Week after week, Masked singing the judges praise the famous contestants for wearing their heart and soul on stage as they unfold under gigantic masks that prevent any of their facial emotions from seeing the light of day. In fact, only last week, Judge Jenny McCarthy cried as she listened to Piglet (who is certainly Nick Lachey) singing “7 Years” by Lukas Graham, a song she claims she has never heard before, despite playing in a loop at every radio station, mall and yoga class. in the last six years.
[Details discussing the April 14 episode of The Masked Singer discussed below.]
In tonight’s episode of the Fox reality show, the first contestant in season five’s “Wild Books”, Orca, shared a story about his father before performing Poison’s “Every Rose Has Thorns.” “The last time I really had to stop like the first Wild Card, there was a lot of pressure,” Orca said during his package of clues to sing “We Won’t Take It” from Twisted Sister. “But I channeled my hero, my father, and my nerves washed away. I always looked for my father, and when I told him I would be a father, it brought him so much joy. Even though his health was deteriorating, he became a laser focused on infant baptism. And he hung on long enough to see the ceremony. Days later passed. I felt helpless in an ocean of tears. But I will never forget his last words. He said he was proud of me for being a father above all else. And it brings so much joy to know that his spirit will live for generations now. ”
After that anecdote and the “Every Rose” show, Judge Nicole Scherziner wept, and fellow commissioner Robin Thicke was moved to share her own father’s story. “You know, I lost my father a few years ago. He was my hero, my idol. So I totally connected with your story. And I feel what you’re trying to say with that song. [It was a] indeed, really from the heart and a beautiful, beautiful interpretation “, said Thicke, bringing McCarthy to tears. In order not to be left out, Orca began to cry (or at least we assume I couldn’t see her face): “Yes, you know, Robin, I really appreciate your words … my father’s holiday …. Now I’m the father of 10-year-old twins and … The last thing I ever thought about … I would have cried in a giant orc costume. That was for my priests, man. ”
“I think we all had that tingling sensation inside that performance,” Nick Cannon finally after his diagnosis COVID-19, told Orca before the judges guessed his identity, from Fred Durst to Jeremy Renner and Billie Joe Armstrong.
But the “tingling sensation” was apparently not a good one, and the judges and “America” - which we are now told by sources is actually a small group of fans watching the shows through Zoom – voted Orca over the Russian Dolls ; Shell; Robopine; and the new Wild Card, Yeti. (Or, a conspiracy theorist would think that the Orca was sent home because he, overwhelmed with emotion, inadvertently gave that extra clue that he had 10-year-old twins.)
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Before revealing Orca’s identity, Cannon reminded the judges of their first-impression assumptions and asked them for one last assumption. Here are those assumptions:
Jenny McCarthy: Dave Grohl / Kelly Slater
Nicole Scherzinger: Dave Grohl / Dave Grohl
Robin Thicke: Billie Joel Armstrong / Billie Joel Armstrong
Ken Jeong: Jon Bon Jovi / Billie Joe Armstrong
Eventually, everyone was wrong and the Orca was revealed to be Mark McGrath, who was also shocked that he was compared to rock legends.