“After I do one thing, it’s with the total intent and my intention was profitable.”
The Masked Singer simply kicked off season 12 and the celebrities are already shining behind their over-the-top costumes. For the reason that present premiered in 2019, fairly just a few large celebrities have taken dwelling the extremely coveted Golden Masks trophy. These celebs managed to maintain their id below lock and key whereas the judges, Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger, and Robin Thicke, took their guesses about who was sporting the masks. Whereas these winners weren’t all the time in a position to dupe everybody, they positively earned their place in Masked Singer historical past.
Look again on all the celebrities who’ve received The Masked Singer…
1. T-Ache
T-Ache took dwelling the Golden Masks on season one of many present, throughout which he duped viewers together with his spectacular vocals. For a few years, followers had solely identified him to make use of Auto-Tune so once they heard his actual voice, they didn’t make the connection. After his win, T-Ache mentioned he was glad folks received to acknowledge his true skills.
“I really feel like there’s been a weight lifted off my shoulders and now that everybody is aware of what I can do, I really feel prefer it’s giving me a second win,” he advised Folks. “Whenever you hear the title T-Ache, you routinely suppose Auto-Tune. I simply wished to eliminate that. I’ve been proving this for years and years and folks nonetheless mentioned I used to be solely well-known as a result of I used Auto-Tune. However now, you realize, that’s not true.”
2. Wayne Brady
In 2019, Wayne Brady received suited up because the Fox and made all of it the way in which to the finale of season two. Whereas his title had been introduced up throughout the prior season and he was then rumored to be the Thingamajig throughout season two, he managed to evade the judges and took dwelling the Golden Masks.
“After I do one thing, it’s with the total intent and my intention was profitable. Whether or not I received or not, that’s as much as another person, however my intention was completely to win. I wished to have folks not be influenced by my face or that I make them chortle on TV to simply to hear,” he advised Leisure Weekly.
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Actual Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss grew to become the primary feminine winner of The Masked Singer when she took the stage as Night time Angel. After profitable, Kandi mentioned she had principally stopped singing earlier than being supplied to seem on the present and it had helped her regain her confidence.
“I believe it’s a lift of confidence. I didn’t know I used to be going to win. After all, you’ll like to win. I assume in my thoughts I wasn’t completely certain. I wasn’t completely assured about it. You simply go in there and do your finest,” she shared with EW. “There is not any restrict to what you’ll be able to accomplish. Like, cease psyching your self out. Cease getting in your personal head, telling your self what you’ll be able to’t do. These are the issues that I say to different folks. This present made me apply that to my very own life.”
4. LeAnn Rimes
On the finish of season 4, the Golden Masks went to LeAnn Rimes. The Grammy-winning singer took the stage because the Solar, which she says was a “visible illustration” of every thing she wished to place out on the planet. She defined that she was grateful that the present gave her the chance to flee the field she was usually trapped in by the music business.
“I’ve sort of fought that for a very long time of individuals not realizing the place to place me and so they need to put me in a field and the extra folks need to try this, the extra I need to claw my method out of it. It is simply my rebellious facet,” she shared with ET. “[I] received to actually sort of embrace that on this present and truly rejoice that. ’Trigger each track was completely different, from a special style.”
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5. Nick Lachey
Nick Lachey took dwelling the Golden Masks throughout season 5 of The Masked Singer. Whereas he was in a position to idiot the judges as Piglet, it seems that some particular folks figured it out immediately — his three kids! Wanting again, Nick says when his household tuned into the primary episode, his daughter might instantly inform it was his voice.
“We watched the premiere episode collectively and I used to be holding Brooklyn and I believe I received two or three notes out of my mouth and she or he pointed to me, she goes, ‘Daddy,’” he advised Folks. “They acknowledged my voice instantly.”
6. Jewel
Jewel received all of it because the Queen of Hearts on season six of The Masked Singer. Throughout her time on the present, she says she actually received to concentrate on her technical means as a singer — which she had by no means gotten to do all through her profession. She defined that lots of her songs had been “not demanding vocally” and she or he wished to point out off her vary.
“It was truly a purpose of mine with the present. I’ve by no means written for my voice, which is bizarre. I write my very own songs; you suppose I might write a track that confirmed off my singing! However I solely cared in regards to the story,” she advised Yahoo! Leisure. “And so for this present, truly one thing I wished to actually concentrate on was to point out my vary and technical means.”
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In 2022, Teyana Taylor took the stage because the Firefly on season seven and made all of it the way in which to the finale. Whereas she didn’t dupe the entire judges, she did find yourself profitable the present, calling it an incredible expertise the place she might sing with out judgment.
“I used to be like, ‘This may actually be one thing the place I might simply sing with out politics and judgment. I believe that’s why it was such an emotional journey for me. It was nothing that I checked out as simply, like, enjoyable and video games,” she shared after her win.
8. Amber Riley
Former Glee star Amber Riley confirmed off her vocal chops on season eight of The Masked Singer whereas performing as Harp. With such an ornate costume, Amber says it was a problem not to have the ability to hook up with the viewers by way of facial expressions and dance strikes — however it helped her to let her voice shine.
“As a result of I’m a performer, I take advantage of my complete physique to carry out. I dance, I take advantage of facial expressions, you realize, and never with the ability to join with folks totally and solely with the ability to join with them by way of motion and my voice, was truly an awesome problem for me,” she advised EW. “However I used to be sort of inspired to know my voice sort of speaks for itself. And that is not one thing that I might have been in a position to uncover had I not achieved the present. In order that was a reasonably cool factor for me.”
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Season 9 belonged to Bishop Briggs who carried out as Medusa. Whereas she nearly received eradicated earlier within the season, she got here again to win the Golden Masks. After her win, Bishop defined that she’d been watching the present because the starting and was drawn in by the concentrate on vocal talents.
“I’ve been a fan of the present actually because it started and I wished to expertise and lean into this concept that it is in regards to the emotion that you simply’re placing throughout. It’s about your vocal and it is not about the way you look. It is actually about making that reference to the folks in entrance of you. That actually drew me to the present,” she advised Folks.
10. Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo took the stage throughout season 10 as Cow — and was utterly dedicated to duping as many individuals as attainable. Not solely did his costume entail a feminine cow outfit however he additionally tried to throw viewers and the judges off by performing songs that weren’t his traditional model.
“We picked songs that had been barely exterior of my wheelhouse, songs that you simply would not recurrently count on to listen to me singing. I used to be very, very adamant about, ‘Pay attention guys, I don’t need to get found shortly. Let’s work out methods to throw them off,’” he shared with Folks.
He continued, “It has been, in a phrase, enjoyable. I had an absolute ball with it. It was a variety of enjoyable stepping exterior of the Ne-Yo field for a minute and being any person else. I genuinely loved the expertise and I might do it once more if I felt like I might get away with it.”
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11. Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Hudgens is the newest star to take dwelling the Golden Masks after profitable season 11. The actress, who carried out as Goldfish, defined that her followers had been asking for extra music from her for years so she thought it was a very good alternative to share her vocals once more — and have somewhat little bit of enjoyable.
“You understand, it wasn’t actually about profitable, actually. I’m my very own worst critic and I’ll all the time be my hardest critic within the room always. I simply wished to have enjoyable, and it was a very liberating expertise for me to be nameless and don’t have anything to do with my title or fame or superstar. It was a very particular expertise,” she advised Billboard.
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