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We’re not done yet The masked singer. In fact, we have repeated Sun’s performances repeatedly since she won and was revealed as LeAnn Rimes at the end of season 4. But the transition to your spin-off event The masked dancer it wasn’t too bad, because we saw basically the same faces of TMS (which will be back in 2021).
Ken Jeong, who is actually Fox’s mascot right now, has returned to his familiar place at the next speakers table TMS 4th season giraffe, also known as Brian Austin Green. The party host was Craig Robinson, who was one of the guest speakers on the “brother of another mother” program. Really, the only new additions to the Masked extended television universe were Paula Abdul and Ashley Tisdale, who joined Jeong and Green as panelists.
The structure of this nine-episode program will be familiar to TMS observers – 10 masked competitors compete in two groups, until they are reduced to a Super Six and, eventually, to three finalists. The big difference between the shows – in addition to the dance – is that there are more opportunities for competitors to reveal clues. There are tips in cheat and choreography packages, and speakers can hear a word from the real voices of the dancers and ask them questions.
Before we recap, I must deny that I know very little about the terminology of the dance, so you will read a lot “he did his thing” and “she sure did jump” because I rarely know exactly what kind of movement anyone is bursting.
Anyway, tonight we find Group A’s competitors: Hammerhead, Tulip, Cricket, Disco Ball and Exotic Bird. The very ripped shark danced “Everybody” by the Backstreet Boys, and then we heard his real voice. This confused me, because it is built as a Jersey Shore but his voice belonged to someone The Situation probably would have thrown in a locker at school.
Although we don’t know who he is, “all of us Know is that Hammerhead nailed it, ”said Robinson, picking up a page from the Nick Cannon School of Hosting.
Then, dancing to Fergie’s “Fergalicious” was Tulip, who looked young based on the “ok bloomer” on the track pack, the steps directly from a TikTok dance challenge, and even the TikTok symbol she made with her hands / petals on the stage . Tulip will be one of the contestants to win, because her grace and energy, not to mention the tap dancer, made it clear that she is not a stranger on the dance floor.
In third place was Cricket, who played “Jump for My Love” by the Pointer Sisters, followed by Disco Ball while dancing to the sound of “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars. The latter was a little rigid, but given the aggressive positivity of the speakers, you would think he was doing somersaults backwards worthy of the Olympics. And you thought the judges were really nice The masked singer!
Finally, Exotic Bird danced (jumping, no less) “Con Calma – Remix” by Daddy Yankee, Katy Perry and Snow.
The first competitor to be eliminated was … Disco Ball!
Green assumed he was LL Cool J, Jeong said Smokey Robinson, Abdul said Ving Rhames and Tisdale predicted that he was Lionel Richie.
Disco Ball was unmasked and revealed as rapper and actor Ice-T!
Clues pointing to the Law and Order: SVU star includes saying he was ready to “serve and protect”, as well as showing a shark fin in reference to his SVU character Odafin “Fin” Tutuola, saying he wanted to show his “true colors” (the rapper has a song called “Colors” from the 1988 film of the same name), his Word Up track “Grammy” (he has a win and three nominations ), and his name was literally in the tip pack when they showed you a pitcher of iced tea!
Ice-T told EW in his exit interview that he only had two hours to learn the choreography, and when it came time to perform the mask he was so heavy that his only concern was to stand. “I threw all the choreography out the window. I said I just don’t want to explode on national television like that. That would be the nightmare.”
The masked dancer will introduce us to Sloth, Ice Cube, Zebra, Cotton Candy and Miss Moth from Group B on Wednesday, January 6th, and will continue to air the same day.
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