End of ‘The Masked Dancer’: Winner, cotton candy, sloth and unmasked tulip

Olympic gold medalist gymnast Gabby Douglas is the first winner of “The Masked Dancer”, having won the show’s diamond mask trophy after being revealed as Cotton Candy.

Douglas was victorious despite facing two trained dancers in the end. The runner-up, Preguiça, turned out to be Maksim Chmerkovskiy of “Dancing with the Stars”. And in third place was Tulip, who turned out to be Mackenzie Ziegler (“Dance Moms”).

Douglas was unmasked after dancing Kesha’s “This Is Me”. The speakers were divided between whether Cotton Candy was a gymnast or an ice skater. Paula Abdul discovered it was Gabby Douglas, while Ashley Tisdale named her teammate Simone Biles. Brian Austin Green thought it was Tara Lapinski, Ken Jeong called Michelle Kwan.

One of Douglas’ notable moments on the show came before his first dance, when (dressed in Cotton Candy) she was suspended high in an acrobatic ring, but then fell to the ground. “The Masked Dancer” spent a lot of time playing that clip and noticing how Cotton Candy quickly recovered and performed.

Now, Douglas can reveal that – ironically – that while it was not easy to dance in disguise, it was perhaps that elaborate, padded costume that protected her.

“The ring was spinning really fast, which I had done so many shots before that, but I really wanted to make everything very light and airy,” she told Variety. “I was kind of not paying attention and part of my left shoulder left the ring and gravity literally knocked me over. But I was so lucky for the Cotton Candy costume because it padded the fall, and I had a big old skirt, she [large] head. So I left with just a bruised chin and a bruised knee, but I was fine. I just came back and thought, ‘Alright guys, let’s do it again. “

Douglas may be an athletic superstar, but she admitted that her dance skills were only “5%. Because I’m so used to doing static poses and not really being in character, moving, doing different genres or styles of dance. So, it was very, very different. “

Speakers finally discovered that Cotton Candy was a gymnast or ice skater, which made Douglas more eager to cover his tracks. “I didn’t want to make him too much of a gymnast, so I was practicing with choreographers saying, like, ‘OK, how can I be a dancer or how can I be a hip hop dancer, to lose the judges.’ “

She was amused by some of the first inappropriate guesses, especially by Jeong: “I thought Ken was super hilarious, some of his guesses are very wild. Kylie Jenner, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez who was wow, is he doing this just to be funny or is he serious? “

Douglas gives his experience high marks. “If I could go back and do it all over again, I would,” she said. “It definitely inspired my passion for dancing more.”

Secondly, Preguiça was correctly guessed by Abdul and Green, who chose Chmerkovskiy. Jeong called Channing Tatum, while Tisdale thought it was Hugh Jackman.

For third place, Tulip, Tisdale found out it was Ziegler. Abdul went with Liza Koshy, Jeong chose Lucy Hale, Green is called Sabrina Carpenter.

“I think one of the most difficult things for me was obviously facing,” said Ziegler. “Because it was definitely a lot bigger than my real head and it was difficult because I was doing tricks, my partner was standing up and it was difficult in rehearsals, trying to navigate around my head because it was too big.”

Ziegler said that many of her fans realized from the beginning that it was her: “I am very excited for everyone to see me, because many of my supporters are already guessing. And all of my comments are, ‘Are you Tulipa?’ So I’m excited to see how everyone reacts when they understand me well. “

Abdul and Green came to the end with two correct guesses, while Jeong and Tisdale had one. At the end of the night, Abdul won the season with four correct guesses, while Green ended with three, Tisdale with two and Jeong with one.

“The Masked Dancer” includes the “Word Up” feature, in which each competitor says a clue of a word about their identity. The first “Word Up” by Douglas was “Primetime”, the second “Word Up” was “Team Player”, the third was “Prayer” and the fourth was “Cover Girl”. On Wednesday, his last “Word Up” was “Foundation”.

This season’s costumes include Zebra, Tulip, Sloth, Exotic Bird, Cotton Candy, Cricket, Disco Ball, Moth, Ice Cube and Hammerhead. Previously unmasked were Oscar de la Hoya as the zebra, Jordin Sparks as the exotic bird, Vinny Guadagnino as the Hammerhead, Brian McKnight as the cricket, Elizabeth Smart as the moth, Bill Nye the science guy as the ice cube and Ice- Not like Disco Ball.

The program features a cast of 10 celebrities who “have accumulated more than 38 million albums sold worldwide, 20 Emmy awards, 20 Grammy nominations, 10 World Dancing titles, five New York Times best-selling titles, four Olympic gold medals and three performances at Broadway shows. “

“The Masked Singer” opened with finalists Cotton Candy, Tulip and Sloth dancing “I’ve Had The Time of My Life”, with presenter Craig Robinson singing the male part.

Here were the final three contestants and their performances in episode eight, “Road to the Finals – Final Clues to the Mask! / The Finale – One Last Mask! ”:

Cotton Candy

Dance: “This Is Me,” by Kesha
Word Up: “Foundation”
Panel guesses: Michelle Kwan, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles
Previous dances: Pink’s “Glitter in the Air”; “Sour Candy,” by Lady Gaga feat. Blackpink; “Great Balls of Fire”, by Jerry Lee Lewis; “Swan Lake Opus 20, Act 1 Finale,” by Tchaikovsky; “Get Ready (2013 Version),” by 2 Unlimited and “Hey Mickey,” by Mickey Mix DH
Previous Word Ups: “Prime time”; “Team Player”; “Prayer”; “Cover Girl”
Previous panel guesses: Jenna Dewan, Pink, Julianne Hough, Tara Lipinski, Kristi Yamaguchi, Gabby Butler, Simone Biles, Hayden Panettiere, Gabby Douglas

Laziness

Dance: “Ballroom Blitz”, by Struts
Word Up: “Magic”
Panel guesses: Hugh Jackman, Channing Tatum
Previous dances: “What I Like About You”, by Românticos; “Up Where We Belong”, by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes; “This is not a kick to the head” by Dean Martin; “Twist Remix”, by Neeraj Shridhar; “Dancing with a Stranger,” by Sam Smith feat. Normani
Previous Word Ups: “Broadway”; “Leader man”; “Pink”; “Application”
Previous panel guesses: Matthew Morrison, Kevin Federline, Jason Derulo, Jonathan Groff, Keegan-Michael Key, Will Ferrell, Bradley Cooper, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Harry Shum Jr., Hugh Jackman, Jack Black, Patrick Dempsey, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Tulip

Dance: “Kings & Queens” by Ava Max
Word Up: “Followers”
Panel guesses: Lucy Hale, Mackenzie Ziegler
Previous dances: “Fergalicious”, by Fergie; “Fields of Gold”, by Eva Cassidy; “Obrigado, Avançar”, by Ariana Grande; “My Boyfriend’s Back”, by The Chiffons; Polka medley
Previous Word Ups: “Triple”; “Princess”; “Achievements throughout life”; “Butterflies”
Previous panel guesses: Charli D’Amelio, Ariana Grande, Heather Morris, Sarah Hyland, Hayden Panettiere, Kristen Bell, Charli D’Amelio, Simone Biles, Julianne Hough, Liza Koshy, Haylie Duff, Jamie Lyn Spears, Maddie Ziegler, Mackenzie Ziegler, Noah Cyrus, Dove Cameron

Then, the 5th season of “The Masked Singer: opens on Wednesday, March 10 at 8 pm ET on Fox, paired at 9 pm with the premiere of“ Game of Talent ”, presented by the winner of the second season of“ Singer ” Wayne Brady. As reported by Variety, the fifth season of “Singer” will begin with guest host Niecy Nash, who is replacing Nick Cannon as he recovers from COVID-19.