Football season may be over, but a new round ofThe Masked Singerhas just begun. The Fox competition returned after theKansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ersduringSuper Bowl LIVon Sunday night, with six of the 18 new singers taking the stagein costumefor the first time.
PanelistsJenny McCarthy,Ken Jeong,Nicole ScherzingerandRobin Thickereturned to guess which stars might be under theintricate disguises, and singer-actorJamie Foxxjoined them as a guest judge for the season 3 premiere.
HostNick Cannonrevealed that Sunday night’s six performers — Kangaroo, White Tiger, Llama, Miss Monster, Robot and Turtle — boast a total of nine Super Bowl appearances between them. The entire pool of 18 competitors played in 11 Super Bowls. They also possess a total of 69 Grammy Award nominations, 88 gold records, three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, more than 160 tattoos and one title in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Masked Singerpanelists (from left) Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong, guest judge Jamie Foxx and Nicole Scherzinger.Greg Gayne/FOX
The remaining nine masked contestants from all three groups will then come together to compete for the Golden Mask Trophy.
Jeong already guessed that the rock n’ roll Turtle would be a “frontrunner for this show,” and Scherzinger hypothesized Robot is a “massive star.”
It wouldn’t be long until everyone found out who was under the mechanical getup, because the audience voted Robot as their least favorite performance of the night. Then it came time for the first unmasking of the season, which proved Scherzinger’s theory right whenLil Waynewas revealed under the Robot mask. The studio audience and panelists alike were in shock.
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“He just made this show so much cooler, right?” Cannon said following the reveal.
Jeong bowed down to the rapper, 37, and then Wayne got a chance to explain why he picked the robot costume.
“My kids, man, my kids,” thefather of four— who released his 13th album, Funeral, on Friday — said of his choice. “My kids watch the show with me and [I] know they’re going to like the robot costume.”
Scroll down for your introduction to the first batch of singers and start making your initial guesses.
White Tiger
White Tiger.Greg Gayne/FOX
Turtle
Llama
Llama.Greg Gayne/FOX
Miss Monster
Miss Monster.Greg Gayne/FOX
Robot
Robot.Greg Gayne/FOX
Kangaroo
Kangaroo.Greg Gayne/FOX
The Masked Singerwill return to its regular time slot on Wednesday, airing at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.
source: people.com
