- In an exclusive clip, “The Masked Singer” judge Nicole Scherzinger guesses who the ringmaster is.
- Scherzinger surmised that Ringmaster was Olivia Rodrigo, who released her debut album Sour in 2021.
- Rodrigo recently released Driving Home 2 U, a documentary about the making of her album.
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In a clip from Wednesday’s upcoming episode of “The Masked Singer,” exclusively provided to Insider, judge Nicole Scherzinger is convinced that Ringmaster — a circus competitor who sings for Team Good, one of the three groups of Competitors this season along with Team Bad and Team Cuddly – this is “Drivers License” singer Olivia Rodrigo.
The clip, which will air as part of the March 30 episode, shows Scherzinger analyzing clues about the competitor, who consistently acts coy.
“I don’t know if she is, but she’s the hottest thing on the music scene right now,” Scherzinger said. “I saw the driver’s license. Hannah Montana was from Disney Channel, she was from Disney Channel too. We saw Golden State, she was born in California.”
“That could be Olivia Rodrigo, y’all,” Scherzinger said.
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Rodrigo’s single “Drivers License” catapulted her to stardom after its release in January 2021. Followed by their debut album Sour, which won Insider Album of the Year in 2021, Rodrigo has emerged as one of the music industry’s biggest stars in that span of less than a year.
The 19-year-old got her start on Disney Channel, where she first starred in the series Bizaardvark for three seasons and later had a starring role in the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which she co-wrote also several original songs. She was born in California in 2003.
Recently, Rodrigo was prepping for the release of “Driving Home 2 U,” a documentary about the making of “Sour,” which premiered March 25 on Disney+, telling People she was in rehearsals for “Like Every Day.” The singer also told Rolling Stone in early March that she was back in the studio working on her second full album.
The Masked Singer was filming in the early months of 2022, and Deadline reported in early February that several judges had left after Rudy Giuliani was exposed during a memorable taping.
It’s unclear if Ringmaster will be the “good 4 u” singer or not. The next episode of The Masked Singer, which also stars Hydra, Lemur, Miss Teddy, and Armadillo, airs Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. ET.