This post contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode ofThe Masked Singer.
TheMasked SingerGroup A Semi-Finals went down on Wednesday night — and ended in a double elimination.
Bull, Jester, Pepper, and Skunk battled it out for the chance to move forward in the competition andWill.i.amjoined panelistsKen Jeong,Jenny McCarthy,Nicole ScherzingerandRobin Thicketo help decipher which celebrities might be under the remaining costumes.
Bull started off the high-stakes evening. “I’m used to being a solo performer, but this is a whole new level of pressure,” Bull said in their clue package. The bovine animal also shared that they “have a habit of comparing myself to other people, to the point where it can be almost crippling,” and referred to themself as “a true triple threat.”
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Bull sangLady GagaandAriana Grande’s “Rain on Me,” which McCarthy thought secured Bull’s spot in the Group A Finals. “You’re going to be here all the way through,” she said.
The judges guessed Bull could beJason Derulo,Billy Porter,Ne-YoandUsher.
Pepper followed up with some spice. “I kind of had a good girl thing for a long time,” she said in her clue package. Pepper also said she’s gone through tough times: “The hard thing I’ve experienced was watching the one I love and care for most facing the unthinkable.”
“Ken, not even gravity could stop that train from getting to you,” she said. That led Jeong to think he had honed in on Pepper’s identity, so he hitthe Take It Off Buzzer, suspecting to see singerSara Bareillesunmasked. But Cannon, 41, said Jeong guessed incorrectly, so Pepper wouldn’t be taking her mask off just yet.
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Jester, typically brusk, went next with a sweet shoutout to his wife. “The person who I think is going to get the biggest kick out of this is my wife,” he said in his clue package. “We’ve been together 45 years, but unfortunately, her health isn’t what it used to be.”
The panel suspected Jester might be Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott,Elon Muskor Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea.
Thicke told Skunk, “I can’t get enough of your voice.” Then Skunk sent the word “love” to Scherzinger, 43. “Nicole, I think you could say that we had a love connection,” Skunk said.
Soulful singersMary J. Blige,Faith Evans, and Jill Scott all arose as possibilities for Skunk.
With all four incognito stars having taken the stage, the panel, studio audience, and at-home superfans voted for their favorite performance of the night. Cannon announced that the first star to take off their mask would be Jester.
Johnny Rotten as Jester.fox; Desiree Navarro/Getty
Next, Cannon named the contestant with the second-fewest amount of votes as Pepper — and Scherzinger’s first impression guess ofNatasha Bedingfieldturned out to be correct!
Natasha Bedingfield as Pepper.fox; Steve Jennings/WireImage
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“It’s fun to be spicy,” said the “These Words” singer, 39, of her time as Pepper.
The Grammy nominee said she hoped to inspire emotion in viewers. “I just want people to feel something,” she said. “And so I really try to tell a story.”
The Masked Singerairs Wednesdays (8 p.m. ET) on Fox.
source: people.com
