(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Prepare to get blown away.
..we've seen some huge celebrities...
Yes!
The best show ever.
..from right around the globe...
JACKIE: I just don't want this show to stop.
..take to the famous Masked Singer stage.
One of the best voices in the world.
Our guessing panel desperate to find the truth.
DANNII: Who are you?
One by one...
Insane.
This is crazy, man.
..our superstars' true identities have been revealed.
Ben Lee!
It's Vinnie Jones!
Macy Gray!
Cue the music.
Our final three masks have made it to the end...
Yes!
..their true identities still hidden.
Who is it?!
Outstanding solo performances will decide the winner.
This is big time here.
Will it be Vampire? This is mind blowing.
Dolly? This is amazing.
Or Mullet?
That was insane.
That is an international star.
Arrgh!
This is the finale of the world's craziest guessing game.
Let's do this, Australia.
# Who is that? #
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
# Don't say
# It's like a fantasy
One of Kylie's.
# When you
# Know this is how it should be
# You kiss me
# I'm falling
# Can you hear me calling? Wow.
# You touch me
# I want you
# Feels like I've always known you
# On a night like this
# I want to stay forever # Stay forever
# On a night like this # On a night like this
# Just want to be together
# On a night like this
# Seems I've known you a lifetime
# And now it's time to make you mine
# On a night like this... #
Please welcome back your Masked Singers for 2021.
It's the woop-woop-woop remix.
# On a night like this Vinnie Jones!
# Just wanna be together
Loving the Lightning moves.
# On a night like this George Calombaris!
# I wanna stay forever
Ben Lee!
# On a night like this
# Just wanna be together Lote Tuqiri!
# On a night like this
Mahalia Barnes!
# I wanna stay forever
Look at Pinata. He's getting into it.
# On a night like this Macy Gray!
# Just wanna be together
Alli Simpson! # On a night like this
# I wanna stay forever Look at Duster go for it.
Ella Hooper!
# On a night like this
Jack Vidgen! # Just wanna be together
# On a night like this
# Just wanna be together
# Wanna be together
# On a night like this
# I wanna stay forever # Stay forever
# On a night like this. #
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
We love you!
Give it up for our secret superstars!
Whoo!
How good was it to see all of our friends again?
And make some noise for our final three -
Mullet, Dolly and Vampire!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
This is it! Welcome to the grand finale of The Masked Singer for 2021.
Whoo!
I'm Osher Gunsberg. I'm so stoked to be here.
We started with 12 incredible secret celebrities.
It's now down to our final three - Mullet, Dolly and Vampire.
Tonight, everything is on the line.
Who will win The Masked Singer trophy?
And while I'm on questions, who is behind the mask?
No matter what, you are going to see the faces of all three masks
before the end of the show,
but not before you see three killer solo performances.
Now, four of my friends
who are chomping at the bit to see these special faces are right here.
Hello to the insightful Dannii Minogue...
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
..the observant Dave Hughes...
..the very perceptive Jackie O...
..and the astute Urzila Carlson.
Oh, yeah.
Jackie, it is the grand finale. How big is it going to be tonight?
Do you know how long we've been waiting for this moment?
This, I have a feeling,
is going to be the best episode we've ever done of Masked Singer.
I can feel it in my new hip. This is going to be a big one.
Dannii, is it fair to say these three masks have just fooled everybody?
They are the sneakiest masks we have ever had.
I'm sure people have been yelling at the TV at home
going, "What are you saying?!"
I've been ashamed to sit next to her to be honest. Honestly.
It's a different level this year.
I've loved it. Yes.
Absolutely. Urzila, how are you feeling about your guesses?
Much like an anti-vaxxer on a Facebook page, my decisions.
Right or wrong, I'm just gonna go hard with them.
'Cause I believe in myself.
I think Urzila is on to at least one tonight.
I might be joining her bandwagon.
Now I'm doubting myself.
(LAUGHTER)
Back to the drawing board, I guess.
You've heard all 12 masks sing together
and now they're good to go solo.
It's the one, it's the only, Mullet!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
From the moment I became the Mullet, I became the MULLET.
He was born to be this fish.
# I'm bringin' sexy back... #
How much of his performance is me and how much is the Mask?
I really don't know
# You better watch your back... #
Is he an Aussie bogan or not? That's what I want to know.
# That's a fact... #
Mullet has the moves.
Yeah!
This outlandish but brave mask let me act out
in ways that most of us don't anymore.
And a lot of us miss.
# Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
# Macho, macho man # Macho man, yeah... #
Well, we almost saw him on episode one.
You reckon you could drop and give me 10?
# Macho man...
# I've got to be a macho. # ALL: Ohhhhh!
You've spent all your time singing, not much time swimming,
by the looks of you, to be honest.
Not the fittest mullet I've ever seen.
Oh, yeah. He's been cheeky alright.
Mullet isn't just my mask, he's my mate.
I'd love a quiet chat with him after tonight is over
but Mullet is never quiet.
That'll be a scream.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Whoo-hoo.
# Get your motor runnin'
# Head out on the highway
# Lookin' for adventure
# Or whatever comes our way
# Yeah, darlin', gonna make it happen
# Take the world in a love embrace
# Fire all of your guns at once
# And explode into space
# I like smoke and lightning
# Heavy metal thunder
# Racing with the wind
# And the feeling that I'm under Whoo!
# Yeah, darlin', gonna make it happen
# Take the world in a love embrace
# Fire all of your guns at once
# And explode into space
# Like a true nature's child
# We were born, born to be wild
# We can fly so high
# I never wanna die
# Born to be wild
A-ha!
# Born to be wild
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, c'mon. #
Make some noise. Whoo!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Amazing.
Mullet!
Love it! Mullet!
Oh, Mullet. That was out of control!
Mate, that takes me back 30 years to 1991
where I lived in a share house exactly like that.
I used to drink like a mullet back then, I can tell you.
They were good days. I might get back on it.
(LAUGHTER)
Oh, here we go. Oh, c'mon. He's just gonna get a...
Just getting a bevvie. A couple of travellers.
He's so cheeky.
He's so cheeky. Mullet!
Jackie, what did you think of that?
Oh, my God, that was so much fun.
I want to be at that party. I miss parties like that.
And I just love watching you.
It's probably one of the most fun performances
I've ever seen on this show.
But I'm a little disappointed
that you didn't get a pedicure for the finale, Mullet.
(LAUGHTER)
I have to say my toes sort of match with Mullet's.
We actually are gonna hear from our masks tonight.
Mullet, under that mask, who are you?
I love to take risks, ever since I was a wee little mullet.
Although my risk taking has got me into a bit of trouble in the past,
I have matured and calmed down a little.
I won't lie, I still wanna push boundaries.
You see, no matter how I change,
music is who I am at heart.
It's so emotional.
Like, it must be such a trip doing this show
and doing performances like that.
It was really moving. I love the fact you have music in your heart.
I love the Mullet. Love him.
Jackie, who is behind the mask?
Well, at first I thought he might have been Ryan Gallagher from MAFS,
only because alluded to the comedian and things not working out.
But then sometimes it only takes one specific clue
to make everything fall into place.
And that was when Mullet said,
"I prefer the sunshine, I love it like a sibling."
And Axle Whitehead had the song Sister Sunshine.
I was like, "That's it. It's Axle Whitehead."
He's funny, he can sing. He's cheeky. This is Axle Whitehead.
How about you, Hughesy?
This guy, he goes for it wherever he is. Yep.
Music has always been in his heart.
I think it's John Farnham.
(LAUGHTER)
I thought you were gonna go with me on this.
I thought that's where it was headed.
I believe it's John Farnham. This is The Voice, man.
I should have known all along. That mullet's from '87, Whispering Jack.
It's John Farnham.
Urzila?
Initially I thought Conor McGregor, you know,
because confident and cocky and naughty and very sporty,
obviously athletic.
Then I said Shane Warne 'cause he's so naughty and the bogan
and the red carpet and all that stuff.
Then I landed on Kelly Slater.
Because he can sing. In a band.
And all the references to the water, of course he's a surfer.
"The bait dangling in front of me."
And I'm gonna knuckle down on Kelly Slater.
I love it, Urzila. I love where you're going with that.
Dannii, who do you think is behind the mask?
I started off with a mountain of a mullet.
I was with Russell Crowe, I went to Eric Bana.
I'm thinking cheeky but larger-than-life Aussie.
Then I was thinking more, like, in the comedy vein.
So I'm thinking you're somebody who has music in your heart,
you've been surrounded by it.
You played Molly Meldrum.
I am absolutely convinced you are Samuel Johnson.
Convinced.
ANNOUNCER: Our panel thought
that one of these celebrities might be behind the mask.
# Who is that? Who is that? #
Who do you think it is?
# Who is that? #
We're off to a flying start and Dolly is just around the corner.
Don't miss a second. This is the grand finale of The Masked Singer!
# Who is that? Who is that? Who is that? Who is that? #
Imagine if it's John Farnham.
It's not John Farnham. It could be John Farnham.
Could be John Farnham.
You're getting swayed by the mullet. (LAUGHTER)
# Who is that? #
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Every single performance from Dolly has made our soul soar.
I think it's fair to say she's literally on a roll.
(GIGGLES)
At first sight, Dolly isn't like me at all.
We love Dolly.
Lot of naked dudes up here just then, weren't there?
She always makes me laugh with her hands.
URZILA: Whoa. She's spanking them. Whoa!
But then you see she has a certain grace.
# Go to the ends of the earth for you, ahh
# To make you feel my love So good. So good.
Beautiful.
# To make you feel my love. #
And the level of whimsy that makes me laugh.
It's high-level whimsy for sure.
It's not an easy costume,
but that gives me an even greater sense of achievement.
Dolly!
Yeah. That's a tough costume. She should be proud.
Dolly, we'll see again. Bye, Dolly.
Dolly's big. She's bold. And she's beautiful.
How can I not love Dolly?
# I don't want no scrub
# A scrub is a guy that can get no love from me... #
She's hiding all the toilet paper in Sydney.
# Trying to holla at me
# No, no, no, no, no
# No, no, no, no
# No scrub. #
Yes!
I'm Dolly. And I sound as pretty as I look.
# Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
# I know I can count on you
# Sometimes I feel like saying, "Lord, I just don't care"
# But you got the love I need to see me through
# Sometimes it seems the going's just too rough
# And it's all wrong no matter what I do
# Sometimes it feels that life is just too much
# But you got the love I need to see me through
# When food is gone, you are my daily meal... #
Beautiful voice. The voice. The voice.
# When things go wrong I know my saviour's love is real
# You know it's real
# You've got the love
# You've got the love, oh, you've got the love
# Oh.....
# Hey, you've got the love
# You've got the love
(SINGS SUSTAINED NOTE)
# Sometimes I feel like saying, "Lord, I just don't care"
# But you've got the love I need to see me through. #
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Dolly!
Once again...
Wow.
DAVE: Dolly.
What a finale this is. This is sensational.
It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
I would pay to see that in concert.
It was the best. It was the best.
Dave, what do you know about Dolly? Take us through your guesses.
I mean, I started off thinking you might be Jane Seymour,
Dr Quinn - Medicine Woman,
Every year we mention Jane Seymour. It's so random, guys.
And then I went to Shania Twain last performance
on the song and also on the fact there was upside cows in the clues.
Shania Twain uses Bag Balm
which is normally used to soothe the udders of cows.
I couldn't get any Bag Balm, 'cause they wouldn't let me do it.
But I've got some Dave Balm, so...
If anyone else wants to have a go at this. No!
Yeah.
I immediately look so much more beautiful. I know.
Jackie, what do you know about Dolly?
I started off thinking it's someone who's left a girl band
or some sort of group, so I mentioned Nicole Scherzinger,
then I changed my mind.
The voice, to me, sounded like Ricki-Lee.
I've mentioned all these names.
And even though I'm sticking with Ricki-Lee,
I still don't think I've got this one right.
I don't know that any of us do, actually.
Jackie can speak for herself.
(LAUGHTER)
Initially I started listening to the clues
and I was like, this is Missy Higgins.
Dolly has to steer slowly and she had a big single called Steer,
so I'm just going to lock that down as Missy Higgins.
Because everything fits with her.
Dannii, what do you know about Dolly?
I started with Lisa McCune because the singing, the dancing,
the acting.
Then I went to Vanessa Amorosi.
There was a clue about "I grab everyone's attention."
All I could think about all day was the song Absolutely Everybody.
And then the clues just brought me back around. I re-read everything.
You said, "I've known diamonds my entire life."
Em Rusciano was born in Diamond Creek, so that's where I've landed.
But you are a confusing Dolly. Layers and layers in there.
Double ply?
Double ply. Triple ply.
So, Dolly, I'm gonna ask you a straight question.
Behind the mask, who are you?
In my heart I'm a singer.
When I'm down it's because I haven't been singing.
This wonderful mask has reminded everyone, including myself,
of who I am.
Are there tears under there, Dolly? Are you OK?
Yeah. I think Dolly's crying under there, guys.
I'm so sorry that you're crying underneath that.
No. I think they're happy tears.
Are they happy tears? Yeah. Oh, good. OK, good.
This show is making a difference
in the lives of the people under those masks. Yeah.
Being in that mask has given her the courage
to sort of go back to what she loves and reconnected you with yourself.
And then you have the people
who refuse to wear the masks on the street
and look what it can do for us.
(LAUGHTER)
ANNOUNCER: Our panel thought that one of these celebrities
might be behind the mask.
# Who is that? Who is that? #
Who do you think it is?
# Who is that? #
One more song and then we'll see our first famous face for the night.
Don't move a muscle. Whoo!
The Masked Singer will be right back!
# Who is that? Who is that? #
Whoo!
Tonight, not one, not two, but all three of our hidden celebrities
will show us just who is behind the mask.
Vampire has been in the hunt since her very first performance.
That's why she's a bloodthirsty beauty.
Vampire is like me in so many ways.
Whoa! Stunning. Wow.
Honestly, I want whatever she's got.
We both walk the space between two worlds.
Still trying to figure out what the two worlds are.
I wasn't comfortable with that at first.
But I am now.
# Medicine and the pain And I know enough about you
# About you, about you, about you Who are you?
# And you're making the typical me
# Break my typical rules
# I'm a sucker for you. #
That nearly scared the moustache right off me.
Time gives wisdom.
And vampires have a lot of time.
I think she's waited a long time for success.
Two hearts beat inside this costume -
mine and Vampire's.
See, there's the heart.
No. I love you.
Hers is fearless. And I hope mine is too.
Vampire, you are definitely fearless.
# Let's get drunk on the minibar
# Make the phone call
# Feel so good getting what I want
# Film star, yeah, I'm deluxe
# Classic, expensive, you don't get to touch. #
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE) Oh, yeah.
I am Vampire.
And I shall rule tonight.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
# When you were young and your heart was an open book
# You used to say live and let live
# You know you did, you know you did, you know you did
# But in this ever-changing world in which we're livin'
# Makes you give in and cry
# To live and let die
# Oh, yeah
# Yeah, yeah
# Come on, come on
# Whoo!
# What does it matter to you?
# When you got a job to do you gotta do it well
# Whoo!
# You gotta give the other fella hell
# Yeah, yeah, yeah
# Yeah
(LAUGHS)
# You used to say live and let live
# You know you did, you know you did, you know you did
# But in this ever-changing world in which we're livin'
# Makes you give in and cry
# Whoa
# Live and let die
# Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
# Whoa
(LAUGHS CRAZILY)
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Ohhh...
Oh, that was so good.
Vampire!
Oh. She is risen.
Oh, my God.
That was so rad.
Oh, my rock god...dess.
That was incredible. How do you do it? I don't know.
That is an international star. I'll stake all your reputations on that.
(LAUGHTER)
This is big time here.
I don't know who you are, but I know you are a massive star.
Jackie, you've seen so many clues.
You've heard so many songs from Vampire here.
What do you know about Vampire?
I think Vampire has probably been on the biggest journey of anyone
in terms of her sound, the songs, the voice, it changes all the time.
And I started thinking Brooke Fraser in the very beginning.
But then we heard Anastacia's voice
and we're like, "Oh, my gosh. This is Anastacia."
Maybe.
There were so many clues that fit her and really specific ones too.
She talked about being sick and tired.
Anastacia had the song Sick and Tired.
But we heard Shakira's voice in one of the songs.
DANNII: Yeah. Yes.
It would be amazing if it was either of those girls.
That would be unbelievable.
Urzila, what do you know about Vampire?
Well, mine is less of a journey, more of a dirt road.
And I started off guessing Donatella Versace,
mainly because I dreamed about her the night before.
But also because, you know, the ageing slowly thing and I thought,
well, Donatella's, you know...
Dannii, what do you know?
Look, it's so crazy when you think back to the first clues.
We had lots of references to things with bangles.
So I was thinking Susanna Hoff from The Bangles.
Oh...
But that is not Susanna Hoff. That is a gutsy rock vocal there.
And the first time I think we heard Holding Out For A Hero,
you and I just went, zzzzt. Yes.
Locked eyes and went... (BOTH GASP)
We got it. We know.
I am saying this is Anastacia.
Absolute pop royalty.
Her name in Russian means 'resurrection'.
And we've seen that clue come up time and time again.
Eternal flame.
Big, big call there from Dannii.
Hughesy, what about you?
Early on, talking about being timeless
and possibly being around for a while,
my mind immediately went to the one and only Dionne Warwick.
I would love it if it were true.
Then I saw you do the splits. Uh, she's 80.
(LAUGHTER)
I thought, "It's not Dionne Warwick."
This is a superstar here, no doubt about it.
The two worlds clues kept coming up.
Speaks a number of languages. And the fact that you can do the splits.
I'm really heavily invested in the Shakira bandwagon, which I built.
And then other people jumped on it. Let's be honest, Dave.
They did jump on it. These two here, she cheated. Now she's jumping off.
Your hips don't lie. My lips don't lie.
You're Shakira. OK.
So, Vampire, you actually don't have long left in that mask.
No, you will, you actually have to take it off eventually.
(LAUGHTER) She loves it.
OK. Vampire, behind the mask, who are you?
I am someone who always turns a negative into a positive.
The mere fact that in these dark times I get to do what I love to do,
I'm beyond grateful.
I feel blessed that I can do right here for you
what I can't do right now in my life.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
Oh... That was just amazing. That was...
I've got goose bumps on both arms but you can only see one arm here.
Um... This is somebody who's absolutely been to hell and back.
Somebody who has survived great challenges,
which gives us strength.
We see that if you can get through it, we can get through it too.
I love the attitudes of our three finalists.
Seeing some inspiring performances
by people who are grateful to be here
with all the talent in the world.
And it's bloody beautiful. It is, man.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Vampire, no matter who's behind the mask,
already you've done so much for us by being here.
Ladies and gentlemen, can you please thank Vampire!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
ANNOUNCER: Our panel thought
that one of these celebrities might be behind the mask.
# Who is that? Who is that? #
Who do you think it is?
# Who is that? #
Who is going to talk away with television's grandest prize?
But more importantly, who's behind the mask?
When we come back, one hidden celebrity will take it off.
This is The Masked Singer.
And you are about to see if your guesses were right.
Our guessing panel and our superfans have voted.
And one of these famous people
is about to show us their beautiful famous face.
Will it be Mullet? Mullet!
Will it be Dolly? Dolly!
Whoo-hoo!
Or will it be Vampire?
Ooh...
The votes have been counted. The result is here.
In third place, and the first mask to show us their real face
is...
DAVE: Can't draw this out too long.
My heart won't take it. Ba-boom. Ba-boom.
Ba-boom, ba-boom...
..Mullet!
Mullet!
Dolly and Vampire, congratulations. Head backstage.
But mark my words, we're gonna see your faces soon.
Mullet.
Mullet, Mullet. No, you stay here, Mullet.
Mullet! Mullet, Mullet, Mullet. Mullet,
Mullet. Sorry, that's not how this part works. Sorry.
JACKIE: He doesn't want to go.
They get to come back, but you...
No. No. Mullet. Come on, Mullet.
Get back up here, Mullet.
You're gonna have to take it off. Mate, third place. Come on, Mullet.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
You did really well.
Amazing. But this is it.
Guessing panel, you're gonna have to lock in a name.
Inspector Minogue, who is behind this mask?
I tell you, you had me hook, line and sinker from the get-go.
Here's my deep dive, OK?
We kept seeing 2108. It wasn't a time or a year.
I think it was a postcode of Palm Beach.
I think he was on Home and Away.
I think this is somebody who can dance,
who won Dancing with the Stars.
I believe this to be Samuel Johnson.
Let me hear from you, Dave Hughes.
Look, in the clues, "I've had my fair share of battles."
You were in a movie called Clash of the Titans.
"Beggars can't be choosers," another clue.
You had to struggle before you made it in Hollywood.
But you ended up the big, blue marine hero from Avatar.
It is Sam Worthington.
Mullet has said he doesn't have a lot of secrets.
That's a reference I think to Secret Life of Us.
Then he talked about having no walls between us.
This particular person has hosted a TV show called The Wall.
This is Axle Whitehead.
Ooh...
Let me see what you think, Urzila Carlson.
Well, you can't pull the wool over his eyes
because he makes wool boardshorts.
Bait is often dangled in front of him
because he's always in the ocean.
And ironically he's got that massive mullet
because under there there's no hair.
That is Kelly Slater.
Alright. That is what our panel have to say.
Come on!
I have been waiting for this moment for weeks.
Let's do this, Australia.
# Who are you? Take it off. Take it off.
# Who? Who? Who? Who? Take it off.
# Who are you? Take it off. Take it off.
# Who? Who? Who? Who? Take it off.
# I really wanna know
# Who are you?
# Who? Take it off. Take it off.
# I really wanna know
Take it off. Come on.
# Who?
# Tell me who are you, you, you Who is it?!
# Are you? #
Yes! It is Axle Whitehead!
Neighbours, Home and Away, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,
Shameless.
Get out of here! Jackie!
A musician. He's got a gold record.
Axle Whitehead!
The Mullet has a mullet.
Side on. Side on.
Look at that. Look at that. Look at that.
Well, well, well. Look at you, hey, Axle.
Thank you. Thank you. Well done. Well done.
Didn't you just embrace the Mullet?
It has been such a blast.
To get in touch with my inner bogan and to be able to just take him on.
What a character. I mean, look how filthy this outfit is.
It is the greatest.
I was so honoured when you mentioned me the other episode.
So, it was to do with W's. What was the actual reference?
Can you remember what I'm talking about?
We are both from one of the greatest towns in the world - Warrnambool.
Oh, my gosh. Hughesy.
That was the connection. Carlton supporter and from Warrnambool.
Mate, I have known you for a long time
and I did not know you were from Warrnambool.
That has blown my mind. That's a small town.
That share house sort of scene
reminded me of Warrnambool back in the '90s, mate.
And the Collingwood footy jumper.
I love it. Yes.
I didn't know you were from Warrnambool.
This is crazy.
You know what you could have done? Googled it. Like we did.
There was one clue, the CCTV when you were walking in circles.
Axle, around in a circle.
Axle Whitehead. Clever.
The clues are amazing. They're very, very cryptic.
I don't like these clues.
It has been THE best job ever. So thank you.
Thank you.
You provided us so much entertainment.
Yeah. You were one of the best. We've had three seasons.
I'd say for me the most fun performer we've ever had. For sure.
Easily. You were giving it absolutely stacks up here.
Thank you so much for having me. I've had such, such a blast.
Mate, it's been so good to have you here.
To sing us out to the break, Axle Whitehead!
Yes!
# Get your motor runnin'
# Head out on the highway
# Lookin' for adventure
# Or whatever comes our way
# Yeah, darlin', gonna make it happen
# Take the world in a love embrace
# Fire all of your guns at once
# And explode into space
# Like a true nature's child
# We were born, born to be wild
# We can rise so high, I never wanna die
# Born to be wild
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Come on.
Yes. Thank you, Mullet.
Alright! Whoo!
Thank you. Love it, man.
Two more massive reveals and the winner of The Masked Singer crowned next.
Get the inside story from the unmasked celebs in Behind The Mask.
The revealing companion series, only on 10 Play.
# Don't know your name
# Why don't we play a little game? #
It's the grandest of them all. This is The Masked Singer grand finale!
Whoo!
Right before the break, Mullet showed us their pearly whites,
and now the moment we have all been waiting weeks for.
Dolly and Vampire here have made it all the way to our final two.
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING) This is the moment.
This is what we've worked for.
Ohhh!
Who will take out the title?
Who will hold aloft the trophy?
Will it be Dolly?
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
Or will it be Vampire?
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
Who knows? Who?
The winner of The Masked Singer Australia for 2021 is...
Oh, God, who is it?
Oh, my God. This is the biggest moment.
Oh, I'm gonna pass out.
..VAMPIRE!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
Vampire, you did it! You did it, Vampire! You did it!
Vampire! You won!
You won!
She is eternal!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING CONTINUES) Whoo!
You are the winner of The Masked Singer Australia for 2021!
It's all yours!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING CONTINUES)
Vampire, we are finally going to get to see who you are!
Oh, yes!
But not before Dolly goes first!
DAVE: Dolly!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING) Dolly!
We love you, Dolly!
Vampire, you get to head up to the podium.
You're gonna get a front-row view of this, Vampire.
Wow.
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
The winner of The Masked Singer 2021, Vampire!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
Oh, Dolly! Dolly!
Dolly, you have just been so incredible to have on the show.
You've thrown us off the scent week after week after week.
This is your last chance to dance, my friends.
Urzila, who is Dolly?
The clues were said Dolly's got to steer slowly.
She's got a single, Steer.
With "my special two", and she's got a single Special Two.
Oooh. What's my favourite colour? White.
She had an album The Sound Of White.
This is Missy Higgins.
Dannii, you seem pretty sure about this.
Who is it?
The clues that connect it for me
are "diamonds have been a big part of my life".
You come from Diamond Creek.
You do stand-up comedy
and your first tour was called The Evil Queen Tour.
I think this is Em Rusciano.
DAVE: Love Em. I can see how you got there. It all makes sense.
How about you, Hughesy?
I thought it was Shania Twain,
but I'm actually at the last minute gonna swap,
because in the final last year, Urzila Carlson swapped a pick
to go with MY pick for the Bushranger,
and together...we were wrong.
(LAUGHTER)
Yeah, but we were there together, Dave.
We are gonna right that wrong tonight,
because "brand-new day" was one of your clues.
The movie you debuted with was Bran Nue Dae.
Yeah? You have left me with a scar.
It IS Missy Higgins.
Yes!
Welcome onboard!
Jackie, everyone's pretty sure about this.
To lock in my answer, I would have to say Ricki-Lee Coulter.
The voice sounds like her.
She said, "Remember, tomorrow's a brand-new day."
Her second album was called Brand New Day.
She made her mark in 2004. That's when Ricki-Lee was on Idol.
And she's known the pleasure of diamonds.
She had a song called Raining Diamonds.
It's her voice. It's Ricki-Lee.
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
Australia, that's what they think.
What about you?
Lock your answer in, because here we go!
Take it off! Take it off!
# Who are you? Who, who? #
Take it off! Take it off!
# I really wanna know. # Take it off! Take it off!
Oh, my God!
AUDIENCE: Take it off! Take it off! Take it off!
Come on, come give her a hand! Take it off! Take it off!
# Ohhhh! #
# Who are you?
Yes! It's Em Rusciano!
(SCREAMS) I knew it! Yes! Yes! Yes!
Yes! YES!
Actor, singer, comedian, radio host Em Rusciano!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
You were Dolly!
I was Dolly.
Oh, my God. You knew, Minogue!
I knew! Clocked it early.
I knew! I knew!
Oh, my gosh, you were amazing. Your voice is incredible!
Thank you so much.
I mean, I do have a bone to pick
with the person I've done five galas with.
Who has heard me sing for the last decade and had no idea!
No, I... Look, I...
This doesn't sound...good, but I knew you could sing,
but I didn't know how good you can sing.
You're an amazing singer. Thanks, Hughesy.
I honestly thought this person must be making a living
from their singing alone, not other stuff.
And that's why I discounted you. Seriously.
What about the... There was a lot of fitness clues.
I was starting to go down Meghan Trainor's route.
I was a world junior hurdler and I missed out on...
She's a world-class athlete.
Well, I didn't get there,
'cause I tore both my hamstrings at an aerobics championship.
Ah, there was aerobics in there!
What was the underneath... The cow. The upside-down cow.
What was the upside-down cow? That was so confusing.
You were halfway there. I grew up in Diamond Creek.
The town was named after a cow named Diamond who drowned in the river.
Ah.
Now, what was Sammy Davis, Jr there for? We saw...
My dad supported Sammy Davis, Jr when he toured here in the '70s.
My dad's band. Yeah. Oh, my goodness.
Yeah.
And what was the eggs? Your three kids, the nine eggs and three out?
Is that what that represents? No.
No? What is it?
I came ninth on Australian Idol in 2004 and there were 12 contestants.
Oh, we should have known.
We shouldn't have taken it so literally, hey.
We are fooled so many times but I'm glad I got you right.
You did. I felt something in there,
and the cheekiness and how you worked those hands. Everything.
It was incredible. Thank you.
I'm Italian so the hand thing was easy.
(LAUGHTER) This was surprisingly emotional.
I haven't been able to sing live in 18 months.
I'm a live performer, so this has been magic.
This has just...put all the magic back in my blood.
This has been the best experience of my life.
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING) I can't tell you.
This has just been wild.
Because I'm a bit of a hermit and a bit weird,
so being hidden has been amazing,
but also being able to sing has been amazing,
so it's kind of the perfect job.
We're so lucky to have you here. Isn't this amazing?
DAVE: Amazing. Isn't this absolutely incredible?
So good. So good.
Thank you so much for having me.
I just can't tell you how much fun I've had.
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING) Ohh!
That was incredible,
but the biggest moment of the entire series is right around the corner.
It's your last chance to lock in a name.
The winner of The Masked Singer.
We're gonna see their face right after this.
To take us out to the break, the voice of Dolly, Em Rusciano!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING) Come on!
# Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
# I know I can count on you
# Sometimes I feel like saying lord, I just don't care
# But you got the love I need to see me through
# Hey
# You got the love
# Sometimes I feel like saying lord, I just don't care
# But you got the love I need to see me through. #
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
This is The Masked Singer.
Welcome back to the stage the winner of The Masked Singer 2021, Vampire!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
We are not worthy.
There she is! We are not worthy.
We are about to see who you are.
But not before I give my guessing panel one last chance.
Dannii Minogue, who is behind this mask?
OK, we heard the voice change from the first show to the last show.
You were hiding that big, booming rock voice.
This is Anastacia.
Whoa.
So excited!
Hughesy, who is it?
I've always been scared of vampires,
but you have stolen my heart.
You're an amazing performer.
You're an international superstar, I've got no doubt about that.
The splits you did told me the truth. It is Shakira.
Shakira, Shakira!
Whoa! No fighting, no fighting.
Jackie, who's behind the mask?
She talks about in her younger years she was sustained by a craze.
Well, she played in a band called The Craze in the '90s.
And then she says, "Am I a killer? That is a stage I went through."
She played Killer Queen in We Will Rock You.
This is Anastacia.
I'm with Dannii. Yes!
Yes, Jackie!
Urzila, who is it?
I know I was guessing Donatella Versace,
but now I'm leaning more towards Sheryl Crowe.
It is Shakira. No, it is not Shakira.
It is Shakira. This is Sheryl Crowe.
Thought I wouldn't make the cut. The First Cut Is The Deepest.
She did the "never die" song for the James Bond movie.
I'm telling you, that's Sheryl Crowe.
Australia, that's what they think.
What do you think?
Come on.
For the very last time, Australia, let's do it!
Take it off! Take it off!
ALL: Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off! Take it off! # Who are you?
Take it off! Take it off!
# Who are you?
Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off! Come on and help!
Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off!
Oh, my God!
It is Anastacia!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
(LAUGHS)
15 million records worldwide!
Number one hits all around the world.
International singing superstar Anastacia!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
Hi, everybody!
(CHEERING)
You were the cutest vampire ever!
(LAUGHS)
Why did you want to come to Australia and do this?
I was actually asking myself the question
when I saw the costume for the first time.
I was terrified to be the Vampire. I was like, "They're gonna hate me."
Oh, no, no. We loved you.
I was reluctant to lock you in because I thought,
she's had major surgery...
I did, but, you know, I've had tons of surgeries. It doesn't matter.
I just bounce back.
You do. You're a strong woman. Thank you.
I think it's amazing.
And honestly, Dannii and I were getting clues
and there were things that were linking up.
I know. I was so scared.
The minute you said my name, I was like, "Aaahhh!"
It was like, "I failed!"
Singing Bonnie Tyler was hard because I love that song so much
that I was like, "I wanna let the beast out of the box,"
and then I was like, "Oopsie."
(LAUGHTER) That's when we noticed the voice.
Yeah, I was like, "OK."
(LAUGHTER)
In your clues, there were references a lot to walking between two worlds.
When my music came out, the industry didn't release my music to America,
and then they shipped me over to Europe
and then kinda never came back.
I was happy. I was in London. I know exactly who you are!
(LAUGHTER) Hey, can I ask you something?
With the truth and lies stuff, which one was the truth?
Um, I had a one-armed dentist.
Oh, no!
See, I told them it was possible! Exactly.
The last 18 months you've not been able to perform.
Yeah. What's that been like?
Um...the industry is completely frozen.
And that is just what our reality is as performers.
We have no stages to go on, we can't have crowds,
and I understand that because I want to keep people safe,
but I miss doing my job and I really, really miss singing.
And so this was such a beautiful, like, get out of jail free card.
I don't know when I'm gonna be able to tour.
I'm hopeful, but I might be 75 by the time I get on the stage.
(LAUGHTER)
It's been so great listening to your voice these last few weeks.
It has been amazing that you would just do this for us.
Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of Masked Singer 2021,
Anastacia!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING) Keep it going for our guessing panel.
Thank you Dannii Minogue, Dave Hughes, Jackie O, and Urzila Carlson.
Thank you so much for watching.
We loved making the show. We love that you love it.
To take us out for the final time,
Australia's favourite masked singer for 2021,
Anastacia!
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
# When you were young
# And your heart was an open book
# You used to say live and let live
BACK-UP: # You know you did, you know you did, you know you did
# And in this ever-changing world in which we live in
# Makes you give in and cry
# Live and let die
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
# Oh, yeah
# Yeah, yeah
# Come on, come on
# Whoa, live and let die
# Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
# Oh, come on! #
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
Thank you, Australia!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING CONTINUES)