The Masked Simger by Tiger: Round 3 (Behind the Mask)

Announcer: Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to another episode of The Masked Simger, finally! Ain't it terrific, at last! Thank you for tuning in, tonight is about to be quite the episode! Tonight, our top seven will be taking the stage to sing for their life, and another two will be unmasked - will it be your favourite? Will you be able to figure out just exactly who is behind the mask? 

Let's find out, shall we?

Announcer: Last time, we unmasked Space Villain and Strawberry Bear...it was Even Stevens and Ava Thompson of Ali & Ava, wasn't it! Those were some surprising reveals, and tonight another two masks will come off, another two familiar faces will face the music and say goodbye...the decision is yours, audience. But first...more performances! 

And first up we have our favourite gallivanting hero, Knight!

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 Knight: People have asked me why I have come on this show in all my tin glory. But then people do not know I am here, either. 

Today I have clues for you in the form of two lies and one truth: 

• I was on the jury for the season of the reality game show I participated in
• I was the first boot but returned later on, surprise, surprise! 
• I was ~this close~ to winning but my opponent was formidable. 

Please enjoy my performance for you tonight! 

 Knight

Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighbourhood

Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood

But I'm taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line

I'm in a New York state of mind..

 Knight

I've seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their limousines

Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens

I know what I'm needing, and I don't want to waste more time

I'm in a New York state of mind..

Knight

It comes down to reality, and it's fine with me cause I've let it slide

I don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside

I don't have any reasons I left them all behind

I'm in a New York state of mind...

 Announcer: And next up...Panda! 

Panda: I have some sneaky clues for you all, if you'd take a listen close. Two lies, one truth, what is right about me? 

• I have a sister, and things are always complicated with us. But that's siblings, lunging at each other with bamboo swords. 
• I have a brother, but things have never been closer between us. We use our bamboo swords to eat. 
• Who can say if I even speak to my family anymore?

Which of my secrets is true? 

 Panda

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I came here tonight to get you out of my mind

I'm gonna take what I find

So open the box, don't need no key, I'm unlocked

And I won't tell you to stop

 Panda

Hey boy! I don't need to know where you've been

All I need to know is you in, no need for talkin'

Hey boy! So don't even tell me your name

All I need to know is whose place

and let's get walkin'

 Panda

All I wanna do is love your body

Tonight's your lucky night, I know you want it

All I wanna do is love your body

Tonight's your lucky night, I know you want itttt

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 Raccoon

I'll undress you 'cause you're tired

Cover you as you desire

When you fall asleep inside my arms

may not have the fancy things

but I'll give you everything

you could ever want, it's in my arms

 Raccoon

So baby tell me yes

And I will give you everything

So baby tell me yes

And I will be all yours tonight

I will be right by your side

Raccoon

If I can't find the cure, I'll 

I'll fix you with my love

No matter what you do, I'll 

I'll fix you with my love  

Promise I'll always be there

Promise I'll be the cure

 Raccoon: You didn't think I would forget the clues, did you? I have two lies and one truth, can you find what is actual about me? 

• I have found love, in a strange place, but it is love after all! 
• Someone once paid me to break myself free from a trap.
• I am the Mole. 

See you next week! No one wants to send the Raccoon packing! 

Announcer: Up next: the Gnome! 

 Gnome

Here you come again

Just when I'd begun to get myself together

You waltz right in the door

Just like you've done before

And wrap my heart 'round your little finger

 Gnome

Here you come again

Just when I'm about to make it work without you

You look into my eyes

and lie those pretty lies

and pretty soon I'm wondering how I came to doubt you

 Gnome

All you gotta do is smile that smile

And there go all my defences

Just leave it up to you and in a little while 

You're messing up my mind and filling up my senses

here you come again! 

Gnome:  And now it is time for the clues, the clues, the precious clues, I know I shouldn't give you the precious clues but...oh I must! You need to know my identity, don't you? You know the garden hose...

• My name starts with the eleventh letter in the alphabet
• My last name is like an element, like Fire, or...
• I use my middle name instead of my first name. Who likes John? 

Announcer: When we return...the Robot sings her heart out! 

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Ava: Shoo, raccoon, you're in my seat! 

Raccoon: I am not, pretty princess, you are out!

Ava: And? So? Whatever? I'll complain. 

Raccoon: Like that would do anything. 

They would just stab you. Hehe. 

 Ava: You did not just say that! 

Raccoon: I did just say that. 

Ava: You did not! 

 Raccoon: Are you deaf, Rapunzel? 

Ava: Omg I love her! I love her hair! 

Raccoon: ... 

 Raccoon: Now shoo, you're blocking my view and Robot is about to perform! 

Ava: I'm trying to wave at Gnome and say hiya.

Raccoon: You can do that later! 

Ava: GNOME!! LOOK AT MEEEE! 

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 Announcer: And now...Robot sings a song of regret and remembrance... hopefully not her swan song. 

(fair warning you need to skip through a lot of the video to get to the singing) 

 Robot

Midnight, not a sound from the pavement

Has the moon lost her memory? 

She is smiling alone

In the lamplight, the withered leaves collect at my feet

and the wind begins to moan

 Robot

Every streetlamp seems to beat

A fatalistic warning

Someone mutters and the street lamp gutters

and soon

it will be morning

 Robot

Daylight

I must wait for the sunrise

I must think of a new life

and I mustn't give in

When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory too

and a new day...will begin

 Robot: And two lies and a truth about me? Well - why don't we cut right too it! 

• I am the five-star celebrity chef that won that certain Assassin show
• There have been many versions of me, but I am always just as iconic.
• I am actually a man. 

 Announcer: And here come hop-hop-hopping, it's Bunny! 

Bunny: I have secrets, many secrets, and tonight one will come to pond...but can you figure out which one it is? 

• I am also the five-star celebrity chef that won that certain Assassin show
• My fame does not come from a reality game show. 
• My secret has been whispered by another masked simger...but guess who. 

 Bunny

I put a spell on you

'cause you're mine

You better stop the things you do

I ain't lyin'...

 Bunny

You know I can't stand it

You're runnin' around

You know better daddy

I can't stand it cause you put me down

 Bunny

I put a spell on you

because you're mine

 Bunny

I love ya

I love you! 

I love you! 

I love you anyhow 

and I don't care

if you don't want me

I'm yours right now

I put a spell on you

because you're mine

 Announcer: And our final performer for the night, the Yeti! 

Welcome him to the stage! 

Yeti: It is strange being last, it is a closing, and I always like to leave things on the edge...keep the suspense dripping from the scene...you will never truly know, will you? That is why this game is perfect for me...Two Lies, One Truth! 

• I share a name with a certain object, a certain thing that people enjoy in their days off, but me? I hate them. 
• I have spoken three different languages in my life but forgotten one of them, for it is archaic. 
• I have a pet cat. 

Time for me to sing!!

Yeti

For once in my life I have someone who needs me

Someone I've needed so long

For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me

And somehow I know I'll be strong

Yeti
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of

Long before I knew

Someone warm like you

Would make my dreams come true

Yeti
For once, I can say, this is mine, you can't take it

As long as I know I have love, I can make it

For once in my life! 

I have someone who needs me

someone...who needs...me

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 Space Villain

day to night to morning, keep with me in the moment

I'd let you had I known it, why don't you say so? 

why don't you say sooooo! 

Announcer: Someone escort him off the property, please. 

Thank you. 

Anyway! 

Announcer: We've come to the tragic part of our episode. In a moment, two of our masked simgers will be unmasked...who will it be? The votes are in, the votes have been tallied, and the first of two simgers that will unmasked tonight is...

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 Announcer: Yeti! Unfortunately, Yeti will be unmasked tonight, and in only a few minutes of drawn out tension! Who is the Yeti? 

Get your final guesses in now...

WHO IS THAT BEHIND THE MASK? 

Announcer: And it is....

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 Announcer: It's Wendell Ferris, one half of the Wendi and Wendell Ferris duo that appeared on the second season of Jetset! He's been the Yeti all along. 

Did you guess it? 

Wendell: This is where I've been after I left Jetset. 

Ah fuck. 

now Wendi knows. 

Can I get another costume? 

 Announcer: Did you figure out which of his clues from this episode was the truth? It was the first clue - his last name, Ferris, is shared with that of a Ferris wheel, which Wendell hates because he hates a lot of things because I mean, he's a mess, let's be real - 

Wendell: Hey -

Announcer: I was kidding! 

Wendell: I just have a bad memory from a Ferris wheel. 

...from the Ferris name, really. 

 Announcer: Thank you, Wendell, for singing your heart out as Yeti! Give him a round of applause and let's keep going with the show! 

Wendell: No one expected me to be not in signature orange, did they? 

Announcer: Absolutely no one did. 

 Announcer: With Yeti unmasked, it is time for another masked simger to be unmasked, unfortunately. As before, the votes carry over and there is another with the least amount of votes to save, so one of the six will be taking off the mask, stripping out of the suit and exposing yourself to the world! Haha, not like that! 

 Announcer: So, who will it be? 

Who is the second familiar face to be unmasked tonight? 

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 Announcer: It's Panda! 

Sorry, Panda, your time has come to an end. You will be unmasked very shortly, right this way. Who is Panda, ladies and gentlemen? 

What are your final guesses, and Panda, has anyone come close? 

Panda: Not at all! 

 Announcer: I suppose we all might be a bit surprised, alienated, even, to find out who is behind the mask here. Panda...who are you? 

Panda: Wouldn't you like to know? 

Announcer: Oh we would, we would! 

TAKE IT OFF!

TAKE IT OFF!

TAKE IT OFF!

  Nina: SURPRISE! 

Announcer: IT'S NINA CALIENTE!!!!

 Announcer: What made you come on this show, Nina? We would never have expected you to pop up and sing your heart out...

Nina: I, well, needed another chance in the spotlight, frankly it has been stripped from me ever since my first surprise appearance back in the day, and I couldn't let my image be tarnished any longer. I needed the spotlight to recognise me, even in costume. I loved being Panda! 

 Announcer: And which was the truth tonight? 

Nina: Of course I have a sister, she is as legendary as I am, and yes we tear into each other like kitty-cats constantly, little bitch. 

I love her, I truly do. But she's stealing my men every damn day. 

Makes me really want to whack her with bamboo. 

 Nina: Excuse you, you left last episode. 

Space Villain: And? 

Nina: You're old news, fella. Get the hell away. 

Space Villain: I'm Even Stevens, bitch. 

Announcer: And we are down to the final five. One of these five will be your winner of The Masked Simger, but who will it be? Next time - another two will be unmasked, leading us to our coveted final three. Will your favourite be unmasked? Who is behind these masks? It could be anyone, after all...I'll see you next time.

~ WHO'S THAT BEHIND THE MASK ~

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The songs performed in this episode of The Masked Simger were: 

• New York State of Mind by Billy Joel
• Your Body by Christina Aguilera 
• The Cure by Lady Gaga
• Here You Come Again by Dolly Parton
• Memory from Cats
• I Put a Spell on You by Nina Simone
• For Once in My Life by Stevie Wonder
• Say So by Doja Cat