Nick: For the last 11 weeks,
season five has delivered twists around every corner...
- Kermit the frog! - Oh!
...And surprises under every mask.
- Nick cannon! - Oh, my god!
Bobby brown! Tamera mowry!
Tyrese! It is hanson!
14 singers hit the stage...
( vocalizing )
...And now only three remain to fight for the golden mask.
And who better to pass on the torch
than last season's glowing champion?
♪ how do I live
♪ without you?
♪ how do I breathe
♪ without you?
♪ how do I ever
♪ ever survive?
♪ how do I
♪ how do I live
♪ without you
♪ there'd be no sun in my sky
♪ there would be no love in my life ♪
♪ there'd be no world left for me ♪
♪ and I
♪ baby, I don't know what I would do ♪
♪ I'd be lost if I lost you
♪ if you ever leave
♪ baby, you would take away everything ♪
♪ real in my life
♪ and tell me now
♪ how do I live without you?
- ♪ yeah - ♪ I want to know
♪ how do I breathe without you ♪
♪ if you ever go?
♪ how, how do I ever, yo
♪ ever survive?
Whoo, girl!
♪ oh, how do I live?
♪ how do I, how do I
♪ how do I live
♪ how do I, how do I live
♪ oh, how do I, how do I
♪ how do I, how do I, how do I live ♪
♪ how do I live
♪ oh, how do I live
that's amazing!
Nick: Tonight...
Black swan: I came here to find something in myself
and I that I did that, but that golden mask trophy
would just be the icing on the cake.
Chameleon: There's a lot of good competition out there,
it's whoever the fans and the judges like the most.
I hope to win.
Piglet: This has been a journey of no regrets,
and tonight I gotta leave every ounce of myself
on that stage if I want to win this thing.
I'm ready.
Nick: One last performance stands between our finalists
and the coveted title of "masked singer" champion.
- ♪ gonna love you - whoo!
Who will go down as the winner
of the most game-changing season yet?
♪ how am I supposed to live
- oh! - ♪ without you?
You took us to church for the finale, okay?
Find out tonight as all...
I can't believe this is happening right now.
- ...The masks... - Take it off!
- ...Come off. - Oh!
Forget stage fright. That stage should be afraid of you, you know what I'm saying?
♪ who are you?
♪ who, who, who, who
♪ come on, tell me, who are you? ♪
♪ who are you?
- ♪ who, who, who, who - whoo!
♪ oh, I really wanna know
♪ who are you?
- Whoa! - Yeah!
- Wow! - Welcome, everyone!
It's the moment we've all been waiting for.
Tonight is "the masked singer" finale!
- Yay! - Yay! Come on!
Tonight, we finally put an end to all the speculation,
internet searches, and announce a winner.
I can't wait.
- Wow. - Yes!
Now, let's say hi to the funniest and craziest panel on tv.
- Jenny: Nicole scherzinger! - I love you guys. That's what I said.
- Robin: Ow! - Ken: Wow.
Thank you all for coming here tonight.
- Ken: Whoa! - Whoa!
- Look at that body! - Nick: And of course, our special guest panelist.
She's a grammy-winning legend,
the winner and shining star of season four,
the sun, leann rimes!
- What? - Leann rimes!
- Leann, how are you? - I'm good.
How cool is it that we got the winner rocking with y'all?
- I'm freaking out. - It's so crazy to be on this side.
I'm not sure what's weirder though, this perspective or sitting next to ken.
- You'll have to weigh those options later. - ...Eventually, yes.
I appreciate that. That's really nice of you. Thank you.
- He is my neighbor though, so, you know. - Oh, you're used to it.
Wait, hold on. He always says he lives next to every celebrity.
He actually does live close, believe it or not.
Yeah, I live next to the sun. I live near a sun.
All right, sit down, kid icarus.
Leann rimes, we're glad to have you back.
- Yes, absolutely. - And our trio of singers
are each one song away from claiming gold.
- Whoo! - And for many fans at home,
chameleon has what it takes to win the whole thing.
Here's a look at his incredible journey to the finale
and some final clues. Check it out.
Chameleon: People think I'm too cool for "the masked singer."
I originally signed up for this for my kid
because it's one of our favorite shows to watch together.
But it's turned out to be one of the coolest experiences of my life.
You wanted a game-changing season?
So who better to bring in than me dressing up
as a psychedelic chameleon and taking y'all
on a wild tour of hip-hop?
- Whoo! - Singing dead prez, warren g.,
cam'ron, and of course, snoop dogg!
♪ I'm a gangsta, but y'all knew that ♪
♪ the big boss dogg, yeah, I had to do that ♪
that's gonna take you all the way to the end.
It's fun representing hip-hop on the show
because it educates the kids and not just,
"oh, my mom keeps trying to tell me about how good this song was."
it's like, "nah, that song is actually fire."
now, I want to make history as the first contestant
who raps only to take home the golden mask.
It'll mean a lot for me to win this
for all my fans, my son, my sister's memory,
and of course, for me,
your ever-changing, but always himself chameleon.
( music playing )
- oh! I love this song! - This is gonna be good!
♪ as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ♪
♪ I take a look at my life
♪ and realize there's nothing left ♪
♪ 'cause I've been blasting and laughing so long ♪
♪ that even my mama thinks that my mind is gone ♪
♪ but I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it ♪
♪ me be treated like a punk, that's something that's not heard of ♪
♪ you better watch how you walking and where you talking ♪
♪ or you and your homies get outlined in chalk ♪
♪ I really hate to trip, but I got to loc ♪
♪ as they croak, I see myself in the smoke ♪
♪ fool, I'm the kinda g the little homies wanna be like ♪
♪ on my knees in the night, saying prayers in the streetlights ♪
♪ been spending most their lives ♪
- hey, come on! - ♪ gangster's paradise
♪ been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise ♪
♪ look at the situation they got me facing ♪
♪ I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street ♪
♪ so I gotta be down with the hood team ♪
♪ too much television watching got me chasing dreams ♪
♪ I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set tripping ♪
♪ and my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger ♪
♪ fool, I'm 23, never will I live to see 24 ♪
♪ the way that things are going, I don't know ♪
♪ tell me why are we so blind to see ♪
♪ that the ones we hurt are you and me? ♪
♪ hey, been spending most their lives ♪
♪ living in the gangsta's paradise ♪
♪ been spending most their lives ♪
♪ living in the gangsta's paradise ♪
♪ been spending most their lives ♪
♪ living in the gangsta's paradise ♪
♪ they're spending most their lives ♪
♪ living in the gangsta's paradise ♪
( cheering )
- yeah! We are not worthy! - Sick!
- That was sick! - Amazing!
- He is larger than life up here. - Oh, my goodness.
Wow! The chameleon is the definition of lit.
Oh, my gosh, nick. As soon as the song started,
I nunchucked ken over and had to get a front row seat.
- I know. - "get out of the way, ken."
and I had to push him over because I had to be right here just watching you.
You are a megastar, my friend. Absolutely.
And it's just an honor to have you on our stage.
Nick: All right, chameleon, you may be the coolest character
we've ever had on this show.
- Yes. - What would it mean to you to win it all?
It would mean everything to me.
Of course, I do this for my son
and my family, and all the hip-hop heads out there,
so it would mean a lot.
- Yes. - Nick: There it is.
Robin: Man, since day one, you've been killing it on stage.
- Totally. - Thank you so much for blessing us with a hip-hop season.
- This is gonna be hard to beat. That was outstanding. - I know!
- Yes! - Nick: All right, panel,
we'll get to the guessing a little bit later on tonight.
But for now, give it up one more time for the amazing chameleon.
Go ahead and head backstage and do what chameleons do.
These are the celebrities our panel has guessed
all season long for chameleon.
Will any of these stars be revealed tonight?
We'll find out before the end of the show.
And to all of our "masked singer" obsessives at home,
to celebrate our finale, the prize for the fox super six app contest this week
is a whopping $100,000.
So over the break lock in your picks.
You may just get a whole lot richer.
♪ who is that?
- ♪ who is that? - Welcome back to finale night here on "the masked singer."
- whoo! - Black swan has been a panel favorite,
but is she a favorite to take this whole competition?
Let's watch how this black swan has captivated us all season long.
Black swan: I honestly did not come in thinking about winning,
partly because of my stage fright,
which might be surprising because I was known
around the world before I got my driver's license.
I just came in thinking about getting these chips off my shoulder,
not taking myself so seriously,
doing something that freaked me out,
and getting back to basics, which is singing great songs.
♪ it isn't in my blood
like, week in, week out, you take us on this emotional journey.
You are more than a performer. You are an experience.
I've accomplished my mission to put myself
in an uncomfortable position and break through.
I needed to learn things about myself,
and I'm proud of myself after this.
Now I'm staring down the finals,
and I want to win this for all you other rare birds out there.
♪ it isn't in my blood
- this is gonna be good. - It's gonna be so good.
( vocalizing )
♪ I could hardly believe it
♪ when I heard the news today
♪ I had to come and get it straight from you ♪
♪ so tell me all about it
♪ tell me about the plans you're making ♪
- ♪ oh - whoo.
♪ tell me one thing more before I go ♪
♪ tell me how am I supposed to live without you? ♪
♪ now that I've been loving you so long ♪
♪ how am I supposed to live without you? ♪
♪ oh, how am I supposed to carry on? ♪
♪ when all that I've been living for is gone ♪
♪ oh
♪ tell me how am I supposed to live without you? ♪
♪ now I've been loving you so long ♪
oh!
♪ how am I supposed to live without you? ♪
♪ oh, how am I supposed to carry on? ♪
♪ when all that I've been living for is gone ♪
( vocalizing )
- oh! - Yes!
Ladies and gentlemen, keep it going for black swan!
- Yeah! - Wow.
- Talk about vocals. Nicole? - Oh, my gosh, black swan,
- you took us to church for the finale, okay? - Wow.
Forget stage fright, because that stage
should be afraid of you, you know what I'm saying?
Every 10 or 15 seconds, nicole and I would look at each other like,
- "ooh! Did you hear that?" - ooh!
Ooh, that tastes good. That's real nice.
Now, swan, across the season, you've given us your all.
What would it mean to make it all the way through?
It would mean that I conquered some fears.
Like a lot of artists, I had to cancel my tour in 2020,
and I got scared at some point.
And now I'm like, "okay, I'm facing it again.
I'm back in it in a different way."
- wow. - Yes, there is a fear that comes up
- when you're not constantly in practice. - Yeah.
You sit at home and you're like, "wait, will I forget how to sing?"
- exactly! - So I totally understand what you're saying.
- I'm so glad I'm not alone. - Aww. No, you're not alone.
Preach, sun, preach.
Black swan, you've been such an emotional, beautiful, bad-ass experience...
- Yes. - ...This entire season, and I think we're gonna be
really excited and surprised to see who you are.
- Whoo! - All right, panel,
we'll get to the guessing later on tonight.
- Black swan. One more time, ladies and gentlemen. - Yeah!
Truly amazing. Fly off backstage.
Whoo!
The panel have been flying all over the place this season
with their guesses for black swan.
Will we be seeing one of these faces later tonight?
Stay tuned.
♪ who is that?
- ♪ who is that? - Welcome back to "the masked singer" finale.
- Whoo! - We're at our final singer of the night-- the piglet.
Here's a little more on why he may just be the one to win this whole thing.
Piglet: Any time you put yourself out there,
even if it is behind the mask, it's scary.
I was one of the first people to open up my life to the public.
It was before social media,
and trust me, without the filters.
The criticism was so much, I had to become
a pretty private person after that.
But being the piglet was a freedom to just have fun,
and we all need to find our inner piglet sometimes.
♪ so take a look at me now
- yeah. - ♪ there's just an empty space ♪
I think the one thing I've learned, you know,
is you got to challenge yourself,
and I think that's what this experience has meant to me.
Like all things I've tried to do in my career,
I've tried to leave no stone unturned.
I gave everything I possibly had to this.
I've tried to work as hard as I possibly can,
I want more than anything to bring home that trophy to my kids.
( music playing )
♪ highway run
♪ through the midnight sun
♪ wheels go round and round
♪ you're on my mind
♪ yeah
♪ they say that the road
♪ ain't no place to start a family ♪
♪ right down the line, it was you and me ♪
♪ life with a music man
♪ ain't always as it's supposed to be ♪
- aww. - Yeah.
♪ oh, girl
♪ you stand by me
♪ I'm forever yours
♪ faithfully
oh, wow.
♪ faithfully
♪ oh
♪ all of my love
♪ I give you all of my love
♪ I give you all of my love ♪
♪ I swear, I'll always love you faithfully ♪
♪ I'll be the only man you ever need ♪
♪ I swear I'm always gonna love you ♪
♪ gonna love you
♪ oh
♪ faithfully
- oh, my gosh. - Piglet!
- Wow, that was epic. - So good.
- Oh, man. - Wow. We can see that the piglet is emotional.
He's got everybody else feeling the feels up there.
Yeah, man, that-- whoa.
I try not to get emotional watching, but that-- ooh.
You peaked at the right time, piglet.
That's the strongest performance I've seen you do.
That was amazing. I don't know what else-- I'm speechless.
You know, I think that they saved the best for last.
I could absolutely see you taking home the golden mask, piglet.
All right, now, piglet, what has this journey truly meant to you?
What this show has done for me is once again reminded me how much I love music...
- Yeah. - ...And how much we all need music right now.
- Amen. - It's something that can lift our spirits.
And I've just been honored to be a part
of such an incredible journey as this one.
- Preach, piglet, preach. - Nick: So well said.
I love it. He's our piglet pastor up there.
- Hallelujah. - Seriously, piglet, you've moved us this entire season.
- Yeah. - You fully embraced the character
and you've really kept us guessing.
We honestly can't wait to meet you.
Nick: All right, let's keep it going for the piglet.
The panel has been all over the farm with their guesses.
Is one of these handsome faces under the piglet mask?
We'll find out tonight.
Three finalists stand before you.
Each has delivered one phenomenal performance after another all season long.
Panel and our many fans at home,
vote now for your favorite.
The performer with the most votes
will win the golden mask trophy.
The final votes are in.
The third place finisher
of season five's "masked singer" is...
The third place finisher of season five's "masked singer" is...
Yeah, it's nerve-wracking.
- The chameleon? - Oh, no!
Keep it going for the chameleon. He did his thing.
Congrats on taking home the bronze medal.
- Oh, man. - Give some love to my man the chameleon.
Don't go anywhere.
Black swan and the piglet,
we'll see you back here in a few minutes.
One of you guys is winning the golden mask trophy.
But ladies and gentlemen, how about the chameleon?
- Whoo! - Whoa!
We have been waiting all season long to see your famous face.
But first, we must retrieve the panel's
first impression guesses from the vault.
- No! - Oh, no.
Nick: Men in black, bring 'em out, bring 'em out.
Feels like it's an eternity since y'all wrote these down, right?
- No idea who I put down. - I don't remember either.
The scores are so close.
It's anyone's game except nicole's.
Thank you.
Now, jenny, your first impression guess was a interesting one.
- Here we go. - Oh, no.
Denzel washington.
Nicole: Wow.
Wowie, wow, wow.
Nick: How in the world?
Well, he had a very sexy voice.
- Ken: There you go. - Robin: All right.
Thank you. And denzel has a very sexy voice, so, duh.
Ken: There you go. There you go.
Okay. Are you sticking with that for your final guess?
No, I'm not.
You know, I really enjoy my last minute guess that I've come up with.
- Ah! - We haven't said his name yet.
- Gucci mane. - Oh.
Jenny: He's talented, he's tall.
Also, we saw clues about him moving around a lot.
- Mm-hmm. - And guess what.
- Ooh! - Gucci mane was a military brat.
- Oh. - All right. From denzel to gucci.
- Robin? - Yes, sir?
Your first impression guess for the chameleon was redfoo.
Redfoo, right. Well, you know, when I first saw the outfit,
that's something that redfoo would wear on stage without a mask.
Nicole: You're right. Yes, you're right.
But there's something about the voice and the song choices
and the way you've been able to do every single song
with such swagger, and you've never lost your swag ever.
I think it is superstar mr. Wiz khalifa.
- Black and yellow. Mr. Black and yellow. - Nicole: Black and yellow.
Black and yellow. Hey.
- All right. - Oh, no.
Nicole's first impression guess
for the chameleon was nick cannon.
This could be some amazing cgi right here.
It's an out-of-body experience right there.
Obviously it's not nick cannon, guys.
- Oh! So close. - What?
Nicole: But I've been all over the place.
There was too many snoop clues.
You know, he keeps it elevated.
There was brownies, there was a plane.
We know snoop is.
But now putting all the clues together,
I'm with robin thicke over there.
I'm with thicke thug over there, y'all.
- Thicke thug. - Thicke thug.
Thicke thug? That doesn't make any sense.
I'm gonna make it make sense.
I think robin nailed it. I think it's wiz for sure.
Robin: Could be, could be.
Okay, ken, your first impression guess--
- dwight howard. - Ken: What?
- Yeah. - Not too bad.
Ken: I was torn throughout this season.
Rapper, basketball player--
but I'm thinking 2 chainz quite frankly is both, you know?
He played basketball at alabama state.
Sorry, young thug. Sorry, fam.
- But the chameleon is 2 chainz. - All right, all right.
- 2 chainz! 2 chainz! - All right, now,
our season four champion, the lovely leann rimes.
Who do you believe the chameleon is?
- It's not denzel washington. - Yeah, I didn't think it was.
But, um, I think I'm gonna go with ken on this one.
I-- because of the height and because of his talent,
and there was also-- there was a cheese plate clue for the song "blue cheese."
- robin: Oh, yeah. - Go off, sis.
So I'm thinking maybe this is 2 chainz.
- All right. - 2 chainz!
- Good guess, good guess. - Nick: Some great guesses.
Okay, panel, you've made your final guesses.
Let's see if any of you are right.
Chameleon, we need to know, who are you?
Audience, say it with me.
( chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
- ♪ who, who, who, who - say it!
♪ who are you?
- ♪ who, who, who, who - come on, wiz!
♪ I really wanna know
♪ who
- who is it? - ♪ I really wanna know
♪ tell me, who are you, you, you ♪
- come on, wiz! - ♪ who are you?
Multi-platinum megastar,
the one and only wiz khalifa!
( screaming )
he got it.
My guy!
Actor, songwriter, ten-time grammy-nominated.
Hey! Get it!
Businessman, the one and only-- and amazing father.
Wiz, man, it's such an honor to have you on this show.
And you said you did this show for your son bash, man.
Is he surprised? Does he know? Like, what's up?
He's probably going to be a little freaked out
when he sees the chameleon.
But, yeah, it was for him.
I'm a fun dad, you know what I mean?
I love to enjoy myself. I love to be myself.
- Right. - And as much as I can
encourage him to be himself and get into his imagination
and sing, dance, and be as crazy as possible,
I'll be the best example for that then.
- Aww. - Nick: There it is, man.
One of the biggest stars to ever grace our masked singer stage.
I just gotta say, nick, I know that so many people love and respect you already,
but I honestly think you've won over the hearts of america after being on our show.
- Jenny: For sure. - Thank you. I really appreciate it.
And you made tons of us want to go to your afterparty, I know that.
Okay. Yo, thank you guys for letting me be here.
I had a great, great, great time,
and I'm gonna see you guys again. Let's party, yo.
- There it is. - We love you!
And to sing one last time, unmasked once and for all,
the artist formerly known as the chameleon,
give it up for wiz khalifa!
- ♪ yeah, uh - yeah! Yeah!
Chameleon in this thing.
♪ as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ♪
♪ I take a look at my life
♪ and realize there's nothing left ♪
♪'cause I've been blasting and laughing so long ♪
♪ that even my mama thinks that my mind is gone ♪
♪ fool, I'm 23, will I live to see 24? ♪
♪ the way things are going, I don't know ♪
♪ tell me why are we so blind to see ♪
- sing! - ♪ that the ones we hurt
♪ are you and me?
Nick: And then there were two!
Who's taking home the golden mask trophy?
It's all coming up after the break.
♪ been spending most their lives ♪
♪ living in a gangsta's paradise ♪
welcome back to our "masked singer" finale.
- I'm scared. - It's all come down
to black swan and the piglet.
Which of them is driving home with the golden mask trophy
in the front seat of their car?
The winner of this season's golden mask is...
Guys.
This is crazy. I can't believe this is happening right now.
Oh, my gosh.
- The piglet! - ♪ so take a look at me now
- oh! - Congratulations!
- Oh, my god! - You are the king of "the masked singer!"
- wow! - Here you go.
It's pretty heavy. Here's your golden mask trophy.
The piglet won!
♪ so take a look at me now
nick: Please make your way to our throne.
But this means, black swan,
you are our runner-up, and you are still amazing.
Oh, my god!
( piglet vocalizing )
♪ take a look at me
♪ now
ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the black swan.
Definitely one of my favorites.
Panel, there's no place to hide.
We must retrieve your first impression guesses.
- No! - Men in black, bring 'em out from the vault.
If your first impression guess is correct, you get a point
towards that golden ear trophy.
All right. Robin, we're gonna start with you.
- Please do. - Robin, your first impression guess was rita ora.
- Rita ora. Not terrible. - Are you sticking with it?
I will not stick with that. We've heard too much.
We've seen too much. We know too much.
There were "x factor" clues.
Number five clues for fifth harmony.
And the voice and the body type
and the ability to do all of that vocally,
I think this is normani.
- All right. - Wow.
- Nick: Jenny? - Yes, sir?
Your first impression guess was leighton meester.
- Oh, that's not bad. - Not bad. You sticking with it?
I'm not going to stick with that, nick.
I am going to go with someone though
I have been thinking of later this season, which is monica.
We saw that clue, "hello, my name is" just the number one
for just her name only-- monica.
- She also has one grammy. - Oh, okay.
So I'm going to confidently go with monica.
Nice, nice.
First impression for ken jeong is jessie j.
Ken: Oh, it could be,
but I really think the black swan is demi lovato
because there was an "x" in the clues.
Demi was a judge on "x factor."
she was famous way before she got her driver's license.
- This is demi lovato. - Okay.
- That was good, ken. - Not mad at you.
Nicole, your first impression guess was natasha bedingfield.
That's not bad. I'm not sticking with it 'cause I know who this is.
This girl also has been famous way before her driver's license
with "two little too late."
and also the cher clue, that's because the first song
she sang on tv was a cher song.
- Oh. - It's my girl joanna. Jojo.
- So confident, nicole. - I feel it in my bones, nick.
All right. Leann?
I think my ears don't lie at all,
and I think nicole's ears don't either,
so I'm thinking that this beautiful singer,
- so talented, is jojo. - Yay.
Two for jojo. Okay, panel, you've made your final guesses.
Let's see if any of you are right.
Black swan, we need to know, who are you?
Audience, say it with me.
- ( chanting ) take it off! Take it off! - ♪ who are you?
♪ who, who, who, who
♪ who are you?
- Normani! -
- come on, jo! - ♪ who?
♪ tell me, who are you, you, you ♪
♪ who are you?
Jojo!
Grammy award-winning vocal powerhouse.
- Oh, my gosh! - Singer, songwriter, and actress jojo!
- My baby! - Yes, girl.
- Hi, nick. Hello! - Hello!
You know I'm, like, the biggest fan of you ever.
The vocal skills are ridiculous,
and you showed that on this stage all season long.
I have to ask you though,
why bless us with your presence on "the masked singer"?
I really was missing being on stage
and I was, like, developing this stage fright.
I was like, "can I even sing anymore? Can I even perform?"
I was just all in my head and feeling way too anxious about things,
this freaked me out, so I said yes to it.
That's such a great example for everybody. Face your fears.
I turned 30 in December and I jumped out of a plane.
Let's just kick down the doors and just enter
into this new decade not being afraid.
- I love it. - Thank you.
One last time, unmasked once and for all,
the artist formerly known as the black swan.
Give it up for jojo!
Come on, jo! You gotta sing, sis!
Come on, girl.
♪ tell me, how am I supposed to live without you? ♪
- whoo! - ♪ now that I've been
♪ loving you so long
nick: Coming up, it's the moment we've all been waiting for.
We find out who's under the mask of our champion the piglet.
♪ when all that I've been living for ♪
♪ is gone
- ♪ who is that? - Welcome back to "the masked singer" finale.
Just moments ago, we found out that the piglet
has joined past golden mask winners t-pain, wayne brady,
kandi burruss, and the great leann rimes.
- Whoo! - Before the piglet is unmasked,
let's first retrieve the panel's
first impression guesses from the vault.
Men in black, bring 'em out.
Um, nick, I'm just gonna touch up for my special moment.
- Oh, you just-- you got it. - You can go to them first.
I'm just gonna touch up for my special moment.
- Wait. - Your dressing room is under the table?
- Where are you going, jenny? - All right, whatever.
- She's proud of her first guess on this one. - I bet.
It's been months since you guys wrote these down.
Nicole, your first impression guess was cody simpson.
That's right. Vocals were giving me cody simpson vibes
and I'm not sticking with it.
All the clues lead to backstreet boys.
That's right. There's lots of gold bars for all their gold albums.
Then we see the numbers go from five to one.
There's five dudes in the backstreet boys,
to one for their iconic song "one."
- ah. - And look, he's number one. It's brian littrell.
All right.
Good guess, good guess.
Robin's first impression guess-- john rzeznik.
Yeah, that one didn't pan out.
I got to hear more of his voice,
and then some of the clues lined up.
He used to be an athlete. He played college ball.
He's a proud father and a family man.
I think it's nick lachey.
All right, ken. Adam lambert.
- Oh, okay. - You sticking with it?
You know, everyone's been on the boy band guess, but I--
just because of the clue package,
I really do think that this is a movie star
who is a power vocalist.
And the more I think about it,
jeremy renner is the only person that fits the bill.
If you look at the clue package, the ufo--
clue for his movie "arrival" with amy adams.
And also, they said that-- jeremy has a daughter.
- Right. - So, jeremy renner, yes.
All right. Adam lambert to jeremy renner.
Has anybody seen jenny? Is she back from her dressing room?
- I think she left. - Yes, I'm right here.
- Whoa! - Oh, my gosh.
- Ken: Oh, my god. - I just needed a moment. Thank you.
- Your head got so big. - Well, I don't know if you guys remember,
but last season I won the golden ear.
So I figured I'd touch up for my moment
because if you have two golden ears,
you need a lot of hair to match it.
Well, your first impression guess...
- Yes? - ...Was...
- Uh-oh. - Nick lachey.
- Oh! Yes. - You sticking with it?
Jenny: You know what? I did know right out of the gate
because I've got the boy band in my blood. I know.
- She does get all the boy banders right. - I do, I do.
What confirmed it was the drew.
- There were two drew clues. - Yeah.
And I was like, "this is for sure, for sure."
so I am definitely going to stick with nick lachey.
- Yes. - All right.
- That was good. - All right, well, leann, who is the piglet?
I have to say, there's something about your voice.
I actually heard your speaking voice within your singing voice.
- Wow. - Which for me instantly went to nick lachey.
Especially with all the family man,
all the clues about him being a dad.
- Oh, yeah. - You totally won my heart over.
I'm so-- just so happy for you.
- Yay. - Great. Great guess.
All right, panel, you've made your final guesses.
Who is behind the mask of our champion?
Piglet, we need to know, who are you?
Audience, say it with me.
( chanting ) take it off! Take it off!
- Come on! -
♪ who are you?
♪ who, who, who, who
- yo, the thing stopped spinning. - Come on, brian littrell.
- Jeremy renner! - Brian littrell!
♪ who are you, you, you
- ♪ who are you? - Multi-platinum singer!
- ( cheering ) - oh, my god!
Nick: Recording artist, actor, tv host.
Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
98 degrees member, my man nick lachey.
- Nick lachey! - Yeah!
The winner of "the masked singer" season five!
Congratulations. You were amazing.
- Ken: Yeah! - Oh, he took it off.
- Nick: There it is. - Take it off!
Nick: I have to ask you, my brother,
- what brought you to our stage? - You know what?
It's been-- I miss performing,
and that's what this experience has done for me
is remind me how much I love singing,
how much I love music, and I've had the best time
going on this incredibly twisted, weird ride
- that is "the masked singer." - you killed it. Killed it.
You're so good! You're so good, nick.
You did two things so well and that's why you won,
is because when you sang, you sang with so much emotion.
- Nicole: All your heart. - There was always so much emotion in his voice.
You could feel it.
And then you were so silly in between,
that is was just a lovable character that took us all.
Thank you, thank you. I had a ball doing it.
Now, nick, I heard one of the reasons that you did this show was for your kids, man.
Now you get to take home the golden mask trophy.
- That has to be amazing. - My kids wanted me to do the show for so long.
Like, "daddy, daddy, please do 'masked singer.'"
and so I'm so excited. They have no idea that I've done this.
- Aww. - Well, look, they're watching now.
Cam, brooklyn, phoenix, this was for you guys.
I love you so much. Daddy's coming home with a little hardware.
- Yes! - Yeah! Yeah!
Now, before we go, we have one more trophy to give.
With three correct first impression guesses,
the champion once again.
- Congratulations. - Jenny mccarthy wahlberg.
Wait, wait, wait. But wait, I protest.
Her husband is cluedle-doo!
Yeah, there's something wrong there.
That's not right.
Now she has two golden ears to go with that big hair.
Oh, my god! I won!
- Nicole: Congratulations! - You have no idea.
- Thank you, "masked singer!" - robin : Whoo!
Nick: We love you. Thank you to our panel,
and thank you to everyone at home
for watching this game-changing season.
We hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed making it.
- And here to sing us out... - Yeah!
...Unmasked once and for all, our season five champion,
the artist formerly known as the piglet,
- nick lachey! - Whoo!
Sing!
♪ oh, girl
♪ you stand by me
whoo!
♪ I'm forever yours
♪ faithfully
- ♪ faithfully - yes!
♪ oh, I swear, I'll always love you faithfully ♪
♪ I'll be the only man you ever need ♪
♪ I swear that I'll always love you ♪
♪ always love you
whoo!
♪ oh
♪ faithfully
oink oink.