Nick: The talent this season has been ten out of ten.
Take it off!
Nick: Tyrese! Bobby brown!
- ( screaming ) - hanson!
Robin: Oh, my god!
Tonight, our semi-finalists are on cloud nine,
but even a magic 8-ball can't predict who will make it to next week's finale.
♪ it's the final countdown
because it's been a 24/7 battle of masked talent.
- Gotta be someone big. -
chameleon, and piglet survived the spicy six...
- Yes! - ...Conquered the feisty five,
and now they're ready to fight for a spot in the finale.
- Whoo! - Strongest vocal performance by far.
And a certain bird who's been messing with the panel
finally reveals himself.
Nick: The legend is in the building!
Oh, my god!
♪ it's the final countdown
the semi-finals start
in four, three, two, one.
I got a feeling you're going wee, wee, wee all the way to the finals.
- Hey! - What have we become, nick?
- I don't know. - ( music playing )
♪ 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?
- Whoa! - Whoa! Wow!
Welcome to "the masked singer" and our big semi-finals.
- Yeah! - Ken: Wow!
Whoo!
Only four singers remain,
and for the first time ever at this point in the season,
we do not have a clear frontrunner.
So tonight is very important.
Ooh, I'm scared.
Plus, last week the mysterious, and let's be honest,
slightly annoying super sleuth rooster cluedle-doo
promised to reveal his real identity.
We don't know when, we don't know how,
but he's promised a big surprise,
and we've heard he's a big star.
But right now, let's say hi to our madcap, hilarious panel.
They've been keeping us in stitches.
- Golden ear champion. - Happy semi-finals, guys!
- Please be nice to me tonight. - Yes, sir. Yes, sir. He's my son, I have to.
I see-- I see, you know, we're going-- it's not just a--
yeah, yeah. We got our "miami vice" vibe.
Oh, yeah. Nick's shirtless under there.
You know, y'all were showing cleavage.
I wanted to join the party.
And I know you're fishing for some clues
on who our guest panelist is.
He's a three-time grammy winner.
Say it with me, audience.
( chanting ) take it off!
- Come on! - Take it off! Take it off!
- Nicole: It's darius rucker! - Nick: Singer/songwriter
and former hootie and the blowfish frontman darius rucker!
- How y'all doing? - Darius rucker!
- Whoo! - He's finally on the show.
- Whoo! - Nobody told me we were in our easter suits today.
- My bad, my bad. - Yeah.
- My bad. - You came. You ready.
- D.R.'s got jokes. - That's what I'm saying.
He is perfect for the panel right now 'cause he knows how we get done.
We're so glad that you are here with us and ready to play.
- Whoo! - Now let's get these semi-finals started
- with this abominable showman. - Jenny: Yes!
Here's some new clues that could solve the mystery of the yeti.
Yeti: This experience for me has been about keeping an open mind.
It's something I learned to do later in life,
and I think it's why I've made it so far.
Growing up without my dad in the picture was hard,
even though I still had my family.
North pole post office.
Maybe someone from a christmas movie?
When I was a grownup, he knocked on my door,
and I had a choice.
Open myself up to life
or close the door.
I opened the door,
not only inviting forgiveness,
but new possibilities that even led me here.
Good for you, yeti, being the bigger man.
See, by leaving that resentment out in the cold,
I could walk a new path paved with positivity.
And just like my journey on "the masked singer,"
it's time to celebrate how far I've come.
Let's get it!
( music playing )
- oh! - Darius: Yeah!
♪ there's a party going on right here ♪
♪ a celebration to last throughout the years ♪
- yeti! - ♪ so bring your good times and your laughter, too ♪
♪ we gonna celebrate your party with you ♪
- ♪ come on now - ♪ celebration
♪ let's all celebrate and have a good time ♪
♪ celebration
♪ we gonna celebrate and have a good time ♪
- ♪ it's time to come together - go, yeti!
♪ it's up to you, what's your pleasure? ♪
♪ everyone around the world, come on ♪
- whoo! - ♪ celebrate good times, come on ♪
♪ it's a celebration
♪ celebrate good times, come on ♪
- whoo! - ♪ let's celebrate
- ♪ it's time to come together - he's so good!
♪ it's up to you, what's your pleasure? ♪
♪ everyone around the world, come on ♪
- whoo! - ♪ celebrate good times, come on ♪
go, yeti!
♪ celebrate good times, come on ♪
♪ it's a celebration
♪ celebrate good times
♪ come on
yeah! All right, all right.
- Jenny: Yeti! - Ken: That was incredible!
Nick: All right.
- Ken: Yeti! Yeti! - Whoo!
Celebrating with the yeti.
Nicole: Oh, my gosh.
Setting it off! Get on, yeti!
Nicole: Right? I can't even imagine how hard it is.
Like, he is, doing something to every lyric and he's singing.
He doesn't miss a beat. That was crazy.
- Robin: That was awesome. - Well said, well said.
- Mr. Rucker, what you think? - That was impressive, man.
To do that in that suit and then to bring it in your vocals, man?
That song ain't no joke. You brought the party tonight.
- You brought the party. - Yeah!
Nick: That's what I'm talking about. Awesome job.
Now, all of our semi-finalists have a connection
with one of tonight's panelists.
Which could give us a clue about who they actually are.
It's time for the first ever "masked singer" clue drop.
- What? - Cue the air fleet!
What is he talking about?
- Ah! Oh, my goodness. - I'll get it for y'all.
Y'all gonna take out darius. He just got here.
- Is it me? - What is it? What is it?
- Who is it for? - It's for nicole.
- Nicole? Nice. - Nicole!
- ( imitates airplane ) - oh, wow! Me.
- Is there something on there? - It's got a little surfboard.
- Nick: It says "santa monica." - it says "santa monica."
nicole, I'll never forget the time that we were rubbing elbows down in santa monica.
- Jenny: What? - Nick: You was rubbing elbows with the yeti?
Dang, you got to nicole's elbow?
Does that give you anything? Any clues?
Um, you know, it's hard. I saw three stars.
This person was in a band called immature with three people in the band.
- That's good. - And that's marques houston.
- Jenny: I like it. It sounds like him, too. - Robin: That's good.
Y'all ever hang out in santa monica?
No, we have not.
So that's why I'm not sure it's marques houston.
But marques houston has a cousin.
And, you know, ken, I know that you're good family friends with lil' fizz.
Oh, my god, we are so close.
- He does not know lil' fizz. - We're in the same book club.
You know what, nick? I'm actually really good family friends with j-boog.
- Ken: Yes. - Yeah, I, uh--
- you mean "j-bug"? - J-bug, yeah.
- "bug," not "boog." - to you, it's bug.
I call him boog, okay?
There were three stars, he got three kids. That's right.
Also, do you know that j-boog's favorite drink is a buttery chardonnay?
We would do hot pilates on the weekends
and then celebrate with a little chardonnay, buttery chardonnay.
Have you been drinking what ken's been drinking?
- Right? - This sounds like a ken tangent.
- I say j-boog, okay? - What? Are you saying--
next season, we are separating the two of you.
No! How dare you?
Okay, since you have so much to say, dr. Ken, who is this?
You know, I honestly-- you have--
you're one of my favorites,
just not of the season, but of the series.
- Yep. - And in this clue package,
this is really the first time you're opening up
about your complicated relationship with your father.
- Yeah. - Honestly, I thought this could be justin bieber.
- Robin: Oh. - Jenny: Really?
But he says he has kids in previous clues. Does justin have kids?
Look, I'm not as close with justin as I am with lil' fizz.
I'm gonna have to take the fifth.
That's a better chance of being me than it is justin bieber.
Tell us who it is, darius.
Darius: They was talking about the north pole,
which made me think the north pole, the movie "snow dogs."
- you remember that movie? - All: Yes.
I was thinking of the book.
There's a book called "sisqó's perfect christmas."
- oh! - That's sisqó.
- Nicole: I've said it. I've said it before. - Ah, sisqó.
- That's a good guess. - Darius: Absolutely.
Did you rub elbows with sisqó?
- Other body parts. - I don't think so.
Gotta let you think about that. I'll get back to you.
Our panel is definitely having fun tonight,
and so is the yeti celebrating on this stage. Y'all make some noise.
Hopefully it was enough to make it to the finale.
Go ahead and celebrate backstage, yeti.
Jenny: I cannot wait to find out who this is.
- One talented yeti right there. - I love him.
Nick: Coming up, three more of your favorites
fight for a spot in the finals.
That's a major superstar underneath that mask.
- ( clucking ) - and the master of chaos cluedle-doo
finally reveals himself.
This is the most unexpected semi-finals.
Who will make it to the finals,
and who will have to take it off?
Oh, my god!
All right, there's just two weeks left
in our fox super six app contest.
So, over the break lock in your picks.
You may just get a whole lot richer.
♪ who is that?
Well, well, well, look who's next.
Ms. Black swan.
Hold on to your feathers
because you're not the only one
who's going to be center stage tonight.
Whatever you say, cluedle.
I'm so proud of myself for surrendering into this challenge
and facing my fears head on.
Who would have thought that some black feathers
and a sparkly beak would make me realize
how free I was as a little girl.
Maple leaf! Canadian!
Reflecting back, there's a lot I'd say to that younger swan.
"there may be a voice inside your head that tries to tear you down
and make you feel like you're not good enough."
maybe someone with a number one single or album?
"there's times where you're gonna believe it.
But don't. You are good enough.
And one day, a wacky, bizarre opportunity
will come your way and give you wings you never expected,
and it will be just what needed to find yourself again.
So be unafraid.
And remember, you are the world's rarest bird for a reason."
( music playing )
♪ I can still shut down a party ♪
♪ I can hang with anybody
♪ I can drink whiskey and red wine ♪
♪ champagne all night
♪ little scotch on the rocks and I'm fine, I'm fine ♪
♪ but when I taste tequila
- ♪ baby, I still see ya - yes!
♪ cutting up the floor in a sorority t-shirt ♪
♪ the same one you wore when we were in colorado ♪
♪ lips pressed against the bottle ♪
♪ swearing on the bible, baby, I'd never leave ya ♪
♪ how bad I need ya
♪ when I taste tequila
- great voice. - ♪ when I taste tequila
♪ I ain't even drunk, I ain't even drunk ♪
♪ but I'm thinking, yeah
♪ how I need your love, how I need your love ♪
♪ yeah, it sinks in
♪ when I taste tequila
♪ baby, I still see ya
♪ in a sorority t-shirt
♪ same one you wore when we were ♪
♪ in colorado
♪ I'd never leave ya
♪ how bad I need ya
♪ when I taste, I taste, oh ♪
♪ I taste, I taste, oh
( cheering )
- ken: Incredible! - Yes! Whoo!
Incredible and amazing. Black swan!
- Yes! - Ken, talk to the black swan.
Black swan, week in, week out,
you take us on this emotional journey.
- Yeah. - You are more than a performer,
you are an experience. Just perfect job.
I can't wait to find out who you are. Amazing.
- Wow! - All right, now which panelist
is black swan connected to?
I think I hear the masked jet approaching.
- Uh-oh. Who's gonna go for it? - Robin: Uh-oh. Hold on.
Right behind you! Behind you!
- Nicole: Over there, robin. - I got it.
- Jenny: Get it! - Robin.
A-ha! I knew you were canadian.
- Canadian! - Celebrity vip. Is that my--
- oh! - Ken: Oh!
Someone else was rubbing elbows with someone.
Robin, I'm such a huge fan. I love your music.
- I even love your dad jokes. - Aww.
It was great bumping into you at that afterparty.
Oh, that afterparty.
Robin: Okay, I feel like this has to be a professional singer.
There's tons of music industry parties that we could have run into each other at.
- Yeah. - But I want to see what
my fellow canadians have to say up here.
- None of us are canadian. - Robin: Oh, okay.
You just want to cheat. You want to hear everybody else's before we get to yours.
It's helped before.
Okay, I'm just gonna just deconstruct it and then build it back up
because that is my process, so...
Maple leaf. Canada. So, I'm seeing--
I'm thinking right now, off the mind grapes,
- shania twain, celine dion. - Nah. Nah.
Anne murray. I'm thinking of all these people.
But the name tag with one name on it,
it's gotta be, like, someone great like bjork.
- Okay. We didn't get a bjork this season. - Ken: Bjork!
- Wow. - 'cause bjork wore a swan dress to the oscars.
This is season to redemption for your boy.
- Finally! - Drop the mic!
- Robin: Wow. - Sorry, darius, it's a little crazy.
That's all right. They're trying to think out of the box, okay?
- The one on the-- the number one. - The name tag?
Name tag. Number one female singer of the '90s,
- alanis morissette. - Ken: Ooh, good-- that's a great guess.
- Canadian. - Canadian.
- I love alanis morissette. - That's a great guess.
- Wouldn't that be ironic? - Oh!
- Don't you think? - Boom!
- Oh, snap. - You guys have been very helpful, thank you.
Okay, so we saw the number one on a name tag, right?
- Right. - Could be for her song "party for one."
and plus, the maple leaf means she's canadian.
I'm thinking it's carly rae jepsen.
- Ooh, yeah, yeah. That's it. - Carly rae. "call me maybe"!
- Call me. - I love that guess, robin.
- That's pretty good. - Jenny: Well, whoever you are, black swan,
from day one you came on with such confidence, like,
- "I've been doing this for a long time." - absolutely.
Jenny: No doubt I'm gonna see you in the finals.
All right. Great job, black swan. That was awesome.
Y'all keep it going for her one more time, whoever it is.
- Whoo! - Great job!
Now head on backstage. Men in black, help her out.
- She's finishing strong. - Yeah, absolutely.
♪ who is that?
Making it to the finals will take me one step closer to that golden mask.
I want more than anything to bring home that trophy to my kids.
Every time I've been on that stage, I've given it my all.
I've danced, rollerbladed, and sung my heart out.
I've come too far to go home now.
Black swan: The competition helped me rediscover my love of performing.
I've conquered my self doubt, and now I'm ready to conquer that golden mask.
Chameleon: For me, making it to the finals will prove
a rapper can hold his own
against all these powerhouse singers.
It feels good being chameleon because I love this character
as much as I love myself.
What's special about me is my confidence
and my ability to adapt and adjust.
♪ this is how we drop it on the one ♪
moving around as a kid was very challenging
'cause, you know, you're the new kid,
and so you gotta really sink in and learn how to,
you know, move and groove.
Moved a lot. Possible army brat.
But I was always good at it.
It's how I trailblazed my own path to create a brand that reached millions.
Oh, great britain.
♪ this is how we drop it on the one ♪
I'm gunning for everybody. I'm trying to take their little mask off.
And, hey, where else can a colorful cham cover cam'ron?
♪ this is how we drop it on the one ♪
( music playing )
♪ uh
♪ all the girls see the
♪ look at his kicks
♪ look at his car
♪ all I say is oh, boy
♪ look, mami, I'm no good, I'm so hood ♪
♪ clap at your soldiers, sober, then leave after it's over ♪
♪ killa, I'm not your companion or your man standing ♪
♪ hit me when you want to get, I'll be scrambling ♪
♪ with lots of mobsters, shop for lobsters ♪
♪ cops and robbers, listen, every block is blaka ♪
♪ but she like the way I diddy-bop, you peeped that ♪
- yeah! - ♪ mink are maury kicks plus chanel ski hat ♪
♪ she want the, so I give her the ♪
♪ now she
- ♪ now she - whoo!
♪ cam dig it out, lift her up ♪
♪ ma, it's just a girl, get it out, pick on up ♪
♪ they want the montana with bandanas ♪
♪ listen to my homeboy
♪ we got caught with the, we went to court for the ♪
- whoo! - ♪ just me and my, and we saying ♪
♪ be on the block with the, with the roc sorta ♪
- ♪ when the cops come - whoo!
♪ yeah, this is for the sports cars, benitas, jimmys ♪
♪ pj's, old school, eighteenth at the sports bar ♪
♪ eight or nine on the, holla at your boy ♪
♪ well, van damme 'em, cham'll blam, blam 'em ♪
♪ call up his, I'm down south tanning ♪
♪ mami, I got the remedy, tommy's I bet the enemy ♪
♪ hire me, somebody, but now my body is feeling finicky ♪
♪ killa and coppa, we chill in morocco for reela ♪
♪ we doe chinchilla doe, and fill with them hollows ♪
♪ it's the, I said it's the ♪
♪ I'm the, oh, hey, oh, hey ♪
- whoo! - Yeah
- swaggy! - I wanted more.
- Killer chamel'eon! - Robin: Wow.
- Oh, my gosh. - That was so good.
Mr. Darius rucker, you got to see the chameleon
live and in living color. Talk to him.
I'm gonna tell you, chameleon, man, rap's not easy to do.
People think it is, and it's not.
And the way you were right behind the beat
and you were slaying it down? That was awesome.
- That was just awesome. - Robin: Absolutely.
I think you're going to the finals.
Oh, yeah, for sure. For sure.
Well, which panelist is the chameleon connected to?
Look up, panel. The "masked singer" jet is approaching.
- Uh-oh. Uh-oh. - I got it. I got it. Don't hit darius.
- Don't hit darius. - Oh, oh, oh, oh! There we go.
- Okay. Oh, it's for darius. - Ooh.
- Connected to me? - Oh, wow.
- And a snake. - Ooh.
We shared a stage and phoenix was there.
Phoenix was there?
And the corndogs were delicious.
Wait, wait, so caitlyn jenner was there,
a bunch of corndogs, and darius rucker?
That's an afterparty I want to go to.
Darius: Since you shared you shared the stage with me,
I was just in phoenix, and I was there with a very tall athlete,
kind of skinny guy who I'm pretty sure can rap.
I think it's larry fitzgerald from the arizona cardinals.
- Okay. He went athlete. - Absolutely. I think it's an athlete.
- Nick: All right. - Really? Really?
I like that, but you know who I was catching this time around?
- Riff raff. And let me tell you why. - How do you know riff raff?
How-- yeah. How do you know-- okay, name a song.
- "tip toe 2," "11 hour nap," "tiger woods." - ooh!
- Hello? - Oh, she just schooled you, ken.
Okay.
- I'm impressed, I'm impressed. - Yes, nick. We saw bricks.
- He has a song called "brick off the balcony." - yeah.
The double decker bus. I'm sure he toured in the u.K.
That's a good one. That's new.
- Thank you, nick. - Damn, jenny. I had no idea.
Now, ken, you know who riff raff is, right?
Oh, my gosh. I know riff raff. I know lil' fizz.
We are all in the same homeowner's association together.
- Understood. - I feel like all chameleon roads lead to 2 chainz.
Bricks were in the clues, and 2 chainz has a song
- "brick on my face," right? - What?
- From chow to chainz, I love you. - Nicole: Wow.
- It took a long time to get there. - How dare you?
Nick: You guys are all over the place.
But you know what was off the chain
and all over this stage? The chameleon...
- Chameleon! - ...With the "oh boy." amazing job.
- Head on backstage, og. - Robin: Whoo!
♪ who is that?
Announcer: Cluedle-doo. The rooster, the myth, the legend.
Who is he really?
Dude, chicken has me tripping.
Piglet: He's got to be ex-kgb or something.
His feathers are so full of secrets.
I don't know who the dude is,
but last week I saw him at craft services
- eating a chicken wing. - ( squawks )
I'll never be the same.
Announcer: Who is this hunk of lean protein?
- ( squawking ) -
Cluckle-doodle-clue!
Could someone ask that rooster
to be quiet during my performance?
Cluckle-doodle-clue!
( sighs )
piglet: I had a grueling schedule for most of my career.
Tree of instruments?
Maybe they know michelle branch.
But now, I just love the simple life at home with my family.
Landscaping, grilling,
and football Sunday funday, that's my happy place.
I try to set an example for my kids every day.
And I hope being here, I've shown him how to take risks,
work hard, and not take yourself too dang seriously.
Makes me think of drew carey. He was the llama.
- Drew carey. - I work my little piggy tail off to get here,
and I can look myself in the mirror and be proud of that.
You know, no matter what happens tonight, I have no regrets.
( thunder )
♪ counting days, counting days ♪
♪ since my love got up and lost on me ♪
♪ and every breath that I've been taking ♪
♪ since you left feels like a waste on me ♪
♪ I've been holding on to hope ♪
♪ that you'll come back here when you can find some peace ♪
♪ 'cause every word that I've heard spoken ♪
♪ since you left feels like a hollow street ♪
♪ I've been told, I've been told ♪
♪ to get you off my mind
♪ but I hope I never lose the bruises that you left behind ♪
♪ oh, my lord, oh, my lord, I need you by my side ♪
♪ there must be something in the water ♪
♪ 'cause every day it's getting colder ♪
♪ and if only I could hold you ♪
♪ you'd keep my head from going under ♪
♪ your love I'm lost in
♪ even though I'm nothing to you now ♪
♪ there must be something in the water ♪
♪ 'cause every day it's getting colder ♪
♪ and if only I could hold you
♪ you'd keep my head from going under ♪
wow.
His propeller never stops spinning,
and he never stops killing it on this stage.
Oh, my gosh. Piglet came out swinging for the semi-finals, am I right?
- Yes, he did. - He said, "I ain't going home. What?"
that was crazy. That was your strongest vocal performance by far.
It was perfection.
All right, who from the panel is the piglet connected to?
Let's find out. Send in that jet.
Oh, oh, oh.
Whoo! Oh.
Yay! I thought I was gonna be like ken and not get one.
Ooh, what is it? It's a poker chip?
Uh-oh. Did we play poker?
- Oh. - Well, I'll always go all in for you,
- especially for charity. - Oh.
- Ah. - So maybe he's performed at one of my charity events,
- or we went to-- - to a charity poker event.
- Yes, exactly. - Yes, yes.
Uh-oh. She's clue excited.
Yeah, yeah. Okay, so we have talked about boy banders before,
and we've heard, like, you know, nick lachey.
- Yep. - But I saw the llamas.
The llama character on our show was drew carey.
- Yeah, yeah. - So this could be drew lachey.
- Drew lachey. All right. - That's pretty good.
- Robin: Drew lachey's good. - That's strong.
Pretty good. Dr. Ken?
Ken: I'm thinking "simple life."
this could be nicole ri-- uh, no.
- This is nicole richie? - Nicole: You never know.
From "the simple life." nicole richie?
I got lost in darius' eyes.
But then I sobered up.
I thought about "the simple life"
'cause nicole richie starred in "the simple life."
and I'm thinking of her husband joel madden of good charlotte, right?
- Ooh, okay. - Ooh. That is good.
- Ooh, "charlotte's web." good charlotte. - Ooh!
Nick: Now it's all coming together. Good charlotte.
- Can you let me finish? - Okay, you go.
Okay. Yeah.
And you have "charlotte's web" and, like--
are you kidding? It's pretty obvious.
- You know? I mean-- - nicole: That's good, ken.
- That's pretty good, ken. - Nicole: That is good.
- Thank you, thank you. - All right, well, mr. Darius rucker,
- what you thinking? - For me, he mentioned football.
Who was in "Friday night lights"?
Who's a big family man? Tim mcgraw, people.
- This is tim mcgraw. - Nicole: Oh! I love tim mcgraw.
Robin: Wow, well, whoever you are,
every time, you switch it up for us.
- Last time you gave us opera. - Yes.
Robin: This time you give us a beautiful power ballad.
I got a feeling you're going wee, wee, wee all the way to the finals.
- Hey! - Oh!
- What have we become, nick? - I don't know.
But one thing we do know, the piglet rocked the stage once again.
- Piglet! - We'll smell you later.
- Yes. - Robin: Yeah!
- This is the most unexpected semi-finals. - Right.
Totally. Closest race in "masked singer" history.
- Yep. - It means it's going to be really hard
- to send someone home today. - Yep.
♪ who is that?
Welcome back to "the masked singer" semi-finals.
- Yeah! - Our top four have performed,
but only three can move on to next week's finale.
- So-- - ( clucking )
- oh, no. - Cluckle-doodle-clue!
- Ken: Oh, man. - Is that a chicken?
- Jenny: It's clookle-doodle-doo. - This guy.
Ken: What is going on here?
Mr. Cannon, sir,
may I have a word with you in my coop?
- You want me to come over there? - Don't be frightened.
- Jenny: Watch out, nick. - Uh, now--
- I don't trust him. - I don't trust roosters.
- Uh, yes? - ( no audible dialogue )
- he's gossiping about you, ken. - Whoa.
Okay. This should be interesting.
Cluedle-doo has a message for you.
- Oh, no. - He's ready to reveal his identity.
- Robin: Oh! - Both: What?
But first, he wants to give you a clue to who he is.
Take it away, cluedle-doo!
- He's going to sing? - He's a trickster, too, though, remember?
He could be tricking us.
Yes! I can't wait.
( music playing )
( vocalizing )
♪ come on, ooh, yeah
what?
♪ well, I tried to tell you so ♪
♪ but I guess you didn't know ♪
♪ as the saddest story goes
♪ baby, now I got the flow
♪ 'cause I knew it from the start ♪
♪ baby, when you broke my heart ♪
♪ that I had to come again
♪ and show you that I'm real
- is that really cluedle-doo singing? - ♪ you lied to me
♪ all those times I said that I loved you ♪
♪ you lied to me
♪ yes, I tried, yes, I tried ♪
♪ you lied to me
♪ even though you know I'd die for you ♪
- is it, like, akon? - ♪ you lied to me
♪ yes, I cried, yes, I cried ♪
♪ return of the mack
- ♪ it is -
- ♪ come on -
- ♪ oh, my god -
- ♪ here I am -
- ♪ once again -
- ♪ top of the world -
- ♪ watch my flow -
♪ here I go
- jenny: Oh, my god! - Nicole: Oh, yes!
- Jenny: Oh, my god! That was awesome. - Ken: Wow.
I think it's somebody who's been on the show before. "return of the mack."
- yeah, yep. - Cluedle-doo for the win.
He's been getting on our nerves all season, but that was amazing.
- That was amazing! - Wow.
Yeah. I'm afraid to say, that was outstanding.
That was, like, insanely good.
I still hate you, but great job.
Well, panel, he's been stumping you all season,
but cluedle-doo has one last clue to share, and it's for ken.
- Oh, my gosh. - Oh!
- Aah! Oh, it is ken. - It's kenny.
- It's says-- it's a giraffe. - A giraffe.
- With a parachute. - What does that mean?
Ken, this is not the first time
we've been around animals together.
- Jenny: What? - But it will be the last.
- Oh. - Um...
Did that petting zoo y'all was hanging out at--
how dare you? Stay out of my business.
- You know who this is then? - There was a movie I did
with animals called "the zookeeper" with kevin james
that we worked a lot of animals at the boston zoo.
- Oh. - Kevin james done got in shape.
- He did. - Yo, robin, do you have any idea who this could be?
You know, I just feel like I should know who you are.
I feel like your voice, I've heard it before.
I've danced to it. I've sung along with it.
And so it's really frustrating me that I can't put my pointer on it.
But just for fun, we've been saying jamie foxx for everything else.
I think this is jamie foxx.
- All right. - Yes!
- Nick: Why not? - I think I'm with robin on this one.
- Oh. - Nick, I'm gonna have to take a second mortgage
- out on my house. - Oh, my gosh.
But I am doubling down on jamie foxx.
- Jenny: Yeah! - "return of the mack."
jamie has been here before.
I want it to be jamie so bad. He was singing and dancing.
That's a lot of money. That's a lot of money.
All right, jenny?
Jenny: This is driving me crazy.
His tone, it reminded me of akon.
So I think this could be akon.
It's a good one. Mr. Rucker?
The more I think about it, that I listened to you, ken, I really-- I'm looking.
'cause kevin's lost some weight, and I think it's kevin james.
- Wow. You agree with ken jeong? - Thank you.
- I think it's kevin james. - I love this guy.
I only want to be with you, and I mean that.
- Robin: Oh! - You had to do it, huh?
I had to do one.
Nick: All right, panel, it's the moment of truth.
He's been driving us crazy all season,
now it's time to find out
just who is behind the mischievous cluedle-doo.
- Yeah. Who is it? - Audience, say it with me.
( chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
♪ giving all the clues, cluedle-doo ♪
are you kidding me?
- Take it off! - Oh, my god!
♪ he's a big celeb, cluedle-doo ♪
♪ trickster through and through, cluedle-doo ♪
take it off!
Jenny: Oh, my god! I can't believe it!
Cluckle-doodle-clue!
( chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
♪ giving all the clues, cluedle-doo ♪
♪ trickster through and through, cluedle-doo ♪
♪ guess who, cluedle-doo
the legend is in the building!
Singer, actor, and husband donnie wahlberg!
- Ken: Oh! - Oh, my god!
Nick: Founding member of the new kids on the block.
- I'm shaking. - That's awesome.
- Yo, you know I'm a fan. - Donnie, have you been coming in each week and lying?
I've been sneaking in and out.
- Oh, my god! - We'll talk about that later.
Well, there's two reasons why I'm here, honestly.
One, obviously, to see my wife.
And two, you know, it's been so long since I've performed for my fans.
And new kids on the block fans,
affectionately known as blockheads, they're family.
- They're my heart. - Indeed.
So I did it for my ladies and brothers and,
- of course, my lady, too. - There it is.
- That's so awesome right there. - Donnie!
The fans love it. Your wife loves it.
But you don't understand.
I supposed to have golden ears
and I didn't recognize my husband's voice.
- You thought he was akon. - Oh, that's it. We're taking this away.
- Take it. Take it and run, robin. - Taking it away.
- Take it and run. - Ken, you have something to say?
And, donnie, you were in "zookeeper."
- I was! - Oh!
- Oh, my god, ken! - Oh, my god!
- You were so close. - He had it and he just didn't go there.
- So, I was like, whew. - Well, we thank you so much.
- Thank you. - I know your wife appreciates it.
- Robin: Whoo! - Let's hear it one more time for donnie wahlberg!
- Yes, donnie! - Head on over there to your wife.
- Robin: That was awesome. - Oh, yay! I can't believe it!
- Yeah! Aww. - You tricked me so good.
This feels like a wedding.
Come on, you two. Get a mask already.
Okay, it's time for the all-important vote.
- Wow. - Who will advance to next week's finals?
Emerge from the mouth.
Piglet, black swan, yeti, and chameleon all brought the house down tonight.
- Robin: Yeah! - Come on!
But now it's time for the panel and our many fans at home
to vote for their favorite of the night.
And can I just add, having just performed in this,
much respect to all you guys.
It is not easy at all.
Nick: Agreed, agreed.
Okay, vote now for your favorite.
I'm upset already.
The votes are in.
And the singer forced to unmask tonight,
one week shy of the finals is...
- You're all winners. - They're all great.
The yeti?
- No way! - Oh, man.
- What? - No way!
I thought he was going to win.
I thought he was going to win, nick!
That means the rest of you have advanced to the finale.
Congratulations.
Show some love to the yeti, though.
Yeti, come on down here. You put up a great fight.
- He was great. - Right?
We're sad to say good-bye,
but we are happy to see who you are.
But first let's retrieve the panel's first impression guesses from the vault.
Oh, no!
Let's see, let's see, who the wild card yeti
could possibly be in the minds of the panelists.
Ooh, all right. Ken, you said justin bieber.
- Nicole: Okay. - Ken: Wow.
That's your first impression guess. Are you sticking with it?
Yes, I am, because the estranged relationship with the father,
I am thinking this is justin bieber. I really do.
- Okay, staying with it. - That's right.
- Jenny: Really? - Nicole, your first impression guess was jason derulo.
- Nicole: Oh, okay. - Not bad at all.
- That's pretty good. - You sticking with it?
Nicole: I love jason.
I'm not sticking with it because he's a triple threat.
He can do it all.
- Ken: Absolutely. - Got the "o" clue.
"let me love you" with the heart.
- I'm gonna say mario. - Jenny: Oh, that's good.
- Okay. You know what? That is a good one. - Good guess.
- Jenny? - Yeah, why?
Because that was your first impression guess.
- We've been in sync a lot. - You guessed mario.
Jenny: Me and nicole, we're on the same vibration this season.
But I'm not gonna stick with it.
( imitates sad trombone )
there was the southerner,
line dancing, hat clues, and I thought maybe neo,
'cause neo can kind of do it all.
- I'm gonna go with neo. - He writes great love songs
for the lovely couple right there.
- Nicole: Love neo. - Robin's first impression guess was omarion.
- Okay. That's pretty good. - You know, I love omarion.
We know how talented this man is.
He can dance, he can sing, he can act,
- and he can rollerblade. - Ken: Yeah.
And I just know the way he does that leg slide
and the way he pops the thing. I think it's omarion.
- Jenny: That's good. - Sticking with his gut.
- I'm sticking with it. Sticking with it. - Wow.
Now, mr. Darius rucker, who is this?
I mean, the thing that really gets me is the snow dogs,
and "sisqó's perfect christmas," and the north pole thing.
I really, really think it's sisqó.
- All right. - That's a great guess. Great guess.
- It is a good guess. - Okay, panel, you've made your final guesses.
Let's see if any of you are right.
It's time for the yeti
to finally show his famous face.
Say it with me.
( chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
- ♪ who, who, who, who - robin: Come on.
♪ who are you?
♪ who, who, who, who
men in black, help out.
♪ tell me, who are you, you, you ♪
oh, my god! Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
♪ who are you?
Oh, my goodness! Omarion!
- Yes! - Nicole: Oh, my god!
Multi-platinum superstar, actor...
- You did it, robin. - ...Singer, dancer--
- my friend omarion. - He got me.
Robin thicke knew it the whole time.
Finally! I'm on the board. I'm on the board!
Why did you bring yourself to our stage here at "the masked singer"?
This is, like, you know, a new challenge, you know,
to continue to just broaden my range as a performer.
And this was an amazing experience.
So thank you guys for all of your compliments.
I truly appreciate it.
- And I had so much fun. - Yeah, you looked like you did.
- You rocked the stage every single time. - Yeah!
It had to be difficult to maneuver
all those dance moves in this outfit.
And then, you're known for your dancing.
Actually, I felt like this is the heaviest suit.
- This is the heaviest suit. - All: I think so, I think so.
And it takes a talent like yours
to make that character come to life.
- It could only be done by someone with a talent-- - that's right.
Thank you so much. This was an amazing opportunity,
- and I'll see y'all again. - Nick: Absolutely, you will.
Robin, you're now on the golden ear board with one point.
Jenny and ken, you both remain tied at two.
- Whoo! - Great job indeed.
Let's hear it one more time for omarion.
Thank you to both darius rucker and donnie wahlberg.
It's a star-studded night.
Next week, it's the moment we've waited all year for.
The winner of season five will be crowned.
- Yes. - But right now, let's all rise up from our sofas
and give a proper sendoff to the artist formerly known as the yeti,
- my man omarion! - ( music playing )
♪ it's time to come together
♪ it's up to you, what's your pleasure? ♪
- ♪ everyone - oh!
- ♪ come on - ♪ hey
♪ celebrate good times, come on ♪
it's been amazing. Thank you!
Whoo!