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Season 12 of The Masked Singer premiered on September 25 and recently aired episode 9 on November 28, concluding the Group C finals. The Quarter Finals are set to begin next week. The 15 celebrity contestants were introduced through premiere nights and faced off in group finals to advance. So far, 11 contestants have been eliminated and unmasked, leaving six still competing for the title.
Panelists Ken Jeong, Rita Ora, Robin Thicke, and Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, guessed some celebrities based on their clue packages, while were surprised by others because they could have never guessed the revealed contestant. Here's the list of the 11 celebrities who were unmasked during The Masked Singer season 12.
The celebrities who were eliminated from The Masked Singer season 12 and their clues
1) John Elway - Leaf Sheep
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Leaf Sheep was the first to bid adieu to his dreams of winning the coveted celebrity reality TV competition after he sang, I Like it, I Love it by Tim McGraw. He hinted at his age saying he was a little sluggish now, but in his prime, he toppled country music charts and revived a shut franchise.
2) Yvette Nicole Brown - Showbird
Yvette was eliminated after she sang, Let's Hear It for the Boy by Deniece Williams. The major clue her package gave away was that she was a "tomboy" and a "nerd" while growing up. Her clue package also revealed glittery boots and costumes and the phrase "Advanced Singing 401".
3) Marsai Martin - Woodpecker
Marsai sang Put Your Records On by Corrine Bailey Rae in Group A Finals, after which she was sent home. In her clue package, she said she wanted to be the youngest billionaire. She added in a Footloose clue, that as a youngster she was planting roots in Hollywood.
4) Paula Cole - Ship
Paula was also eliminated during Group A Finals, in the second round after she faced off with Buffalos to Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac. In her clue, she gave away the fact that her career took off on a massive scale, only to come to a screeching halt. She added that it took her years to get her career started again that's why being on The Masked Singer was scary because it was "uncharted territory."
5) Andy Richter - Dust Bunny
Andy Richter got out on the night of the Group B premiere after he performed the song Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond. In his clue package on The Masked Singer, Andy said he was a coffee maker. Once when he was on a set to check its lighting, someone told him he had a face for TV.
6) Laverne Cox - Chess Piece
Laverna went out after, when she performed I'm Every Woman by Chaka Khan. Laverne's first clue package consisted of Red Lips, a locked safe, and paparazzi. She also said she loved a fashion moment and that people doubted her, her whole life but she had to make "bold moves."
7) Natalie Imbruglia - Blue Bell
Natalie was eliminated in the Group B finals. She sang Do You Love Me by The Contours before she was sent away. In her clue package, Natalie said that when her career flourished, rumor mills romantically linked her to other stars, businessmen, and even royals. She continued to say that her true love never came until recently.
8) Bethany Hamilton - Macaron
Bethany was sent packing in Group C premiere after she sang Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen. In her first clue package was animated scenes of dolphins, sun, water, and waves. While on The Masked Singer Bethany said that her life was nice growing up but an unfortuante event changed her life. Since then, Bethany said, she tried to act upon any "half-baked" dream such as singing on this show.
9) Drake Bell - Ice King
Drake Bell's reveal came after he sang Midnight Sky by Miley Cyrus. His clue package consisted of a stage surrounded by palm trees, a tower of speakers, a chocolate cakepop, shattered glass/ice, and a passport with a globe on it. On The Masked Singer, he said:
"I’m here as an icebreaker, to bring the focus back to what I love most: singing. And it’s nice to be able to ease my way back into music behind this mask".
10) Jana Kramer - Royal Knight
Jana Kramer was the first elimination of the two eliminations on Group C Finals. She was evicted after she performed to the song, Holiday by Madonna. Her first clue package had a forest with colourful butterflies, a glass slipper, and a silver crown. She said on The Masked Singer that she had hertbreaks and "terror" along the way so had to protect herself which turned her into the warrior she was.
11) Bronson Arroyo - Sherlock Hound
Bronson was the second elimination of Group C Finals. He went home after a face off with Strawberry Shortcake on the song Shivers by Ed Sheeran. Hypnosis swirts, a record with diamonds on it, and a red acoustic guitar were among the things that appeared in his clue package.
He started his clue segment on The Masked Singer saying:
"My whole family was into music. My grandma taught it and my old man played the keys. I wanted to be outside, running wild, not cooped up playing a cello."
He turned it around adding that when he heard Rock n' Roll he felt passionate about it, so he chased it.
New episodes of The Masked Singer season 12 come out on FOX, on Thursdays, at 8 pm ET.
