(dramatic music)
Ken jeong: Welcome back to america's
Favorite guessing game: I can see your voice!
Tonight, it's all aboard the love train...
Both: Woo-woo!
Ken: ..For the music that defined a generation:
It's motown night!
Ken: Using your detective skills...
Adrienne: We have a real detective?!
..Can you spot who are good singers...
..And who are bad singers... (screeching)
..Without ever hearing them sing a note?
(uproarious laughter)
Ken: And along for the ride with our contestant are
Cheryl hines...
Ken: Cheryl! Close your mouth 'cause your jaw will drop!
Ken: ..Adrienne bailon-houghton...
We're being bamboozled by some fancy footwork.
Ken: ..Nene leakes...
We feel confused, honey!
Ken: ..Kate flannery...
I'm trying to read his aura!
Ken: ..And tonight's musical superstar, johnny gill!
Guaranteed he can sing.
Ken: It all comes down to a decision...
Contestant: Oh, man! Ken: ..For a life-changing...
♪ one hundred thousand ♪ adrienne: Dollars!
Ken: Chris, do you want to play on for one final round?
I'm gonna lock it in! (dramatic sound effects)
Panel: Woo-woo!
(theme tune)
(audience cheers and applauds)
(music ends)
Ken: Good evening, I'm your host, ken jeong,
And welcome to another incredible episode
Of america's favorite guessing game,
I can see your voice!
Tonight we celebrate the sound that reshaped pop music
For a generation. (hollering) it's motown night!
(r&b soul beat) adrienne: Gonna be so good!
Ken: So, johnny, how excited are you for tonight's motown theme?
I was on motown for many, many, many years.
Johnny: They gotta bring the a-game tonight, you have to.
(applause)
Ken: Let's meet tonight's contestant,
Hoping to take home $100,000.
It is chris from sicklerville, new jersey.
(theme music) ken: Chris!
Ken: How you doin', man? Ow!
Ken: Wow! Look at you, all built and buff!
It's like looking in a mirror. It really is.
What do you do for a living?
Chris: I'm a homicide detective. Ken: Wow.
Adrienne: A real detective?! Cheryl: Wow-wa.
Ken: Who do you have in your corner supporting you tonight?
I have my lovely mother. She is my rock.
Without her, I would not be who I am.
(audience applauds)
I love you, mom.
Ken: So tonight, if you play your cards right,
You could take home $100,000!
Chris: Let's go!
What would you do with all that cash?
In 2009, we ended up homeless for a five-year period,
And it was rough seeing my family suffer.
I promised my mom I was going to change her life for the better.
This is what I'm here for. I'm nervous, but for good reasons.
Yes!
Chris: Thank you, thank you.
We need to help this man win. Johnny: I want him to win so bad
We gotta win! You gotta win!
Ken: Okay, america, let's get the investigation going
And reveal tonight's secret voices.
(loud cheering and applause)
Ken: Number one. He delivers more than just pizza,
He's won multiple karaoke contests
And scored over 900,000 views doing a tiktok duet
With charlie puth. It's pizza delivery guy!
Cheryl: My instinct is "no". Ken: Number two.
When she isn't catering to the whims
Of her well-heeled clientele, she's racking up her view count.
Her show-stopping version of 'killing me softly'
Has been viewed over 2.2 million times.
It's hotel concierge.
Kate: She looks too perfect.
Ken: Number three. This tennessee native
Tidied up his vocal skills in his college a cappella group
'voices of lee' where he competed against pentatonix.
And tonight, he's ready to make the final cut.
Give it up for barber.
Adrienne: Smooth vibes. It is motown?
Ken: Number four. This brain and spine specialist
Managed to score a role on tv's 'the resident'
After the director saw his stunning rendition
Of 'amazing grace' on instagram.
And tonight he's left the scalpel at home.
It's neurosurgeon!
Cheryl: I'm getting a yes vibe.
Ken: Number five. This washington insider
Has more on his mind than politics,
Having placed second with his group, the jazzy dance,
In the barbershop quartet nationals.
It's white house staffer!
Johnny: I'm not buying that.
Ken: Number six. This florida native won choral competitions
Throughout high school and has since earned a part
In the soul of motown show on the las vegas strip.
Tonight, she is going to kick it out of the park.
It's kickball player.
Nene: She's ready for motown night? Yeah!
Let's get a quick recap of the rules.
Ken: There are six secret voices up on that stage,
But you'll never know how many are good singers
And how many are bad. In the first five rounds,
You will use clues, logic and intuition
To eliminate the bad singers. If they're a good singer,
Everything you hear will be true.
But if they're a bad singer, anything could be a lie.
For each correct guess, you will earn $15,000.
Your goal is to eliminate all the bad singers
So that the last one standing is a good singer
Because that secret voice will be dueting with johnny gill.
And if they're a good singer, you could win $100,000.
(cheering and applause)
Ken: Now, as the great marvin gaye said,
Let's get it on with our first lip sync showdown.
Ken: The secret voices will be performing two at a time,
And you get to choose which two voices you want to see.
But at the end of each round,
You'll have to eliminate one of them.
Remember, to win $15,000 on this round, bad is good...
(audience joins in) good is bad.
Chris: The barber looks too nervous.
I'm gonna get the bad singer out right away. Put 'em to arrest.
(laughter) ken: Okay.
I think the hotel concierge...
I think she's a good singer and I wanna find out right away.
Adrienne: Yes. Ken: Get ready
For your first two lip syncers. Let's see hotel concierge...
Adrienne: Yes! (applause)
..And barber!
Panel: Wooo!
♪ stop! In the name of love
♪ before you break my heart ♪
♪ baby, baby, I'm aware of where you go ♪
♪ each time you leave my door ♪
I'm not sure.
♪ I watch you walk down the street ♪
♪ knowing your other love you'll meet ♪
♪ stop! In the name of love
♪ before you break my heart ♪
(music ends) (wild cheering and applause)
(groaning nervously)
Adrienne: Hi, bad guy! Cheryl: Okay.
♪ oooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I knew ♪
♪ about your plans to make me blue ♪
♪ with some other (falsetto) guy ♪
Adrienne: Oh? ♪ you knew before
♪ between the two of us guys
♪ you know I loved you more ♪
♪ it took me took me by surprise, I must say ♪
♪ when I found out yesterday
♪ don't you know that I heard it ♪
♪ through the grapevine (sustained) ♪
(enthusiastic cheering and applause)
Wow! I don't know!
Ken: Chris, what are you thinking?
Chris: As a lead investigator, I have a 100 percent solve rate.
However-- ken: 100 percent solve rate!
However, I'm used to dealing with one suspect, not six!
Chris: So, I'm definitely going to refer
To my celebrity detectives 'cause that was a tough one.
Ken: Okay. Chris: For sure.
Panel, lend chris a hand.
Hotel concierge.
There was something sort of presentational,
Like if you were lip-syncing to your hairbrush,
You'd be like, "hey!" (johnny laughs)
I think she's a bad singer.
Adrienne: Hotel concierge might have that beautiful voice
That we just heard and maybe she's not... A performer.
(audience sighs)
Johnny: The voice matches her look.
I think she's a good singer.
Adrienne: Now, the barber, every time he went into falsetto,
His whole body read, "I'm doing this."
I believe that the barber is a good singer.
Kate: I feel like he wasn't breathing deep enough
For the sounds coming out - he was a good lip syncer,
But I don't think it was his voice.
I think he's a good singer. Ken: Oh, wow. Why?
Dunno. Maybe it's his big arms. (all laughing)
Adrienne: Big arms. Good singer. Both chris and I can relate!
Ken: Chris?
(dramatic sound effects)
Chris: The hotel concierge seemed a little rehearsed,
But I think she's a good singer.
The barber... If you're a singer,
You shouldn't be that nervous.
Nene: Go with your gut! Ken: You got a 100% solve rate!
After this competition, let's see!
(tense music)
I'm thinking the barber is a bad singer.
I'm gonna lock it in. Let's go.
Johnny: Oh! (loud cheers and applause)
Ken: Barber, let's...
(all join in) see your voice!
Cheryl: Uh-oh! Now he looks really confident.
Adrienne: I hope I was wrong.
(piano intro)
(vocalizing soulfully) ♪ ohhh...
♪ know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain ♪
I hate to say, I told you so!
♪ girl, I'm leaving you tomorrow ♪
♪ seems to me, girl, you know I've done all I can ♪
♪ see, I begged, stole, and I borrowed ♪
♪ that's why I'm easy
♪ I'm easy like Sunday mornin' ♪
Cheryl: (indistinct) ..Nervous 'cause he's good!
(music ends) (wild applause and cheering)
Ken: That was beautiful! Are you really a singing barber?
Noah: Yes, I am. I live in the middle of nowhere,
So this was a huge platform to be able to sing on.
Adrienne: You have an incredible voice.
Ken: And you really competed against pentatonix?
Noah: Yes, in college we competed against them
In 'a cappella music awards.' cheryl: Wow!
Give it up for barber!
(enthusiastic cheering and applause)
Ken: Okay, chris, you didn't make any money,
But don't worry, there's still a lot of show to go.
Don't go anywhere! This is motown night
On I can see your voice, only on fox.
Adrienne: Johnny, do you still get nervous?
It only lasts for a couple of seconds.
I know yours don't last at all, johnny.
You'd be ♪ oooh.... (laughter)
(theme music)
Ken: Welcome back to I can see your voice,
The only show where spotting terrible talent
Can make you really rich. (laughter)
And tonight, we are celebrating motown,
The sound that made america dance.
So, chris, before the break, you eliminated barber
And made nothing. (audience sighs sympathetically)
Chris: So obviously my 100% solve rate went out the window.
(laughter) ken: But you still have four
Remaining secret voices left to choose from.
We love you and we really feel you're still in great shape,
And I think we have a photo to prove it.
(dramatic music) ken: Ohhh!
(audience applauds and cheers)
Ken: Oh, cheryl! Can we have an oral surgeon...
Adrienne: Cheryl is investigating the abs!
Ken: ..To close your mouth 'cause your jaw will drop!
This is 'I can see your voice' not 'I can see your pecs'!
Ken: Now, chris, it is time... Chris: Yes.
Ken: ..For our second lip sync showdown.
(dramatic sound effects) (applause)
Um, let's pick the pizza delivery guy.
(applause)
Chris: I think he's a good singer, has a powerful voice
And I think he's gonna display it on stage today for us.
And white house staffer - I'm just unsure about right now
So I think I'm going to pick the white house staffer.
Johnny: Okay. Nene: Right. Good choice.
(applause)
Ken: Get ready for pizza delivery guy...
(tense music)
Ken: ..And white house staffer!
(applause)
(soulful intro)
Oh? Cheryl: Uh-oh!
♪ when the night has come
♪ and the land is dark
♪ and the moon is the only light we'll see ♪
♪ so, darlin', darlin', stand by me ♪
♪ oh stand by me
♪ oh stand now
♪ stand by me
(applause)
Cheryl: Wow!
Adrienne: I... Don't believe it.
(mid tempo intro)
♪ now, if you feel that you can't go on ♪
♪ because all of your hope is gone ♪
♪ and your life is filled with much confusion ♪
♪ until happiness is just an illusion ♪
♪ reach out for me ♪ ha!
♪ I'll be there
♪ with the love that will shelter you ♪
♪ I'll be there
♪ with the love that will see you through ♪
♪ I'll be there (music ends)
(cheering and applause)
Adrienne: Wow! Wow! Wow!
Ken: Alright, chris, what are you thinking?
Chris: Once again, I'm stumped. Ken: Why?
This is easier from my couch. (laughter)
Ken: Well, you have a panel of brilliant celebrity detectives.
What do you think? Cheryl: Good news.
I think they're both bad.
The pizza delivery guy... I didn't really see a sparkle.
I saw like, "hey, I'm doin' my this and I'm doin' my that."
I think he's a bad singer. (applause)
There's only three guys in boyz ii men,
And I think they need a fourth. He just might fit the profile.
Guarantee you, he can sing.
I think his performance skills were just not there.
I just don't believe that was his voice.
And the white house staffer? No.
(cackling laugh)
Nene: Both of them are bad singers.
Kate: White house staffer? The voice does not match
The whole vibe. I think he's a bad singer.
Adrienne: I have questions about the white house staffer.
Is there people on staff that are supposed to make you laugh
'cause there is something about him!
What, wait... This move?
The voice we heard absolutely matches.
Ken: Really?!
He's just a funny guy and a good singer.
Okay. It is time to make a decision.
(dramatic sound effects)
I expected more out of the pizza delivery guy.
I expected some more soul, some more passion.
I think the white house staffer might be a little nerdy,
But deep down inside, he's a good singer.
(tense music)
I think the pizza delivery guy's a bad singer.
I'm gonna lock it in.
(audience cheers loudly)
Ken: Now pizza delivery guy?
(everyone) let's see your voice!
(dramatic sound effects)
Come on, dear.
(inaudible)
(piano and string intro)
Adrienne: Oh, the slower songs always concern me.
(squawking) ♪ if you ever
♪ change your mind
♪ about leaving
♪ leaving me behind
♪ baby, bring it to me
♪ bring your sweet loving
♪ bring it on home
(johnny singing along) ♪ to me, yeah, yeah
(painfully out of tune) ♪ yeah...
(music ends) (audience cheers and whoops)
Ken: Wow! (johnny laughs uncontrollably)
Ken: Pizza delivery guy, was any of that true?
I do actually deliver pizza.
Adrienne: I appreciate you! Cheryl: Yeah.
Bruce: Thank you. It was an opportunity to try and overcome
My stage fright, as well as "deliver" a good performance.
Give it up for pizza delivery guy!
Chris, you've eliminated one good singer and one bad singer,
Meaning you have $15,000.
Adrienne: Yeah! Ken: Right?
Ken: More I can see your voice: Motown night, after the break.
Adrienne: We got two!
(theme music)
Welcome back to I can see your voice: Motown night!
Ken: Chris, you've eliminated
One good singer and one bad singer
And have a total of $15,000.
(cheering and applause) adrienne: Yes!
Ken: It is time for our third and final lip sync showdown.
(dramatic sound effects)
Get ready for kickball player...
(tense sound effect)
..And neurosurgeon! (tense sound effect)
(upbeat piano intro)
Cheryl: Uh-oh!
♪ the night we met I knew I needed you so ♪
♪ and if I had the chance I'd never let you go ♪
♪ so won't you please
♪ be my little baby
♪ say you'll be my darlin'
♪ be my baby now
♪ whoa-oh-oh-oh
(music ends)
(upbeat drum intro) cheryl: Ah, ah, hey! Uh-oh!
♪ people all over the world
♪ join hands
♪ start a love train, love train ♪
♪ don't you know that it's time ♪
♪ to get on board
♪ and let this train keep on riding ♪
♪ riding on through... (sustained) ♪
Adrienne: Maybe, I don't know! ♪ oh
♪ people all over the world
♪ join hands
♪ start a love train
♪ love train
(up an octave) ♪ people all over the world
♪ join in
♪ start a love train
♪ love train
(wild applause and cheering)
Kate: What?!
Ken: Panel, what do you think?
Kickball player started singing before she got to the mic.
I'm a bad singer, ken. Everybody knows it,
But when I'm doing karaoke, (low voice) you can hear me
'cause I get up to the mic. So I think that she's a bad singer.
Nene: She was really singing to johnny a lot,
Like she wanted him to see her, um...
Nene: She's a bad singer.
Kate: She had a subtlety that I feel like was real.
She might be a good singer! (applause)
Kate: And the neurosurgeon is an amazing performer.
Can you be a brain surgeon and keep up your rehearsals?!
(chuckles) I don't know! I think he's a bad singer.
Johnny: His body language, his whole energy,
It's like everything that a singer would do.
I think the surgeon is a good singer.
Adrienne: I didn't believe that that high voice
Came out of his body. I feel like
We're being bamboozled by some fancy footwork.
Ken: Chris? (dramatic sound effects)
Chris: I think the kickball player had a mishap,
But I think sometimes singers make mistakes,
But she caught up. The neurosurgeon...
I'm just not believing it - too talented, too good to be true.
He might be an actor,
That's why we saw him do a good job performing.
I think he's a bad singer.
Cheryl: Whoa. Chris: I'm gonna lock it in.
Ken: Neurosurgeon?
(everyone) let's see your voice!
Cheryl: Uh-oh! Nene: Oooh!
(slow musical intro)
Ballad.
(powerfully rich voice) ♪ ohhh... He's leavin'
♪ on that midnight train to georgia ♪
(applause) ♪ yeah
♪ said he's goin' back
♪ oh, he's goin' back
♪ to a simpler place in time
♪ oh yes he is
♪ and I'll be with him (rapturous cheering)
♪ on that midnight train to georgia ♪
♪ yeah
Both: ♪ woo-woo!
♪ I'd rather live in his world
♪ than live without him in mine ♪
♪ his world, my world, mine alone ♪
♪ my world, his world
(high-ranger vocalizing) ♪ oooh...
(wild cheering and applause)
Hey! Yes, neurosurgeon!
Ken: So you are, for real, a neurosurgeon?
Christian: Yes, I went to harvard when I was 16
And became a neurosurgeon.
Johnny: What?! Nene: Wow!
Ken: What made you want to do this show?
I'm really passionate about music so this is an opportunity
To dedicate the performance to my patients.
Cheryl: Oh, my god!
Ken: Give it up for the neurosurgeon!
Ken: Okay, chris... Nene: Okay, chris.
..You've eliminated two good singers,
And one bad singer, meaning your total is $15,000
Which is still good!
Let's get into it after the break.
This is I can see your voice: Motown night.
Cheryl: He is a one-of-a-kind. Kate: He's a unicorn!
(theme music)
Welcome back to I can see your voice: Motown night!
(funky r&b riff)
You have three down, three to go,
And none of us know how many are good and how many are bad.
So, you've got to tread carefully now
If you're going to end up with a good one at the end
And when that $100,000.
Ken: Chris, remind us what you're playing for.
Chris: I'd love to be able to give a portion of my winnings
To help my mother. Ending up homeless at 18 years old
Was one of the toughest things that I could ever go through.
And I want to finally give back to her.
Cheryl: Wow. Nene: Very good.
Ken: Much love to chris' mom. It is time for my favorite round:
Unlock my life!
(dramatic sound effects)
But you know how we like to mix things up here
On I can see your voice, so this week it's inside scoop.
Cheryl: Whoa! Thank you.
We've interviewed the closest confidants
Of each of the secret voices, getting them to reveal
All kinds of information about them,
But just like always, you'll only get to learn about one.
And remember, if it's a good singer,
Then you'll be hearing the truth.
But if the singer is bad, then the interview will be stacked
With stone cold lies.
Oh, my god.
Sorry, johnny gill!
Johnny ahh! Ken: Chris?
So, initially I thought the hotel concierge
Was a good singer, but the white house staffer -
He's quirky, but I think he might have a voice inside.
And then the kickball player, her performance had a mistake,
But I think it was a natural mistake.
Chris: So I think I'll unlock my life of the hotel concierge.
Adrienne: Okay!
Ken: Let's play unlock my life: Inside scoop!
Keenon: This hotel concierge and I have been friends
For almost a decade now,
And she hasn't changed one bit since high school.
When we first met, we instantly connected.
Nene: Oh my god.
We're both over-the-top, loud, theatrical people.
During the day she's a hotel concierge,
But at night, she turns into a karaoke star.
Adrienne: I believe that. Did you believe that?
Keenon: She does everything from singing at local cafes,
To clubs, to open mic night.
I remember the night her tiktok went viral.
She was singing 'killing me softly' at this local dive bar
And had over 2 million views within 24 hours of posting.
Cheryl: Oh! Whoa-wa! Keenon: From that point on,
I just knew that she was gonna start going places.
I just want to say that I'm so proud of you.
I know you're going to kill it.
See you back in new york when you're famous, babe.
(enthusiastic applause)
Ken: Well, chris, was that helpful?
That video was so confusing - two million views in a bar
With just one person. Wow. I wouldn't even watch that.
(laughter)
Cheryl: That did not give me singer vibes.
That gave me stand-up comedian vibes.
Not many karaoke places you're sitting and singing.
I think she's a bad singer. (applause)
Her caption on tiktok was: Shout out to the one guy hyping me up.
Cheryl: Okay. Adrienne: I kinda feel like
She could be a good singer from that video.
We gotta break this down, okay?
All these pictures of her singing
With a dj in the back, and her hair is down.
The way she's holding the mic and the way she's standing,
I feel like she can really sing. (applause)
Kate: She was so poker-faced when she sang,
And then those pictures seem almost like a different person.
So I think she's a bad singer. (confused gasps)
I'm going to ride with my gut and say she's either a comedian
Or an actress, but still, I think a bad singer.
Ken: Okay, chris?
(dramatic sound effects)
The kickball player, I'm still unsure about.
The white house staffer...
(chuckling) I think he might be a good singer.
But the hotel concierge? I'm on the fence.
When she was standing in front of the dj...
Maybe she just likes to perform karaoke.
(dramatic drum beats)
I'm gonna pick the hotel concierge.
I think she's a bad singer.
Ken: Now hotel concierge, let's...
(all joining in) see your voice!
Are you worried? Adrienne: Yeah, I am.
(slow intro on strings)
Oh, no. Oh, no. Kate: Please be bad.
Nene: Oh lord!
(vocalizing richly) ♪ I...
(disappointed gasps)
(smooth as velvet) ♪ I want a Sunday
Cheryl: Dang it. ♪ kind of love
♪ a love to last past Saturday night ♪
(applause) ♪ and I'd like to know
♪ it's more than love at first sight ♪
♪ I want a Sunday kind of love
♪ oh, yeah
♪ I want a Sunday, Sunday
♪ a Sunday kind of
♪ love... (sustained)
So good!
(rapturous applause and cheering)
Ken: Oh, wow. So, who are you?
I have been working hotel concierge
For the past four or five years.
Ken: What made you want to do the show?
I am a quarter korean. My grandma is from korea and--
(both exchange greetings in korean)
This is a huge show in korea and I really wanted the opportunity
To get from behind the desk and showcase my talent.
Yes!
Ken: Give it up for hotel concierge.
Ken: As outstanding as she is,
You've just missed out on $15,000,
Leaving your total still at $15,000.
Chris, we are down to our last two secret voices.
The pressure is going to get insane.
This is I can see your voice, only on fox.
That's exactly how her lip sync sounded. She was amazing.
She fooled us. She fooled us.
(theme music)
Welcome back to I can see your voice: Motown night.
Chris, you've now eliminated
Three good singers and one bad singer,
Leaving you with two remaining secret voices to choose from.
They could both be good. There could be one of each.
They both could be bad. We just don't know.
And it is time for our final challenge,
It's interrogation.
(dramatic sound effects)
Chris, you're about to get the opportunity to grill
Either one of our remaining secret voices
And hear their unaltered voice for the first time.
You get 30 seconds to ask them whatever you want, but then
You have to eliminate one of them.
I think the white house staffer might be a good singer,
And I think if we hear his voice,
I think we might be able to tell for sure.
I'm going to interrogate the white house staffer.
Ken: Okay, chris. In three, two, one... Go!
Chris: Favorite artist to cover? Staffer: Ben folds.
Chris: One thing a singer should never do?
Disrespect their audience. Chris: Favorite motown song?
'please, mr. Postman' by the marvelles.
Have you ever performed an original song?
Yes, I made a semi-viral political video
To get people to turn out in the midterms.
Who would you most like to collaborate with?
Norah jones. Half indian.
Where did you learn to sing? Staffer: Show choir!
Kate: (chuckling) hah!
Ken: Okay, panel!
I was really listening for his singing voice
That we heard earlier and it really kinda matched.
I think he's a good singer.
I gotta go with my sis.
His voice does match the vocal performance,
So I think he's a good singer. (applause)
Cheryl: Well, I don't know. 'mr. Postman' -
Is that the one that inspires you the most
Of all the motown songs?
I just felt like he was just grasping for answers
So I'm gonna say I think he's a bad singer.
Kate: Yeah, you got a point. I think he's a bad singer.
Adrienne: But what if that's his thing?
What if he loves to sing motown? That's why he's here today?
So, I'm going to say he's a good singer.
Ken: Okay, chris, it's time to make a decision.
(dramatic sound effects)
Chris: The white house staffer did sound like his voice.
(tense music)
The kickball player had that mishap,
But she kinda got back into the groove.
(clock ticking)
Chris: I'm gonna stick with my gut
And eliminate the kickball player.
Chris: I think she's a bad singer.
(audience cheers and applauds)
Ken: That means white house staffer
Will be going through to the finale.
Go get ready because you're about to duet
With none other than johnny gill.
Nene (yelling): Woo-hoo! Yay, johnny!
Ken: But before we do that, kickball player?
(everyone) let's see your voice!
(dramatic sound effects)
Just seems uncomfortable. (indistinct)
(indistinct exchange of views)
You never know! (dramatic sound effects)
(all goes quiet)
(upbeat intro)
Cheryl: Uh-oh! Adrienne: Quick song.
(lifeless, out of tune) ♪ whenever I'm with him
(whooping and cheering) ♪ something inside
♪ starts a burnin'
♪ and I'm filled with desire ♪
♪ could this be the devil in me ♪
♪ or is this the way love's supposed to be? ♪
♪ it's like a heatwave
♪ burnin' in my heart
(voice cracking) ♪ can't keep from cryin'
♪ it's tearing me
(dire high note) ♪ apart...
(everyone cheering wildly)
Ken: That was, honestly, an insult
To the great legacy of motown, and we loved it!
What made you want to do the show?
Being a kickball player I love games. I figured I'd come on,
Have some fun, see if I can kick it out of the park!
Give it up for the kickball player!
Chris, you've gotten yourself another $15,000!
Chris: Let's go. Thank you, thank you.
Ken: Now, we are down to our last secret voice.
And if that secret voice is a good singer,
You could be taking home $100,000.
♪ one hundred thousand!
You need to make the biggest decision of your life.
Yes.
After the break. This is I can see your voice!
I'm nervous because I want him to win so bad.
Nene: Woo! Right.
(theme music) (loud cheering and applause)
Welcome back to I can see your voice: Motown night.
Chris, all game long, you've been trying
To find and eliminate the bad singers
So that a good singer is left standing up there
To duet with soul and r&b superstar johnny gill.
Nene: Yes, johnny!
Ken: And so now, for the first time in the game,
You're actually hoping white house staffer is a good singer.
But, here's the decision you have to make.
(dramatic sound effects)
Chris, you can either walk away with the $30,000,
Guaranteed to go home with some real life-changing money...
..Or you can play on for one final round.
And if white house staffer turns out to be a good singer,
Your winnings will shoot up to $100,000.
(audience whoops and cheers)
Ken: However, if you get it wrong,
You'll go home with nothing.
This is one of the biggest decisions of my life.
Panel, what decision do you think chris should make?
I usually say go for it, however...
..I didn't like his answers.
I think he's in maybe comedy, but he's not a singer.
Take your money home to your family.
(clock ticking)
Knowing what you want to do, it is too risky to me.
You should take the money and go.
(tense music)
I think white house staffer...
There was so much comedy and it's just not a guarantee to me.
I would suggest taking the money and going home.
(johnny exhales sharply) oh, man.
The one answer that he replied to was
"never disrespect your audience",
That he understands the golden rules as a performer.
I think he's a...
..Good singer.
I want you to be able to take home a whole six figures
So that you never have to look back ever again.
But his talking voice absolutely matched
What we heard in the lip sync challenge.
I think white house staffer...
..Is a good singer.
I would take the chance.
(frustrated sighs from audience)
Ken: Chris, which way are you leaning?
(audience shouts advice)
So he said something that concerned me a little bit.
He said his one original song was about voting.
How many of us have actually heard a good song about voting?
That wasn't like a joke?
But his voice did sound similar.
Oh, man...
(sharp exhale)
Chris: $30,000 can do a lot of good.
$100,000 could do even more.
I am a risk-taker...
..But in this situation, I think I should...
..Stick with my gut because I'm not 100% sure.
I think I'm going to...
..Take the $30,000.
I'm gonna lock it in.
(everyone claps and cheers)
Ken: Well, chris, you have won $30,000.
Adrienne: Woo! Yes! Chris: Thank you.
But I am sure you and america would love to find out
What would have happened had you played on.
Right now is the moment of truth.
Johnny gill, please go and join white house staffer
On the stage of truth for the grand duet finale.
Ken: So, chris, if white house staffer is a good singer,
You would have taken home $100,000.
But if he's a bad singer, then you made the right choice
Because your money is safe.
(nervous exhale)
Ken: Singing 'it's your thing', please put your hands together
For johnny gill and white house staffer!
(audience applauds and cheers)
(funky guitar intro)
(johnny) ♪ come on, listen
♪ it's your thang
♪ do what you wanna do
♪ oh, uh! I can't tell ya
♪ who to sock it to
♪ it's your thing
♪ do what you wanna do
♪ said I can't tell ya
♪ um! Who to sock it to
♪ oh! If you need a little love, uh huh ♪
♪ as bad as I do
♪ make no difference
♪ who you give the thing to
(funky bass beat)
(johnny whoops)
(flat, out-of-tune voice) ♪ it's your thing
(off-beat rhythm) ♪ do what you want to do
♪ I can't tell you
(voice cracking) ♪ who to sock it to
♪ it's your thing ♪ do what you want to do
♪ I can't tell you ♪ who to sock it to
(raspy vocalizing by johnny)
Yes!
Johnny (harmonizing): ♪ oooo...
Woo! Huh.
Staffer: ♪ it's your thing
♪ it's your thang, thang, thang, thang ♪
(staffer) ♪ it's your thing
Johnny (vocalizing): ♪ it... Yeah
Staffer: ♪ it's your thing
(music ends) (wild cheering and clapping)
Ken: Well played, chris! You get to keep your $30,000,
Which is no small chunk of change.
White house staffer, tell me about yourself.
I did, in fact, serve in the obama administration.
Ken: Really?! Both: Wow!
Staffer: I served for the last couple of years
And when it ended, I flew out to l.A. To become a comedian.
Panellists: Yes! We knew it!
We knew!
Ken: Give it up for the white house staffer!
Chris, you've been amazing!
A special thank you to johnny gill,
Nene leakes,
Kate flannery,
Cheryl hines,
Adrienne bailon-houghton...
Good night!
(music ends)