( vocalizing )
both: ♪ I'm falling to pieces
both: ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪
the winner of group a, the bull!
Whoa!
We finally get to see who you are!
Take it off!
Nick: Faith evans!
Welcome to the group b finals.
Yeah!
( powering down )
nick: Men in black, go check that out.
( powering up )
( music playing )
your versatility knows no bounds.
Probably one of my favorite performances ever on this show.
Whoa! So good.
Only one will face the bull in the finale.
For the other, it's...
- Two of the best ever. - Jenny: It's killing me!
...Lights out.
- ♪ who are you? - Whoo!
♪ 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! - Wow!
Welcome to "the masked singer" and our group b finals.
Are you guys as excited as I am?
Ow!
Oh, yeah.
And then there were two,
banana split and queen of hearts.
Oh, it's gonna be good. It's gonna be good.
Tonight's winner will go mask-to-mask
against our group a winner the bull.
That's right. We are just seven days away from our season finale.
What?
But first, here's how tonight works.
Both banana split and queen of hearts
will perform one solo performance and one duet.
The singers' duet partners are some young upstarts
we found hanging around the parking lot.
A guy by the name of robin thicke.
- Nice! Yeah! - Yeah!
- Yeah, let's go! - We're doing this.
- Ken: Let's go! - We're doing this.
- Let's go. - Yes!
And a super talented, gorgeous young lady,
uh, nicole scherzinger.
- Yeah! - Come on!
Come on!
How did it take us, like, six seasons
to get to hear you guys sing?
Well, there was a lot of singers on the show.
That makes sense.
Yo, it's about time. I'm so excited.
Well, since we're already talking to them, let's give it up for them.
Make some noise for our panel,
the best-looking and most amazing panel on tv.
Who raised you? Get off the furniture!
All right, all right. Sorry, daddy.
Nick: Farrah fawcett flip!
Super fly right there.
And speaking of super fly,
give it up for my man robin thicke.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
I sat and you mocked me, and he sat and you praise him?
You kinda, like, sprawled.
- Sit your butt down, ken. - Okay, okay, okay, okay.
All right, let's get this clash of titans started.
You guys ready?
We're kicking things off with banana split.
It's almost impossible to not hear the things that people will say about you.
I mean, in the world that we live in, it's kind of everywhere.
People say I'm fame obsessed, like I'm an egomaniac.
I've heard people say I'm not very bright
but at least I'm pretty, like that makes it hurt less.
Sometimes it can feel like the weight of the world really.
It can dampen your self esteem, and it kinda makes you question everything.
It feels like they've been through a lot together.
- Jenny: Yeah. - The critics, they can be cruel.
Split: But when we're performing, we shut out the noise.
- The static is gone. - Windy city? I know that.
And for that moment,
nothing else matters.
Yeah, together we know that we can get through any kind of storm.
Oh, you cheese ball.
I think I saw a kiss at the end.
- A banana split kiss. - Huh.
♪ I'm singing in the rain
♪ just singing in the rain
- oh, so sweet! - ♪ what a glorious feeling
♪ I'm happy again
♪ I'm laughing the clouds
♪ so dark up above
♪ the sun's in my heart
♪ and I'm ready for love
♪ let the stormy clouds chase
♪ everyone from the place
♪ come on with the rain
♪ I've got a smile on my face
whoo!
♪ I'm laughing the clouds
♪ so dark up above
♪ and singing, just singing in the rain ♪
come on!
- ♪ 'cause I'm singing in the rain ♪ - wow! Come on!
♪ just singing in the rain
♪ what a glorious feeling
♪ I'm happy again
♪ I'm laughing the clouds
♪ so dark up above
♪ I'm singing
♪ I'm singing in the
♪ rain
all: Banana split! Banana split!
- Wow. - Wow!
Right?
Tap dancing!
- Come on! - We've never had tap dancing.
Banana split! Good stuff.
I mean, a tap dancing ice cream, people.
Come on.
Only on "the masked singer."
both: Only on "the masked singer."
first of all, miss thing,
every week, like, your vocals sound like a record.
They're always perfect.
And, banana, you know how much we love you.
We know that you're the genius behind the mask,
and together you are the light of our show this season.
So thank you so much. We love you.
Ken: Yes. Absolutely.
Honestly, the banana is one of my favorite characters
- in "masked singer" history. - Wow! Ken!
I can attest. He will not stop talking about banana.
Ken: I hang every word the banana says,
and that's why you are a perfect duo. Amazing.
I feel like one day you should do a duet with banana.
I would be-- I would be honored,
but I gotta work on my own terms.
I don't like to get up before noon,
and I like to have a big limo shovel me in.
- I need a certain temperature... - No. Ken, ken?
Yep. Yes, sir.
I don't get to talk very much,
but I think I can make you sound great.
- Nick: Ooh. - Nicole: Is he a producer?
That is the highest compliment I've ever received in my life.
Thank you.
- From a talking fruit. - Ken: In my life.
All right, well, tonight we'll be gifted a t-shirt
with a one-word clue from our singers
that is a connection to one of our panelists actually.
- Ooh. - But how do I get it to our panel?
Get excited, y'all.
Because it's the return...
...Of the nick cannon cannon.
- Yes! - Bring it out, men in black!
- I love the nick cannon cannon. - I mean, really?
Who doesn't love the nick cannon cannon?
Are you guys ready?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah! - Yes, sir.
All right, this one's for nicole.
- Ken: Oh, it's gonna-- - robin: Oh, be careful.
- Be careful. - Ken: Oh, wow.
- What does it say here? - Garden.
Nick: All right.
Oh. Madison square garden maybe!
Ah!
Nicole, I love when you plant a little seed,
and then you watch it grow
and do great things over the years.
Oh, nicole.
Nick: I think he said some key words there.
So, nicole, were you picking up on anything?
Yeah, I'm trying not to cry right now.
Aw, you're gonna make me cry.
Yeah, banana went for the heartstrings.
I didn't expect to cry, like-- whoo!
Um, I got my start on a show called "popstars."
and I had a very famous big time producer
on the show by the name of david foster.
- Oh! - Nicole: Who mentored us and discovered us.
And just recently he produced me with andrea bocelli.
And andrea bocelli and I performed at madison square garden
which, thanks to david foster, brought us together.
- That's amazing! - Ken: I agree with nicole.
I mean, they had a clue, the windy city.
David foster saved the group chicago.
He reinvented their sound.
Basically, he is a perfect producer.
And I do feel that the split is katharine mcphee, who--
yes.
I've had the pleasure of working with katharine on "community."
and plus, the fact that they're a couple,
it's gotta be david foster and katharine mcphee.
How amazing would that be?
That level of talent on our show?
- It would be insane. - Let me interject here.
When I was born, david foster and my father were best friends, right?
So I grew up with uncle david.
Let me tell you why this is not david foster.
- It's not uncle dave? - Let me tell you why that's not uncle dave.
Oh, I'm getting my popcorn out right now.
Because uncle dave is so proud of himself and his work,
he would never come on this show as a banana.
Oh!
He'd come on as a yacht or a helicopter,
killer whale, or something.
No, no, but seriously, I still think it could be
a great collaborative producer/singer team.
- Right. - Like a ryan tedder, leona lewis.
Ryan tedder's from "onerepublic."
- he writes for adele. He plays drums, piano. - Nicole: Epic.
- Absolutely. - Nick: There it is.
All right, our clue expert. Jenny, what you got?
You know, I'm all over the place a little bit
even though I think nicole and ken are onto something.
But I saw the windy city license plate
and it actually made me think of richard gere and catherine zeta-jones.
You know, 'cause they performed in "chicago."
but then they kissed in the package,
and that made think it's gotta be a couple.
So I'm sticking with jeff goldblum and his wife emily.
- Robin: There we go. - Nick: Interesting.
All I know is you guys were a blast,
and I can't wait to see you guys perform again.
We are in the presence of greatness.
Banana split, go ahead and head backstage and ice yourself off.
Aw, they're so great.
Hey there, banana split. It's your bff/doc, dr. Phil.
It is so much fun watching you on "masked singer."
as for the audience and you judges,
you might need a lot of therapy after this,
and I ain't cheap, so good luck to you too.
Nick: Coming up,
the battle for the finals continues.
This is the greatest show ever.
And for the first time ever, robin and nicole take the stage for a pair of epic duets.
- Yeah! - And later...
One of the most competitive races we've had in "masked singer" history.
- The winner is... - Who is it?
- Jenny: No way! - ♪ who is that?