The Masked Singer Season 5’s Group B series kicked off on Wednesday, and while the Black Swan, Grandpa Monster, Chameleon and Piglet stunned the judges, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg – the official ruling queen of the panel when it comes to guessing – recognizes the voice of Phoenix immediately as Caitlyn Jenner’s. Even her co-judge, Ken “I Know Exactly Who This Is” Jeong (who actually rarely knows who anyone is), initially identified the scarlet wing fantasy figure as Caitlyn, based on the song alone.
But then Ken switched his “First Impression Guess” to CaPlyn at the last minute, because the Jenner choice seemed “too easy.” Oops. At this rate, it looks like Ken is not going to pick up Jenny’s crown anytime soon. Although the two are currently still tied in the early race for the coveted Golden Ear trophy of season 5.
Ken’s defense has certain keywords in the Phoenix clue package, such as ‘I’m a winner, honey!’ and ‘here’s the tea’, as well as a race car, apparently on the RuPaul’s Drag Race host – or at least, as Ken put it, to ‘someone who is a hero in the LGBTQ community’. (The judges’ other random guesses included Laverne Cox, Perez Hilton and Jonathan Van Ness.) But when the Phoenix was unmasked at the end of the episode, after rising from the ashes of her playful but spicy Kesha cover Did not, Ken exclaimed, “I feel so stupid!” to which Caitlyn without missing a mate, “Know, you’ve always been an idiot.”
When host Niecy Nash later asked Caitlyn why she decided to compete The Masked Singer in the first place, Caitlyn replies with a red feather-shoulder shrug: ‘I like challenges. I was chasing cars. I fly airplanes. It keeps your kind going – something new, something different. So it was fun for me. You can work on the golf game just as long. ”
What the famous Jenner offspring – who still call Caitlyn “Dad” – to Caitlyn’s move from Keep up with the Kardashians On this even more surreal reality show, Caitlyn simply said, ‘They always knew Dad was a little crazy, and would try anything. Life is short. You have to enjoy it. ‘
Yes, life is briefly, so without further ado, let’s check out Group B’s other mystery cosplayers:
The black swan, “Barracuda”
This beautiful creature was a bad animal that tied a heart! She cradled difficult, and although her pipes were not entirely Ann Wilson-like, they came fairly close. “It’s nice to make it bad this season,” Judge Robin Thicke said.
Clues: Her ‘talent made her someone else’s prey’ after she was ‘hypnotized by a Hollywood deal’ that she ‘could not resist’. We also saw a chessboard, a red X, pigeons (which the ‘faithful flock’ fans who ‘saved’ her), a diamond ring and the number five.
Judges’ guesses: Anya Taylor-Joy, Camila Cabello, Mel B, Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis.
My guess: Based on the voice, I think it’s JoJo – who released five albums, has a dedicated fanbase and signed to Blackground Records at the age of 12, but later sued the label for ‘irreparable damage to her professional career’. JoJo looks like the kind of power singer who can really sink her teeth into ‘Barracuda’, a song Heart wrote at the time about their corrupt record label.
The Grandpa Monster, “Mambo No. 5 ”
Much like the sloth on this year’s spinoff show The masked dancer, this long-in-the-tooth skatey character first acted like a grumpy old man, but then let go on stage. (‘It’s some young knees,’ Judge Nicole Scherzinger remarks. ‘OK, he can move,’ Robin remarked.) He was out of breath, indicating he was not a professional singer. But he is definitely a professional entertainer.
Clues: He had ‘practiced before for a fight’, and he used to be a troublemaker with a ‘bad reputation’, and ‘acted all the time’ until a teacher believed in him. We saw a 6.2 ton kettlebell, another number 6 in the chalk, the word “punked”, X-and-O football, and the number 97 as well.
Judges’ guesses: Ashton Kutcher, Dax Shepard, Johnny Manziel, the Miz, Scott Disick.
My guess: I think it can be Bad grandfather star and reformed bad boy Johnny KnOXville. (“O” and “X” – do you get it?) But this guess is probably no better than anything Ken could have come up with. I need more clues and more time.
The chameleon: “Ride Wit Me”
OK, so his costume was not rather as cool as the lightened, body heat-activated body suit that the Chameleon wears The Masked Singer UK. (which was apparently Justin Hawkins of Darkness – the best revelation ever). But this All-American Chameleon featured some Bootsy Collins swings and a stoned-groovy voice. ‘You have this beautiful tone. … I would buy that album tomorrow, ”Said Jenny.
Clues: This lure lizard has a ‘history with gems’ and a famous ‘doll’ who taught him technology. Visual tipoffs include number 007, camouflage, a DJ DJ, video games and number 23. He also said that his career once drank ‘almost’ and that the stage was his ‘home’.
Judges’ guesses: Redfoo, Dwight Howard, Calvin Harris, Diplo, Tiesto … and even regularly Masked singer host Nick Cannon. Nick is likely to postpone the first few episodes of season 5 due to a positive COVID-19 Test result, but since it is a ‘game-changing season’, anything could happen.
My guess: This is another difficult one. Even the usually non-flapping Jenny admitted, “This is the most I’ve ever bumped into!” I think we can safely assume that this Chameleon is not Justin Hawkins. I’m going with DJ / entrepreneur Steve Aoki – avid player, son of Benihana founder Rocky Aoki, maker of “Emerald” and “Ruby” sunglasses, and one of seven children. The clues do a tip for Nick Cannon, but I think a coronavirus scary fake just for curveball TV would be pretty distasteful, so I really hope it’s not him (and that he’s now COVID free and of course will be back soon to the program)
The piglet, “speechless”
This little pig has the kind of 90s band voice that can make any girl skate – and it was a voice as recognizable as that of Caitlyn Jenner.
Clues: He “was not always happy in love” because he “once gave away a few roses and the world saw his heart break.” And some of these roses had ‘sharp thorns’. But he is a “hopeless romantic” who wears his heart (and apparently an ax tattoo) on his sleeve. Visual cues included an alarm clock for 6pm and a question mark.
Judges’ guesses: Clay Aiken, David Archuleta, Liam Hemsworth, Charlie Puth, and for the thousandth time Adam Lambert. (The last terrible guess was Ken’s. Ken’s never going to win that Golden Ear!)
My guess: OK guys, it’s earlier Newlyweds Nick Lachey. You can have what’s left of me if I’m wrong.
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