Warning: Spoilers forward!
The Masked Singer season 11 returned on Wednesday for a enjoyable, high-energy evening of highly effective performances as 4 costumed contestants duked it out for Woman Group Night time!
This week’s slate of singers gave it their finest shot to safe their spot within the ongoing race for the Golden Masks Trophy, whereas a brand new Wild Card contestant shook up the competitors.
The present’s panel of superstar “detectives” — together with Robin Thicke, Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy and newcomer Rita Ora — did their finest to infer the key identities of the costumed contestants with some assist from host Nick Cannon.
The Beets, Miss Cleocatra, The Gumball and The Seal hit the stage to belt out hits from the largest lady teams in music historical past in an effort to win the viewers’s votes and transfer on to the Group B Finals.
Miss Cleocatra was the primary contestant to hit the stage, bringing her diva-esque charisma and gravitas to the stage for her efficiency of En Vogue’s “Free Your Thoughts.” The quantity confirmed a distinct, funkier aspect to the songstress’ vary and left the judges impressed.
Thicke and McCarthy praised Miss Cleocatra’s dance strikes, as Ora exclaimed, “I used to be simply trying on the kick! I used to be like, ‘OK! You didn’t come to play.’ The claws got here out.”
The singing duo The Beets had been the subsequent to come back out and exhibit their vocal chops. The fashionable root greens proved they have some actual expertise with a canopy of “I am So Excited” by The Pointer Sisters.
“I didn’t count on that!” Ora gushed. “I am your greatest fan. I really like you increasingly more each time I see you. You are so jolly, so cute, and I simply wanna hang around with you guys. What a tremendous efficiency!”
For the third act of the evening. The Gumball got here out and sweetened issues up with a colourful and poignant ship of The Chicks’ “Broad Open Areas” that received the viewers swaying and singing alongside — and left Jeong wiping tears from his eyes.
“I do know that you just’re married to your stunning spouse, and he or she should be so proud to listen to you sing that music,” McCarthy mentioned. “It is one in every of her favourite songs, you mentioned, and also you received our hearts tonight as effectively. What a tremendous, stunning efficiency tonight.”
“Nice job,” Thicke added, applauding the singer’s outstanding quantity.
The ultimate efficiency of the evening got here from the newly launched Wild Card contestant — The Seal!
The Seal got here out to an excessive amount of fanfare and his lovable look received over the panelists even earlier than he started belting out Wilson Phillips’ “Maintain On.”
“What a wild card!” Ora marveled. “The cutest factor I’ve ever seen!”
“He is positively one of the crucial charming characters we have ever had,” Thicke added.
After all of the songs had been sung, it was time for the viewers to vote for his or her favourite performer of the evening, sending the 2 singers with the bottom scores to a Battle Royale showdown.
As soon as all of the votes had been solid, Cannon revealed that The Gumball and The Beets could be transferring on to the Group B finals! Nonetheless, Miss Cleocatra and The Seal had been despatched to face off one final time for a remaining likelihood to maintain their Masked Singer desires alive.
For his or her Battle Royale, each singers delivered very completely different reimagined variations of TLC’s “Waterfalls” that confirmed off completely different points of their vary and expertise. Nonetheless, The Seal’s adorableness appeared to present him the sting, and it was Miss Cleocatra who received the axe.
After the judges made their finals guesses (with Jeong truly nailing his guess), Miss Cleocatra unmasked and revealed herself to be legendary actress, singer a Black-ish star Jenifer Lewis.
When requested why she wished to be part of The Masked Singer, Lewis defined, “I took a protracted break. And once they known as, I mentioned, ‘You realize, I have never been on stage singing for a very long time.’ So I mentioned, ‘Come on, let’s go!'”
“And it was enjoyable!” she added with a heat snigger. “I had a blast.”
The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.
Try the gallery beneath for a have a look at each single contestant who has ever needed to “take it off” all through the historical past of the present.
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