The Masked Singer (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - Mask and You Shall Receive - full transcript
Four of the remaining eight celebrities perform; the panelists attempt to guess their identities.
The competition
is heating up
with only our hottest singers
still standing.
I am ready. I'm going to rock
this flamingo till the feathers fall off.
I can't help but
think about the gold prize.
Why would I come all this
way dressed like that and not win?
People would
kill to get to do this.
I'm taking it. I'm eating
it up like puppy chow.
Here we go.
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪
This is "The Masked Singer."
‐
‐ Wow.
After three rounds of laying it
all out on the stage,
only the best of the best
undercover celebrities remain.
Honestly, I could listen to you
sing that over and over again.
Last week, the Ladybug gave our
panel the shock of their lives.
Kelly Osbourne!
I am gonna miss being
the Ladybug.
You become it.
It becomes you.
‐ Tonight...
‐ ♪ Catch a grenade for you ♪
...four of your favorite
masked superstars
will throw down
in two stunning face‐offs.
Flamingo versus Leopard
and Flower versus Rottweiler.
This whole experience has helped me
believe in myself more than I ever have.
‐ And guess who's back.
‐ God help us.
‐ Joel McHale.
‐ Clearly you have talent,
unlike someone on my right.
‐ Are...
‐ Alec Baldwin.
‐ you...
‐ Mario Lopez.
‐ ...ready?
‐ Why?
Why not, Ken? Your
explanation made no sense.
♪ Who are you? ♪
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ Come on,
tell me who are you? ♪
♪ Who are you? ♪
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! ‐ Welcome,
everyone, to "The Masked Singer."
In this crazy town, our famous citizens
wear masks to hide their famous faces,
while they battle it out to stay
anonymous as long as possible.
The stakes are getting higher
by the minute
as only the best of the best
masked superstars
are left in the competition.
Tonight, four of our
remaining masked singers
face off two by two.
We've got the Flamingo
versus the Leopard
and the Flower
versus the Rottweiler.
The winners will be
one step closer to the finale
and taking home
the Golden Mask.
The others will meet
in the smackdown.
All right, now, we have a
returning guest detective
who grew up in the comedy
community with Ken Jeong,
except for he grew up
a lot taller.
‐ Yeah, yeah.
‐ Joel McHale!
‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah. ‐ Nicole:
Joel McHale, everybody.
‐ Yeah!
‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah.
‐ Yeah!
‐ Thank you. Thank you.
‐ Yeah!
‐ Thank you, thank you.
Joel, welcome back.
We're thrilled
to have you here again.
Has success turned your pal,
Dr. Ken here,
into a monster
even more than T‐Pain?
Yes. Look at his jacket.
It's awful.
‐ So are his guesses, by the way.
‐ Yes.
All right, you ready to hear
some masked singers, people?
Let the face‐offs begin.
Let's stick our necks out
for revealing clues
about the Flamingo.
After weeks of my
nerves getting the best of me,
I feel like things
are starting to click.
♪ Never be enough ♪
Best performance by far,
I think, of the show yet.
I'm so happy. I feel like
I'm living in a fantasy.
Welcome to my beautiful home
I like to call "my chateau"...
‐ Eiffel Tower.
‐ Taj Mahal.
...where today, I'm soaking up
all the incredible things
the panel have said about me.
I'm realizing this experience
is teaching me to love
my own voice
for the first time in years.
And, ay dios mio,
can I be straight up?
I'm finally finding my center.
‐ Whoa, Spanish.
‐ "Straight up."
That's interesting.
Like Paula Abdul.
And now with my newfound
confidence,
tonight I'm throwing
the biggest party
this stage has ever seen.
♪ Where's all my soul sistas? ♪
♪ Let me hear ya flow, sistas ♪
♪ Hey, sista, go, sista,
soul sista, flow sista ♪
‐ ♪ Hey, sista, go, sista ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Soul sista, go, sista ♪
♪ He met Marmalade
down in old Moulin Rouge ♪
♪ Strutting her stuff
on the street ♪
♪ He said, "Hello, hey, Joe" ♪
♪ "You wanna give it
a go‐go?" ♪
♪ All right, gitchie,
gitchie, ya‐ya, da‐da ♪
‐ Yeah, come on!
‐ Come on!
♪ Gitchie, gitchie,
ya‐ya, here ♪
‐ ♪ Mocha chocolata, ya‐ya ♪
‐ Hey, get it, girl!
♪ Creole Lady Marmalade ♪
♪ Hey, voulez‐vous
coucher avec moi, ce soir? ♪
♪ Voulez‐vous coucher
avec moi? ♪
♪ Marmalade, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Marmalade ♪
♪ Hey, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
Yeah!
♪ Touch of her skin
feeling silky smooth ♪
♪ Color of cafe au lait ♪
♪ Made the savage beast inside ♪
♪ Roar till he cried ♪
♪ More, more, more ♪
‐ More cowbell!
‐ Yes, the cowbell!
♪ Gitchie, gitchie,
ya‐ya, da‐da ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ Gitchie, gitchie,
ya‐ya, here ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ Mocha chocolata, ya‐ya ♪
♪ Creole Lady Marmalade ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
‐ My God.
‐ Whoo!
♪ Yes ♪
- Yeah, yeah.
- Wow!
‐ Amazing, amazing, amazing!
‐ Wow!
Flamingo! Flamingo!
Wow!
‐ Somebody came to win!
‐ Yeah.
‐ Wow.
‐ I would agree. ‐ Robin,
you're a tough guy to impress,
and you look
extremely impressed.
Wow. I mean, I've been
thinking that Rottweiler
had maybe the strongest voice.
You've gotten stronger
every single week,
and that was by far
the best this season.
‐ Wow.
‐ By far.
And, girl, I know you talked about
you didn't like your voice,
but you slayed.
I'll see you in the finals,
girlfriend.
‐
‐ Yeah.
‐
‐ She's crying.
When I‐‐
when I started this show,
I was shaking
in my feathers.
But each performance has
helped me build my confidence,
and now I feel like
I can do anything.
‐ Aww!
‐ We love you, Flamingo!
So much emotion.
Now, guys, did that clue help
you with any of your guesses?
- ‐ It made me more proud of her.
- Aww.
The triple threat
and the makeup
and the YouTube from
the first package,
I'm still going with
Adrienne Bailon.
Gosh, I don't know.
I think that YouTube influencers
tend to be millennials.
Yeah. ‐ I wonder
if this is someone younger.
‐ ‐ 'Cause of the Spanish
that was threaded in,
this may be a performer
of Cuban descent,
or maybe someone with
20 million Instagram followers.
Or maybe someone that I,
Ken Jeong, did a movie with,
Bella Thorne, congratulations.
The best performance
of "The Masked Singer!"
Bella Thorne is, like,
my height almost.
Don't get me started
on height, Nick Cannon.
‐ Look. Look what he's sitting on.
‐ Hey, put that down!
‐ Put that down! Cut that out!
‐ He's sitting on a pillow.
‐ Cut that out.
‐ He's sitting on a pillow.
No, that's not cool, Joel.
You're so immature!
Ken, I think you're great, and we're all
shocked you brought up your movie career.
I think it's great.
The way the Flamingo moved,
I think it's celebrity trainer
Jillian Michaels.
Could you just take your mask off
and we could save some time?
‐ No, no. You're defeating the point
of the show. ‐ Doesn't work that way.
‐ I'll give you $100,000 if you
take your mask off. ‐ No! No!
All right, Robin, are you
picking up on any clues?
Well, first of all, there was something
about fantasy in the clue package.
- ‐ But there was also Taj Mahal, Paris,
the Eiffel Tower. - Yep.
So maybe that's because she's
traveled the world professionally,
so I'm gonna stick
with Fantasia Barrino.
That's not a bad guess.
‐ There are very few performers
that are that seasoned,
that have that voice.
That was the performance
of the season so far.
Indeed, indeed.
Ladies and gentlemen,
let's give it up one more
time for the Flamingo.
Yes!
Who is the Flamingo?
That panel thinks
it's one of these celebrities,
but are they right?
She knows the competition
is stiff.
‐ Yeah.
‐ She's our strongest female.
All the other characters
better bring up their game.
Yeah.
‐ Coming up,
secret superstars
bare their soul.
This is the most challenging
job I've ever had.
‐ And later... ‐ Donald Glover
is on "The Masked Singer!"
‐ Whoo! ‐ This will be the
hardest vote we've ever done.
Man.
I'd like to order
a dozen roses, please,
made out to
a Nicholas Cannon.
Please send them to‐‐
my word!
Rawr! Rawr!
Welcome back
to "The Masked Singer,"
the only singing competition
show in history
where a Flamingo has to fight
a Leopard for a good spot.
So let's stick our necks out
for revealing clues
about the Leopard.
I never imagined
how liberating
this competition
would be for me.
Each time I step out
onto the stage...
♪ Teenage dream ♪
...I discover I can do things
that were inconceivable
without a mask.
‐ I do. I do, I do.
‐ Yeah!
When I was a teenager, I set
myself free for the first time.
Emancipated minor.
Since then,
I've done my best
to treat the world
as my catwalk.
Who are the old white people?
Whether I'm in New York
or gay "Paree",
I always try to channel
my inner glamazon and champion.
I'm singing a song
that celebrates
the best of the past
because I never
want to forget that moment
when I chose to just be me.
I think I saw
a British flag.
It's an Australian flag.
- ‐ Yeah, but then it had a bat.
- Baseball player?
‐ Maybe.
‐ Maybe.
♪ Do you remember ♪
♪ The 21st night
of September? ♪
♪ Love was changing
the minds of pretenders ♪
♪ While chasing
the clouds away ♪
♪ Our hearts were ringing ♪
♪ To the key
that our souls were singing ♪
♪ And we danced
through the night ♪
♪ Remember ♪
♪ How the stars
stole the night away ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Say do you remember ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Dancing in September ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Never was a cloudy day ♪
♪ Ba duda, ba duda ♪
♪ Ba duda, badu ♪
‐ Yeah.
‐ ♪ Ba duda, badu ♪
‐
‐ ♪ Ba duda, badu ♪
♪ The bells were ringing ♪
♪ While our souls
were singing ♪
♪ Do you remember ♪
♪ Never a cloudy day ♪
♪ Ba, ba, ba ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Say do you remember ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Dancing in September ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Never was a cloudy day ♪
- Yes!
- Yeah!
- ‐ So good!
- Yeah!
‐ Get it. ‐ The Leopard,
ladies and gentlemen.
‐ Leopard!
Leopard! ‐ My spouse.
Dr. Ken, tell the Leopard
about his performance.
It's just so entertaining.
Just always,
always a master of theatrics.
I just love
everything you do,
and this is exemplary
of what you've been
doing all season.
Great job. Love it. Rawr!
‐ Rawr! Rawr!
‐ Rawr!
I want to tell everybody
how purr‐fectly exciting
it has been
playing the Leopard,
but how utterly shocked
my little ones
are going to be
when they find out it's me!
‐ Aww. ‐ He looks
like he has 17 kids.
There's some
good clues in there.
The thing is, he's so funny
that it's confusing me.
Like, the very first time,
I thought Jamie Foxx
because of his mannerisms.
He's really trying to play
with us and throw us.
And now you know,
you can hear that voice
and you're definitely
a singer.
I know exactly who this is.
‐ And I'll tell you why, okay?
‐ Who is it, Ken?
Okay, think about this.
It could be someone me and Joel
know very well from "Community."
It could be Donald Glover.
I don't know if he was
an emancipated minor,
but he was a minor as a child.
‐ Hear me out. Hear me out! ‐
Everybody was a minor as a child.
Hear me out.
He was a writer for "30 Rock."
Did standup at UCB
in New York.
‐ Didn't grow up in New York.
‐ And he's been to France.
He has been to Australia.
Donald Glover is on
"The Masked Singer!"
‐ What, what? Rawr!
‐ God, it's so loud.
Nicole,
who you picking up on?
Judging off of
the clue package from today,
I picked up
"Glamazon," "Champion."
Those are album titles
of RuPaul.
But that tone
and texture, I know it,
After listening
to the voice,
- ‐ I think it's Seal.
- Wow.
I didn't even think of it.
That's a great guess.
‐ Right? ‐ He was
married to Heidi Klum,
who's known for
the fashion world also
and the catwalk and stuff.
‐ Yes.
‐ Even though the body language
and everything that you're doing
on stage doesn't resemble Seal‐‐
it could be Billy Porter,
like I thought
the first couple times.
But for me,
I have to go by the voice.
I agree with Nicole,
so I'm gonna go with Seal.
It's a leopard, not a seal.
I don't get it.
‐ I don't know. I'm going with Seal.
‐ I honestly don't get it.
‐ I'm serious.
‐ Ken, like usual,
all the regular judges
are wrong.
The "little ones"
set me off there.
It is definitely
Alec Baldwin.
- ‐ It is definitely Alec Baldwin.
- Good guess, good guess.
He has, like, 13 kids at this point.
They're all under five.
So, no wonder, he needs the
money, so that's why he's here.
One thing
we definitely do know,
that was an amazing
performance.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the Leopard.
Here's who
the panel guessed
could be behind
the Leopard mask.
Have any of them
solved the mystery?
All right,
now it's time for our panel
and our studio audience
to vote and tell us
who won that face‐off.
‐ Jeez. ‐ Vote now for
your favorite performer.
The singer with the least
amount of votes will face off
in our do or die
"Masked Singer" smackdown.
The votes are in.
And the winner
of the face‐off is...
No! I'm scared.
The Flamingo!
Leopard's not happy.
Leopard is not happy.
Congratulations, Flamingo.
You get to remain anonymous.
Go ahead, head to the tunnel.
You outta here.
‐ Rawr! Rawr! ‐ Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I'm worried.
‐ It's a cat fight.
‐ Leopard, it's not over.
You still have a fighting
chance to keep your mask on
when you sing again
in tonight's smackdown.
Keep it going for him.
We'll see you soon.
‐ Let's go, Leopard!
‐ Whoo!
‐ Yay! Whoo!
‐ No!
‐ Dude.
‐ Sorry.
Who will Leopard
face in our smackdown?
Stick around and let's
all find out together.
Yes! We'll be right back.
You don't do the commercial.
We'll be right back
after these messages.
♪ Who is that? ♪
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ Now it's
time for a high stakes face‐off
between a thing of beauty
and a show dog
who definitely does not bite.
Here is the Flower.
It's been nerve‐wracking
trying to both impress
and make you guess each week.
When you get up into that
range, there's only a handful
of singers in the world
that can do that.
But it's been such
a wild ride
getting to do what I love
like never before.
Like a bud to a bloom,
in my career,
I am always changing.
Being here is proof
that sometimes
you have to take
a leap of faith
and try something new.
Perfume.
She has a perfume line.
Now let's get to it,
because I can go on and on
like a rolling stone.
Maybe she recorded
with the Rolling Stones.
Maybe she was on
the "Rolling Stone" cover.
I may have a legendary aura
surrounding me,
but tonight I'm going to show
that my voice alone
can carry me to the finals.
♪ I hear the ticking
of the clock ♪
♪ I'm lying here ♪
♪ The room's pitch dark ♪
♪ I wonder where
you are tonight ♪
♪ No answer on the telephone ♪
Yes. The drama.
♪ And the night goes by
so very slow ♪
♪ I hope that
it won't end, though ♪
♪ Ooh, alone ♪
♪ Till now ♪
♪ I always got by
on my own ♪
♪ I never really cared
until I met you ♪
♪ And now ♪
♪ It chills me to the bone ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
Whoo!
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ Do I get you ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ Alone, alone ♪
‐ Whoo!
‐ Yes, bravo!
Flower! Flower!
Wow.
Alone in a class of her own.
Mr. Robin Thicke?
You know, most of the singers
really stick to the script
and they don't want
to make mistakes,
so they sing along with the way
that we know the song to be.
But just like a true
jazz artist,
you make the song your own.
You change the notes.
You do what you want
with your instrument,
and you always wow and amaze us,
so thank you again for that.
Yeah, that's a good point.
Good point.
I've performed
all around the world,
but this is the most
challenging job I've ever had.
"The Masked Singer"
is phenomenal!
‐ Aww.
‐ Yeah.
By that statement
that she just gave you all,
did you pick up on any clues?
Well, she's performed
all around the world.
‐ That helped. That helped.
‐ So she's a seasoned performer.
I will say, if I can comment on
some of the clue packages‐‐
the perfume, I'm not sure
who has a perfume line,
but a lot of legendary
singers do.
Anita Baker we guessed before,
and Chaka Khan.
But then when you hit
those high notes,
I finally know what Nicole means
by hearing baby Jesus.
So I think I'm gonna go
with Miss Patti LaBelle.
You know what? I have been
thinking that since day one,
and I wasn't 100% sure.
But I picked up something
in the clue package
that two of the guys when they were sitting
at the pool were playing patty‐cake.
‐ Yeah. You're right. ‐ The
guys were playing patty‐cake.
So thinking that it's Patti LaBelle
and seeing patty‐cake at the pool,
I'm gonna go
with Patti LaBelle.
- ‐ Yeah.
- Good one!
Our guest panelist
Joel McHale?
Clearly you have talent,
unlike someone on my right.
Okay. But I
think you should just maybe
be open to the fact that
it might be Barbra Streisand.
- ‐ Don't you think? It's Streisand, right?
- No.
‐ Maybe. ‐ You know what? That's
so wrong on so many levels.
‐ I know exactly who this is.
‐ Never.
‐ I do, and I'll tell you why.
‐ No.
‐ Okay, first of all‐‐
‐ Here we go again.
Phenomenal.
Shut up, Robin.
All right, hear me out.
Hear me out.
Bjork has been on the cover
of "Rolling Stone,"
and she is alone
because I'm alone
in my assertion
that this is the queen
of disco, Bjork.
Thank you.
Bjork, everybody!
‐ Bjork is the queen of disco?
‐ The queen of disco.
You guys are already clapping,
so keep it going
for the amazing Flower.
The panel thought
one of these celebrities
might be the Flower.
Who do you think it is?
Coming up,
an explosive performance.
That was amazing.
And later,
the return of the smackdown.
‐ Nicole, you know... ‐ Nicole, you know...
someone like you who cares about
their personal appearance...
‐
‐ ...and then you look at him.
‐ Like Nicole is like... ‐ Like Nicole is like...
- ‐ ...a sports car, and with Ken...
- ‐ Ken.
...he's a Bird scooter.
One of the Bird scooters
that is just in a pile
with other Bird scooters.
We're in the middle
of a classic face‐off battle
between a dog and a flower.
Right now, chew on these clues
about the Rottweiler.
Being on this stage
is the most fun I've had
in as long as I can remember.
♪ I'm on my way ♪
- ‐ Whoo!
- That was by far
the best performance
of the whole season.
But truth be told,
I'm terrified of the panel
finding out my true identity
and judging me
because of it.
‐ I think Gavin DeGraw.
‐ Brian Littrell.
‐ I'm going with Darren Criss.
‐ Kevin Jonas, maybe?
So I've been training
every day
to make sure I won't be
unmasked any time soon.
‐ Platinum.
‐ Platinum records.
Because here,
I can finally be seen
for just my voice
and pure talent.
Everything is zen.
"Everything's Zen." You know that song.
Gavin Rossdale?
I want to win this
more than anything
I've ever wanted
in my career.
With this song,
I'm ready to show the lengths
I'll go to to win
that Golden Mask.
It looked like he had
four awards trophies.
Were those Emmys,
Oscars, Grammys?
‐ They were a mix.
‐ They were a mix?
It could be an actor who is known for
acting, but is an amazing singer.
‐ You think it's Jared Leto?
‐ That could be.
♪ Easy come, easy go ♪
♪ That's just how you live ♪
♪ Take, take,
take it all ♪
♪ But you never give ♪
♪ Should've known
you was trouble ♪
♪ From the first kiss ♪
♪ Had your eyes wide open ♪
♪ Why were they open? ♪
♪ Gave you all I had
and you tossed it in the trash ♪
♪ Tossed it in the trash,
you did ♪
♪ Just to give me all your love
is all I ever asked for ♪
♪ What you don't
understand is ♪
♪ I'd catch a grenade for you ♪
♪ Throw my head
on a blade for you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ I'd jump in front
of a train for you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ You know I'd do
anything for you ♪
‐ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
‐ ♪ ♪
♪ I would go through
all this pain ♪
♪ Take a bullet
straight through my brain ♪
♪ Yes, I would die
for you, baby ♪
♪ But you won't do the same ♪
♪ If my body was on fire ♪
♪ Ooh, you'd watch me
burn down in flames ♪
♪ You said you love me,
you're a liar ♪
♪ But you never ever,
ever did, baby ♪
Whoo!
♪ But, darling, I'd still
catch a grenade for you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Jump in front
of a train for you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Whoa, ♪
♪ I would go through
all this pain ♪
♪ Yeah, take a bullet
straight through my brain ♪
♪ Yes, I would die
for you, baby ♪
♪ But you won't do the same ♪
‐
‐ Yes!
‐ Wow.
‐
The Rottweiler.
Awesome job, dawg.
Guest panelist Joel McHale,
talk to the Rottweiler,
my brother.
‐ McGruff the Crime Dog is the best
singer on the show. ‐ Joel, no.
That was amazing.
Yes, Rottweiler, obviously, you've
been my favorite from day one.
You have such an amazing range,
and you really came through.
And, yeah, we love you.
Your compliments
are so amazing.
I feel like they're directed
to someone better than me.
This whole experience
has helped me
to believe in myself
more than I ever have.
‐ Wow. ‐ So, thank you.
I'm so grateful.
‐ We love you.
‐ You so deserve it, dawg.
Panel, did that help you out?
Well, he's not Joel McHale,
'cause he's humble.
Wow. We know it's not Ken Jeong,
'cause he works out, so...
Hey, how dare you?
That's unfair.
So, if we were gonna
combine all the clues, I mean,
every week you keep throwing me.
He's in a boy band.
This R&B voice.
This Christian rock
that I felt last week.
But the clues
that we got today, platinum.
That could be platinum album.
There were, like, four
trophies, and then "zen."
And it made me think of
somebody‐‐ Gavin Rossdale.
Not a bad call.
He's like a yogi kind of person.
‐ Yeah, from Bush.
‐ He was in Bush.
Yeah. That's
an amazing wrong guess.
I know exactly who this is,
as usual.
‐ Who is it? ‐ Okay, I think it's
someone known for one thing,
and it's freeing
to be some else.
He's always been judged.
He's probably watched
a lot of "Judge Judy."
All these things are making sense,
and that's‐‐ shut up, Nick Cannon.
He's known to be a grunge rocker
who can sing amazingly well.
Billy Joe Armstrong
from Green Day,
welcome to
"The Masked Singer!"
Yeah! Not a bad guess.
That's a good guess.
All right, guys,
this has been very hard.
I was like, if it's not Bjork,
please give a warm welcome
to Mario Lopez.
‐ That's not a bad guess.
‐ Right there.
‐ Why?
‐ Why not, Ken?
Your explanation made no sense.
Mr. Robin Thicke, make some
sense out of all of this.
Yeah. Last week
Nicole mentioned Darren Criss.
I had the pleasure of getting to
hear him sing recently at a charity.
There's very few male singers‐‐
I mean, Joe Jonas can hit
some of those notes,
has a good high range
like that,
but I don't think
it's Joe Jonas.
I'm gonna go with Darren Criss also.
I think it's Darren.
Hey! That's right, Robin.
‐ All right.
I still think it's him
'cause Darren Criss can sing.
Some good guesses
from the panel,
and a great performance
from the Rottweiler.
Ladies and gentlemen,
keep it going.
Our panelists think they've collared
the Rottweiler with these guesses.
What do you think?
All right, it's time
for the audience
and the panel to vote
for their favorite in this
dog‐try‐to‐eat‐flower
face‐off.
‐
‐ Man.
‐ Vote now for your favorite.
And now a big moment
of truth.
The votes are in,
and the winner
of this face‐off is...
I can't look.
The votes are in,
and the winner
of this face‐off is...
I can't look.
The Rottweiler!
Congratulations, Rottweiler.
You get to remain anonymous.
‐ Aww. ‐ Darren Criss
lives another day.
Back to the lair for you.
And, Flower, it ain't over.
To stay in this competition,
you will go mask to mask
with the Leopard
in our smackdown.
Go get ready for the musical
fight of your life.
‐ This is hard.
‐ So hard.
This is the part of the show
where they actually
fight, right?
- ‐ Yes. Yes, it is.
- All right,
it's the moment
you've all been waiting for.
The bottom two singers,
Leopard and Flower,
will go head to head.
How will that be decided?
This is the smackdown‐down!
Bring it on!
Yeah, it's a smackdown, Joel!
In this mouth,
making his second
smackdown appearance,
a fast feline who can run
36 miles per hour,
and even more
if there's applause,
the Leopard!
And in this mouth,
a colorful superstar
who I'm thinking
has played the Garden before,
it's the Flower!
Let's do it, purple cabbage!
Yeah.
All right,
we want a good, clean,
but not too clean fight.
Leopard, you're up first.
I'm nervous, Ken!
‐
‐ Nicole!
‐ Yes!
‐ ♪ I know you love me ♪
♪ I know you love me ♪
‐ ♪ I know you do ♪
‐ ♪ I know you do ♪
♪ 'Cause whenever
I come around ♪
♪ She's all over you ♪
Get it, Leopard.
♪ And I know you want it ♪
‐ ♪ I know you want it ♪
‐ ♪ I know you want it ♪
♪ It's easy to see ♪
‐ ♪ It's easy to see ♪
‐ Wow.
♪ And in the back
of your mind, I know ♪
♪ You should be
here with me ♪
‐ Who sings this song?
‐ I do, Joel!
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend
was hot like me? ♪
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend
was a freak like me? ♪
♪ Don't cha? ♪
♪ Don't cha? ♪
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend
was fun like me? ♪
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend
was rawr like me? ♪
‐ Aah!
‐ ♪ Don't cha? ♪
♪ Don't cha? ♪
‐ He killed it!
‐ That was really good.
Ooh. ‐ Leopard!
Leopard!
- ‐ Flower, you up.
- ‐
‐
‐ ‐
♪ I'm coming ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Rising up,
back on the street ♪
♪ Did my time,
took my chances ♪
Come on.
♪ Went the distance,
now I'm back on my feet ♪
♪ Just a woman
and her will to survive ♪
♪ Don't lose your grip
on the dreams of the past ♪
♪ You must fight
just to keep them alive ♪
‐ Whoo!
‐ ♪ It's the eye of the tiger ♪
♪ It's the thrill
of the fight ♪
♪ Rising up to the challenge
of our rival ♪
♪ And the last known survivor
stalks his prey in the night ♪
♪ And she watches us all
with the eye ♪
♪ Of the tiger ♪
Wow!
‐ Whoo!
‐ Yeah!
‐ Nice!
‐ The double heavy‐hitter!
This is exactly why
"Masked Singer" is a hit show,
- ‐ for moments like this.
- Yeah.
Leopard, your song choice
was genius.
I mean, he sang it
better than me, okay?
And, Flower, you have
such grace and such power
in your stillness
when you sing and such poise.
I thought I heard
Patti LaBelle's voice in there.
‐ Yeah. ‐ Well, to Nicole's
point, Flower, you came to play.
And, Leopard, you're, like,
flipping the script for me.
I mean, this is‐‐
you came to fight, survive.
I don't know, you may not be
Donald Glover after all.
Okay, enough talk.
Panel, time to vote.
- ‐
- That's tough.
‐ It's gonna be so hard.
‐ This is gonna be hard.
This is a tough one
right here.
I'm glad I'm not you guys.
This will be the hardest vote
we've ever done
on "Masked Singer."
Definitely.
Okay, who will win
this smackdown,
and who's heading home
to someplace probably
really, really nice?
Leopard! Leopard!
The winner who gets
to keep it on is...
And in the smackdown between
the Leopard and the Flower...
This is crazy.
...the winner who gets
to keep it on is...
The Leopard!
‐ My God!
‐ Leopard, congratulations.
‐ That was hard.
My goodness.
I do love how
in character Leopard is.
Head on backstage.
You're still in this thing.
Awesome job.
Wow. Wow.
Show some love to our amazing
Flower, ladies and gentlemen.
‐ We love you, Flower!
‐ Whoo! Yes!
Flower, we are sorry
you're leaving the competition,
but we're excited to see
who you really are.
I just wanted to say that,
you know, this competition,
the caliber of talent
is unbelievable on this show.
We are so honored
to have you here.
Yes, honey.
All right, panel,
I'm gonna need
some final guesses
from you guys up there.
My best clue
is always their voices,
and I have to go off
of my ears.
And there's only one legend
with a range
and a tone like that,
and that is Patti LaBelle.
Nicole and I, you know, we've listened
to this voice for so many years,
and honored it and studied it,
and, I knew‐‐
I was pretty sure
from very early on
that this was
Miss Patti LaBelle.
I agree. I mean, you
know how much I love clues.
There's a lot of cooking
and baking clues.
I thought they were trying
to throw us with Anita Baker.
But you don't need to, like,
study music to hear that tone.
It does say Patti LaBelle,
so I have to go with my final
answer of Patti LaBelle.
Dr. Ken, I think we all know
who you think it is.
Well, I mean,
in all seriousness,
the last time we were all
feeling like this
was the Ladybug
and we were dreadfully wrong.
‐ All wrong.
‐ Completely wrong.
‐ All wrong.
‐ Okay, here are the facts.
We are all sad. This whole
situation is as cold as ice.
You know what else is cold?
Iceland, home of Bjork.
I love you, Bjork!
And, Bjork,
I am sad to see you go.
‐ Joel McHale, make some sense out of
this, man. ‐ Get it, Ken. Get it, Ken.
- ‐ You're our guest panelist.
- Well,
the voice is legendary,
but I don't think
it's Patti LaBelle
‐ because you don't have a great
ear, Nicole. ‐ Fantastic.
No, I think
it's Dionne Warwick.
- Not bad.
- Ooh.
Not bad at all.
‐ That's not bad.
Yeah, you like‐‐ yeah.
Yeah!
‐ Now look at it.
‐ That's not bad at all.
Okay, panel, you've made
your final guesses.
Let's see who's right.
Flower, show us all
who you are.
‐ Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ Take it off! Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
‐ Take it off! Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
‐ Take it off!
‐ ♪ I really wanna know ♪
‐ Take it off!
♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Tell me, who are you? ♪
‐ Here it is.
‐ ♪ You, you ♪
‐ My God!
‐ ♪ Are you? ♪
I knew it!
- ‐ Mrs. Patti LaBelle!
- Patti Labelle!
‐ Whoo!
‐ The godmother of soul!
Over 50 million records
sold worldwide.
Singer, actress, entrepreneur,
the wonderful
Mrs. Patti LaBelle!
Yeah!
‐ My gosh!
I didn't want to say nothing.
We all had the feeling.
But this is
my family for real.
This is everybody's godmother‐‐
the godmother of soul,
but actually the real godmother
of my children, my twins.
‐ Wow. Wow.
‐ Wow, that's so cool!
So, I knew by the walk.
I knew the whole time.
My gosh.
‐ How does it feel?
It feels awesome.
It feels like I did win.
Yes! You're Patti LaBelle!
You won!
I loved it, I loved it.
My mom played your music
when I was just a little boy.
I've been hearing your voice
ever since I was a child.
I've learned so much from you.
It's such an honor
to have you on this show.
I think we're all very blessed,
and thank you so much, Patti.
- ‐ Thank you.
- So blessed.
It was unbelievable. I mean, were
you trying at all to trick us
or hope we didn't
guess you right away?
Or did you just go,
"I'm Patti LaBelle."
I can't change my voice.
This is it.
This is what God gave me.
When I heard Gladys Knight,
I knew it was her.
And I knew when you first
heard me, he‐‐ Nick knew.
You all knew,
and I knew that you knew.
No one will ever have another
voice like you ever to come.
And I just‐‐ I continue to be
inspired by you. Thank you so much.
Thank you, sweetheart.
For you to come and play with
us, we are truly honored.
To sing an encore unmasked
in all her glory,
the artist formerly known
as the Flower,
ladies and gentlemen,
Patti LaBelle!
Whoo!
♪ How will I get you alone? ♪
‐ ♪ Tell me baby ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Alone ♪
We bowing.
is heating up
with only our hottest singers
still standing.
I am ready. I'm going to rock
this flamingo till the feathers fall off.
I can't help but
think about the gold prize.
Why would I come all this
way dressed like that and not win?
People would
kill to get to do this.
I'm taking it. I'm eating
it up like puppy chow.
Here we go.
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪
This is "The Masked Singer."
‐
‐ Wow.
After three rounds of laying it
all out on the stage,
only the best of the best
undercover celebrities remain.
Honestly, I could listen to you
sing that over and over again.
Last week, the Ladybug gave our
panel the shock of their lives.
Kelly Osbourne!
I am gonna miss being
the Ladybug.
You become it.
It becomes you.
‐ Tonight...
‐ ♪ Catch a grenade for you ♪
...four of your favorite
masked superstars
will throw down
in two stunning face‐offs.
Flamingo versus Leopard
and Flower versus Rottweiler.
This whole experience has helped me
believe in myself more than I ever have.
‐ And guess who's back.
‐ God help us.
‐ Joel McHale.
‐ Clearly you have talent,
unlike someone on my right.
‐ Are...
‐ Alec Baldwin.
‐ you...
‐ Mario Lopez.
‐ ...ready?
‐ Why?
Why not, Ken? Your
explanation made no sense.
♪ Who are you? ♪
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ Come on,
tell me who are you? ♪
♪ Who are you? ♪
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! ‐ Welcome,
everyone, to "The Masked Singer."
In this crazy town, our famous citizens
wear masks to hide their famous faces,
while they battle it out to stay
anonymous as long as possible.
The stakes are getting higher
by the minute
as only the best of the best
masked superstars
are left in the competition.
Tonight, four of our
remaining masked singers
face off two by two.
We've got the Flamingo
versus the Leopard
and the Flower
versus the Rottweiler.
The winners will be
one step closer to the finale
and taking home
the Golden Mask.
The others will meet
in the smackdown.
All right, now, we have a
returning guest detective
who grew up in the comedy
community with Ken Jeong,
except for he grew up
a lot taller.
‐ Yeah, yeah.
‐ Joel McHale!
‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah. ‐ Nicole:
Joel McHale, everybody.
‐ Yeah!
‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah.
‐ Yeah!
‐ Thank you. Thank you.
‐ Yeah!
‐ Thank you, thank you.
Joel, welcome back.
We're thrilled
to have you here again.
Has success turned your pal,
Dr. Ken here,
into a monster
even more than T‐Pain?
Yes. Look at his jacket.
It's awful.
‐ So are his guesses, by the way.
‐ Yes.
All right, you ready to hear
some masked singers, people?
Let the face‐offs begin.
Let's stick our necks out
for revealing clues
about the Flamingo.
After weeks of my
nerves getting the best of me,
I feel like things
are starting to click.
♪ Never be enough ♪
Best performance by far,
I think, of the show yet.
I'm so happy. I feel like
I'm living in a fantasy.
Welcome to my beautiful home
I like to call "my chateau"...
‐ Eiffel Tower.
‐ Taj Mahal.
...where today, I'm soaking up
all the incredible things
the panel have said about me.
I'm realizing this experience
is teaching me to love
my own voice
for the first time in years.
And, ay dios mio,
can I be straight up?
I'm finally finding my center.
‐ Whoa, Spanish.
‐ "Straight up."
That's interesting.
Like Paula Abdul.
And now with my newfound
confidence,
tonight I'm throwing
the biggest party
this stage has ever seen.
♪ Where's all my soul sistas? ♪
♪ Let me hear ya flow, sistas ♪
♪ Hey, sista, go, sista,
soul sista, flow sista ♪
‐ ♪ Hey, sista, go, sista ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Soul sista, go, sista ♪
♪ He met Marmalade
down in old Moulin Rouge ♪
♪ Strutting her stuff
on the street ♪
♪ He said, "Hello, hey, Joe" ♪
♪ "You wanna give it
a go‐go?" ♪
♪ All right, gitchie,
gitchie, ya‐ya, da‐da ♪
‐ Yeah, come on!
‐ Come on!
♪ Gitchie, gitchie,
ya‐ya, here ♪
‐ ♪ Mocha chocolata, ya‐ya ♪
‐ Hey, get it, girl!
♪ Creole Lady Marmalade ♪
♪ Hey, voulez‐vous
coucher avec moi, ce soir? ♪
♪ Voulez‐vous coucher
avec moi? ♪
♪ Marmalade, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Marmalade ♪
♪ Hey, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
Yeah!
♪ Touch of her skin
feeling silky smooth ♪
♪ Color of cafe au lait ♪
♪ Made the savage beast inside ♪
♪ Roar till he cried ♪
♪ More, more, more ♪
‐ More cowbell!
‐ Yes, the cowbell!
♪ Gitchie, gitchie,
ya‐ya, da‐da ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ Gitchie, gitchie,
ya‐ya, here ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ Mocha chocolata, ya‐ya ♪
♪ Creole Lady Marmalade ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
‐ My God.
‐ Whoo!
♪ Yes ♪
- Yeah, yeah.
- Wow!
‐ Amazing, amazing, amazing!
‐ Wow!
Flamingo! Flamingo!
Wow!
‐ Somebody came to win!
‐ Yeah.
‐ Wow.
‐ I would agree. ‐ Robin,
you're a tough guy to impress,
and you look
extremely impressed.
Wow. I mean, I've been
thinking that Rottweiler
had maybe the strongest voice.
You've gotten stronger
every single week,
and that was by far
the best this season.
‐ Wow.
‐ By far.
And, girl, I know you talked about
you didn't like your voice,
but you slayed.
I'll see you in the finals,
girlfriend.
‐
‐ Yeah.
‐
‐ She's crying.
When I‐‐
when I started this show,
I was shaking
in my feathers.
But each performance has
helped me build my confidence,
and now I feel like
I can do anything.
‐ Aww!
‐ We love you, Flamingo!
So much emotion.
Now, guys, did that clue help
you with any of your guesses?
- ‐ It made me more proud of her.
- Aww.
The triple threat
and the makeup
and the YouTube from
the first package,
I'm still going with
Adrienne Bailon.
Gosh, I don't know.
I think that YouTube influencers
tend to be millennials.
Yeah. ‐ I wonder
if this is someone younger.
‐ ‐ 'Cause of the Spanish
that was threaded in,
this may be a performer
of Cuban descent,
or maybe someone with
20 million Instagram followers.
Or maybe someone that I,
Ken Jeong, did a movie with,
Bella Thorne, congratulations.
The best performance
of "The Masked Singer!"
Bella Thorne is, like,
my height almost.
Don't get me started
on height, Nick Cannon.
‐ Look. Look what he's sitting on.
‐ Hey, put that down!
‐ Put that down! Cut that out!
‐ He's sitting on a pillow.
‐ Cut that out.
‐ He's sitting on a pillow.
No, that's not cool, Joel.
You're so immature!
Ken, I think you're great, and we're all
shocked you brought up your movie career.
I think it's great.
The way the Flamingo moved,
I think it's celebrity trainer
Jillian Michaels.
Could you just take your mask off
and we could save some time?
‐ No, no. You're defeating the point
of the show. ‐ Doesn't work that way.
‐ I'll give you $100,000 if you
take your mask off. ‐ No! No!
All right, Robin, are you
picking up on any clues?
Well, first of all, there was something
about fantasy in the clue package.
- ‐ But there was also Taj Mahal, Paris,
the Eiffel Tower. - Yep.
So maybe that's because she's
traveled the world professionally,
so I'm gonna stick
with Fantasia Barrino.
That's not a bad guess.
‐ There are very few performers
that are that seasoned,
that have that voice.
That was the performance
of the season so far.
Indeed, indeed.
Ladies and gentlemen,
let's give it up one more
time for the Flamingo.
Yes!
Who is the Flamingo?
That panel thinks
it's one of these celebrities,
but are they right?
She knows the competition
is stiff.
‐ Yeah.
‐ She's our strongest female.
All the other characters
better bring up their game.
Yeah.
‐ Coming up,
secret superstars
bare their soul.
This is the most challenging
job I've ever had.
‐ And later... ‐ Donald Glover
is on "The Masked Singer!"
‐ Whoo! ‐ This will be the
hardest vote we've ever done.
Man.
I'd like to order
a dozen roses, please,
made out to
a Nicholas Cannon.
Please send them to‐‐
my word!
Rawr! Rawr!
Welcome back
to "The Masked Singer,"
the only singing competition
show in history
where a Flamingo has to fight
a Leopard for a good spot.
So let's stick our necks out
for revealing clues
about the Leopard.
I never imagined
how liberating
this competition
would be for me.
Each time I step out
onto the stage...
♪ Teenage dream ♪
...I discover I can do things
that were inconceivable
without a mask.
‐ I do. I do, I do.
‐ Yeah!
When I was a teenager, I set
myself free for the first time.
Emancipated minor.
Since then,
I've done my best
to treat the world
as my catwalk.
Who are the old white people?
Whether I'm in New York
or gay "Paree",
I always try to channel
my inner glamazon and champion.
I'm singing a song
that celebrates
the best of the past
because I never
want to forget that moment
when I chose to just be me.
I think I saw
a British flag.
It's an Australian flag.
- ‐ Yeah, but then it had a bat.
- Baseball player?
‐ Maybe.
‐ Maybe.
♪ Do you remember ♪
♪ The 21st night
of September? ♪
♪ Love was changing
the minds of pretenders ♪
♪ While chasing
the clouds away ♪
♪ Our hearts were ringing ♪
♪ To the key
that our souls were singing ♪
♪ And we danced
through the night ♪
♪ Remember ♪
♪ How the stars
stole the night away ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Say do you remember ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Dancing in September ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Never was a cloudy day ♪
♪ Ba duda, ba duda ♪
♪ Ba duda, badu ♪
‐ Yeah.
‐ ♪ Ba duda, badu ♪
‐
‐ ♪ Ba duda, badu ♪
♪ The bells were ringing ♪
♪ While our souls
were singing ♪
♪ Do you remember ♪
♪ Never a cloudy day ♪
♪ Ba, ba, ba ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Say do you remember ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Dancing in September ♪
♪ Ba de ya ♪
♪ Never was a cloudy day ♪
- Yes!
- Yeah!
- ‐ So good!
- Yeah!
‐ Get it. ‐ The Leopard,
ladies and gentlemen.
‐ Leopard!
Leopard! ‐ My spouse.
Dr. Ken, tell the Leopard
about his performance.
It's just so entertaining.
Just always,
always a master of theatrics.
I just love
everything you do,
and this is exemplary
of what you've been
doing all season.
Great job. Love it. Rawr!
‐ Rawr! Rawr!
‐ Rawr!
I want to tell everybody
how purr‐fectly exciting
it has been
playing the Leopard,
but how utterly shocked
my little ones
are going to be
when they find out it's me!
‐ Aww. ‐ He looks
like he has 17 kids.
There's some
good clues in there.
The thing is, he's so funny
that it's confusing me.
Like, the very first time,
I thought Jamie Foxx
because of his mannerisms.
He's really trying to play
with us and throw us.
And now you know,
you can hear that voice
and you're definitely
a singer.
I know exactly who this is.
‐ And I'll tell you why, okay?
‐ Who is it, Ken?
Okay, think about this.
It could be someone me and Joel
know very well from "Community."
It could be Donald Glover.
I don't know if he was
an emancipated minor,
but he was a minor as a child.
‐ Hear me out. Hear me out! ‐
Everybody was a minor as a child.
Hear me out.
He was a writer for "30 Rock."
Did standup at UCB
in New York.
‐ Didn't grow up in New York.
‐ And he's been to France.
He has been to Australia.
Donald Glover is on
"The Masked Singer!"
‐ What, what? Rawr!
‐ God, it's so loud.
Nicole,
who you picking up on?
Judging off of
the clue package from today,
I picked up
"Glamazon," "Champion."
Those are album titles
of RuPaul.
But that tone
and texture, I know it,
After listening
to the voice,
- ‐ I think it's Seal.
- Wow.
I didn't even think of it.
That's a great guess.
‐ Right? ‐ He was
married to Heidi Klum,
who's known for
the fashion world also
and the catwalk and stuff.
‐ Yes.
‐ Even though the body language
and everything that you're doing
on stage doesn't resemble Seal‐‐
it could be Billy Porter,
like I thought
the first couple times.
But for me,
I have to go by the voice.
I agree with Nicole,
so I'm gonna go with Seal.
It's a leopard, not a seal.
I don't get it.
‐ I don't know. I'm going with Seal.
‐ I honestly don't get it.
‐ I'm serious.
‐ Ken, like usual,
all the regular judges
are wrong.
The "little ones"
set me off there.
It is definitely
Alec Baldwin.
- ‐ It is definitely Alec Baldwin.
- Good guess, good guess.
He has, like, 13 kids at this point.
They're all under five.
So, no wonder, he needs the
money, so that's why he's here.
One thing
we definitely do know,
that was an amazing
performance.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the Leopard.
Here's who
the panel guessed
could be behind
the Leopard mask.
Have any of them
solved the mystery?
All right,
now it's time for our panel
and our studio audience
to vote and tell us
who won that face‐off.
‐ Jeez. ‐ Vote now for
your favorite performer.
The singer with the least
amount of votes will face off
in our do or die
"Masked Singer" smackdown.
The votes are in.
And the winner
of the face‐off is...
No! I'm scared.
The Flamingo!
Leopard's not happy.
Leopard is not happy.
Congratulations, Flamingo.
You get to remain anonymous.
Go ahead, head to the tunnel.
You outta here.
‐ Rawr! Rawr! ‐ Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I'm worried.
‐ It's a cat fight.
‐ Leopard, it's not over.
You still have a fighting
chance to keep your mask on
when you sing again
in tonight's smackdown.
Keep it going for him.
We'll see you soon.
‐ Let's go, Leopard!
‐ Whoo!
‐ Yay! Whoo!
‐ No!
‐ Dude.
‐ Sorry.
Who will Leopard
face in our smackdown?
Stick around and let's
all find out together.
Yes! We'll be right back.
You don't do the commercial.
We'll be right back
after these messages.
♪ Who is that? ♪
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ Now it's
time for a high stakes face‐off
between a thing of beauty
and a show dog
who definitely does not bite.
Here is the Flower.
It's been nerve‐wracking
trying to both impress
and make you guess each week.
When you get up into that
range, there's only a handful
of singers in the world
that can do that.
But it's been such
a wild ride
getting to do what I love
like never before.
Like a bud to a bloom,
in my career,
I am always changing.
Being here is proof
that sometimes
you have to take
a leap of faith
and try something new.
Perfume.
She has a perfume line.
Now let's get to it,
because I can go on and on
like a rolling stone.
Maybe she recorded
with the Rolling Stones.
Maybe she was on
the "Rolling Stone" cover.
I may have a legendary aura
surrounding me,
but tonight I'm going to show
that my voice alone
can carry me to the finals.
♪ I hear the ticking
of the clock ♪
♪ I'm lying here ♪
♪ The room's pitch dark ♪
♪ I wonder where
you are tonight ♪
♪ No answer on the telephone ♪
Yes. The drama.
♪ And the night goes by
so very slow ♪
♪ I hope that
it won't end, though ♪
♪ Ooh, alone ♪
♪ Till now ♪
♪ I always got by
on my own ♪
♪ I never really cared
until I met you ♪
♪ And now ♪
♪ It chills me to the bone ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
Whoo!
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ Do I get you ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ How do I get you alone? ♪
♪ Alone, alone ♪
‐ Whoo!
‐ Yes, bravo!
Flower! Flower!
Wow.
Alone in a class of her own.
Mr. Robin Thicke?
You know, most of the singers
really stick to the script
and they don't want
to make mistakes,
so they sing along with the way
that we know the song to be.
But just like a true
jazz artist,
you make the song your own.
You change the notes.
You do what you want
with your instrument,
and you always wow and amaze us,
so thank you again for that.
Yeah, that's a good point.
Good point.
I've performed
all around the world,
but this is the most
challenging job I've ever had.
"The Masked Singer"
is phenomenal!
‐ Aww.
‐ Yeah.
By that statement
that she just gave you all,
did you pick up on any clues?
Well, she's performed
all around the world.
‐ That helped. That helped.
‐ So she's a seasoned performer.
I will say, if I can comment on
some of the clue packages‐‐
the perfume, I'm not sure
who has a perfume line,
but a lot of legendary
singers do.
Anita Baker we guessed before,
and Chaka Khan.
But then when you hit
those high notes,
I finally know what Nicole means
by hearing baby Jesus.
So I think I'm gonna go
with Miss Patti LaBelle.
You know what? I have been
thinking that since day one,
and I wasn't 100% sure.
But I picked up something
in the clue package
that two of the guys when they were sitting
at the pool were playing patty‐cake.
‐ Yeah. You're right. ‐ The
guys were playing patty‐cake.
So thinking that it's Patti LaBelle
and seeing patty‐cake at the pool,
I'm gonna go
with Patti LaBelle.
- ‐ Yeah.
- Good one!
Our guest panelist
Joel McHale?
Clearly you have talent,
unlike someone on my right.
Okay. But I
think you should just maybe
be open to the fact that
it might be Barbra Streisand.
- ‐ Don't you think? It's Streisand, right?
- No.
‐ Maybe. ‐ You know what? That's
so wrong on so many levels.
‐ I know exactly who this is.
‐ Never.
‐ I do, and I'll tell you why.
‐ No.
‐ Okay, first of all‐‐
‐ Here we go again.
Phenomenal.
Shut up, Robin.
All right, hear me out.
Hear me out.
Bjork has been on the cover
of "Rolling Stone,"
and she is alone
because I'm alone
in my assertion
that this is the queen
of disco, Bjork.
Thank you.
Bjork, everybody!
‐ Bjork is the queen of disco?
‐ The queen of disco.
You guys are already clapping,
so keep it going
for the amazing Flower.
The panel thought
one of these celebrities
might be the Flower.
Who do you think it is?
Coming up,
an explosive performance.
That was amazing.
And later,
the return of the smackdown.
‐ Nicole, you know... ‐ Nicole, you know...
someone like you who cares about
their personal appearance...
‐
‐ ...and then you look at him.
‐ Like Nicole is like... ‐ Like Nicole is like...
- ‐ ...a sports car, and with Ken...
- ‐ Ken.
...he's a Bird scooter.
One of the Bird scooters
that is just in a pile
with other Bird scooters.
We're in the middle
of a classic face‐off battle
between a dog and a flower.
Right now, chew on these clues
about the Rottweiler.
Being on this stage
is the most fun I've had
in as long as I can remember.
♪ I'm on my way ♪
- ‐ Whoo!
- That was by far
the best performance
of the whole season.
But truth be told,
I'm terrified of the panel
finding out my true identity
and judging me
because of it.
‐ I think Gavin DeGraw.
‐ Brian Littrell.
‐ I'm going with Darren Criss.
‐ Kevin Jonas, maybe?
So I've been training
every day
to make sure I won't be
unmasked any time soon.
‐ Platinum.
‐ Platinum records.
Because here,
I can finally be seen
for just my voice
and pure talent.
Everything is zen.
"Everything's Zen." You know that song.
Gavin Rossdale?
I want to win this
more than anything
I've ever wanted
in my career.
With this song,
I'm ready to show the lengths
I'll go to to win
that Golden Mask.
It looked like he had
four awards trophies.
Were those Emmys,
Oscars, Grammys?
‐ They were a mix.
‐ They were a mix?
It could be an actor who is known for
acting, but is an amazing singer.
‐ You think it's Jared Leto?
‐ That could be.
♪ Easy come, easy go ♪
♪ That's just how you live ♪
♪ Take, take,
take it all ♪
♪ But you never give ♪
♪ Should've known
you was trouble ♪
♪ From the first kiss ♪
♪ Had your eyes wide open ♪
♪ Why were they open? ♪
♪ Gave you all I had
and you tossed it in the trash ♪
♪ Tossed it in the trash,
you did ♪
♪ Just to give me all your love
is all I ever asked for ♪
♪ What you don't
understand is ♪
♪ I'd catch a grenade for you ♪
♪ Throw my head
on a blade for you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ I'd jump in front
of a train for you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ You know I'd do
anything for you ♪
‐ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
‐ ♪ ♪
♪ I would go through
all this pain ♪
♪ Take a bullet
straight through my brain ♪
♪ Yes, I would die
for you, baby ♪
♪ But you won't do the same ♪
♪ If my body was on fire ♪
♪ Ooh, you'd watch me
burn down in flames ♪
♪ You said you love me,
you're a liar ♪
♪ But you never ever,
ever did, baby ♪
Whoo!
♪ But, darling, I'd still
catch a grenade for you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Jump in front
of a train for you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Whoa, ♪
♪ I would go through
all this pain ♪
♪ Yeah, take a bullet
straight through my brain ♪
♪ Yes, I would die
for you, baby ♪
♪ But you won't do the same ♪
‐
‐ Yes!
‐ Wow.
‐
The Rottweiler.
Awesome job, dawg.
Guest panelist Joel McHale,
talk to the Rottweiler,
my brother.
‐ McGruff the Crime Dog is the best
singer on the show. ‐ Joel, no.
That was amazing.
Yes, Rottweiler, obviously, you've
been my favorite from day one.
You have such an amazing range,
and you really came through.
And, yeah, we love you.
Your compliments
are so amazing.
I feel like they're directed
to someone better than me.
This whole experience
has helped me
to believe in myself
more than I ever have.
‐ Wow. ‐ So, thank you.
I'm so grateful.
‐ We love you.
‐ You so deserve it, dawg.
Panel, did that help you out?
Well, he's not Joel McHale,
'cause he's humble.
Wow. We know it's not Ken Jeong,
'cause he works out, so...
Hey, how dare you?
That's unfair.
So, if we were gonna
combine all the clues, I mean,
every week you keep throwing me.
He's in a boy band.
This R&B voice.
This Christian rock
that I felt last week.
But the clues
that we got today, platinum.
That could be platinum album.
There were, like, four
trophies, and then "zen."
And it made me think of
somebody‐‐ Gavin Rossdale.
Not a bad call.
He's like a yogi kind of person.
‐ Yeah, from Bush.
‐ He was in Bush.
Yeah. That's
an amazing wrong guess.
I know exactly who this is,
as usual.
‐ Who is it? ‐ Okay, I think it's
someone known for one thing,
and it's freeing
to be some else.
He's always been judged.
He's probably watched
a lot of "Judge Judy."
All these things are making sense,
and that's‐‐ shut up, Nick Cannon.
He's known to be a grunge rocker
who can sing amazingly well.
Billy Joe Armstrong
from Green Day,
welcome to
"The Masked Singer!"
Yeah! Not a bad guess.
That's a good guess.
All right, guys,
this has been very hard.
I was like, if it's not Bjork,
please give a warm welcome
to Mario Lopez.
‐ That's not a bad guess.
‐ Right there.
‐ Why?
‐ Why not, Ken?
Your explanation made no sense.
Mr. Robin Thicke, make some
sense out of all of this.
Yeah. Last week
Nicole mentioned Darren Criss.
I had the pleasure of getting to
hear him sing recently at a charity.
There's very few male singers‐‐
I mean, Joe Jonas can hit
some of those notes,
has a good high range
like that,
but I don't think
it's Joe Jonas.
I'm gonna go with Darren Criss also.
I think it's Darren.
Hey! That's right, Robin.
‐ All right.
I still think it's him
'cause Darren Criss can sing.
Some good guesses
from the panel,
and a great performance
from the Rottweiler.
Ladies and gentlemen,
keep it going.
Our panelists think they've collared
the Rottweiler with these guesses.
What do you think?
All right, it's time
for the audience
and the panel to vote
for their favorite in this
dog‐try‐to‐eat‐flower
face‐off.
‐
‐ Man.
‐ Vote now for your favorite.
And now a big moment
of truth.
The votes are in,
and the winner
of this face‐off is...
I can't look.
The votes are in,
and the winner
of this face‐off is...
I can't look.
The Rottweiler!
Congratulations, Rottweiler.
You get to remain anonymous.
‐ Aww. ‐ Darren Criss
lives another day.
Back to the lair for you.
And, Flower, it ain't over.
To stay in this competition,
you will go mask to mask
with the Leopard
in our smackdown.
Go get ready for the musical
fight of your life.
‐ This is hard.
‐ So hard.
This is the part of the show
where they actually
fight, right?
- ‐ Yes. Yes, it is.
- All right,
it's the moment
you've all been waiting for.
The bottom two singers,
Leopard and Flower,
will go head to head.
How will that be decided?
This is the smackdown‐down!
Bring it on!
Yeah, it's a smackdown, Joel!
In this mouth,
making his second
smackdown appearance,
a fast feline who can run
36 miles per hour,
and even more
if there's applause,
the Leopard!
And in this mouth,
a colorful superstar
who I'm thinking
has played the Garden before,
it's the Flower!
Let's do it, purple cabbage!
Yeah.
All right,
we want a good, clean,
but not too clean fight.
Leopard, you're up first.
I'm nervous, Ken!
‐
‐ Nicole!
‐ Yes!
‐ ♪ I know you love me ♪
♪ I know you love me ♪
‐ ♪ I know you do ♪
‐ ♪ I know you do ♪
♪ 'Cause whenever
I come around ♪
♪ She's all over you ♪
Get it, Leopard.
♪ And I know you want it ♪
‐ ♪ I know you want it ♪
‐ ♪ I know you want it ♪
♪ It's easy to see ♪
‐ ♪ It's easy to see ♪
‐ Wow.
♪ And in the back
of your mind, I know ♪
♪ You should be
here with me ♪
‐ Who sings this song?
‐ I do, Joel!
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend
was hot like me? ♪
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend
was a freak like me? ♪
♪ Don't cha? ♪
♪ Don't cha? ♪
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend
was fun like me? ♪
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend
was rawr like me? ♪
‐ Aah!
‐ ♪ Don't cha? ♪
♪ Don't cha? ♪
‐ He killed it!
‐ That was really good.
Ooh. ‐ Leopard!
Leopard!
- ‐ Flower, you up.
- ‐
‐
‐ ‐
♪ I'm coming ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Rising up,
back on the street ♪
♪ Did my time,
took my chances ♪
Come on.
♪ Went the distance,
now I'm back on my feet ♪
♪ Just a woman
and her will to survive ♪
♪ Don't lose your grip
on the dreams of the past ♪
♪ You must fight
just to keep them alive ♪
‐ Whoo!
‐ ♪ It's the eye of the tiger ♪
♪ It's the thrill
of the fight ♪
♪ Rising up to the challenge
of our rival ♪
♪ And the last known survivor
stalks his prey in the night ♪
♪ And she watches us all
with the eye ♪
♪ Of the tiger ♪
Wow!
‐ Whoo!
‐ Yeah!
‐ Nice!
‐ The double heavy‐hitter!
This is exactly why
"Masked Singer" is a hit show,
- ‐ for moments like this.
- Yeah.
Leopard, your song choice
was genius.
I mean, he sang it
better than me, okay?
And, Flower, you have
such grace and such power
in your stillness
when you sing and such poise.
I thought I heard
Patti LaBelle's voice in there.
‐ Yeah. ‐ Well, to Nicole's
point, Flower, you came to play.
And, Leopard, you're, like,
flipping the script for me.
I mean, this is‐‐
you came to fight, survive.
I don't know, you may not be
Donald Glover after all.
Okay, enough talk.
Panel, time to vote.
- ‐
- That's tough.
‐ It's gonna be so hard.
‐ This is gonna be hard.
This is a tough one
right here.
I'm glad I'm not you guys.
This will be the hardest vote
we've ever done
on "Masked Singer."
Definitely.
Okay, who will win
this smackdown,
and who's heading home
to someplace probably
really, really nice?
Leopard! Leopard!
The winner who gets
to keep it on is...
And in the smackdown between
the Leopard and the Flower...
This is crazy.
...the winner who gets
to keep it on is...
The Leopard!
‐ My God!
‐ Leopard, congratulations.
‐ That was hard.
My goodness.
I do love how
in character Leopard is.
Head on backstage.
You're still in this thing.
Awesome job.
Wow. Wow.
Show some love to our amazing
Flower, ladies and gentlemen.
‐ We love you, Flower!
‐ Whoo! Yes!
Flower, we are sorry
you're leaving the competition,
but we're excited to see
who you really are.
I just wanted to say that,
you know, this competition,
the caliber of talent
is unbelievable on this show.
We are so honored
to have you here.
Yes, honey.
All right, panel,
I'm gonna need
some final guesses
from you guys up there.
My best clue
is always their voices,
and I have to go off
of my ears.
And there's only one legend
with a range
and a tone like that,
and that is Patti LaBelle.
Nicole and I, you know, we've listened
to this voice for so many years,
and honored it and studied it,
and, I knew‐‐
I was pretty sure
from very early on
that this was
Miss Patti LaBelle.
I agree. I mean, you
know how much I love clues.
There's a lot of cooking
and baking clues.
I thought they were trying
to throw us with Anita Baker.
But you don't need to, like,
study music to hear that tone.
It does say Patti LaBelle,
so I have to go with my final
answer of Patti LaBelle.
Dr. Ken, I think we all know
who you think it is.
Well, I mean,
in all seriousness,
the last time we were all
feeling like this
was the Ladybug
and we were dreadfully wrong.
‐ All wrong.
‐ Completely wrong.
‐ All wrong.
‐ Okay, here are the facts.
We are all sad. This whole
situation is as cold as ice.
You know what else is cold?
Iceland, home of Bjork.
I love you, Bjork!
And, Bjork,
I am sad to see you go.
‐ Joel McHale, make some sense out of
this, man. ‐ Get it, Ken. Get it, Ken.
- ‐ You're our guest panelist.
- Well,
the voice is legendary,
but I don't think
it's Patti LaBelle
‐ because you don't have a great
ear, Nicole. ‐ Fantastic.
No, I think
it's Dionne Warwick.
- Not bad.
- Ooh.
Not bad at all.
‐ That's not bad.
Yeah, you like‐‐ yeah.
Yeah!
‐ Now look at it.
‐ That's not bad at all.
Okay, panel, you've made
your final guesses.
Let's see who's right.
Flower, show us all
who you are.
‐ Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ Take it off! Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
‐ Take it off! Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
‐ Take it off!
‐ ♪ I really wanna know ♪
‐ Take it off!
♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Tell me, who are you? ♪
‐ Here it is.
‐ ♪ You, you ♪
‐ My God!
‐ ♪ Are you? ♪
I knew it!
- ‐ Mrs. Patti LaBelle!
- Patti Labelle!
‐ Whoo!
‐ The godmother of soul!
Over 50 million records
sold worldwide.
Singer, actress, entrepreneur,
the wonderful
Mrs. Patti LaBelle!
Yeah!
‐ My gosh!
I didn't want to say nothing.
We all had the feeling.
But this is
my family for real.
This is everybody's godmother‐‐
the godmother of soul,
but actually the real godmother
of my children, my twins.
‐ Wow. Wow.
‐ Wow, that's so cool!
So, I knew by the walk.
I knew the whole time.
My gosh.
‐ How does it feel?
It feels awesome.
It feels like I did win.
Yes! You're Patti LaBelle!
You won!
I loved it, I loved it.
My mom played your music
when I was just a little boy.
I've been hearing your voice
ever since I was a child.
I've learned so much from you.
It's such an honor
to have you on this show.
I think we're all very blessed,
and thank you so much, Patti.
- ‐ Thank you.
- So blessed.
It was unbelievable. I mean, were
you trying at all to trick us
or hope we didn't
guess you right away?
Or did you just go,
"I'm Patti LaBelle."
I can't change my voice.
This is it.
This is what God gave me.
When I heard Gladys Knight,
I knew it was her.
And I knew when you first
heard me, he‐‐ Nick knew.
You all knew,
and I knew that you knew.
No one will ever have another
voice like you ever to come.
And I just‐‐ I continue to be
inspired by you. Thank you so much.
Thank you, sweetheart.
For you to come and play with
us, we are truly honored.
To sing an encore unmasked
in all her glory,
the artist formerly known
as the Flower,
ladies and gentlemen,
Patti LaBelle!
Whoo!
♪ How will I get you alone? ♪
‐ ♪ Tell me baby ♪
‐ Whoo!
♪ Alone ♪
We bowing.