Grammy Profitable Hip-Hop Icon and Actor Unmasked

That is to not say it was essentially within the wheelhouses of Mad Scientist Monster, Nessy, or Stud Muffin, because the three remaining Group C guys seem like from very completely different kinds of music. Stud Muffin provides us hip-hop vibes, whereas Nessy has extra of a pop rock sound, and Mad Scientist Monster is as nation as they arrive!

However, all 4 remaining masks took on the problem, bringing to life songs from All-4-One, *NSYNC, Bell Biv DeVoe, and even Jenny’s favourite boy band of all time, New Youngsters on the Block. However who danced their manner into subsequent week’s Group C finals? And who needed to say bye-bye-bye? You realize the drill!

Let’s leap proper in with this week’s masks. And don’t fret, earlier than we get to the surprising unmasking(s), we will make you energy by means of the horrible (and sometimes good) guesses made by our illustrious panel of Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong, and Rita Ora first. We do that as a result of we love … to torture you.

(“Tearin’ Up My Coronary heart,” *NSYNC) Nessy has fairly clearly established himself as a bona fide music star, however he went exterior his traditional sound with this one. We heard the vary, the falsetto, and sounds he is in all probability by no means needed to make on his personal music. However what actually got here by means of was a powerful, wealthy, seasoned tone. It is a veteran who’s nonetheless received an awesome sound.

Clues & Guesses: For “Boy Band Night time,” Nessy got here out and shared that he had a fairly direct rivalry going with one boy band particularly, *NSYNC. Not solely had been they battling for file gross sales and on the charts, however for air time on MTV’s TRL. When Ken referred to as *NSYNC his contemporaries, he quipped, “I am fairly certain I dropped my AARP card within the backside of this costume whereas I used to be dancing.”

Nessy then shared how he lastly received to attach with the boys at a celeb golf match, the place they competed exhausting and he performed “the worst recreation of my life.” Alongside the way in which, we noticed Nessy fishing, *NSYNC on a cease signal, a cart with popcorn, gummy worms and (root?) beer bottles. He stated that nowadays he misses the “pleasant competitors,” which is why he is loving being on this present.

His live performance merch clue got here from the Nick Cannon T-Shirt Cannon, shot by *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick. Chris additionally shared his vibe was that Nessy was a rustic singer. The t-shirt itself was Nessy in a coronary heart. “Identical to the boy banders, I used to be additionally recognized for my love songs,” he defined.

In his first clue bundle, Nessy had us considering of celebrities who stay someplace celebrities do not stay, with even his neighbors and mailman not essentially figuring out he is the identical man who’s that different well-known man. Nessy referred to as himself a “mild big” on this first clue bundle the place he stated he is a “little mysterious” and deliberately “reclusive” on his acreage.

A radio with a star on it suggests both a musical artist — we will positively hear that — or perhaps a deejay with a tremendous singing voice. He additionally polished a horseshoe, confirmed off a pink card with white lip print, and his household rose from the waters behind him, hinting at a spouse and three children.

Nessy shared, “I took a number of day without work to be with my household. However then having the ability to come on right here and be invited again into the limelight, that actually feels good.”

Rita laughed off her personal horrible Gene Simmons guess final week, upgrading it this time round to Dave Matthews. Jenny, although, tied the fishing clues to Hootie and the Blowfish’s Darius Rucker. Ken, although, thought-about Prepare’s Pat Monahan, who’s an avid golfer.

Truthfully, we nonetheless type of like Ken’s Daryl guess from final week, as does a lot of the Twittersphere. He does stay on 250 acres in a tiny neighborhood of lower than 1,000 individuals in Millerton, New York, so it is attainable his neighbors and mailman do not know who he’s as a well-known individual. He even talked about how personal he was — a Corridor & Oates Personal Eyes reference?

As for *NSYNC, effectively, Corridor and Oates had one in all their largest hits in 2002 with “Do It for Love,” which is similar yr *NSYNC went on hiatus and launched “Girlfriend.” Is that robust sufficient to be a rivalry like he talked about, although? Did they ever play golf collectively?

(“Poison,” Bell Biv DeVoe) Stud Muffin has higher strikes than a singing voice. He was capable of keep a melody and tune; he simply has a really restricted vary and this tune did not actually go well with his model. He was higher on the rap breakdown, for certain, and he is a enjoyable performer on stage, however he is positively not an artist, per se.

Clues & Guesses: For his second clue bundle, Stud Muffin took it again to the unique boy bands like The Temptations and The 4 Tops, who then influenced their subsequent generations, like New Version, Boyz II Males, and Bel Biv DeVoe — the latter group as soon as despatched him a birthday card, thus him performing their first huge hit.

He then talked about his personal brotherhood, exhibiting an image of 5 stud muffins, who grew up after which “blew up” collectively. He stated there was no restrict to what they may do, however as with anybody on the prime, there are then those that would attempt to poison their success. The 5 may positively discuss with an all-star basketball lineup, becoming with the athlete concerns.

Visible clues included a toy jet airplane and a pink wrapped bundle, earlier than Omarion (Season 5’s Yeti) of B2K got here out to shoot the t-shirt cannon. This shirt featured an inventory of elements: “Sprint of sugar, “Sprinkle of flour,” and “A Grammy of gold.” Stud Muffin defined, “All of the elements had been there, Nick. I am additional happy with this one.”

Then, Season 2’s Fox, Wayne Brady, provided a further duck-tastic clue, calling Stud Muffin his “journey buddy” and saying, “He has shared the display screen with Ken!”

When he first received a take a look at it, Stud Muffin was loving his costume as a result of he stated he is “had a muffin prime nearly all of his life.” He is additionally at all times dreamed of being a mascot, as you get to hype individuals up whereas remaining nameless. In his actual life, although, he reps his crew, serving to them “sweep up the competitors,” going from the underside to the highest.

He shared that he began off sweeping the flooring, although, whereas exhibiting a jar of jam. Different visible clues included tennis footwear (with a basketball graphic on them), a weight room, and people hundred greenback payments he was waving round earlier than throwing them round.

When requested if this fulfilled his mascot desires, Stud Muffin informed Nick, “Certainly one of my teammates used to run with a mascot, and I assumed it was so cool, however no. Love the concept, however Nick, love does not value a factor.”

Final week, Nick declared that he positively is aware of who that is. Then Rita homed in on the vocals, listening to Methodology Man, whereas Robin agreed, saying he heard Methodology’ signature respiratory sound. Add to that Omarion feeling fairly sure, too, and it is turning into a consensus. Methodology did blow up with the Wu-Tang Clan, although there have been far more than 5 of them.

This time round, Jenny threw out M.C. Hammer earlier than Ken stated “it is fairly apparent” that that is 2 Chainz. Rita, although, was standing robust once more on her guess from final week, aligning with Robin and Omarion for the legendary Methodology Man, himself.

Methodology did rating Grammy gold for his single with Mary J. Blige, “I am going to Be There for You/You are All I Have to Get By.” We are able to additionally tie a number of the basketball hints — and that five-person crew, maybe — to his Area Jam sound monitor tune “Hit ‘Em Excessive,” which he recorded alongside LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, B-Actual, and Coolio.

(“Step by Step” New Youngsters on the Block) Yorkie is just a little by means of her nostril on the vocals of this one, however it was a reliable karaoke rendition of a stone-cold boy band basic. She has good pitch and might discover her notes, however we weren’t listening to the identical degree of vitality in her voice as we see when she is consistently giving physique, just like the efficiency takes priority over the pipes.

Clues & Guesses: Yorkie informed us she is aware of all about boy band scandals in her second bundle, as she stated she was adored when she first hit the scene till a scandal left her paying for another person’s selections. Somebody she beloved was dragged by means of the filth within the information, gossip websites, and in every single place else.

Consequently, she needed to rebuild her personal self “step-by-step” to come back again stronger. Alongside the way in which, we noticed a “peach?” pie, gingerbread home, and billboards. Then, Chris Kirkpatrick returned to the stage to shoot a t-shirt to Jenny, who learn, “Touring Up My Coronary heart,” questioning if Yorkie has been on a comedy tour. The panel was loving her antics.

“Properly, my life has been a comedy, and a tragedy, however proper now it is actual good. Yeah, I have been round,” Yorkie defined. “All all over the world.”

With out giving a lot away in any respect in her first clue bundle, Yorkie shared that she’s fashion-forward, sassy, and — sure — fashionable! As we noticed a mouse on what regarded like a basic cardboard celebration hat, Yorkie talked about how she’s been by means of a number of “loopy stuff” in her life.

“One minute you are sizzling, the subsequent it is your time to go,” she stated whereas holding an outsized diamond ring. All through all of it, she stated that she’s had music, which rescued her in her “darkest hours.” We additionally noticed a stack of poker chips as she talked about having some chew to her, which has helped her catch rats.

When requested who the actual Yorkie is, she replied, “Properly, I used to be down unhealthy, however then a beautiful girl in Beverly Hills adopted me and now I am sporting Chanel and consuming caviar.”

Ken was nonetheless getting Actual Housewives vibes this week, and received some enthusiasm from each Jenny and Rita along with his Teresa Giudice guess, referencing the RHONJ star taking a number of warmth for her ex-husband Joe’s authorized troubles. Rita stated that she is aware of her Paris Hilton guess is loopy, however she’s standing by it. “No, it is not. It isn’t loopy,” Yorkie assured her.

Jenny, in the meantime, was additionally feeling the Actual Housewives chance, however as an alternative went with Erika Jayne. That was our greatest guess, too, with the web much more assured than that. Erika has appeared on Lip Sync Battle and as Roxie Hart in Chicago. May that be the kiss? Plus, there’s that being adopted by that “beautiful girl in Beverly Hills” remark.

Vocally, this one feels extra proper, along with her line, “the value of poker has utterly modified” about her tenuous relationship with estranged husband PK, probably tying to the poker chips, as does her current documentary, Wager It All on Blonde.

(“I Swear,” All-4-One) Mad Scientist Monster was capable of keep nation with this one, as John Michael Montgomery made this one successful even earlier than All-4-One. Curiously, after blowing us away final week along with his robust nation tone, he did not sound almost as assured or comfy on this one. His voice quavered a bit, and simply appeared all out of kinds, just like the instruments had been there, however the drawer would not come all the way in which open to let him entry them till about midway by means of the efficiency. A minimum of he completed robust, and paying homage to final week’s star.

Clues & Guesses: For “Boy Band Night time,” Mad Scientist Monster — or MSM as we’re calling him — opened up about falling in love along with his spouse, from the second they met passing a bowl of cranberry sauce at a friendsgiving celebration.

As he informed the story of their love and eventual marriage, we noticed a grandfather clock with seasons passing throughout its face and a thumbs up, a sand fortress, and a large cruise ship. He additionally tickled a pic of Piglet (Nick Lachey) backstage.

His Nick Cannon T-Shirt Cannon t-shirt learn each “BTS” and “BSB.” MSM defined, “It is an honor to have received the identical award as each Backstreet Boys and BTS.”

In his first bundle, we discovered MSM nearly did not wind up in no matter subject he is in now, the place he says he is “modified the world.” As a substitute, he was on the way in which to being the most effective in a unique subject, getting scouted and almost breaking out.

Nevertheless it all fell aside when everybody was eager to recruit him, leaving him sidelined and costing him his likelihood at glory. However he reacted to that setback with a pivot that confirmed him his objective. Alongside the way in which, we noticed “Quick” on a radar gun for clocking velocity, and a fish tank, together with all his experiments within the lab.

“You realize what?” he stated on stage. “That is so necessary to me as a result of it provides me a possibility to reintroduce myself to followers in a manner that they’ve by no means seen earlier than.”

This time, Robin discovered himself questioning if perhaps it was Alan Jackson, however Jenny received fired by him for not having the ability to dance, and he or she’s fairly certain this ain’t him. However, she loves a love story, questioning if it might be Tim McGraw, who fell in love with Religion Hill.

Rita was on an identical path, guessing Nicole Kidman’s beau from down below, who she labored with on that nation’s The Voice, Keith City. On-line guesses have ranged from Scotty McCreery to Brian Kelley, Chase Rice, and, sure, Blake Shelton. However the preferred names going to this point are Scotty McCreery and Joe Nichols — with no love for our Brett Younger guess final week, we guess!

The issue we see with Scotty and Joe being that Scotty met his spouse in kindergarten, whereas Joe met his whereas singing at his father’s membership. Brett, although, met his spouse by means of associates whereas in school, they usually had a 10-year on/off relationship through the years earlier than lastly tying the knot.  Plus, he is been open about celebrating annual Friendsgiving traditions.

We’re not saying we’re proper, however Brett Younger suits a number of the clues, together with the truth that he is received Billboard Music Awards, as have BSB and BTS. From final week’s bundle, the 6’6″ singer additionally began out with a really promising athletic profession, earlier than pivoting.

A baseball scholarship for pitching introduced him to Ole Miss the place he was scouted and truly turned down two pre-draft alternatives by the Tampa Bay Satan Rays and Minnesota Twins. He was effectively on his approach to a profession in baseball when an elbow harm successfully ended all of it. Final week’s clue duck even solidified it for us with “curve ball” and “pitch” wordplay about him.

This is the deal. Each Nessy and Mad Scientist Monster have confirmed they have nice vocal skills, know easy methods to ship a efficiency and actually join with the lyric, the music, and the gang. In the meantime, Stud Muffin and Yorkie are each extremely entertaining, however neither of them are going to go down in historical past as nice singers.

Until one thing loopy occurs, they’re going to each go house earlier than this Group is completed, however for tonight, we might have to present the sting to Yorkie. Initially, she’s an absolute hoot of a persona. We’re undecided anybody out there’s having as a lot enjoyable being on this present as she is correct now. Stud Muffin is entertaining in his personal proper, however her vitality simply drove us just a little tougher this week.

It should have translated the identical manner within the room, although, for as entertaining as he’s as a stage performer, it wasn’t sufficient to maintain him within the oven one other week. The timer has dinged and it is time for Stud Muffin to hit the cooling rack.

His Crack the Case Clue Case clue is a avenue signal: “Stud Muffin District.” He defined, they named an entire avenue after us, me and my crew. Whoever drives down that avenue, it is proof that I existed.”

• Robin Thicke: Methodology Man
• Jenny McCarthy: M.C. Hammer
• Ken Jeong: 2 Chainz
• Rita Ora: Methodology Man

Not for nothing, New York Metropolis did rename the intersection of Targee Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue to the Wu-Tang Clan District, in order that’s nonetheless matching up with the highest guess going. And you recognize Nick is aware of who it’s!

Rita and Robin proved they had been there for him and had been all he wanted to get that masks off, as Wu-Tang Clan founding member Methodology Man was revealed. Rita was each thrilled to be proper, and thrilled to be in the identical room with a legend, telling him, “You are an actual individual!”

The Masked Singer continues subsequent Wednesday with “Many years Night time” for the Group C Finals at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.