Hey all,
I believe over 7 million people tuned into the final of The Masked Singer UK (Season 2) where it was the Badger, Robin and Sausage who were against eachother in the most popular celebrity-guessing competition in the UK...with a lot of discussion and debate during the pandemic!
To start the show, Joel Dommett introduced each of the judges with their individual openings; 'Hoping it won't be mission impossible...he's the Tom Clues of the panel', Jonathan Ross, 'She's good at cracking cases, and she hasn't lost her marbles', Rita Ora. 'She's goot at spotting celebrities in her line of duty, but she could never be a silent witness', Davina McCall, 'Our very own Sherlock Mo-nes', Mo Gilligan and finally, the guest judge on the panel, Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts who was introduced as the 'very special guest, member of one of the biggest bands, and the Masked Singer reining champion Queen Bee! Before the show even began, Nicola said that she 'knows the perks that the other side play' and after it was releaved that Rita had the most correct guesses in season 1, but everyone was drawing on 2 correct guesses each so far for this season, Nicola joked that she might be able to guess all 3 of the remaining celebrities and beat them all!
To start the show, it was the turn of Robin. In his video tape before his performance, he said that in the semi finals, the song bird soared, and at this was the episode that the judges will finally see their face, but is it the one they were expecting? The song 'Walk This Way' was playing in the background...but I wasn't too sure if that was just to accompany the visuals, or if it was a hint about the celebrity! Robin went on to say he was at the final of another competition, with Mo quickly asking if 17 million people watch The X Factor. The feathered bird explained that 'it's time for this bird to take it's final flight' before appearing on the stage. After performing an amazing singing and dancing rendition of 'For once in my life' by Stevie Wonder, the judges all had a variety of guesses for who they thought the masked celebrity was. Their guesses are below!
Jonathan - Alexandra Burke (as in the VT, the Robin said 'I don't wanna 'burke' this up)
Rita, Nicola & Davina - Aston Merrygold from JLS
Mo - Will Young or Olly Murs
...and the secret clue was that the Robin's name 'fits like a glove'
The second performance was from Badger who admitted he 'lit up the semi finals' with his performance of Greased Lightning, and also said that his mask was coming off tonight, but when they have a 'butchers' will they find the face they thought it was. The backing track for this video tape was 'Final Countdown', and the Badger admitted that he knew what it was like to be on a panel as a judge...joking that 'maybe I'm an actor putting on an accent or a musician'. Nicola said that he sounded like he was from Birmingham, and the Badger quickly explained that he had won some big awards in his time, wondering if he would be able to take away the masked crown. He performed 'Believer' by Imagine Dragons, and below are the judges guesses!
Jonathan - Adam Levine (Not a British person...an American singer)
Nicola - Ne-Yo (Used to always listen to his songs...and if it's him, she'll be starstruck)
Mo - Anderson Paak (People not recognsing you, wearing lots of hats & bad accents!)
Davina - Pharrell Williams (Living his best life as a rocker...hat clubes & Blurred Lines)
Rita - Jay Kay from Jamiroquai (Collects cars clues)
...and the secret clue was that this is his 'greatest role outside of Hollywood'
The third and final performance to decide who would sing again and which celebrity was eliminated on the spot, was Sausage! She explained that in the semi finals, 'this sausage was smoking' and tonight, the judges will get to meet the singer behind the sausage. They revealed it's their last stop on tour with Mo and Davina quickly thinking that it could be a YouTube content creator/vlogger as they were holding a camera. The sausage went on to explain that although they are a sausage, they are entirely plant based - which gave Rita and Jonathan the idea that they are either a vegan or vegetarian! They went on to say that they 'wanted to play a game and have fun' and she doesn't think she's a villain, but has been in the past. The final words were that she wanted to channel some good vibes and give the judges some final food for thought! She performed Whitney Houston's 'I wanna dance with somebody' and after the performance, Joel stated that he wanted to dance with salami!
Davina - Ellie Goulding (Every week you make me feel so happy, you start singing and I hear a professional singer!)
Mo - Pixie Lott (You're so good, and it's so hard because everytime I think I get close...something about being plant based, and also Strictly Come Dancing)
Jonathan - Sheridan Smith (Amazing singer!)
Nicola - Stacey Solomon (Vegan/veggie thing, someone who's environmental friendly, humbleness and the rhythem of how you speak)
Rita - Leona Lewis (Said Stacey from the get go, but you're somebody I know is a popular proud vegan with a great voice!)
...and the secret clue was that that the Sausage has 'won an award that sounds like kammy'
Mo - Jennifer Hudson? (Some of the clues are trying to put us off)...
Jonathan - Sheridan Smith has jam trees (kammies) in her garden!
After the public had voted for who they wanted to see perform again, it was over to Joel to reveal the results! Sausage was the first celebrity saved, and the second celebrity saved was Badger, which meant that the Robin placed third and would be revealing their identity! The celebrities had one final guess at who they thought the Robin was, and here they are below!
Jonathan - Alexandra Burke
Rita & Nicola - Aston Merrygold
Davina - Nicky Byrne from Westlife
Mo - Olly Murs
The Robin was in fact Aston Merrygold and he revealed that he didn't start singing until he was 16/17 old, but playing football (and supporting Aston Villa) was something he did early on. The song 'Rockin Robin' which he sang last week, was the song he performed on 'Stars in their Eyes', and 17 million people watched him perform at The Queens Jubilee!
Badger was up to perform next in his final performance of the series, and explained that making it to the final was truly an honour, and to make it this far, he felt truly blessed. Some of the comments from the judges included that he has so much confidence (Jonathan), an amazing voice (Rita), brings mystery a lot more than anyone else (Jonathan) and is probably disguising their voice and the way that they walk (Davina) - with Rita adding that 'none of it adds up'. Badger said that the panel were going to see who he was tonight, and he is hoping that there are some surprised faces out there. Mo explained that he's definitely going to have a light bulb moment when he finds out, and Davina added that he's played the game brilliantly! Badger explained that the experience for him has been fun beyond belief, and he performed 'Wrecking Ball' by Miley Cyrus, as this was his favourite performance from the series!
Davina - Pharrell Williams (Exciting performer and glad you made it to the final 2...sticking with the name I said earlier)
Mo - Anderon Paak (Definitely someone from across the pond!)
Rita - Ne-Yo (I feel so silly now...gav you all the guesses under the sun, and if it's Ne-Yo and I didn't guess him...he'll think I'm crazy. Best performance ever!)
Nicola - Ne-Yo (Phenomenal and so happy I got to see you sing again. R&B songs are the type of songs he sings)...
Jonathan - Robin Thicke
Sausage was up to perform their final song of the season next! She said it felt exciting to be in the final and she couldn't believe she was here! Some of the comments from the judges including that the sausage is bringing her character to life (Davina), one clue makes him think that he's got it, and then after another clue it's not right (Jonathan), and he continued to say that he's looking forward to seeing the sausage's face when they unmask! She performed an amazing rendition of Andra Day's 'Rise Up' as it was her favourite performance from the series!
Rita - Leona Lewis (Such a strong voice!)
Jonathan - Sheridan Smith (Blackpool and Legally Blonde clues)
Davina - Fergie (Think you're a big star. Female singer that is American, very feisty and she can sing!)
Mo - Jennifer Hudson (Really good stuff!)
Nicola - Demi Lovato (That was flawless, it was incredible...the inflections in the voice sounded like Demi!)
It was announced that the winner of the show was SAUSAGE, so Badger had to finally reveal his true identity...Here are the final guesses from the judges!
Mo - Anderson Paak
Davina - Pharell Williams
Nicola & Rita - Ne-Yo
Jonathan - Adam Levine
After it was revealed that the Badger was in fact Ne-Yo, he said 'How did it take you so long???'. Nicola admitted that she was listening to his song in the shower, but still couldn't work out that it was him! Ne-Yo said that he had to disguise his voice at the beginning, and once he realised how far away they were, he just sang normally. He added that he had one of the biggest songs on the radio for almost 6 weeks (with Let Me Love You) and nobody recognised him when he was out in public, but he also said that he had so much fun being on the show! 'It's such a great experience, but might have to work a little harder next time'!
The final part of the show was for the judges to guess the identity of the Sausage...and below are the final guesses! Previous guesses included Stacey Dooley, Stacey Solomon, Ellie Goulding and many others...but were any of those correct?
Mo - Beverley Knight
Davina - Fergie
Nicola - Stacey Solomon
Rita - Leona Lewis
Jonathan - Sheridan Smith
The Sausage was in fact international music superstar Joss Stone! Jonathan said 'She fooled us all...and I guessed Joss Stone for someone else!'. When she was asked about appearing on the show, she simply said 'Who doesn't love sausage and chips?'. She went on to say 'I'm dressed in a sausage, so what are you going to do apart from laugh...Life can be too serious, we should all be dressed in chips and sausage!' - and Joel revealed that Joss had been competing in the entire show whilst also heavily pregnant! (So there were 2 masked singers in one costume!). She added that this has been the funniest and most hilarious job that she has ever done, and also I believe she was a worthy winner of the competition! Watch this space for Season 3? Who knows? It's peace out from me, and see you for another update on another show, album, song or Internet star soon!
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