I’ve been a fan of The Crab, one of the WildCard entries in season five of “The Masked Singer,” since it debuted at the end of episode 4 on March 31 with a moving version of Bill Withers classic “Ain’t No Sunshine”. The crab returned the following week and replaced it with a Rick James hit “Give It to Me Baby”. That brought him a place in the Super 8 by competing in a special two-hour edition of the show on April 21st.
We turned around and watched both of Crab’s shows and analyzed all the clues in his video packages. We are convinced that judges (Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke) are wrong with their assumptions that the Crab is Johnny Gill or Lenny Kravitz. Read on for “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including Crab’s true identity.
The crab is Bobby Brown, who rose to fame as part of the boys band New edition; Gill replaced him when he left the R&B band for a while in the late 1980s. In week 4, I saw a computer with the equation “2 + 3”, which I read as a reference to the makeup of the new edition.
In the 5th week, the Crab confessed that it is difficult for him to sing and collapsed. Brown was honest about the troubles in his life. As the Crab said in week 4, every blessing was followed by a tragedy. Last year, Brown’s son of the same name died from a drug overdose, and in 2015 his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, he died. Three years earlier, her mother (and Brown’s ex-wife) Whitney Houston deceased.
In the 4th week, Crab spoke honestly about his difficulties in coping suddenly. The new edition was a phenomenon in the 1980s and sold 20 million albums worldwide; Overall, this season’s competitors for “The Masked Singer” moved 55 million units.
Over a two-decade period since 1984, New Edition has released four platinum albums and two gold records; collectively, The Masked Singer’s competitors can boast of having 25 such records.
Brown won one of his two Grammy solo offers for his R&B single “Every Little Step” from his second solo album “Don’t Be Cruel”. This season’s contestants won three Grammy Awards from 26 nominations.
The video for the Week 4 clues included a photo of Mona Lisa’s painting of Leonardo DaVinci, which is definitely a masterpiece; this is the name of Brown’s fifth solo album.
It also included photos of two former contestants on “The Masked Singer”: Bee (who turned out to be Gladys Knight) and the Butterfly (which was Michelle Williams); Brown worked with both singers.
Finally, in the 4th week, Crab admitted that he had a passion Janet Jackson when he was younger; Bobby often talked about his love for the youngest member of the Jackson clan.
Group A spoilers
Robopine | Russian dolls Seashell | Yeti
Group B spoilers
Black Swan | Cameleon | Crab | Piglet
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