‘Masked Singer’ eliminated candidate is an old school crooner

It was a very Masked singer Thanksgiving, as the show aired on a special night this week. Thursday’s episode was a holiday feast for the ears and eyes, featuring broccoli, mushroom, and for those with more discerning palates, the delicacy known as jellyfish. But I just have to say it was a missed opportunity – why weren’t there characters like Turkey, Yam, Cranberry, Giant Bowl of Mashed Potatoes, or even Pumpkin Spice Latte? ? Still, this episode was full of the show’s usual main ingredient: lots of cheese on TV.

Either way, families gathered around their televisions probably wondered if their own Thanksgiving dinners had been garnished with mushrooms of the psychedelic variety, when at the end of the night one of these incredible edibles from the group C, broccoli, has been unmasked. in yet another surreal revelation. No, it wasn’t Dahlia Sin, aka the “fierce family ally” of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12. It was, as Judge Robin Thicke rightly guessed, legendary crooner Paul Anka – a development that surely thrilled any elderly parent watching this competition for the first time.

During his “Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll” performance, the 79-year-old showman (who has now tied Dionne “The Mouse” Warwick’s record for the oldest Masked singer nominee ever) proved cruciferous vegetables are good for the body, performing quick stage stunts, with bent knees and hips that greatly impressed the panel. “You made moves that I can’t even do,” Jenny McCarthy gasped.

And Paul also exuded a youthful spirit, seeming absolutely delighted with his Masked singer experience. “It was a great kick. … I’m very honored, because we’ve been through something in our country, and to have that kind of fun and enjoy that, you should all be very, very proud, ”he proclaimed. Judge Nicole Scherzinger told the iconic artist, “We’re sad to see you come home, but it was perfect that you were unmasked over Thanksgiving because we’re so, so grateful to have you.

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Broccoli finally came home because its Smackdown performance of “Take Me Down” from Alabama could not cut down the fungus, which made a silky-smooth cover of “A Song for You” by Donny Hathaway (a fierce showdown that Jenny described as a “veggie-on-veggie crime”). So next Wednesday, when this highly irregular show is back in its regular time slot, the surviving ‘Shroom and this week’s other contestant, the Jellyfish, will advance to the’ Super Six ‘finals. This is where the three installments of this season (the Sun and the Popcorn from Group A, and the Hippocampus and the Crocodile from Group B) will finally compete. I’m confident about my assumptions in Groups A and B, but Group C was difficult to figure out. Again, let’s try another time:

The jellyfish, “Don’t start now”

It was the most beautiful moment of the gelatinous singer. She exuded a confidence she lacked from her previous shaky performances, and the judges looked shocked at her transformation, with Ken Jeong raving, “You’ve really come this far!” I had her anchored as a runner or underdog, but during this Dua Lipa disco banger, the jellyfish floated up – and straight into the Super Six.

The clues: According to her sister (who was disguised as a giant Texas Instruments-style calculator), Jellyfish has always been both the rebel and the outperformer of her “by-the-book” family. Jellyfish has “never performed on a stage like this before”, even though she grew up in a “golden cage” and her father drove her at 3 am for “concerts in distant lands”. We saw a tic-tac-toe board of X and O and the word “dream,” and the clues from previous weeks included folding fans, tiaras, flower crowns, baby powder, and bubbles.

The judges’ assumptions: Charli XCX, Kylie Jenner, McKayla Maroney.

My guesses: I previously thought it was Paris Jackson, but Paris doesn’t have a sister, so it’s time to reassess. However, I definitely get a kind of family musical vibe here. So while everyone assumed the Hippocampus was Jessica Simpson, I think this The sea creature is Jessica’s little sister, Ashlee Simpson. Ashlee just had a baby on October 29 (hence the baby powder index), but this Masked singer The season was filmed in August, when her pregnancy probably still could have been easily concealed under the many layers of taffeta seaweed in her costume. And the initial jellyfish nervousness could be due to the fact that Ashlee still feels the need to prove herself, after the Saturday Night Live lip-sync scandal that derailed his pop career in the mid-2000s.

The mushroom, “unconditionally”

Katy Perry’s polysyllabic power ballad was extremely difficult to face, but Nicole praised this funny guy (he h) for a “transcendent” performance, telling him, “You have a power under this Mario Brothers costume.”

The clues: The Mushroom was a stellar student, a class president with a 4.0 GPA, and the name he now bears was not his name when he “first sprouted” – according to Mushroom’s childhood friend , who is a kind of secret agent of the government. Visual cues included a bull, a boxing ring, and the acronym or initials “KIT”; past clues have referred to talent shows, hot dogs, violins, color orange, black bugs, brains and Bad girls.

The judges’ assumptions: Jaden Smith, Taye Diggs, The Weeknd.

My guess: I still think it’s probably Pharrell aka brainiac Pharrell Williams who was discovered by Teddy Riley on a high school talent show; produced two songs on the Bad girls soundtrack; collaborated with “Black Beatles” rapper Rae Sremmurd; offers a range of orange athletic shoes and a children’s TV show called Brainchild; and whose unofficial Neptunes fan site is called Hot Dog High. Plus, the wide-brimmed mushroom cap in this “Mario Brothers costume” strongly resembles Pharrell’s famous Vivienne Westwood Buffalo hat!

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