From the first note, we recognized these masked singers. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the celebs who might’ve been hidden behind elaborate masks but still couldn’t mask their voice from the fans.
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00:00 [Music]
00:04 Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the celebs who might have been
00:09 hidden behind elaborate masks, but still couldn't mask their voice from the fans.
00:14 [Music]
00:19 Number 10. Wendy Williams as Lips. Anyone who's even vaguely familiar with Williams' career
00:25 might have guessed that she'd masquerade behind a giant pair of lips.
00:28 Even she knew it would be hard to conceal her identity. After all,
00:32 she's not the most coy of talk show hosts. Anyway, the moment she opened her lips,
00:37 there was no denying who that voice belonged to.
00:40 [Music]
00:47 She might have had us fooled a tad longer if she hadn't started her performance by talking.
00:52 You know, that thing she's famous for doing?
00:54 "We love you for watching this evening, but this is for New York!"
01:00 It's clear she's having a blast, but she got a little too loose-lipped.
01:04 It was so obvious that she may as well have sat there singing without her disguise.
01:08 "And guess what? No one opens the door!"
01:12 "Ahh!"
01:14 "For our native New Yorker!"
01:16 Number 9. Todrick Hall as Bull. If you've been following Hall's career for a while,
01:21 you probably hit the bullseye on this one almost instantly. Nicole Scherzinger immediately
01:26 guessed him, saying she could sense it in her nails, hair, hips, heels.
01:30 [Music]
01:38 As the weeks went on and we gathered more clues, heard more songs,
01:42 and even saw a few dance moves, we became even more bullheaded about our suspicions.
01:46 [Music]
01:54 In fact, so many of his stylistic choices were so quintessentially Todrick,
01:59 that we would have put a lot of money on it being him. Still, that didn't stop us from
02:03 enjoying his performance week after week until he was ultimately unmasked as the series runner-up.
02:08 [Music]
02:10 Number 8. Drew Carey as Llama. If you watch the Drew Carey show,
02:15 whose line is it anyway, or are a The Price is Right fan, you likely had a good hunch about
02:20 this masked singer. However, if you're anything like us, the moment he started singing,
02:24 you were probably thinking, "Yeah, that's gotta be Drew."
02:27 [Music]
02:33 Even if a smidgen of doubt lingered, something in his mannerisms felt like the last pieces of
02:38 a puzzle finally clicking into place. Even if he couldn't pull the wool over our eyes for long,
02:43 we were disappointed to see him go when he did.
02:46 [Music]
02:53 In that same season, almost any millennial watching could recognize Jesse
02:57 McCartney's beautiful soul under that turtle mask.
03:00 [Music]
03:07 Number 7. Gladys Knight as Bee. The masked singer has welcomed its fair share of legends,
03:12 all grappling with a common challenge. How do you conceal a voice that iconic?
03:17 We all knew it was her. Guest judge Kenan Thompson knew it was her. Yet somehow her
03:21 identity seemingly eluded the judges until the very end.
03:24 [Music]
03:30 Or perhaps they were just pretending they didn't know who was beneath the mask because,
03:35 well, who would turn down watching Gladys Knight perform live every week?
03:38 [Music]
03:46 As for the rest of us, we were buzzing from the moment we heard her sing. She's the Queen Bee
03:51 of Soul after all, and her instantly identifiable voice was the sweetest honey to our ears.
03:56 [Music]
04:07 Number 6. Chris Daughtry as Rottweiler. If you are watching season 2 of The Masked Singer,
04:12 maybe you guessed that concealed beneath Leopard was singer Seal.
04:16 [Music]
04:23 Perhaps you knew you were destined to see Michelle Williams cocooned in Butterfly,
04:28 or maybe you firmly believed that Patti LaBelle was rooted inside Flower.
04:32 [Music]
04:36 However, this season there was one Masked Singer that we were sure we were barking up the right
04:41 tree. Despite attempts to muzzle his voice, Daughtry's unmistakable raspy tone and confident
04:46 stage presence gave him away.
04:48 [Music]
04:57 All that was left was to piece in the clues that may as well have been a flashing arrow
05:01 pointing at Daughtry. You'd have been barking not to guess it was him.
05:05 [Music]
05:12 Number 5. Joey Fatone as Rabbit. N Sync fans were perfectly in sync with this performer,
05:18 convinced it was none other than Joey Fatone. Okay, a small part of us lean towards JC,
05:23 but it's the same band, right? Right from the first clue package, we sensed it was some
05:28 bunny from a boy band. However, the moment he began to sing, it clearly couldn't be
05:32 anyone but Fatone.
05:34 [Music]
05:41 Those dance moves also convinced us we'd hopped on the right track. Fatone kept trying
05:46 to send us off his trail with his boundless versatility week after week, as he tackled
05:50 a wide range of genres and styles.
05:52 [Music]
06:01 Still, through it all, we were sure it was gonna be him.
06:04 [Music]
06:11 Number 4. Raven Simone as Black Widow. Season 2 of The Masked Singer treated fans to a
06:17 cheetah-licious reunion, but here's the twist. These cheetah sisters weren't in on it.
06:22 Yet for those of us raised on 2000's Disney Channel, these cheetahs couldn't change
06:26 their spots enough to fool us.
06:27 [Music]
06:35 Even masquerading as a flamingo, it was impossible not to flaming-no exactly to whom that voice
06:41 belonged.
06:42 [Music]
06:47 Meanwhile, while Raven was no stranger to a disguise on her Disney Channel show, on
06:52 The Masked Singer, her familiar voice gave her away to fans who grew up watching her.
06:57 It was a pretty easy web to unravel. From the first moment she started singing, we all
07:01 said, "That's so Raven."
07:03 [Music]
07:08 Number 3. Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski as White Tiger. Even if This Masked Singer only came
07:14 up to his costume's snout, it was pretty clear that this was a tall dude. On top of
07:19 that, the clues referencing his New England connections, specifically the Patriots, definitely
07:24 helped narrow it down.
07:25 [Music]
07:28 But the dead giveaway? Tiger's roar. Whether belting out a tune or chatting with the panel,
07:34 his voice and the way he carried himself were as clear as a tiger's stripes.
07:38 [Music]
07:44 Some folks couldn't help but notice his moves were pretty reminiscent of the football
07:48 star too. Even if you're not a sports buff, you probably could have taken a wild guess
07:52 and pounced on the right answer.
07:54 [Music]
08:02 Number 2. Lil Wayne as Robot. Lil Wayne's been on the scene since he was a kid and is
08:07 widely hailed as one of today's best and most influential rappers. With over a hundred
08:12 awards, including five Grammys, he's not exactly flying under the radar.
08:16 [Music]
08:21 So while the panel threw out guesses left and right, the audience knew that voice belonged
08:26 to Lil Wayne. No ifs, ands, or ro-buts. Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Thicke, and guest judge
08:32 Jamie Foxx have all collaborated with him in the past and somehow still failed to guess
08:37 correctly.
08:37 [Applause]
08:46 We reckon their guessing gears needed a little oiling. It couldn't have been more obvious.
08:51 Too bad his time on the show short-circuited so quickly.
08:53 [Music]
08:59 Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
09:04 Tony Hawk as Elephant. Hawk-eyed and eared viewers spotted Tony in a flash.
09:08 [Music]
09:16 Tommy Chong as Pineapple. It didn't take fans long to pine-appeal away this actor's disguise.
09:22 [Music]
09:30 Johnny Weir as Egg. Did you crack this one right away or were you scrambling for a name?
09:35 [Music]
09:42 Kelly Osbourne as Ladybug. The hidden identity of this celeb didn't bug viewers for very long.
09:47 [Music]
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10:09 Number 1. Donny Osmond as Peacock. We didn't need Marie Osmond to tell us that it was her
10:14 brother Donny showing his feathers in the peacock costume. If you're familiar with the dynamic duo,
10:19 Mulan or Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, you could pick out that voice from a crowd.
10:25 [Music]
10:33 Osmond played the game well, flaunting his versatility with John Legend's All of Me one week
10:38 and Calvin Harris featuring Neo's Let's Go Another.
10:41 [Music]
10:47 But no matter, he always put on the greatest show. Other names thrown into the mix included
10:52 Neil Patrick Harris and even Weird Al Yankovic. Still, most of us knew without a shadow of a
10:57 doubt that it was Donny Osmond shaking his tail feathers under there.
11:00 [Music]
11:07 Which Masked Singer did you instantly guess? Let us know in the comments.
11:11 "When I heard you sing, I knew within a half of a second who you were."
11:15 "Seriously."
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