This season, we granted our masked singers
A chance at redemption.
A bell that could be rang three times.
( tolling )
Each time, it saved a celebrity from unmasking.
- Oh! - Yes, jenny!
Ken: Yeah! Whoa!
Robin: You get to stay, mantis.
Tonight those three celebrities go head to head to head.
- Medusa! - Nicole: Oh, my gosh!
Medusa! That's my baby!
- Nick: Gargoyle! - Jenny: Yes!
Yes, yes, yes!
Nick: And mantis.
Yes! My boy!
Only one can win and rejoin the competition.
Get ready for battle.
Oh! Feel the energy!
Welcome to "the masked singer!"
All right, guys, head on back and prepare for the night ahead.
It's gonna be a good one.
Y'all make some noise for our mantis,
Our gargoyle, and medusa.
All right, now, jenny, nicole, and robin,
You each have rang the ding dong keep it on bell...
- We have. - ...Once.
Are you rooting for anyone in particular?
Ooh, probably whoever we rang the bell for,
'cause we felt like they just needed that one more shot.
- 'cause they got it. They got what it takes. - Yeah.
But that was then and this is now.
- That's true. That's true. - Whoa! Whoa!
And it's about to go down.
You never know. It's a clean slate today.
All right, y'all, we gonna get to it.
The first singer entering the arena
Was saved by nicole on new york night.
Yeah.
Let's see how medusa is doing.
I was devastated when I heard I lost to the california roll.
California roll!
They were so good that I knew for certain I would be going home.
So when the bell rang, I couldn't believe it.
Ken: Yes!
It feels really empowering to be given another chance,
Especially by judges that I respect and admire.
We love you so much, medusa!
I've kind of always felt like an underdog.
This whole experience brings me back
To the early days of my career
Where I had to constantly prove myself to people
That I was worthy of their time and energy.
Do you think she was on a competition show?
That's why every time I sing,
I really feel like I go to a different place,
Free of ego, insecurities,
And it's just all about the music
And feeling the motion.
Ooh, the sun.
Maybe someone connected to leann rimes.
I didn't know how attached I was to this mask
Until I almost lost it.
I hope that tonight's performance
Will let me hold onto it a little longer.
♪ you got a hold on me
♪ don't even know your power
♪ I stand 100 feet
♪ but I fall when I'm around you ♪
- Whoo! - ♪ show me an open door
♪ you go and slam it on me
♪ I can't take anymore
♪ I'm saying, baby
♪ please have mercy on me
- ♪ take it easy on my heart ♪ - hey! Ho! ♪
♪ even though you don't mean to hurt me ♪
♪ you keep tearing me apart
♪ won't you please have mercy ♪
♪ mercy
♪ on my heart
♪ please have mercy
♪ mercy
♪ on my heart
♪ consuming all the air inside my lungs ♪
♪ ripping all the skin from off my bones ♪
♪ I'm prepared to sacrifice my life ♪
♪ I would gladly do it twice
♪ consuming all the air inside my lungs ♪
♪ ripping all the skin from off my bones ♪
♪ I'm prepared to sacrifice my life ♪
♪ I would gladly do it twice
- She's killing it! - 'ey!
♪ have mercy on me
♪ take it easy on my heart
♪ even though you don't mean to hurt me ♪
♪ you keep tearing me apart
♪ won't you please have mercy on me ♪
♪ I'm a puppet on your string
♪ even though you got good intentions ♪
♪ I need you to set me free
♪ I'm begging you for mercy
♪ mercy
♪ you got me, you got me
♪ oh, oh
♪ mercy, mercy
♪ you got me, you got me
♪ oh, oh, oh
Oh, my god.
Robin: Whoo!
( sighs )
- Wow. - ( sighs )
( crowd chanting ) medusa! Medusa! Medusa!
Medusa, ladies and gentlemen,
Having everyone on their feet.
- Go ahead, talk to her, jenny. - Whoo!
That performance alone could win this competition.
- ( sighs ) - that was a winning performance tonight,
And it would be so awesome that if somebody we saved
Actually took home the trophy for "masked singer."
- ( squeals ) - someone just like you.
Oh, my god!
Nicole.
The one you saved. Talk to medusa.
Oh, my gosh. You stirred our souls tonight.
Oh, my god. Thank you.
What I love about you so much
And what I connect with you so much on
Is that whenever you're on that stage,
You don't take one second for granted.
You never hold back.
I feel like when you're up there,
You just flip your heart inside out and you're like,
"take all of me."
Oh, my gosh, thank you.
I felt very emotional just singing the song.
And to have this reaction?
I'm gonna replay this in my mind forever.
So, thank you.
Well, one thing we could use right now is a clue, right?
Yes! Bring it to me, please.
Men in black, bring it out.
What is it?
"alias." oh, jennifer garner.
A name. A different name.
Here I'm known as medusa,
And at home I'm known by my name.
But to the world,
I go by something completely different.
Nicole: Wow.
- At home. - What?
Panel, are you guys picking up on any of these clues?
I mean, this one's driving me crazy, nick.
- Right? - However, the alias clue really helps me out.
She's so unique. She's so one of a kind.
She said she was an underdog.
I've been saying this since the beginning.
I still think that this is lorde.
- Whoo! - Why? Because we saw the sun,
And she has an album called "solar power"!
Oh, that's so good!
- They loving that. - I'm hoping she's lorde
'cause she took us to church tonight.
The congregation agrees.
You picking up on any clues, ken?
You know, I honestly, don't see a reason
To change my guess from before.
The medusa is susan boyle, and I'll tell you why.
- Nicole: Oh. - Stop booing. Stop it.
That's embarrassing, ken.
- That's embarrassing. - Stop it.
Susan boyle is a global treasure.
And alias? Susan boyle is her stage name.
- No, it's not. - It is her stage-- look it up.
Susan boyle's real name is davina weasley.
- Oh, my god, ken. - Davina?
And-- quite frankly, susan boyle is a sexier name.
- I love it. - Nick: Robin, please make some sense out of this.
Well, there was a chris martin clue,
And this artist did a song with chris martin.
And now I see the sun, who was leann rimes, right?
- It was in the package, right? - Nicole: Yes, yes.
Leann rimes sang one of this artist's songs here on "the masked singer."
Ken: What?
And I still think with that voice that this is kesha.
- Jenny: Oh! - Ken: Whoa!
- That's not bad. - 'cause kesha be fiery like that.
And she said she had a different name.
I don't know if kesha is her original name.
I know she put a dollar sign in the middle of it.
That's a good guess.
Whoever you are, we are so,
So over the moon to have you here.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Truly a powerful performance.
Everybody keep it going for medusa, y'all.
Medusa, you can head on backstage.
Men in black, please help her out.
Nicole: Wow, that was good.
You know what, there was something on the line.
- This is elimination. - Yes.
- There's no second chance. - Exactly.
- I feel the tension. - I do, too. I do, too.
- This is a mini finale. - Yes!
♪ who is that?
Welcome back to "the masked singer."
- Whoo! - The gargoyle is up next,
Ready to prove he has the talent
To fly among the champions in the quarter finals.
Let's check in on this gritty creature.
I thought I was down and out. Thought I was going home.
- The squirrel. - Jenny: Oh!
Then they rang the ding dong keep it on bell and kept me alive.
Oh!
I feel like we just touched the surface,
And I feel like you deserve more.
I'm grateful they're giving me another shot.
I was super nervous last time
Because I've never been on a stage like this.
Even though I'm used to performing
In front of millions of people in massive venues...
I think this is gonna be an athlete.
...Here I got on this big mask and I'm wearing four layers.
It still feels like everyone is looking right at me.
It's tough, but I've got more experience
Being an underdog than anyone else.
I've been in squads that always had to prove
That they deserved to be in the national spotlight.
A gold bear. Maybe this is a chicago bear.
So I'm gonna use that to my advantage.
I'm gonna have to tap into my inner slayer
And smash the performance.
♪ hands up, hands up
- Oh, my god! - ♪ yeah, man
♪ so we back in the club
♪ with our bodies rocking from side to side ♪
♪ side, side to side
♪ thank god the week is done
♪ I feel like a zombie come back to life ♪
♪ back, back to life
♪ hands up
♪ yeah, suddenly we all got our hands up ♪
- His voice! - ♪ no control of my body
♪ ain't I seen you before?
♪ think I remember those eyes
♪ eyes, eyes, eyes
- ♪ eyes - ♪ 'cause, baby, tonight
♪ the dj got us falling in love again ♪
♪ yeah, baby, tonight
♪ the dj got us falling in love again ♪
- Yeah! - ♪ in love again
♪ keep downing drinks like there's no tomorrow ♪
- ♪ there's just right now - ♪ now, now, now
♪ now, now, now, now
♪ gon' set this roof on fire
♪ we gon' burn this whole place down ♪
♪ down, down, down
♪ down, down, down, down
♪ hands up
♪ when the music drops, we both put our hands up ♪
Nicole, he seems like a singer.
He sounds like he could be on a record.
♪ think I seen you before
♪ I think I remember those eyes ♪
♪ eyes, eyes, eyes
- ♪ eyes - ♪ 'cause, baby, tonight
♪ the dj got us falling in love again ♪
Wow!
♪ baby, tonight
♪ the dj got us falling in love again ♪
♪ in love again
♪ so, dance, dance like it's the last, last night ♪
♪ of your life, life, gon' get you right ♪
♪ 'cause, baby, tonight
♪ the dj got us falling in love ♪
♪ again
Jenny: Oh, my gosh.
- ( overlapping chatter ) - I really liked that.
That was incredible!
Gargoyle got us all falling in love.
- So much fun. - That was a good save.
- He's better than he was before. - I know, I know.
We appreciate that energy. You got it lit up in here.
Now, gargoyle, tell me. How do you feel about your performance?
Felt pretty good about it.
Definitely wanted to bring that energy
And make everybody feel good tonight.
- So, let's go. - Nicole: That's right!
- Nick: Yeah. - You know what?
There's a lot of pressure on you when you save someone, because you go, "oh, my god.
What if there's another performer later on
- That we wasted the bell on?" - ken: Right.
- There was no wasting. - Nope.
You made me so proud tonight, gargoyle.
And now I gotta rethink, 'cause I was thinking you were an athlete.
But after that performance, you are a singer, my friend.
- Nicole: Wow! - Ken: You're making us rethink.
Indeed. We could definitely use a clue, though, right?
- Yes! - Men in black, bring it out.
- What is that? - Nicole: Oh, my gosh. Ken?
Is that what I think it is?
- Wait a minute. Is that ken? - Is that ken as caesar?
Nick: You got your own money. Let's see what it says.
- Nicole: Uh-oh! - Jenny: Pregame.
- Nick: Pregame. - We're getting all the sports clues.
- Ken: Pregame. - Whether I'm listening to my own track
Or to one of the greats, music always gets me in the zone.
Jenny: The zone. There's another football clue.
Wait, when he's not listening to his own tracks.
- When he's not listening to his own track-- - so he records music. Okay.
So maybe he has a single out there or a few singles out there.
- Ken: Yeah. - Sounded like an artist today up there.
There aren't too many football players that I know that are recording music.
But I know desean jackson is a football player that raps
And who is a record-breaker-- wide receiver.
And also we saw this gold bear.
And that makes me think of cal berkeley,
And he went to cal.
Oh, he went to berkeley, okay.
Nick: That's pretty good.
Jenny: I've definitely been feeling "athlete" for a while.
I saw a bear, and coming from chicago, I'm like, chicago bears!
- Right. - Right. Oh!
I'm like, oh, my god! Is it refrigerator perry?
I mean, that's where my head goes.
That's the last bear you can remember?
But then I was thinking maybe it's more of an actor.
- We saw a credit card clue weeks prior. - Ken: Right.
And I know you were thinking la charger,
Which is kind of brilliant.
But it could also be a celebrity
That also does a bunch of those credit card commercials,
Like a michael b. Jordan.
- Oh, that's good. - And he sings, too.
Nick: The audience did not agree with you on that one, jenny.
Hey, how dare you? How dare you?
- We still love you, jenny. - You leave my friend alone.
Thanks, ken.
And you better not boo my guess, all right?
( jeering )
They're booing you before you even speak.
I don't go to your home, "knock knock."
"who's there?" "boo!" I don't do that!
I'm talking to you, lady! Stop it!
- All right, let me finish. - Who you thinking? Who you thinking?
I'm thinking this could be an actor,
Someone like anthony mackie.
Hear me out. Captain's hat.
He is the new captain america.
And he went to juilliard, a great music school.
- I mean, that's not terrible. - Yeah!
Ignore the haters, anthony!
To your point, ken, he also played tupac in the biggie movie.
- That's right. - I was up for biggie, but they said I was too small.
That's true! Look it up!
We clap because it's over.
Keep it going for the gargoyle, everybody!
Head on backstage. Men in black, come help him out.
We're so glad you got saved, gargoyle. Whoo!
♪ who is that?
Welcome back to "the masked singer."
Our final singer of the night
Was saved by robin three weeks ago.
- Yeah! - Let's take a look at what this bug has been up to
Since he narrowly avoided extermination.
♪ just take those old records
- ♪ off the shelf - yeah!
Mantis: My goodness, man. It blows my mind to be given a second chance.
I did not expect to make it out of the first episode.
This is my daughter's favorite show.
I've seen the show!
You guys have ridiculously talented singers.
We know that I'm not known as a singer.
Okay, so they're not a singer.
So I thought, okay, I'll come in.
I'll try to hold my own. I'll be entertaining.
- And then robin chose to save me. - ( screaming )
- Whoa! - Whoa!
It's like a cinderella story!
I cannot let you go home when you sing my dad's song and my son's song.
When you touch someone's heart,
It makes all the difference in the world.
Robin: You get to stay.
I've been outside of the box for most of my career.
I don't fit a lot of people's classic mode of the leading man.
Very, very rarely have I ever felt
Like I was anybody's first choice.
I've always felt like I had to earn it.
I felt like I had to work for it.
And the beauty of that is that I love the work.
I love the craft.
I even love doing something like this, man,
Because I tend to do a lot of different character choices,
And mantis is developing this stage persona
That I never expected him to have,
And he's turning into this freaking rock god.
It would be absolutely stunning to win it all.
Baseball diamond?
Could it be someone from a baseball movie?
There are no more saves, so it's gotta stand on its own two feet.
Or in mantis' case, what is it, six?
( laughs )
♪ girl, you really got me going ♪
♪ you got me so I don't know what I'm doing ♪
♪ yeah, you really got me now ♪
♪ you got me so I can't sleep at night ♪
♪ yeah, you really got me going ♪
♪ you got me so I don't know what I'm doing ♪
He sounds amazing!
♪ oh, yeah, you really got me now ♪
♪ you got me so I can't sleep at night ♪
♪ you really got me
♪ see, don't ever set me free
♪ I always wanna be by your side ♪
♪ girl, you really got me now ♪
♪ you got me so I can't sleep at night ♪
♪ yeah, you really got me now
♪ you got me so I don't know what I'm doing ♪
♪ oh, yeah, you really got me now ♪
♪ you got me so I can't sleep at night ♪
♪ you really got me
♪ oh, no!
♪ oh, see, don't ever set me free ♪
♪ I always wanna be by your side ♪
♪ girl, you really got me now ♪
♪ you got me so I can't sleep at night ♪
♪ yeah, you really got me now ♪
♪ you got me so I don't know what I'm doing ♪
♪ oh, yeah, you really got me now ♪
♪ you got me so I can't sleep at night ♪
♪ you really got me
- ♪ you really got me - who is this, robin?
I have no idea. This is so good!
♪ whoa!
That was awesome. That was perfect for his voice.
- Yeah, I agree. - Everything.
Wow.
- Ken: Mantis! Mantis! - Perfect!
- I saved him! - Yes, you did. You did.
I saved him for that reason.
Nick: Wow! That was amazing.
I gotta ask you first, mantis,
How do you feel about your performance?
Sweaty.
Sweaty. I understand.
Put all the sweat on me, bug!
I mean, mantis, you are sweaty
Because you turned the heat up in this joint tonight.
- Robin: Yeah! - You lit this place up.
Like, literally, there were flames and everything.
Honestly, this is the best you've ever sounded.
- It's true. It's true. - A brilliant song choice.
All right, we could definitely use a clue, right?
Men in black, bring it out!
Nicole: What is that?
Is that a sword?
- Nick: Okay. Uh-oh. - Jenny: Ooh, something-- there's a message.
- There's a message. - "movie maverick."
I've won awards for my independent spirit.
But the real reward is having more movie credits than ken.
- Oh! - Nicole: Oh, wow.
- Wow. All right, thanks, men in black. - Wow.
- Them's fighting words, ken. - Ken! Shots fired, homeboy.
- Wow. - Does that help you at all?
Well, it threatens me and makes me more insecure,
But just looking at the body type,
Looking at the performance--
- Yeah, sleek. - Stop. This honest--
Robin: Unh! It shimmies.
- Oh, and it shakes! - Mantis came to play.
This to me right now screams legend.
- Probably someone I know. - Who?
Brendan fraser, a great friend of mine,
Now star of "the whale," and now he has hit the top.
And, obviously, brendan fraser has way more movie credits than me.
In fact, helped me get my start in the movies.
- That is not brendan fraser. - How dare--
I'm sorry, I respect you as a doctor and a father,
- But not as a guesser. - Let me tell you something.
- Baseball diamond. - Yeah.
He was in the movie "the scout,"
- Which was about baseball. - Oh, yeah.
I like it, 'cause, you know, he has been in a lot of movies.
"encino man," "george of the jungle," "crash." I can keep going.
- He's been in way more movies than could ever hope to be. - You could.
Or we could go on to somebody that it actually might be.
- Oh! - Hey, hey!
Are you gonna defend me from this guy, daddy?
No. Sit your ass down.
Well, I feel pretty good about my guess.
- Okay. - And I think he might have done
More films than ken over here.
Talked about not being people's idea of a leading man, right?
So this person is a prolific character actor,
And that is steve buscemi.
- He is a legend. - Oh, wow.
Nicole: Legend.
When I heard the mantis sing tonight, I heard that tone.
- I don't know, I get a comedy vibe from him. - Jenny: Me, too.
I feel like he's more of a comedic actor.
I mean, it could be somebody from "reno 911" or something, you know?
Oh, yeah, yeah. Like that guy.
What's the guy's name who was on "911"?
- Thomas lennon? - Tom lennon?
- Yeah, could be. Could be. - Nicole: I don't know.
Listen, obviously you don't need anyone to pray for you.
You need to pray for us 'cause we don't know what we're talking about.
- Good job, though. - We're trying, we're trying.
- This is a tough one. - Steve buscemi's hilarious.
Well, you know what? Another fantastic job.
- Y'all keep it going... - It's a hard one.
...For my man, the mantis.
Go ahead and head backstage. Men in black, come help him out.
Our masked singers have laid it all on the line tonight.
But there's only room for one to move on to the quarter finals.
Panel, studio audience,
Voting is now open.
Vote for your favorite singer.
The top two will duke it out in the battle royale.
We'll have the results and an unmasking in just a few moments.
Y'all, I thought everybody came with their a-game tonight.
- It's got that finale energy. - This is a tough one for all of us.
- You know what I mean? - It really is tough.
♪ who is that?
Welcome back.
Three masked singers stand before you,
But one will be sent back to the pound right now.
Was the mantis' head not in the game?
Is the gargoyle going to be petrified by the results?
Will medusa's snakes be boarding a plane home?
( jeering )
The votes have been counted.
The first singer going home tonight is...
This is really hard, guys.
They all came with their a-game tonight.
I can't watch.
Mantis.
- Oh, my god! - My boy!
Nick: Gargoyle and medusa,
Head on back and prepare for the battle royale.
You're safe for the moment.
But let's keep it going for the mantis.
Mantis! Mantis! Mantis!
( chanting continues )
Mantis, we are so sorry your journey ends here.
We hate to see you go, but we can't wait to see who you are.
But before we get to that, panel, you got to give us
Your final guesses on who you believe the mantis is.
Oh, well, there's been so many clues pointed at this great actor.
The baseball diamond, I think, is because he played
The oldest living pitcher in the movie "the rookie."
He played a legend, jerry lee lewis,
In "great balls of fire."
- I think this is dennis quaid. - Nicole: That's pretty good.
Actor extraordinaire. More credits than ken. That's the mantis.
- Nick: Nicole, what you got? - Well, I love my guess,
And I think the audience loves this guess.
He is the king of character actors.
I think mantis is steve buscemi!
- Robin: Yeah! - Ken: Yep.
- Jenny: All right, can I just jump in for a second? - Yes, ma'am.
- Robin: I like it. - Okay, so, weeks prior there was, like,
A "let loose" clue, and he plays the guitar.
He's been in way more movies than ken.
- Wow. - Oh, my gosh.
I think, 100%, this could be kevin bacon.
- That would be amazing! - That would be incredible.
- That would be amazing! - That would be great.
That...
That would be awesome, he just doesn't move like a bacon.
- Shut up! - Okay.
You know what? This gentleman talked
About not being people's idea of a leading man,
- Something I can relate to as a romantic lead myself. - Yes.
And this gentleman explored this idea
In his incredible movie "the whale."
This is brendan fraser.
It's a free country. You don't have to clap.
They're not really feeling it.
Overall, that was a yay for me.
- Yeah. - All right, well, panel,
You've made your final guesses.
Let's see if any of you are correct.
Come on, mantis!
Audience, say it with me.
( all chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
Come on, mantis!
- Take it off! Come on! - Brendan! Fraser!
- I'm dying to know who this is! - Fraser!
♪ I really wanna know
♪ oh, I really wanna know
Uh-oh! Uh-oh!
♪ you, you, are you?
Iconic actor lou diamond phillips!
No! No! No! No! No!
Actor, director, writer, author, amazing individual!
- So much fun. Thank you for being here. - Oh, my god!
- Nicole: The diamond! - Wow!
I mean, robin, you seem like--
I don't think I've ever seen a reaction out of you like this.
Honestly, I love lou diamond phillips.
When I was right at that, you know, young boy age,
Two of my favorite movies were "la bamba"--
- Nick: Yes. - My god, that movie had a huge impact on me.
I listened to the soundtrack daily.
- And then "young guns," that was my thing! - Regulators, mount up!
So, I mean, to not expect to see you,
And then all these feelings of growing up watching you and admiring you so much,
What an honor to have you here.
- Thanks for saving me. - What an honor.
And, you know, donnie and I were literally talking about you last week.
He's been on "blue bloods" with donnie.
And I was talking about, "is he coming back? 'cause he was so great."
- And then there he is. - Oh, so there's the "blue bloods."
- There's the tv cop. Of course! - Ken: Oh, my goodness.
- That was in the clues. - He works with your husband.
You really got to our panel. This is the most--
- Right? - Well, 'cause I know them all!
We feel really stupid, nick!
So, we have to ask you, what made you want to do "the masked singer"?
Uh, I gotta give a massive shout-out to my daughter indigo.
- Nick: Yeah. - Oh!
Her and her friend fluffy watch this show religiously,
So that was the primary reason.
But, you know, you guys have had just wonderful,
Surprising, ridiculous guests, you know?
I mean, grammy winners and nominees
Down to surprising people like me
That you don't necessarily expect.
So it has been a joy.
It has been a joy to be on this show.
- Thank you. - What a reveal!
Well, let's get one more song.
Make some noise for the artist formerly known as the mantis!
Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Lou diamond phillips!
- Nicole: Yes! - Ken: Yes!
♪ para bailar la bamba
- Oh, my god! - ♪ para bailar la bamba
♪ se necesita una poca de gracia ♪
♪ una poca de gracia
♪ pa' mí, pa' ti, ay arriba, ay arriba ♪
- Oh, my god! - ♪ y arriba, y arriba
♪ por ti seré, por ti seré, port ti seré ♪
♪ yo no soy marinero
♪ yo no soy marinero, soy capitán ♪
♪ soy capitán, soy capitán
♪ bamba, bamba
♪ bamba
( trilling )
( vocalizing )
- Nick: Lou diamond phillips! - Legendary!
Go ahead backstage and get changed and we'll see you in the vip section.
- Nice! - Ken: Yes!
Yes!
Mr. Lou diamond phillips, ladies and gentlemen!
The gargoyle and medusa--
Who will prevail in the battle royale
And join the competition in the quarter finals?
We're about to find out. Don't go anywhere.
♪ who is that?
( fanfare )
Guess what it's time for!
- The battle royale! - Yes! Yes! Yes!
Two singers hungry for the trophy.
One last chance to reenter the competition.
This is a battle for the ages.
It's gonna be tough.
We flipped a coin
And the gargoyle will perform first.
Medusa will follow second.
Good luck to the both of you.
Let the battle commence!
Oh, my gosh!
♪ mummified my teenage dream
♪ no, it's nothing wrong with me ♪
♪ the kids are all wrong, the story's all off ♪
- ♪ heavy metal broke my - ♪ heart
♪ come on, come on and let me in ♪
♪ bruises on your thighs like a fingerprint ♪
♪ this is supposed to match the darkness that you felt ♪
♪ never meant for you to fix yourself ♪
Oh, he's in it.
♪ da da da da
♪ da da da da, da da da da ♪
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
♪ some legends are told
♪ some turn to dust or to gold
♪ but you will remember me
♪ remember me for centuries
♪ and just one mistake
- ♪ is all it will take - I know.
♪ go down in history
♪ remember me for centuries
♪ mummified my teenage dreams
♪ no, it's nothing wrong with me ♪
♪ the kids are all wrong, the stories are off ♪
♪ heavy metal broke my heart
- Robin! - ♪ come on, come on and let me in ♪
♪ the bruises on your thighs like my fingerprints ♪
♪ this is supposed to match the darkness that you felt ♪
♪ never meant for you to fix yourself ♪
♪ da da da da, da da da da ♪
- ♪ some legends are told - whoo!
♪ some turn to dust or to gold ♪
♪ you will remember me
♪ remember me for centuries
♪ just one mistake is all it will take ♪
♪ go down in history
♪ remember me for centuries
Wow.
( holds note )
Whoo! Come on!
( holds note )
Oh, my god!
Nicole: Wow, she ain't giving up.
This near elimination's made her stronger.
- It's made both of them stronger. - Very true.
- What a battle. - Robin: "me'doing it."
- What medusa do! - Me'dus me'doing her thing.
Nick: Panel, what are your thoughts?
You know, I know gargoyle's used to being in the zone.
We heard him many times, like, used to the stress,
But he showed up tonight in this battle royale.
- Nicole: Yes, jenny! - And then medusa, can I just say,
You didn't turn us into stone, you turned us into "butta."
- Butta, baby. - You have us in the palm of your hand.
Your voice is so powerful, so amazing.
Thank you so much for that performance. You guys are amazing.
I noticed a new texture in the gargoyle's voice when he was singing.
It was a different range for him, and I thought he killed it.
And then medusa once again takes anything she sings,
Makes it her own, finds her own passion, her own place with it,
- And it was just-- great job, both of y'all. - Nicole: Wow.
- Robin: Great job. - Nicole: Absolutely.
All right, panel, the decision is all yours.
The fate of our singers are in your hands.
- Ooh! - Vote for your favorite,
The one you believe deserves
To compete in next week's quarter finals.
We'll have the results in just a minute.
♪ who is that?
The singer rejoining the competition,
Given a second chance at redemption is...
Ooh, I got goosebumps.
Whoo!
- Medusa! - Nicole: Yes!
- Oh! - That's my girl!
Nick: Congratulations, you did it.
We're gonna have one hell of a quarter final, baby.
You guys keep it going for medusa.
You're being crowned by lou diamond phillips.
- Such a great moment. - Yes! Wow, what a sport.
Medusa, head on back.
- All winners. - Keep that applause going for the gargoyle.
- Whoo! - Gargoyle, we are so sorry to see you go.
But we cannot wait to see who you are.
But, first, panel, you know what time it is.
- I wanna go first. - Yes, please.
- All right. - At first, I was thinking, like, desean jackson,
But in the battle royale, I heard something different
In the voice and I saw the moves.
Since the first clues, there was los angeles clues,
There was charge card for the chargers,
And today we saw the captain clue.
He's the captain on the chargers.
This is joey bosa. Let's go!
- Whoa! Whoa! - Let's go!
- Joey bosa! Joey bosa! - I love it when robin is this confident.
- Come on! - Wow!
His passion for being wrong knows no bounds.
It's so inspiring. Not.
Nicole: I don't feel as confident.
This isn't really my lane.
But if we're thinking athlete, and we saw the golden bear,
It made me think of someone who went to cal berkeley,
And I know he did a song with ludacris.
Could this be marshawn lynch?
Ken, what do you think?
I think all the football clues was because he was in the movie
"we are marshall" with matthew mcconaughey.
The captain hat because he is the new captain america.
The "I love la" is not for los angeles
But for louisiana, his home state.
This is the one and only anthony mackie.
( crowd jeering )
That little kid is like...
How dare you, little boy?
Jenny, what you got?
I mean, I was thinking, when I saw the bear,
Okay, this could be someone from chicago,
You know, the good old days
When they were doing music videos
And, uh, playing football, but it's not one of them.
So the only person I could think of that might go with it
Is, like, michael b. Jordan,
Who was in "Friday night lights."
There's a football connection.
He did some credit card commercials.
- Nick: Okay. - That would be awesome if it was michael b. Jordan.
Well, panel, you've made your final guesses.
Let's see if any of you are correct.
Gargoyle, we need to know, who are you?
- Who is it! - Audience, say it with me.
( all chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
♪ who, who, who, who
- Take it off! - Ken: Anthony!
- Oh, my god! - Come on, marshawn lynch!
Come on, joey!
♪ I really wanna know
- ♪ oh, I really wanna know - joey bosa!
- Who is it? - ♪ tell me, who are you?
- ♪ you, you - ken: Take it off!
Nicole: Take it off!
From the los angeles chargers,
Five-time pro bowler keenan allen!
Keenan allen! I was close!
- Keenan freaking allen! - Keenan!
- I can't believe it. - Let's go, chargers!
- You got the charger right. - Darn it! I was so close.
You were close, robin! You were close!
Robin, you were close. You got the--
Yeah, the other pro bowl player from the chargers is keenan allen.
- I had the other three. - Come on, now. You need a record-breaker, man!
- A record-breaker! - You needed a record-breaker!
- Aw! - Clearly, superstar athlete.
Was singing always one of your passions?
Was it one of your secret talents?
Please tell me about this vocal career.
Growing up, always been in choir.
- Mama made me sing all the time. - Yeah.
- Aww. - Definitely always had a passion for it.
Loved singing around the homies.
You know, to the ladies, of course.
- Yeah. - Okay, okay.
But came to the stage, and I'm just telling y'all,
It's way more nervous than being on a football field.
I'm just letting y'all know that.
You know, we all felt the talent in the voice,
But I saw you get a little more confident,
A little more loose, each performance.
You know, I thought you did a great job.
Yeah, I was trying not to go home.
- I didn't want to go home. - Nicole: Aww.
Well, you made a lasting impact on us,
Because you honestly have a beautiful voice
And your heart always shone
Through all of your performances.
- Thank you, thank you. - Indeed.
Y'all keep it going for my man keenan allen!
And let's also hear it for our brother
Lou diamond phillips over there,
Aka the mantis.
Next week, the masks are coming together
In the quarter finals.
But right now, put your hands together
For the artist formerly known as the gargoyle,
Mr. Keenan allen!
♪ 'cause, baby, tonight
♪ the dj got us falling in love again ♪
♪ yeah, baby, tonight
♪ the dj's got us falling in love ♪
♪ again
Yeah!
♪ who is that?