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The Masked Singer season 11 returned on Wednesday for a show-stopping night time of highly effective performances as three returning fan-favorites duked it out within the Group A finals!
This week’s slate of singers gave it their finest shot to safe their spot within the ongoing race for the Golden Masks Trophy — however the looming double elimination meant just one contestant could be shifting on.
The present’s panel of celeb “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 Starfish, The Ugly Sweater and The Goldfish hit the stage for “Queen Night time,” the place they needed to belt out a few of the iconic rock band’s largest hits in an effort to win the viewers’s votes.
The Ugly Sweater took the stage first, kicking off the night time with a skillful efficiency of Queen’s “I Need to Break Free” that acquired the viewers on their ft and satisfied the panel that whoever was beneath that colourful costume needed to be someone with years of expertise within the music trade.
“That was excellent, so completely stylized. It had the sensation, it had the guts. It had the hope to interrupt free for all of us from no matter we’re chained to,” Thicke marveled. “Actually simply one of many nice voices to ever grace this stage. And one of many nice voices to ever grace our planet Earth. Simply nice job.”
The Starfish was the following contestant to hit the stage, and he or she introduced a crowd-pleasing Queen basic, “Below Strain,” which had an undeniably magnetic, relatable karaoke high quality that simply received the hearts of the panelists and followers within the viewers.
“You realize, I’d purchase your dolls, Starfish!” Ora shared. “Like, I like you a lot. You are so enjoyable, so humorous. I’m obsessive about you. Implausible!”
Lastly, The Goldfish introduced ardour, emotion, drama and expertise in equal measure as she got here out to ship the sort of efficiency that has received contestants the Golden Masks Trophy previously. Belting out “The Present Should Go On,” The Goldfish left the panel in tears.
“Truly, I am for the primary time sort of speechless, you realize? I am a bit of emotional to be trustworthy. That was so shifting and it was simply so lovely,” Ora stated, preventing again tears. “That was actually fairly.”
“I imply, some folks simply are born to be on stage,” Thicke added. “They know how one can begin the efficiency, to construct the efficiency, to peak the efficiency, after which to go away you wanting extra once they stroll off stage with that swagger and that strut. That’s actually a how-to on placed on a tremendous efficiency.”
After all of the songs have been sung, it was time for the viewers to vote for his or her favourite performer of the night time, sending the singer with the least votes dwelling.
When it got here time for the night time’s first unmasking, it was The Ugly Sweater who needed to “take it off” — and he revealed himself to be none aside from GRAMMY-nominated music legend Charlie Wilson of The Hole Band.
“I had a good time right here, and the followers are nice!” Wilson declared as he blew kisses to the group.
After The Lovebird’s exit, it was time to seek out out who else could be taking it off within the night time’s second unmasking — which might be decided by a Battle Royale showdown between The Goldfish and The Starfish, with every placing their very own spin on “One other One Bites the Mud.”
Whereas each gave it a valiant effort, The Goldfish’s vocal vary managed to prime The Starfish’s funky enjoyable — that means The Goldfish earned her spot within the quarterfinals whereas The Starfish needed to unmask.
After all of the panelists made their ultimate guesses, The Starfish unmasked and revealed herself to be The Workplace star Kate Flannery.
When requested what her expertise on The Masked Singer was like compared to the set of The Workplace, Flannery joked, “There’s extra snacks on The Workplace. And you realize what? I am unable to drink in any respect once I do that present.”
The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.
Take a look at 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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