If you’ve turned on your TV in the past week, there’s a high probability that you’ve heard of The Masked Singer.
A remake of the popular South Korean show, King of Mask Singer, it’s like if The Voice went on a dystopian party cruise with Yo Gabba Gabba and an episode of E! True Hollywood Story. Or, as Vulture’s Kathryn VanArendonk so aptly described the experience: “What if Gritty walked out on a soundstage made to look like an arena concert, belted out Sam Smith’s ‘Stay With Me,’ was described as ‘a professional’ by Jenny McCarthy, took off his head to reveal he was Joey Fatone, and the entire experience felt three clicks away from an episode of Black Mirror?” Well, more than 9 million people watched this nightmare show’s premiere episode, according to Nielsen. Nine million people who are now dying to figure out which celebs are under these elaborate masks. (But let’s be real, they’re more like costumes.)
The premiere had our first slew of masked singers give their clues and do their thing: Deer, Lion, Monster, Peacock, and Unicorn. (Also, Hippo, who was sent home and revealed to be NFL player Antonio Brown.) On this week’s episode, we’ll hear the rest: Alien, Bee, Pineapple, Poodle, Rabbit, and Raven. Each contestant gives a few clues about themselves before they perform, complete with completely intentionally hilarious voice-changing filter, and the show provides scant details like height, gender, and commentary from our slate of four useless judges.
According to Lindsay Weber at Vulture.com along with expert judgement and the assistance of thousands of skimmed YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram comments, here are the most likely celebs hiding behind those wacky looks. Is this show about singing? No. Is it about the process of elimination based on the most likely type of celebrities who would agree to appear on a reality show like this? Yes.
Who is the Deer on The Masked Singer?
The Deer is … Terry Bradshaw? Photo: Michael Becker/FOX/Getty Images
Here’s what we know about the Deer. He’s six-foot-three, “incredibly competitive,” and considers himself a singer but is “not sure everyone’s going to agree with that.” He says: “I’ve been knocked down many times, but in the Wild Wild West you learn how to get back up and get back in the saddle.” And another suggestive quote would be: “Ravens, beware.” There’s also a slight southern accent to his highly altered speaking voice.
Why it could be Terry Bradshaw: He played on the Steelers, he loves horses, and he’s won four Super Bowls (something mentioned by the show’s marketing). The Steelers famously hate the Ravens. He’s the right height and, as a YouTube commenter observes, he “didn’t move to much during the performance bc he’s old” which is true. (He’s 70!) Plus, Terry had a singing career back in the day, releasing five country albums. Here’s Terry singing Glen Campbell in 1976, and here he is singing with the Isaacs in 2016.
Why it may not be Terry Bradshaw: His present-day voice doesn’t exactly match up, but that might because the songs are different genres.
Odds: Very high.
Other possibilities: Peyton Manning, Eric Decker, Von Miller, Ben Roethlisberger, Tim Tebow.
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