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The fourth season of the American television series The Masked Singer premiered on Fox on September 23, 2020, following a sneak peek episode that aired on September 13,[1] [2] and concluded on December 16, 2020. The season was won by singer LeAnn Rimes as "Sun", with singer Aloe Blacc finishing second as "Mushroom", and singer Nick Carter placing third as "Crocodile".
Nick Cannon, singer-songwriter Robin Thicke, television and radio personality Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, actor and comedian Ken Jeong, and recording artist Nicole Scherzinger all returned for their fourth season as host and panelists.[3] [4] Following controversial statements made on his podcast, it was confirmed that Cannon would remain as host of the show, after Fox accepted his apology.[5]
Guest panelists included Joel McHale in the third and fourth episodes, season two winner Wayne Brady in the sixth episode, Niecy Nash in the seventh episode, Cheryl Hines in the eighth episode, Jay Pharoah in the ninth episode, and Craig Robinson in the tenth episode.[6]
The panelists also engaged in a competition for the Golden Ear in this season. After each masked singer performed for the first time along with an initial clue package, each panelist wrote their first impressions-based guess at the identity of the celebrity and kept in a safe until the men in black are instructed to bring it out upon a contestant's elimination. Those guesses were revealed after each celebrity was unmasked, with panelist scoring a point for each celebrity they got correct from their initial first impression, with the panelist with the most correct answers winning the Golden Ear.[7] Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg won the first Golden Ear for getting the most guesses correct.[8]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, various industry-adopted safety protocols were implemented for production (as well as a change in location from Television City to Red Studios Hollywood), which included that the tapings to have a virtual audience, and that the judging panel would be 8 feet apart from each other. Fox Alternative Entertainment president Rob Wade said that the show would still "feel very much like" past seasons, having employed "various quarantining and various camera tricks" to preserve the visible presence of a studio audience.[9] Executive producer Craig Plestis stated that a goal for season four's costumes was to "increase the bonkers level and keep the production values up". A "virtual audience" was incorporated into voting. To accommodate social distancing, many of the clue packages used animation by Bento Box Entertainment, the studio behind Bob's Burgers as opposed to live-action filming typically used for their clue packaging.[10]
The season featured 16 contestants,[10] including "Snow Owls" wearing the first duet costume with its own vehicle,[11] the first costume to have animatronic parts ("Serpent"), and the first puppet costume ("Baby Alien"). The contestants in this season are reported to have a combined net worth over $398 million, 46 Grammy nominations, 23 platinum records, 10 Hall of Fame appearances, and one Olympic gold medal, to collectively have sold over 281 million records, appeared in over 5,475 episodes of television and 151 films, made five Super Bowl appearances, have four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, hold three world records, one Time 100 honor, and one Oscar nomination in a major category.[12] [13]
| Stage name[14] | Celebrity | Occupation(s) | Episodes | |||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
| Group A | Group B | A | B | Group C< | --Do not remove Group. It makes the heading clearer to readers the first time each group letter appears.--> | A | B | C | ||||||||||
| Sun | LeAnn Rimes | Singer | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=#F888FD | WIN | bgcolor=#F888FD | WIN | bgcolor=gold | WINNER | ||||||
| Mushroom | Aloe Blacc | Singer | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | WIN | bgcolor=silver | RUNNER-UP | ||||||||||
| Crocodile | Singer | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | bgcolor=tan | THIRD | |||||||||||
| Seahorse | Tori Kelly | Singer | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | bgcolor=darkgrey | ||||||||||
| Jellyfish | Chloe Kim | Snowboarder | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | bgcolor=darkgrey | ||||||||||
| Popcorn | Taylor Dayne | Singer | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor= #F3F781 | RISK | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | bgcolor=darkgrey | |||||||
| Broccoli | Paul Anka | Singer | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | ||||||||||
| Serpent | Dr. Elvis Francois | Surgeon/viral video star | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | ||||||||||
| Whatchamacallit | Lonzo Ball | NBA player | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | ||||||||||
| Snow Owls | Clint Black | Singer | SAFE | bgcolor=#FFEBCD rowspan="2" | SAFE | bgcolor=#FFEBCD rowspan="2" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD rowspan="2" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD rowspan="2" | OUT | |||||||||
| Lisa Hartman Black | Actor/singer | |||||||||||||||||
| Squiggly Monster | Bob Saget | Comedian/TV host | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Lips | Wendy Williams | Talk show host | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Baby Alien | Mark Sanchez | Retired NFL player | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Giraffe | Brian Austin Green | Actor | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Gremlin | Mickey Rourke | Actor/boxer | WD | |||||||||||||||
| Dragon | Busta Rhymes | Rapper | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| + Performances on the first episode | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | "Cuz I Love You" by Lizzo | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 2 | Giraffe | "Let's Get It Started" by Black Eyed Peas | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 3 | Popcorn | "What About Us" by P!nk | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 4 | Dragon | "Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J | Busta Rhymes | bgcolor=F99185 | OUT | |
| 5 | Snow Owls | "Say Something" by A Great Big World | SAFE | |||
| + Performances on the second episode | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crocodile | "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 2 | Baby Alien | "Faith" by George Michael | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 3 | Seahorse | "Only Girl (In the World)" by Rihanna | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 4 | Whatchamacallit | "I Wish" by Skee-Lo | SAFE | |||
| 5 | Serpent | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 6 | Gremlin | "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King | Mickey Rourke | bgcolor=F99185 | OUT | |
Guest panelist performance: "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke performed by Joel McHale as "The Robin"
| + Performances on the third episode | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Popcorn | "Falling" by Harry Styles | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 2 | Giraffe | "Get Down on It" by Kool & the Gang | Brian Austin Green | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | |
| 3 | Snow Owls | "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" by Meghan Trainor (feat. John Legend) | SAFE | |||
| 4 | Sun | "Praying" by Kesha | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| + Performances on the fourth episode | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serpent | "The Bones" by Maren Morris | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 2 | Crocodile | "Toxic" by Britney Spears | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 3 | Baby Alien | "It's Time" by Imagine Dragons | Mark Sanchez | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | |
| 4 | Whatchamacallit | "Money Maker" by Ludacris (feat. Pharrell Williams) | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 5 | Seahorse | "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| + Performances on the fifth episode | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squiggly Monster | "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" by Creedence Clearwater Revival | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 2 | Mushroom | "This Woman's Work" by Maxwell | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 3 | Jellyfish | "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 4 | Broccoli | "The House is Rockin'/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by Stevie Ray Vaughan/Jerry Lee Lewis | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 5 | Lips | "Native New Yorker" by Odyssey | Wendy Williams | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | |
Guest panelist performance: "Memories" by Maroon 5 performed by Wayne Brady as "Mr. TV".
| + Performances on the sixth episode | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mushroom | "If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 2 | Broccoli | "Hello" by Lionel Richie | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 3 | Squiggly Monster | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones | Bob Saget | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | |
| 4 | Jellyfish | "Crazy" by Patsy Cline | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
Group performance: "Raise Your Glass" by P!nk
| + Performances on the seventh episode | Stage name | Song | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | "Piece of My Heart" by Janis Joplin | WIN | |||
| 2 | Snow Owls | "The Prayer" by Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion | RISK | |||
| 3 | Popcorn | "Domino" by Jessie J | RISK | |||
| Smackdown | Identity | Result | ||||
| 1 | Snow Owls | "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion | Clint Black | OUT | ||
| Lisa Hartman Black | ||||||
| 2 | Popcorn | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| + Performances on the eighth episode | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seahorse | "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 2 | Crocodile | "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
| 3 | Whatchamacallit | "Lean Back" by Terror Squad ft. Fat Joe & Remy Ma | Lonzo Ball | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | |
| 4 | Serpent | "Cool" by Jonas Brothers | Dr. Elvis Francois | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | |
Group performance: "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5
| + Performances on the ninth episode | Stage name | Song | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jellyfish | "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa | WIN | |||
| 2 | Mushroom | "Unconditionally" by Katy Perry | RISK | |||
| 3 | Broccoli | "Old Time Rock & Roll" by Bob Seger | RISK | |||
| Smackdown | Identity | Result | ||||
| 1 | Broccoli | "Take Me Down" by Alabama | Paul Anka | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | |
| 2 | Mushroom | "A Song for You" by Donny Hathaway | bgcolor=lightgreen | SAFE | ||
Group performance: "Take On Me" by A-ha
Guest panelist performance: "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor performed by Craig Robinson
| + Performances on the tenth episode | Group | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Seahorse | "That's What I Like" by Bruno Mars | Tori Kelly | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | |
| 2 | Crocodile | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith | WIN | ||||
| 3 | C | Mushroom | "Valerie" by Amy Winehouse | WIN | |||
| 4 | Jellyfish | "Stay" by Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko | Chloe Kim | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | ||
| 5 | A | Popcorn | "Better Be Good to Me" by Tina Turner | Taylor Dayne | bgcolor=#F99185 | OUT | |
| 6 | Sun | "When the Party's Over" by Billie Eilish | WIN | ||||
Group performance: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Darlene Love
| + Performances on the final episode | Stage name | Song | Identity | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crocodile | "Open Arms" by Journey | Nick Carter | bgcolor=tan | THIRD PLACE | |
| 2 | Mushroom | "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder | bgcolor=silver | RUNNER-UP | ||
| 3 | Sun | "The Story" by Brandi Carlile | LeAnn Rimes | bgcolor=gold | WINNER | |