Nick: Tonight on "the masked singer,"
now that team good and team cuddly...
- On your right. - ...Have conquered team bad,
it's time for armadillo, miss teddy, and ringmaster
to compete for a spot in the finale.
It's masked singer super showdown.
With two unmaskings,
only one hero can come out on top.
They're all after the coveted masked singer trophy.
It's time to bring their superpowers to the stage.
Masked singers, prepare for action.
♪ who are you?
♪ who, who, who
♪ come on, tell me, who are you? ♪
- ♪ who are you? - Yes!
♪ oh, I really wanna know
♪ who are you?
- Yeah! - Yes!
- Robin: Oh, yeah. - Wow.
Welcome to america's best kept secret,
"the masked singer: The good, the bad, and the cuddly."
- ( western music plays ) - ( squeaking )
tonight, it's the final showdown of round two.
- Yeah! - Three remaining mystery singers take the stage
to sing their hearts out.
Then the trio will come together
for a side by side final showdown.
Three singers, only one joins firefly in the season finale.
- Get ready for a double elimination. - Nicole: Wow.
All right, let's make some noise for our fab four, our panelists.
Ken: Yeah!
- Give it up for our panelists, y'all. - Robin: Yeah.
Nicole: Whoo!
( cheering )
tonight we have a special guest detective joining our panel.
- What? - I didn't know that.
- Who? - Come on out.
Jenny: Oh, my god.
Oh, my god. Who is it?
- Jenny: What an entrance. Wow! - Ken: I love it.
- Oh, it's leslie jordan! - It's leslie!
- Leslie! - We love you, leslie.
- Robin: Yeah! - Nicole: Yes!
Nick: You loved him from "will and grace,"
"american horror story," and now you can see him weekly
on fox's "call me kat," leslie jordan!
Nicole: Whoo!
Welcome back. It's so good to see you again.
- Well, thank you. - Welcome back to "the masked singer."
all right, mr. Jordan, we're doing things a little differently
since the last time you were with us.
Now we have teams,
so you have to pick which team you wanna be a part of.
Now you can be team good, team bad, or team cuddly.
- Come on! Come on. - Which team you picking?
- Cuddly, come on, leslie! - Cuddly!
Nick: They can't handle the anticipation.
- Okay, okay, okay. - Ken: Cuddly!
- Shh, shh. We have to see. Leslie? - Cuddly!
Ken: Yeah!
Nick: Well, we're excited to have you here.
Go ahead and head over to our luxurious panel.
- Ken: Leslie jordan! - Let's check out who will be
bringing it tonight.
From team good, armadillo and ringmaster!
Nicole: It's gonna be a clean sweep for team good, y'all.
Yes!
And from team cuddly,
- miss teddy! - Ken: Yeah!
Nick: With no singers left in this round,
but two still waiting in the wings for the next round,
it's the bad.
- Yeah! - Oh!
This is it. Are y'all with me?
And starting off the night, it's team cuddly.
Yeah! Yeah!
Let's start it! Let's go!
Nick: They say a picture is worth a thousand words,
so let's take an abstract look
into miss teddy's gallery of clues.
But try not to just focus on all the cuteness,
because everything and anything can be a clue.
Miss teddy: Some may say my career is a masterpiece.
As a young teddy,
I didn't know what I was getting into.
So I followed my heart and took a chance.
Maybe this person's worked with eddie murphy?
I was beyond nervous for my first audition,
but I landed the job,
and it turns out that was the only audition
I would ever have to take.
I was an instant success.
The supremes could mean it's a singing legend.
Miss teddy: But it wasn't easy.
I've had my ups and downs.
I was afraid if I wasn't using my talent,
no one would love me.
But my fans made me realize that wasn't true.
So tonight I want to make it to the finals for them,
to give back the love that they've given me for decades.
This means everything to me.
Jenny: I love this character.
She is an amazing singer, like, legendary.
We would say diva icon.
Oh, I cannot wait.
♪ I love you
♪ but I gotta stay true
♪ my morals got me on my knees
♪ I'm begging please
♪ stop playing games
♪ I don't know what this is
♪ but you got me good
♪ like you knew you would
come on.
♪ I don't know what you do
♪ but you do it well
♪ I'm under your spell
♪ you've got me begging you for mercy ♪
♪ why won't you release me?
♪ you got me begging you for mercy, baby ♪
♪ why won't you release me?
♪ I said release
♪ oh, release me, baby, oh
♪ I'm begging you for mercy
♪ why won't you
you've got this strong voice in this cuddly body.
I know. It's the best.
♪ you got me begging
♪ begging, begging, begging, begging, begging, begging ♪
( vocalizing )
yeah!
♪ release me, baby
there it is. There it is.
( vocalizing )
♪ release me, baby
♪ I said release
♪ oh, yeah, I'm begging you for mercy, baby ♪
♪ I said, baby, please
( vocalizing )
- jenny: Brought the house down! - Robin: Oh!
- Yeah! - She brought the house down!
Robin: Wow. Wow.
- Man. - Yes!
You were awesome! Awesome!
Begging for mercy, all of us are.
You had every single one of our panelists
standing up on the table,
the entire arena in here on their feet.
- Nicole: Yes! - Team cuddly right there.
Teddy's gonna make me want to switch over to team cuddly.
I know. I'm almost there, let me tell you.
Nick: Nicole, talk to miss teddy.
Oh, my gosh. You are the moment this season!
I swear. Yes!
- Thank you. - One of a kind!
- No one can touch it. - Here, here.
Our special guest panelist this evening,
the one and only leslie jordan, please talk to miss teddy.
I'm just gobsmacked.
- Nick: Gobsmacked? - Gobsmacked.
I grew up in the church,
and I used notice as a kid
that when the women stepped forward
the ones that planted their feet,
- you better watch out. - Oh!
They're gonna blow you to kingdom come.
You planted your feet.
- Thank you. Thank you. - Nicole: Yes!
I love that. Looking at the clues, we've seen a grammy.
- Yep. - We saw the gospel.
That's right.
I think this could be yolanda adams.
She had a number one best-selling gospel album.
But the eddie murphy really got me.
Hear me out.
Yolanda adams saw me perform.
- No, she did not. - She did. I swear!
I swear. I would never lie in front of a gospel singer.
Yolanda saw me perform at the laugh factory,
and after my set she said, "you're no eddie murphy."
so I'm saying this could be yolanda adams.
- Good guess. - Nick: Leslie?
I'm stuck on three supremes.
I know you're not diana ross, I don't think.
But you could be cindy birdsong
who was the third supreme
or mavis staples.
- Great guesses. - Robin: Yeah.
She's won grammys. She's gospel.
I'm gonna say mavis staples.
That's a great guess right there.
- Ken: Great guess, leslie. - Robin: Great guess.
I just love leslie saying "mavis staples."
- leslie: Mavis! - Like, only he can say it like that.
Okay, I'm jumping on the supreme clue as well.
I know that my diva has performed with miss diana ross.
Plus we saw the number one ribbon.
She had number one billboard chart song called "I will survive."
plus, last time the mega clue was grammys.
She's won two. I think this is gloria gaynor.
- All right. - Robin: Good guess.
Gloria can sing. I love gloria gaynor.
All great voices, but tonight
an astounding performance by miss teddy.
You crushed it, indeed.
And we wanna know who you think miss teddy is
by using that hashtag, #themaskedsinger.
Armadillo is up next and ready to claim
that last spot in the season finale.
And later the good and the cuddly
sing together in the final showdown.
Two celebrities will lose their masks
and their chance at the golden mask trophy.
- We'll be right back. - Yeah!
Cuddly! Cuddly!
♪ who is that?
- What team are you? - Team baddie.
But there's no baddies left in this round.
So that means I have to join a team in order to root--
- come over to the light side, jenny. - Pick me! Cuddly.
I'm going team good with nicole.
- What? - Fine, we don't need your cuddles.
Welcome back to "the masked singer: The good, the bad, and the cuddly,"
the final week of round two.
We've got two unmaskings tonight.
But first, check out the competition from team good--
armadillo.
Let's enter the armadillo's museum
to see his latest canvas of clues.
Keep your eyes peeled. Anything and everything can be a hint.
Armadillo: Let me paint a picture of who I once was.
Even though I'm team good, I used to be bad,
and I'm talking behind bars kind of bad.
I was the fast track to being roadkill.
- Ooh, he's been locked up... - Wow.
Maybe ice-t?
...Until I received a piece of advice
that shook me to my shell.
I was told I had the power to transform my life.
I just had to find my passion and my faith.
So tonight is a song my mother sang to me to get me through those tough times.
My bond with her is what's going to get me into the finale.
The texas flag as well in there.
Mom, this is for you.
♪ amazing grace
♪ how sweet the sound
♪ that saved a wretch like me
- oh, he's so sweet. - Ken: Yeah!
♪ I once was lost
♪ but now I am found
♪ I was blind
♪ but now
♪ I see
♪ amazing grace
yeah!
♪ how sweet the sound
♪ that saved a wretch
♪ like me
♪ I once was lost
♪ but now I am found
♪ I was blind
♪ but now
♪ I see
that was awesome!
I see some scherzinger tears over there.
Yeah, you brought out the scherzi tears, armadillo.
That's one of the best versions of "amazing grace" I've ever heard.
Because you believed it, and so did I.
- Aw. - Armadillo: Aww. Thank you so much.
That's gonna make me cry now, nicole.
Nick: Maybe everyone else can't tell, but I can tell you,
that song, and even right now you're a little emotional.
- Can you tell us why? - ( voice breaking ) that was my mom...
( crying ) ...Her favorite song.
Oh.
Nick: Robin, you were moved as well.
- I sing that song to my son just about every night. - Jenny: Oh.
And, you know, years ago when I was going through my toughest times,
those lyrics would resonate with me,
and it was my son and my children that saved me, you know?
And I really appreciate you putting that down.
Armadillo just getting us all emotional here.
But now we gotta get our guessing game on, and we got our clue expert.
- Jenny mccarthy is very anxious to get to guessing. - Go for it, jenny.
I mean, sometimes the clues are like, "duh."
and sometimes they're like, "huh?"
and tonight is a "duh."
because if you look back, we have the mega clue
which was a motorcycle.
Then we see also handcuffs
and then went to prison,
we found out, in texas.
I really do think this could be dog the bounty hunter.
Leslie: Well, I don't know.
I'm gonna toss out something else.
Tommy lee jones. He was born in texas.
He was the u.S. Marshall in a movie called "the fugitive."
I think we've got him.
- Not bad. - Leslie is brilliant.
Ken, you claim to be an expert.
- Yes, I am. - And you're rubbing your chin
as if there's a beard there.
Yeah, it's not gonna grow better.
I'm disheartened by the snickering, but...
This is al pacino, and I'll tell you why.
- Oh, my god! - Handcuffs, he was cop in "serpico."
it's so obvious.
He was technically a fugitive in "scarface."
( as tony montana ) "man."
- it's al pacino! - Yeah!
- Oh! - Yeah!
All right, well, those are some really good guesses, right?
Except for ken's. And we've gotta make some noise
for that emotional and touching performance from armadillo.
Men in black, help him out.
If you think you know who armadillo is,
tweet us by using that hashtag, #themaskedsinger.
Your favorite characters are coming to life live onstage
on "the masked singer national tour,"
including season six's spicy pepper,
natasha bedingfield as our host.
Go to themaskedsingertour.Com for details and ticketing info.
Still to come, our singers will battle it out in the final showdown.
And remember, we've got two unmaskings tonight.
Who's going home?
This is "the masked singer" on fox.
♪ who is that?
Welcome back to the three ring circus
we call "the masked singer."
our last singer of the night
fighting for her spot in the finale
is no stranger to the big top.
Let's try and paint you a picture
of who ringmaster really is by entering her big top gallery.
Now take notes, because anything can be a clue.
Ringmaster: Looking back at the canvas in my life,
I remember my first day at a prestigious school
when I was just a little goodie.
Laughing emoji?
Some type of comedic background?
I was surrounded by some of the best of the best,
and I wondered if I would ever be good enough.
Oh, nasa.
Could be somebody with a space connection.
And that only pushed me to work even harder.
I always did my own thing,
but my mentors wanted me to join the in crowd, so I did.
- "welcome to nashville." - could be a country singer.
I'd never been part of a group before,
and we tried our best to make it work,
but I knew I wanted more.
So I took a chance doing something completely different,
and it's been paying off for the last ten years.
Tonight there's no clowning around.
This ringmaster's gonna be center stage in the finals.
Hey, leslie, her voice is insane,
like, one of the most gorgeous, epic voices you'll ever hear.
- Oh. - Ken: This is a pro.
♪ if I
- oh, my lord. - Ken: Wow.
♪ should stay
♪ I would only be
♪ in your way
♪ and I
♪ will always love you
♪ I will always
♪ love you
♪ you
♪ my darling, you
♪ I hope
♪ life treats you kind
♪ and I hope
♪ you have all you've dreamed of ♪
♪ and I'm wishing you joy
♪ and happiness
♪ but above all this
♪ I wish you
♪ love
♪ and I
♪ will always love you
♪ I
♪ will always love you
♪ I
♪ will always
♪ love you
♪ and I
♪ I will always love
♪ you
wow.
- That was the greatest performance ever. - Yeah! Outstanding.
Wow.
That was good.
Oh, my-- you guys have to keep going
and showing your love for the ringmaster.
That was truly the most beautiful,
epic performance we have ever had on "the masked singer."
if you don't win, I'm coming back with a shaved head next season.
That was unbelievable.
We could hear your natural, beautiful tone.
I mean, I'm honestly-- I'm floored and I'm blown away by you right now.
I had to sing a song first time I was on here in an ice cream cone,
and I know what it's like.
To be able to give that performance
with all of that just blew me away.
So I have to ask you, ringmaster,
after that amazing performance,
what would it mean to you to make it to the finale?
It would mean the world to me to go to the finale.
Music is my first love,
and I would just be so honored
to get to continue to perform on this stage for you all.
That might've been a clue for y'all.
That's interesting because we maybe not know her for this.
- Yeah. - She said, "my first love."
you know what I mean?
And that's what's making me think
that she's an actress, and that's why we don't know
- she can sing this great, you know? - Right?
So somebody who starred in "modern family,"
and we saw the laughing emoji.
There was a nasa thing and she was in "veronica mars."
and we had the '90s clue. She was born in the 1990s.
Could this possibly be sarah hyland?
She's got a great voice. She's got a broadway background and everything.
- Could be. - Leslie, you ready?
No. I'm just grasping at straws.
- Noah cyrus? - We heard that one.
Somebody else guessed that last--
I thought noah maybe, but the '90s clue,
I believe she was born in 2000, 2001.
How can anybody have been born in 2001?
There's a bunch of 20-years-olds real mad at you right now, leslie.
I know, but still!
Or could be kacey musgraves, who's a great singer.
She's nashville.
Nasa, she's spacey kacey, they call her.
I'm gonna go with kacey musgraves.
All right, that's a good one. Nicole?
I've been a bit all over the place.
I thought in the first week
it could've been carrie underwood.
- Right? - I thought last week,
I was convinced it's zara larsson.
But she's swedish, so that's a long way from nashville.
- Definitely. - I think this could be maren morris.
I love her voice.
She sings that song "meet me in the middle."
she also has another song called "the bones."
in her acoustic guitar clue there was pic,
- and they had crossbones on it. - That's right.
"welcome to nashville." she lives in nashville.
Also we had the elf in the clue package this week.
She performed at the national christmas tree lighting.
I think this could be maren morris.
Jenny: We might not know exactly who she is,
but I have no doubt after hearing you
in 30 years you're gonna be considered a legendary diva
and a very talented musician.
Your lips to god's ears.
From the big top, so awesome,
ladies and gentlemen, keep it going for ringmaster.
God, she was good.
I didn't expect that.
Let's sing her out of here.
♪ and I
♪ will always
do you know who's behind that mask?
Will ringmaster make it to the season finale?
Tweet us what you're talking about
and make sure you use that hashtag, #themaskedsinger.
Stay with us.
Coming up, we have a double elimination.
This might be the biggest upset in masked singer history.
Nick: Which singer needed help with multiple dressing room disasters?
Head over to tmz.Com for exclusive details.
♪ who is that?
Welcome back to "the masked singer,"
where celebrity singers clash in costumes.
Now it's time for the final showdown!
- Yeah! - Yeah!
Nick: It's the last chance to impress before two of our singers are unmasked
and the winner advances to the finale.
Singing together to set themselves apart for team good,
it's armadillo and ringmaster.
Will armadillo prove that good guys do finish first?
Yes!
Nick: Or will ringmaster sing her way
to secure another good in the finale?
And for team cuddly, it's miss teddy.
Will she singlehandedly take down team good tonight
and be the first cuddly in the finale?
Yeah, cuddle!
Ken: Let's go!
It's the final showdown!
- Yeah! - Jenny: Yes!
- Yeah! - The final showdown!
- I can't believe two people have to go home. - Wow.
Showdown throwdown. This is exciting.
♪ one way or another, I'm gonna find ya ♪
♪ I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha ♪
♪ one way or another
♪ I'm gonna win ya
♪ I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha ♪
♪ one way or another
♪ I'm gonna see ya
♪ I'm gonna meet ya, meet ya, meet ya, meet ya ♪
all: ♪ one day, maybe next week
♪ I'm gonna meet ya, I'm gonna meet ya, I'll meet ya ♪
♪ I will
♪ drive past your house
♪ and if the lights are all down ♪
♪ I'll see who's around
yeah. Ah!
♪ one way or another, I'm gonna find ya ♪
♪ I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha ♪
♪ one way or another, I'm gonna win ya ♪
♪ I'll getcha, I'll getcha
♪ one way or another, I'm gonna see ya ♪
♪ I'm gonna meet ya, meet ya, meet ya, meet ya ♪
all: ♪ one day, maybe next week
♪ I'm gonna meet ya, I'll meet ya ♪
♪ and if the lights are all out ♪
♪ I'll follow your bus downtown ♪
♪ see who's hanging out
- yeah! - Yes!
- Yeah! - Wow.
One way or another.
Oh, yeah.
Wow.
Panel, what'd you guys think of that?
Final showdown, pure joy, that's what this represents right here.
I love everything about it.
It seems like the vote just got a lot harder, right?
- Yeah. - Yes.
Ken: This actually feels like a season finale.
I mean, everyone did so well tonight.
- They all brought it. - Yep.
But the vote must go on.
The three of you, please stay right here.
It's time for the vote
that will send two mystery singers home.
- Oh. - Ken: Wow.
Nick: Ringmaster, miss teddy, and armadillo
have left it all on the floor.
- Yeah, yeah! - Whoo! Yeah!
- Robin: Yeah! - Audience and panel,
the choice is yours.
Vote now for your favorite solo performance.
- Oh, it's so hard, leslie! - I know.
- This is the hard part. - The singer with the most votes
will advance to the season finale in a few weeks.
And the two singers with the least amount of votes must unmask tonight.
Oh, no. This is not good.
The votes are in.
The first mystery celebrity singer going home is...
- Nicole: The suspense. - Oh, gosh. This is so--
...Going to be revealed right after the break.
- Oh, nick cannon. - Oh!
We've got two unmaskings. Don't go anywhere.
- This is ( bleep ). - ♪ who is that?
Ken: Oh, my gosh.
Welcome back to "the masked singer."
three very talented singers stand before us,
but only one mystery singer from this batch
can advance to the season finale
to fight for the golden mask trophy.
Will it be another member of team good
or will team cuddly secure the second spot in the finale?
The first singer getting unmasked...
- Oh, gosh. - And sent home tonight is...
They all gave their best performances tonight.
Nick: Armadillo.
Show your love for armadillo, y'all.
Armadillo, we love you!
Nick: Miss teddy, ringmaster, you all are safe for now.
Head back to your homebase.
We gonna keep it going for armadillo.
We're so sad to see you go, but we cannot wait to see
- who you really are up under that mask, right? - Yes!
Now, panel, it's your final guess moment.
I did "celebrity big brother" in london,
and gary busey and I were the only americans locked up there.
There's lots of clues though with the texas today.
- He's from texas. - Texas, yes, motorcycle.
And the cadence and the voice, I'm gonna say gary busey.
Leslie is going with gary busey.
- Nicole? - It could be gary busey.
He chased down fugitives in "point break."
he was a private investigator in "the firm."
yeah.
But especially after that performance today
and following this man's story,
I do truly believe that this is dog the bounty hunter.
All right, well, the first person to say that tonight
was our clue expert jenny mccarthy wahlberg.
Are you still riding that guess?
I'm riding it like he rides his harley.
- All right. - If we look at the clues,
bow and arrow, hunter.
- Hot dog, motorcycle. - And the dog leash.
- The handcuffs. - The beef cake.
It doesn't end. He's like a gift of clues
that took us too long to figure out.
Robin, are you riding that as well?
Um, I'm gonna take a different form of transportation.
This guy was born in texas.
The handcuffs are because he was an inmate
in the movie "the longest yard."
we've seen rocks. Stone cold steve austin!
Nicole: Come on, robin!
Awesome. Ken, can you top that?
When it comes to the motorcycle,
the handcuffs, the dog leash,
to me tonight, this is the great al pacino.
- ( music stops ) - oh, my gosh.
- Ken! - Nick: But you know what?
Other than that one, all the other guesses were pretty good, right?
Well, all right, panel, you've made your final guesses.
Let's see if any of you are close.
Who's behind the mask? Audience, say it with me.
- Take it off!! - Come on!
- All: Take it off! - Come on!
All: Take it off! Take it off!
- ♪ who are you? - Who is it?
All: Take it off! Take it off!
- ♪ I really wanna know - pa-ci-no.
♪ oh, I really wanna know
take it off!
♪ come on, tell me, who are you, you, you? ♪
- take is off! - Nick: Television star
- dog the bounty hunter! - Oh, my god!
Wow!
Hey!
Thank you, thank you.
( whooping )
- jenny! - Yeah!
We're so happy to have you on our show.
- I'm so proud that you're here. - I'm so happy to be here.
I gotta tell you, I loved that armadillo kick you did too.
- Now, armadillo, or dog. - Sir.
- Can I call you dog? - Yes, sir. Please. Dog.
What would make you want to do "the masked singer?"
I saw the first season, and I was like,
"man, they are having fun."
and then when I got here, they said, "you gotta sing."
I'm like, "what? Sing?
I don't even sing in the shower."
nick: Well, you know what? We gotta talk clues.
Was there anything that you felt like you were purposely trying to throw the judges off with?
Well, when I saw the bow and arrow,
I am half apache.
What about the big rocks? What do those mean?
I'm now in colorado with francie,
so castle rock.
The mega clue was a motorcycle. Are you still a biker?
No, sir.
I was member of an outlaw motorcycle gang in the '70s.
Nick: Understood, understood.
The beef cake thing, I mean, did that have anything to do--
other than just you being a hunky guy?
Well, look at you.
He forgot his shirt.
- From one beefcake to another. - Jenny: Yes!
And to sing one last time, unmasked once and for all,
the artist formerly known as the armadillo,
dog the bounty hunter!
♪ there's a man who leads a life of danger ♪
nick: Two mystery singers are still standing,
but another one's mask is about to fall.
- Stay right there. - The kick!
- Coming up... - Whoo!
...Ringmaster versus miss teddy.
Who will win the second spot in the finale,
and who will take it off?
- Come on! Oh! - Ooh!
Welcome back to "the masked singer:
The good, the bad, and the cuddly."
- ♪ yeah - armadillo was just unmasked,
and two singers are left standing.
But there's only room for one to move on in the competition
and be named the round two winner.
Will team cuddly steal the second spot in the finale,
or will team good double their chances with two singers
fighting for the golden mask trophy?
We need a cuddly in there, ken.
We need a cuddly in there, guys.
The second singer getting unmasked tonight is...
- Oh, no. - This is crazy.
Jenny: They're both equally amazing.
Oh, my god. My heart. My heart is breaking right now.
Miss teddy.
Robin: Aw. Come on!
- Aw! - Nicole: Look at teddy.
Show some love for miss teddy! Keep it going.
Congratulations to ringmaster.
How are you feeling knowing that you're going to the season finale?
So excited and incredibly honored. Thank you all so much.
Whoo!
Nick: Well, give your love and respect to miss teddy.
Ringmaster: Oh, my gosh, you were so amazing.
And then head on back to homebase.
I can't believe that ringmaster is going to the final.
That means that's two out of three for team good.
I'm sad to see teddy go though.
Then we only have one more chance to get a cuddly in the finals, man.
The most loveable character we've had, miss teddy, y'all keep it going for her.
We're so sorry that you are leaving us,
but we are so excited to see your famous face.
Who wants to start first with the final guesses?
Miss teddy, I'm just in shock.
This might be the biggest upset right now in masked singer history
because I just want you to know you are outstanding.
- Absolutely. - Indeed.
But based on the clues, it's a gospel singer,
someone who was a grammy winner.
I think this could be yolanda adams.
Nicole: Wow.
- Yeah. - She's a legend.
Great guess.
This amazing diva has won two grammys.
Then we saw a butterfly clue,
and, I mean, I can't think of a better song
that a caterpillar turning into a butterfly would sing
than "I will survive."
I think this is gloria gaynor.
- Nick: All right. - Robin: Yeah! You go, jenny.
- Thank you. - You go, jenny.
Robin?
I've been through a few names.
I started with cece peniston,
and then I started thinking maybe jill scott.
But one of the greatest gospel singers in the world is karen clark.
She has been number one multiple times on the gospel charts.
That could be the ribbon.
And she also has won many grammys.
So I think this might be karen clark of the clark sisters.
First lady karen clark sheard, that's a good one.
Go for it, nicole.
We saw the supreme court, as in "the supremes,"
and that makes me think of "dreamgirls."
- oh, yeah. - And last week, we had the clue of the grammys,
- and she has two grammys. - Okay.
Today with those signature runs,
there's only person I know that can do that,
and that's the legendary, the iconic jennifer holliday.
- Also think it's jennifer holliday. - Okay, well, tell me why.
There was the eddie murphy thing. "dreamgirls."
- yep. - Robin: Yes.
Leslie: She's won grammys. She's won all kinds of stuff.
And the voice, I mean, how many people can sing like that?
- Not many. - So I think it's jennifer holliday.
All right.
All right, guys, you made some great guesses.
And now it's time to see if any of you are correct.
Audience, you guys ready?
( cheering )
say it with me.
All: Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off! Take it off!
- Take it off! - Oh, who is this?
Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off!
Who is it?
- Who is it? - Oh, my gosh!
- Who is this? - Oh, my god!
Nick: Legendary grammy award winning
and tony award winning iconic superstar,
jennifer holliday!
- We are not worthy! - Oh, my god!
- Jennifer: Thank you. - Jenny: Yes!
Robin: Whoo!
- Thank you. - Nick: You look amazing.
- Thank you. Thank you. - So amazing.
Now we have to ask you, you've graced so many stages around the world,
why "the masked singer?"
well, nick, I believe that it was destined to be.
From you all's very first season,
my fans have been trying to guess as if it were me,
and so I think they have kind of brought me here for this.
So I was thinking about my fans,
who have given me so much love and support.
- Oh! - Including nicole.
- Nick: Nicole is one of the biggest. - Thank you.
Nicole, would you like to talk to miss holliday?
I used to pretend I was you in my room growing up.
I'd be like, "hey!" you're a living legend.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Mr. Leslie jordan, you guessed it right as well.
- Congratulations. - Yes, you did.
Well, and I forgot to say how I knew.
Santa and jack-o-lantern. Holidays.
- Very good. That's it. - Oh, my god!
- Leslie! - Jennifer: That was the clue.
And you guys keep it going one more time
for the one and only, iconic jennifer holliday.
I can't believe we're gonna watch her sing,
now finally without the mask!
- Amazing. - I just wanna watch her sing.
Look how excited nicole is to get to see you sing.
That's a wrap on round two.
Ringmaster and firefly securing spots in the season finale.
There's one spot left.
The race to the golden mask trophy continues next week
with five brand new celebrity mystery singers.
Thank you to leslie jordan for joining us.
As always, you are such a delight
- and a national treasure. - We love you, les.
But before we go, here to perform unmasked,
the artist formerly known as miss teddy,
y'all make some noise for the legendary jennifer holliday!
♪ oh, no, here we go again
♪ fighting over what I said
- ♪ I'm sorry - nicole: Ooh!
- ♪ I'm sorry - this is my song! This is my song.
♪ and all of my friends, they know that's true ♪
♪ I don't know who I am without you ♪
- ♪ I got it bad, baby - yes!
♪ got it bad
♪ oh, tell me you love me
♪ I need someone
♪ on days like this, I do
♪ on days like this
♪ so, tell me you love...