The Masked Singer (2019–…): Season 7, Episode 2 - Masks at Dawn - Round 1 - full transcript
The remaining four singers from Group A return to the stage for their second performances; one singer will be unmasked.
- (coughing)
- Ay, ay, ay!
- Someone help her.
- Somebody go up there!
She's choking.
Nick: Last week's premiere
was jaw-dropping.
We met our first batch
of the Good,
the Bad,
and the Cuddly.
- Oh!
- He just sang his head off!
And just like that, we had
our first celebrity unmasking.
Duff Goldman!
Tonight anything can happen.
I think this could
be Jason Biggs.
I'm not dissing on Biggs,
but he couldn't fill this out.
All: Oh!
Ladies and gentlemen,
Aquaman, Jason Momoa.
- Let's go!
- Calm down.
We have our first ever duel,
where two singers
will go mask to mask,
and one will take it off.
♪ Who are you?
♪ Who, who, who
♪ Come on, tell
me, who are you? ♪
♪ Who are you?
Oh.
♪ Who, who, who
♪ Oh, I really wanna know
♪ Who are you?
- Robin: Yeah!
- Wow! Look at him.
Welcome to America's
best kept secret,
"The Masked Singer: The
Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly."
- Ken: Wow!
- Nicole: Whoo!
Tonight our round
one mystery singers
will fight to avoid
an unmasking.
- Oh!
- After all four perform,
there will be a vote,
and the bottom two will
sing in a show-stopping duel.
- Ooh.
- (Western music plays)
Yeah. And one will
be forced to unmask
and reveal their
famous features,
heading back to their celebrity
home made of solid gold.
Are you guys ready for another
bonkers night of "The Masked Singer?"
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
Yes, yes! We are indeed!
And what would the
show be without the four
that always bring the party?
Say hello to your
panel of detectives.
Ken: Yeah!
Robin: Yeah!
Nicole: Whoo!
- Yeah, thank you.
- Ken: Yes!
Whoo!
Tonight we have a
brand new guest detective.
- Ooh.
- Come on out.
- Oh, what?
- What?
Whoo!
- Ken: Whoa!
- Robin: Yeah!
Ken: Oh, my God.
Clap! ♪ P-p-push it real... oh!
Oh, my gosh.
Y'all think you know who it is?
He got moves!
Oh, don't hurt him!
Don't hurt him. Don't hurt him.
- Oh!
- I love it.
Panel, you guys
wanna see who it is?
- It's a no lose.
- Yeah!
You know the
catchphrase. Say it with me.
All: Take it off!
Take it off! Take
it off! Take it off!
Nicole: Take it off!
- Robin: Yes!
- Ken: Yeah!
You know him from
"Modern Family,"
and now he's hosting
"Domino Masters"
right here on Fox.
The one and only, the
brilliant Eric Stonestreet!
Huzzah!
Man, thank you so
much for being here, man.
Aw, dude, this is so awesome.
I'm such a fan of the show,
and I'm actually in the
arena and seeing you all!
- Yeah!
- Now you know this season
we've divided our
singers into groups,
the Good, the Bad,
and the Cuddly,
so what group
you gonna be in, E?
Ooh, I think, uh,
you look at me...
I think you look at me,
and you think "good."
But the truth is, I'm bad!
- Okay!
- Yes!
Nick: There it is.
Go ahead and cuddle
in the huddle, baby.
- Yeah.
- Join the panel up there.
Bad to the bone Stonestreet.
Before we get into
our first performance,
let's check in with our teams
hanging out at their homebases.
One member down, it
has to be Team Good.
Probably looking
up ways to cheat,
it has to be the Bad.
- Robin: Hey, yeah.
- Jenny: Oh, yes!
And back there keeping
it loveable and fun,
- it's the Cuddly.
- Robin: Yeah!
Jenny: Overrated.
And kicking us off
tonight from Team Good,
it's Firefly.
Let's see how she did last week.
♪ Now we're flying
through the... ♪
Ooh.
(coughing)
Somebody needs to help her.
Someone needs to help her!
She's choking.
Firefly: In this business,
the show must go on.
All right, come on.
Let's get it. Let's get it.
Okay.
♪ Hope this night
will last forever ♪
- Oh!
- Yeah!
That was one of the best
performances in all the seasons.
I am so proud that you
represent Team Good.
After last week, I had so
much pressure on my shoulders.
I'm the only member from
Team Good left this round,
and I want to make them proud.
Come on, Team Good!
♪ You know, you
♪ You make me
feel so good inside ♪
Ay!
♪ Where have you
come from, baby ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, let
me take you there ♪
♪ Right away, won't you, baby? ♪
♪ Tenderoni, you've got to be ♪
♪ Spark my nature,
sugar, fly with me ♪
♪ Don't you know now
is the perfect time? ♪
♪ We can make it
right, hit the city lights ♪
♪ Then tonight, ease
the love and pain ♪
♪ Let me take you to the max
- ♪ I want to love
you - ♪ P. Y. T.
- ♪ Pretty young thing - Yes!
- ♪ Do you need some loving?
- ♪ T. L. C.
♪ Tender loving care
♪ I'll take you there
Whoo!
♪ Pretty young thing
Jenny: Whoo! Yes!
Nicole: That's a dancer.
- Jenny: Oh!
- ♪ Pretty young thing
♪ Repeat after me
♪ I said, "Na, na, na"
♪ Na, na, na
♪ Na, na, na, na
♪ Na, na, na, na
♪ I said, "Na, na, na"
♪ Na, na, na, na, na
♪ Ooh, take you
there, take you there ♪
- ♪ I want to love
you - ♪ P. Y. T.
♪ Pretty young thing,
you need some loving ♪
- ♪ T. L. C.
- ♪ Tender loving care
♪ I'm gonna take you there
- Whoo!
- ♪ Let's go
- ♪ I want to love
you - ♪ P. Y. T.
♪ Pretty young thing
- ♪ You need some
loving - ♪ T. L. C.
♪ Tender loving care
♪ I'll
♪ Take you there
- ♪ I want to love
you - ♪ P. Y. T.
- Yes!
- Yeah!
- Jenny: Yes!
- Nicole: Oh, my God. Look at those legs.
- Nick: Wow!
- Robin: Firefly!
- Way to set it off!
- Whoo!
And she got the M. J.
Pose! She ain't move yet.
- Whoo!
- Mind blown! Mind blown! Mind blown!
I know y'all had to be
feeling it like I was feeling it.
Jenny: Feeling
it! Feeling it! Yes!
- Robin: Get 'em, Nick!
- Nicole: First of all, we got to see you dance and move.
Like, you was making our
bodies move and groove
in ways I haven't
done in a minute.
It felt so good!
- Maybe it's somebody with a dance background.
- Jenny: Totally.
What a way to kick off the show
with an effortless performance.
There's a reason that you are
"Masked Singer" winner worthy,
- and that was tonight.
- Yeah.
All right, now all of our
mystery singers tonight
will be showing you
guys a mega clue
to help you get
a little bit closer
to see who's up under the mask.
It's called "mega"
because it's game-changing.
Men in black, bring
out the mega clue.
- Mega clue!
- Oh!
♪ Clap along if you know
what happiness is to you ♪
Yeah! Wait. What is that?
Robin: Oh!
Jenny: Oh, this is gonna
be good. A little puzzle.
- Oh!
- Robin: It's Skateboard P.
Nicole: Oh, it's Pharrell!
I mean, Pharrell is
one of the major keys
of my career.
- Wow.
- Jenny: She said keys.
- Keys! She said Keys!
- Nick: The mega keys.
Okay, I was honestly
thinking Aisha Tyler.
- Ah.
- Ooh!
Jenny: That's not a bad
guess, because last time
we saw a clue where there was a
microphone stand, like a stand-up comedian.
Okay, because I was in a
Weird Al Yankovic called "Tacky,"
which is a spoof of
"Happy" with Aisha Tyler!
- No way!
- Wow!
- So then that makes sense.
- Robin: That's a good guess.
There's another name
that came to mind
when I was hearing
you sing today.
As the clue package
showed Tyler Perry,
she actually did two songs
on the "Why Did I Get
Married?" soundtrack.
And she's worked with
Pharrell, as we all have.
- Well, I haven't, but...
- Well, I haven't.
- I haven't.
- Yeah, me and Eric.
I think this is Keyshia Cole.
Ooh, I love me
some Keyshia Cole!
It's not bad. All right.
Nicole, what you bringing up?
I really love this artist,
and I'm loving Firefly,
and Pharrell was really
inspired by this artist.
He named his record label
I Am Other after Lauryn Hill.
- Oh.
- Nicole: Yes.
That's a great guess. Yeah.
Great guesses but an
even better performance.
Y'all keep it going for
the one and only Firefly.
Ken: Outstanding.
Head on back to the homebase.
Men in black, come help her out.
We are dying to
hear what you think.
Get on Twitter,
use that hashtag,
♪ TheMaskedSinger,
and tell us your guesses.
Tonight's clash of the Good,
the Bad, and the Cuddly
has just begun.
Don't go too far.
This is "The Masked
Singer" on Fox.
- Coming up...
- Yes!
Two mystery celebrity singers
will fight to continue
on in the duel.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Who will they be and who will be unmasked?
- Nick: Leaving "The Masked Singer" is...
- Take it off!
Oh!
♪ Who, who, who,
who, who is that? ♪
Welcome back to "The Masked Singer:
The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly."
Yes!
- (Western music
plays) - (squeaking)
Next up from Team
Bad, it's Cyclops.
Wow.
Are you in a competition
with me and Robin
to see if who can
show off more chest?
There is no competition.
I've got you both beat.
Last week, Cyclops
sacrificed everything
to move in the competition.
Check out how it all went down.
♪ I just want to say
♪ Hello again
All: Cyclops, Cyclops!
- That performance was lit!
- Yeah!
Tonight, I'm gonna show the
panel another side to my bad self.
So hold on. So he was bad?
- Yeah.
- Jenny: Yep, he's on my team,
- Team Baddie.
- What'd you choose?
Cuddly. Thank you for asking.
I'm Cuddly, too.
Nick: Make some
noise for Cyclops!
Whoo!
♪ We're caught in a trap
♪ I can't walk out
♪ Because I love
you too much, baby ♪
Who the heck?
♪ Why can't you see
♪ What you're doing to me
♪ When you don't believe
a word I'm saying? ♪
- Ken: Wow.
- What a beautiful voice.
♪ We can't go on together
♪ With suspicious minds
♪ And we can't
build our dreams ♪
♪ On suspicious minds
That voice sounds so familiar.
♪ Oh, let our love survive
♪ I'll dry the tears
from your eyes ♪
♪ Just don't let a
good thing die ♪
♪ 'Cause honey, you
know I'd never lie to you ♪
♪ Mmm
♪ Yeah, yeah
♪ We're caught in a trap
♪ I can't walk out
♪ Because I love you
♪ Too much, baby
Cyclops, yeah!
Whoo! Whoo.
Nick: Cyclops.
Big energy right
there from the big guy
- singing his eye out.
- Robin: Yes.
Your voice resonated
completely different this week.
We don't know what's
coming from you,
so you're the unpredictable
wild card right now.
Ken: Yeah.
How has this experience
been for you so far?
All I wanted to do was
make it past the first week.
Now that I've done
that, I'm here to have fun.
- Aw.
- Yay!
I don't know about you, but we could
use some more help with some clues, right?
- Yeah, I want a mega clue. Give me a mega clue.
- I need something.
- Bring out the mega clue.
- Mega clue!
Mega clue!
- (Robin vocalizing) -
Nicole: What is that?
(both vocalizing)
- Whoa!
- Oh, snap!
Cyclops, what can you tell us
about this interesting mega clue?
Legend has it
that this meteorite
was found in a nook
in Ken's backyard
from a galaxy far, far away.
- In my backyard?
- But do you see this too?
It says this meteorite
crashed to Earth in 1988.
1988.
Ooh!
Okay, meteorite comes
from what? Galaxies.
- Oh, okay.
- And what do you do with a galaxy?
- You guard it.
- You guard it!
Jenny's the only one right.
You've got a
Guardian of the Galaxy.
There's a comic book that we
saw in the package last week.
- This might be Chris Pratt.
- Oh, my gosh.
And his character Peter Quill, who
was abducted from Earth in 1988...
Aw, that's good.
E, you picking up
on anything, man?
You know, that meteorite,
that's a rock from space.
- Yeah.
- And there's no better performer than a guy
that was on a show called
"Third Rock from the Sun,"
John Lithgow.
That's a great guess.
Robin: You go, Eric. You go.
So I was thinking
meteorite, rock.
I think it's a rock star.
That's good.
I'm thinking this
might be Rob Thomas
from Matchbox Twenty.
- Matchbox Twenty.
- Yeah.
So last week, the package took
place in the middle of the night.
They have a song called "3AM."
We saw the compass. Southeast.
Oh, that's right.
Matchbox 20 is from
Orlando, Florida, y'all.
- Whoa.
- I like it. I like it.
Nick: Some great
guesses from our panel.
An even better performance
from this rock star onstage.
Cyclops, you sang your eye off.
We love you, Cyclops!
- Awesome job!
- Nick: Now head on back to your homebase.
Men in black, help
the big guy out.
- I think he's older.
- When he sung last week...
- It was not like that?
- Not at all.
Do you know who's
behind the mask?
We wanna hear from you.
Tweet us up using that
hashtag, #TheMaskedSinger.
With all the madness that
happens on "The Masked Singer,"
this season we wanted to give
you more behind the scenes fun
and hear what our mystery
singers are really thinking.
Enter the Truth Booth,
a safe space for the Good,
the Bad, and the Cuddly
to speak their truth.
It's completely confidential.
I don't know, man.
Firefly sounds pretty fire,
but I'm about to
extinguish that fire.
Don't let my cuddly
side fool you, okay?
She has no idea who I am
or what she's up against.
You know what they say,
good always conquers bad.
Cyclops and Ram,
you're going down.
I'm about to fade
out the competition.
I'm on next for Team Bad,
and if someone has
an issue with me,
they can come
and say it to my face
as soon as they
figure out who I am.
Eric, your new show "Domino
Masters" sounds awesome!
It's great.
They have 16 hours to build
these giant artistic
builds with dominos
and everything you can think of.
What if one falls?
That's why you watch the show.
I love that.
♪ Who, who, who, who
♪ Who is that?
Oh, yeah, you're watching
the best guessing game
to ever hit your living
room, "The Masked Singer."
Nick: Let's get on
with the competition.
Last week, the Ram
proved that he can really jam.
Let's check it out.
Last week, I rocked that stage.
♪ Didn't I, didn't I,
didn't I see you crying? ♪
I loved the commitment,
the conviction,
and the confidence!
- I'm here for it!
- We had so many football clues.
This has gotta be an NFL star.
We do know that that was
an awesome performance.
Tonight I'm gonna be
blazing my own trail,
and people better
get out of the way.
(roars)
- Jenny: Who's he pointing at?
- Ken: It's like they know each other.
- Who's he pointing at?
- Okay.
Ken: Uh-oh. Whoa.
- You saw that, right?
- I saw that, dude.
I'm not making that stuff up.
I feel like I know his posture.
Nick: Make some
noise for the Ram.
♪ Run and tell
all of the angels ♪
♪ This could take all night
It sounds good!
♪ Think I need a devil to
help me get things right ♪
♪ Hook me up a new revolution ♪
♪ 'Cause this one is a lie
♪ We sat around laughing
♪ And watch the last one die
♪ Now I'm looking to
the sky to save me ♪
♪ Looking for a sign of life
♪ Looking for something
to help me burn out bright ♪
Yes!
♪ And I'm looking
for a complication ♪
♪ Looking 'cause
I'm tired of trying ♪
♪ Make my way back home
♪ When I learn to fly
♪ High
♪ Make my way back home
♪ When I learn to fly
♪ Make my way back home
♪ When I learn to
Ken: Yes!
Oh, my gosh! I feel
like I know them.
- Yeah! Man.
- That was epic.
Jenny: Yeah, Team Bad! Team Bad!
- Robin: Yeah! Whoo!
- That was pretty impressive.
E, you're our special guest
here, man, and you're on your feet.
You have this look on your face
like you are happy to be here.
Yeah, I sure do. You
know, I'm happy to be here,
but I feel like this person
and I know each other
because when this started,
you pointed right at me.
And then you made a foot gesture
like you were kicking
my butt or something.
Jenny: If you know
him, maybe he's a costar.
I know. I'm gonna
marinate on this.
But great job. It was
awesome listening to you.
- Definitely a great job.
- Thank you, one and all,
including the special
guest, Old E over there.
- Old E.
- Oh, he must know you!
- Is that your nickname?
- I mean, he is fricking on me!
- Nicole: Yeah.
- Who is he?
He's giving out clues. I feel like
we need some more though, right?
We need more than a clue!
All: We need a mega clue!
- (vocalizing) -
Ken: Oh, my God!
Men in black, bring
out the mega clue.
Mega clue!
♪ Mega clue
(music playing)
- (vocalizing)
- ♪ Mega clue
And the Emmy goes to...
Jenny: Ooh, maybe an actor?
Ram!
- Oh, wow.
- Ram: I mean, come on.
Nick: What can you
tell us about this clue?
I'm gonna add this
to my collection.
- Whoa! Dude.
- Nick: You got it?
In last week's package,
there was a football referee.
And guess what? In England,
what do you call soccer?
Football!
Now he won an Emmy,
so I am thinking this
is Ted Lasso himself,
- Jason Sudeikis.
- Robin: Oh.
Eric: I don't think
that's Jason Sudeikis,
but you got me
on something here.
Because that makes me think of
somebody who's a Rams fan that I know.
Could you be hiding
yourself, Ty Burrell?
- Oh, my God! Ty Burrell?
- Could that be Ty?
Robin: Ty Burrell.
Jenny: That's a
pretty good guess.
Ken: I love it.
But someone else came to mind
who's won a Daytime Emmy.
Also has a gameshow
called "Cash at Your Door,"
and we saw a
piggy bank last time.
I think this could
be Jason Biggs.
- Ooh.
- Ram: Wow.
- Nicole: That's cool.
- Ken: I love Jason.
He's a great guy. I'm
not dissing on Biggs.
But he couldn't fill this out.
- All: Oh!
- See...
- Jenny: I think he's tricking us.
- You hear that, Jason Biggs?
That's some Ram
talk right there!
A little slice of
American pie, right there.
- Ram: That's right.
- That guy just rammed you.
- Wow!
- Well, he just knocked out this performance, right?
All: Yeah!
Y'all keep it going for the Ram.
Was the Ram a big enough hit
to make it to the season finale,
or did he crash and burn
his way into the duel?
If you guys know who's behind the
mask, I wanna know what you're thinking.
Tweet us by using that
hashtag, #The Masked Singer.
Let's hear it from the
famous person they call BFF.
Ram, it's Kate here.
I just want you to know
that I am cheering you on.
You're looking super strong
on "The Masked Singer,"
and I'm rooting for
you to get to the finals.
Get it, get it!
Cheers. Cheers.
Nick: Which one
of our contestants'
absolutely massive entourage
is starting wars backstage
at "The Masked Singer?"
TMZ has the scoop.
♪ Who, who, who,
who, who is that? ♪
Welcome back to the Good, the Bad, and
the Cuddly here on "The Masked Singer."
Now Thingamabob,
you are a very big guy.
Do you think you
could bench press Ken?
I think I could bench press
Ken when I was eight years old.
How dare you? How dare you?
Last week Thingamabob gave
Bon Jovi a good name. Take a look.
Thingamabob: I knew it was
game time opening up the season,
and I rocked it.
♪ It's all the same
Jenny: Oh, wow! He can sing!
Way to kick off
season seven premiere!
That was out of control amazing!
- ♪ 'Cause I'm a
cowboy - All: Yes!
Jenny: Look how much
bigger he is than Nick.
He's like a defensive lineman.
A lot of people think
I'm big and scary,
but tonight I'm gonna
show my cuddly side.
Thingamabob is gonna be a force to
be reckoned with in this competition.
Whoo!
Okay, this is a big dude.
He's a beast, dude.
Make some noise for Thingamabob.
♪ Well, I found a love for me
Oh, my God.
♪ Darling, just dive right in ♪
♪ Follow my lead
♪ I found a girl
♪ Beautiful and sweet
♪ I never knew you were
that someone waiting for me ♪
Oh!
♪ 'Cause we were just
kids when we fell in love ♪
♪ Not knowing what it was
♪ I will not give you up
♪ This time
Oh!
♪ Darling, just kiss me slow ♪
♪ Your heart is all I own
♪ And in your eyes
you're holding mine ♪
That voice sounds familiar.
♪ Baby, I'm
dancing in the dark ♪
♪ With you between my arms
♪ Barefoot on the grass
♪ Listening to
our favorite song ♪
♪ I have faith in what I see
♪ Now I know I
have met an angel ♪
♪ In person
♪ And she looks perfect
♪ No, I don't deserve this
♪ You look perfect tonight
Jenny: Oh, that was so sweet!
- He's so good!
- He's so good!
Oh, he's adorable.
Jenny: He's so good!
That was awesome.
Nick: Everybody
is on their feet.
You just connected with me, man.
Just... thank you for this, man.
I just... this is why
the show is so special.
You are why I do this
show, and this is the best...
My favorite performance
of the season.
Thanks, man.
Robin: We can feel what kind of a
human being you are when you sing.
You can't make
us feel all of that
if you don't have
all of that inside you.
So I think that you are
the absolute frontrunner
for this season because
of the combination
of everything that
you have to offer.
- Oh, wow.
- So before we go any further,
let's take a look at
Thingamabob's clue.
Men in black, bring
out the mega clue.
Mega clue!
♪ It's the mega clue
Robin and Jenny: Shields.
- Ooh.
- Cuddly shield?
- Is that an Avengers shield?
- Oh, yes, it is!
- Calm down, son.
- We're excited, Nick!
Thingamabob, tell us
about this mega clue.
I left my trident backstage,
but I still wanted to
rock these shields
to show America
I'm ready for battle!
Whoa!
Jenny: I think that
really helped me
because I just watched the
movie "Moana" with my son,
and the Rock, I didn't
know he could sing.
And with that size, and
now that I see the shield,
I remember there was
a famous match at WWE
when the Rock was
attacked by the Shield.
Hello, the Rock.
Eric: Yeah, Dwayne
Johnson. The Rock.
E, got anything better?
I hate to keep thinking
that I know everyone,
but I feel like I might
know this person.
- What?
- I feel like I've high-fived
this person at Dodger Stadium.
- Mmm.
- Who carries shields? Police officers.
This person I'm thinking of
has been on a police drama.
I think we're staring at
Omar Benson Miller, the actor.
- Ken: Oh, good guess.
- Eric: He's 6"6',
and it's just a
simple yes or no.
Have we high fived? Take
off your mask real quick.
No, no, this is not how...
We just have to... yeah.
Ooh, he took it back.
- Nick: Robin.
- Robin: All right.
This person that I'm thinking
of made his fame in California.
We saw a fishing tackle box,
and he mentioned a trident,
and his trident
turns into a shield.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Aquaman, Jason Momoa.
- Let's go!
- Wow.
- Whoa!
- Right here! Right there.
- That's not how you do cuddling.
- That's how I cuddle.
You guys definitely got hyped
for that, and one thing we know,
that was a hype performance by
the one and only Thingamabob.
So stay right here, Thingamabob.
We need Firefly, Cyclops,
and the Ram to come on out.
I have confidence
in my Team Good.
However, Thingamabob
separated himself from the pack
after that performance.
He's my favorite right now.
Audience and panel,
it's time for you to vote.
The two mystery celebrity
singers with the fewest votes
will fight for their right
to continue on in the duel.
I don't even know
who I'm rooting for.
I want them all to
win. The votes are in.
The two singers with the
least amount of votes...
are...
Just say something.
When I say your name,
please step forward.
Ram...
and Firefly.
- (crowd groans)
- Eric: What?
Nick: You're in the duel.
- Whoa.
- Oh!
Congrats to Cyclops
and Thingamabob.
You're safe, and you're
singing your way to next week.
Where did Firefly go?
She just walked off the stage.
It seems like we only
have Ram on the stage.
- Eric: But wait, is she coming back?
- Wow.
Thanks a lot for your patience.
So, Ram, you're here.
We're waiting to see
what happened with Firefly.
The Firefly flew... like,
literally flew off the stage.
Is she scared? Is she nervous?
Robin: I think she is surprised
that she's in the bottom two.
- Oh. We're all surprised.
- Well, I'm surprised she's in the bottom two.
I don't understand
how that happened.
Thingamabob took
us by surprise tonight.
- We fell in love.
- Right.
- And you can only vote for one.
- Eric: I do see that the vocal is important,
- but the performance...
- It's all together.
- The character.
- It's all one thing.
- It's a combo package.
- Man: Put your hands together for Miss Firefly!
- (cheers and applause)
- Here she comes.
- Whoo!
- Firefly!
All: Firefly, Firefly!
- (PA chatter) -
(chanting continues)
(chatter continues)
It's going down.
♪ Who, who, who, who
♪ Who is that?
Welcome back to "The Masked Singer:
The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly."
- Yeah!
- (Western music plays)
We've had some epic
performances tonight
all leading us to this
moment... the duel.
- All right?
- An actual real duel.
- There's some tumbleweed.
- Ken: Oh, no! Watch out, Nick.
- Keep going!
- Ken: Oh, no!
It's gradually getting away!
That was a slow gust of wind.
All right, bringing the
heat for Team Bad,
it's the Ram.
And slinging songs
for Team Good,
- it's Firefly!
- Come on, Team Good!
They'll both sing,
our panel votes.
One moves on to rep
their team another week
while the other
must take it off.
All right, get in position.
Your butt... all right,
that's about... that's good.
- Oh, the drama.
- Now take your ten paces.
(Western music playing)
- Uh-oh. Uh-oh!
- It's heating up.
Ooh, this is gonna be the
spiciest duel. Oh, my God!
You're first up.
Your duel starts now.
♪ Life is old there
♪ Older than the trees
♪ Younger than the mountains
♪ Blowing like a breeze
♪ Country roads
♪ Take me home
Please take me
home! ♪ To the place
- He said, "Take me home."
- ♪ I belong
♪ West Virginia
♪ Mountain mama
♪ Take me home
♪ Country roads
Nick: All right!
♪ You, you love it
how I move you ♪
♪ Love it how I touch you
♪ My one, when all
is said and done ♪
♪ You'll believe
God is a woman ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah
- ♪ Yeah, yeah - Yeah!
♪ Ooh, whoa
♪ When all is said and done
♪ You'll believe
God is a woman ♪
Nick: Wow!
God is a woman, indeed.
Let's see what the
panel has to say.
- Who wants to go first?
- Ken.
That was outstanding.
First of all, Ram,
with "Country Roads,"
you got everyone singing,
everyone up on their feet.
- Thanks, Ken.
- But, Firefly, the passion and determination
that you showed
tonight and this season,
it just shows me and all of us
how much you want to be here
and how much you
wanna win this thing.
- You are a fighter.
- Robin: Yeah.
- Ken: Outstanding.
- I am so proud
to be the panel representative
of Team Good because of Firefly!
- Nick: Now, E, you're our special guest.
- Yeah.
Let's talk about this duel.
Ram, my friend, who I believe
is someone I know very well...
Yeah, it seems like
y'all know each other.
Yeah, yeah. You belong on
a stage, so congratulations.
My favorite part was, "Please
take me home." That was great.
- He said, "Take me home!"
- Eric: I heard you. I heard you. Great job.
All right, you
heard the panelists.
Ram and Firefly dueled it out for the
last spot in next week's competition.
Panel, it's time to call it.
- Vote for your favorite.
- Huh.
Nick: The singer with
the least amount of votes
will be forced to unmask
and go back to their home,
where their chefs will prepare them
their favorite "Sorry you lost" meals.
The second mystery
singer of the season
leaving "The Masked
Singer" will be...
revealed right after the break.
Oh, man! You ain't right!
Come on! You really
do this in real life?
♪ Who, who, who, who
Welcome back to "The Masked Singer:
The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly."
The votes are in, and the
mystery celebrity singer
forced to unmask is...
- Aah! I hate this part, Eric.
- I hate this part too.
- The Ram.
- All: Oh!
Show your love for the
Ram! Firefly, you are safe!
- Yeah!
- You can join your team
in the race for the
Golden Mask Trophy.
Go ahead and head
backstage to homebase.
Go off, Ram!
All: Ram! Ram, Ram, Ram, Ram!
Nick: Ram, so
sorry to see you go,
but we are so excited
to see who you really are.
Panel, this is your last chance
to guess which celebrity
is under this mask.
I think I'm gonna double
down on my last guess.
He won a Daytime Emmy,
he's a host of a gameshow
called "Cash at Your Door,"
and we saw that piggy bank.
And we saw the quarter,
and he starred in a movie
called "Saving Silverman."
So I think this is Jason Biggs.
- Nice. Good guess.
- Nice, Jenny.
- Nicole?
- I think he might be an athlete,
and I know that Kelly Slater
has won several sports Emmys.
And there was some antlers.
He has his own surf ranch.
- Mmm.
- I'm gonna Kelly Slater. Why not?
- Great guess, great guess!
- Robin: Not a bad guess. That's a really good guess.
Today everything with the Emmys
goes back to an amazing
actor who has won Emmys,
Jason Sudeikis for "Ted Lasso."
Football, soccer...
This is Jason Sudeikis.
- I love that, Ken.
- I like...
I like the Ram is
making fun of you
the entire time you
were explaining.
No, it was respectful homage.
Well, well, well, here
we are again, Ram.
So I know we know each other,
and I thought, my costar Ty
Burrell is a massive Rams fan.
Then I went to another friend of
mine who's a massive Rams fan,
whose singing
voice I don't know,
but whose speaking
voice I know very well.
- Oh!
- Whoo!
Legendary broadcaster Joe Buck.
- Robin: Oh.
- Ken: What?
The thing that
threw it over for me
is when he kicked
something to me.
On "Domino Masters,"
he kicks it back to me.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Robin: Let me jump on that.
The earlier clue package
had a small horse,
and horses buck.
The body type, the confidence,
- that's gotta be Joe Buck!
- That... that...
Ken: Wow. That would be amazing.
Okay, panel, you've
made your final guesses.
Let's see if any
of you are close.
Audience, you know
what it is. Say it with me.
- All: Take it off! Take it off!
- ♪ Who are you?
Take it off! Take it off!
♪ Who, who, who, who,
I really wanna know ♪
Take it off!
Take it off! Who is this?
Come on! Just take it off!
- Joe!
- Take it off!
- ♪ ...are you?
- Robin: Yeah!
- Eight-time...
- You called it.
Emmy award winning superstar
sportscaster, my man, Joe Buck!
- Yo, what a night!
- You did it.
- I did it!
- You did it!
- I did it! I did it!
- You did it!
- Bad to the bone Stone!
- I did it!
Nick: Stonestreet guessed it.
- Man, he called it.
- Joe!
- Eric!
- How do you guys know each other?
When you pointed at me
and then kicked it to me,
I was like, well, clearly we
know each other or something.
And then I thought
of "Domino Masters"
and how I kick it to
you, you kick it to me.
Now I don't know if that's what
you meant, but that's where I went.
I was just trying to
look a little bit alive,
and so that's all I
could come up with.
- Wow.
- Awesome!
Clearly you're a
master at your craft,
but what made you bring
your talents to this stage?
Well, you know,
honestly, 11 years ago
- I had a paralyzed vocal cord.
- Wow.
So to come out
here 11 years later
and kinda throw my
nerves to the wind
- and sing in front of this great audience...
- Wow.
I was like, hey,
you know, why not?
Let's give it a shot.
What did the clue
Hamlet by Macbeth mean?
It was play by play. I
do play by play of games.
- All: Oh!
- Oh! Play by play.
Why was there a quarter
going into the piggy bank?
Because my broadcast
partner for 20 years on Fox
- is quarterback Troy Aikman.
- Robin: Troy Aikman.
- All: Oh.
- Jenny: Oh, oh, oh!
Did you think I was
onto you at any point?
Yeah, I felt it.
And we have this thing
because now I'm
part of your show
"Domino Masters" on Fox.
- Yeah, yeah!
- Yeah.
Yes!
So, I mean, say hello to
Emmy number nine, right?
- Yeah!
- Ooh! And three!
Joe Buck, ladies and gentlemen!
Thank you so much for
being such a good sport.
Next time, we're back
with Firefly for Team Good,
Cyclops for Team Bad, and
Thingamabob for Team Cuddly.
That's right, it's
the final showdown,
where we will be
eliminating not one,
but two celebrity singers,
leaving just one
round one competitor
to move on to the season finale.
But right now, here to perform
unmasked once and for all,
the artist formerly
known as the Ram,
it's Joe Buck!
♪ I want you to want me
♪ I need you to need me
♪ I'd love you to love me
♪ I'm begging you to beg me
♪ Shine up my old brown shoes ♪
♪ Put on a brand new shirt
♪ I'd get home early from work
♪ If you'd say
that you love me ♪
- Ay, ay, ay!
- Someone help her.
- Somebody go up there!
She's choking.
Nick: Last week's premiere
was jaw-dropping.
We met our first batch
of the Good,
the Bad,
and the Cuddly.
- Oh!
- He just sang his head off!
And just like that, we had
our first celebrity unmasking.
Duff Goldman!
Tonight anything can happen.
I think this could
be Jason Biggs.
I'm not dissing on Biggs,
but he couldn't fill this out.
All: Oh!
Ladies and gentlemen,
Aquaman, Jason Momoa.
- Let's go!
- Calm down.
We have our first ever duel,
where two singers
will go mask to mask,
and one will take it off.
♪ Who are you?
♪ Who, who, who
♪ Come on, tell
me, who are you? ♪
♪ Who are you?
Oh.
♪ Who, who, who
♪ Oh, I really wanna know
♪ Who are you?
- Robin: Yeah!
- Wow! Look at him.
Welcome to America's
best kept secret,
"The Masked Singer: The
Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly."
- Ken: Wow!
- Nicole: Whoo!
Tonight our round
one mystery singers
will fight to avoid
an unmasking.
- Oh!
- After all four perform,
there will be a vote,
and the bottom two will
sing in a show-stopping duel.
- Ooh.
- (Western music plays)
Yeah. And one will
be forced to unmask
and reveal their
famous features,
heading back to their celebrity
home made of solid gold.
Are you guys ready for another
bonkers night of "The Masked Singer?"
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
Yes, yes! We are indeed!
And what would the
show be without the four
that always bring the party?
Say hello to your
panel of detectives.
Ken: Yeah!
Robin: Yeah!
Nicole: Whoo!
- Yeah, thank you.
- Ken: Yes!
Whoo!
Tonight we have a
brand new guest detective.
- Ooh.
- Come on out.
- Oh, what?
- What?
Whoo!
- Ken: Whoa!
- Robin: Yeah!
Ken: Oh, my God.
Clap! ♪ P-p-push it real... oh!
Oh, my gosh.
Y'all think you know who it is?
He got moves!
Oh, don't hurt him!
Don't hurt him. Don't hurt him.
- Oh!
- I love it.
Panel, you guys
wanna see who it is?
- It's a no lose.
- Yeah!
You know the
catchphrase. Say it with me.
All: Take it off!
Take it off! Take
it off! Take it off!
Nicole: Take it off!
- Robin: Yes!
- Ken: Yeah!
You know him from
"Modern Family,"
and now he's hosting
"Domino Masters"
right here on Fox.
The one and only, the
brilliant Eric Stonestreet!
Huzzah!
Man, thank you so
much for being here, man.
Aw, dude, this is so awesome.
I'm such a fan of the show,
and I'm actually in the
arena and seeing you all!
- Yeah!
- Now you know this season
we've divided our
singers into groups,
the Good, the Bad,
and the Cuddly,
so what group
you gonna be in, E?
Ooh, I think, uh,
you look at me...
I think you look at me,
and you think "good."
But the truth is, I'm bad!
- Okay!
- Yes!
Nick: There it is.
Go ahead and cuddle
in the huddle, baby.
- Yeah.
- Join the panel up there.
Bad to the bone Stonestreet.
Before we get into
our first performance,
let's check in with our teams
hanging out at their homebases.
One member down, it
has to be Team Good.
Probably looking
up ways to cheat,
it has to be the Bad.
- Robin: Hey, yeah.
- Jenny: Oh, yes!
And back there keeping
it loveable and fun,
- it's the Cuddly.
- Robin: Yeah!
Jenny: Overrated.
And kicking us off
tonight from Team Good,
it's Firefly.
Let's see how she did last week.
♪ Now we're flying
through the... ♪
Ooh.
(coughing)
Somebody needs to help her.
Someone needs to help her!
She's choking.
Firefly: In this business,
the show must go on.
All right, come on.
Let's get it. Let's get it.
Okay.
♪ Hope this night
will last forever ♪
- Oh!
- Yeah!
That was one of the best
performances in all the seasons.
I am so proud that you
represent Team Good.
After last week, I had so
much pressure on my shoulders.
I'm the only member from
Team Good left this round,
and I want to make them proud.
Come on, Team Good!
♪ You know, you
♪ You make me
feel so good inside ♪
Ay!
♪ Where have you
come from, baby ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, let
me take you there ♪
♪ Right away, won't you, baby? ♪
♪ Tenderoni, you've got to be ♪
♪ Spark my nature,
sugar, fly with me ♪
♪ Don't you know now
is the perfect time? ♪
♪ We can make it
right, hit the city lights ♪
♪ Then tonight, ease
the love and pain ♪
♪ Let me take you to the max
- ♪ I want to love
you - ♪ P. Y. T.
- ♪ Pretty young thing - Yes!
- ♪ Do you need some loving?
- ♪ T. L. C.
♪ Tender loving care
♪ I'll take you there
Whoo!
♪ Pretty young thing
Jenny: Whoo! Yes!
Nicole: That's a dancer.
- Jenny: Oh!
- ♪ Pretty young thing
♪ Repeat after me
♪ I said, "Na, na, na"
♪ Na, na, na
♪ Na, na, na, na
♪ Na, na, na, na
♪ I said, "Na, na, na"
♪ Na, na, na, na, na
♪ Ooh, take you
there, take you there ♪
- ♪ I want to love
you - ♪ P. Y. T.
♪ Pretty young thing,
you need some loving ♪
- ♪ T. L. C.
- ♪ Tender loving care
♪ I'm gonna take you there
- Whoo!
- ♪ Let's go
- ♪ I want to love
you - ♪ P. Y. T.
♪ Pretty young thing
- ♪ You need some
loving - ♪ T. L. C.
♪ Tender loving care
♪ I'll
♪ Take you there
- ♪ I want to love
you - ♪ P. Y. T.
- Yes!
- Yeah!
- Jenny: Yes!
- Nicole: Oh, my God. Look at those legs.
- Nick: Wow!
- Robin: Firefly!
- Way to set it off!
- Whoo!
And she got the M. J.
Pose! She ain't move yet.
- Whoo!
- Mind blown! Mind blown! Mind blown!
I know y'all had to be
feeling it like I was feeling it.
Jenny: Feeling
it! Feeling it! Yes!
- Robin: Get 'em, Nick!
- Nicole: First of all, we got to see you dance and move.
Like, you was making our
bodies move and groove
in ways I haven't
done in a minute.
It felt so good!
- Maybe it's somebody with a dance background.
- Jenny: Totally.
What a way to kick off the show
with an effortless performance.
There's a reason that you are
"Masked Singer" winner worthy,
- and that was tonight.
- Yeah.
All right, now all of our
mystery singers tonight
will be showing you
guys a mega clue
to help you get
a little bit closer
to see who's up under the mask.
It's called "mega"
because it's game-changing.
Men in black, bring
out the mega clue.
- Mega clue!
- Oh!
♪ Clap along if you know
what happiness is to you ♪
Yeah! Wait. What is that?
Robin: Oh!
Jenny: Oh, this is gonna
be good. A little puzzle.
- Oh!
- Robin: It's Skateboard P.
Nicole: Oh, it's Pharrell!
I mean, Pharrell is
one of the major keys
of my career.
- Wow.
- Jenny: She said keys.
- Keys! She said Keys!
- Nick: The mega keys.
Okay, I was honestly
thinking Aisha Tyler.
- Ah.
- Ooh!
Jenny: That's not a bad
guess, because last time
we saw a clue where there was a
microphone stand, like a stand-up comedian.
Okay, because I was in a
Weird Al Yankovic called "Tacky,"
which is a spoof of
"Happy" with Aisha Tyler!
- No way!
- Wow!
- So then that makes sense.
- Robin: That's a good guess.
There's another name
that came to mind
when I was hearing
you sing today.
As the clue package
showed Tyler Perry,
she actually did two songs
on the "Why Did I Get
Married?" soundtrack.
And she's worked with
Pharrell, as we all have.
- Well, I haven't, but...
- Well, I haven't.
- I haven't.
- Yeah, me and Eric.
I think this is Keyshia Cole.
Ooh, I love me
some Keyshia Cole!
It's not bad. All right.
Nicole, what you bringing up?
I really love this artist,
and I'm loving Firefly,
and Pharrell was really
inspired by this artist.
He named his record label
I Am Other after Lauryn Hill.
- Oh.
- Nicole: Yes.
That's a great guess. Yeah.
Great guesses but an
even better performance.
Y'all keep it going for
the one and only Firefly.
Ken: Outstanding.
Head on back to the homebase.
Men in black, come help her out.
We are dying to
hear what you think.
Get on Twitter,
use that hashtag,
♪ TheMaskedSinger,
and tell us your guesses.
Tonight's clash of the Good,
the Bad, and the Cuddly
has just begun.
Don't go too far.
This is "The Masked
Singer" on Fox.
- Coming up...
- Yes!
Two mystery celebrity singers
will fight to continue
on in the duel.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Who will they be and who will be unmasked?
- Nick: Leaving "The Masked Singer" is...
- Take it off!
Oh!
♪ Who, who, who,
who, who is that? ♪
Welcome back to "The Masked Singer:
The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly."
Yes!
- (Western music
plays) - (squeaking)
Next up from Team
Bad, it's Cyclops.
Wow.
Are you in a competition
with me and Robin
to see if who can
show off more chest?
There is no competition.
I've got you both beat.
Last week, Cyclops
sacrificed everything
to move in the competition.
Check out how it all went down.
♪ I just want to say
♪ Hello again
All: Cyclops, Cyclops!
- That performance was lit!
- Yeah!
Tonight, I'm gonna show the
panel another side to my bad self.
So hold on. So he was bad?
- Yeah.
- Jenny: Yep, he's on my team,
- Team Baddie.
- What'd you choose?
Cuddly. Thank you for asking.
I'm Cuddly, too.
Nick: Make some
noise for Cyclops!
Whoo!
♪ We're caught in a trap
♪ I can't walk out
♪ Because I love
you too much, baby ♪
Who the heck?
♪ Why can't you see
♪ What you're doing to me
♪ When you don't believe
a word I'm saying? ♪
- Ken: Wow.
- What a beautiful voice.
♪ We can't go on together
♪ With suspicious minds
♪ And we can't
build our dreams ♪
♪ On suspicious minds
That voice sounds so familiar.
♪ Oh, let our love survive
♪ I'll dry the tears
from your eyes ♪
♪ Just don't let a
good thing die ♪
♪ 'Cause honey, you
know I'd never lie to you ♪
♪ Mmm
♪ Yeah, yeah
♪ We're caught in a trap
♪ I can't walk out
♪ Because I love you
♪ Too much, baby
Cyclops, yeah!
Whoo! Whoo.
Nick: Cyclops.
Big energy right
there from the big guy
- singing his eye out.
- Robin: Yes.
Your voice resonated
completely different this week.
We don't know what's
coming from you,
so you're the unpredictable
wild card right now.
Ken: Yeah.
How has this experience
been for you so far?
All I wanted to do was
make it past the first week.
Now that I've done
that, I'm here to have fun.
- Aw.
- Yay!
I don't know about you, but we could
use some more help with some clues, right?
- Yeah, I want a mega clue. Give me a mega clue.
- I need something.
- Bring out the mega clue.
- Mega clue!
Mega clue!
- (Robin vocalizing) -
Nicole: What is that?
(both vocalizing)
- Whoa!
- Oh, snap!
Cyclops, what can you tell us
about this interesting mega clue?
Legend has it
that this meteorite
was found in a nook
in Ken's backyard
from a galaxy far, far away.
- In my backyard?
- But do you see this too?
It says this meteorite
crashed to Earth in 1988.
1988.
Ooh!
Okay, meteorite comes
from what? Galaxies.
- Oh, okay.
- And what do you do with a galaxy?
- You guard it.
- You guard it!
Jenny's the only one right.
You've got a
Guardian of the Galaxy.
There's a comic book that we
saw in the package last week.
- This might be Chris Pratt.
- Oh, my gosh.
And his character Peter Quill, who
was abducted from Earth in 1988...
Aw, that's good.
E, you picking up
on anything, man?
You know, that meteorite,
that's a rock from space.
- Yeah.
- And there's no better performer than a guy
that was on a show called
"Third Rock from the Sun,"
John Lithgow.
That's a great guess.
Robin: You go, Eric. You go.
So I was thinking
meteorite, rock.
I think it's a rock star.
That's good.
I'm thinking this
might be Rob Thomas
from Matchbox Twenty.
- Matchbox Twenty.
- Yeah.
So last week, the package took
place in the middle of the night.
They have a song called "3AM."
We saw the compass. Southeast.
Oh, that's right.
Matchbox 20 is from
Orlando, Florida, y'all.
- Whoa.
- I like it. I like it.
Nick: Some great
guesses from our panel.
An even better performance
from this rock star onstage.
Cyclops, you sang your eye off.
We love you, Cyclops!
- Awesome job!
- Nick: Now head on back to your homebase.
Men in black, help
the big guy out.
- I think he's older.
- When he sung last week...
- It was not like that?
- Not at all.
Do you know who's
behind the mask?
We wanna hear from you.
Tweet us up using that
hashtag, #TheMaskedSinger.
With all the madness that
happens on "The Masked Singer,"
this season we wanted to give
you more behind the scenes fun
and hear what our mystery
singers are really thinking.
Enter the Truth Booth,
a safe space for the Good,
the Bad, and the Cuddly
to speak their truth.
It's completely confidential.
I don't know, man.
Firefly sounds pretty fire,
but I'm about to
extinguish that fire.
Don't let my cuddly
side fool you, okay?
She has no idea who I am
or what she's up against.
You know what they say,
good always conquers bad.
Cyclops and Ram,
you're going down.
I'm about to fade
out the competition.
I'm on next for Team Bad,
and if someone has
an issue with me,
they can come
and say it to my face
as soon as they
figure out who I am.
Eric, your new show "Domino
Masters" sounds awesome!
It's great.
They have 16 hours to build
these giant artistic
builds with dominos
and everything you can think of.
What if one falls?
That's why you watch the show.
I love that.
♪ Who, who, who, who
♪ Who is that?
Oh, yeah, you're watching
the best guessing game
to ever hit your living
room, "The Masked Singer."
Nick: Let's get on
with the competition.
Last week, the Ram
proved that he can really jam.
Let's check it out.
Last week, I rocked that stage.
♪ Didn't I, didn't I,
didn't I see you crying? ♪
I loved the commitment,
the conviction,
and the confidence!
- I'm here for it!
- We had so many football clues.
This has gotta be an NFL star.
We do know that that was
an awesome performance.
Tonight I'm gonna be
blazing my own trail,
and people better
get out of the way.
(roars)
- Jenny: Who's he pointing at?
- Ken: It's like they know each other.
- Who's he pointing at?
- Okay.
Ken: Uh-oh. Whoa.
- You saw that, right?
- I saw that, dude.
I'm not making that stuff up.
I feel like I know his posture.
Nick: Make some
noise for the Ram.
♪ Run and tell
all of the angels ♪
♪ This could take all night
It sounds good!
♪ Think I need a devil to
help me get things right ♪
♪ Hook me up a new revolution ♪
♪ 'Cause this one is a lie
♪ We sat around laughing
♪ And watch the last one die
♪ Now I'm looking to
the sky to save me ♪
♪ Looking for a sign of life
♪ Looking for something
to help me burn out bright ♪
Yes!
♪ And I'm looking
for a complication ♪
♪ Looking 'cause
I'm tired of trying ♪
♪ Make my way back home
♪ When I learn to fly
♪ High
♪ Make my way back home
♪ When I learn to fly
♪ Make my way back home
♪ When I learn to
Ken: Yes!
Oh, my gosh! I feel
like I know them.
- Yeah! Man.
- That was epic.
Jenny: Yeah, Team Bad! Team Bad!
- Robin: Yeah! Whoo!
- That was pretty impressive.
E, you're our special guest
here, man, and you're on your feet.
You have this look on your face
like you are happy to be here.
Yeah, I sure do. You
know, I'm happy to be here,
but I feel like this person
and I know each other
because when this started,
you pointed right at me.
And then you made a foot gesture
like you were kicking
my butt or something.
Jenny: If you know
him, maybe he's a costar.
I know. I'm gonna
marinate on this.
But great job. It was
awesome listening to you.
- Definitely a great job.
- Thank you, one and all,
including the special
guest, Old E over there.
- Old E.
- Oh, he must know you!
- Is that your nickname?
- I mean, he is fricking on me!
- Nicole: Yeah.
- Who is he?
He's giving out clues. I feel like
we need some more though, right?
We need more than a clue!
All: We need a mega clue!
- (vocalizing) -
Ken: Oh, my God!
Men in black, bring
out the mega clue.
Mega clue!
♪ Mega clue
(music playing)
- (vocalizing)
- ♪ Mega clue
And the Emmy goes to...
Jenny: Ooh, maybe an actor?
Ram!
- Oh, wow.
- Ram: I mean, come on.
Nick: What can you
tell us about this clue?
I'm gonna add this
to my collection.
- Whoa! Dude.
- Nick: You got it?
In last week's package,
there was a football referee.
And guess what? In England,
what do you call soccer?
Football!
Now he won an Emmy,
so I am thinking this
is Ted Lasso himself,
- Jason Sudeikis.
- Robin: Oh.
Eric: I don't think
that's Jason Sudeikis,
but you got me
on something here.
Because that makes me think of
somebody who's a Rams fan that I know.
Could you be hiding
yourself, Ty Burrell?
- Oh, my God! Ty Burrell?
- Could that be Ty?
Robin: Ty Burrell.
Jenny: That's a
pretty good guess.
Ken: I love it.
But someone else came to mind
who's won a Daytime Emmy.
Also has a gameshow
called "Cash at Your Door,"
and we saw a
piggy bank last time.
I think this could
be Jason Biggs.
- Ooh.
- Ram: Wow.
- Nicole: That's cool.
- Ken: I love Jason.
He's a great guy. I'm
not dissing on Biggs.
But he couldn't fill this out.
- All: Oh!
- See...
- Jenny: I think he's tricking us.
- You hear that, Jason Biggs?
That's some Ram
talk right there!
A little slice of
American pie, right there.
- Ram: That's right.
- That guy just rammed you.
- Wow!
- Well, he just knocked out this performance, right?
All: Yeah!
Y'all keep it going for the Ram.
Was the Ram a big enough hit
to make it to the season finale,
or did he crash and burn
his way into the duel?
If you guys know who's behind the
mask, I wanna know what you're thinking.
Tweet us by using that
hashtag, #The Masked Singer.
Let's hear it from the
famous person they call BFF.
Ram, it's Kate here.
I just want you to know
that I am cheering you on.
You're looking super strong
on "The Masked Singer,"
and I'm rooting for
you to get to the finals.
Get it, get it!
Cheers. Cheers.
Nick: Which one
of our contestants'
absolutely massive entourage
is starting wars backstage
at "The Masked Singer?"
TMZ has the scoop.
♪ Who, who, who,
who, who is that? ♪
Welcome back to the Good, the Bad, and
the Cuddly here on "The Masked Singer."
Now Thingamabob,
you are a very big guy.
Do you think you
could bench press Ken?
I think I could bench press
Ken when I was eight years old.
How dare you? How dare you?
Last week Thingamabob gave
Bon Jovi a good name. Take a look.
Thingamabob: I knew it was
game time opening up the season,
and I rocked it.
♪ It's all the same
Jenny: Oh, wow! He can sing!
Way to kick off
season seven premiere!
That was out of control amazing!
- ♪ 'Cause I'm a
cowboy - All: Yes!
Jenny: Look how much
bigger he is than Nick.
He's like a defensive lineman.
A lot of people think
I'm big and scary,
but tonight I'm gonna
show my cuddly side.
Thingamabob is gonna be a force to
be reckoned with in this competition.
Whoo!
Okay, this is a big dude.
He's a beast, dude.
Make some noise for Thingamabob.
♪ Well, I found a love for me
Oh, my God.
♪ Darling, just dive right in ♪
♪ Follow my lead
♪ I found a girl
♪ Beautiful and sweet
♪ I never knew you were
that someone waiting for me ♪
Oh!
♪ 'Cause we were just
kids when we fell in love ♪
♪ Not knowing what it was
♪ I will not give you up
♪ This time
Oh!
♪ Darling, just kiss me slow ♪
♪ Your heart is all I own
♪ And in your eyes
you're holding mine ♪
That voice sounds familiar.
♪ Baby, I'm
dancing in the dark ♪
♪ With you between my arms
♪ Barefoot on the grass
♪ Listening to
our favorite song ♪
♪ I have faith in what I see
♪ Now I know I
have met an angel ♪
♪ In person
♪ And she looks perfect
♪ No, I don't deserve this
♪ You look perfect tonight
Jenny: Oh, that was so sweet!
- He's so good!
- He's so good!
Oh, he's adorable.
Jenny: He's so good!
That was awesome.
Nick: Everybody
is on their feet.
You just connected with me, man.
Just... thank you for this, man.
I just... this is why
the show is so special.
You are why I do this
show, and this is the best...
My favorite performance
of the season.
Thanks, man.
Robin: We can feel what kind of a
human being you are when you sing.
You can't make
us feel all of that
if you don't have
all of that inside you.
So I think that you are
the absolute frontrunner
for this season because
of the combination
of everything that
you have to offer.
- Oh, wow.
- So before we go any further,
let's take a look at
Thingamabob's clue.
Men in black, bring
out the mega clue.
Mega clue!
♪ It's the mega clue
Robin and Jenny: Shields.
- Ooh.
- Cuddly shield?
- Is that an Avengers shield?
- Oh, yes, it is!
- Calm down, son.
- We're excited, Nick!
Thingamabob, tell us
about this mega clue.
I left my trident backstage,
but I still wanted to
rock these shields
to show America
I'm ready for battle!
Whoa!
Jenny: I think that
really helped me
because I just watched the
movie "Moana" with my son,
and the Rock, I didn't
know he could sing.
And with that size, and
now that I see the shield,
I remember there was
a famous match at WWE
when the Rock was
attacked by the Shield.
Hello, the Rock.
Eric: Yeah, Dwayne
Johnson. The Rock.
E, got anything better?
I hate to keep thinking
that I know everyone,
but I feel like I might
know this person.
- What?
- I feel like I've high-fived
this person at Dodger Stadium.
- Mmm.
- Who carries shields? Police officers.
This person I'm thinking of
has been on a police drama.
I think we're staring at
Omar Benson Miller, the actor.
- Ken: Oh, good guess.
- Eric: He's 6"6',
and it's just a
simple yes or no.
Have we high fived? Take
off your mask real quick.
No, no, this is not how...
We just have to... yeah.
Ooh, he took it back.
- Nick: Robin.
- Robin: All right.
This person that I'm thinking
of made his fame in California.
We saw a fishing tackle box,
and he mentioned a trident,
and his trident
turns into a shield.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Aquaman, Jason Momoa.
- Let's go!
- Wow.
- Whoa!
- Right here! Right there.
- That's not how you do cuddling.
- That's how I cuddle.
You guys definitely got hyped
for that, and one thing we know,
that was a hype performance by
the one and only Thingamabob.
So stay right here, Thingamabob.
We need Firefly, Cyclops,
and the Ram to come on out.
I have confidence
in my Team Good.
However, Thingamabob
separated himself from the pack
after that performance.
He's my favorite right now.
Audience and panel,
it's time for you to vote.
The two mystery celebrity
singers with the fewest votes
will fight for their right
to continue on in the duel.
I don't even know
who I'm rooting for.
I want them all to
win. The votes are in.
The two singers with the
least amount of votes...
are...
Just say something.
When I say your name,
please step forward.
Ram...
and Firefly.
- (crowd groans)
- Eric: What?
Nick: You're in the duel.
- Whoa.
- Oh!
Congrats to Cyclops
and Thingamabob.
You're safe, and you're
singing your way to next week.
Where did Firefly go?
She just walked off the stage.
It seems like we only
have Ram on the stage.
- Eric: But wait, is she coming back?
- Wow.
Thanks a lot for your patience.
So, Ram, you're here.
We're waiting to see
what happened with Firefly.
The Firefly flew... like,
literally flew off the stage.
Is she scared? Is she nervous?
Robin: I think she is surprised
that she's in the bottom two.
- Oh. We're all surprised.
- Well, I'm surprised she's in the bottom two.
I don't understand
how that happened.
Thingamabob took
us by surprise tonight.
- We fell in love.
- Right.
- And you can only vote for one.
- Eric: I do see that the vocal is important,
- but the performance...
- It's all together.
- The character.
- It's all one thing.
- It's a combo package.
- Man: Put your hands together for Miss Firefly!
- (cheers and applause)
- Here she comes.
- Whoo!
- Firefly!
All: Firefly, Firefly!
- (PA chatter) -
(chanting continues)
(chatter continues)
It's going down.
♪ Who, who, who, who
♪ Who is that?
Welcome back to "The Masked Singer:
The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly."
- Yeah!
- (Western music plays)
We've had some epic
performances tonight
all leading us to this
moment... the duel.
- All right?
- An actual real duel.
- There's some tumbleweed.
- Ken: Oh, no! Watch out, Nick.
- Keep going!
- Ken: Oh, no!
It's gradually getting away!
That was a slow gust of wind.
All right, bringing the
heat for Team Bad,
it's the Ram.
And slinging songs
for Team Good,
- it's Firefly!
- Come on, Team Good!
They'll both sing,
our panel votes.
One moves on to rep
their team another week
while the other
must take it off.
All right, get in position.
Your butt... all right,
that's about... that's good.
- Oh, the drama.
- Now take your ten paces.
(Western music playing)
- Uh-oh. Uh-oh!
- It's heating up.
Ooh, this is gonna be the
spiciest duel. Oh, my God!
You're first up.
Your duel starts now.
♪ Life is old there
♪ Older than the trees
♪ Younger than the mountains
♪ Blowing like a breeze
♪ Country roads
♪ Take me home
Please take me
home! ♪ To the place
- He said, "Take me home."
- ♪ I belong
♪ West Virginia
♪ Mountain mama
♪ Take me home
♪ Country roads
Nick: All right!
♪ You, you love it
how I move you ♪
♪ Love it how I touch you
♪ My one, when all
is said and done ♪
♪ You'll believe
God is a woman ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah
- ♪ Yeah, yeah - Yeah!
♪ Ooh, whoa
♪ When all is said and done
♪ You'll believe
God is a woman ♪
Nick: Wow!
God is a woman, indeed.
Let's see what the
panel has to say.
- Who wants to go first?
- Ken.
That was outstanding.
First of all, Ram,
with "Country Roads,"
you got everyone singing,
everyone up on their feet.
- Thanks, Ken.
- But, Firefly, the passion and determination
that you showed
tonight and this season,
it just shows me and all of us
how much you want to be here
and how much you
wanna win this thing.
- You are a fighter.
- Robin: Yeah.
- Ken: Outstanding.
- I am so proud
to be the panel representative
of Team Good because of Firefly!
- Nick: Now, E, you're our special guest.
- Yeah.
Let's talk about this duel.
Ram, my friend, who I believe
is someone I know very well...
Yeah, it seems like
y'all know each other.
Yeah, yeah. You belong on
a stage, so congratulations.
My favorite part was, "Please
take me home." That was great.
- He said, "Take me home!"
- Eric: I heard you. I heard you. Great job.
All right, you
heard the panelists.
Ram and Firefly dueled it out for the
last spot in next week's competition.
Panel, it's time to call it.
- Vote for your favorite.
- Huh.
Nick: The singer with
the least amount of votes
will be forced to unmask
and go back to their home,
where their chefs will prepare them
their favorite "Sorry you lost" meals.
The second mystery
singer of the season
leaving "The Masked
Singer" will be...
revealed right after the break.
Oh, man! You ain't right!
Come on! You really
do this in real life?
♪ Who, who, who, who
Welcome back to "The Masked Singer:
The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly."
The votes are in, and the
mystery celebrity singer
forced to unmask is...
- Aah! I hate this part, Eric.
- I hate this part too.
- The Ram.
- All: Oh!
Show your love for the
Ram! Firefly, you are safe!
- Yeah!
- You can join your team
in the race for the
Golden Mask Trophy.
Go ahead and head
backstage to homebase.
Go off, Ram!
All: Ram! Ram, Ram, Ram, Ram!
Nick: Ram, so
sorry to see you go,
but we are so excited
to see who you really are.
Panel, this is your last chance
to guess which celebrity
is under this mask.
I think I'm gonna double
down on my last guess.
He won a Daytime Emmy,
he's a host of a gameshow
called "Cash at Your Door,"
and we saw that piggy bank.
And we saw the quarter,
and he starred in a movie
called "Saving Silverman."
So I think this is Jason Biggs.
- Nice. Good guess.
- Nice, Jenny.
- Nicole?
- I think he might be an athlete,
and I know that Kelly Slater
has won several sports Emmys.
And there was some antlers.
He has his own surf ranch.
- Mmm.
- I'm gonna Kelly Slater. Why not?
- Great guess, great guess!
- Robin: Not a bad guess. That's a really good guess.
Today everything with the Emmys
goes back to an amazing
actor who has won Emmys,
Jason Sudeikis for "Ted Lasso."
Football, soccer...
This is Jason Sudeikis.
- I love that, Ken.
- I like...
I like the Ram is
making fun of you
the entire time you
were explaining.
No, it was respectful homage.
Well, well, well, here
we are again, Ram.
So I know we know each other,
and I thought, my costar Ty
Burrell is a massive Rams fan.
Then I went to another friend of
mine who's a massive Rams fan,
whose singing
voice I don't know,
but whose speaking
voice I know very well.
- Oh!
- Whoo!
Legendary broadcaster Joe Buck.
- Robin: Oh.
- Ken: What?
The thing that
threw it over for me
is when he kicked
something to me.
On "Domino Masters,"
he kicks it back to me.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Robin: Let me jump on that.
The earlier clue package
had a small horse,
and horses buck.
The body type, the confidence,
- that's gotta be Joe Buck!
- That... that...
Ken: Wow. That would be amazing.
Okay, panel, you've
made your final guesses.
Let's see if any
of you are close.
Audience, you know
what it is. Say it with me.
- All: Take it off! Take it off!
- ♪ Who are you?
Take it off! Take it off!
♪ Who, who, who, who,
I really wanna know ♪
Take it off!
Take it off! Who is this?
Come on! Just take it off!
- Joe!
- Take it off!
- ♪ ...are you?
- Robin: Yeah!
- Eight-time...
- You called it.
Emmy award winning superstar
sportscaster, my man, Joe Buck!
- Yo, what a night!
- You did it.
- I did it!
- You did it!
- I did it! I did it!
- You did it!
- Bad to the bone Stone!
- I did it!
Nick: Stonestreet guessed it.
- Man, he called it.
- Joe!
- Eric!
- How do you guys know each other?
When you pointed at me
and then kicked it to me,
I was like, well, clearly we
know each other or something.
And then I thought
of "Domino Masters"
and how I kick it to
you, you kick it to me.
Now I don't know if that's what
you meant, but that's where I went.
I was just trying to
look a little bit alive,
and so that's all I
could come up with.
- Wow.
- Awesome!
Clearly you're a
master at your craft,
but what made you bring
your talents to this stage?
Well, you know,
honestly, 11 years ago
- I had a paralyzed vocal cord.
- Wow.
So to come out
here 11 years later
and kinda throw my
nerves to the wind
- and sing in front of this great audience...
- Wow.
I was like, hey,
you know, why not?
Let's give it a shot.
What did the clue
Hamlet by Macbeth mean?
It was play by play. I
do play by play of games.
- All: Oh!
- Oh! Play by play.
Why was there a quarter
going into the piggy bank?
Because my broadcast
partner for 20 years on Fox
- is quarterback Troy Aikman.
- Robin: Troy Aikman.
- All: Oh.
- Jenny: Oh, oh, oh!
Did you think I was
onto you at any point?
Yeah, I felt it.
And we have this thing
because now I'm
part of your show
"Domino Masters" on Fox.
- Yeah, yeah!
- Yeah.
Yes!
So, I mean, say hello to
Emmy number nine, right?
- Yeah!
- Ooh! And three!
Joe Buck, ladies and gentlemen!
Thank you so much for
being such a good sport.
Next time, we're back
with Firefly for Team Good,
Cyclops for Team Bad, and
Thingamabob for Team Cuddly.
That's right, it's
the final showdown,
where we will be
eliminating not one,
but two celebrity singers,
leaving just one
round one competitor
to move on to the season finale.
But right now, here to perform
unmasked once and for all,
the artist formerly
known as the Ram,
it's Joe Buck!
♪ I want you to want me
♪ I need you to need me
♪ I'd love you to love me
♪ I'm begging you to beg me
♪ Shine up my old brown shoes ♪
♪ Put on a brand new shirt
♪ I'd get home early from work
♪ If you'd say
that you love me ♪