Nick: It's the group a finals tonight,
And we're celebrating one of the most iconic bands
In history-- queen.
Competing for the chance to move into the quarterfinals
And get one step closer to the golden mask trophy,
It's starfish,
Ugly sweater, and goldfish.
♪ I've paid my dues, time after time ♪
♪ I've done my sentence
- ♪ but committed no crime - holy cow.
♪ and bad mistakes
- ♪ I've made a few - whoo!
♪ I've had my share of sand kicked in my face ♪
♪ but I've come through
♪ and I mean to go on and on and on and on ♪
♪ we are the champions, my friends ♪
♪ and we'll keep on fighting till the end ♪
♪ we are the champions
♪ no time for losers
♪ 'cause we are the champions
- ♪ of the world - ♪ we are the champions
♪ my friends
♪ and we'll keep on fighting
♪ till the end
♪ we are the champions
♪ no time for losers
♪ 'cause we are the champions
♪ yeah
Incredible!
Nick: Champions indeed.
- Yeah! - Wow.
One of these three singers will move on to the quarterfinals
As the group a champion.
- Rita: Yeah! - Robin: Yeah!
All right, gang, head on back and prepare for the battle.
Men in black, help them out and give it up for your panel.
What's up? Aww, thank you.
The mystery celebrities will sing,
The audience and panel will vote,
And the singer with the least amount of votes
Will reveal their famous face on the spot.
The two remaining singers will go mask to mask
In a shocking battle royale.
Now remember, panel,
The ding dong keep it on bell was already used,
So there is no saving a singer tonight.
Only one can advance to join clock and poodle moth in the quarterfinals,
So we're in for a double elimination tonight.
- Jenny: Oh, man! - Oh, wow.
By the way, nick, daddy, I am so mistaken.
I thought tonight was cher night. I--
If I had known, if I could turn back time,
- I'd wear a mustache. - Yeah.
All right, you guys ready to do it?
- Yeah! - Ugly sweater is first at bat.
Let's cozy up for some clues.
♪ she's a brick house
I love being this colorful sweater,
And I'll be "yarned,"
I'm made it to the group a finals.
The notes that that sweater was hitting, whoo, boy!
Thank you so much.
I can't wait to honor queen
With a song about freedom, baby!
They say what's old is new again, and I should know.
I've been upcycled and recycled more times than I can count.
Inspired everyone from snoop dogg to nirvana.
Talk about a fashion statement.
- Snoop dogg? - He worked with everybody.
I even worked with the legendary tupac.
I like to keep that tidbit in my pocket.
- 24 karat gold. - Bruno mars?
Yep, you could say I've influenced a sewing circle of stars
All by doing my own thing.
As a sweater who was once tossed aside,
Getting to the quarterfinals would show you can always break free from anything,
Whether it's your past, your dirty laundry, or your skinny jeans.
Just roll up your sleeves
And do what you love like it's going out of style.
- Ugly sweater! - Or as they say in great britain,
( broad accent ) unattractive jumpers.
( music playing )
Oh, yes! My favorite!
♪ I want to break free
Come on! Whoo!
♪ I want to break free from your lies ♪
♪ you're so self-satisfied, I don't need you ♪
♪ I got to break free
♪ god knows
I want to break free ♪
Whoo! That voice!
♪ I'm falling in love
for the first time ♪
- Yes! - ♪ this time I know
♪ it's for real
♪ I'm falling in love
♪ god knows
I'm falling in love ♪
♪ it's strange but it's true
♪ that I can't get over the way you love me like you do ♪
♪ but I have to be sure when I walk out that door ♪
♪ oh, I want to be free, baby
♪ oh, I want to be free
- ♪ I've got to break free - yeah!
- ♪ I want to break free, yeah - wow!
- Whoo! - ♪ I want, I want
♪ I want, I want
♪ want to break free
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ yeah
- His best performance by far. - By far!
Nick: Wow.
Ugly sweater gave a beautiful performance.
Robin: That was outstanding.
So perfectly stylized. It had the feeling, it had the heart.
It had the hope to break free for all of us,
From whatever we're, you know, chained to.
And really just one of the great voices to ever grace this stage.
And one of the great voices to ever grace our planet earth.
- Just great job. - Thank you.
What I love about this group a finals,
You're peaking at the right moment with your best performance
- Ever right now. - Yes!
- We are in awe of perfection. - Amazing. Wow.
All right, tonight, I hear our singers are connected
To one of our panelists or myself.
So let's see who ugly sweater is connected to.
We need a clue!
Men in black, bring out a clue.
♪ bicycle, bicycle
♪ I want to ride my bicycle
♪ bicycle, bicycle
♪ I want to ride my bicycle
- Nick! - There's little bikes with my name on it.
♪ I want to ride my bicycle
♪ I want to ride it where I like ♪
I should take these home to my kids.
- That's right. - Yeah.
Ugly sweater, what can you tell us about this clue?
Well, nick-- where you at?
- I'm right here. I'm right here. - All right, nick, listen.
I'll never forget giving you dating advice.
- Whoa. - And honestly, you didn't forget either.
( ugly sweater laughing )
( continues laughing )
Ugly sweater's a wild boy.
We both wild boys. I learned from the best.
Yeah, well thank you, men in black.
Wrap those bikes up for me backstage. Take 'em home.
I love ugly sweater even more now.
I'm definitely picking up on who this is.
Rita: You think? You think you know, nick?
- Yeah, I mean-- - do you think you know, rita?
You know, I think that was, for me,
We probably have one of the best vocalists of all time
- Right now, right here. Yup. - Indeed.
The gold bar, right. Multiple gold records.
That's kind of what I got from that.
You know, I'm gonna stick with who I said earlier.
Is this smokey robinson?
- Ooh! - We love smokey.
I feel like smokey's given you advice.
Smokey has given me advice.
That was my name in high school.
- Smokey thicke? - Uh, yeah.
What was you smoking?
( ugly sweater laughing )
Nick: All right, jenny, what you got?
Well, you know, we saw the gold bar clue
For the album he has called "gold."
And the crying face clue-- he's got a song called
"crying in the chapel."
- This could be aaron neville. - Oh, legend.
- Legend! Icon. Right? - I love it.
- Love it. - Nick: All right. Okay. Robin, what about you?
Well, you know, the voice,
There's just that voice that I studied and learned from.
And the gold bar is because he was on bruno mars' 24k magic tour.
- Okay. - I still think that's charlie wilson...
- Wow! - ...Famously of the gap band.
- Wow! - Charlie! That's uncle charlie.
One thing we do know for sure, that was an awesome performance.
Ugly sweater, go ahead and untangle yourself backstage.
Wow, what an incredible opening.
It's gonna level up bigger and better.
- How could it get bigger? - I don't know.
They always do though.
♪ who is that?
♪ all we hear is radio ga ga ♪
- Whoo! - ♪ radio goo goo
♪ radio ga ga
♪ all we hear is radio ga ga ♪
- Hey! Yes! - ♪ radio goo goo
Oh, yeah. Welcome back.
Is this real life? Is this just fantasy?
Nope! You're just watching "the masked singer."
- Whoo! - Starfish is up next.
Check this out for some more clues.
This starfish put up quite a fight last time.
♪ 21 guns
♪ throw up your arms
I'm just gonna keep on fighting
Right through this group a final
'cause that's what freddie would do.
He knew how to perform under pressure. Literally!
After my two best gal pals got my dream job,
The pressure was on for me to become a star on my own.
And then I get this call to step in on something else
To replace someone who got fired!
Oh, that's how ken got his start.
That first day on the job,
I felt like my every move was being scrutinized.
- But this was my chance. - A rabbit!
- Was she in an animal movie? - Maybe.
Nothing was gonna stop me.
I put my spin on it and it worked!
Looking back, I'm glad I was able to perform under pressure,
And that's exactly what I'm gonna do tonight.
It would be another dream come true
If I could make it to the quarterfinals.
And this queen is coming for her crown.
Guys, starfish has me the most confused.
- She really is confusing. - Yeah.
♪ pressure pushing down on me
♪ pressing down on you, no man asked for ♪
- Yes! - ♪ under pressure
♪ that burns a building down
♪ splits a family in two, puts people on streets ♪
( vocalizing )
♪ that's okay
♪ the terror of knowing what this world is about ♪
- Yeah! - ♪ watching some good friends
♪ screaming, "let me out!"
♪ pray tomorrow
♪ gets me high, high, high
♪ people on streets
Look at her!
♪ turn away from it all like a blind man ♪
♪ sat on a fence, but it don't work ♪
♪ keep coming up with love, but it's so slashed and torn ♪
♪ why?
♪ insanity laughs, under pressure we break ♪
♪ can't we give ourselves one more chance? ♪
♪ why can't we give love that one more chance? ♪
♪ why can't we give love, give love ♪
♪ give love, give love
♪ give love, give love, give love ♪
♪ 'cause love's such an old-fashioned word ♪
♪ and love dares you to care for ♪
♪ the people on the edge of the night ♪
♪ and love dares you to change
♪ our way of caring about ourselves ♪
♪ this is ourselves
♪ under pressure
- Oh! - Wow!
Right? I love her!
- ♪ under pressure - robin: Wow.
♪ under pressure
- Yeah! - Yes!
- Oh, my gosh. - Wow.
Nick: Wow.
- Rising under pressure... - Look at her, look at her.
...Is the starfish, having so much fun.
So excited. Look nick's taking his clothes off bit by bit.
- Look at that. - The pressure is hot in here.
- I was under pressure! - Ken: Wow!
He undid his jacket.
Panel, talk to the starfish.
You know, I would buy your dolls, starfish.
Like, I love you so much. You're so fun, so funny.
I am obsessed with you. Fantastic.
Thank you! Thanks, rita.
Also, we have to recognize the brilliance,
- The greatness in this music, in that song. - I know, it's crazy.
- Ken: You're right. - And celebrating the music of queen...
- The best. - Amazing. Amazing music.
- And a great job. - All right, we definitely need our clues.
Let's find out which one of us starfish is connected to.
- Bring out the clue! - Yeah!
- ♪ magic, magic, magic - yeah, bring out the clue. Ooh, who's this?
- ♪ it's a kind of magic - ken: Oh, my god.
- Uh... - ♪ magic, magic, magic
- You are not a man in black. - Jenny: No.
- You're right, nick. I'm a magician. - What?
- Wow! - Oh, cool!
Got a little-- some magic for us. What do you got?
- Let's see here. - ( gasps )
Nick, what is that behind your ear?
- Come on. Oh! - Whoa!
- Ken: What is it? - Robin: What does it say?
- Rita: Jenny. - Oh, cool!
- Jenny, last time we hung out... - Yes?
...I offered you tickets to my show.
You can consider this one on the house, too.
- I love that. - That's a good one.
Thank you to our magician in black.
- Yeah! Give it up! - Yeah!
My man. It's time to alakazam out of here.
- Oh, my goodness. - Okay, panel.
I think that it might be-- we've been on "snl" right?
- Yes. - And then this person was in--
Actually played you, jenny,
- When they did a parody... - Yes.
...Of "the masked singer" on "snl".
- Yes. - So I think that might be the connection.
I think this might be kate mckinnon.
- Rita: Wow! - Ken: Oh, good guess.
- Wow. - She could've played me a little better,
- But it's okay. - Rita, what you picking up on?
For me, if I go back to the clues, I was like, what is happening here?
There's a rabbit. There's a telescope.
It's all over the place.
But the storyline about early struggles,
And this person for me I think has paid her dues
Before hitting it big in the movies.
I think this could be amy schumer.
- Jenny: Oh. - Ken: That's a great guess.
- Very good guess. - But, you know, what I love
- Is that there's so many fun, funny women right now... - Totally.
...That whoever it is, it's gonna be amazing.
It's a golden age for comedic actresses, absolutely.
And there's so many from my favorite show "the office,"
Like ellie kemper. She auditioned for "snl".
Didn't get it, but she got on "the office."
But also, telescope is used for seeing stars,
- Like "dancing with the stars." - with the stars. Oh!
Dancing with, oh, I don't know-- kate flannery,
Who is a dear friend of mine.
Jenny: We love kate.
I hope not only this is kate flannery,
But I hope starfish could go all the way to the finals.
- That's my big wish. - Ooh.
- My big wish. - Kenny!
Is it a full moon or something? Why are they applauding ken?
- I don't know. - Jenny: Because kate is a true star.
Yep. She's a star as certain as nick is not wearing a shirt.
Yep.
Oh, lookit. You getting some love from star.
I love the starfish, too.
- And we all love starfish's performance. - We do.
Whoever you are, we love you, starfish!
Thank you, guys! Thanks, nick cannon!
So cute.
"under pressure" is actually a really emotional song. I didn't realize.
I used to play "under pressure" in my car before I'd go to auditions.
- Both: Really? - And it was just a way to keep my cool under pressure.
I love it.
♪ who is that?
( clapping and stomping )
Hey! Hey!
Nick: All right, kids, sit your ass down.
Welcome back to "the masked singer."
♪ who is that?
Tonight, group a is riding their bicycles through queen hits.
Goldfish is our final solo singer of the night.
Put your swim cap on. We're diving deep for some clues.
It's okay. It's okay. You'll get your moment.
♪ baby, come back
Goldfish: I'm so excited that I'm in the group a finals!
- ♪ I was wrong - whoo.
♪ and I just can't live without you ♪
I really try to appreciate every moment,
Because I've learned that life comes in waves.
An island. Maybe she's from hawaii?
Oh, yeah. I had just gotten a dream role,
But the night before my debut,
I received the worst news I could have ever imagined.
I lost my number one supporter.
Nothing could have prepared me for that.
I felt like I couldn't move.
But then I remembered, there was no one in the world
That enjoyed watching me perform more.
So I reached down inside
And found the courage to take that stage,
And I performed for the one seat that wasn't filled.
Aww, man.
It was heartbreaking, but so beautiful to honor them.
It as one of those "the show must go on" moments.
And I had the resilience and strength to push through
Because of everything that they taught me.
And this song's for them.
- Wow. - You can hear her emotions
- And her heartbreak in her voice. - That as so vulnerable.
♪ empty spaces
♪ what are we living for?
♪ abandoned places
♪ I guess we know the score
- Wow. - ♪ on and on
♪ does anybody know what we are looking for? ♪
♪ another hero
♪ another mindless crime
- ♪ behind the curtain - oh!
- ♪ in the pantomime - oh, my god, look at her.
♪ hold the line
♪ does anybody want to take it anymore? ♪
- ♪ the show must go on - oh, yes!
♪ the show must go on
♪ yeah, yeah
♪ ooh, inside my heart is breaking ♪
♪ my makeup may be flaking, but my smile ♪
♪ still stays on
♪ my soul is painted like the wings of butterflies ♪
- ♪ fairy tales of yesterday - wow.
♪ will grow but never die
♪ I can fly, my friends
♪ show must go on
♪ yeah, yeah
♪ show must go on
( vocalizing )
♪ I'll face it with a grin
♪ I'm never giving in
♪ show must go on
♪ show must
♪ go on
- Wow. - That was amazing.
- I'm speechless. - Jenny: Yeah.
So beautiful, so powerful.
Elegance and grace. Panel?
Actually, I'm for the first time kind of speechless, you know?
I'm a little emotional to be honest.
That was so moving and it was just so beautiful. That was really pretty.
- Love you. - I mean, some people just are born to be on stage.
They know how to start the performance,
To build the performance, to peak the performance,
And then to leave you wanting more when they walk off stage
With that swagger and that strut.
- That is literally a how-to put on an amazing performance. - Jenny: True.
- Thank you. - Having us all emotionally hanging in the balance,
But also we need to know who you are, so it's time for a clue.
- Bring it out! - ♪ galileo, galileo
- Yeah! - Who is that?
- ♪ galileo figaro - oh, galileo.
♪ I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me ♪
♪ he's just a poor boy from a poor family ♪
♪ spare him his life from this monstrosity ♪
- Oh, wow. - Nick: Galileo, you not only discovered
Mountains on the moon and that the milky way was made of stars,
But most importantly, you've discovered who goldfish is connected to.
- Ken: Oh, my god. - I thought it was me.
- Ken? - Ken?
- Nick: Ken. - Well, ken, you're ridiculous
And you have so much heart, and I love it so much.
You obviously haven't changed
Since the last time we worked together.
- Robin: Oh! Uh-oh. - All right.
Well, thank you, galileo.
Well, I mean, guys, that's a pretty big clue.
You know, let me have some fun with this.
You have some fun with this.
Well, the first clue ever was a glass slipper,
And this famous actress was in a cinderella movie.
Ken, did you ever work with hilary duff?
- Yes. - Could this be hilary duff?
- Absolutely, yeah. - I mean, we've had demi lovato on,
So we're in that world.
I'm thinking this might be hilary duff.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- It could be. I'm gonna piggy-back off that. - That's a great guess.
You know, I'm gonna go back to my first guess that I ever had
Because now these clues make me go, yeah, it could be her.
We saw that wizard hat.
Do you guys know a little tv show called
- "wizards of waverly place?" - rita: Okay.
Right? Could this be the amazing, talented,
My son's favorite star in the world,
- Selena gomez? - Rita: Aww!
Ken: Good guess.
- Wow. Good guess. Yes. - Those clues go with it, you know?
- Indeed, indeed, - rita: You know what?
All my guesses since I've seen you have really confused me.
'cause I kept going is it lea michele? Is it nina dobrev?
But you know when I first was getting into music
And I came over here stateside,
This person was really nice to me from the get-go.
And she's such an incredible human,
And the clues and the story of losing somebody,
Which I think if it's this person,
It was her father, sadly, who passed away
Hours before she did one of my favorite live versions of "grease,"
And she bravely still went out and was incredible.
That's why I'm getting so emotional.
So also, I think the ken clue, she was in "my little pony."
- Yes. - I think this might be vanessa hudgens.
- Wow. - Jenny: I like it.
- All right. - Aww.
Some great guesses. Such a wonderful story.
Obviously, we love you, goldfish.
- You are a front-runner for sure. - Whoo!
- I love you guys so much. - Well, we have witnessed greatness already.
Men in black, please help out the lovely goldfish.
Studio audience, panel, you know what time it is.
Vote for your favorite singer of the night.
The singer with the least amount of votes with be unmasked.
The other two will go head to head in the battle royale.
- Oh, my lord. - You don't wanna miss it. It's "the masked singer."
Jenny: Wow. This is gonna be tough.
- And, yeah, everyone's in different lanes. - Yeah.
- It really is apples and oranges and ugly sweaters. - True.
♪ who is that?
Welcome back. There's always somebody to love
Here at "the masked singer."
But this town isn't big enough for them all.
( groans )
The first singer unmasking tonight is...
I can't look.
- Robin: Rita, you ready? - No!
I-- oh, man.
They all represent so many different things.
They all deserve to go to the finals.
Ugly sweater.
- Rita: Oh, no! - Jenny: Oh, ugly sweater!
Goldfish and starfish, congratulations. You're safe for now.
Head on back and prepare for the battle royale.
- Oh, no! - Y'all keep it going for ugly sweater.
We love you.
Ugly sweater, we hate to see you go,
But we can't wait to see who you are.
- Who are you? - Panel, we need your final guesses.
Who do you believe the ugly sweater is?
Ken: Just going off the clues,
I think this is a true r&b soul legend.
This is 11-time grammy award winner
And lifetime achievement award winner al green.
- Rita: Okay. - Okay.
- One of the best ever, one of the best ever. - Ken: Absolutely.
Nick: Jenny, what about you?
The rabbit in the hat clue,
The song "this magic moment,"
I think this could absolutely be aaron neville.
- All right. - Rita: Amazing.
- Good guess. - Nick: Some legends you guys are naming.
I think for me, there's a lot of fire in ugly sweater's clues.
And what does fire cause? Smoke!
I think this is legendary smokey!
- Yeah! - Smokey! Smokey!
- All right, robin, what you got? - Well, you know,
I got to have fun with this.
I remember being 14 years old
And I joined my first singing group.
And I remember one of the other members of the group
Introduced me to the gap band.
- Wow, yeah. - And it changed my life.
Everything that he does has inspired me, his whole career.
I think that this is the legendary charlie wilson.
- Uncle charlie. - Wow.
And I think you definitely have the best laugh of all the contestants.
- Rita; yes. - Ken: Oh, absolutely.
- ( ugly sweater laughs ) - after you gave nick that dating advice.
I'm not sure it did work to be honest.
You don't know what that person told me, robin.
- So, panel, let's see if any of you are correct. - Let's do it!
Audience, you know the drill. Say it with me.
Take it off, take it off!
♪ who, who, who, who?
Take it off, take it off!
- ♪ who are you? - Oh, my god!
♪ I really wanna know
- Come on, charlie! - ♪ oh, I really wanna know
- Jenny: Who's it gonna be, ken? - I'm going out of my mind!
- Aah! - ♪ you, you, you?
♪ are you?
- The legend, the icon. - Oh, robin!
Award-winning singer, songwriter, and former lead singer of the gap band,
The one and only charlie wilson!
- Good job! - Uncle charlie!
Wow! Uncle charlie!
- First name charlie, last name wilson. - ♪ hey, girl
♪ how you doing? My name is charlie ♪
♪ last name wilson
Well, now your first name has been ugly, last name sweater.
- Whoo! - I had a great time here.
- ( cheering ) - and the fans are great! Mwah! Mwah!
I've got to know, what was the advice? That's what I wanna know.
- Well. - You don't have to share it.
I can't say it. You know, it's on tv.
I know you gonna bleep it. I don't want to be bleeped.
- But he end up-- - he said, "rumble, young man, rumble."
Young man, rumble! 12 kids?
Come on, he did exactly what I thought he would do.
Rita: I just got to say, it's an honor.
It's an honor to have you.
( scatting )
- Yeah! - There it is!
- Wow. - We've been waiting on that one.
Ken: Wow.
Well, you know what? We got to have you sing one more time.
- Yeah, charlie! - Ladies and gentlemen,
Give it up one more time for the artist formerly known as the ugly sweater.
It's the iconic charlie wilson!
Whoo!
- ♪ you were the girl - oh!
♪ that changed my world
- ♪ you were the first for me - whoo.
♪ you lit the fuse
♪ I stand accused
♪ you were the girl for me
Come on. ♪ but you turned me out
♪ you dropped a bomb on me, baby ♪
♪ you dropped a bomb on me
♪ but you turned me on
- ♪ you dropped a bomb on me - hey!
♪ baby
♪ you dropped a bomb on me
- Hey! - ♪ girl
♪ yeah
Charlie wilson! We love you, uncle charlie.
- Whoo! - Nick: All right.
The group a champion is about to be decided.
Goldfish and starfish are off to the battle royale.
- Yeah! - "the masked singer" continues after the break.
- Man, he just dropped the yarn. - Yeah.
- ( robin laughs ) - ♪ who is that?
( fanfare )
The time has come for the battle royale.
- ( trilling ) - yeah!
The battlefield is set.
Goldfish and starfish are going mask to mask.
This performance will determine who will move ahead to the quarterfinals
And who is hanging up their mask.
- Let's do it! - Yeah!
Let the battle commence!
- Oh, this gonna be good! - Let's go!
Come on, goldie!
♪ steve walks warily down the street ♪
♪ with his brim pulled way down low ♪
♪ ain't no sound but the sound of his feet ♪
♪ machine guns ready to go
♪ are you ready? Hey! Are you ready for this? ♪
♪ are you hanging at the edge of your seat? ♪
- Yes! - ♪ out of the doorway the bullets rip ♪
♪ to the sound of the beat, yeah ♪
♪ another one bites the dust
- ( vocalizing ) - hey, ho!
♪ another one bites the dust
♪ and another one down, and another one down ♪
♪ another one bites the dust
- Oh, my god. - I know!
♪ hey, I'm gonna get you, too
♪ another one bites the dust
♪ yeah
Oh!
Come on, starfish, do it!
- I love it. - Come on!
♪ steve walks warily down the street ♪
♪ the brim pulled way down low
♪ ain't no sound but the sound of his feet ♪
♪ machine gun ready to go
♪ are you ready? Hey! Are you ready for this? ♪
♪ are you hanging on the edge of your seat? ♪
♪ out of the doorway the bullets rip ♪
- Ah! - ♪ to the sound of the beat
- I can't! - ♪ another one bites the dust
♪ another one bites the dust
- ♪ and another one gone, another one gone ♪ - oh!
- Wow! - ♪ another one bites the dust
- ♪ yeah! Hey! - Yeah!
♪ I'm gonna get you, too
♪ another one bites the dust
Oh, wow. Starfish, I just-- I can't.
- Jenny: Right? - Oh, my god.
It was the battle of the fishes.
Wow.
One was a star, one was golden.
- Wow, what an aquarium we are in. - Yeah.
- Rita: You know? - Ken: Well said. Well said.
Goldfish came with the swagger and the sassiness,
And then starfish was so much fun
And made us all smile and giggle and laugh.
That was a great battle.
We don't want anyone biting the dust.
We want them both to go to the quarterfinals.
- I know! - That's the truth. That's the truth.
Is it golden? Is is about the star?
We gonna see. Panel, it's up to you. Who won that battle royale?
- Ugh! - Now remember, there are no saves left
By the ding dong keep it on bell.
Their fate is in your hands.
- I know. - Vote now for your favorite singer.
- The pressure's on. - Oy.
They do such different things, you know?
- You all right, ken? - He's frozen.
- I'm just under pressure. - Ah.
Jenny: Ah.
After the break, we'll announce the group a champion
And have another celebrity unmasking.
You definitely don't want to miss it.
♪ who is that?
The votes are in,
And we can now reveal the results.
Oh, this is so scary!
The winner of the battle royale,
Securing a spot in the quarterfinals is...
Aah!
( music playing )
- The goldfish! - Jenny: Yes, goldfish!
- Congratulations, goldfish. - Yes!
You're the group a champion. Head on back and enjoy the win.
Galileo is hooking you up.
So awesome. Keep it going for the goldfish.
And while we're cheering, let's make some noise for the starfish!
Starfish, we're so sorry that your journey ends here.
We hate to see you go, but we can't wait to see who you are.
- Robin: Yeah! - Panel, time for your final guesses.
Well we've been on this "snl" tip.
We've been on this female comedian,
Actress, singer-- triple threat.
So I'm gonna go with my girl kate mckinnon.
- Okay. - Jenny: Who do you think, rita?
You know, I think you all are thinking it's all the funny ladies
That are on "snl", but my girl hosted "snl".
I think that the starfish is the hilarious amy schumer.
Robin: We love amy schumer.
- Nick: All right. - Jenny: Go ahead, ken.
I tell you, the office supplies clue,
From pennsylvania,
On the way to telescope with "dancing with the stars."
I'm her biggest fan personally and professionally.
I believe starfish is the incredible kate flannery.
- Yeah! - Oh, wow.
Could it be kate? Kate mckinnon or kate flannery.
- The kate-off. - It's a kate-off.
Well, I've interviewed a lot of funny, talented, amazing women.
Also that telescope clue,
She stars in netflix's show "space force."
I think this could be lisa kudrow.
- What? - Wow.
All right. All great guesses.
Panel, that is it. Let's see if any of you are correct.
Audience, you know the drill. Say it with me.
Take it off, take it off!
- Take it off! - ♪ who, who, who, who?
Take it off, take it off!
- Take it off! - ♪ who, who, who, who?
- ♪ who are you? - Robin: Come on, star!
( chanting continues )
♪ I really wanna know
♪ oh, I really wanna know
- Where's the head? - ♪ come on, tell me, who are you, you, you? ♪
- ♪ are you? - Oh, my gosh!
Comedian, actress, and star of "the office,"
- Kate flannery! - Rita: You were right.
Yes!
Yeah! Aww! Yeah!
The legendary kate flannery.
- I love you, kenny! - Now...
You probably have been one of the most beloved characters
- Of "masked singer" history... - Yes!
...As the starfish.
But compare this stage to "the office."
What's the difference?
There's more snacks on "the office."
And you know what? I can't drink at all when I do this show.
- Boring! - Nick: That is true.
- Ken! - Ken, well done.
- You got it right. - Hey.
- My "community" buddy, man. - Exactly.
- You're the best. - I finally got someone right, someone I love.
- Jenny: That's right. - Rita: Well done.
Someone who is in my heart.
And what I love about kate,
She has never changed.
Before "the office," after "the office."
- Love you. - You're the most grounded celebrity we know.
But after "the masked singer," I'm a star!
- Ken: Yeah! - Literally. Literally.
- Jenny: She's the best! - You are a star indeed.
- You guys are the best. - It has truly been a pleasure.
Now let's give it up one more time for kate flannery!
- Love you, love you. Love you! - Yes!
The race to the golden mask trophy continues next week.
Group b is back with girl group night.
- Come back! - Kate, where are you going?
- Oh, my god. - You're not done.
- What? - You gotta sing.
- Oh, I forgot! - Nick: Right now,
- Put your hands together... - All right. Here we go.
...For the artist formerly known as the starfish.
- Kate flannery! - Yes!
♪ under pressure we break
♪ can't we give ourselves
♪ one more chance?
♪ why can't we give love that one more chance? ♪
♪ caring about ourselves
♪ this is ourselves
♪ under pressure
Kate: I'm a star!