This post contains spoilers from Wednesday’s finale ofThe Masked Singer.
The three group winners finally met onTheMasked Singerstage — but only one could leave with the Golden Mask trophy.
JudgesKen Jeong,Jenny McCarthy,Nicole ScherzingerandRobin Thickeconvened one last time in season 7 to help decide whether Firefly, Ringmaster or The Prince would be the winner.
The Prince kicked things off. His clue package showed a “Gleeclub alumni” button, a cat, a picture ofRyan Murphyset against an American flag and a Broadway sign. “A vote for me is a vote for love,” The Prince said. “Finding the love of my life taught me to leave the hard times in the past and pour my heart and soul into everything I do.”
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The royal beltedColdplay’s “Viva La Vida” and McCarthy, 49, called the performance “unbelievable.”
The panel thought The Prince could be pop starRicky Martinor actorsMatt BomerorBen Platt.
Firefly came up next. “Joining this competition meant that I had to face my fears and come out of retirement,” the bug said in her clue package. “I refuse to fade away.” The package also featured a basketball net, a keyboard and the numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8, with an emphasis on7.
Firefly danced her way over to the judges' panel while singingUsher’s “Bad Girl.”
“You are the one to beat,” Scherzinger, 43, told Firefly.
The judges tossed out singersBrandy,MonicaandTeyana Tayloras options for Firefly’s identity.
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HostNick Cannonannounced that the judges and studio audience would vote for their favorite performance of the night and the two contestants who received the most votes would sing one more time before the voters ultimately crowned a winner. Cannon, 41, revealed that The Prince earned the fewest number of votes and would be the first to remove his mask.
The panel reiterated many of their previous guesses, but Scherzinger pivoted toCheyenne Jackson— and she turned out to be correct! The Broadway vet andCall Me Katactor, 46, appeared under the regal outfit upon his unmasking.
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Then Firefly returned to the stage one more time with a sultry cover of Thicke’s “Lost Without U.” “I’m all flattered and choked up,” said Thicke, 45. “That song was supposed to feel exactly the way you made it feel.”
Ringmaster closed out with a version ofKaty Perry’s “Waking Up in Vegas” that left the crowd chanting “Ringmaster.”
“This is a star-making performance,” said Jeong, 52.
Ringmaster unmasked first and turned out to beThe GoldbergsactressHayley Orrantia.
“Honestly I have loved music my entire life and I ended up becoming more known through working onThe Goldbergsas an actress,” Orrantia, 28, said. “But you have no idea how much it means to me to be able to do what I love in front of you all.”
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The judges made their final guesses for winner Firefly, with Thicke and McCarthy correctly agreeing that Taylor would be under the buzzy outfit.
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And with that, the 31-year-old singer and dancer popped out under the Firefly mask to collect the Golden Mask trophy.
“I was like, this would be something really nice to do to just be able to just sing and be fun again and it’s just like no judgment,” Taylor, who’d previouslyannounced her retirement from music, said of why she came on the show. “Nobody knows who’s behind the mask and just sing your heart out.”
Taylor’s husband, NBA starIman Shumpert,won the latest season ofDancing with the Stars, so she joked of the Golden Mask, “I gotta put this next to the Mirrorball.”
source: people.com
