The Masked Singer, season 5, episode 3, reveals the identity of the raccoon

SPOILER ALERT: Don’t read ahead if you haven’t watched Season 5, episode 3 of “The Masked Singer”, which aired on March 24 on Fox.

Danny Trejo has spent the past few weeks dodging people in public, asking if he is the raccoon for “The Masked Singer”.

“The Masked Singer” likes to keep the identity of its celebrities secret, but there is no way to hide Trejo’s unmistakable growl. And it turns out that the fans were right: Trejo is the last star to be unmasked on Fox’s hit show.

“I would go to the market and someone would say, ‘I know he’s the raccoon!’ I would say, no, did you not see me in ‘Heat’? I did ‘Con Air’, I’m not Raccoon, what is Raccoon! I think my best acting jobs were at Vons Market, when women started telling me that I was the raccoon! “

Trejo said he was attracted to “Masked Singer” in part because of the fantasy as well. “When they contacted us, I had seen [the show] before and I thought it would be cool and then when they showed me the costume, that raccoon. I have a schnauzer that looks exactly like the raccoon. My dog ​​is called John Wesley Harding, [after] he was the cruelest cowboy in the West, who once killed a man for snoring too loudly. They thought I was playing with the raccoon, but I was actually playing with my dog, John Wesley Harding. “

Trejo sang “Ring of Fire”, by Johnny Cash, in his second and last performance.

“I started a record company simply because I don’t know how to sing,” he said. “So, I have some singers that are doing really well. We released an album and now we are releasing another one. I love music, and when they said I could sing Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire, I love him, he came to Folsom Prison. “

Trejo was ready to sing a song by Barry White for his third number if he had returned. His first number was “Wild Thing”, by Troggs.

“I remember Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, in an episode of ‘Two and a Half Men’ screaming and screaming, and I thought about doing it,” said Trejo. “So I channeled Steven Tyler when I did ‘Wild Thing’. I laugh every time I think about that whole episode and you have to understand the minute you enter that show, you are in a completely different world. You are a raccoon. You have to get rid of your expectations of being cool or cool. “

Although it is quite clear that Trejo was the raccoon – that voice is unmistakable, even when disguised – somehow none of the speakers guessed right. Robin Thicke thought it was Tony Danza, Ken Jeong called Danny DeVito, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg guessed Gary Busey and Nicole Scherzinger thought it was Sylvester Stallone. Invited speaker Joel McHale also accompanied Danza.

“This is a milestone right there,” said Trejo of his experience with the “Masked Singer”. “You enter a different world and the minute you put on a costume like that, you’re a raccoon now. You can do what you want. You know, you are free. My film genre, I usually play the villain. And even when I’m a good guy, I’m a good and bad guy. So, that was a completely new experience. “

Trejo seems to be everywhere today; he is in the new film “SpongeBob SquarePants”, for example, alongside others like Snoop Dogg and Keanu Reeves. “I was at the Super Bowl, and Snoop Dogg was performing, and he called me on stage,” said Trejo. “And he goes, you and I, two of the oldest gangsters in Hollywood, and we’re on ‘SpongeBob’. Everyone in the Super Bowl was waiting to see me and Snoop on ‘SpongeBob’! “

Trejo’s revelation, “Masked Singer,” also came on the same day that he publicly received the COVID-19 vaccine alongside Magic Johnson and Mayor Garcetti.

Niecy Nash continued as a guest presenter on “The Masked Singer”, replacing regular presenter Nick Cannon. Another novelty this season, the “wildcard” competitors will be introduced to the competition and will join the battle for the gold mask trophy. The first Wildcard appeared in this episode: The Orca entered the show.

This season’s costumes include Raccoon, Seashell, Black Swan, Snail, Grandpa’s Monster, Phoenix, Chameleon, Russian Doll (s), Porcupine, The Piglet and the wild cards. Trejo as Raccoon joins the previously unmasked celebrities Caitlyn Jenner (like Phoenix) and Caco the Frog (like Caracol).

Season 5 participants have 26 Grammy nominations, nine multi-platinum singles, four Oscar nominations, three Super Bowl appearances, six gold medals and two world records.

The show’s speakers are also competing for a “Golden Ear” trophy based on their first impressions of each masked artist (which McCarthy won last time). No one received votes in the first week; in the second week, Jeong and McCarthy Wahlberg each received a point. For Raccoon, Jeong thought it was Mike Tyson, McCarthy Wahlberg called Dustin Hoffman, Scherzinger thought it was Gary Busey; Thicke’s was Danny DeVito.

Here were the other contestants and their performances on the third night, “Grupo A Wildcard – Enter Wildcards!”:

Russian doll (s) (three contestants)

Song: “Wonder,” by Shawn Mendes
Self-portrait track: Warhol-like image of Russian dolls in a car. “These colors stand out like us.”
Panel guesses: Sugarland, Boyz II Men, Jacksons
Voice-over: “We totally confused the panel with our harmonies. But we have not always been in union. There was a time when you cracked a lot. I was doing something that I loved when I realized something was very wrong. I was rushed to the hospital and there was no guarantee that it would ever be the same. If it weren’t for the glue that binds us together, maybe I wouldn’t have survived. Trauma really made us stronger. And now we don’t take anything we do together for granted. “
Previous song: “Man in the Mirror”, by Michael Jackson
Assumptions from the previous panel: Boyz II Men; Vanessa Hudgens; Darren Criss, Matthew Morrison, Kevin McHale or other “Glee” stars; Gwen Stefani and No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont

seashell

Song: “Confident”, by Demi Lovato
Self-portrait track: Tornado of microphone, book, dumbbell, plate of food. “I wear a lot of hats, so sometimes it can be a little tornado. But I like to see myself as a superhero. “
Panel guesses: Ashlee Simpson, Jenny Slate, Haylie Duff
Voice-over: “It’s been a long time since I’ve been on stage, so, stepping in front of all of you for the first time, I was a lot of nerves. But I am very proud of myself for my solo performance. In the past, being alone was scary for me. I always felt like a tiny shell in a very, very big world. But then, one day, everything changed. Out of nowhere, a certain showman asked me out. He was a total athlete. But it made me feel bigger than life and gave me the courage to do things that I was always afraid of. No matter how small I feel on that big stage, I am more confident knowing that it is there to catch me. “
Previous song: “Listen to Your Heart,” by Roxette
Previous panel guesses: Kristen Chenoweth, Hilary Duff, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Love Hewitt

Porcupine / ”Robopine”

Song: “All of Me,” by John Legend
Self-portrait track: Porcupine dressed as a rock star with a spider. “I used to have a phobia of spiders.”
Panel guesses: Brian McKnight, Jason Derulo, Wesley Snipes, Eddie Murphy
Voice-over: “My first performance made all the feathers on my back go up. I was in a funk recently. But putting on that shining armor and humming was just what I needed. I felt like a singing superhero. About 60 years ago, as a tiny Piney in Costa Rica, my superheroes were the workers whose job it was to keep my streets clean. They had my dream job. But life took me on a different path. Oh, on this day, elegant and hardworking, I love to stop and lend a claw. They say why a shiny hedgehog like you would want to dirty your feathers with us? I tell them, they are the real superheroes who helped to instill the work ethic that has accompanied me all my life. Which took me to big stages like this. “
Previous song: “Never Too Much”, by Luther Vandross
Previous panel guesses: Jamie Foxx, Idris Elba, Lionel Richie, Ginuwine

WILDCARD: Orca

Song: “We will not take this”, by Twisted Sister
Self-portrait track: “I am always a killer and always the biggest fish in every scene, so I always get the biggest waves.”
Panel guesses: Laird Hamilton, Dave Grohl, Billy Corgan, Kevin Bacon
Voice-over: “Welcome to Orca’s Piehole. Let me tell you how pizza has changed my life. I was 24 and was closer to becoming a joke than reaching my goal as a big star. My father told me that if I didn’t make waves at 25, to move on. The clock was ticking. I had to run. So, I improvised. I hid my test strips inside pizza boxes and delivered them all over the city. It was my last chance. And at 11, boom! And that’s how I made my wildest dreams come true. And now, as the wildest card so far, I’m going to explode this competition. “

Watch Trejo’s unmasking here: