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On Wednesday, March 18, The Masked Singer planned to boldly go where no man—or in this case, mystery celeb—had gone before with a nostalgic theme and plenty of exciting performances.
As the competition continued to wind down with the finale looming on Wednesday, April 1, the panel of detectives—comprising Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong and Rita Ora—officially entered crunch time when it came to uncovering the identities of the remaining masked singers. And after last week’s surprising reveal, they needed all the help they could get with the clues.
Last week’s unmasking shocked the detectives
Last week’s episode embraced a cuddlier theme, with The Care Bears stopping by to help the detectives decipher multiple clues for the dynamic group of masked singers, which included Pangolin, High Voltage, Pugcasso and Crane. All of the mystery celebs gave stellar renditions of their chosen songs; however, they still left the detectives stumped on their identities—so much so that this episode included an extra, more straightforward clue for each person to help them along.
Following the solo performances, the audience and detectives voted to keep Crane and Pugcasso safe, securing their spots in the upcoming semifinals. This left Pangolin and High Voltage to sing a duet of “I’m So Excited” by The Pointer Sisters in the “Care Bears Royale.” After a high-energy performance by both, the detectives decided to save Pangolin, eliminating High Voltage.
When their neon-blue mask was finally removed, the electricity-themed mystery celeb was revealed to be legendary soccer player Alexi Lalas. Poking fun at the shocked detectives, Lalas noted that the biggest clue about his identity was on his head the entire time, as his robot costume came complete with a soccer ball-shaped piece on top.
With his elimination, the athlete joined David “Big Papa” Ortiz, The Chrisleys, Tiffany Haddish, Tone Loc, Taraji P. Henson, Claudia Oshry, Teddi Mellencamp, Billy Ray Cyrus and Jack Wagner as the Season 14 singers unmasked thus far—with two more set to join them in episode 10 due to the planned double elimination.
You can check out our full live recap of the last episode here.This week’s theme and masked singers
In case you haven’t guessed based on our not-so-subtle reference in this article’s introduction, the theme of this week’s episode was “Star Trek Night.”
The returning masked singers included 14 Karat Carrot, Cat Witch, Sting Ray and Galaxy Girl. As noted above, two of the five mystery celebs were slated to be unmasked as part of a double elimination headed into next week’s semifinal.
Stingray
Stingray kicked off the show by confirming they were, indeed, not Jason Derulo, as the detectives had previously guessed. For “colossal clue,” they presented the detectives with a single bedazzled glove before taking to the stage to sing “Starboy” by The Weeknd.
The detectives quickly guessed that the glove was likely a hint at their connection to Michael Jackson, which the mystery singer confirmed. Jeong believed Stingray might be Chris Tucker. Meanwhile, McCarthy Wahlberg thought they could be Jordan Fisher. However, both Thicke and Ora felt confident they were Evan Ross.
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