Ken Jeong Talks Competing connected "The Masked Singer" successful Korea
The Masked Singer returned with a legendary start.
The Feb. 15 play premiere of the personage singing contention introduced a marque caller Masked Singer stage successful beforehand of the largest workplace assemblage successful the show's history. Even much importantly, it introduced 3 marque caller mysterious personage singers.
First up, Mustang performed Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" pursuing a hint bundle that included a soap bucket, barbells, a notation to Elvis and the information that the celeb has "almost died much times than I tin count."
Next, Gnome deed the signifier and sang Billie Holiday's "When You're Smiling" aft a hint bundle that featured umbrellas, a trophy with Tony Danza's look connected it and the cognition that the celeb—who stayed stationary for his full performance—has worked with Robin Williams, Ben Stiller, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Madonna.
Medusa performed last, singing an energetic mentation of Billie Eilish's "Happier Than Ever" preceded by clues that included a representation of Buckingham Palace, a notation to the Super Bowl and the information that Medusa has "been present before."
After the 3 performed, it was clip for the archetypal elimination of the season. With the 3 celebs successful a semi-circle astir big Nick Cannon, helium revealed that Gnome was the season's archetypal unmasking.
The cute carnal was revealed to beryllium nary different than 97-year-old icon Dick Van Dyke, the prima of The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Poppins.
The Masked Singer sheet was stunned to spot the legendary actor, particularly panelist Nicole Scherzinger, who burst into tears.
"The satellite loves you truthful much," Nicole told Dick. "It's an grant to person you connected this show. I can't judge you're here."
With the Gnome gone, Mustang and Medusa were near to vie successful the Battle Royale. Both singers enactment their unsocial rotation connected Rihanna's "Diamonds," with Medusa yet prevailing.
Mustang was unmasked arsenic state euphony vocalist Sara Evans. As for her hint astir "almost" dying aggregate times, Sara was deed by a car erstwhile she was 8 years old, which she detailed successful her 2020 memoir Born to Fly.
"My ma told maine that erstwhile the car struck me, I landed 80 feet disconnected the road," she wrote. "When they recovered me, I was curled up successful a shot with my near limb mangled and twisted and astir severed successful two. They each thought I was dead."
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The Masked Singer returns for ABBA Week connected Feb. 22 astatine 8 p.m. connected Fox.
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