The Russian Dolls made Masked Singer history this season as the first band to ever compete on the show. The judging panel played dumb and guessed that it might be Sugarland, Boyz II Men, Barenaked Ladies, Savage Garden, or even Devo inside those wide-eyed wooden vessels… but surely Golden Ear-winning judge Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg recognized those beautiful brotherly harmonies from when the doll-faced former teen idols played unplugged on her MTV.
The Masked Singer Reveals the Identity of Robopine: Here s the Star Under the Mask
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SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 5 Episode 10 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired May 5 on Fox.
Tyrese Gibson may be one of the most competitive contestants to ever appear on “The Masked Singer.” How committed was he to the show’s guessing game? He frequently threw out incorrect clues, claiming to be 30 years older or hailing from Central America.
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“I personally tried to throw as many people off as I could with my backstory,” he said. “I said I was 60 years old, I said I had two grandkids and I was from Costa Rica. And so I was trying to throw a haymaker in there and really throw people off.”
Plus, which panelist did the singer expect to figure him out quickly?
First, Yeti, Black Swan, Russian Dolls, Chameleon, and Piglet move on after the contestantsâ latest performances. Then itâs time for Robopine, who sang Boyz II Menâs âWater Runs Dryâ to be unmasked, and no, heâs not Jamie Foxx, as panelists Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Nicole Scherzinger had written down as their first impression. But Scherzinger and guest panelist Chrissy Metz (
This Is Us) are right with their final guess: actor and singer Tyrese Gibson.
âWhen it was over, I did feel a sense of relief,â Gibson admits to TV Insider. âI didnât expect to make it as far as I did in the show. I was just asking a lot of questions: Maybe if youâre a big, huge star, they want to make sure you make it to the end, or maybe you need to be out there dancing and singing. I did not know what the formula of success was, so I was just trying to figure it out ev