Nick: Season 11 has delivered one surprise after the other.
Oh, my god!
- Kevin hart! - Yes! I got you, nick!
And three of the four places in the quarterfinals have been awarded.
- The clock! - Oh!
- Poodle moth! - Yeah!
- The goldfish! - Yes!
Tonight, the final showdown is on,
And our group b wannabes
Are back to sing their hearts out...
I love them!
...For that final spot.
It's girl group night,
And the last wild card of the season
Is here to spice things up.
Oh!
But first, we know what you really, really want.
It's your all-time favorite girl group,
It's the panel of detectives.
♪ yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want ♪
♪ so tell me what you want, what you really, really want ♪
♪ I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want ♪
♪ so tell me what you want, what you really, really want ♪
♪ I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna ♪
♪ I wanna, really, really, really wanna zig-a-zig, ah ♪
♪ if you want my future, forget my past ♪
♪ if you wanna get with me, you better make it fast ♪
♪ now don't go wasting my precious time ♪
- ♪ get your act together, we will be just fine ♪ - come on.
♪ yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want ♪
♪ so tell me what you want, what you really, really want ♪
♪ I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna ♪
♪ I wanna, really, really, really wanna zig-a-zig, ah ♪
♪ if you wanna be my lover
♪ you gotta get with my friends ♪
♪ make it last forever, friendship never ends ♪
♪ if you wanna be my lover
♪ you have got to give
♪ taking is too easy, but that's the way it is ♪
♪ if you wanna be my lover
Oh, yeah.
Give it up for pun spice robin thicke,
Clue spice jenny mccarthy wahlberg,
Glam spice rita ora,
And doc spice ken jeong.
They're heading on up over there to the desk.
Everyone get comfy.
Group b is here to spice up your life
With iconic group girl hits.
And we'll mix things up with the season's final wild card.
- Whoo! - Audience, are you guys ready?
- Yes! - Yeah!
- We're ready! - Well, let's get going.
Miss cleocatra bewitched us all in the group b premiere.
Let's take a look at this fierce feline's masked singer debut.
♪ I can't help
Cleocatra: I really caused a storm last time.
- I was the cat's meow. - ( vocalizing )
That was extraordinary.
I'm thrilled to be here tonight to champion fierce girl groups.
You know, I had my own gang of great women that shaped me,
Starting with my own mother.
She was a maid so I didn't have to be.
But the best gift I ever got from her was her work ethic.
It made me the hardest hustler in tinseltown.
- Bette midler. - Whoopi goldberg!
Could she have co-starred with both?
Now all the brightest stars look to me,
Including michelle obama and her mother!
But I'm most proud of the little princesses who see me as their queen.
I want them to know if they want to be supreme,
Free your mind and work harder than anyone else.
And thanks, ma, for showing me that!
- It's a diva. Right? - Someone who is an icon.
♪ free your mind
- Yes, honey! - Nice!
♪ I wear tight clothing, high-heeled shoes ♪
♪ it doesn't mean that I'm a prostitute ♪
- Get it, girl! - ♪ no, no
♪ oh, god, forgive me for having straight hair, no ♪
♪ it doesn't mean there's another blood in my heir ♪
- That voice! Yes! - My god!
♪ I might date another race or color ♪
♪ it doesn't mean I don't like my strong black brothers ♪
( vocalizing )
♪ why, oh, why must it be this way? ♪
♪ before you can read me
♪ you got to learn how to see me ♪
♪ I said free your mind
♪ and the rest will follow
♪ be color-blind
- ♪ don't be so shallow - whoo!
♪ free your mind
♪ and the rest will follow
♪ be color-blind
♪ don't be so shallow
- I know this voice, man. - Wow.
♪ why, oh, why must it be this way? ♪
♪ oh, oh
- ( vocalizing ) - ♪ before you can read me
♪ you got to learn how to see me ♪
- Yes! - ♪ I said free your mind
♪ and the rest will follow
♪ be color-blind
♪ don't be so shallow
- Oh! - ♪ free your mind
♪ the rest will follow
♪ be color-blind
♪ don't be so shallow
- ( vocalizing ) - ♪ free your mind
- Yeah! - Wow! Whoo.
Damn!
Nick: Y'all keep it going for miss cleocatra.
So amazing.
- Wow, look at her sashaying. - Wow.
- Look at that. Wow! - True diva.
- Yes! - Look at that, nick.
- That's right. - Yes!
- Amazing. - Ken: Royalty!
- Nick: So regal. - Yes!
- Right? - What a way to kick it off, right?
- Whoo! - Thank you.
- The dance moves. The dance moves. - The moves!
- The kicks! - I was just looking at the kick
- And it was just going unh, unh! - ( laughing )
I was like, okay! You did not come to play. The claws came out.
Indeed, and speaking of coming out,
For our clues tonight, members of world-renowned
Girl groups are going to help us out.
From wilson phillips and season eight's the lambs,
The legendary carnie wilson.
- Ken: Yeah! Yes! - ♪ come on, baby, come on, baby ♪
- Wow. - ♪ you knew was time to just let go ♪
♪ 'cause we wanna be free
♪ but somehow it's just not that easy ♪
♪ oh, oh, oh
- Great to see you. Welcome back. - Hi!
- Thank you. Hi! - Wow.
- Hi, jenny! - A member of the family is in the building.
So for our clues, we're gonna play a little masked singer game.
It's an original game we call "clue-ee-okie."
- Clue-ee-okie? - Love it.
- I love that. - Nick: You'll serenade us with a girl group song
That is a clue to our celebrity's true identity.
- Ah. - Oh, yeah!
- You guys ready for this? - Yes, yes, yes.
- Robin: Okay. - Rita: Yeah.
- Ken: Yes. - Let's give it up for carnie.
Jenny: Yay!
- Nick: She gonna hit the stage. - Thanks, carnie!
- Oh, I'm excited, yeah! - Nick: Carnie wilson,
Whenever you're ready, queen.
♪ stop in the name of love
- Ken: Whoa! - Jenny: What?
♪ before you break my heart
♪ stop in the name of love
♪ before you break my heart
Ken: Yeah, carnie! Yeah!
- Nick: Carnie wilson. - Yeah!
Miss cleocatra, what can you tell us about that clue right there?
Well, the supremes aren't just on my playlist.
( laughs )
They're a part of my career!
- Whoa! - Nick: Oh. That's a good clue.
- Part of my career. - What?
I mean, maybe you are from the same era as the supremes.
Like, the big divas.
- Who you thinking then? - The bette midler clue,
She wrote a song for this lady--
"something your heart has been telling me."
And I kind of feel like the voice is so familiar to me.
I'm gonna say roberta flack.
- Ken: Whoa! - Oh!
- Jenny: I like roberta flack. - Wow.
- Ken: That would be incredible. - Rita: Yeah.
That is one diva we have yet to have on this show.
- Ken: Yeah. - Well, I'm on this the supremes translation to "dream girls."
And I think the gold wedding band is because she was also
In a movie called "jumping the broom."
So I think that this is the amazing loretta devine.
- Oh! - Ken: That's a great guess.
I'll second that. Ken, what are you feeling?
I'm just going deeper with the supreme girls clue.
Maybe even like down the lineage,
Maybe someone like tracee ellis ross.
But I think miss cleocatra could be the matriarch
Of the tracee ellis ross show "black-ish."
I think this could be jenifer lewis.
- ( crowd cheering ) - if you think about that--
Maybe!
Jenifer sang back-up for bette midler.
She also co-starred in "sister act"
- With whoopi goldberg. - Yes.
So it's very possible we could be in the presence of greatness--
- Jenifer lewis. - That's for sure.
That would be amazing.
- I freed my mind, nick. - Yes.
- And then the rest followed. - Robin: Yeah.
Okay, that's funny.
All right, miss cleocatra,
That was paw-sitively incredible.
- Men in black, come on out here... - Rita: Bye, queen!
...And help our queen out. Take the queen to her chambers.
- Yes! - So regal.
She walks just like you, nick. She walks just like you.
Not a bad guess. Not bad.
Thank you. That's all I ever wanted.
- Not bad! Not crazy. - Oh, my god!
That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said on the show to me.
♪ free your mind
♪ who is that?
Welcome back to a supremely
Spectacular girl group night here on "the masked singer."
- Yeah! - In the group b premiere,
Our high-fiver duo had the audience on their feet.
Are they in for a "re-beet" performance tonight?
We'll see. Let's take a look, maybe get a clue along the way.
Last time we really brought it home.
- ♪ let me go home - ♪ let me go home
- That was a beautiful. - That was just perfect.
- Wow. - So the pressure's on
To pay homage to the ladies tonight.
Like the best girl groups out there,
We both bring our own spice.
- I was the total ladies man. - And I was tough guy.
Two guys who couldn't be any more different.
- ( laughing ) - but we didn't try to out-do each other.
Instead, like a good girl group, we teamed up.
Just like me and you, ken.
It was our organic friendship
That made us a delicious duo
And kept us on menus nationwide.
Yeah, we're still touring, hitting the town.
- Is that a bread castle? - Maybe they're on my side of the world.
We'd be so excited to make it to the group b finale.
And tonight is the night we're gonna make it happen.
- Yes, beets! - Yeah. Let's do this.
♪ tonight's the night we're gonna make it happen ♪
♪ tonight, we'll put all other things aside ♪
♪ give in this time and show me some affection ♪
♪ we're going for those pleasures in the night ♪
♪ I want to love you, feel you ♪
♪ wrap myself around you
♪ I want to squeeze you, please you ♪
♪ I just can't get enough
♪ and if you move real slow
♪ I'll let it go
♪ I'm so excited
♪ and I just can't hide it
- Yes! - I love them!
♪ I know, I know, I know, I know ♪
- ♪ I know I want you - I mean, their voices are incredible.
♪ we shouldn't even think about tomorrow ♪
♪ sweet memories will last a long, long time ♪
♪ we'll have a good time, baby, don't you worry ♪
♪ and if we're still playing around ♪
♪ then that's just fine
♪ I want to love you, feel you ♪
♪ wrap myself around you
♪ I want to squeeze you, please you ♪
♪ I just can't get enough
♪ and if you move real slow
- ♪ I'll let it go - ♪ I'll let it go
- ♪ I'm so excited - ♪ look what you do to me
- ♪ and I just can't hide it - ♪ got me burning up
- ♪ I'm about to lose control - ( vocalizing )
♪ and I think I like it, oh, yeah ♪
- ♪ I'm so excited - ♪ how did you get to me?
- ♪ and I just can't hide it - ♪ I've got to give it up
- ♪ I know, I know, I know - ( vocalizing )
♪ I know, I know, I want you, want you, yeah ♪
- Yeah! Yeah! - Oh, my god.
- Oh, man.
- My guesses have gone out the window. - Me, too.
The beets are in the building.
Got to walk around you guys. You guys are amazing.
- Beets just beat it! Aah! - Yeah!
Hello! I did not expect that. I'm your biggest fan.
I love you more and more every time I see you.
You're so jolly, so cute,
And I just wanna hang out with you guys.
What an amazing performance!
Indeed. Let's get a clue from another
Universally-acclaimed girl grouper.
Please welcome season two's black widow,
- The one and only raven-symoné. - Yeah! Raven!
Hey! Yes!
Raven is back!
- Wow. - Hi, raven!
Nick: Now as you know, raven,
We are playing clue-ee-okie right now.
The stage is yours. Hit us with a girl group song.
Dj, spin it back.
( music playing )
Oh, I love this song!
♪ I get so weak in the knees, I can hardly speak ♪
♪ I lose all control and something takes over me ♪
- Crowd: ♪ in a daze and it's so amazing ♪ - sing it!
♪ I want you to stay with me
♪ by my side, I swallow my pride ♪
- ♪ your love is so sweet - what it do?
- ♪ it knocks me right off of my feet ♪ - ken: Wow!
- ( vocalizing ) - ow!
Nick: So, beets, what can you tell us
About that swv "weak" clue?
- We made our audience weak in the knees... - On broadway.
- Broadway! - You guys picking up on any clues?
- I'm having a tough time with this. - Me, too.
Because tonight I'm picking up more of a country vibe a little bit.
- Really? - A little bit, yeah.
I think the broadway stage clue has to do with nashville
And they had a christmas album, hence the christmas clue.
So I'm thinking, could it be brooks & dunn?
- Ken: That's a great guess. - Jenny: That's a great guess.
Okay, that broadway clue makes me think of two broadway stars
Who are also co-stars on the show "schmiga-goon." what is it called?
- "schmigadoon!" - "schmigadoon!" yes!
- Great show. - And I feel like
It's titus burgess and alan cumming.
- Ken: Great guess. Yes. - Jenny: Right?
- Ken: Absolutely. - Nick: All right.
Maybe they are actors and they kind of went to musical theater school.
They might just have really good training, but then they ended up acting.
They're really good together.
Could it be zach braff and donald faison from "scrubs?"
Oh, they can go. They're very talented.
Well, I don't know who you guys are,
But I am so excited you're here.
- Robin: Yeah! - Jenny: Yes!
Nick: All right, well, keep it going for them,
'cause that was hard to "beet" right there.
That's right, nick.
Men in black, help them out. Take them backstage.
Go plant yourselves down somewhere.
They're still excited.
♪ who is that?
Man on pa: All right, here we go.
Can I tell you?
I wrote a song for my girl band on my block.
- Are you kidding me? - It sounds like this.
♪ it's Saturday night and I wanna start a fight ♪
- ♪ it's Saturday night - ♪ and I wanna start a fight
♪ our jackets are bright like laser lights ♪
♪ I'm really in the mood to start a fight, start a fight ♪
- ♪ I want a fight I love it. - That was it.
Thank you.
- ♪ who is that? - Nick: We are back.
It's girl group night here at "the masked singer," y'all.
- Yeah! - Gumball's bubble almost burst in his debut.
But he turned that dial around in the smackdown.
Let's take a look at this colorful character in the group b premiere.
You all got my heart beating last time with all of your love.
And that smackdown? That was wicked fun.
♪ ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead ♪
It's exciting to perform on girl group night
Because there's actually one girl who's been singing lead
In my life for years-- my wife.
I still remember the night I met her,
An angel from across the room.
I knew right then and there,
I would spend the rest of my life with her.
And everything was perfect
Until she was diagnosed with a disease
That will impact her later in life.
- Aw. - Oh, no.
Suddenly, the forever that we were planning
Looked very different, and we had a decision to make.
We could let what's on the horizon define us
Or we could choose to be present each and every moment,
To say yes more and explore all of the wide open spaces out there.
And tonight, I'm singing
One of her favorite songs just for her.
That's so sweet.
♪ who doesn't know what I'm talking about? ♪
♪ who's never left home? Who's never struck out? ♪
♪ to find a dream and a life of their own ♪
Aww.
♪ a place in the clouds, a foundation of stone ♪
♪ many precede and many will follow ♪
♪ a young girl's dream no longer hollow ♪
♪ it takes the shape of a place out west ♪
♪ and what it holds for her, she hasn't yet guessed ♪
♪ she needs
♪ wide open spaces
♪ room to make her big mistakes ♪
♪ she needs
♪ new faces
♪ she knows the highest stakes
( vocalizing )
♪ and as her folks drive away
♪ her daddy yells, "check the oil" ♪
♪ mama stares out the window
♪ says, "I'm leaving my girl"
♪ didn't seem like that long ago ♪
♪ when she stood there and let her own folks know ♪
♪ she needed
♪ wide open spaces
♪ room to make her big mistakes ♪
- ♪ new faces - yeah.
- ♪ she knows the highest stakes ♪ - wow.
♪ she knows
♪ the highest stakes
♪ she knows the highest stakes
Wow.
Such a powerful and emotional performance right there.
Jenny: Beautiful, beautiful!
I know that you're married to your beautiful wife.
She must be so proud to hear you sing that song.
It's one of her favorite songs, you said.
You won our hearts tonight as well.
- Yeah. - What an amazing, beautiful performance tonight.
- I love you gumball. Great job. - Great job, great job.
Nick: A powerful performance indeed.
And, panel, let's get a clue, shall we?
For another round of clue-ee-okie,
Welcome back the amazing carnie wilson.
- Whoo! - Carnie!
- Take it away, carnie. - Carnie!
♪ don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me? ♪
♪ don't you wish your girlfriend was a freak like me? ♪
- ♪ don't cha? - All right.
- "don't cha" from the pussycat dolls. - Both: "don't cha."
Sending some love to nicole scherzinger with that one.
- That's a little clue, huh? - Love you, nicole!
Well don't you wish you could've starred with channing tatum like me?
- Ooh! - Oh!
All right, well, that's a good clue.
You guys picking up on anything?
Rita: You know, you definitely threw us a curve ball
With that "don't cha" song.
'cause I felt like the song was so emotional,
And then obviously you had that clue.
So I'm actually really all and everywhere all at once,
But, you know, I think this person is an actor.
I think he played with channing tatum in "bullet train" if I'm correct.
So I'm gonna go with aaron taylor johnson.
- Jenny: Ooh. - Okay.
- Ken: Maybe. - All right.
Jenny, let me hear it. What you got?
You know, last time he danced like a maniac.
- Like, he was like-- - yeah, good moves.
Right? Like, boy band good.
- Oh, oh, oh, oh! - Look at him! Lookit, lookit, look.
- Oh! Oh! - Ken: Oh, my god.
Go, gumball! Go, gumball!
Told ya. But there's only one guy I know
That can dance like that and also sing like that.
- And that is derrick hough. - Rita: Yeah!
The bowling ball of earth?
Uh, hello? "world of dance."
- That makes sense. - That was a good guess right there.
- Who you thinking, ken? - You know, I'm just so inspired by the story.
I'm convinced that gumball might be my dear friend taran killam.
Taran's wife, who is an amazing actress, cobie smulders,
Was diagnosed with cancer the same year my wife was diagnosed with cancer.
- And I'm happy to say both are doing well, cancer-free. - Thank god. Thank god.
And, um--
And also, you know,
As a spouse of a cancer survivor,
There's no, um-- there's no greater joy
Than just performing for the one you love.
And I think I get that, so I think it's taran.
So touching, ken. Thank you. Thank you for sharing.
Men in black, do what you do, man.
Help the gumball out. Please direct him to the candy shop.
Well, I do think gumball is gonna be one to beat.
- Ken: Yeah. - Rita: Yeah.
Some artists are effortless
- With the way they sing. - Yeah, yeah.
♪ who is that?
Welcome back to "the masked singer."
We're on to the final mystery singer of the night.
Yeah!
Reveal the wild card.
Yes!
Rita: Wild card! Oh, my god, I'm so excited!
- The suspense is killing me! - Come out here, wild card!
Who is it? Who is it? Who is it? Who is it?
Who is it?
- Nick: The seal! - Oh!
♪ give it to me, I'm worth it ♪
- He's so cute! - ♪ baby, I'm worth it
- ♪ uh-huh, I'm worth it - robin: Oh, my god.
- Oh, my god! He is so cute! - He is so cute! Oh, my god.
Look at that! He's throwing snowballs.
- Oh, my-- - he's tall.
♪ give it to me, I'm worth it ♪
Ken: Wow.
Wow. So cuddly and cute!
Who is the seal? Here's a pool of clues to dive right into.
Narrator: For thousands of years, it was buried in the ice...
...Waiting for the perfect time to strike.
Beware...
...The seal.
Hey, guys. What's all the fuss about?
Just like a seal, I'm cute, cuddly, and friendly.
It would make sense I'm the wild card,
Because I was mistakenly perceived as a wild child.
Y'all may know me from your screens, radio,
Or posters tacked up on your walls.
- Vampire? - Maybe they starred in "twilight?"
And I'm so excited to be here on girl group night,
'cause I was in one of the most favorite groups in the world.
- Ah. - Is he a boy bander?
And now I'll get your seal of approval
With a girl group anthem
By some fabulous "masked singer" alums.
Guys, I have-- I might fancy the seal.
- Really? - I'm finding-- I'm feeling a connection.
He's looking at you right now, I think.
( robin laughs )
♪ I know this pain
♪ why do you lock yourself up in these chains? ♪
♪ no one can change your life except you ♪
♪ don't ever let anyone step all over you ♪
♪ just open your heart and your mind ♪
Yeah!
♪ is it really fair to feel
♪ this way inside?
♪ oh, oh, someday somebody's ♪
♪ gonna make you wanna turn around and say goodbye ♪
♪ till then, baby, are you gonna let them ♪
♪ hold you down and make you cry? ♪
♪ don't you know?
♪ don't you know things can change? ♪
♪ things'll go your way
♪ if you hold on for one more day ♪
♪ can you hold on for one more day? ♪
That voice sounds very familiar!
♪ things'll go your way
- ♪ hold on for one more day - whoo!
♪ I know that there is pain
♪ but you hold on for one more day ♪
♪ and you break free from the chains ♪
♪ yeah, I know that there is pain ♪
♪ but you hold on for one more day ♪
♪ and you break free, break from the chains ♪
Whoo!
♪ someday somebody's gonna make you wanna ♪
♪ turn around and say goodbye
♪ until then, baby, are you gonna let them ♪
♪ hold you down and make you cry? Don't you know? ♪
♪ don't you know things can change? ♪
♪ things'll go your way
♪ if you hold on for one more day, yeah ♪
♪ if you hold on
This is awesome! What a cutie pie!
Oh, my god. He's so adorable.
Seal out here shaking his tail.
I mean, he knows how to play a crowd.
- He's the fan favorite tonight. - That was the most fun. Fan-favorite, yes.
Panel, please tell him about that performance.
What a wild card! The cutest thing I've ever seen!
- Jenny: Right? - It was so good!
Definitely one of the most charming characters we've ever had.
- Aww. - And every time you do this with your arms,
- It's the best thing. - Well, they're not very long.
- Yeah! - I don't have much room here.
Well, it is time for a clue.
Back again for some more clue-ee-okie,
Give it up for raven-symoné.
It's your world, raven.
♪ michelle obama, purse so heavy ♪
- ♪ getting oprah dollars - ooh!
♪ c-o-n-f-I-d-e-n-t
♪ that's me, I'm confident
- Oh, yes! - Yes!
Okay, raven-symoné with that "bo$$" energy.
Yeah!
Well, you know, it's easy to be confident
When you have a boss like steven spielberg!
- What? - Spielberg?
All right, guys, are you picking up on any clues for the seal?
Oh, spielberg. This makes sense to me.
Haley joel osment, eh?
Who was in-- who was in steven spielberg's "a.I."
Think about it. Everything fits.
Vampire teeth-- haley joel osment was also
On one of my favorite shows "what we do in the shadows."
Oh, I don't know, co-created by your bubby, taika waititi.
- Yeah! - Uh-huh. You ever thought about them apples?
- Is that my husband in there? - Well, it could be.
- Hi, honey. - Hi, honey!
- Oh! - I've been trying to call-- honestly, though,
I've been trying to call him all day and he has not been answering my phone call.
I've been in this suit. I'm so sorry.
- But we could make out now. - Rita: Aww.
Ken: Okay, you know what? That-- you know what?
( seal laughs )
Come on, baby! Come on!
- I like this seal's energy. - Yeah!
I did feel like you were singing to me.
- Like, I really felt like we had a connection. - Yeah, classic haley.
- I know. - Damn it.
Husbands do like to pop up on this show, rita,
- Just so so you know. - Ken: That's-- very true.
But if I put the clues together,
I feel like the movie "gremlins" from spielberg.
- You know, "gremlins." remember that movie? - Okay.
I also feel like he said,
"I was in one of your favorite groups."
- Could that be "the goonies" group? - Rita: Oh!
I think this could be corey feldman, ladies and gentlemen.
Robin: That's a good guess.
But I'm thinking this is a different goonie.
I think that this might be sean astin.
- Ooh! - Oh, another good guess!
Some really great guesses up there.
- Great job. 'cause you're great. - And a great performance.
- All right, seal, chill out. - I'm chilling!
The vote is coming up. Men in black, help him out.
Peace and love! Peace and love!
I've never seen an audience respond to the wild card...
- Yeah. That crazy. - ...Like that. Instant--
He was an instant star.
Studio audience, panel, you know what time it is.
- Uh-oh. - Vote now for your favorite singer of the night.
Don't go too far, the results and the smackdown are coming right up.
♪ who is that?
Welcome back, y'all. The results are in.
The two singers facing off
In the smackdown tonight are...
- Oh, I hate this part! - Oh, no, I can't look.
I don't want anyone to go.
( music playing )
- Oh! - Aah!
Just say it, nick.
Miss cleocatra and seal.
- ( crowd groaning ) - oh!
Beets and gumball, congratulations.
You guys are safe. Head on back and prepare for next week's group b finals.
- Wow, I did not see that. - Oh, man.
Bye, beets.
Miss cleocatra and seal,
You have one more opportunity to dazzle our panel.
The panel will then vote and decide which famous face
Is getting revealed tonight.
( bell ringing )
Let's go!
It's time to smackdown!
Whoo!
In this corner,
A cat never in "de-nile" about her grandeur and charm,
- It's miss cleocatra! - Yeah!
And in this corner,
Bootylicious from all that blubber,
It's seal!
- On the count of three... - Oh, my god.
...Two, one!
Smackdown!
( bell ringing )
♪ a lonely mother gazes out of the window ♪
♪ staring at a son that she can't touch ♪
Oh, yes.
♪ so, he goes out and he makes his money ♪
♪ the best way he knows how
♪ another body laying cold in the gutter ♪
( vocalizing )
♪ don't go chasing waterfalls
♪ please stick to the rivers
♪ and the lakes that you're used to ♪
♪ I know that you're gonna have it your way ♪
- ♪ or nothing at all - yeah!
♪ but I think you're moving too fast ♪
( vocalizing )
Yeah, you go, girl!
Oh, seal's gonna bring it. He's bring it.
♪ a lonely mother gazing out of her window ♪
♪ staring at a son that she just can't touch ♪
- Yes! - Yeah!
♪ so he goes out makes his money ♪
- ♪ the best way he knows how - yes!
♪ another body laying cold in the gutter ♪
♪ listen to me
♪ don't go chasing waterfalls
♪ please stick to the rivers
♪ and the lakes that you're used to ♪
♪ I know that you're gonna have it your way ♪
♪ or nothing at all
♪ but I think you're moving too fast ♪
♪ listen to me
- Whoo! - Oh!
- Yes! - Wow!
- Smackdown. Man, that was intense. - Wow!
Panel, give us your thoughts on that smackdown.
Cleocatra's vocals are always so special and so rich.
She really makes it her own every time she performs.
- Ken: Absolutely - but then we got seal.
And seal is literally one of the cutest,
Most adorable, loveable characters we've ever had.
You can see, the crowd goes crazy for seal.
Jenny: Oh, yeah. Definitely a fan favorite.
I mean, this is tough, this is tough.
Well, you know who has the toughest job right now.
- Us! - Us?
- You guys. - Aah!
You know what time it is.
- Vote now for your favorite. - Ugh!
Is it gonna be miss cleocatra?
Or is it seal?
All right, after the break, two become one.
Is your favorite safe?
Stay right there and find out.
♪ who is that?
Welcome back.
The singer taking the final spot
In the group b finals is...
- Oh, my-- - oh, my gosh!
Aah!
Seal!
Congratulations, you get to keep it on.
You've made it to soundtrack of my life night.
- Oh! Oh, thank you, seal. - Oh, he's so happy!
- I just got accosted by a seal. - He was a fan favorite.
Miss cleocatra.
- I love you. - Cleocatra!
We're sorry that the journey is over,
But we can't wait to see who you are.
- We got to see this famous face, right? - Jenny: Yes!
But first-- miss cleocatra!
Hold on. We got to have you sit down
Because the panel got to guess who you are.
- Oh! - Yes! It's time.
We don't know who this famous royal queen is.
She is so adorable.
- She is the best. - I mean, the queen. The queen!
- Yes. - Panel, I need your final guesses.
Rita: I mean, I have to stand up
Because I feel so confident with this.
You know, in your first clue, you had an hourglass.
The first time I ever saw your face,
The grammy-winning roberta flack, guys.
- Oh. Great guess. - All right, robin.
She won an emmy for "grey's anatomy."
I think that this is the larger than life loretta devine.
Ken: Oh, great guess. Another outstanding guess.
Dr. Ken, what you got?
Initially, I said taraji p. Henson,
But she was never on "fresh prince of bel air."
But jenifer lewis was.
- Rita: Ah. - Nick. Ah.
Ken: She played aunt helen.
So I believe, all hail the legendary queen jenifer.
- ( cheers and applause ) - jenny: Hey!
That would be amazing.
Well, I've been torn between two o.G. Dreamgirls.
- Ken: Yep. - There's sheryl lee ralph and loretta devine.
Both won emmys, but I'm gonna lean in on loretta devine!
- All right. - Double down. Triple down.
I got to see this. I can't wait to see this one.
- I wanna see who this is! - Oh, my gosh. We're so excited.
All right, panel, let's see if any of you are correct.
Miss cleocatra, we need to know who you are.
Audience, you know the drill. Say it with me.
All: Take it off, take it off!
- ( chanting continues ) - could it be her? We don't know!
- ♪ who are you? - Take it off! Take it off!
- Who is it? - ♪ I really wanna know
- I'm dying to know. - ♪ I really wanna know
- Take it off! - Rita: Who is it?
- Aah! Who is it? - ♪ tell me who are you, you, you ♪
♪ are you?
Cultural icon, true queen...
Oh!
...Star of the hit show "black-ish,"
The one and only jenifer lewis!
Hey!
I can't believe it!
We love you and ken jeong was right!
- Rita: What? - Yes, baby. Yes, you were right.
- Good job, ken! I'm so proud of you! - You guys are great!
- You did it, ken! You did it! - Hello, audience!
Nick: It has been such a pleasure to be in your presence.
- Thank you, babe. - I mean, you've graced broadway stages.
You've starred in films, television.
- Why "the masked singer?" - you know, listen, guys, I took a long break.
And when they called, I said, you know I haven't been on stage singing
For a long time.
- So I said, come on, let's go. - Whoo!
- Yeah! - Let's do it.
- And you did amazing! - Yeah, and it was fun. I had a blast.
Nick: Yes. And then, ken?
I can't believe it. Even I'm shocking myself.
- Rita: We can't believe it! - Because honestly from music to "black-ish"
- To everything in between... - Thank you.
- ...You are truly an icon. - Wow, queen!
- You have blessed our stage. - You're adorable. Thank you.
- Jenny: Wow. - I love you.
- We love you. - I love you back, baby.
- Love you black! - Nick: Yes.
Is there anything that you wanna say to the people at home?
Do me a favor. You're so young and you're so beautiful.
Will you take care of yourselves?
- Rita: Yeah. - Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
And be loving to one another, you hear me?
- Yes! - That's what I want for you.
It has been such a pleasure to have you on the show.
- Ladies and gentlemen... - Well done, ken!
- Thank you. - ...Put your hands together
For the artist formerly known as miss cleocatra,
The iconic jenifer lewis!
♪ before you can read me, you got to learn how to see me ♪
- ♪ I said free your mind - unh!
♪ and the rest will follow
- Let's go! - ♪ be colorblind
♪ don't be so shallow
♪ free your mind, yeah
- Yeah! Love you so much. - ( cheers and applause )
- Yeah! - Whoo!