♪ How do I ♪
♪ Say good‐bye ♪
Nick: I knew it! It's Ninja!
Laila Ali! Raven‐Symoné!
It's hot in there. I'll miss this padding in the costume though.
‐ Can I take this home? ‐ Nick: Michelle Williams!
Dr. Drew! Mrs. Patti LaBelle!
I am proud of myself, but I had to lose to a dog.
‐ Hey. ‐ Nick: Kelly Osbourne!
Mr. Paul Shaffer! Sherri Shepherd!
I learned that when you by yourself with a mask on your head,
your voice is real irritating.
‐ Nick: Johnny Weir! ‐ Johnny: All I wanted to do was be Christina Aguilera,
so "The Masked Singer" gave me that opportunity, even if just for an episode.
I have an omelet to make. Excuse me.
♪ Who is that? ♪
Nick: After saying good‐bye to ten undercover stars,
only the top six remain.
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
‐ Nick: They're all competing for a spot in the semifinal. ‐ Nice!
( screaming )
‐ ♪ And I ♪ ‐ Nick: The stakes have never been higher.
I feel like you've flipped your heart inside out for us.
Nick: And the panel is joined by season one winner T‐Pain.
T‐Pain: I know how hot it can be in those things.
You're probably breathing hard as hell.
‐ Nick: Who... ‐ Lenny Kravitz, man.
‐ Nick: ...will... ‐ That's gotta be John Legend.
‐ Nick: ...survive? ‐ T‐Pain: You know what?
I'm just gonna stick with Mariah Carey 'cause I want to see Nick panic.
( music playing )
♪ Who are you? ♪
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ I really wanna know ♪
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪ ‐ ♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ Oh, my God. ‐ It's Nick Cannon!
Welcome, everyone.
I'm Nick Cannon, and this is the greatest and strangest costume party
in Hollywood history, "The Masked Singer."
( cheers and applause )
Our very punny who‐sungit just got very, very real
for our six remaining secret celebrity singers.
Even though it can be hard to read their famous faces under those masks,
it's pretty clear they would all love
to make it to tomorrow night's semifinals, right?
It's gonna be big.
‐ Whoo! ‐ But we have rules here at "The Masked Singer."
Only five of our six singers tonight will take one step closer
to our ultimate honor, the Golden Mask trophy.
‐ Whoo! ‐ Hey!
And tonight we're so excited to be joined by our first ever
Golden Mask trophy winner, the artist formerly known as the Monster,
hip‐hop icon T‐Pain!
Come on, T‐Pain! Come on, T‐Pain!
‐ Come on, come on. Thank you. ‐ He's dripping, he's dripping.
I see it. All right, now, T‐Pain,
what's it like, you know, seeing the show from way up there with the panel
instead of standing next to me in a monster costume?
Well, I'll tell you this, Nick. There's a‐‐
there's a lot of air conditioning up here.
It gets hot on this stage, indeed.
And you know, I didn't have a lot of‐‐
a lot of air flow in that thing.
But you did a great job, right?
‐ I appreciate it. Appreciate it, man. ‐ Boom.
‐ We're so happy to have you here. ‐ I'm happy to be here, brother.
‐ So let's get it on. ‐ Whoo! Yeah!
‐ Yes! ‐ First up, gunning for a spot in the semifinals,
the Fox.
We need to talk and it's kind of a big deal.
Listen, it's not you, it's me.
Feeling like I want to get away.
‐ I want to fly away. ‐ I want to fly away, like Lenny Kravitz.
Because I'm finally being accepted for who I really am.
What? Come on, now!
Who would have thought it would take a singing competition to open my eyes?
I've learned I don't need to put on my superhero disguise any more.
It's time to close this chapter and move on.
Through this mask, I feel unchained.
Unchained, that's Django for Jamie Foxx.
And now I'm ready to prove I can win this whole thing without you.
( music playing )
It's a solid song right there.
Darn good song.
♪ Blame it on the booze ♪
♪ Got you feeling loose ♪
♪ Blame it on the 'tron ♪
♪ Got you in the zone ♪
♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
‐ Oh, man. ‐ ♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
♪ You can blame it on the ♪
♪ Hey she say she usually don't ♪
♪ But I know she front ♪
♪ 'Cause shawty know she wants ♪
♪ She don't want to seem like she easy ♪
♪ I hear you saying what you won't do ♪
♪ But you know we probably going do ♪
♪ What you been seeing deep inside ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Girl what you drinking? ♪
♪ Gonna let it sink in ♪
♪ Here for the weekend ♪
♪ Thinking we can ♪
♪ See what we can be if we press fast forward ♪
♪ Just one more round and you're down I know it ♪
♪ Fill another cup up feeling on yo butt what? ♪
♪ You don't even care now ♪
♪ I was unaware how fine you was ♪
♪ Before my buzz set in ♪
♪ My buzz set in ♪
♪ Blame it on the booze ♪
‐ ♪ Oh ♪ ‐ ♪ Got you feeling loose ♪
‐ ♪ Blame it on the 'tron ♪ ‐ Whoo!
♪ Got you in the zone ♪
♪ Blame it on the a‐a‐a‐a alcohol ♪
♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
♪ On the vodka blame it on the Henny ♪
♪ Blue top got you feeling dizzy ♪
‐ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ‐ ♪ Alcohol ♪
♪ A‐a‐a‐a‐a alcohol ♪
Whoo!
( music playing )
‐ Hey! ‐ ( shouting )
♪ Yeah ♪
( scatting )
♪ Blame it on the alcohol ♪
♪ A‐a‐a‐a‐a alcohol ♪
‐ Wow. ‐ Wow!
Nicole: Whoo!
The Fox swagging it out.
Who are you?
Mr. T‐Pain, that was one of your songs.
‐ Yep. ‐ Tell him about his performance.
T‐Pain: Oh, my God. I loved everything about it.
The intro was insane. He busted a boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo.
‐ Yes. ‐ That was fire. Good job.
I know how hard it is to do that. Great job.
‐ Yeah. ‐ Mr. Fox,
tell us something that you have in common with the panel up there.
I have spent one of the best weekends of my life
with one of you.
Oh!
This isn't a good combination of people standing up right now.
This‐‐ this could go a lot of different ways.
You guys looked like you picked up on some clues with that one.
Ken, we gonna start with you.
No, I was ‐‐ I was kidding.
Jamie's, like, a good friend of mine who‐‐
I mean, we've had some weekends, but not‐‐ like, no.
No, like, with other friends. Other friends.
'Cause Jamie's the coolest!
Hey, that's not bad. Honestly.
But from some of the previous clue packages, he had mentioned he was 30 years in the business.
And the all around stage ability and talent, I'm thinking it might be Wayne Brady.
Well, what about the superhero references?
Well, I don't know what any of that means.
Did you spend a weekend with him or...
I don't like to talk about that, so...
Well, Pain, being on the other side of the table now,
are you picking up on any clues on who the Fox may be?
T‐Pain: I'm picking up on a lot of things.
We're talking about 30 years in the game.
I mean, I'm thinking Lenny Kravitz, man.
‐ Jenny: Yes! ‐ Nick: Yeah.
Ken: No, absolutely not. Let me tell you something.
The show wants to go this hip, ironic route saying,
"Oh, we're gonna lean it so much towards Jamie Foxx,
you'll be too dumb to think it's Jamie Foxx."
Not this guy.
And it's not a coincidence that T‐Pain is here,
and it's a song by T‐Pain and Jamie Foxx
sung by Jamie Foxx and figured out by Ken Jeong.
Jamie Foxx!
‐ Yes, Ken, yes! ‐ Whoo!
Nick: There it is. Fox, you were amazing.
Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise.
Our panel thought one of these celebrities
might be under the Fox mask.
Who do you think it is?
It sounds like Jamie Foxx so much.
You gonna listen to a Lenny Kravitz song at some point.
We're gonna hear it. That's Lenny Kravitz.
Lenny has a voice in that pitch, like, for real? I mean, he has really?
‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure, yeah. ‐ Lenny Kravitz is on our show.
♪ Who is that? ♪
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ We're back
on the only show where I may already know everybody
without having any idea who anyone really is.
Now, let's see if you can sink your teeth into any clues about the Leopard.
Leopard: I've been in the bottom two twice now,
and it's really got me into the fighting spirit.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "Leopard Presents the Grand Slam Open,"
brought to you by tofu.
Vegan who plays tennis.
I'm the Leopard, AKA the Menace of Tennis.
‐ ( whistle blowing ) ‐ Let me tell you,
this competition is really heating up.
‐ Wow, what a shot. ‐ ( whistle blowing )
He clearly wants to win,
almost as bad as I want to win this competition.
‐ Oh, so close. ‐ ( whistle blowing )
Oh. Motorcycle crash.
Looks like someone's a spoil sport.
Look at that aggression.
Move out of the way, boys.
It's time for me to show you
what a real champion is made of.
( music playing )
♪ Bare with me a second I ♪
♪ I need to get my story straight ♪
♪ My friends are in the bathroom ♪
♪ Getting brighter than the Empire State ♪
♪ My lover, she is waiting for me just across the bar ♪
♪ My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking about a scar ♪
♪ And I know I gave it to you months ago ♪
♪ I'm trying hard to take it back ♪
♪ So if by the time the bar closes ♪
♪ And you feel like falling down ♪
♪ I'll carry you home ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
♪ We are young ♪
♪ So let's set the world on fire ♪
♪ We can burn brighter ♪
♪ Than the sun ♪
♪ Carry me home tonight ♪
♪ Whoo ooh ooh ♪
♪ Just carry me home tonight ♪
♪ Carry me home tonight ♪
♪ Whoo ooh ooh ♪
♪ Just carry me home tonight ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
♪ We are young ♪
Whoo!
♪ So let's set the world on fire ♪
♪ We can burn brighter ♪
♪ Than the sun ♪
♪ So if by the time the bar closes ♪
♪ And you feel like falling down ♪
♪ I'll carry you home ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
‐ Jenny: Wow! ‐ T‐Pain: Yeah!
‐ Yes! ‐ Beautiful! Whoo!
The Leopard
getting a standing ovation from our panel.
‐ Incredible! ‐ Jenny, you talk to the Leopard.
This is exactly why I love "Masked Singer" so much.
It's for characters like you, performances like you,
and singers like you. Good job, buddy.
Let's try to find out what do you have in common with those people up there.
Oh.
I was presenting an award
on an awards show
that included one of you.
And I was wearing a custom leather outfit, darling.
Gave you a little Leopard leg.
You know what? I have been to a ton of award shows.
Do you notice anybody wearing leather?
So many people.
So, the past clues that we've gotten over the weeks,
I have New York written down, lots of fashion references.
Photography. Something that stuck out was
"tired of being known for your marriage."
And I was trying to connect a low toned voice,
and I came up with Eric Benet.
‐ Nicole: Ooh. ‐ Jenny: Married to Halle Berry.
‐ Robin: Eric can sing. ‐ Nicole: He can sing
‐ Eric can sing. ‐ Right?
Nick: He definitely can sing.
The first few performances, we thought maybe Billy Porter
from the body language. However, the last performance Nicole mentioned Seal.
When you started the song tonight, I started to lock in on the vocal tone a little better,
and it's hard for me to hear anybody else when you're singing now, Mr. Leopard.
So I'm gonna go with Seal.
‐ Nicole: Yeah. ‐ That's a good guess.
‐ Ken: Good guess. ‐ Yeah.
‐ All right, here he goes. ‐ God.
Come on, Ken. Come on, Ken.
Ken and audience: I know exactly who this is.
God.
Don't support that behavior.
Okay.
Famous marriage, tennis.
I'm thinking "On‐rique" Iglesias married to Anna Kournikova.
"On‐rique."
‐ Ken: Hear me out. ‐ "On‐rique" or Enrique?
"On‐rique." Great job.
Welcome to "The Masked Singer." ( purrs )
I have no idea what's going on here,
but I do know the Leopard once again set it off.
Y'all make some noise for the Leopard.
Here's who the panel guessed could be behind the Leopard mask.
Have any of them solved the mystery?
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ Welcome back to "The Masked Singer."
Our next singer has sent the panel and the Twitterverse
all over the map with their guesses.
So you better look at every little thing about the Thingamajig.
( music playing )
Thingamajig: I can't believe how close I was to losing it all last week.
It stopped me in my furry tracks to be in the bottom two.
‐ ♪ Yeah ♪ ‐ Thingamajig!
The signs are telling me it's getting down to the wire.
So I'm gonna start back at one and rethink my whole strategy.
Oh, he's got a guitar.
My competitors aren't pulling any punches,
so I've got to campaign for myself.
There's no time to get crabby.
Oh, crabby. Maryland.
I still think I have so much more to prove to Nicole‐amajig.
‐ Nicole! ‐ Oh.
Leading with my heart has gotten me this far,
and now it's time to channel my emotions
and show that I'm anything but ordinary.
( music playing )
We all go through some things,
but it's because we're ordinary.
( chuckles )
♪ Girl I'm in love with you ♪
♪ This ain't the honeymoon ♪
♪ It's past the infatuation phase ♪
♪ Right in the thick of love ♪
♪ Times we get sick of love ♪
♪ It seems like we argue every day ♪
♪ I know I misbehave ♪
♪ You've made your mistakes ♪
♪ And we both still have room left to grow ♪
‐ This is amazing. ‐ ♪ And though love sometimes hurts ♪
♪ I still put you first ♪
♪ We'll make this thing work ♪
♪ But I think we should take it slow ♪
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
♪ Baby we should take it slow ♪
♪ Take it slow ♪
♪ Maybe we'll live and learn ♪
♪ Maybe we'll crash and burn ♪
♪ Maybe you'll stay maybe you'll leave ♪
♪ Maybe you'll return ♪
♪ Maybe another fight ♪
♪ Maybe we won't survive ♪
♪ Maybe we'll grow we'll never know ♪
‐ ♪ Maybe you and I ♪ ‐ Wow.
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
♪ We don't know which way to go ♪
♪ 'Cause we're ordinary people ♪
♪ Maybe we should take it slow ♪
‐ Whoo. ‐ ♪ Take it slow ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ The time we'll take it slow ♪
Bravo! Bravo!
‐ T‐Pain: Yeah! I love that. I love that. ‐ Nicole: Oh, my God!
Nick: Wow. Nothing ordinary about that at all.
First of all, I just want to say, son, I'm proud of you.
No, you know, just a little derivative of the Monster costume.
You're probably breathing hard as hell.
'Cause I stuck my fat ass in one of them things.
But that was amazing. Man, it's, like, indistinguishable
from John Legend. That was pretty crazy.
That's gotta be John Legend in that thing on stilts.
Robin: On stilts, yeah.
Nicole, I got a feeling that that song was dedicated to you.
Yeah, I got that same feeling as well, Nick.
In my mind, it was just the two of us in the room.
You know what? I'll just say this. We can take it slow, honey.
‐ We can take it slow. ‐ Ugh.
Nick: All right, Thingamajig,
you actually have a few things in common with some of the panelists.
‐ Oh. ‐ Well, pal,
I've collaborated with the same artist as one of you.
Ooh. T‐Pain's collaborated with a lot of people and so have I.
‐ Yeah, that's definitely‐‐ That's not enough. ‐ Robin: That's a long list.
So you collaborated on something.
Now I think he could be a professional singer.
I don't think so. In the clue package, I saw a MVP.
So I think it's maybe an NBA player.
In the past said something about Maryland,
so I was thinking Markelle Fultz from Orlando Magic. He's from Maryland.
I don't know. We've heard he doesn't run with bulls
and some relation to the Magic which is where Nicole's getting Fultz.
But he has a really good voice, so, you know, I've been going with Montell Jordan.
He's from Los Angeles as far as I remember.
‐ Jenny: Yeah. ‐ Yeah, he's a L. A. boy.
So I don't know what the connection to Maryland would be.
So I'm going to stick with Montell Jordan for now
until I figure this whole Maryland crab cake connection.
To be truly honest, the best clues that we've gotten so far
is that it's obvious that you're Nicole's future fiancé.
Thank you guys. We're so happy.
‐ We're so happy. ‐ Either way, that was an amazing performance.
You guys make some noise for Thingamajig.
The panel thought one of these celebrities might be under the mask.
Who do you think it is?
Time to turn our attention to a beautiful bird.
So let's explore the colorful past of the Flamingo.
Flamingo: Honestly, I can't believe I've flown this high in the competition.
Who would have thought when I was a little girl sitting up in my room
with California dreams that I would end up here?
First, I went from clueless to celebrated.
‐ "Clueless." ‐ "Celebrated."
And then I mingled with other flamingos
and it was like a different world.
‐ "Different world." ‐ Lisa Bonet was on.
My flam fam are like my sisters, sister.
‐ Old school TV. ‐ Kinda got these old school graphics, too.
But against these other species,
I gotta step up because this Flamingo wants to keep flying.
You feeling me?
woman: Air Flamingo, you're cleared for takeoff.
( music playing )
♪ Loving you ♪
♪ Isn't the right thing to do ♪
♪ How can I ♪
♪ Ever change things that I feel ♪
♪ If I could ♪
♪ Baby I'd give you my world ♪
♪ How can I ♪
♪ When you won't take it from me ♪
One, two, three, four!
♪ You can go your own way ♪
♪ Go your own way ♪
♪ You can go your own way ♪
♪ Go your own way ♪
♪ Tell me why ♪
♪ Everything turned around ♪
♪ Packing up ♪
♪ Shacking up's all you want to do ♪
♪ If I could ♪
♪ Baby I'd give you my world ♪
♪ Open up ♪
♪ Everything's waiting for you ♪
♪ You can go your own way ♪
‐ ♪ Go your own way ♪ ‐ Nice!
♪ You can call it another lonely day ♪
♪ Call it another lonely day ♪
♪ You can go your own way ♪
‐ ♪ Go your own way ♪ ‐ Aah!
♪ You can call it another lonely day ♪
♪ Go your own way ♪
‐ Whoo! ‐ Whoo!
‐ T‐Pain: Yes! ‐ Nicole: Yay!
‐ Ken: Look at that. ‐ Hell, yeah!
Going her own way, the Flamingo.
( chanting ) Flamingo! Flamingo!
Ken, how did you feel about that performance?
I mean, it was sassy. It was sexy.
It was seamless. It was super.
And I've run out of adjectives that begin with the letter "S."
It was great. It was amazing.
All right, Miss Flamingo,
tell us something that you have in common with our panel.
I shared some couch time
with one of you in 2013.
‐ In 2013. ‐ Is that my therapist?
"Couch time." Maybe she did a show with Jenny.
Yes, but I've also interviewed about 5,000 people in the last three years, so...
‐ Robin: That's a tough one. ‐ Oh, I know exactly who this is.
I'm undefeated in "Masked Singer" competition.
Someone I know very well. Someone I've worked with in the past.
Someone who also guest‐hosted "The Talk" that features a couch.
And I was a guest on "The Talk."
‐ So, putting all those clues together... ‐ Oh, my God.
‐ ...Hilary Duff, it is good to see you again.
I think it's not a bad guess at all.
Basing it off the clues, we know that you branded yourself
with, like, lifestyle, makeup.
‐ We've heard some Spanish clues. ‐ That's right.
You obviously know how to sing. You know how to move.
And putting those clues together,
I feel very confident this is Adrienne Bailon.
That's not a bad guess from the clue packages.
But, I mean, from the voice, from the incredible performance live each week,
and your dancing and everything, I think it's Fantasia Barrino.
‐ Jenny: I do like that guess. ‐ Yes, she's an amazing live performer.
Nick: All right. It was a wonderful performance.
Make some noise for the lovely Flamingo.
The panel thought one of these celebrities might be the Flamingo.
Who do you think it is?
♪ Who is that? ♪
Welcome back to "The Masked Singer."
Let's all grab an ornament and look for clues
about a lady who's driving us all gaga, the Tree.
Tree: I'm always hedging my bets that I'm going home,
so it feels incredible to still be here.
But if I'm being honest, it can get a little lonely under this mask.
I miss the collaboration.
I miss my friends.
So somebody's used to working with a group of people.
Maybe she's on "Friends."
The singers left in this competition are all outstanding,
and I'm feeling the pressure.
But I know my loved ones are here in spirit,
and I need their cheers more than ever.
‐ Cheers. Cheerleaders. ‐ Is that somebody from "Cheers"?
I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve.
Nervous, excited, and unable to sleep.
Tonight, I'm hoping to go beyond the edge of glory
and earn my spot in the semifinals.
( music playing )
♪ There ain't a reason you and me should be alone ♪
♪ Tonight, yeah baby, tonight, yeah baby ♪
♪ I got a reason that you should take me home tonight ♪
♪ All right, all right ♪
♪ I need a man that thinks it's right when it's so wrong ♪
‐ ♪ Tonight, yeah baby, tonight, yeah baby ♪ ‐ Whoo!
♪ Right on the limit where we know we both belong tonight ♪
♪ It's hot to feel the rush ♪
♪ To brush the dangerous ♪
♪ I'm gonna run right to ♪
♪ To the edge with you ♪
♪ Where we can both fall far in love ♪
♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on a moment of truth ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge, the edge, the edge ♪
♪ The edge, the edge, the edge ♪
♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on a moment with you ♪
♪ I'm on the edge with you ♪
♪ It's hot to feel the rush ♪
‐ ♪ To brush the dangerous ♪ ‐ Hey!
♪ I'm gonna run right to ♪
♪ To the edge with you ♪
♪ Where we can both fall far in love ♪
♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on a moment of truth ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge, the edge, the edge ♪
♪ The edge, the edge, the edge ♪
‐ ♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪ ‐ Whoo!
♪ Hanging on a moment ♪
♪ I'm on the edge with you ♪
‐ Whoo! Yeah! ‐ Come on, Tree!
Tree! Tree! Tree!
‐ ( chanting ) Tree! Tree! ‐ Nick: Quite festive
right there on the edge of glory, the Tree.
‐ Yeah! ‐ T‐Pain, talk to the Tree.
That was really good. I loved it.
I loved the whole‐‐ the whole pageantry of the whole thing.
I love that they're making all the costumes this season
to where the ass is shaking on them. It's a lot of that.
‐ Nick: Twerk some. ‐ Oh, those balls don't lie.
‐ T‐Pain: Yeah! ‐ That's next season. "The Masked Twerker."
All right, now this is an opportunity where you get to tell us something
that you have in common with our panel.
Well, I had shared a stage
and a standing O with one of you.
Nick: Wow, shared the stage?
‐ Right. Well, there was a Broadway clue. ‐ Broadway.
‐ "Playbill." ‐ I mean, none of us were on Broadway, were we?
I've never gotten a standing O in my life, so that's never happened.
Not me. Okay, you know what?
Nick: Oh, great.
‐ Oh, no. ‐ Okay, I know exactly who this is.
‐ Yeah. What you got? ‐ Okay? All right, all right. Dig it.
Broadway, "Cheers," maybe, oh, I don't know.
Someone who was on the sitcom "Cheers."
Maybe Frasier's wife Lilith.
Someone who I actually saw as a kid
doing "A Chorus Line" in L. A., was an amazing singer,
Bebe Neuwirth. Dig it. Drop the imaginary mic, Robin Thicke.
To me, what started out with comes out once a year,
goes back into storage, then there was a lot of cooking references.
‐ I thought Rachael Ray. ‐ I was thinking that, too. I'm thinking Rachael Ray.
Yeah, and there's been soup. There's been a soup reference in many of the packages.
T‐Pain: Yeah. I'm kinda on this.
I'm thinking it could be somebody that‐‐ let me pull a‐‐
let me pull a Ken real quick.
Somebody‐‐ somebody that needs soup
whenever they come out of the house.
Now, when will you need soup when you come out of the house?
‐ It's gotta be cold, right? When is it usually cold? ‐ Yeah.
Christmas. What do we have here? A Christmas tree.
Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to Mariah Carey. Thank you very much.
‐ Robin: All right. ‐ Jenny: Oh!
‐ I like it. ‐ Mariah Carey.
‐ Ka‐bloom, bloom, bloom. ‐ Hey. T‐Pain, everyone.
And I can vouch Mariah Carey does like soup.
I can‐‐ I know that for sure.
The original title was "All I Want For Christmas Is Soup."
‐ Is soup. ‐ Robin: Right.
‐ Perfect. Perfect. ‐ Nick: There it is.
The panel may be on to something.
And someone who's definitely on to something is the Tree
with an amazing performance once again.
‐ Whoo! Whoo! ‐ Yeah!
Nick: According to our panel,
one of these celebrities might be the Tree.
Tweet us and use the hashtag themaskedsinger.
‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ Welcome back to "The Masked Singer,"
where our singers are singing like nobody wants to take it off.
Sit down, Ken! Let's paw over some more clues
about the true identity of the Rottweiler.
‐ man: Ohm. ‐ Rottweiler: I'm doing my best to be a Zen dog.
Week after week I've tried to face my insecurities.
♪ But, darling, I'd still catch a grenade for you ♪
Your compliments are so amazing.
I feel like they're directed to someone better than me.
My self‐doubt can really get me stuck in my head.
So I take time to meditate every day,
even if it's only for 30 seconds.
‐ Baby Bjorn. ‐ He's got a baby.
I like to imagine myself in a tranquil pool
swimming from the deep end to the shallow.
‐ Shallow. ‐ Bradley Cooper.
‐ ( beeping ) ‐ Zeroing in on the present
has really helped focus my so‐called life.
Tonight, for the first time,
I'm an open book.
( music playing )
♪ I'm going under ♪
♪ And this time I fear there's no one to save me ♪
♪ This all or nothing really got a way ♪
‐ ♪ Of driving me crazy ♪ ‐ Oh, my God.
♪ I need somebody to heal ♪
♪ Somebody to know ♪
♪ Somebody to have ♪
♪ Somebody to hold ♪
♪ But it's easy to say ♪
♪ But it's never the same ♪
♪ I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain ♪
♪ Now the day bleeds ♪
♪ Into nightfall ♪
♪ And you're not here ♪
♪ To get me through it all ♪
♪ I let my guard down ♪
♪ And then you pulled the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved ♪
♪ And I tend to close my eyes ♪
‐ Wow. ‐ ♪ When it hurts sometimes ♪
♪ I fall into your arms ♪
♪ I'll be safe in your sound ♪
♪ Till I come back around ♪
♪ For now the day bleeds ♪
‐ ♪ Into nightfall ♪ ‐ Whoo.
♪ And you're not here ♪
♪ To get me through it all ♪
♪ I let my guard down ♪
♪ And then you pulled the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved ♪
♪ And now the day bleeds ♪
♪ Into nightfall ♪
♪ And you're not here ♪
♪ To get me through it all ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ And then you pulled the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved ♪
♪ I let my guard down ♪
♪ Then you pulled the rug ♪
♪ I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved ♪
‐ I'm crying. ‐ That was fire.
The Rottweiler, yeah.
‐ Wow. Wow. ‐ Nicole, talk to the Rottweiler about his performance.
‐ Whoo. ‐ Yeah, exactly.
I have to take a breath for that one
because I think it's the most vulnerable
and honest performance you've ever given
and one of the most vulnerable and honest performances
we've seen on that stage. You just brought tears to my eyes.
It was just‐‐ I feel like you flipped your heart inside out for us.
And you just bared it all.
Oh, my God.
Nick: Wow. Now, Rottweiler,
you get to tell everyone up there something that you have in common with them.
I have been on the same list as one of you.
And it was not "People's Sexiest Man Alive."
Sorry, Ken.
Is it prison related? I've been on a lot of those lists.
Well, I was thinking about, like, the Hot 100 or something like that.
I've been thinking that it's the singer Darren Criss from "Glee."
‐ And I remember... ‐ T‐Pain: Wow.
...Darren Criss actually sang one of my songs on "Glee."
‐ Yeah. ‐ And it was on the Hot 100,
so that's all I have to go with because I'm still thinking it's Darren Criss.
Nicole: Yeah. I thought it was Darren Criss as well,
but from the clue package this week,
‐ we saw "My So‐Called Life." ‐ That's true.
We saw 30 seconds. He's in a band called 30 Seconds To Mars,
so I'm thinking Jared Leto.
Nick: That's a good one.
‐ Yeah. ‐ No.
Sometimes the world is obvious.
I'm just looking at a dog and I'm thinking two words:
Bow Wow. I think you're Bow Wow.
Hear me out! Bow Wow, back in the day,
he was hosting BET's "106 & Park."
I was the lead guest.
You was on "106 & Park"?
Yes, I was, Nick Cannon, surprised?
Bow Wow loved me. I think it's my best guess yet.
Nah, that was horrible. Sit down!
All right, you got it. Yeah.
Oh, man. Whoever it is is a really good damn singer.
‐ I can tell you that right now. ‐ I agree with that and so does the rest of our audience.
Keep it going for the Rottweiler.
T‐Pain: Yeah!
Nick: The panel thought that one of these celebrities
might be the Rottweiler.
Who do you think it is?
Tonight we have all witnessed
the emotional and colorful journeys
of a Leopard, a Flamingo,
a Fox, a Thingamajig,
a Rottweiler, and a Tree.
Only five can make the semifinals.
Panel and audience,
vote now for your favorite performer of the night.
Thinking. Okay.
Nick: The singer with the least amount of votes
will have to unmask and head home to someplace very upscale, I'm sure.
And the singer who must take it off...
...and head home tonight...
Oh, no.
Nick: ...is...
Nick: The votes are in.
Oh, my lord.
The undercover celebrity singer
who must reveal their top secret identity
and head home tonight is...
Oh, no.
...the Tree.
‐ Oh. ‐ Nick: Tree, we love you.
Ladies and gentlemen, keep it going for the Tree.
We'll see the rest of you in our semifinals tomorrow night,
so please say good‐bye to the Tree.
Man! Damn it!
Come on here, Tree. You were outstanding.
( chanting ) Tree! Tree! Tree!
See all the love you're getting, Tree?
( cheers and applause )
We are so sorry to see you go, Tree,
but we are extremely proud of you.
You've come so far on this show, and we can't wait to finally see who you are.
‐ Aww. ‐ Gang,
I need your final guesses.
I've had a tough time with this one because of the clues.
It started out there were a lot of cooking references.
I've been thinking maybe Rachael Ray,
but there was so many other references as to acting,
to Christmas movies. We thought like "Elf."
So I'm gonna switch my guess to Amy Sedaris.
Yeah, I think so, too. She was a secretary in "Elf."
They mentioned in one of the past clue packages
"Strangers With Candy," and she had a "Playbill."
I believe Amy Sedaris did Broadway,
so I'm gonna say Amy Sedaris.
Hey, I'm not feeling Amy Sedaris.
I just kept getting comedy week after week.
Kind of like comedic actress. And when I saw the Broadway clues,
it brought me more east coast, so I just stuck with "SNL."
So I went Cheri Oteri, then Molly Shannon.
And I kept trying to think of more people, Ana Gasteyer.
I need one person.
All right, all right, fine. Fine.
I'm gonna go with Ana Gasteyer from "SNL."
Nick: Okay. Dr. Ken?
Uh, yeah, I think, based on what I saw
and with the clues, I think this is someone who is
famous on Broadway and Chicago.
I think, you know, being on "Cheers,"
I believe had a Christmas album,
so I'm gonna stay with Bebe Neuwirth.
Okay. T‐Pain, who is the Tree?
Well, first of all, the performance was great.
It was a lot of showmanship and just‐‐ you did your thing.
And I know it's hard to do your thing in a tree.
You know what? I'm just gonna stick with Mariah Carey
'cause I want to see Nick panic.
‐ Robin: Yeah. ‐ ( laughter )
Nicole: That's good.
That would be an amazing reveal.
It would.
All right. You've made your final guesses,
so it's time to see who's right.
Tree, we all want to know who are you?
‐ ( chanting ) Take it off! Take it off! ‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪ ‐ Take it off!
‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪ ‐ Take it off!
♪ Who, who, who, who ♪
♪ Who ♪
♪ I really wanna know ♪
♪ Who ♪
♪ Tell me who are you, you, you ♪
‐ Take it off! ‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪
‐ Oh! Oh! ‐ ( screaming ) I just peed!
‐ Ana Gasteyer! ‐ T‐Pain: Oh!
Actress, comedian, recording artist,
and friend of Ken Jeong.
Come on!
Ken, how did you not pick up on this, man?
I know! Okay, here's the deal.
I did "A Christmas Story" with Ana.
‐ Yes, live on FOX. ‐ I forgot I was in it.
Ana: It wasn't that long ago, Ken.
And I sang a major number. And I believe‐‐
I don't mean to embarrass you, but you did at one point fall to your knees and say,
"Oh, my God. I can't believe you can sing."
‐ Wow. Wow. ‐ I had no idea.
Well, we definitely won't forget you.
I mean, you came out here show after show and just blazed the stage.
I mean, not just only a testament to when you were on "SNL,"
to when you were on Broadway.
One of my favorite movies which you did, just think of "Mean Girls."
‐ Oh. ‐ ( chuckles )
Ana is just a musical and comedy genius and I like‐‐
‐ Oh, man. Such a nice thing to say. ‐ We all idolize you in comedy.
‐ Thank you. ‐ I'm serious.
Too bad‐‐ too bad that didn't help Ken guess.
It turns out the closer you are to Ken,
‐ the less he knows about you. ‐ Ana: Exactly.
‐ It's so true. It's so true. ‐ Yeah.
‐ Great job, Jenny. ‐ Thanks, Nick.
‐ Great job. Good. ‐ Whoo!
To sing an encore unmasked
in all her glory, Ana Gasteyer.
Whoo.
‐ ♪ I'm on the edge ♪ ‐ Whoo!
♪ Of glory ♪
♪ And I'm hanging on a moment of truth ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge, the edge, the edge ♪
♪ The edge, the edge, the edge ♪