- ( coughing ) - ay, ay, ay!
- Someone help her. - Somebody go up there!
She's choking.
Nick: Last week's premiere was jaw-dropping.
We met our first batch of the good,
the bad,
and the cuddly.
- Oh! - He just sang his head off!
And just like that, we had our first celebrity unmasking.
Duff goldman!
Tonight anything can happen.
I think this could be jason biggs.
I'm not dissing on biggs, but he couldn't fill this out.
All: Oh!
Ladies and gentlemen, aquaman, jason momoa.
- Let's go! - Calm down.
We have our first ever duel,
where two singers will go mask to mask,
and one will take it off.
♪ who are you?
♪ who, who, who
♪ come on, tell me, who are you? ♪
♪ who are you?
Oh.
♪ who, who, who
♪ oh, I really wanna know
♪ who are you?
- Robin: Yeah! - Wow! Look at him.
Welcome to america's best kept secret,
"the masked singer: The good, the bad, and the cuddly."
- ken: Wow! - Nicole: Whoo!
Tonight our round one mystery singers
will fight to avoid an unmasking.
- Oh! - After all four perform,
there will be a vote,
and the bottom two will sing in a show-stopping duel.
- Ooh. - ( western music plays )
yeah. And one will be forced to unmask
and reveal their famous features,
heading back to their celebrity home made of solid gold.
Are you guys ready for another bonkers night of "the masked singer?"
- whoo! - Yeah!
Yes, yes! We are indeed!
And what would the show be without the four
that always bring the party?
Say hello to your panel of detectives.
Ken: Yeah!
Robin: Yeah!
Nicole: Whoo!
- Yeah, thank you. - Ken: Yes!
Whoo!
Tonight we have a brand new guest detective.
- Ooh. - Come on out.
- Oh, what? - What?
Whoo!
- Ken: Whoa! - Robin: Yeah!
Ken: Oh, my god.
Clap! ♪ p-p-push it real-- oh!
Oh, my gosh.
Y'all think you know who it is?
He got moves!
Oh, don't hurt him!
Don't hurt him. Don't hurt him.
- Oh! - I love it.
Panel, you guys wanna see who it is?
- It's a no lose. - Yeah!
You know the catchphrase. Say it with me.
All: Take it off!
Take it off! Take it off! Take it off!
Nicole: Take it off!
- Robin: Yes! - Ken: Yeah!
You know him from "modern family,"
and now he's hosting "domino masters"
right here on fox.
The one and only, the brilliant eric stonestreet!
Huzzah!
Man, thank you so much for being here, man.
Aw, dude, this is so awesome.
I'm such a fan of the show,
and I'm actually in the arena and seeing you all!
- Yeah! - Now you know this season
we've divided our singers into groups,
the good, the bad, and the cuddly,
so what group you gonna be in, e?
Ooh, I think, uh, you look at me...
I think you look at me, and you think "good."
but the truth is, I'm bad!
- Okay! - Yes!
Nick: There it is.
Go ahead and cuddle in the huddle, baby.
- Yeah. - Join the panel up there.
Bad to the bone stonestreet.
Before we get into our first performance,
let's check in with our teams hanging out at their homebases.
One member down, it has to be team good.
Probably looking up ways to cheat,
it has to be the bad.
- Robin: Hey, yeah. - Jenny: Oh, yes!
And back there keeping it loveable and fun,
- it's the cuddly. - Robin: Yeah!
Jenny: Overrated.
And kicking us off tonight from team good,
it's firefly.
Let's see how she did last week.
♪ now we're flying through the-- ♪
ooh.
( coughing )
somebody needs to help her. Someone needs to help her!
She's choking.
Firefly: In this business, the show must go on.
All right, come on. Let's get it. Let's get it.
Okay.
♪ hope this night will last forever ♪
- oh! - Yeah!
That was one of the best performances in all the seasons.
I am so proud that you represent team good.
After last week, I had so much pressure on my shoulders.
I'm the only member from team good left this round,
and I want to make them proud.
Come on, team good!
♪ you know, you
♪ you make me feel so good inside ♪
ay!
♪ where have you come from, baby ♪
♪ ooh, ooh, let me take you there ♪
♪ right away, won't you, baby? ♪
♪ tenderoni, you've got to be ♪
♪ spark my nature, sugar, fly with me ♪
♪ don't you know now is the perfect time? ♪
♪ we can make it right, hit the city lights ♪
♪ then tonight, ease the love and pain ♪
♪ let me take you to the max
- ♪ I want to love you - ♪ p.Y.T.
- ♪ pretty young thing - yes!
- ♪ do you need some loving? - ♪ t.L.C.
♪ tender loving care
♪ I'll take you there
whoo!
♪ pretty young thing
jenny: Whoo! Yes!
Nicole: That's a dancer.
- Jenny: Oh! - ♪ pretty young thing
♪ repeat after me
♪ I said, "na, na, na"
♪ na, na, na
♪ na, na, na, na
♪ I said, "na, na, na"
♪ na, na, na
♪ na, na, na, na, na
♪ ooh, take you there, take you there ♪
- ♪ I want to love you - ♪ p.Y.T.
♪ pretty young thing, you need some loving ♪
- ♪ t.L.C. - ♪ tender loving care
♪ I'm gonna take you there
- whoo! - ♪ let's go
- ♪ I want to love you - ♪ p.Y.T.
♪ pretty young thing
- ♪ you need some loving - ♪ t.L.C.
♪ tender loving care
♪ I'll
♪ take you there
- ♪ I want to love you - ♪ p.Y.T.
- Yes! - Yeah!
- Jenny: Yes! - Nicole: Oh, my god. Look at those legs.
- Nick: Wow! - Robin: Firefly!
- Way to set it off! - Whoo!
And she got the m.J. Pose! She ain't move yet.
- Whoo! - Mind blown! Mind blown! Mind blown!
I know y'all had to be feeling it like I was feeling it.
Jenny: Feeling it! Feeling it! Yes!
- Robin: Get 'em, nick! - Nicole: First of all, we got to see you dance and move.
Like, you was making our bodies move and groove
in ways I haven't done in a minute.
It felt so good!
- Maybe it's somebody with a dance background. - Jenny: Totally.
What a way to kick off the show with an effortless performance.
There's a reason that you are "masked singer" winner worthy,
- and that was tonight. - Yeah.
All right, now all of our mystery singers tonight
will be showing you guys a mega clue
to help you get a little bit closer
to see who's up under the mask.
It's called "mega" because it's game-changing.
Men in black, bring out the mega clue.
- Mega clue! - Oh!
♪ clap along if you know what happiness is to you ♪
yeah! Wait. What is that?
Robin: Oh!
Jenny: Oh, this is gonna be good. A little puzzle.
- Oh! - Robin: It's skateboard p.
Nicole: Oh, it's pharrell!
I mean, pharrell is one of the major keys
of my career.
- Wow. - Jenny: She said keys.
- Keys! She said keys! - Nick: The mega keys.
Okay, I was honestly thinking aisha tyler.
- Ah. - Ooh!
Jenny: That's not a bad guess, because last time
we saw a clue where there was a microphone stand, like a stand-up comedian.
Okay, because I was in a weird al yankovic called "tacky,"
which is a spoof of "happy" with aisha tyler!
- No way! - Wow!
- So then that makes sense. - Robin: That's a good guess.
There's another name that came to mind
when I was hearing you sing today.
As the clue package showed tyler perry,
she actually did two songs
on the "why did I get married?" soundtrack.
And she's worked with pharrell, as we all have.
- Well, I haven't, but... - Well, I haven't.
- I haven't. - Yeah, me and eric.
I think this is keyshia cole.
Ooh, I love me some keyshia cole!
It's not bad. All right.
Nicole, what you bringing up?
I really love this artist, and I'm loving firefly,
and pharrell was really inspired by this artist.
He named his record label I am other after lauryn hill.
- Oh. - Nicole: Yes.
That's a great guess. Yeah.
Great guesses but an even better performance.
Y'all keep it going for the one and only firefly.
Ken: Outstanding.
Head on back to the homebase.
Men in black, come help her out.
We are dying to hear what you think.
Get on twitter, use that hashtag,
#themaskedsinger, and tell us your guesses.
Tonight's clash of the good, the bad, and the cuddly
has just begun.
Don't go too far.
This is "the masked singer" on fox.
- Coming up... - Yes!
...Two mystery celebrity singers
will fight to continue on in the duel.
- Oh, my gosh. - Who will they be and who will be unmasked?
- Nick: Leaving "the masked singer" is... - Take it off!
Oh!
♪ who, who, who, who, who is that? ♪
welcome back to "the masked singer: The good, the bad, and the cuddly."
yes!
- ( western music plays ) - ( squeaking )
next up from team bad, it's cyclops.
Wow.
Are you in a competition with me and robin
to see if who can show off more chest?
There is no competition. I've got you both beat.
Last week, cyclops sacrificed everything
to move in the competition.
Check out how it all went down.
♪ I just want to say
♪ hello again
all: Cyclops, cyclops!
- That performance was lit! - Yeah!
Tonight, I'm gonna show the panel another side to my bad self.
So hold on. So he was bad?
- Yeah. - Jenny: Yep, he's on my team,
- team baddie. - What'd you choose?
Cuddly. Thank you for asking.
I'm cuddly, too.
Nick: Make some noise for cyclops!
Whoo!
♪ we're caught in a trap
♪ I can't walk out
♪ because I love you too much, baby ♪
who the heck?
♪ why can't you see
♪ what you're doing to me
♪ when you don't believe a word I'm saying? ♪
- ken: Wow. - What a beautiful voice.
♪ we can't go on together
♪ with suspicious minds
♪ and we can't build our dreams ♪
♪ on suspicious minds
that voice sounds so familiar.
♪ oh, let our love survive
♪ I'll dry the tears from your eyes ♪
♪ just don't let a good thing die ♪
♪ 'cause honey, you know I'd never lie to you ♪
♪ mmm
♪ yeah, yeah
♪ we're caught in a trap
♪ I can't walk out
♪ because I love you
♪ too much, baby
cyclops, yeah!
Whoo! Whoo.
Nick: Cyclops.
Big energy right there from the big guy
- singing his eye out. - Robin: Yes.
Your voice resonated completely different this week.
We don't know what's coming from you,
so you're the unpredictable wild card right now.
Ken: Yeah.
How has this experience been for you so far?
All I wanted to do was make it past the first week.
Now that I've done that, I'm here to have fun.
- Aw. - Yay!
I don't know about you, but we could use some more help with some clues, right?
- Yeah, I want a mega clue. Give me a mega clue. - I need something.
- Bring out the mega clue. - Mega clue!
Mega clue!
- ( robin vocalizing ) - nicole: What is that?
( both vocalizing )
- whoa! - Oh, snap!
Cyclops, what can you tell us about this interesting mega clue?
Legend has it that this meteorite
was found in a nook in ken's backyard
from a galaxy far, far away.
- In my backyard? - But do you see this too?
It says this meteorite crashed to earth in 1988.
1988.
Ooh!
Okay, meteorite comes from what? Galaxies.
- Oh, okay. - And what do you do with a galaxy?
- You guard it. - You guard it!
Jenny's the only one right.
You've got a guardian of the galaxy.
There's a comic book that we saw in the package last week.
- This might be chris pratt. - Oh, my gosh.
And his character peter quill, who was abducted from earth in 1988...
Aw, that's good.
E, you picking up on anything, man?
You know, that meteorite, that's a rock from space.
- Yeah. - And there's no better performer than a guy
that was on a show called "third rock from the sun,"
john lithgow.
That's a great guess.
Robin: You go, eric. You go.
So I was thinking meteorite, rock.
I think it's a rock star.
That's good.
I'm thinking this might be rob thomas
from matchbox twenty.
- Matchbox twenty. - Yeah.
So last week, the package took place in the middle of the night.
They have a song called "3am."
we saw the compass. Southeast.
Oh, that's right.
Matchbox 20 is from orlando, florida, y'all.
- Whoa. - I like it. I like it.
Nick: Some great guesses from our panel.
An even better performance from this rock star onstage.
Cyclops, you sang your eye off.
We love you, cyclops!
- Awesome job! - Nick: Now head on back to your homebase.
Men in black, help the big guy out.
- I think he's older. - When he sung last week...
- It was not like that? - Not at all.
Do you know who's behind the mask?
We wanna hear from you.
Tweet us up using that hashtag, #themaskedsinger.
With all the madness that happens on "the masked singer,"
this season we wanted to give you more behind the scenes fun
and hear what our mystery singers are really thinking.
Enter the truth booth,
a safe space for the good, the bad, and the cuddly
to speak their truth.
It's completely confidential.
I don't know, man.
Firefly sounds pretty fire,
but I'm about to extinguish that fire.
Don't let my cuddly side fool you, okay?
She has no idea who I am or what she's up against.
You know what they say,
good always conquers bad.
Cyclops and ram, you're going down.
I'm about to fade out the competition.
I'm on next for team bad,
and if someone has an issue with me,
they can come and say it to my face
as soon as they figure out who I am.
Eric, your new show "domino masters" sounds awesome!
It's great.
They have 16 hours to build
these giant artistic builds with dominos
and everything you can think of.
What if one falls?
That's why you watch the show.
I love that.
♪ who, who, who, who
♪ who is that?
Oh, yeah, you're watching the best guessing game
to ever hit your living room, "the masked singer."
nick: Let's get on with the competition.
Last week, the ram proved that he can really jam.
Let's check it out.
Last week, I rocked that stage.
♪ didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying? ♪
I loved the commitment,
the conviction, and the confidence!
- I'm here for it! - We had so many football clues.
This has gotta be an nfl star.
We do know that that was an awesome performance.
Tonight I'm gonna be blazing my own trail,
and people better get out of the way.
( roars )
- jenny: Who's he pointing at? - Ken: It's like they know each other.
- Who's he pointing at? - Okay.
Ken: Uh-oh. Whoa.
- You saw that, right? - I saw that, dude.
I'm not making that stuff up. I feel like I know his posture.
Nick: Make some noise for the ram.
♪ run and tell all of the angels ♪
♪ this could take all night
it sounds good!
♪ think I need a devil to help me get things right ♪
♪ hook me up a new revolution ♪
♪ 'cause this one is a lie
♪ we sat around laughing
♪ and watch the last one die
♪ now I'm looking to the sky to save me ♪
♪ looking for a sign of life
♪ looking for something to help me burn out bright ♪
yes!
♪ and I'm looking for a complication ♪
♪ looking 'cause I'm tired of trying ♪
♪ make my way back home
♪ when I learn to fly
♪ high
♪ make my way back home
♪ when I learn to fly
♪ make my way back home
♪ when I learn to
ken: Yes!
Oh, my gosh! I feel like I know them.
- Yeah! Man. - That was epic.
Jenny: Yeah, team bad! Team bad!
- Robin: Yeah! Whoo! - That was pretty impressive.
E, you're our special guest here, man, and you're on your feet.
You have this look on your face like you are happy to be here.
Yeah, I sure do. You know, I'm happy to be here,
but I feel like this person and I know each other
because when this started, you pointed right at me.
And then you made a foot gesture
like you were kicking my butt or something.
Jenny: If you know him, maybe he's a costar.
I know. I'm gonna marinate on this.
But great job. It was awesome listening to you.
- Definitely a great job. - Thank you, one and all,
including the special guest, old e over there.
- Old e. - Oh, he must know you!
- Is that your nickname? - I mean, he is fricking on me!
- Nicole: Yeah. - Who is he?
He's giving out clues. I feel like we need some more though, right?
We need more than a clue!
All: We need a mega clue!
- ( vocalizing ) - ken: Oh, my god!
Men in black, bring out the mega clue.
Mega clue!
♪ mega clue
( music playing )
- ( vocalizing ) - ♪ mega clue
and the emmy goes to...
Jenny: Ooh, maybe an actor?
Ram!
- Oh, wow. - Ram: I mean, come on.
Nick: What can you tell us about this clue?
I'm gonna add this to my collection.
- Whoa! Dude. - Nick: You got it?
In last week's package, there was a football referee.
And guess what? In England, what do you call soccer?
Football!
Now he won an emmy,
so I am thinking this is ted lasso himself,
- jason sudeikis. - Robin: Oh.
Eric: I don't think that's jason sudeikis,
but you got me on something here.
Because that makes me think of somebody who's a rams fan that I know.
Could you be hiding yourself, ty burrell?
- Oh, my god! Ty burrell? - Could that be ty?
Robin: Ty burrell.
Jenny: That's a pretty good guess.
Ken: I love it.
But someone else came to mind
who's won a daytime emmy.
Also has a gameshow called "cash at your door,"
and we saw a piggy bank last time.
I think this could be jason biggs.
- Ooh. - Ram: Wow.
- Nicole: That's cool. - Ken: I love jason.
He's a great guy. I'm not dissing on biggs.
But he couldn't fill this out.
- All: Oh! - See--
- jenny: I think he's tricking us. - You hear that, jason biggs?
That's some ram talk right there!
A little slice of american pie, right there.
- Ram: That's right. - That guy just rammed you.
- Wow! - Well, he just knocked out this performance, right?
All: Yeah!
Y'all keep it going for the ram.
Was the ram a big enough hit
to make it to the season finale,
or did he crash and burn his way into the duel?
If you guys know who's behind the mask, I wanna know what you're thinking.
Tweet us by using that hashtag, #the masked singer.
Let's hear it from the famous person they call bff.
Ram, it's kate here.
I just want you to know that I am cheering you on.
You're looking super strong on "the masked singer,"
and I'm rooting for you to get to the finals.
Get it, get it!
Cheers. Cheers.
Nick: Which one of our contestants'
absolutely massive entourage
is starting wars backstage at "the masked singer?"
tmz has the scoop.
Head over to tmz.Com to find out.
♪ who, who, who, who, who is that? ♪
welcome back to the good, the bad, and the cuddly here on "the masked singer."
now thingamabob, you are a very big guy.
Do you think you could bench press ken?
I think I could bench press ken when I was eight years old.
How dare you? How dare you?
Last week thingamabob gave bon jovi a good name. Take a look.
Thingamabob: I knew it was game time opening up the season,
and I rocked it.
♪ it's all the same
jenny: Oh, wow! He can sing!
Way to kick off season seven premiere!
That was out of control amazing!
- ♪ 'cause I'm a cowboy - all: Yes!
Jenny: Look how much bigger he is than nick.
He's like a defensive lineman.
A lot of people think I'm big and scary,
but tonight I'm gonna show my cuddly side.
Thingamabob is gonna be a force to be reckoned with in this competition.
Whoo!
Okay, this is a big dude.
He's a beast, dude.
Make some noise for thingamabob.
♪ well, I found a love for me
oh, my god.
♪ darling, just dive right in ♪
♪ follow my lead
♪ I found a girl
♪ beautiful and sweet
♪ I never knew you were that someone waiting for me ♪
oh!
♪ 'cause we were just kids when we fell in love ♪
♪ not knowing what it was
♪ I will not give you up
♪ this time
oh!
♪ darling, just kiss me slow ♪
♪ your heart is all I own
♪ and in your eyes you're holding mine ♪
that voice sounds familiar.
♪ baby, I'm dancing in the dark ♪
♪ with you between my arms
♪ barefoot on the grass
♪ listening to our favorite song ♪
♪ I have faith in what I see
♪ now I know I have met an angel ♪
♪ in person
♪ and she looks perfect
♪ no, I don't deserve this
♪ you look perfect tonight
jenny: Oh, that was so sweet!
- He's so good! - He's so good!
Oh, he's adorable.
Jenny: He's so good! That was awesome.
Nick: Everybody is on their feet.
You just connected with me, man.
Just... Thank you for this, man.
I just-- this is why the show is so special.
You are why I do this show, and this is the best--
my favorite performance of the season.
Thanks, man.
Robin: We can feel what kind of a human being you are when you sing.
You can't make us feel all of that
if you don't have all of that inside you.
So I think that you are the absolute frontrunner
for this season because of the combination
of everything that you have to offer.
- Oh, wow. - So before we go any further,
let's take a look at thingamabob's clue.
Men in black, bring out the mega clue.
Mega clue!
♪ it's the mega clue
robin and jenny: Shields.
- Ooh. - Cuddly shield?
- Is that an avengers shield? - Oh, yes, it is!
- Calm down, son. - We're excited, nick!
Thingamabob, tell us about this mega clue.
I left my trident backstage,
but I still wanted to rock these shields
to show america I'm ready for battle!
Whoa!
Jenny: I think that really helped me
because I just watched the movie "moana" with my son,
and the rock, I didn't know he could sing.
And with that size, and now that I see the shield,
I remember there was a famous match at wwe
when the rock was attacked by the shield.
Hello, the rock.
Eric: Yeah, dwayne johnson. The rock.
E, got anything better?
I hate to keep thinking that I know everyone,
but I feel like I might know this person.
- What? - I feel like I've high-fived
this person at dodger stadium.
- Mmm. - Who carries shields? Police officers.
This person I'm thinking of has been on a police drama.
I think we're staring at omar benson miller, the actor.
- Ken: Oh, good guess. - Eric: He's 6"6',
and it's just a simple yes or no.
Have we high fived? Take off your mask real quick.
No, no, this is not how-- we just have to-- yeah.
Ooh, he took it back.
- Nick: Robin. - Robin: All right.
This person that I'm thinking of made his fame in california.
We saw a fishing tackle box,
and he mentioned a trident,
and his trident turns into a shield.
Ladies and gentlemen, aquaman, jason momoa.
- Let's go! - Wow.
- Whoa! - Right here! Right there.
- That's not how you do cuddling. - That's how I cuddle.
You guys definitely got hyped for that, and one thing we know,
that was a hype performance by the one and only thingamabob.
So stay right here, thingamabob.
We need firefly, cyclops, and the ram to come on out.
I have confidence in my team good.
However, thingamabob separated himself from the pack
after that performance.
He's my favorite right now.
Audience and panel,
it's time for you to vote.
The two mystery celebrity singers with the fewest votes
will fight for their right to continue on in the duel.
I don't even know who I'm rooting for.
I want them all to win. The votes are in.
The two singers with the least amount of votes...
Are...
Just say something.
When I say your name,
please step forward.
Ram...
...And firefly.
- ( crowd groans ) - eric: What?
Nick: You're in the duel.
- Whoa. - Oh!
Congrats to cyclops and thingamabob.
You're safe, and you're singing your way to next week.
Where did firefly go?
She just walked off the stage.
It seems like we only have ram on the stage.
- Eric: But wait, is she coming back? - Wow.
Thanks a lot for your patience.
So, ram, you're here.
We're waiting to see what happened with firefly.
The firefly flew-- like, literally flew off the stage.
Is she scared? Is she nervous?
Robin: I think she is surprised that she's in the bottom two.
- Oh. We're all surprised. - Well, I'm surprised she's in the bottom two.
I don't understand how that happened.
Thingamabob took us by surprise tonight.
- We fell in love. - Right.
- And you can only vote for one. - Eric: I do see that the vocal is important,
- but the performance... - It's all together.
- The character. - ...It's all one thing.
- It's a combo package. - Man: Put your hands together for miss firefly!
- ( cheers and applause ) - here she comes.
- Whoo! - Firefly!
All: Firefly, firefly!
- ( pa chatter ) - ( chanting continues )
( chatter continues )
it's going down.
♪ who, who, who, who
♪ who is that?
Welcome back to "the masked singer: The good, the bad, and the cuddly."
- yeah! - ( western music plays )
we've had some epic performances tonight
all leading us to this moment-- the duel.
- All right? - An actual real duel.
- There's some tumbleweed. - Ken: Oh, no! Watch out, nick.
- Keep going! - Ken: Oh, no!
It's gradually getting away!
That was a slow gust of wind.
All right, bringing the heat for team bad,
it's the ram.
And slinging songs for team good,
- it's firefly! - Come on, team good!
They'll both sing, our panel votes.
One moves on to rep their team another week
while the other must take it off.
All right, get in position.
Your butt-- all right, that's about-- that's good.
- Oh, the drama. - Now take your ten paces.
( western music playing )
- uh-oh. Uh-oh! - It's heating up.
Ooh, this is gonna be the spiciest duel. Oh, my god!
You're first up. Your duel starts now.
♪ life is old there
♪ older than the trees
♪ younger than the mountains
♪ blowing like a breeze
♪ country roads
♪ take me home
please take me home! ♪ to the place
- he said, "take me home." - ♪ I belong
♪ west virginia
♪ mountain mama
♪ take me home
♪ country roads
nick: All right!
♪ you, you love it how I move you ♪
♪ love it how I touch you
♪ my one, when all is said and done ♪
♪ you'll believe god is a woman ♪
♪ yeah, yeah
- ♪ yeah, yeah - yeah!
♪ ooh, whoa
♪ when all is said and done
♪ you'll believe god is a woman ♪
nick: Wow!
God is a woman, indeed.
Let's see what the panel has to say.
- Who wants to go first? - Ken.
That was outstanding.
First of all, ram, with "country roads,"
you got everyone singing, everyone up on their feet.
- Thanks, ken. - But, firefly, the passion and determination
that you showed tonight and this season,
it just shows me and all of us how much you want to be here
and how much you wanna win this thing.
- You are a fighter. - Robin: Yeah.
- Ken: Outstanding. - I am so proud
to be the panel representative of team good because of firefly!
- Nick: Now, e, you're our special guest. - Yeah.
Let's talk about this duel.
Ram, my friend, who I believe is someone I know very well--
yeah, it seems like y'all know each other.
Yeah, yeah. You belong on a stage, so congratulations.
My favorite part was, "please take me home." that was great.
- He said, "take me home!" - eric: I heard you. I heard you. Great job.
All right, you heard the panelists.
Ram and firefly dueled it out for the last spot in next week's competition.
Panel, it's time to call it.
- Vote for your favorite. - Huh.
Nick: The singer with the least amount of votes
will be forced to unmask and go back to their home,
where their chefs will prepare them their favorite "sorry you lost" meals.
The second mystery singer of the season
leaving "the masked singer" will be...
...Revealed right after the break.
Oh, man! You ain't right!
Come on! You really do this in real life?
♪ who, who, who, who
welcome back to "the masked singer: The good, the bad, and the cuddly."
the votes are in, and the mystery celebrity singer
forced to unmask is...
- Aah! I hate this part, eric. - I hate this part too.
- The ram. - All: Oh!
Show your love for the ram! Firefly, you are safe!
- Yeah! - You can join your team
in the race for the golden mask trophy.
Go ahead and head backstage to homebase.
Go off, ram!
All: Ram! Ram, ram, ram, ram!
Nick: Ram, so sorry to see you go,
but we are so excited to see who you really are.
Panel, this is your last chance
to guess which celebrity is under this mask.
I think I'm gonna double down on my last guess.
He won a daytime emmy,
he's a host of a gameshow called "cash at your door,"
and we saw that piggy bank.
And we saw the quarter,
and he starred in a movie called "saving silverman."
so I think this is jason biggs.
- Nice. Good guess. - Nice, jenny.
- Nicole? - I think he might be an athlete,
and I know that kelly slater has won several sports emmys.
And there was some antlers. He has his own surf ranch.
- Mmm. - I'm gonna kelly slater. Why not?
- Great guess, great guess! - Robin: Not a bad guess. That's a really good guess.
Today everything with the emmys
goes back to an amazing actor who has won emmys,
jason sudeikis for "ted lasso."
football, soccer-- this is jason sudeikis.
- I love that, ken. - I like--
I like the ram is making fun of you
the entire time you were explaining.
No, it was respectful homage.
Well, well, well, here we are again, ram.
So I know we know each other,
and I thought, my costar ty burrell is a massive rams fan.
Then I went to another friend of mine who's a massive rams fan,
whose singing voice I don't know,
but whose speaking voice I know very well.
- Oh! - Whoo!
Legendary broadcaster joe buck.
- Robin: Oh. - Ken: What?
The thing that threw it over for me
is when he kicked something to me.
On "domino masters," he kicks it back to me.
- Oh, my gosh. - Robin: Let me jump on that.
The earlier clue package had a small horse,
and horses buck.
The body type, the confidence,
- that's gotta be joe buck! - That-- that...
Ken: Wow. That would be amazing.
Okay, panel, you've made your final guesses.
Let's see if any of you are close.
Audience, you know what it is. Say it with me.
- All: Take it off! Take it off! - ♪ who are you?
Take it off! Take it off!
♪ who, who, who, who, I really wanna know ♪
take it off!
Take it off! Who is this?
Come on! Just take it off!
- Joe! - Take it off!
- ♪ ...Are you? - Robin: Yeah!
- Eight-time... - You called it.
...Emmy award winning superstar sportscaster, my man, joe buck!
- Yo, what a night! - You did it.
- I did it! - You did it!
- I did it! I did it! - You did it!
- Bad to the bone stone! - I did it!
Nick: Stonestreet guessed it.
- Man, he called it. - Joe!
- Eric! - How do you guys know each other?
When you pointed at me and then kicked it to me,
I was like, well, clearly we know each other or something.
And then I thought of "domino masters"
and how I kick it to you, you kick it to me.
Now I don't know if that's what you meant, but that's where I went.
I was just trying to look a little bit alive,
and so that's all I could come up with.
- Wow. - Awesome!
Clearly you're a master at your craft,
but what made you bring your talents to this stage?
Well, you know, honestly, 11 years ago
- I had a paralyzed vocal cord. - Wow.
So to come out here 11 years later
and kinda throw my nerves to the wind
- and sing in front of this great audience... - Wow.
...I was like, hey, you know, why not?
Let's give it a shot.
What did the clue hamlet by macbeth mean?
It was play by play. I do play by play of games.
- All: Oh! - Oh! Play by play.
Why was there a quarter going into the piggy bank?
Because my broadcast partner for 20 years on fox
- is quarterback troy aikman. - Robin: Troy aikman.
- All: Oh. - Jenny: Oh, oh, oh!
Did you think I was onto you at any point?
Yeah, I felt it.
And we have this thing
because now I'm part of your show
"domino masters" on fox.
- Yeah, yeah! - Yeah.
Yes!
So, I mean, say hello to emmy number nine, right?
- Yeah! - Ooh! And three!
Joe buck, ladies and gentlemen!
Thank you so much for being such a good sport.
Next time, we're back with firefly for team good,
cyclops for team bad, and thingamabob for team cuddly.
That's right, it's the final showdown,
where we will be eliminating not one,
but two celebrity singers,
leaving just one round one competitor
to move on to the season finale.
But right now, here to perform unmasked once and for all,
the artist formerly known as the ram,
it's joe buck!
♪ I want you to want me
♪ I need you to need me
♪ I'd love you to love me
♪ I'm begging you to beg me
♪ shine up my old brown shoes ♪
♪ put on a brand new shirt
♪ I'd get home early from work
♪ if you'd say that you love me ♪