The third season of the American television series The Masked Singer premiered on Fox on February 2, 2020, as the Super Bowl LIV lead-out program, and concluded on May 20, 2020. The season was won by singer/TV personality Kandi Burruss as "Night Angel", with singer Jesse McCartney finishing second as "Turtle", and rapper Bow Wow placing third as "Frog".
Production The third season featured 18 new costumes. In addition to creating more mobility within the costumes, Toybina described the season's style focus as "more fashion-forward and modern" compared to the superhero and experimental feel of the first and second seasons. A fan favorite costume from the first season, Monster, was reimagined as a female (Miss Monster) to create a "fun and outgoing" costume that kids would enjoy, while White Tiger was designed to resemble an Egyptian warrior "god of all gods."
The series's production crew had to work out better voice modulation routines as they had found fans of the show were able to remove the modulation and identify the speaking from previous seasons. Further, passionate fans of the show had been able to work out identities of the singers from early clue packages, so more difficult clue packages were created for the celebrities in the season. Filming occurred from December 19, 2019, to February 28, 2020.December 19–20, 2019: January 13 – February 11, 2020: February 15–28, 2020:
Panelists and host
Nick Cannon, singer-songwriter Robin Thicke, television personality Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, actor and comedian Ken Jeong, and recording artist Nicole Scherzinger returned for their third season as host and panelists.
Guest panelists included Jamie Foxx in the first episode, Jason Biggs in the second episode, Leah Remini in the third episode, Gabriel Iglesias in the fifth episode, season one winner, T-Pain, in the sixth episode, Joel McHale in the eighth episode, Will Arnett in the ninth episode, Yvette Nicole Brown in the eleventh episode, Sharon Osbourne in the twelfth episode, Gordon Ramsay in the thirteenth episode, Jeff Dye in the fourteenth episode, and Jay Pharoah in the fifteenth episode.
Contestants During the season, eighteen contestants competed. The competitors were said to have a combined 69 Grammy nominations, 88 gold records, 11 Super Bowl appearances, three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, hundreds of tattoos, and one title in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The first nine episodes featured the contestants broken into three groups, A, B and C; across three episodes, the remaining contestants in the group performed and the lowest-voted contestant forced to unmask themselves. The tenth episode saw the remaining nine contestants compete. The lowest-voted contestant from each group was put to a final vote to determine the contestant to be unmasked. For the eleventh and twelfth episodes, the eight contestants were split into two groups of four, and within that, two pairings. The lowest-voted contestant of each pairing in the group of four performed in a "smackdown" for a final vote to determine who would be unmasked. For the next three episodes, one of the remaining six contestants was eliminated each week, and the top three contestants competed in the finale episode.
+ Results Stage name Celebrity Occupation Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910111213141517 Group A Group B Group C Night Angel Kandi Burruss Singer/TV personality SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER Turtle Jesse McCartney Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE RUNNER-UP Frog Bow Wow Rapper SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD Rhino Barry Zito Former MLB pitcher SAFE SAFE SAFE RISK WIN SAFE SAFE OUT Kitty Jackie Evancho Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE RISK SAFE OUT Astronaut Hunter Hayes Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE RISK OUT Banana Bret Michaels Singer SAFE SAFE SAFE RISK OUT Kangaroo Jordyn Woods Model/socialite SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT White Tiger Rob Gronkowski Retired NFL player SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT T-Rex JoJo Siwa Dancer/singer SAFE SAFE OUT Swan Bella Thorne Actor SAFE OUT BearSarah Palin Politician OUT Taco Tom Bergeron TV host SAFE SAFE OUT MouseDionne Warwick Singer SAFE OUT ElephantTony Hawk Skateboarder OUT Miss Monster Chaka Khan Singer SAFE SAFE OUT LlamaDrew Carey Comedian/TV host SAFE OUT RobotLil Wayne Rapper OUT
Episodes
Week 1 (February 2 and 5) + Performances on the first episode (Group A Kickoff) # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1White Tiger"Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice SAFE 2Turtle"Kiss from a Rose" by Seal SAFE 3Llama"She Bangs" by Ricky Martin SAFE 4Miss Monster"Something to Talk About" by Bonnie Raitt SAFE 5Robot"Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz Lil Wayne OUT 6Kangaroo"Dancing On My Own" by Robyn SAFE
+ Performances on the second episode (Group A Playoffs) # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1Llama"It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones Drew Carey OUT 2 Miss Monster "Fancy" by Bobbie Gentry SAFE 3 White Tiger "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch SAFE 4 Kangaroo "You Know I'm No Good" by Amy Winehouse SAFE 5 Turtle "Say You Won't Let Go" by James Arthur SAFE
Week 2 (February 12) Group number: "Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss
+ Performances on the third episode (Group A Championship) # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Turtle"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" by Shawn Mendes SAFE 2 Miss Monster"You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore Chaka Khan OUT 3 Kangaroo "Diamonds" by Rihanna SAFE 4 White Tiger "We Will Rock You" by Queen SAFE
Week 3 (February 19)
+ Performances on the fourth episode (Group B Kickoff) # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Frog"U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer SAFE 2 Elephant"Friday I'm In Love" by The Cure Tony Hawk OUT 3 Kitty"Dangerous Woman" by Ariana Grande SAFE 4 Taco "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra SAFE 5 Mouse"Get Here" by Oleta Adams SAFE 6 Banana"A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley SAFE
Week 4 (February 26)
+ Performances on the fifth episode (Group B Playoffs) # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Banana "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus SAFE 2 Mouse "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" by Natalie Cole Dionne Warwick OUT 3 Frog "In da Club" by 50 Cent SAFE 4 Taco "Bossa Nova Baby" by Elvis Presley SAFE 5 Kitty "Mercy" by Brett Young SAFE
Week 5 (March 4) Group number: "Larger than Life" by Backstreet Boys
+ Performances on the sixth episode (Group B Championships) # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1Kitty"Mama's Broken Heart" by Miranda Lambert SAFE 2 Taco "Can't Help Myself" by The Four Tops Tom Bergeron OUT 3 Banana "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers SAFE 4 Frog "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" by The Gap Band SAFE
Week 6 (March 11)
+ Performances on the seventh episode (Group C Kickoff) # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Night Angel "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi SAFE 2 Bear "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot Sarah Palin OUT 3 Astronaut "You Say" by Lauren Daigle SAFE 4 T-Rex "So What" by P!nk SAFE 5 Rhino "Have a Little Faith in Me" by John Hiatt SAFE 6 Swan "Fever" by Peggy Lee SAFE
Week 7 (March 18)
+ Performances on the eighth episode (Group C Playoffs) # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Astronaut "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" by Stevie Wonder SAFE 2 Night Angel "Million Reasons" by Lady Gaga SAFE 3 T-Rex "Push It" by Salt-n-Pepa SAFE 4 Swan "I Hate Myself for Loving You" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Bella Thorne OUT 5 Rhino "Nice to Meet Ya" by Niall Horan SAFE
Week 8 (March 25) Group number: "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez
+ Performances on the ninth episode (Group C Championships) # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1Night Angel"Shout!" by Isley Brothers SAFE 2Astronaut"Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran SAFE 3T-Rex"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" by A. R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls JoJo Siwa OUT 4Rhino"Tracks of My Tears" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles SAFE
Week 9 (April 1) Group number: "ABC" by The Jackson 5 (with altered lyrics)
+ Performances on the tenth episode (Super Nine) # Group Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 A Turtle "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood SAFE 2 Kangaroo "Not Ready to Make Nice" by Dixie Chicks SAFE 3 White Tiger "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred Rob Gronkowski OUT 4 B Kitty "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Celine Dion SAFE 5 Banana "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd RISK 6 Frog "Jump" by Kris Kross SAFE 7 C Night Angel "Rise Up" by Andra Day SAFE 8 Rhino "What a Man Gotta Do" by Jonas Brothers RISK 9 Astronaut "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley SAFE
Week 10 (April 8)
+ Performances on the eleventh episode # Stage name Song Result 1 Night Angel "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" by Shania Twain WIN 2 Kangaroo "No Air" by Jordin Sparks RISK 3 Astronaut "If I Can't Have You" by Shawn Mendes RISK 4 Turtle "Let It Go" by James Bay WINSmackdown Identity Result 1 Kangaroo "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer Jordyn Woods OUT 2 Astronaut "Bye Bye Bye" by NSYNC SAFE
Week 11 (April 22)
+ Performances on the twelfth episode # Stage name Song Result 1 Frog "Fireball" by Pitbull WIN 2 Kitty "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper RISK 3 Banana "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan RISK 4 Rhino "10,000 Hours" by Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber WINSmackdown Identity Result 1 Kitty "Unstoppable" by Sia SAFE 2 Banana "Brick House" by The Commodores Bret Michaels OUT
Week 12 (April 29)
+ Performances on the thirteenth episode # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Kitty "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" by Marilyn Monroe SAFE 2 Rhino "Die a Happy Man" by Thomas Rhett SAFE 3 Frog "Whatever It Takes" by Imagine Dragons SAFE 4 Night Angel "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles SAFE 5 Astronaut "Story of My Life" by One Direction Hunter Hayes OUT 6 Turtle "Stay" by Alessia Cara SAFE
Week 13 (May 6)
+ Performances on the fourteenth episode # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Frog "Bust a Move" by Young MC SAFE 2 Kitty "Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse Jackie Evancho OUT 3 Rhino "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers SAFE 4 Night Angel "Last Dance" by Donna Summer SAFE 5 Turtle "Fix You" by Coldplay SAFE
Week 14 (May 13)
Group number: "The Best" by Tina Turner
+ Performances on the fifteenth episode # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Night Angel "How to Love" by Lil Wayne SAFE 2 Turtle "Jealous" by Nick Jonas SAFE 3 Rhino "Humble and Kind" by Tim McGraw Barry Zito OUT 4 Frog "Hip Hop Hooray" by Naughty by Nature SAFE
Week 15 (May 20) – Finale
+ Performances on the final episode # Stage name Song IdentityResult 1 Frog "Bad Boy for Life" by Black Rob, Mark Curry & P. Diddy Bow Wow THIRD PLACE 2 Turtle "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi Jesse McCartney RUNNER-UP 3 Night Angel "River Deep, Mountain High" by Tina Turner Kandi Burruss WINNER
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