The Masked Singer (2019–…): Season 4, Episode 1 - The Season Premiere - The Masks Return - full transcript

The beacon has been lit.

♪ I need a hero ♪

16 masked celebrities have
bravely answered the call.

Each week they soar with
out-of-this-world performances...

♪ I need a hero ♪

...In a quest for
the golden mask trophy.

Their final destiny
is for you, america...

To guess who's behind the mask.

- Oh, I'm... I'm sorry.
- Ahem.

Ken, can you turn it on, please?

- ♪ I need a hero ♪ - tonight...



♪ holding out for a hero
till the morning light ♪

...We kick off a superhuman season
premiere of tv's craziest show...

♪ got to be larger than life ♪

♪ larger than life ♪

...At a time we
need it the most.

It's season four of
"the masked singer."

♪ who are you? ♪

♪ Who, who, who, who ♪

♪ oh, really, who are you? ♪

♪ Who are you? ♪

♪ Who, who, who, who ♪

♪ oh, really, who are you? ♪

♪ Who are you? ♪

♪ Who, who, who, who ♪



- ♪ oh, I really wanna know ♪ -

♪ who are you? ♪

Nick cannon here, and finally we
have something fun involving masks.

Welcome to the season four
premiere of our celebrity whosungit.

This is "the masked singer."

how about this amazing new set?

We're really stepping it
up for season four, right?

And through the
magic of television,

it can all go away like this.

- whoo! - Yeah!

- Whoo! Whoo! - Whoo!

This season,
we have a total of 16 masked singers.

- Yes.
- And these singers are all fighting for one thing

and one thing only,
the golden mask trophy.

- Yay! Whoo! - Yeah.

And here to help,
but mostly confuse us,

it's our panel.

Say hello to nicole scherzinger,

dr. Kenny ken-ken jeong.

Flex on 'em. Mrs. Jenny
mccarthy wahlberg.

- Oh. Oh, she got you beat.
- Oh, my god.

And robin thicke and his
luxurious quarantine hair.

- Yes! - Wow! Look at that.

Yes! Go on, quarantine hair.

Wow, the fifth judge,
robin's hair.

We're glad to be back.
Glad to have you all here.

And this season,
for the first time ever,

thousands of superfans across
america are getting their chance to vote.

Here's just some of them. Say hello,
everyone. What's up?

Yay! Hi!

They'll be voting along with
our panel and studio audience

for their favorite
singer of the night.

And, speaking of, it's our first
super stacked set of singers, group a.

- Ooh. - They are the sun,

giraffe,

popcorn,

dragon,

and our first ever double-header,
snow owls.

Wait,
what? Two people in one costume?

- Snow owls?
- No wonder we won the emmy for costume design.

Okay, enough business.
Let's meet our first singer.

Grab your spf because it's
high time we soak up the sun.

Oh, my god!

- Oh!
- ♪ I'm walking on sunshine ♪

Wow. - ♪ Whoa ♪

- Wow.
- ♪ I'm walking on sunshine ♪

- wow, she can move.
- 24-karat gold outfit.

Wow! Dainty little thing.

- Hi, sun.
- She's awesome.

All right, now, if your mind's
partly cloudy with guesses for the sun,

maybe these first few clues
will help you see the light.

Rise and shine, friends,

and welcome to
my solar sanctuary.

- "gold member."
- gwyneth paltrow was in that.

I've had some extreme
seasons in my life.

"extreme seasons"? X game athlete,
maybe?

When I sprung into existence,

I felt like the center
of the universe.

At first, stardom was great.

But it was a ton of pressure.

The spotlight was scorching,
and I got burned out,

soaking my fall into
a deep depression.

Whoa!

I was frozen.

- "frozen." idina menzel.
- Uh-oh.

But within the darkness
of a quiet place,

I transformed
into a ray of light.

And tonight, I'm springing
back to life in this new universe.

Sun's out, buns out.

Here we go,
here we go. Season four!

- - I'm ready, my hair's ready.

♪ I'm crying ♪

♪ 'cause I love you, oh ♪

oh, my god!

♪ Ya ya ya, ya ya, ya ya ♪

♪ never been in love before ♪

♪ what the hell are all these feelings,
yo? ♪

♪ Once upon a time,
I was alone ♪

♪ don't wanna be alone no more ♪

♪ got you something
from the liquor store ♪

♪ little bit of lizzo
and some mo ♪

♪ tryna open up a little more ♪

♪ sorry if my
heart a little slow ♪

- oh, my god. - What the hell?

♪ I thought that I didn't care ♪

♪ I thought I was
love-impaired ♪

♪ so, baby, baby ♪

♪ I don't know
what I'm gon' do ♪

get it!

♪ I'm crying ♪

♪ 'cause I love you ♪

♪ oh, oh ♪

- go on! - Yeah!

♪ Ya ya ♪

♪ see,
I thought that I didn't care ♪

whoo!

♪ I thought I was
love-impaired ♪

♪ so, baby, baby ♪

♪ I don't know
what I'm gon' do ♪

- hey! Yeah! - Oh, my god.

♪ I'm crying ♪

♪ 'cause I love you ♪

what? - Robin: Yeah!

- What's happening?
- Whoa!

Whoo! Wow!

- The sun. Oh, my goodness.
- Yo!

- I'll bow down before the sun.
- Nick, I'm freaking out.

- Wow. - What a way to open

season four on "the masked singer,"
sun.

- Unbelievable.
- Wow.

- Whoo!
- And who starts off the show a cappella?

- Yes.
- Incredible.

My favorite opening so far has
been peacock, "the greatest show,"

- and you just topped that.
- Yeah.

- Wow. Big words right there.
- For real, for real.

The best. Yeah.

Okay, panel, I have a big,
big announcement.

Our singers aren't the only
ones competing this season.

For the first time in "masked
singer" history, so are you.

- What? What?
- Right now, I want you to write down

your first initial
guess for the sun.

- It's your first impression guess.
- What?

You will do this after the first
performance for ever singer.

We'll lock them up in
our top secret vault...

Vault? - ...Backstage.

- Wait, there's a secret vault?
- Yes, a vault.

- What?
- Whichever one of you gets the most correct

wins the second most
coveted prize in television,

the golden ear trophy.

- Golden ear? Wow.
- I want that.

The pressure,
nick cannon, the pressure.

Get to it, write it down. Let's
see who you think this is.

All right,
time's up. Drop them into the vault.

- Vault. - I'm putting mine in.

- I did it.
- Can you just give me a second, please?

Having problems
sticking it in the slot?

Pretend it's a check and put
it in the bank. There you go.

- Great. Yeah, I got it, yeah.
- Good job, ken.

All right, tonight's about getting
to know our group a contestants,

so I'm gonna start with a
simple question to the sun.

How is it being the sun?

Well, when I put this mask on,

I felt like it was a reflection
of who I am personally,

- and I like it.
- Well, you definitely shined in it.

Are you guys
picking up any clues?

Yes. In the package,
there was a "frozen" clue,

so it made me think of either
idina menzel or kristen bell.

But then I saw a jaguar,

and I was like,
"jaguar! Ski, ska... 'cat.'"

- okay, katharine mcphee. - Ooh.

- Kat can sing, y'all.
- Kat can sing.

Then it said "gold member." she's
married to david foster, my dear friend.

- Has oodles and oodles of gold records, right?
- He got lots of gold.

- Oodles. - Yeah.

So she's coming out swinging.
I'm thinking it's kat mcphee.

- Great guess.
- I like it, I like it. I ain't mad at it.

But to me,
I saw mickey mouse ears for a disney star.

- That's right, that's right.
- Also this artist went through a really hard time,

and she transformed like she
talked about in the package.

Yeah.

So I'm gonna go
with demi lovato.

- Yeah. That's a good guess.
- Oh, okay.

There it is,
there it is. That's a great guess.

I mean, that's a great guess,
but it's completely wrong.

And I'll tell you why. If you're
looking at the clues, "ray of light."

there's a singer
that we all know.

- Oh, don't say it.
- Yeah, I think it is.

- Madonna.
- Yeah. Let me say it!

Madonna.

And also had a song
"frozen" of the same name.

And little known fact,
I used to run into madonna,

like, almost every other day
at hot yoga in sherman oaks.

Oh, my god, you have never
experienced life unless you have done

a downward dog with madonna,
so...

You think madonna
can sing like that?

Yes, I do. We're gonna
have huge stars this season.

I honestly think this
could be madonna.

I'm just saying,
I'm just saying.

- Ken, I think madonna's a great guess.
- Thank you.

Well, listen, sun, no matter who you are,
you are a huge star.

- Whoo! - Absolutely.

- Yo, y'all give it up...
- Drop it like it's hot.

...And make some
noise for the sun.

Go ahead and head backstage.

Tell us if our panel remains in
the dark with their sun guesses.

Let us know using that
hashtag #themaskedsinger.

- You guys, I literally had goosebumps all over.
- That was very strong. Yeah.

Me too. If this is a sign of what
season four's gonna be like,

get ready to have a lot of
goosebumps on our body.

So good.

♪ Who is that? ♪

♪ Who is that? ♪

Welcome back to the big season
premiere of "the masked singer."

- whoo!
- This season's cast I was told

has a net worth of
over $398 million,

46 grammy nominations...

- Whoo!
- ...And three world records.

Plus,
we have our first olympic gold medalist...

- What?
- ...And oscar nominee in one of the major categories.

- Yeah!
- And now to our next mystery,

a music loving mammal.

Unleash the giraffe.

♪ She's a super freak,
super freak ♪

- ♪ she's super freaky ♪ - oh,
he's cool. He's got swag.

- Look at him.
- I feel like he's tall.

Making "masked singer" history
as the tallest costume ever.

- ♪ she's all right ♪ - taller
than thingamajig and white tiger.

- Whoa!
- ♪ She's all right with me ♪

all right, now,
here's the first and hopefully

many tall tales
about the giraffe.

Step right up, keep going up,

and welcome to
my glorious carnival.

I've had a roller
coaster career,

full of ups and downs!

So maybe he's been in
the industry a long time.

Music is in my blood, but when I stuck
my neck out and took a gigantic risk,

I became the butt
of everyone's jokes.

Jokes? Is he a comedian?

I was in knots
and felt so lonely,

like the party was over.

But that crash and burn
drove me to swing even higher.

Swing? Tiger woods, maybe?

With hard work,
I drummed up towering success.

Now I'm in the driver's seat,

and I'm off to
the races tonight.

That's a wrap.

♪ And the bass keep runnin'
runnin' and runnin' runnin' ♪

♪ and runnin' runnin'
and runnin' runnin' ♪

♪ in this context,
there's no disrespect ♪

♪ so when I bust my
rhyme you break your neck ♪

♪ we got 5 minutes
for us to disconnect ♪

♪ from all intellect,
collect the rhythm effect ♪

♪ obstacles are inefficient ♪

♪ follow your intuition ♪

♪ free your inner soul and
break away from tradition ♪

♪ 'cause when we be out
they always wanna see out ♪

♪ you wouldn't believe
how we wow it out ♪

♪ burn it till it's burned out,
turn it till it's turned out ♪

♪ jumped up from north,
west, east, south ♪

♪ everybody, everybody ♪

♪ let's get into it,
let's get stupid ♪

♪ get it started,
get it started, get it started ♪

- hey!
- ♪ let's get it started ♪

♪ let's get it started in here ♪

♪ let's get it started ♪

♪ let's get it started in here ♪

♪ lose control,
my body and soul ♪

♪ don't move too fast,
people just take it slow ♪

♪ don't jet ahead,
just jump into it ♪

♪ y'all hear about it,
giraffe will do it ♪

- hey.
- ♪ get started, get stupid ♪

♪ you want your party people,
we'll walk you through it ♪

♪ step by step like
an infant new kid ♪

♪ transmit hits
with no delusion ♪

♪ the feeling's irresistible
and that's how we're moving ♪

♪ everybody, everybody ♪

♪ let's get into it,
let's get stupid ♪

♪ get it started,
get it started, get it started ♪

♪ let's get it started ♪

♪ let's get it started in here ♪

- hey!
- ♪ let's get it started ♪

♪ let's get it started in here ♪

Whoo!

♪ Ya ya ya ya ya ya,
ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ♪

- come on! - Yes! Yes!

- Wow.
- Bringing in that giraffe heat. I'm with it.

Oh, my gosh. Giraffe,
kudos to you, man,

because that song is hard.

The rap... you were
on it with the rap.

You had your flow,
and you getting it started.

Whoo!

There it is.

Now, panel, as you know,

- it's all about the vault time.
- Oh, no.

- Yes. - Vault?

Write down your first
impression guesses

of who this may be.

I have no idea on this one.

It's gonna be so funny to
see how stupid we are later.

- Yeah, mine's bad.
- Ah, you get used to it.

All right,
let's ask the giraffe a question.

Did you ever imagine that you
would be on stage singing as a giraffe?

No, not at all. You know,
this has really been fun.

It allows me to have a bit of anonymity,
which is nice.

Plus it was a big deal for me

to not have to
focus on my vocals.

Plus, it's super sexy.

- Oh, yeah.
- I would agree.

- Okay, so he could be a singer.
- Yeah.

Ah,
so you became the butt of everyone's joke.

Initially I was thinking,
like, a comedian

that was trying to
do something else

and maybe something dramatic,
but you're such a good singer.

Maybe you were trying
to do something different,

like garth brooks had
an alter ego chris gaines.

Remember that? Garth brooks.

Yeah,
yeah. I'm getting a garth brooks vibe.

There's a garth brook vibe. Right,
he could... right.

I can't see you because you're so far away,
but I'm sure you agree with me.

- Ken, see the giraffe?
- Let me finish.

Garth brooks,
your wife trisha yearwood

with the knots in the clues,
makes delicious garlic knots

- on her food network show.
- Yeah!

No, no.

And then I was thinking to myself,
you know,

recently garth brooks
performed at a drive-in...

Ken, he's going to sleep.

You know what? He's got a
lot of attitude just like garth.

I think you're way off, ken.

There was a lot of clues,
I think,

that gives me a good starting
point here on season four.

- Okay.
- Okay, so I think it might be travis barker.

- Hmm. - Hear me out.

That's not bad.

In the clue package,
there was carnival barker.

"music is in my
blood." "drummed up."

- yeah, "drummed up."
- he's a drummer.

- Yeah.
- And then, "crash and burn."

- he was in a horrific plane accident.
- That's right.

- Maybe.
- That's a good guess, but I have another theory.

The whipped up hair.
The "that's a wrap."

I think he might be a rapper who
also had a crash and burn in his career.

- I'm going with vanilla ice.
- Vanilla ice!

- Vanilla ice.
- Good one. Yes!

- Too cold, too cold. - Yes.

You guys ever have that where you
know you've heard the voice before?

- Yes.
- I know sooner or later the face will come to me,

- but I can't put the face to the voice...
- that would be every show.

- Darn it.
- All right, well, y'all make some noise.

- Yeah! - Great job, giraffe.

Use the hashtag
#themaskedsinger and tell us

if our panel was short
of giraffe guesses.

- I have no idea who that is.
- Yeah.

- He's gotta be somebody super famous to say...
- Right.

- ..."anonymity, it's nice."
- totally.

It's gonna drive me crazy.

♪ Who is that? ♪

♪ Who is that? ♪

Welcome back to our
big season four premiere

of "the masked singer."

now it's time to
introduce our next singer.

What goes better with your
favorite tv show than some popcorn?

♪ My baby likes
buttered popcorn ♪

♪ he likes it greasy ♪

Oh, my gosh. Popcorn!

- She's tiny.
- Those are some dancing legs.

♪ I said, "what do you like?" ♪

- ♪ he says, "you know what
I like" ♪ - ruby red slippers.

♪ Buttered popcorn ♪

all right, if you're still searching for
even a kernel of a name, no worries.

Here's some helpful
clues about this tasty talent.

Hey,
all you cool corns and cornettes.

I'm popcorn. Miss
popcorn if you're tasty.

Miss jackson if you're nasty.

I'm a real sweet corn
with a jumbo-sized heart.

I mean, straight up,
I built a career around love.

But that doesn't mean I'm soft.

I'm a hard-corn hustler.

To get where I am,
I worked long nights

rushing from one
job to the next.

Ooh,
meatloaf. Did she sing with him?

Eventually I went from a little
puff cutting pictures out of "vogue"

to jet-setting to exotic
places with royalty.

Exotic? Is that a
reference to joe exotic?

So while you may
think I'm a little cheesy,

no, I worked for what I got.

Now, tonight,
you "butter" believe

I'm ready to get things
popping in the spotlight.

♪ La da da da da,
la da da da da ♪

♪ da da da ♪

♪ we are searchlights ♪

♪ we can see in the dark ♪

- what? - Wow.

♪ We are rockets ♪

♪ pointed up at the stars ♪

♪ we are billions
of beautiful hearts ♪

who is that?

♪ And you sold us ♪

♪ down the rivers too far ♪

♪ what about us? ♪

♪ What about all the times
you said you had the answers? ♪

- Robin, that voice. - Oh, yeah.

♪ What about trust? ♪

♪ What about love? ♪

♪ What about us? ♪

♪ I don't want control ♪

♪ I want to let go ♪

♪ I'll be ready ♪

♪ 'cause now it's
time to let them know ♪

♪ what about us? ♪

♪ What about all the times
you said you had the answers? ♪

♪ What about us? ♪

♪ What about trust? ♪

♪ What about us? ♪

♪ What about us? ♪

♪ What about us? ♪

♪ What about us? ♪

- Oh, my. - Popcorn!

Season four is off to a bang tonight,
you guys.

From the very first note,
I think I've heard that voice before.

But, wow, was that outstanding.

- My favorite of the night. Wow.
- Thank you.

Someone is giving sun
some competition tonight.

And now, panel, it's all about
you guys' competition right now.

Take out your pen and paper and write
down those first impression guesses...

- Oh, nick!
- ...On who you believe the popcorn might be.

- Her voice was butter.
- You guys got your votes in in the vault?

Yes, sir. Complete.

All right, popcorn,
why did you choose this costume?

Well, nick, just like popcorn,

I can be quite buttery at times.

- Okay. - Very salty.

- Yeah.
- But I'm also very sweet.

It's like we playing
"the dating game."

I felt we should be. I
just want to kiss nick.

- Oh! All right.
- Oh, that's a clue. That's a clue.

Nick,
seems like there might be some history.

If it ain't history,
it's gonna be a future, I tell you that.

Oh! Oh! Oh, snap!

All right, guys, are you picking
up on any clues from the popcorn?

In the clue package,
we saw "proud merry,"

and hearing your voice,
of course it could be

the diva herself, tina turner.

Wow. That's a good one.

- She got nice legs.
- Yeah, but tina turner, who's a family friend of mine,

she and I are costco
members together.

We have a joint membership,

so I don't think it's tina,
but it's a great guess.

Oh, really? Then who do you think it is,
ken?

Oh, I'm glad you asked.

There was, like,
a tiger on the bed.

I mean, there was, like, a king.

She was, you know, tiger king.

Everyone knows her
from big cat rescue.

- You know who I think it is?
- Who?

Carol baskin. I
think it's carol baskin.

- What? What is wrong with you people?
- Carol baskin?

- Stay... sing with me.
- You think carol baskin has a voice like that?

Stay... you don't know!

Ken,
you're upsetting the popcorn,

and she just whispered
to me to sit your ass down.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Let's focus,
ken. Let's just reel it back in.

- All right.
- First of all, just going off of the clues,

I saw hoops in the package. I know
this girl is signature for her hoops.

I heard "puff" in the package. Puff
is like her brother in the business.

- Oh.
- So I'm thinking could this be mary j. Blige?

- We'll take it.
- Not bad at all.

- Thank you.
- That is a lot better than carol baskin.

Oh, man. How dare you?

Well, popcorn,
we don't know who you are,

but we know that
you are amazing.

And that's exactly
what I was gonna say.

- Keep it going for the popcorn.
- Popcorn!

These are our
panel's guesses for popcorn.

Take them with a grain of salt.

♪ Who is that? ♪

Welcome back to the season
premiere of "the masked singer."

the talent has
been off the charts,

and we still have
two singers left.

- So let's get to it. - Yeah!

Grab your swords, shields,
and maybe even grab your mama

because it's time to
release the dragon.

♪ My house ♪

♪ is out of the ordinary ♪

- oh! Oh, he's big.
- Holy cow, he's huge!

- Yeah!
- Big, broad shoulders.

♪ Burning down the house ♪

a real dragon right here.

All right,
here's a few clues that may help you unmask

this mystery behind the dragon.

Hey, welcome to my lair.

Sorry it's a bit humid in here.

As you can see,
dressing up in bulky,

outrageous costumes
isn't new to me.

- Outrageous costumes.
- You would think drag.

And like the dragon,
I've always been a fire-breathing beast

on a quest to be the best.

But at first,
my fire was dangerous.

Dangerous. Could be a wrestler,
like the rock.

Then I got a tip that helped
me calm down and switch gears.

And now I got me this
shiny treasured den.

They did say we had an olympian.

Tonight I'm coming back on stage

to prove my fire's still hot

and drag the golden
mask back to my lair.

Dragon.

♪ Don't call it a comeback ♪

♪ I've been here for years ♪

♪ rocking my peers,
putting suckers in fear ♪

♪ making the tears rain
down like a monsoon ♪

♪ listen to the bass go boom,
explosions, overpowering ♪

♪ over the competition,
I'm towering ♪

♪ wrecking shop when
I drop these lyrics ♪

♪ that'll make
you call the cops ♪

♪ I'm gonna knock you out ♪

♪ mama said knock you out ♪

♪ I'm gonna knock you out ♪

♪ mama said knock you out ♪

♪ don't you call
this a regular jam ♪

♪ I'm gonna rock this land ♪

♪ I'm gonna take this
itty-bitty world by storm ♪

♪ and I'm just gettin' warm ♪

♪ just like muhammad ali ♪

♪ they called him cassius ♪

♪ watch me bash
this beat like a skull ♪

♪ that you know
I've got beef with ♪

♪ why do you riff with me? ♪

♪ The maniac psycho ♪

♪ pull out the blam
and get ready ♪

♪ 'cause I might go blam ♪

- hey!
- ♪ how do you like me now? ♪

♪ The ripper will not allow ♪

♪ don't you to get with mr. Swift,
no grift ♪

♪ listen to my gears shift ♪

♪ I'm blasting, I'm blasting ♪

♪ kinda like shaft,
you can say I'm shafting ♪

♪ olde english and my mind ♪

♪ came up with
this funky rhyme ♪

♪ I'm gonna knock you out ♪

♪ mama said knock you ♪

♪ I'm gonna knock you ♪

♪ mama said knock you out ♪

♪ I'm gonna knock you out ♪

♪ mama said knock you out ♪

♪ I'm gonna knock you out ♪

♪ mama said knock you out ♪

♪ breakdown ♪

- what?
- That was hot. That was hot.

Hey,
he definitely will knock you out.

- Yes, sir.
- First of all, dragon,

your voice is so...

I felt like when you started singing...
like, I felt like I knew that voice already.

- Yep. Oh, yeah. - Really?

- You don't, ken?
- Look, I'm human, nick.

I'm vulnerable. This is a new
year. I just want to show people.

- 2020 changed ken jeong?
- "I'm vulnerable."

okay, panel, this is that moment
for your first impression guesses.

I go this one right.

Hey, nick, I want you to actually
write down a card and put it in the vault.

- Yes! Yes!
- Let's just see who's right.

- Yes, jenny.
- Someone give me a card.

He could be ken jeong wrong,
that's all I'm saying.

All right. Put
it in my back pocket.

- Go in the vault later.
- There you go.

All right, tell us,
what has it been like becoming the dragon?

It's been an
incredible experience.

I mean,
this whole outfit looking like I am really

one of the most powerful and
dominant characters in existence.

There it is. Now, jenny,
were you picking up on any clues?

Well, you know, um, when I first saw
the dog bone, I thought snoop dogg.

- Ah.
- Then I realized there'd be much more smoke around you

it it was snoop dogg.

Your voice has that kind of low,
kind of raspy rap,

and it reminded me of dmx.

That makes sense. He was
known for the dog references.

- Right. Yeah, and there was an "x" in the package also.
- That's right.

- So I'm thinking dmx.
- That's a good guess.

Great guess.

Look,
I'm a warrior. I'm a fighter.

I fight for my clues.

You know,
I just always believe in myself

even when no one else does, so,

in the clue package,
there was so much gold.

There were gold
medals in that house.

There was water in that house.

And just stay with me,

stopwatch is the timing for all
those amazing breast strokes.

He is a beast. Michael phelps,
yes.

You really think this
is michael phelps?

Freestyle swimming and
rapping. That makes sense.

Yeah, I'm not sure about that.

The person that I think it
is is one of the most electric

on-stage performers
you could ever see.

He's known for his dragons. I'm
going with my man busta rhymes.

Yes! Robin,
I'm so glad you said that.

- Yeah.
- You know why? He also said "dangerous" in the package.

- He got a song called "dangerous."
- yep.

- That's right.
- So I'm gonna go with busta.

I would love for it
to be busta rhymes.

I mean,
he's a multi-platinum singing rapper.

But I really don't think he is.

All right,
two for busta and one for michael phelps.

Hey, michael phelps is the busta
rhymes of his day in swimming.

- I'm not gonna argue with you.
- Oh, my goodness.

Because one
thing we can definitely say

is this was a gold
medal performance.

- Yes, sir.
- Y'all give it up for the dragon.

We gonna see you in a little bit,
sir.

This is, like, some of our strongest
performers ever on this show.

Yeah, who knew michael
phelps could rap like that?

Our panel may be
dragged through the filth

for their dragon guesses.
Tell us what you think.

Ken, now you got a big new show

premiering right after this,
right?

Yes, I do.

It's america's next great
musical guessing game

called "I can see your voice,"
only on fox,

premiering tonight right
after "the masked singer."

- congratulations, son.
- Thank you, daddy.

♪ Who is that? ♪

- ♪ who is that? ♪ - welcome
back to the season premiere

of "the masked singer." you guys excited,
right?

Yes! Yeah!

- Whoo! - Ya yeet!

Now, it's two for one night
here on "the masked singer"

as we make series history.

Put your feathers
together for the snow owls.

- What? What?
- Oh!

- Oh, my god.
- What? Is that two people?

- Two people.
- ♪ It takes two, baby ♪

- it's matt damon and greg kinnear.
- No way!

- ♪ it takes two,
baby ♪ - it's mary-kate and ashley.

A double-headed snow owl.

Wow. Definitely a "masked
singer" first. Two people.

- No way!
- Oh, my god.

Well,
"who" can be behind these two masks?

Watch this.

Owl's it going?

So you haven't seen
us together in a while.

But now it's time
for a family reunion.

Family reunion?
Are they siblings?

- Working with him... - Who?

- You! - Who?

Oh, brother. He's a prankster.

A real wise guy.

- Anything for a laugh.
- Ooh! A comedian, maybe?

Like, one December,
we were working in sunny hollywood.

I was driving her home
singing "let it snow."

his voice was way off-key
and I kept begging him to stop.

And I kept egging her on until
we finally stopped at her nest.

It was head-spinning. He had
it completely covered in snow.

I just wanted to make
christmas extra magical.

Ooh,
maybe they were in a christmas movie.

So what better way to
reunite than as snowy owls?

- You ready to take flight again?
- Let's duet.

Oh, my gosh,
you guys. I'm so excited.

It's our first duet.

♪ Say something,
I'm giving up on you ♪

♪ I'll be the one,
if you want me to ♪

oh,
no. This just got really hard.

♪ And I ♪

♪ am feeling so small ♪

- whoa! - What?

♪ Was over my head ♪

♪ I know nothing at all ♪

♪ and I ♪

♪ will stumble and fall ♪

- Whoo.
- I know that voice. I know his voice.

♪ I'm still learning to love ♪

♪ just starting to crawl ♪

♪ say something,
I'm giving up on you ♪

♪ and I'm sorry that I
couldn't get to you ♪

Yeah!

♪ Anywhere,
I would've followed you ♪

♪ say something,
I'm giving up on you ♪

Whoa!

- Oh, yeah! - Oh, my god.

Oh! - Nick: Wow.

Oh, my gosh. What is happening?

Season four is blowing my mind.

Wait. This is the
beginning of season four.

This feels like the end of...

Like we're on the finale already,
right?

Outstanding. Not only
were their voices in sync,

but the way they
fell with the lyrics,

the way they both trembled
their voices at the same time,

it was utter perfection.

- Outstanding.
- Indeed, indeed.

All right, it's time to give your
first impression guesses, panel.

- This is twice as hard, nick.
- Yeah, I don't know either.

All right,
time's up. Stick it in the vault.

There it is. Votes are in
for their first impression.

And now,
let's talk to the snow owls.

Did you guys ever expect to grace
the stage together in one giant egg?

Um, no.

I knew it would happen for me
one day because I love wings.

- Ah. - Buffalo, barbecue...

- Yeah, spicy. - ...Wings.

Any kind of wings.

- Oh, he's the prankster.
- He's messing with nick.

Yeah, whoa.

I know exactly "who" this is.

But seriously,
going off the clues,

we've seen "family reunion,"
"prankster,"

we've seen christmas clues,

and going off of the
quality of the voices,

I have a feeling this is
amy grant and vince gill.

- Ooh.
- Two amazing singers, married for 20 years.

Amy grant is known for
her christmas albums.

- Yep.
- I like that guess.

That's not bad, but I immediately
thought brother and sister,

sitcom, maybe someone like the bradys,
you know?

Maureen mccormick
and barry williams.

But after hearing them sing, I think
it really could be donnie and marie.

I was totally
thinking the same thing

because he's doing the
pecking moves just like peacock.

- Yes, nicole! Yes!
- No way. He's already been on this show.

This honestly reminds me of
my favorite singing comedy duo.

They're in all the
christopher guest movies.

There was a rose in the package

and the last name of the family

in their most
recent show is rose.

So I think this is eugene
levy and catherine o'hara.

Now, wait,
knowing catherine in this business,

she would never put on
that kind of a hot costume.

But I think because you
think she would never do it

is why she does it because you never
thought, like, lil wayne would do this.

- You never thought that t-pain would do this.
- Yeah, that's true.

I'm gonna be honest. All of you
have great guesses for our snow owls.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Give it up for that amazing
performance from the snow owls.

Well done.

Does our panel
have you a little frosty

on their snow owl guesses?

Tell us what you think.

All right,
now we've seen and heard

from all five group a singers,

and the panelists
are already calling this

the strongest set of performers

in "masked singer" history.

Now it's time to choose
your favorite of the night.

For the first time ever,

our at-home voting
audience of superfans

will be voting right alongside
our studio audience and panel.

- Here we go. - Oh, no!

- This is crazy.
- The singer from group a with the least amount of votes

is...

- Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! - Whoo!

The singer with the
least amount of votes,

the first to unmask
this season is...

Can't believe we
have to say good-bye.

- The dragon. - Oh, my gosh.

- Oh, come on.
- I love the dragon.

To the rest of you, congrats.

You have officially advanced
to the group a playoffs.

- Whoo! - Dragon!

Head on backstage.

Dragon, man, I'm sorry.

I thought you was gonna
rock with us the whole time,

but the world cannot wait to
see who's behind this mask.

But first, let us retrieve the panel's
first impression guesses from the vault.

No, please don't.

Oh, men in black, bring 'em out.

Now remember, panel,
if your first impression guess is correct,

- this is how you win.
- I ain't gonna win nothing.

- Jenny? - Yeah?

Your first impression guess

was nfl star adrian peterson.

Yeah.

- Are you in a sinkhole? Are you okay?
- Do you need help?

You know, I just thought,
you know, minnesota viking.

He's kind of
dressed like a viking.

But then after I heard his raspy,
gravely voice

and all the dog references
and he barks in his songs... dmx.

- All right. Ken?
- You don't have to...

You went with marshawn lynch.

Why is that a bad one?

Thank you, nick,
but now I honestly can't get my head out

of this being an
olympic gold medalist.

In the clue package,
there's so much gold in that house.

Michael phelps holds the record
for the most ever gold medals.

There's no reason that
this can't be michael phelps.

You went from marshawn
lynch to michael phelps?

- Yes, I did.
- There it is. All right, well, nicole.

- We're all processing that.
- Thank you.

Your first impression
was busta rhymes.

- Yeah.
- Are you sticking with that?

I'm gonna double down on busta.

In the clue package was a statue
of liberty. Busta's from new york.

- Yeah.
- It also said something about "calm down."

he has that song "calm
down" with eminem.

- Yes. - I'm hoping it's busta.

And mr. Robin thicke, your first
impression vote was also busta rhymes.

Yes. There was
so many good clues.

Outrageous costumes. Nobody in
hip-hop wore those kind of costumes.

- And he's outrageous.
- And he has three albums with the word "dragon" in it,

so I am almost positive that it
is the dragon, mr. Busta rhymes.

- Wow, that's confidence right there.
- Go, bus-a-bus!

Okay,
let's all see who's behind the mask.

Dragon,
show us who you really are.

- Take it off! Take it off!
- ♪ Who are you? ♪

♪ Who, who, who, who ♪

♪ who are you? ♪

♪ Who, who, who, who ♪

♪ who ♪

♪ tell me who are you,
you, you ♪

♪ who are you? ♪

- Yeah! Yeah!
- The one and only hip-hop legend!

- Bus-a-bus! -

my brother, busta rhymes.

- Oh, man. - Bus-a-bus.

- Busta rhymes.
- Bus, what was it like being cooped up in that?

I definitely felt like I was in
an oxygen tank without oxygen.

But it definitely brought back
all of the incredible crazy outfits.

This look like a busta rhymes
outfit from back in the day.

- Definitely. - Whoo!

Busta,
you know how much I love you.

- I love you, too.
- You are rap royalty.

There will never be
another artist like you.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you for being on our show.

Thank you so much.

- Wow, thank y'all.
- This is really family.

- My brother.
- So you know I knew by his walk.

When he walked out,
he was like...

- Prove it, prove it, prove it.
- You wanna see it?

- Yeah, I wanna see.
- Bam! What does that say?

- My big brother busta rhymes.
- Busta.

Yeah! Wow.

- Wow.
- Now that means nicole and robin,

you guys take an early lead

in the race for the
golden ear trophy.

That trophy is mine.

Next week we meet
a whole new cast

of crazy characters in group b.

But in the meantime,

here to perform
unmasked once and for all,

the artist still known as the dragon,
rawr, rawr,

the one and only busta rhymes!

- Hands in the air! - Yeah!

- ♪ don't call it a
comeback ♪ - hey!

♪ I been here for years,
rocking my peers ♪

♪ putting suckers in fear ♪

♪ making the tears rain down
like a monsoon ♪

♪ listen to the bass go boom ♪

♪ I'm gonna knock you out ♪

♪ mama said knock you out ♪

♪ I'm gonna knock you out ♪