic. He's from Maryland.
I don't know. We've heard
he doesn't run with bulls
and some relation to the Magic which
is where Nicole's getting Fultz.
But he has a really good voice, so, you
know, I've been going with Montell Jordan.
He's from Los Angeles
as far as I remember.
Yeah.
‐ Yeah, he's a L. A. boy.
So I don't know what the
connection to Maryland would be.
So I'm going to stick
with Montell Jordan for now
until I figure this whole
Maryland crab cake connection.
To be truly honest, the best
clues that we've gotten so far
is that it's obvious that you're
Nicole's future fiancé.
Thank you guys.
We're so happy.
‐ We're so happy. ‐ Either way,
that was an amazing performance.
You guys make some noise
for Thingamajig.
The panel thought one of these
celebrities might be under the mask.
Who do you think it is?
Time to turn our attention
to a beautiful bird.
So let's explore the colorful
past of the Flamingo.
Honestly, I can't believe I've
flown this high in the competition.
Who would have thought when I was a
little girl sitting up in my room
with California dreams
that I would end up here?
First, I went from clueless
to celebrated.
‐ "Clueless."
‐ "Celebrated."
And then I mingled
with other flamingos
and it was like
a different world.
‐ "Different world."
‐ Lisa Bonet was on.
My flam fam are like
my sisters, sister.
‐ Old school TV. ‐ Kinda got
these old school graphics, too.
But against these
other species,
I gotta step up because this
Flamingo wants to keep flying.
You feeling me?
Air Flamingo,
you're cleared for takeoff.
♪ Loving you ♪
♪ Isn't the right thing
to do ♪
♪ How can I ♪
♪ Ever change things
that I feel ♪
♪ If I could ♪
♪ Baby I'd give you
my world ♪
♪ How can I ♪
♪ When you won't take it
from me ♪
One, two, three, four!
♪ You can go your own way ♪
♪ Go your own way ♪
♪ You can go your own way ♪
♪ Go your own way ♪
♪ Tell me why ♪
♪ Everything turned around ♪
♪ Packing up ♪
♪ Shacking up's all you
want to do ♪
♪ If I could ♪
♪ Baby I'd give you
my world ♪
♪ Open up ♪
♪ Everything's waiting
for you ♪
♪ You can go your own way ♪
‐ ♪ Go your own way ♪
‐ Nice!
♪ You can call it
another lonely day ♪
♪ Call it another
lonely day ♪
♪ You can go your own way ♪
‐ ♪ Go your own way ♪
‐ Aah!
♪ You can call it
another lonely day ♪
♪ Go your own way ♪
‐ Whoo!
‐ Whoo!
- Yes!
- Yay!
Look at that.
‐ Hell, yeah!
Going her own way,
the Flamingo.
Flamingo! Flamingo!
Ken, how did you feel
about that performance?
I mean, it was sassy.
It was sexy.
It was seamless.
It was super.
And I've run out of adjectives
that begin with the letter "S."
It was great.
It was amazing.
All right,
Miss Flamingo,
tell us something that you have
in common with our panel.
I shared some couch time
with one of you
in 2013.
‐ In 2013.
‐ Is that my therapist?
"Couch time." Maybe she
did a show with Jenny.
Yes, but I've also interviewed about 5,000
people in the last three years, so...
That's a tough one. ‐
I know exactly who this is.
I'm undefeated
in "Masked Singer" competition.
Someone I know very well. Someone
I've worked with in the past.
Someone who also guest‐hosted
"The Talk" that features a couch.
And I was a guest
on "The Talk."
‐ So, putting all those clues together...
‐ My God.
‐ My God. ‐ ...Hilary Duff,
it is good to see you again.
I think it's not
a bad guess at all.
Basing it off the clues, we
know that you branded yourself
with, like, lifestyle,
makeup.
‐ We've heard some Spanish clues.
‐ That's right.
You obviously know how to sing.
You know how to move.
And putting those clues
together,
I feel very confident
this is Adrienne Bailon.
That's not a bad guess
from the clue packages.
But, I mean, from the voice, from the
incredible performance live each week,
and your dancing and everything,
I think it's Fantasia Barrino.
I do like that guess. ‐ Yes,
she's an amazing live performer.
All right.
It was a wonderful performance.
Make some noise
for the lovely Flamingo.
The panel thought one of these
celebrities might be the Flamingo.
Who do you think it is?
♪ Who is that? ♪
Welcome back
to "The Masked Singer."
Let's all grab an ornament
and look for clues
about a lady who's driving us
all gaga, the Tree.
I'm always hedging my
bets that I'm going home,
so it feels incredible
to still be here.
But if I'm being honest, it can get
a little lonely under this mask.
I miss the collaboration.
I miss my friends.
So somebody's used to working
with a group of people.
Maybe she's on "Friends."
The singers left in this
competition are all outstanding,
and I'm feeling
the pressure.
But I know my loved ones
are here in spirit,
and I need their cheers
more than ever.
‐ Cheers. Cheerleaders. ‐ Is
that somebody from "Cheers"?
I feel like a kid
on Christmas Eve.
Nervous, excited,
and unable to sleep.
Tonight, I'm hoping to go
beyond the edge of glory
and earn my spot
in the semifinals.
♪ There ain't a reason
you and me should be alone ♪
♪ Tonight, yeah baby,
tonight, yeah baby ♪
♪ I got a reason that you
should take me home tonight ♪
♪ All right, all right ♪
♪ I need a man that thinks
it's right when it's so wrong ♪
‐ ♪ Tonight, yeah baby,
tonight, yeah baby ♪ ‐ Whoo!
♪ Right on the limit where
we know we both belong tonight ♪
♪ It's hot to feel the rush ♪
♪ To brush the dangerous ♪
♪ I'm gonna run right to ♪
♪ To the edge with you ♪
♪ Where we can both fall far
in love ♪
♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on
a moment of truth ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge,
the edge, the edge ♪
♪ The edge, the edge,
the edge ♪
♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on a moment
with you ♪
♪ I'm on the edge with you ♪
♪ It's hot to feel the rush ♪
‐ ♪ To brush the dangerous ♪
‐ Hey!
♪ I'm gonna run right to ♪
♪ To the edge with you ♪
♪ Where we can both fall far
in love ♪
♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on
a moment of truth ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge,
the edge, the edge ♪
♪ The edge, the edge,
the edge ♪
‐ ♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Hanging on a moment ♪
♪ I'm on the edge with you ♪
‐ Whoo! Yeah!
‐ Come on, Tree!
Tree! Tree! Tree!
- ‐ Tree! Tree!
- Quite festive
right there on the edge
of glory, the Tree.
‐ Yeah!
‐ T‐Pain, talk to the Tree.
That was really good.
I loved it.
I loved the whole‐‐ the whole
pageantry of the whole thing.
I love that they're making
all the costumes this season
to where the ass is shaking on them.
It's a lot of that.
Twerk some.
‐ Those balls don't lie.
Yeah! ‐ That's next season.
"The Masked Twerker."
All right, now this is an opportunity
where you get to tell us something
that you have in common
with our panel.
Well, I had shared a stage
and a standing O
with one of you.
Wow, shared the stage?
‐ Right. Well, there was a Broadway clue.
‐ Broadway.
‐ "Playbill." ‐ I mean, none of
us were on Broadway, were we?
I've never gotten a standing O in
my life, so that's never happened.
Not me.
Okay, you know what?
Great.
‐ No. ‐ Okay, I know
exactly who this is.
‐ Yeah. What you got? ‐ Okay?
All right, all right. Dig it.
Broadway, "Cheers,"
maybe, I don't know.
Someone who was on
the sitcom "Cheers."
Maybe Frasier's wife Lilith.
Someone who I actually saw
as a kid
doing "A Chorus Line" in L. A.,
was an amazing singer,
Bebe Neuwirth. Dig it. Drop the
imaginary mic, Robin Thicke.
To me, what started out with
comes out once a year,
goes back into storage, then there
was a lot of cooking references.
‐ I thought Rachael Ray. ‐ I was thinking
that, too. I'm thinking Rachael Ray.
Yeah, and there's been soup. There's been
a soup reference in many of the packages.
Yeah. I'm kinda on this.
I'm thinking it could be
somebody that‐‐ let me pull a‐‐
let me pull a Ken
real quick.
Somebody‐‐
somebody that needs soup
whenever they come out
of the house.
Now, when will you need soup
when you come out of the house?
‐ It's gotta be cold, right?
When is it usually cold? ‐ Yeah.
Christmas. What do we have here?
A Christmas tree.
Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to
Mariah Carey. Thank you very much.
All right.
‐ I like it.
‐ Mariah Carey.
‐ Ka‐bloom, bloom, bloom.
‐ Hey. T‐Pain, everyone.
And I can vouch Mariah Carey
does like soup.
I can‐‐ I know that for sure.
The original title was "All I
Want For Christmas Is Soup."
- ‐ Is soup.
- Right.
- ‐ Perfect. Perfect.
- There it is.
The panel may be on
to something.
And someone who's definitely
on to something is the Tree
with an amazing performance
once again.
‐ Whoo! Whoo!
‐ Yeah!
According to our panel,
one of these celebrities
might be the Tree.
Tweet us and use the hashtag
themaskedsinger.
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ Welcome
back to "The Masked Singer,"
where our singers are singing
like nobody wants to take it off.
Sit down, Ken!
Let's paw over some more clues
about the true identity
of the Rottweiler.
Ohm. I'm
doing my best to be a Zen dog.
Week after week I've tried
to face my insecurities.
♪ But, darling, I'd still catch
a grenade for you ♪
Your compliments
are so amazing.
I feel like they're directed
to someone better than me.
My self‐doubt can really
get me stuck in my head.
So I take time to meditate
every day,
even if it's only
for 30 seconds.
‐ Baby Bjorn.
‐ He's got a baby.
I like to imagine myself
in a tranquil pool
swimming from the deep end
to the shallow.
‐ Shallow.
‐ Bradley Cooper.
‐
‐ Zeroing in on the present
has really helped focus
my so‐called life.
Tonight,
for the first time,
I'm an open book.
♪ I'm going under ♪
♪ And this time I fear
there's no one to save me ♪
♪ This all or nothing
really got a way ♪
‐ ♪ Of driving me crazy ♪
‐ My God.
♪ I need somebody to heal ♪
♪ Somebody to know ♪
♪ Somebody to have ♪
♪ Somebody to hold ♪
♪ But it's easy to say ♪
♪ But it's never the same ♪
♪ I guess I kinda liked the way
you numbed all the pain ♪
♪ Now the day bleeds ♪
♪ Into nightfall ♪
♪ And you're not here ♪
♪ To get me through it all ♪
♪ I let my guard down ♪
♪ And then you pulled
the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used
to being someone you loved ♪
♪ And I tend to close
my eyes ♪
‐ Wow.
‐ ♪ When it hurts sometimes ♪
♪ I fall into your arms ♪
♪ I'll be safe
in your sound ♪
♪ Till I come back around ♪
♪ For now the day bleeds ♪
‐ ♪ Into nightfall ♪
‐ Whoo.
♪ And you're not here ♪
♪ To get me
through it all ♪
♪ I let my guard down ♪
♪ And then you pulled
the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used
to being someone you loved ♪
♪ And now the day bleeds ♪
♪ Into nightfall ♪
♪ And you're not here ♪
♪ To get me through it all ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ And then you pulled
the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used
to being someone you loved ♪
♪ I let my guard down ♪
♪ Then you pulled
the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used
to being someone you loved ♪
‐ I'm crying.
‐ That was fire.
The Rottweiler, yeah.
‐ Wow. Wow. ‐ Nicole, talk to the
Rottweiler about his performance.
‐ Whoo.
‐ Yeah, exactly.
I have to take a breath
for that one
because I think
it's the most vulnerable
and honest performance
you've ever given
and one of the most vulnerable
and honest performances
we've seen on that stage. You
just brought tears to my eyes.
It was just‐‐ I feel like you flipped
your heart inside out for us.
And you just bared it all.
My God.
Wow.
Now, Rottweiler,
you get to tell everyone up there something
that you have in common with them.
I have been on the same list
as one of you.
And it was not
"People's Sexiest Man Alive."
Sorry, Ken.
Is it prison related? I've
been on a lot of those lists.
Well, I was thinking about, like,
the Hot 100 or something like that.
I've been thinking that it's the
singer Darren Criss from "Glee."
- ‐ And I remember...
- Wow.
...Darren Criss actually sang
one of my songs on "Glee."
‐ Yeah.
‐ And it was on the Hot 100,
so that's all I have to go with because
I'm still thinking it's Darren Criss.
Yeah. I thought it
was Darren Criss as well,
but from the clue package
this week,
‐ we saw "My So‐Called Life."
‐ That's true.
We saw 30 seconds. He's in a
band called 30 Seconds To Mars,
so I'm thinking Jared Leto.
That's a good one.
‐ Yeah.
‐ No.
Sometimes the world
is obvious.
I'm just looking at a dog
and I'm thinking two words:
Bow Wow.
I think you're Bow Wow.
Hear me out!
Bow Wow, back in the day,
he was hosting BET's
"106 & Park."
I was the lead guest.
You was on "106 & Park"?
Yes, I was, Nick Cannon,
surprised?
Bow Wow loved me.
I think it's my best guess yet.
Nah, that was horrible.
Sit down!
All right, you got it.
Yeah.
Man. Whoever it is is a
really good damn singer.
‐ I can tell you that right now. ‐ I agree with
that and so does the rest of our audience.
Keep it going
for the Rottweiler.
Yeah!
The panel thought that
one of these celebrities
might be the Rottweiler.
Who do you think it is?
Tonight we have all witnessed
the emotional
and colorful journeys
of a Leopard,
a Flamingo,
a Fox,
a Thingamajig,
a Rottweiler,
and a Tree.
Only five can make
the semifinals.
Panel and audience,
vote now for your favorite
performer of the night.
Thinking. Okay.
The singer with the
least amount of votes
will have to unmask and head home to
someplace very upscale, I'm sure.
And the singer
who must take it off...
...and head home tonight...
No.
...is...
The votes are in.
My lord.
The undercover
celebrity singer
who must reveal
their top secret identity
and head home tonight is...
No.
...the Tree.
- ‐
- Tree, we love you.
Ladies and gentlemen,
keep it going for the Tree.
We'll see the rest of you in
our semifinals tomorrow night,
so please say good‐bye
to the Tree.
Man!
Damn it!
Come on here, Tree.
You were outstanding.
Tree! Tree! Tree!
See all the love
you're getting, Tree?
We are so sorry
to see you go, Tree,
but we are extremely proud
of you.
You've come so far on this show, and we
can't wait to finally see who you are.
‐ Aww.
‐ Gang,
I need your final guesses.
I've had a tough time with
this one because of the clues.
It started out there were
a lot of cooking references.
I've been thinking
maybe Rachael Ray,
but there was so many other
references as to acting,
to Christmas movies.
We thought like "Elf."
So I'm gonna switch my guess
to Amy Sedaris.
Yeah, I think so, too.
She was a secretary in "Elf."
They mentioned in one
of the past clue packages
"Strangers With Candy,"
and she had a "Playbill."
I believe Amy Sedaris
did Broadway,
so I'm gonna say
Amy Sedaris.
Hey, I'm not feeling
Amy Sedaris.
I just kept getting comedy
week after week.
Kind of like comedic actress. And
when I saw the Broadway clues,
it brought me more east coast,
so I just stuck with "SNL."
So I went Cheri Oteri,
then Molly Shannon.
And I kept trying to think
of more people, Ana Gasteyer.
I need one person.
All right, all right, fine.
Fine.
I'm gonna go with
Ana Gasteyer from "SNL."
Okay.
Dr. Ken?
Yeah, I think,
based on what I saw
and with the clues,
I think this is someone who is
famous on Broadway
and Chicago.
I think, you know,
being on "Cheers,"
I believe had
a Christmas album,
so I'm gonna stay with
Bebe Neuwirth.
Okay.
T‐Pain, who is the Tree?
Well, first of all,
the performance was great.
It was a lot of showmanship
and just‐‐ you did your thing.
And I know it's hard to do
your thing in a tree.
You know what? I'm just gonna
stick with Mariah Carey
'cause I want to see
Nick panic.
- Yeah.
- ‐
That's good.
That would be
an amazing reveal.
It would.
All right.
You've made your final guesses,
so it's time to see
who's right.
Tree, we all want to know
who are you?
‐ Take it off! Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
‐ Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ Take it off!
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ Who ♪
♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Who ♪
♪ Tell me who are you,
you, you ♪
‐ Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ ‐ I just peed!
‐ Ana Gasteyer!
Actress, comedian,
recording artist,
and friend of Ken Jeong.
Come on!
Ken, how did you not pick up
on this, man?
I know!
Okay, here's the deal.
I did "A Christmas Story"
with Ana.
‐ Yes, live on FOX.
‐ I forgot I was in it.
It wasn't that long ago, Ken.
And I sang a major number.
And I believe‐‐
I don't mean to embarrass you, but you did
at one point fall to your knees and say,
"My God.
I can't believe you can sing."
‐ Wow. Wow.
‐ I had no idea.
Well, we definitely won't
forget you.
I mean, you came out here show after
show and just blazed the stage.
I mean, not just only a testament
to when you were on "SNL,"
to when you were on Broadway.
One of my favorite movies which you
did, just think of "Mean Girls."
‐
‐
Ana is just a musical
and comedy genius and I like‐‐
‐ Man. Such a nice thing to say.
‐ We all idolize you in comedy.
‐ Thank you.
‐ I'm serious.
Too bad‐‐ too bad that didn't
help Ken guess.
It turns out the closer
you are to Ken,
- ‐ the less he knows about you.
- Exactly.
‐ It's so true. It's so true.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Great job, Jenny.
‐ Thanks, Nick.
‐ Great job. Good.
‐ Whoo!
To sing an encore unmasked
in all her glory,
Ana Gasteyer.
Whoo.
‐ ♪ I'm on the edge ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on
a moment of truth ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge,
the edge, the edge ♪
♪ The edge, the edge,
the edge ♪