Fox’s The Masked Singer just wrapped its fifth season, so Billboard is going back through every winning artist who unmasked themselves for the grand reveal.
Hosted by Nick Cannon, the singing competition series premiered on Fox in 2019 as a way for celebrity contestants to perform anonymously in head-to-toe costumes while clues about their real identity are given throughout the competition before they’re unmasked one by one.
Judges-turned-detectives Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke have used clue after clue to get closer to uncovering who’s hiding behind each mask, but the final reveals always leave their jaws on the floor.
Below is a complete list of which mystery musician unmasked themselves to reveal the winner at the end of each season.
Season 1
Oh they couldn’t believe it! T-Pain shocked millions of viewers with his Monster win to cap the first season of The Masked Singer, proving once more that he doesn’t need Auto-Tune to carry a tune.
Winner’s Costume: Monster
Winner’s Real Identity: T-Pain
Season 2
Who was it anyway? Between being mistaken as Thingamajig or Fox, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Let’s Make a Deal star Wayne Brady cut through the fierce competition and proudly lifted his snout after a stirring rendition of Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness” that was complete with an improvised rap about his 30 years in the game.
Winner’s Costume: Fox
Winner’s Real Identity: Wayne Brady
Season 3
Defeating the likes of iconic singers Miss Monster Chaka Khan and Mouse Dionne Warwick and dusting off her finale performance of Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High” with her glittery hands, Grammy-winning songwriter, former Xcscape member and The Real Housewives of Atlanta reality TV star Kandi Burruss was the Night Angel in disguise after all.
Winner’s Costume: Night Angel
Winner’s Real Identity: Kandi Burruss
Season 4
From her titanic opening-night cover of Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You” to her tear-jerking covers of Billie Eilish’s “When the Party’s Over” and Kesha’s “Praying,” it was Sun that shone through and glimmered even brighter with the crown on top of legendary country singer LeAnn Rimes.
Winner’s Costume: Sun
Winner’s Real Identity: LeAnn Rimes
Season 5
When it ultimately came down to a three-way face-off between the Black Swan, Chameleon and Piglet, but this little piggy won the whole competition and revealed his identity as reality TV star and 98 Degrees co-founder Nick Lachey.
Winner’s Costume: Piglet
Winner’s Real Identity: Nick Lachey
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