What's up, america? It's black swan.
( russian accent ) welcome to dollhouse.
We are so excited you are here.
Piglet here. Welcome to the life of a masked singer.
- ♪ let's get down let's get down ♪ - ♪ mi mi mi mi
couldn't do it without the chameleon team.
It's been a really fun learning experience for me and everybody around.
Piglet: I've sung my whole life,
and this is unlike any kind of singing I've ever done.
( singing scales )
♪ let's get down, let's get down to business ♪
black swan: Competition's getting steep!
It's getting real spicy up in here.
Yeti: I'm having so much fun.
Semifinals, baby. Let's go!
Mwah! Mwah!
- Coming for you, piglet. - It's go time.
Hey!
- ( vocalizing ) - yes!
Are you kidding me?
♪ the road is long
you just killed it. The stage is yours tonight.
- ( vocalizing ) - wow.
That's going to take you all the way to the end.
We're going to see you in the finals.
Oh, this is so hard.
( chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
- Take it off! - Yes!
♪ who are you?
♪ who, who, who, who
♪ come on, tell me, who are you? ♪
♪ who are you?
♪ who, who, who, who
♪ oh, I really wanna know
♪ who are you?
Whoo!
Talk about an entrance. Welcome to "the masked singer" quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals!
It's been a long journey, and tonight our feisty five
are vying for the chance to get one step closer
to holding the golden mask trophy.
Now, let's say hello to our incredible panel.
- Yeah! Happy to be here. - Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
- Robin: Ow! - Ken: Yeah!
And who is our guest panelist?
He's an actor, comedian, writer,
fox nfl Sunday favorite, and former marine.
Who is it? Say it with me, audience.
( chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
- Oh, what? - Nick: It's the hilarious comedian
and star of holy moly, rob riggle!
- You're so funny, rob. - Yeah!
Daddy, the band is back together. "the hangover," baby.
- Of course. - I had totally forgotten
ken was in "the hangover."
that's right, that's right.
- You remember? We were-- - fun fact about "the hangover."
most of you might not know this. A little trivia.
- When ken auditioned for it... - Yeah.
...He auditioned for the naked scene naked.
No one asked him to do that.
- Nick: Wow. - He did.
And you were kidding when you said you didn't remember me initially from--
- that was a joke, right? - Yes, it was. It was a total joke.
- He was kidding. - Nick: And there it is.
Kicking off the feisty five are the russian dolls.
And tonight's singers are giving us a super clue
by revealing who they are a super fan of.
Let's take a look.
Russian dolls: It's insane to think we've fallen in love
with a wooden, rosy cheeked russian babushka.
It sort of feels like home.
Oh, my gosh. That's all they can see?
The advantage is that the panel has no idea
how many of us are in here.
You could fit a baker's dozen kens in there.
♪ put your pinky rings up to the moon ♪
oh, my god, are there four dolls?
But the disadvantage is it's like walking around with a sandbag,
and the sandbag is four feet around.
Yet somehow, thanks to all our shakes, spins,
and wrist choreography, we're still standing.
And it would mean so much more to us to go even further.
Hey, we didn't come here not to win.
But first, the star who inspired us is our other friend "weird al" yankovic.
He's literally given us great direction in our lives.
( music playing )
♪ you could never know what it's like ♪
♪ your blood like winter, freezes just like ice ♪
♪ and there's a cold lonely light that shines from you ♪
♪ you'll wind up like the wreck you hide ♪
♪ behind that mask you use
♪ don't you know that I'm still standing ♪
♪ better than I ever did
♪ looking like a true survivor ♪
- ♪ feeling like a little kid - so cute!
♪ I'm still standing after all this time ♪
♪ picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind ♪
♪ I'm still standing
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ I'm still standing
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ once I never could have hoped to win ♪
♪ you're starting down the road to leaving me again ♪
♪ the threats you made were meant to cut me down ♪
♪ but if your love was just a circus ♪
♪ you'd be a clown by now
♪ don't you know that I'm still standing ♪
♪ better than I ever did
♪ looking like a true survivor ♪
♪ feeling like a little kid
♪ when I'm still standing
♪ after all this time
♪ picking up the pieces of my life ♪
♪ without you on my mind
♪ I'm still standing
- ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah - oh!
♪ I'm still standing
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ I'm still standing
- yeah! - Wow.
Oh, my god, they're so cute.
Still standing, indeed. Way to set it off.
- Whoo! - Yes!
Man, they still standing, y'all.
- Quarter-finals, baby. - That's why you're here.
- This is what I expected from the quarter-- - he said, "call me."
I said don't bother me till we get to the quarters.
- You did. You said that. - And you called, and thank god you did.
- Yeah, yeah. - That was amazing.
Listen, I think this show is one of the most entertaining,
fun shows on television.
- It's the weirdest show I've ever seen. - Yes.
And it did not disappoint. Right out of the gate,
russian dolls bringing it. Well done, well done.
Nick: Well said. Sit on down, guys,
'cause tonight we got our hands on some mail
that has been sent to our secret celebrities by their biggest fans.
- Ooh! - Let's get it started.
Men in black, bring out the mailbox.
Hey-oh!
- Oh. - The mailbox, box, box.
I hope they open it and there's another mailbox inside
and another mailbox inside.
- Yeah, there was-- - oh, snap!
That's amazing. And I'm out, guys. Thank you so much for having me.
Have a great weekend, rob. Amazing, amazing.
- And there it is. - So cute.
Let you read your own mail.
Think it's illegal for me to open your mail.
Yeah. I think it's a felony.
Okay, what's it say? Got it?
We've got very, very tiny arms.
- Oh, my-- take it. - Okay, it says,
"I was a fan of you individually,
but when I saw you band together in person-- wow!
Like, I can't even.
Love you to the moon and back again."
ooh. Ooh, that's good. That's good.
Listen, clues are for suckers, okay? I don't need them.
I go straight gut shot instinct.
So, bet this all day, bet it twice on Sunday. That's devo.
- Nick: Devo. - Devo?
Ken, this really is your friend.
Oh, man, this is hard.
I mean, this could be early aughts legendary band savage garden.
Think about that. Hear me out.
- There's two people in... - They have similar vocals.
But the only thing bumping on me about them
is their connection with weird al.
They had a very famous falling out because they were going to form--
stop laughing. They were going to form a super group.
And guess what. Weird al ghosted them.
And that, my friend, was savage.
So, I'm going to finalize my guess on bare naked ladies,
- and I'll tell you why. - Where'd that come from?
That's better. That's a great-- that's much better, yeah.
- That's much better. - I mean, this is-- I just-- where you started
- and where you landed was-- - doesn't everybody end with bare naked ladies in life?
- If it's a good night. - Nicole, you-- you awake over there?
- Nicole, wake up. I'm done with my guess. - Scherzy!
- Mmm-bop. Oh, you guys. - I'm done.
She's been dreaming about 'em.
I know for sure now who it is.
- Ken: Bare naked ladies. - Devo.
As you saw last week, these names are coming to me
in my dreams, guys, okay?
So I might not have the golden ear,
but I've got the golden pillow
and I am determined to get the final five.
You know what? They got it in the fan mail. It came to me in a dreams.
Moon. Mmm-bop.
- Moon bop? - The music video of "mmm-bop,"
they went to the moon! It is hanson.
- All: Oh! - Okay.
- I like it. - So many guesses, but you know what?
One great performance. Ladies and gentlemen,
keep it going for the russian dolls.
Now head on backstage and try to figure it out
in your very crowded dressing room.
To all our "masked singer" obsessives at home,
it's not too late to win some cash
in our fox super six app contest.
Lock in your picks. Best of luck to everyone.
♪ who is that?
Black swan: The feisty five is no joke.
Russian dolls, chameleon,
and don't even get me started with piglet.
I hear him warming up in the dressing room,
and whatever he's doing is kind of crazy.
The pressure's on.
I've had some disappointments in my career,
and they made me frightened to take risks.
So I made a resolution to say yes to things that scared me.
This is a wild, once in a lifetime experience,
and I'm able to surrender to it.
♪ you know that I could use somebody ♪
( vocalizing )
I'm starting to be the black swan.
But it's much more than just a Halloween costume.
It's being able to play this character
and peel back different sides of myself
to put into song some things that I was feeling.
This is something that I needed to do.
I'm so glad I said yes to "masked singer."
this song is my own rendition of a song I love.
I hope it's enough to get me into the semifinals.
Now let me share a favorite artist of mine-- cher.
We've both been a part of iconic fantasy films,
and she was a part of my world
the very first time I shared my voice.
( music playing )
♪ when your legs don't work like they used to before ♪
♪ and you can't sweep me off of my feet ♪
♪ will your mouth still remember the taste of my love ♪
♪ will your eyes still smile from your cheeks ♪
♪ 'cause, darling, I will be loving you ♪
♪ till we're 70
- whoo! That voice. - ♪ mm-hmm
♪ and, baby, my heart
♪ will still fall as hard at 23 ♪
nice, nice.
♪ and I'm thinking 'bout how
♪ people fall in love in mysterious ways ♪
♪ maybe just the touch of a hand ♪
♪ oh, me, I fall in love with you every single day ♪
♪ and I just wanna tell you I am ♪
- yeah! - ♪ so, honey, now, now
♪ take me into your loving arms ♪
♪ kiss me under the light of a thousand stars, oh ♪
♪ place your head on my beating heart ♪
- hey! - ♪ I'm thinking out loud
♪ maybe we found love right where we are ♪
♪ maybe, maybe, we found love ♪
♪ where we are
all: Wow.
That was incredible.
Wow. Black swan!
Bringing the vocals.
Black swan, once again, you got me goosebumps all over my body.
I literally wrote down "gave me goosebumps under this sweaty latex."
like, seriously, the same thing as you did.
That tone, those runs, those ad-libs.
You just killed it. The stage is yours tonight.
Nick: Wow. All right.
Just what kind of fan mail does this superstar get?
Men in black, bring out the mailbox.
- Swan's mailbox. - Ooh.
Ooh, it's--
- scary. - Has feathers.
What's gonna happen? What's gonna happen?
There you go, swan.
Aww! "you're mega talented.
I'll never forget when you were on oprah,
and was so excited you recently got the major recognition you deserve.
Love you." that is so sweet!
- Thank you. - That is very sweet.
That was a lot of clues in there, ken.
- Right? - A lot of clues.
It's gonna be a challenge to connect them all,
but I think I will.
- Oh, boy, here we go. - Yeah, right.
I'm gonna go with my gut on dua lipa, and especially--
dua lipa's actually known for her amazing covers.
- Okay. - She's covered sam smith.
And this sounds like dua lipa covering ed sheeran to me.
It has the same vocal runs to me.
Do you even know who dua lipa is?
I know who dua lipa is! She's a family friend.
It sounds like you don't know who dua lipa is. Oh, my god!
You're only embarrassing yourself, guys. Wow!
Robin, are you picking up on any of these clues?
I am, actually. You know, I see cher and I see oprah,
and a little something popped into my head.
Now, normani from fifth harmony fame, right?
There was a viral thing where she dressed up as cher
in a Halloween costume and it went viral.
And then she also was featured in oprah's magazine recently.
So I'm thinking that this might be normani.
- And I'm gonna go with that. - Jenny: Ooh, I like it.
Is that the queen normani up here?
Jenny: Well, black swan, can't wait to see who you are 'cause I have no idea.
That performance was incredible!
All right, keep it going for black swan, y'all.
Fly on backstage.
Jenny: Can you believe it's the quarter-finals already?
We're gonna lose somebody tonight.
I do not envy you the task ahead of you guys.
I just blame it all on ken when someone has to go home.
- That's a good call. - I'm here. I'm, like, literally right here.
So, next up is the piglet.
Here's his incredible journey,
plus a brand new superfan super clue.
Piglet: You know what's crazy?
I remember watching season one of "the masked singer"
with my little piggy
and I asked what character I should be.
The answer? A pig. It was fate.
I gotta be honest, it's a chance to be
just an absolute idiot and it's okay.
Your hat's got a propeller that's spins.
The whole thing is just absolutely ridiculous.
We are here for the spinning propeller.
I've been a serious guy in my normal life.
♪ so take a look at me now
♪ and there's just an empty space ♪
but the piglet's taught me how to be a big ham.
And though I may not be taking myself too seriously,
I'm taking this competition very seriously.
'cause I want to win for myself, my family,
and my all-time idol bruce willis.
I was speechless when we met.
Always cool to meet a fellow action star.
And now here in the quarter-finals,
the stakes have never been higher.
So it's time to take down the competition
with a completely unexpected "masked singer" first.
( sighs )
♪ who is that?
( singing opera )
( funk music starts )
- yeah! - ♪ whoo
- what the-- - ♪ nah, nah, nah
♪ yeah
♪ very superstitious
♪ writing on the wall, yeah
♪ very superstitious, mmm
♪ ladder's about to fall
♪ a 13-month-old baby
♪ he broke the looking glass, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ seven years of bad luck
♪ of good things in the past, hey ♪
♪ if you believe in things
♪ that you don't understand
♪ then you suffer
♪ superstition ain't the way
- whoo! - ♪ yeah
♪ oh, ho
♪ if you believe in things
♪ that you don't understand
♪ then you suffer
♪ superstition ain't the way
♪ superstition ain't the way ♪
♪ ain't the, ain't the way, yeah ♪
♪ superstition ain't the way ♪
♪ no, no, no, no, no, no
( scatting )
♪ piglet, yeah
jenny: Yes! Piglet!
- Robin! - Oh, that shut it down. That shut it down.
♪ piglet, yeah
that's what we talking about. Pig-- the pig was lit.
Piglet! In the house!
- Is that all you're gonna say? - Piglet!
- Wow, unbelievable.
- At the beginning kind of blew me away. - Exactly.
- I mean, he just nailed it. He took 'em. - Ken: Yeah.
- Can you say piglet one more time? - Piglet!
All right. Men in black, bring out the piglet's mailbox.
Ken: It's got its own spinning cap.
Candy box. All right, let's see what we got in here. The spinny hat.
There you go.
( clears throat )
"whether on my tv or in my headphones,
I'm so lucky I discovered you in the '90s."
- '90s. - "but I've never been jealous
of your public relationships.
P.S., I drew your picture."
oh, yeah, it's like looking into a mirror. It's so obvious, yeah.
Looks just like me.
I think it's someone that worked with bruce willis,
and you know who worked with bruce willis
and is a boy bander,
became successful in the early '90s?
- I think this could be justin timberlake. - Ooh!
- See, now that's good. - Ken: That's not bad, jenny.
I just think this might be an actor, an action movie hero.
With the bruce willis clue, I think this guy's, like, "avengers" big.
Oh, I don't know. Like, the "avengers" franchise that I was in the last movie--
- oh, my god. - Wow.
- What superhero were you? - I had a very pivotal role
as a very quiet security guard in "avengers: Endgame."
- scene-stealing. Again. - Thank you. Almost cut.
But my endgame, hawkeye himself, jeremy renner.
Ooh, okay.
There's a lot of words being said up here.
Listen, I'm glad the cameras are rolling right now
because you're gonna capture history.
- Oh, my god. - What does that mean?
This is the first time in my life I've ever been confused.
- It starts now. - I don't know.
You know what? I'm gonna take us on a very short journey.
Last performance, nicole mentioned someone who's an amazing father
and a great singer, and I actually wrote a song on their debut album,
is nick lachey from 98 degrees. Boom!
Yes. It does sound very much like him.
Robin: Nick lachey, everybody. Make some noise.
Make me feel good about it.
Keep it going for piglet, y'all.
Now head on backstage and write to your pen pal.
We'll see you in a bit.
- There's gotta be a motor on that propeller, right? - Robin: We hope.
We hope he's not doing that with his mind.
♪ who is that?
Welcome back to "the masked singer,"
where our feisty five are vying for a spot
in next week's semifinal.
Time once again to take a look at some viewer fan mail.
Let's find out what kinds of letters ken received?
- Ooh, can't wait. - Check up under your table.
There it is.
"dear ken, I'm the world's biggest 'hangover' fan."
- oh, my-- - aww.
"I understand...
Your co-star rob riggle is on the show tonight..."
- that's crazy. - "...And he stole the movie."
- best part. - "can you get him to sign this?"
- you bet. - "all the best, judy in memphis."
aww, judy. Where are you, jude? I love you.
Excuse me, ken. Could you sign that for me as well, rob?
- Oh, you bet. - Rob, I'd love an autograph, actually.
You got it. Just line up. This is great. Thank you.
- I'm not-- - robin: I've seen all your movies.
- Rob: Oh, yeah. - Can you do that line from "stepbrothers"?
Oh, my gosh. Absolutely. Pow! Get outta here.
Rob riggle, ladies and gentlemen.
So good.
Man on pa: Up next is yeti. Please report to the stage.
Yeti: It feels so good to be the last wild card standing.
Each week, I've tried to show off a new side to myself,
and I'm pretty sure I'm the first person
to perform a rollerblade ballad on the show.
Yes, indeed. It was risky. I mean, whoa!
You know, my suit is very heavy.
( vocalizing )
I love "the masked singer."
it allows me to show other aspects
of my skill as a performer.
You don't have the pressure of wanting to be perfect.
People have to look deeper.
Now I get to show off yet another side
with one of my favorite country songs,
which I've never even sung in karaoke before.
'cause this abominable showman is ready for the semifinals.
And speaking of showman,
one of my greatest inspirations is diddy,
who I've been lucky to work with.
He helped me reach the top of the mountain, yes, indeed.
( music playing )
♪ I set out on a narrow way
♪ many years ago
♪ hoping I would find true love ♪
♪ along the broken road
♪ but I got lost a time or two ♪
♪ wiped my brow, kept pushing through ♪
♪ I couldn't see how every sign ♪
♪ pointed straight to you
♪ every long lost dream
♪ led me to where you are
♪ others who broke my heart
♪ they were like northern stars ♪
♪ pointing me on my way
♪ into your loving arms
♪ this much I know is true
♪ that god blessed the broken road ♪
♪ that led me straight to you
♪ now I'm just a-rollin' home ♪
♪ into my lover's arms
♪ this much I know is true
♪ that god blessed the broken road ♪
♪ that led me straight
♪ to you
♪ yeah, you
- whoo! Whoo! - Lovely.
- I was feeling that. - Lovely.
- Oh, my gosh! - Wow.
Another one that I would download and stream right now.
Now, nicole, how'd he do?
He might be the abominable snowman,
but he made my heart melt.
It was really beautiful because you stripped it all back
and it was very sincere. Thank you.
Awesome. Well, just what kind of fan mail
does this celebrity receive?
Men in black, bring out the mailbox.
Is it delivered by a sherpa?
All right, here we go.
"you are a true triple-- nah, quadruple threat."
- ooh! - "I'm excited you stepped up
with a 'masked singer' legend,
and I'm proud to be your biggest fan."
ooh, lots of clues there. Lots of clues, guys.
- Whoa. - I heard "step up."
I'm getting a channing tatum vibe.
- Ken: Really? - Ooh!
- Channing tatum can dance. - He can.
You know who's worked with channing tatum?
The amazing rob riggle. Let's hear it for mr. Riggle.
That's right. We did "21 jump street" together.
- And you got along really-- - oh, so much fun.
Easy hang, great guy.
He does funny impersonations. He does you, actually.
Oh, really? What's his impression--
he does this really funny walk.
He goes, "everybody, I'm dr. Ken."
and he does this walk. We all die laughing.
It's so much fun.
Okay, I'm a little bit distracted
and, uh, hurt maybe.
And also someone who collaborated with diddy.
Who is on that list? Oh, I don't know. Twista.
- Did you just say twista? - I know every single person
that has collaborated with diddy.
Ken, sit your butt down.
As nick cannon likes to say, sit your butt down.
- Here. You need it more than me. - But you know who did
- collaborate with diddy? - Who, jenny?
- That would be neo.
- That's right. Look it up. - Robin: Wow.
And he said he worked with someone on "the masked singer."
- he worked with t-pain. Hello? - He worked with me.
- Oh. - Yeah.
And t-pain.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. - It's the disruptor!
- Cluckadoodle-clue! - Hey, you dumb-dumbs.
- Cluedle-doo. - I just had to stick my beak in
and tell you that you're so far off on your yeti guesses.
- He makes a much better panelist than you do. - Oh, really?
- He's very cocky. - And speaking of your pathetic detective work,
have you figured out who I am yet?
Because next week I'll be there to ruffle your feathers one last time
before I show you my real identity.
- What? - ( laughing )
- so we're supposed to guess who that is, too? - I know who it is.
- You know who it is now? - Joel mchale.
- Oh, my god. - Yeah. Gotta be.
That's gonna be jamie foxx.
We've lost total control of this show,
but somebody who did their thing on this stage is the yeti,
so keep it going for him.
Yeti, head on backstage and scare up a couple ice cream sandwiches.
Yeti is our only wild card left.
Could steal this whole competition.
- He's showed, I think, the most diversity. - Yes.
♪ who is that?
- Rob? Wait until you see chameleon. - Yeah?
- Really? - He's got this, like, cool afterparty,
but huge iconic fame.
That's what I get from him.
Wow, that's exciting.
Chameleon: I normally watch this show from the couch with my family.
Kick back and laugh at my friends getting unmasked.
So I started this journey for fun
so my family would get a kick out of it.
I mean, I'm not a singer and I knew I'd be going up
against some super talented vocalists.
But ever since the song "hip-hop," I felt like I really broke out.
- ♪ hip-hop, hip-hop - hey! Ha!
The coolest performance we've ever had.
Even with a theater background,
I've never put on a show where I had to shake my tail.
- A theater background? - Actor? So this is an actor.
I'm used to just performing, you know,
with my normal gear on,
and that's pretty nerve-wracking.
So, to have your heart rate up and be sweating
and to still have that head on?
It was crazy.
To get that love as a character is wild.
Now I'm in the top five, and I hope my family will be proud of me
as I keep up the fight to the semifinals.
But no one knows more about keeping up the fight
than my personal hero jackie chan.
He'll always bring that rumble to the stage, just like me.
( music playing )
♪ yeah, hey
♪ yuh
( all shouting )
♪ uh, when chameleon's in the crib, ma ♪
♪ drop it like it's hot, drop it like it's hot ♪
♪ when the pigs try to get at you ♪
♪ park it like it's hot, park it like it's hot ♪
♪ and if I get an attitude
♪ pop it like it's hot, pop it like it's hot ♪
♪ I got the rollie on my arm and I'm pouring chandon ♪
♪ and I roll the best, 'cause I got it going on ♪
♪ I'm a gangsta, but y'all knew that ♪
♪ da big boss dogg, yeah, I had to do that ♪
♪ I keep a green flag hanging on my backside ♪
♪ but only on the left side, that's chameleon side ♪
♪ ain't no other way to play the game the way I play ♪
♪ I cut so much, you thought I was a dj ♪
- hey! - ♪ two, every-everyone, yep, three ♪
♪ s-n double o-p, d-o double g ♪
♪ I can't fake it, just break it, and when I take it ♪
♪ see, I specialize in making all the girls get, hey ♪
♪ so, bring your friends, all of y'all come inside ♪
♪ we got the world premiere right here, now get live ♪
♪ so don't change the dizzle, turn it up a little ♪
♪ I got a living room full of fine dime brizzles ♪
♪ waiting on the pizzle, the shizzle, and chamizzle ♪
♪ g's to the bizzack, now, ladies, here we gizzo ♪
♪ when the chameleon's in the crib, ma ♪
♪ drop it like it's hot, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ and if the pigs try to get at you ♪
♪ park it like it's hot, hey, hey, whoa, whoa ♪
♪ and if a lizard get an attitude ♪
♪ pop it like it's, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ I got the rollie on my arm and I'm pouring chandon ♪
♪ and I roll the best, 'cause I got it going on ♪
- are you kidding me? - That was amazing!
Robin: Yeah!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
And if a lizard get an attitude, pop it like it's hot.
Nicole: Oh, my gosh.
That was, like, mtv music award performance right there.
- That was crazy. - Jenny: It's true.
Each week, we see everyone trying to go a bigger genre, bigger song.
Chameleon doesn't need to do that.
Yeah. He just stays in his lane. It's great.
I'm so glad you did because that's gonna take you all the way to the end, chameleon.
All facts right there. All right, men in black,
please bring out the chameleon's mailbox.
- Oh. - Straight from their superfan.
Okay. All right, here we go. Let's see.
Chameleon, there it is.
"any friend of martha stewart's is a friend of mine."
- what? - Aww. "I even saw you play at madison square garden.
I wish you only success." that's really nice.
- Wow. - Sounds just like snoop.
- Yes, a little bit. - You know, the martha stewart connection.
Snoop's performed, obviously, at madison square garden.
He gives me a whole snoop vibe.
But hearing snoop dogg sing snoop dogg,
- it would have sounded like snoop dogg. - Ken: Yeah.
Robin, you're good.
Season five and the wheels start turning.
It is a game-changing season, y'all.
Snoop might sing his own song and switch it up.
- Ken: Right. - And switch up his voice.
That's like reverse reverse psychology.
Right. Which is psychology!
I mean, look, you're a tall chameleon.
- Nicole: Yeah. - Snoop-- snoop's tall.
- Snoop's tall. - But so is blake griffin.
- What? What? - Ken: That's good.
Yep, there it is.
But something tells me this is an absolute legend
and my family friend young thug, okay?
The jackie chan reference
is because young thug references jackie
in a couple of songs, nick.
It was like, "jackie chan with a raw cut." whoa!
That's a lyric by young thug.
- What did I do to him? - This is what nick's always saying with hip-hop.
"I know everything." you don't know my family.
And my family is young thug.
All right, I apologize.
It's all right. I get passionate about my young thug knowledge.
Well, speaking of passion,
it got hot up here on this stage.
Y'all make some noise for the chameleon
dropping it like it's hot.
- Ken: Great job. - Whoo!
Ken: Oh, my god. It was so good.
Literally, rob, this is the most competitive field I think we've ever had.
Yep. I'm impressed.
Our feisty five put on an incredible night of performances,
each amazing in their own right.
But someone must go home tonight.
Panel and our many fans at home,
vote now for your favorite.
I don't like this part.
Nick: The singer with the least amount of votes
will be forced to unmask.
The others will advance to next week's semifinals.
The votes are in.
( groans )
nick: And the singer
with the least amount of votes is...
This vote was one of the closest of the entire season.
Oh, this is so hard.
The singer who must unmask
and head home tonight is...
( groans )
the russian dolls.
- Oh! - Aww.
Nick: Keep it going for the russian dolls, ladies and gentlemen.
The rest of you, we'll see you all in the semifinals next week.
- Head on back to the lair. - I'm sad about that, you guys.
Russian dolls, you put up quite the fight.
Man, we cannot wait to see who's behind this mask.
And how many of them are there.
We must first retrieve the panel's first impression guesses from the vault.
Men in black, bring 'em out.
Oh, no! What did we say?
Do you guys even remember?
Nick: All right, here we go. Let's see.
Okay, all right. Nicole, you had an interesting first impression guess.
- I have no idea. - The entire cast of "glee."
all of them. The whole cast.
We still don't know, do we, nick?
Are you sticking with that? Is that your final guess?
Well, originally, I was thinking "glee." I'm not gonna go with it.
It was when they said, "what goes around comes around."
and I was like, "that's interesting."
I know a band that has amazing harmonies
and they had an album called "boomerang," okay?
And nobody sounds better singing together than family.
- It's true. - And that's three brothers under there.
- I believe it's hanson. - Jenny: Oh!
- That's a great guess. - Nick: Okay, robin?
- Yes? - Your first impression guess was the black eyed peas.
- Robin: Okay. - Specifically will.I.Am and fergie.
I don't think it's them because we had a lot of country clues.
We had rodeo clues. We had jelly beans and things like that.
- So I'm gonna go with sugarland. - Okay.
Jenny, your first impression guess was boyz ii men.
Hey, that's not bad.
Is that your final one?
You know what, nick cannon? I'm not sticking with it.
I've gone on a crazy journey,
but all roads lead to hanson!
I interviewed them on my radio show not that long ago
with their christmas album.
They have one called "snowed in,"
so it made sense with the snow clues.
- I'm gonna go with hanson. - Good guess, good guess.
All right, we got two for hanson, okay.
Ken, your first impression guess, speaking of family--
- oh. - Donny and marie osmond.
- Oh! - Are you sticking with it?
No. The harmonies are so good,
I'm going back to jonas brothers.
To what you're saying, family,
I believe this is family. Jonas brothers.
Okay.
Rob riggle, who is this?
"never been wrong riggle" is the name.
I said at the beginning it was devo,
and I am positive
that it is hanson, so...
- There you have it. - Oh, my god.
Nick: "never been wrong riggle" right there.
Okay, panel, you made your final guesses.
- Yes, sir. - Let's see if any of you are right.
Let's see who's behind this mask.
Audience, say it with me.
( chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
How do you do it?
- ♪ who are you? - Do I twist?
Twist it off! Twist it off!
♪ who
- come on, nick! Stop it. - Get a crowbar.
- Try a blowtorch. - Lefty loosey!
♪ tell me, who are you, you, you ♪
- who is it? - ♪ who are you?
Oh! Multi-platinum pop superstars!
- Yes! - Oh, my god!
Zac, isaac, and taylor-- it is hanson!
- You guys got it. - Whoo!
- Good job, rob. - Never wrong riggle.
- Nicole: There it is! - Good to see you, man.
Guys, I mean, you've made "masked singer" history.
This is the first time we've ever had a band on our show.
Well, it's been a blast.
Now, you guys have performed on so many stages.
Why "the masked singer"?
Well, I mean, you know, the thing about us,
- we would normally be out touring. - Yeah.
But it was kind of this unique opportunity to do something very different
and also, you know, play to a whole new audience.
It's also a chance to have-- the fact that you spent all these years performing,
you're always seen as a certain thing.
People think they know what you are.
And to be able to just start with music and focus on singing,
and say, "hey, you don't know what's behind this."
- jenny: Yes! - Nicole: And you know what? You killed it.
Because you probably had the most restricting costume,
but you've been here this long because your vocals slayed week after week.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
You know, we have never taken to the stage
wearing matching outfits before,
but I think this might become a thing, you know?
- Yes, yes. - The gloves.
You're not wrong. You're right.
- It's nice, isn't it? - More please.
You want more of us in spandex, is that what you're trying to say?
I think that's what america's trying to say.
Zac, isaac, and taylor hanson,
thank you guys for participating on our insane show.
- Hanson! - You showed true legend status, indeed.
And now, here to perform unmasked once and for all,
the artists formerly known as the russian dolls,
give it up for hanson!
♪ once we never could have hoped to win ♪
♪ started down the road of leaving me again ♪
♪ the threats you made were meant to cut me down ♪
♪ if our love was just a circus ♪
♪ you'd be a clown by now
♪ don't you know that I'm still standing ♪
- ♪ better than I ever did - whoo!
♪ looking like a true survivor ♪
♪ feeling like a little kid
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ I'm still standing