The Masked Singer took Us again to the early aughts with an all-time pleasant reveal through the Group B Finals.
The Beets had been unmasked as — spoiler alert — American Idol’s Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken through the Wednesday, Could 1, episode of the Fox actuality competitors sequence, and the panelists couldn’t get sufficient.
The duo carried out “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” by Invoice Medley and Jennifer Warnes with Gumball in an try to save lots of themselves within the remaining moments of the present however had been in the end unsuccessful regardless of not one of the judges precisely guessing their identities.
“It’s been wonderful, we had fun. It’s a number of enjoyable and the viewers is wonderful. It’s good to see everybody, it’s an excellent time,” Studdard stated, whereas Aiken gushed over being in comparison with a number of the decide’s guesses like Boyz II Males and Ok-Ci & JoJo.
Aiken and Studdard, each 45, competed on season 2 of Idol, which aired in 2003. Studdard was topped the victor, however the slender margin of his win — simply 134,000 votes — brought on controversy on the time. Since then, nonetheless, the 2 singers have remained associates. In 2023, they launched into a joint tour celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their time on Idol.
Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken Walter McBride/Getty Photos
Final 12 months, Aiken admitted that he didn’t prefer it when attendees instructed him they voted for him or vice versa.
“We sometimes will see someone within the viewers with an previous Ruben shirt, like a woman final night time … and I joked together with her,” he instructed The Washington Publish. “However I don’t even prefer it after we do a meet-and-greet and somebody says, ‘I voted for you,’ when [Ruben] is within the room. It pisses me off! And if somebody says that to him, then [he] higher be pissed too.”
Studdard countered that interactions like that didn’t trouble him as a result of followers are the explanation they had been capable of do the anniversary tour within the first place.
“It doesn’t make me mad,” he defined. “As a result of we wouldn’t be right here if someone hadn’t voted for him, and vice versa, so he must settle down.”
Who’s that? It’s the query requested by panelists on The Masked Singer a number of instances in every episode, and the reply is: everyone. For the reason that present debuted in January 2019, the superstar contestants have included Joey Fatone, Michelle Williams, Tori Spelling, Mickey Rourke, Patti LaBelle, Kelly Osbourne, Bret Michaels, Lil Wayne, Jordyn Woods, Wendy Williams, […]
In earlier weeks, Masked Singer panelists guessed that Beets might be Arrested Improvement alums Jason Bateman and Will Arnett or Solely Murders within the Constructing stars Steve Martin and Martin Brief. In hindsight, nonetheless, all clues pointed to Studdard and Aiken.
The 40 million eyes on Beets trace referred to the truth that practically 40 million folks tuned in to observe the season 2 finale of Idol. The duo additionally talked about the truth that the world was decided to pit them towards each other though they see themselves as brothers.
“We don’t get to decide on our household. Most household is predetermined by blood; some are predestined by God to come back into our lives,” Aiken wrote by way of Instagram in December 2022. “I’ve bought one brother who was born into my household and one brother who the nice Lord launched me to in 2003. … You probably have the blessing of realizing Ruben Studdard, you perceive: There aren’t many people extra selfless or gracious or loyal than he. America fell in love with him as a result of his performances made them really feel completely happy and welcomed; that’s who he’s in actual life too.”
The Masked Singer airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
