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Nick: The competition is heating up

with only our hottest singers still standing.

Flamingo: I am ready. I'm going to rock this flamingo till the feathers fall off.

Leopard: I can't help but think about the gold prize.

Flower: Why would I come all this way dressed like that and not win?

Rottweiler: People would kill to get to do this.

I'm taking it. I'm eating it up like puppy chow.

‐ Nick: Here we go. ‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪

Nick: This is "The Masked Singer."

‐ ( vocalizing ) ‐ Oh, wow.

After three rounds of laying it all out on the stage,

only the best of the best undercover celebrities remain.

Honestly, I could listen to you sing that over and over again.

Last week, the Ladybug gave our panel the shock of their lives.

Kelly Osbourne!

I am gonna miss being the Ladybug.

You become it. It becomes you.

‐ Tonight... ‐ ♪ Catch a grenade for you ♪

...four of your favorite masked superstars

will throw down in two stunning face‐offs.

Flamingo versus Leopard

and Flower versus Rottweiler.

This whole experience has helped me believe in myself more than I ever have.

‐ And guess who's back. ‐ God help us.

‐ Joel McHale. ‐ Clearly you have talent,

unlike someone on my right.

‐ Are... ‐ Alec Baldwin.

‐ you... ‐ Mario Lopez.

‐ ...ready? ‐ Why?

Why not, Ken? Your explanation made no sense.

( music playing )

♪ Who are you? ♪

♪ Who, who, who, who ♪

♪ Come on, tell me who are you? ♪

♪ Who are you? ♪

♪ Who, who, who, who ♪

♪ Oh, I really wanna know ♪

♪ Who are you? ♪

‐ Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! ‐ Welcome, everyone, to "The Masked Singer."

In this crazy town, our famous citizens wear masks to hide their famous faces,

while they battle it out to stay anonymous as long as possible.

The stakes are getting higher by the minute

as only the best of the best masked superstars

are left in the competition.

Tonight, four of our remaining masked singers

face off two by two.

We've got the Flamingo versus the Leopard

and the Flower versus the Rottweiler.

The winners will be one step closer to the finale

and taking home the Golden Mask.

The others will meet in the smackdown.

All right, now, we have a returning guest detective

who grew up in the comedy community with Ken Jeong,

except for he grew up a lot taller.

‐ Yeah, yeah. ‐ Joel McHale!

‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah. ‐ Nicole: Joel McHale, everybody.

‐ Yeah! ‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah.

‐ Yeah! ‐ Thank you. Thank you.

‐ Yeah! ‐ Thank you, thank you.

Nick: Joel, welcome back.

We're thrilled to have you here again.

Has success turned your pal, Dr. Ken here,

into a monster even more than T‐Pain?

Yes. Look at his jacket. It's awful.

‐ So are his guesses, by the way. ‐ Yes.

All right, you ready to hear some masked singers, people?

Let the face‐offs begin.

Let's stick our necks out for revealing clues

about the Flamingo.

Flamingo: After weeks of my nerves getting the best of me,

I feel like things are starting to click.

♪ Never be enough ♪

Best performance by far, I think, of the show yet.

I'm so happy. I feel like I'm living in a fantasy.

Welcome to my beautiful home I like to call "my chateau"...

‐ Eiffel Tower. ‐ Taj Mahal.

...where today, I'm soaking up all the incredible things

the panel have said about me.

I'm realizing this experience

is teaching me to love my own voice

for the first time in years.

And, ay dios mio, can I be straight up?

I'm finally finding my center.

‐ Whoa, Spanish. ‐ "Straight up."

That's interesting. Like Paula Abdul.

And now with my newfound confidence,

tonight I'm throwing the biggest party

this stage has ever seen.

♪ Where's all my soul sistas? ♪

♪ Let me hear ya flow, sistas ♪

♪ Hey, sista, go, sista, soul sista, flow sista ♪

‐ ♪ Hey, sista, go, sista ♪ ‐ Whoo!

♪ Soul sista, go, sista ♪

♪ He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge ♪

♪ Strutting her stuff on the street ♪

♪ He said, "Hello, hey, Joe" ♪

♪ "You wanna give it a go‐go?" ♪

♪ All right, gitchie, gitchie, ya‐ya, da‐da ♪

‐ Yeah, come on! ‐ Come on!

♪ Gitchie, gitchie, ya‐ya, here ♪

‐ ♪ Mocha chocolata, ya‐ya ♪ ‐ Hey, get it, girl!

♪ Creole Lady Marmalade ♪

♪ Hey, voulez‐vous coucher avec moi, ce soir? ♪

♪ Voulez‐vous coucher avec moi? ♪

♪ Marmalade, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Marmalade ♪

♪ Hey, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

Yeah!

♪ Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth ♪

♪ Color of cafe au lait ♪

♪ Made the savage beast inside ♪

♪ Roar till he cried ♪

♪ More, more, more ♪

‐ More cowbell! ‐ Yes, the cowbell!

♪ Gitchie, gitchie, ya‐ya, da‐da ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Gitchie, gitchie, ya‐ya, here ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Mocha chocolata, ya‐ya ♪

♪ Creole Lady Marmalade ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

‐ Oh, my God. ‐ Whoo!

♪ Yes ♪

‐ Joel: Yeah, yeah. ‐ Nicole: Wow!

‐ Amazing, amazing, amazing! ‐ Wow!

( chanting ) Flamingo! Flamingo!

‐ Nick: Wow! ‐ Somebody came to win!

‐ Yeah. ‐ Wow.

‐ I would agree. ‐ Robin, you're a tough guy to impress,

and you look extremely impressed.

Wow. I mean, I've been thinking that Rottweiler

had maybe the strongest voice.

You've gotten stronger every single week,

and that was by far the best this season.

‐ Wow. ‐ By far.

And, girl, I know you talked about you didn't like your voice,

but you slayed.

I'll see you in the finals, girlfriend.

‐ Whew! ‐ Yeah.

‐ Whew! ‐ She's crying.

( voice breaking ) When I‐‐ when I started this show,

I was shaking in my feathers.

But each performance has helped me build my confidence,

and now I feel like I can do anything.

‐ Aww! ‐ We love you, Flamingo!

Nick: So much emotion.

Now, guys, did that clue help you with any of your guesses?

‐ It made me more proud of her. ‐ Nicole: Aww.

The triple threat and the makeup

and the YouTube from the first package,

I'm still going with Adrienne Bailon.

Gosh, I don't know.

I think that YouTube influencers tend to be millennials.

‐ Robin: Yeah. ‐ I wonder if this is someone younger.

‐ Mmm. ‐ 'Cause of the Spanish that was threaded in,

this may be a performer of Cuban descent,

or maybe someone with 20 million Instagram followers.

Or maybe someone that I, Ken Jeong, did a movie with,

Bella Thorne, congratulations.

The best performance of "The Masked Singer!"

Bella Thorne is, like, my height almost.

Oh, don't get me started on height, Nick Cannon.

‐ Look. Look what he's sitting on. ‐ Hey, put that down!

‐ Put that down! Cut that out! ‐ He's sitting on a pillow.

‐ Cut that out. ‐ He's sitting on a pillow.

No, that's not cool, Joel.

You're so immature!

Ken, I think you're great, and we're all shocked you brought up your movie career.

I think it's great. The way the Flamingo moved,

I think it's celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels.

Could you just take your mask off and we could save some time?

‐ No, no. You're defeating the point of the show. ‐ Doesn't work that way.

‐ I'll give you $100,000 if you take your mask off. ‐ No! No!

All right, Robin, are you picking up on any clues?

Well, first of all, there was something about fantasy in the clue package.

‐ But there was also Taj Mahal, Paris, the Eiffel Tower. ‐ Jenny: Yep.

So maybe that's because she's traveled the world professionally,

so I'm gonna stick with Fantasia Barrino.

‐ Nick: That's not a bad guess. ‐ There are very few performers

that are that seasoned, that have that voice.

That was the performance of the season so far.

Indeed, indeed. Ladies and gentlemen,

let's give it up one more time for the Flamingo.

Ken: Yes!

Nick: Who is the Flamingo?

That panel thinks it's one of these celebrities,

but are they right?

She knows the competition is stiff.

‐ Yeah. ‐ She's our strongest female.

All the other characters better bring up their game.

‐ Both: Yeah. ‐ Coming up,

secret superstars bare their soul.

This is the most challenging job I've ever had.

‐ And later... ‐ Donald Glover is on "The Masked Singer!"

‐ Whoo! ‐ This will be the hardest vote we've ever done.

Oh, man.

I'd like to order a dozen roses, please,

made out to a Nicholas Cannon.

Please send them to‐‐ oh, my word!

Rawr! Rawr!

Welcome back to "The Masked Singer,"

the only singing competition show in history

where a Flamingo has to fight a Leopard for a good spot.

So let's stick our necks out

for revealing clues about the Leopard.

Leopard: I never imagined how liberating

this competition would be for me.

( vocalizing )

Each time I step out onto the stage...

♪ Teenage dream ♪

...I discover I can do things

that were inconceivable without a mask.

‐ I do. I do, I do. ‐ Yeah!

When I was a teenager, I set myself free for the first time.

Oh, emancipated minor.

Since then, I've done my best

to treat the world as my catwalk.

Who are the old white people?

Whether I'm in New York or gay "Paree",

I always try to channel my inner glamazon and champion.

I'm singing a song that celebrates

the best of the past

because I never want to forget that moment

when I chose to just be me.

I think I saw a British flag.

Oh, it's an Australian flag.

‐ Yeah, but then it had a bat. ‐ Both: Baseball player?

‐ Maybe. ‐ Maybe.

( music playing )

♪ Do you remember ♪

♪ The 21st night of September? ♪

♪ Love was changing the minds of pretenders ♪

♪ While chasing the clouds away ♪

♪ Our hearts were ringing ♪

♪ To the key that our souls were singing ♪

♪ And we danced through the night ♪

♪ Remember ♪

♪ How the stars stole the night away ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Ba de ya ♪

♪ Say do you remember ♪

♪ Ba de ya ♪

♪ Dancing in September ♪

♪ Ba de ya ♪

♪ Never was a cloudy day ♪

♪ Ba duda, ba duda ♪

♪ Ba duda, badu ♪

‐ Oh, yeah. ‐ ♪ Ba duda, badu ♪

‐ Oh! ‐ ♪ Ba duda, badu ♪

♪ The bells were ringing ♪

♪ While our souls were singing ♪

♪ Do you remember ♪

♪ Never a cloudy day ♪

♪ Ba, ba, ba ♪

♪ Ba de ya ♪

♪ Say do you remember ♪

♪ Ba de ya ♪

♪ Dancing in September ♪

♪ Ba de ya ♪

♪ Never was a cloudy day ♪

‐ Jenny: Yes! ‐ Robin: Yeah!

‐ So good! ‐ Robin: Yeah!

‐ Get it. ‐ The Leopard, ladies and gentlemen.

‐ ( chanting ) Leopard! Leopard! ‐ My spouse.

Dr. Ken, tell the Leopard about his performance.

It's just so entertaining.

Just always, always a master of theatrics.

I just love everything you do,

and this is exemplary

of what you've been doing all season.

Great job. Love it. Rawr!

‐ Rawr! Rawr! ‐ Rawr!

I want to tell everybody

how purr‐fectly exciting

it has been playing the Leopard,

but how utterly shocked

my little ones are going to be

when they find out it's me!

‐ Aww. ‐ He looks like he has 17 kids.

There's some good clues in there.

The thing is, he's so funny that it's confusing me.

Like, the very first time, I thought Jamie Foxx

because of his mannerisms.

He's really trying to play with us and throw us.

And now you know, you can hear that voice

and you're definitely a singer.

I know exactly who this is.

‐ And I'll tell you why, okay? ‐ Who is it, Ken?

Okay, think about this.

It could be someone me and Joel know very well from "Community."

It could be Donald Glover.

I don't know if he was an emancipated minor,

but he was a minor as a child.

‐ Hear me out. Hear me out! ‐ Everybody was a minor as a child.

Hear me out. He was a writer for "30 Rock."

Did standup at UCB in New York.

‐ Didn't grow up in New York. ‐ And he's been to France.

He has been to Australia.

Donald Glover is on "The Masked Singer!"

‐ What, what? Rawr! ‐ God, it's so loud.

Nicole, who you picking up on?

Judging off of the clue package from today,

I picked up "Glamazon," "Champion."

Those are album titles of RuPaul.

But that tone and texture, I know it,

After listening to the voice,

‐ I think it's Seal. ‐ Ken: Oh, wow.

Robin: I didn't even think of it. That's a great guess.

‐ Right? ‐ He was married to Heidi Klum,

who's known for the fashion world also

and the catwalk and stuff.

‐ Yes. ‐ Even though the body language

and everything that you're doing on stage doesn't resemble Seal‐‐

it could be Billy Porter,

like I thought the first couple times.

But for me, I have to go by the voice.

I agree with Nicole, so I'm gonna go with Seal.

It's a leopard, not a seal. I don't get it.

‐ I don't know. I'm going with Seal. ‐ I honestly don't get it.

‐ I'm serious. ‐ Ken, like usual,

all the regular judges are wrong.

The "little ones" set me off there.

It is definitely Alec Baldwin.

‐ It is definitely Alec Baldwin. ‐ Ken: Good guess, good guess.

He has, like, 13 kids at this point. They're all under five.

So, no wonder, he needs the money, so that's why he's here.

Nick: One thing we definitely do know,

that was an amazing performance.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Leopard.

Nick: Here's who the panel guessed

could be behind the Leopard mask.

Have any of them solved the mystery?

All right, now it's time for our panel

and our studio audience

to vote and tell us who won that face‐off.

‐ Oh, jeez. ‐ Vote now for your favorite performer.

The singer with the least amount of votes will face off

in our do or die "Masked Singer" smackdown.

The votes are in.

And the winner of the face‐off is...

Oh, no! I'm scared.

The Flamingo!

Oh!

Leopard's not happy. Leopard is not happy.

Congratulations, Flamingo.

You get to remain anonymous.

Go ahead, head to the tunnel. You outta here.

‐ Rawr! Rawr! ‐ Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm worried.

‐ It's a cat fight. ‐ Leopard, it's not over.

You still have a fighting chance to keep your mask on

when you sing again in tonight's smackdown.

Keep it going for him. We'll see you soon.

‐ Let's go, Leopard! ‐ Whoo!

‐ Yay! Whoo! ‐ No!

‐ Dude. ‐ Oh, sorry.

Nick: Who will Leopard face in our smackdown?

Stick around and let's all find out together.

Yes! We'll be right back.

You don't do the commercial.

We'll be right back after these messages.

♪ Who is that? ♪

‐ ♪ Who is that? ♪ ‐ Now it's time for a high stakes face‐off

between a thing of beauty

and a show dog who definitely does not bite.

Here is the Flower.

Flower: It's been nerve‐wracking trying to both impress

and make you guess each week.

( vocalizing )

Robin: When you get up into that range, there's only a handful

of singers in the world that can do that.

But it's been such a wild ride

getting to do what I love like never before.

Like a bud to a bloom, in my career,

I am always changing.

Being here is proof that sometimes

you have to take a leap of faith

and try something new.

Perfume. She has a perfume line.

Ahh.

Now let's get to it, because I can go on and on

like a rolling stone.

Ah, maybe she recorded with the Rolling Stones.

Maybe she was on the "Rolling Stone" cover.

I may have a legendary aura surrounding me,

but tonight I'm going to show that my voice alone

can carry me to the finals.

( music playing )

♪ I hear the ticking of the clock ♪

♪ I'm lying here ♪

♪ The room's pitch dark ♪

♪ Oh, I wonder where you are tonight ♪

♪ No answer on the telephone ♪

Yes. The drama.

♪ And the night goes by so very slow ♪

♪ Oh, I hope that it won't end, though ♪

♪ Ooh, alone ♪

♪ Till now ♪

♪ I always got by on my own ♪

♪ I never really cared until I met you ♪

♪ And now ♪

♪ It chills me to the bone ♪

♪ How do I get you alone? ♪

Whoo!

♪ How do I get you alone? ♪

( vocalizing )

( vocalizing )

♪ How do I get you alone? ♪

♪ Do I get you ♪

♪ How do I get you alone? ♪

( vocalizing )

♪ How do I get you alone? ♪

( vocalizing )

♪ How do I get you alone? ♪

♪ Alone, alone ♪

( vocalizing )

‐ Whoo! ‐ Yes, bravo!

( chanting ) Flower! Flower!

Nick: Wow.

Alone in a class of her own.

Mr. Robin Thicke?

You know, most of the singers really stick to the script

and they don't want to make mistakes,

so they sing along with the way that we know the song to be.

But just like a true jazz artist,

you make the song your own. You change the notes.

You do what you want with your instrument,

and you always wow and amaze us, so thank you again for that.

Yeah, that's a good point. Good point.

I've performed all around the world,

but this is the most challenging job I've ever had.

"The Masked Singer" is phenomenal!

‐ Aww. ‐ Yeah.

Oh!

By that statement that she just gave you all,

did you pick up on any clues?

Well, she's performed all around the world.

‐ That helped. That helped. ‐ So she's a seasoned performer.

I will say, if I can comment on some of the clue packages‐‐

the perfume, I'm not sure who has a perfume line,

but a lot of legendary singers do.

Anita Baker we guessed before, and Chaka Khan.

But then when you hit those high notes,

I finally know what Nicole means by hearing baby Jesus.

So I think I'm gonna go with Miss Patti LaBelle.

Robin: You know what? I have been thinking that since day one,

and I wasn't 100% sure.

But I picked up something in the clue package

that two of the guys when they were sitting at the pool were playing patty‐cake.

‐ Oh, yeah. You're right. ‐ The guys were playing patty‐cake.

So thinking that it's Patti LaBelle and seeing patty‐cake at the pool,

I'm gonna go with Patti LaBelle.

‐ Yeah. ‐ Jenny: Good one!

Our guest panelist Joel McHale?

Clearly you have talent, unlike someone on my right.

‐ Ken: Okay. ‐ Joel: But I think you should just maybe

be open to the fact that it might be Barbra Streisand.

‐ Don't you think? It's Streisand, right? ‐ Ken: No.

‐ Maybe. ‐ You know what? That's so wrong on so many levels.

‐ I know exactly who this is. ‐ Never.

‐ I do, and I'll tell you why. ‐ Oh, no.

‐ Okay, first of all‐‐ ‐ Here we go again.

Phenomenal. Shut up, Robin.

All right, hear me out. Hear me out.

Bjork has been on the cover of "Rolling Stone,"

and she is alone

because I'm alone in my assertion

that this is the queen of disco, Bjork.

Thank you. Bjork, everybody!

‐ Bjork is the queen of disco? ‐ The queen of disco.

You guys are already clapping, so keep it going

for the amazing Flower.

The panel thought one of these celebrities

might be the Flower.

Who do you think it is?

Coming up, an explosive performance.

That was amazing.

And later, the return of the smackdown.

‐ Nicole, you know... ‐ ( imitating ) Nicole, you know...

someone like you who cares about their personal appearance...

‐ ( mumbling ) ‐ ...and then you look at him.

‐ Like Nicole is like... ‐ ( imitating ) Like Nicole is like...

‐ ...a sports car, and with Ken... ‐ ( mumbling ) Ken.

...he's a Bird scooter.

One of the Bird scooters that is just in a pile

with other Bird scooters.

We're in the middle of a classic face‐off battle

between a dog and a flower.

Right now, chew on these clues about the Rottweiler.

Rottweiler: Being on this stage is the most fun I've had

in as long as I can remember.

♪ I'm on my way ♪

‐ Whoo! ‐ Jenny: That was by far

the best performance of the whole season.

But truth be told, I'm terrified of the panel

finding out my true identity

and judging me because of it.

‐ I think Gavin DeGraw. ‐ Brian Littrell.

‐ I'm going with Darren Criss. ‐ Kevin Jonas, maybe?

So I've been training every day

to make sure I won't be unmasked any time soon.

‐ Platinum. ‐ Platinum records.

Because here, I can finally be seen

for just my voice and pure talent.

Everything is zen.

"Everything's Zen." You know that song. Gavin Rossdale?

I want to win this more than anything

I've ever wanted in my career.

With this song, I'm ready to show the lengths

I'll go to to win that Golden Mask.

It looked like he had four awards trophies.

Were those Emmys, Oscars, Grammys?

‐ They were a mix. ‐ They were a mix?

It could be an actor who is known for acting, but is an amazing singer.

‐ You think it's Jared Leto? ‐ That could be.

( music playing )

♪ Easy come, easy go ♪

♪ That's just how you live ♪

♪ Oh, take, take, take it all ♪

♪ But you never give ♪

♪ Should've known you was trouble ♪

♪ From the first kiss ♪

♪ Had your eyes wide open ♪

♪ Why were they open? ♪

♪ Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash ♪

♪ Tossed it in the trash, you did ♪

♪ Just to give me all your love is all I ever asked for ♪

♪ What you don't understand is ♪

♪ I'd catch a grenade for you ♪

♪ Throw my head on a blade for you ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I'd jump in front of a train for you ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ You know I'd do anything for you ♪

‐ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ‐ ♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ I would go through all this pain ♪

♪ Take a bullet straight through my brain ♪

♪ Yes, I would die for you, baby ♪

♪ But you won't do the same ♪

♪ If my body was on fire ♪

♪ Ooh, you'd watch me burn down in flames ♪

♪ You said you love me, you're a liar ♪

♪ But you never ever, ever did, baby ♪

Whoo!

♪ But, darling, I'd still catch a grenade for you ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Jump in front of a train for you ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪

♪ I would go through all this pain ♪

♪ Yeah, take a bullet straight through my brain ♪

♪ Yes, I would die for you, baby ♪

♪ But you won't do the same ♪

‐ ( all cheering ) ‐ Yes!

‐ Wow. ‐ ( all barking )

The Rottweiler. Awesome job, dawg.

Guest panelist Joel McHale,

talk to the Rottweiler, my brother.

‐ McGruff the Crime Dog is the best singer on the show. ‐ Joel, no.

That was amazing.

Yes, Rottweiler, obviously, you've been my favorite from day one.

You have such an amazing range, and you really came through.

And, yeah, we love you.

Your compliments are so amazing.

I feel like they're directed to someone better than me.

This whole experience has helped me

to believe in myself more than I ever have.

‐ Wow. ‐ So, thank you. I'm so grateful.

‐ Oh, we love you. ‐ You so deserve it, dawg.

Panel, did that help you out?

Well, he's not Joel McHale, 'cause he's humble.

Wow. We know it's not Ken Jeong, 'cause he works out, so...

Ken: Hey, how dare you? That's unfair.

Jenny: So, if we were gonna combine all the clues, I mean,

every week you keep throwing me. Oh, he's in a boy band.

Oh, this R&B voice.

Oh, this Christian rock that I felt last week.

But the clues that we got today, platinum.

That could be platinum album.

There were, like, four trophies, and then "zen."

And it made me think of somebody‐‐ Gavin Rossdale.

‐ Robin: Not a bad call. ‐ Jenny: He's like a yogi kind of person.

‐ Yeah, from Bush. ‐ He was in Bush.

‐ Jenny: Yeah. ‐ Ken: That's an amazing wrong guess.

I know exactly who this is, as usual.

‐ Who is it? ‐ Okay, I think it's someone known for one thing,

and it's freeing to be some else.

He's always been judged.

He's probably watched a lot of "Judge Judy."

All these things are making sense, and that's‐‐ shut up, Nick Cannon.

He's known to be a grunge rocker who can sing amazingly well.

Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day,

welcome to "The Masked Singer!"

Yeah! Not a bad guess. That's a good guess.

Joel: All right, guys, this has been very hard.

I was like, if it's not Bjork, please give a warm welcome

to Mario Lopez.

‐ That's not a bad guess. ‐ Right there.

‐ Why? ‐ Why not, Ken?

Your explanation made no sense.

Mr. Robin Thicke, make some sense out of all of this.

Robin: Yeah. Last week Nicole mentioned Darren Criss.

I had the pleasure of getting to hear him sing recently at a charity.

There's very few male singers‐‐

I mean, Joe Jonas can hit some of those notes,

has a good high range like that,

but I don't think it's Joe Jonas.

I'm gonna go with Darren Criss also. I think it's Darren.

‐ Nicole: Hey! That's right, Robin. ‐ All right.

I still think it's him 'cause Darren Criss can sing.

Some good guesses from the panel,

and a great performance from the Rottweiler.

Ladies and gentlemen, keep it going.

Our panelists think they've collared the Rottweiler with these guesses.

What do you think?

All right, it's time for the audience

and the panel to vote for their favorite in this

dog‐try‐to‐eat‐flower face‐off.

Uh‐oh. Oh.

‐ Oh, man. ‐ Vote now for your favorite.

And now a big moment of truth.

The votes are in,

and the winner of this face‐off is...

I can't look.

The votes are in,

and the winner of this face‐off is...

I can't look.

The Rottweiler!

Congratulations, Rottweiler. You get to remain anonymous.

‐ Aww. ‐ Darren Criss lives another day.

Back to the lair for you.

And, Flower, it ain't over.

To stay in this competition, you will go mask to mask

with the Leopard in our smackdown.

Go get ready for the musical fight of your life.

‐ This is hard. ‐ So hard.

This is the part of the show

where they actually fight, right?

‐ Yes. Yes, it is. ‐ Nick: All right,

it's the moment you've all been waiting for.

The bottom two singers,

Leopard and Flower,

will go head to head.

How will that be decided?

( bell rings )

This is the smackdown‐down!

Bring it on!

Yeah, it's a smackdown, Joel!

In this mouth,

making his second smackdown appearance,

a fast feline who can run 36 miles per hour,

and even more if there's applause,

the Leopard!

And in this mouth, a colorful superstar

who I'm thinking has played the Garden before,

it's the Flower!

Let's do it, purple cabbage!

Ken: Yeah.

All right, we want a good, clean,

but not too clean fight.

Leopard, you're up first.

I'm nervous, Ken!

‐ ( music playing ) ‐ Nicole!

‐ Oh, yes! ‐ ♪ I know you love me ♪

♪ I know you love me ♪

‐ ♪ I know you do ♪ ‐ ♪ I know you do ♪

♪ 'Cause whenever I come around ♪

♪ She's all over you ♪

Get it, Leopard.

♪ And I know you want it ♪

‐ ♪ I know you want it ♪ ‐ ♪ I know you want it ♪

♪ It's easy to see ♪

‐ ♪ It's easy to see ♪ ‐ Wow.

♪ And in the back of your mind, I know ♪

♪ You should be here with me ♪

‐ Who sings this song? Oh! ‐ I do, Joel!

♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me? ♪

♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me? ♪

♪ Don't cha? ♪

♪ Don't cha? ♪

♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend was fun like me? ♪

♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend was rawr like me? ♪

‐ Aah! ‐ ♪ Don't cha? ♪

♪ Don't cha? ♪

‐ He killed it! ‐ That was really good.

‐ Nick: Ooh. ‐ ( chanting ) Leopard! Leopard!

‐ Flower, you up. ‐ ( bell rings )

‐ ( music playing ) ‐ Uh‐oh.

( vocalizing )

♪ I'm coming ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Rising up, back on the street ♪

♪ Did my time, took my chances ♪

Come on.

♪ Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet ♪

♪ Just a woman and her will to survive ♪

♪ Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past ♪

♪ You must fight just to keep them alive ♪

‐ Whoo! ‐ ♪ It's the eye of the tiger ♪

♪ It's the thrill of the fight ♪

♪ Rising up to the challenge of our rival ♪

♪ And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night ♪

♪ And she watches us all with the eye ♪

♪ Of the tiger ♪

Wow!

‐ Whoo! ‐ Yeah!

‐ Nice! ‐ The double heavy‐hitter!

This is exactly why "Masked Singer" is a hit show,

‐ for moments like this. ‐ Robin: Yeah.

Leopard, your song choice was genius.

I mean, he sang it better than me, okay?

And, Flower, you have such grace and such power

in your stillness when you sing and such poise.

I thought I heard Patti LaBelle's voice in there.

‐ Yeah. ‐ Well, to Nicole's point, Flower, you came to play.

And, Leopard, you're, like, flipping the script for me.

I mean, this is‐‐ you came to fight, survive.

I don't know, you may not be Donald Glover after all.

Okay, enough talk. Panel, time to vote.

‐ Oh! ‐ Robin: Oh, that's tough.

‐ It's gonna be so hard. ‐ This is gonna be hard.

This is a tough one right here.

I'm glad I'm not you guys.

This will be the hardest vote

we've ever done on "Masked Singer."

Definitely.

Nick: Okay, who will win this smackdown,

and who's heading home

to someplace probably really, really nice?

( chanting ) Leopard! Leopard!

The winner who gets to keep it on is...

And in the smackdown between the Leopard and the Flower...

This is crazy.

...the winner who gets to keep it on is...

The Leopard!

‐ Robin: Oh! ‐ Oh, my God!

‐ Leopard, congratulations. ‐ That was hard.

Oh! Oh, my goodness.

I do love how in character Leopard is.

Nick: Head on backstage.

You're still in this thing. Awesome job.

Wow. Wow.

Show some love to our amazing Flower, ladies and gentlemen.

‐ We love you, Flower! ‐ Whoo! Yes!

Flower, we are sorry you're leaving the competition,

but we're excited to see who you really are.

I just wanted to say that, you know, this competition,

the caliber of talent is unbelievable on this show.

We are so honored to have you here.

Nicole: Yes, honey.

All right, panel, I'm gonna need

some final guesses from you guys up there.

My best clue is always their voices,

and I have to go off of my ears.

And there's only one legend

with a range and a tone like that,

and that is Patti LaBelle.

Nicole and I, you know, we've listened to this voice for so many years,

and honored it and studied it, and, uh, I knew‐‐

I was pretty sure from very early on

that this was Miss Patti LaBelle.

Jenny: I agree. I mean, you know how much I love clues.

There's a lot of cooking and baking clues.

I thought they were trying to throw us with Anita Baker.

But you don't need to, like, study music to hear that tone.

It does say Patti LaBelle,

so I have to go with my final answer of Patti LaBelle.

Dr. Ken, I think we all know who you think it is.

Well, I mean, in all seriousness,

the last time we were all feeling like this

was the Ladybug and we were dreadfully wrong.

‐ All wrong. ‐ Completely wrong.

‐ All wrong. ‐ Okay, here are the facts.

We are all sad. This whole situation is as cold as ice.

You know what else is cold? Iceland, home of Bjork.

I love you, Bjork!

And, Bjork, I am sad to see you go.

‐ Joel McHale, make some sense out of this, man. ‐ Get it, Ken. Get it, Ken.

‐ You're our guest panelist. ‐ Joel: Well, uh,

the voice is legendary,

but I don't think it's Patti LaBelle

‐ because you don't have a great ear, Nicole. ‐ Fantastic.

No, I think it's Dionne Warwick.

‐ Robin: Oh, not bad. ‐ Nicole: Ooh.

‐ Robin: Not bad at all. ‐ That's not bad.

Yeah, you like‐‐ yeah. Oh, yeah!

‐ Now look at it. ‐ That's not bad at all.

Okay, panel, you've made your final guesses.

Let's see who's right.

Flower, show us all who you are.

‐ Take it off! ‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪

‐ ( chanting ) Take it off! Take it off! ‐ ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪

‐ Take it off! Take it off! ‐ ♪ Who are you? ♪

‐ ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪ ‐ Take it off!

‐ ♪ I really wanna know ♪ ‐ Take it off!

♪ I really wanna know ♪

♪ Tell me, who are you? ♪

‐ Here it is. ‐ ♪ You, you ♪

‐ Oh, my God! ‐ ♪ Are you? ♪

I knew it!

‐ Mrs. Patti LaBelle! ‐ Nicole: Patti Labelle!

‐ Whoo! ‐ The godmother of soul!

Over 50 million records sold worldwide.

Singer, actress, entrepreneur,

the wonderful Mrs. Patti LaBelle!

‐ Robin: Yeah! ‐ Oh, my gosh!

I didn't want to say nothing. We all had the feeling.

But this is my family for real.

This is everybody's godmother‐‐ the godmother of soul,

but actually the real godmother of my children, my twins.

‐ Wow. Wow. ‐ Wow, that's so cool!

So, I knew by the walk. I knew the whole time.

‐ Ken: Oh, my gosh. ‐ How does it feel?

It feels awesome.

It feels like I did win.

Yes! You're Patti LaBelle! You won!

( Patti laughs )

I loved it, I loved it.

My mom played your music when I was just a little boy.

I've been hearing your voice ever since I was a child.

I've learned so much from you.

It's such an honor to have you on this show.

I think we're all very blessed, and thank you so much, Patti.

‐ Thank you. ‐ Jenny: So blessed.

It was unbelievable. I mean, were you trying at all to trick us

or hope we didn't guess you right away?

Or did you just go, "I'm Patti LaBelle."

I can't change my voice. This is it.

This is what God gave me.

When I heard Gladys Knight, I knew it was her.

And I knew when you first heard me, he‐‐ Nick knew.

You all knew, and I knew that you knew.

No one will ever have another voice like you ever to come.

And I just‐‐ I continue to be inspired by you. Thank you so much.

Thank you, sweetheart.

For you to come and play with us, we are truly honored.

To sing an encore unmasked in all her glory,

the artist formerly known as the Flower,

ladies and gentlemen, Patti LaBelle!

Whoo!

( vocalizing )

♪ How will I get you alone? ♪

‐ ♪ Tell me baby ♪ ‐ Whoo!

( vocalizing )

♪ Alone ♪

We bowing.