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Welcome to the fifth season of FOX's (and apparently America's) favorite show. This season features at least ten masked contestants, with 26 Grammy nominations, nine multi-platinum singles, four Oscar nominations, three Super Bowl appearances, six gold medals and two world records. What Is it? Based on (copied from) the South Korean reality show King of Mask Singer, this singing competition is everything about the modern celebrity landscape and reality TV mashed together in a nightmarish pastiche featuring admittedly incredible costumes, synthesized voices, terrible puns, and brick stupid panelists. Ten (or more?) public figures ("celebrities" doesn't really work here) are dressed in full garish costumes and face off against one another by singing song covers in their real voices. Before each song, they play a sizzle real of the singer offering (in a concealed voice) a short biography in order to give clues as to their identity. The show airs Wednesday at 8PM ET on Fox. Meet the Hosts  NICK GOT THE RONA , so we're getting a guest host for the first part of the season! Everyone welcome Niecy Nash to the family.For the second part of the season, returning is Nick Cannon, in different head dresses and hairstyles. Meet the "Judges" Robin Thicke: Songwriter, record producer, and noted domestic shitbag. He appears to be trying very hard to be The Serious One on the meaningless panel. Jenny McCarthy: Yes, her. Everyone's favorite anti-vaxxer observes things around her and makes preposterous guesses. Yet somehow, I'm assuming through the magic of editing, she appears to pull a last-minute correct guess just before the unmasking. Ken Jeong: Former MD and current prolific comedic actor. Gives up the veil of taking any of this remotely seriously almost immediately into the first episode. Did not correctly guess a single singer in the first season, though he is steadily improving his success rate, especially with athletes. Nicole Scherzinger: Formerly of the Pussycat Dolls, Nicole is the other person seemingly making guesses in earnest. Constantly drunk. Confirmed Guest Panelists for Season 4 TBA Guest panelists from past seasons Jamie Foxx Keenan Thompson J.B. Smoove Anthony Anderson Joel McHale (please come back) T-Pain Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Wayne Brady Why Should I Watch? It's the closest thing we have to modern day water-cooler talk. Unlike singing reality shows of the past, you don't just get to argue with your acquaintances about who is more talented-- you also get to argue about clues, heights, and voices! Destroy your relationships and isolate your family members with your increasingly furious opinions of whether the Banana's voice is too high to be JJ Abrams! It's also so goddamned weird. And it's fun to argue with people about your guesses. Season five is being hyped as a game changer compared to other seasons, partially due to the format. There will be two groups of five singers to start, with an unknown number of "wildcard" masks joining in throughout the season. There's also a giant rooster (which they totally stole from the Mexican version) named "Cluedle-Doo" who will be giving clues. This season is also continuing with voting from at-home fans versus a live audience, so expect there to be some tomfoolery in the results. What happened in the past four seasons? Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Masked singers of the past have included Terry Bradshaw, Gladys Knight, LaToya Jackson, Tommy Chong, Seal (not dressed as a seal), Donny Osmond, Joey Fatone, Kelly Osbourne, Patti Labelle, Adrienne Bailon, Ninja, Dionne Warwick, Chaka Khan, Tony Hawk, Lil Wayne, Jesse McCartney, Mickey Rourke, Tori Kelly, Nick Carter, Bob Saget and the past four winners, T-Pain as "The Monster", Wayne Brady as "The Fox", and Kandi Burruss as "The Night Angel", and LeAnn Rimes as "The Sun". What have we learned? Time is cyclical, we're all going to die, and this show is all we have. Oh you mean about the contestants? The revealed singers have tended to be: - active in the reality show community (e.g. Rumer Willis, Tori Spelling, Kandi Burruss) - occasionally from FOX competitor networks (e.g. Drew Carey, Tom Bergeron, Ana Gasteyer) - promoting a new show or album - not currently prominent artists (it's not Lady Gaga or  )Who are this season's contestants? Find out in the next post. Big thanks to Hazo for providing the majority of this intro from the season 3 thread.
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Current Group: Final 3 The Contestants: Black Swan  Revealed as: TBA Chameleon  Revealed as: TBA Grandpa Monster  Revealed as: Logan Paul Phoenix  Revealed as: Caitlyn Jenner Piglet  Revealed as: TBA Raccoon  Revealed as: Danny Trejo Robopine  Revealed as: Tyrese Gibson Russian Doll(s?)  Revealed as: Hanson Seashell  Revealed as: Tamara Mowry Snail  Revealed as: Kermit the Frog  Wildcards: Orca Revealed as: Mark McGrath Crab Revealed as: Bobby Brown Bulldog Revealed as: Nick Cannon Yeti Revealed as: Omarion Non-Contestants: Cluedle-Doo  A costume from the Mexican version of the show, Quien Es La Mascara? Revealed as: Donnie Wahlberg somekindofguy fucked around with this message at 19:24 on May 20, 2021 |
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Season 5 has started in earnest. Tonight we get Russian Dolls, Snail, Porcupine, Seashell and Raccoon. Snail seems to be weak so far. Also surprised to see a Michael Jackson song in the show for once. And oh God, really hoping Raccoon is Gary Busey. somekindofguy fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Mar 11, 2021 |
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Mar 11, 2021 02:22
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 Welp, never would have gone there. Color me pleasantly surprised.
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Mar 11, 2021 03:03
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Tonight we get Group B. Black Swan, Grandpa Monster, Chameleon, Piglet and Phoenix step up to the mic.
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Mar 18, 2021 01:03
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Welp, kind of called that reveal. Especially when there are published pictures of Caitlyn Jenner wearing the show's "DON'T SPEAK TO ME" hoodie. GG you idjit.
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Mar 18, 2021 02:09
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Various Artists posted:I'm starting to get sick of how many right wing icons keep showing up Yeah, I have to wonder if the Sarah Palin reveal a couple seasons ago killed some of the discussion here. Hopefully we don't get any more poo poo like that. Anyway, group A is back with Joel Mchale and the first "wildcard" mask.
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Mar 25, 2021 01:06
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ArtVandelay posted:Raccoon is for sure Danny Trejo. Sounds exactly like him, and he was even a champion boxer in prison. I can't believe how bad some of these guesses are. Nice guess! I was seriously hoping for Gary Busey, but alas.
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Mar 25, 2021 02:02
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This effing show man. I know Nicole guessed one of the Pauls for Grandpa Monster, and I fear she may be right. EDIT: Welp. Glad he's gone at least. Him for Crab was a good trade. somekindofguy fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Apr 1, 2021 |
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Apr 1, 2021 01:21
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Sorry, been neglecting this thread the past couple of weeks. Tonight is a two hour episode with all the masks competing. Two going home. I wish we could have gotten some more time with Niecy, but I suppose Nick had to come back at some point. Can I say some of these guesses suck though. You think they get it, then woosh they blow past it into obscurity. somekindofguy fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Apr 22, 2021 |
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Apr 22, 2021 01:14
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Happy 5/5 everyone. Top six are on, with Chrissy Metz guesting.
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May 6, 2021 01:09
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Forgot to buzz that this was on. Congrats to those who have gotten guesses right so far this season. I will join you one of these days.
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Finale is on. Thanks to those of you who hing out in this long and winding road.
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