SPOILERS ALERT: Don’t read any further if you haven’t watched Season 7 Episode 8 of The Masked Singer, The Mask of Least Resistance – Round 3, which aired April 27 on Fox.
So I guess we’ll just pretend last week didn’t happen and just move on. But Wednesday night’s unmasked celebrity was somewhat controversial in her own way: Kirstie Alley, who has made her own notorious headlines for the past few years, was revealed to be Baby Mammoth — part of “Team Cuddly” — in this week’s episode.
For Baby Mammoth, one of the “Masked Singer” panelists got it right: Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg found out it was Alley. Robin Thicke thought it was Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Scherzinger named Rachael Ray and Ken Jeong guessed Reese Witherspoon.
Alley performed Cher’s “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)” as Baby Mammoth on Wednesday’s show; later she also sang “Me Too” by Meghan Trainor. Last week Alley/Mammoth performed Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight”.
A “mega-hint” for Alley was a birdcage: “Well, I think all animals should be wild things. So I freed it and helped it escape.” (Incidentally, Alley once gave her crew live birds in birdcages during a Veronica’s Closet wrap party.)
During last week’s episode, the baby mammoth revealed that “they told me I could do anything I wanted out here except poop on stage. So I take it as a very big win because although you can poop in the circus, you’re not allowed on this show. I feel very good because although I got a lot of silver, I still want gold!”
Previous panel guesses also included Sandra Bullock, Diane Keaton, Dianne Wiest, Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya Harding, Kathleen Turner and Suzanne Somers.
The episode came to Alley as Baby Mammoth vs. Space Bunny duel. Alley/Mammoth began with Meghan Trainor’s “Me Too,” followed by Space Bunny with Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me.”
Kirstie Alley as Baby Mammoth joins the list of unmasked celebrities this season, which also includes Rudy Giuliani as Jack in the Box, Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman as Armadillo, Jennifer Holliday as Miss Teddy, Penn and Teller as Hydra, Christie Brinkley as the Lemur, Jorge Garcia as Cyclops, Jordan Mailata as Thingamabob, Duff Goldman as McTerrier and Joe Buck as Ram.
The Masked Singer entered its seventh season with 15 contestants, divided into The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly. This season’s costumes include THE GOOD: Ringmaster, Armadillo, McTerrier, Firefly, Frog Prince; THE BAD: Hydra, Ram, Jack in the Box, Cyclops, Queen Cobra; THE CUDDLY: Baby Mammoth, Thingamabob, Lemur, Space Bunny, Miss Teddy.
Season 7 contestants have a total of 112 movie appearances, 15 Grammy nominations, eight Emmy nominations, seven Super Bowl appearances, two Hollywood Walk of Fame stars, two world records, and an attempt to destroy democracy by staging a coup plan and undermine the duly elected President from the United States.
In another change, the show’s panelists don’t appear to be in contention for a “Golden Ear” trophy based on their first impressions of each masked cast member (which McCarthy won twice, but Scherzinger won last season) this season.
Here were the other contestants and their performances on night eight:
Queen Cobra, “The Masked Singer” Fox
Queen Cobra (“Team Bad”)
Song: “I Say a Little Prayer” by Aretha Franklin
voiceover: “I left the panel so confused. You have no idea how many of me are sneaking around up here, let alone who I am. All I know so far is that I killed it. And I’m here to stay.”
Mega note: Valentine marked “B. Mine.” “That first tip, dear, goes to someone special.”
Best girl friend: Holly Robinson Peete
Panel guesses: schnapps and Monika; Curls; Clark sisters, Zhané
Previous song: Good as Hell by Lizzo
Previous panel guesses: Jada Pinkett Smith/Willow; schnapps and Monika; Anne Hathaway
Space Bunny, “The Masked Singer” Fox
Space Bunny (“Team Cuddle”)
Song: All Night Long (All Night) by Lionel Richie; “Are you really trying to hurt me?” by Culture Club
voiceover: “My first performance, I was hooked! I’ll bring the heat now. And I’m going to win it for Team Cuddly because the Cuddly guy runs it, know what I mean?”
Mega note: dumbbells “I’ve done a lot of intense training over the years. Ready to take down the competition, mom!”
Panel guesses: Floyd Mayweather, Pitbull, LL. Cool J
Previous song: “Jump in the Line” by Harry Belafonte
Previous panel guesses: Damian Lillard, Sean Paul, Shabba Ranks, Shaggy, LeBron James
Prince, “The Masked Singer” Fox
The Prince (“Team Good”)
Song: “Lay Me Down” by Sam Smith
voiceover: “Tonight I just hope that I can get the last place in the final. So Team Good can outperform the competition.”
Interview: “I’ve performed in front of many people many times, but this has to be the craziest performance I’ve ever been to. I’m happy to be back on a team and hope to knock it out of the park.”
Mega note: Baggage. “I have traveled to many hotels around the world. And that has to be the wildest yet.”
Panel guesses: Enrique Iglesias, Niall Horan, and Darren Criss
Song: “La Copa de la Vida” by Ricky Martin
Previous panel guesses: Enrique Iglesias, Derek Jeter, and Alex Rodriguez