![]() ![]() Tim Chappel is this season’s costume designer. “The Masked Singer” entered Season 9 with 21 contestants include “Mustang,” “Axolotl,” “California Roll,” “Dandelion,” “Moose,” “Gargoyle,” “Jackalope,” “Doll,” Polar Bear,” “Night Owl,” “Rock Lobster,” “Gnome,” “Macaw,” “Squirrel,” “Wolf” and more. Pentatonix as California Roll joins Olivia Culpo as UFO, Lou Diamond Phillips as Mantis, Keenan Allen as Gargoyle, Melissa Joan Hart as Lamp, Alicia Witt as Dandelion, Dee Snider as the Doll, Christine Quinn as Scorpio, George Wendt as Moose, Holly Robinson Peete as Fairy, Alexa Bliss as Axolotl, Lele Pons as Jackalope, Malin Akerman as Squirrel, Michael Bolton as the Wolf, Grandmaster Flash as Polar Bear, Debbie Gibson as Night Owl, Howie Mandel as Rock Lobster, Sara Evans as Mustang and Dick Van Dyke as Gnome as the celebrities unmasked this season. Those three singers then faced off on a special episode in a battle to rejoin the competition - which wound up being Medusa. New this season was “Ding Dong Keep It On.” In the new twist to the competition, panelists had the opportunity to save a singer from looming elimination, but the bell can only be rung three times during the first three rounds. ![]() Each episode, three costumed celebrities performed, but only one would win and move on to compete again the following week. Like last season, “The Masked Singer” has once again adopted a “Champion of Masked Singer” format during the regular season. Before the final vote, the three semi-finals faced off in a battle royale, starting with California Roll, then Macaw and Medusa, all performing their version of “Runaway Baby,” by Bruno Mars. Pentatonix as California Roll sang “Breakaway,” by Kelly Clarkson, for their first number of the night. And tonight, we know,” said McCarthy Wahlberg. Ken Jeong picked the cast of “In the Heights.” Nicole Scherzinger thought it was the cast of “Pitch Perfect.” “When you know, you know. Panelist Robin Thicke indeed got it right with Pentatonix. But because we’re so used to seeing with each other and closing our eyes and just listening to each other, wewere able to really lockstep and sing in tune together and blend together.”įor California Roll, it was hard not to get it right, as it seemed pretty obvious from the beginning it was Pentatonix. “You would think it would, because we wouldn’t be able to see each other. “But it honestly didn’t make the singing challenging,” he said. Sallee said the costume was challenging, and it required two people each to help them walk around. ![]() That’s very much a theme within our band.” “And we just felt that one long piece of sushi that everybody loves, but to cut it up into five pieces that you want the whole and you can enjoy the individual parts as well. “We love sushi, absolutely love it, and we eat it very often on tour,” he said. Olusola said the choice of California Roll even fit perfectly for them. Hoying, Kristin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, Avi Kaplan, Kevin Olusola and Matt Sallee all make up the group and participated. It was very flattering to know that we can’t even hide our voice because it’s become part of what people have heard so many years.” We know that sound so much.’ But it honestly it was a compliment. But it didn’t work, because every comment on every video was like, ‘I knew from the beginning it was Pentatonix and I was confirmed as soon as they all came in. For the first minute, I was trying to really change my voice. So from the start, it was pretty easy to tell it was them on “The Masked Singer” – and indeed, the five-person group was unmasked as California Roll on Thursday’s show, which also doubled as the Season 9 semifinals.įor their first song, “Paparazzi,” group member Scott Hoying said they tried to avoid doing any harmonies at first, “so we could hide the iconic Pentatonix harmony sound for at least a minute. Pentatonix is pretty easy to recognize, as perhaps the best-known a cappella group performing today. SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 9, episode 13 of “ The Masked Singer,” which aired May 10 on Fox. ![]()
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