It was obviously a computer-generated city, more like Tron with all its neon, but it was an incredibly cool effect, and there was some bonus silliness with a computer-generated dinosaur roaring alongside the stage. What was most disappointing is that the show opened with host Nick Cannon walking out onto the show’s X-shaped stage, which was suddenly a rooftop of a skyscraper. Sun sings on The Masked Singer season 4’s premiere.
There were weird digital audience members in stands above and behind the judges, plus other effects like silhouettes that seemed to be crude computer graphics. It seems like those may have been composited together and used in some shots. That’s justifiable, even if the show’s reuse of reaction shots was sometimes obvious.įor season four, the show hired background players to pretend to be audience members, reacting to nothing. While there was an actual studio audience for the performances, they pretended to react to the reveal, but were taken out of the studio before the singer was actually unmasked. Many of The Masked Singer’s audience shots have been fake in previous seasons. Three days after the Emmys opened with an extended joke that recycled past Emmy footage to pretend that Jimmy Kimmel was on stage in front of a packed house, The Masked Singer did the same thing-not to joke, but to deceive.
DWTS and ANW use pretend audience audio noises, which at best provides a background hum and at worst is annoying (like having the fake audience boo judges).īut The Masked Singer season four went much further, using various techniques to fake its studio audience, which was both weird and unnecessary. Readers can find out more about that show here.Dancing with the Stars, American Ninja Warrior, and Big Brother have made it clear that broadcast network reality competitions don’t need studio audiences. But before the fifth season airs, the show’s spinoff series, “The Masked Dancer,” will take over its time slot at midseason. “The Masked Singer” has already been renewed for Season 5 at Fox, with that installment set to premiere in 2021. And last but certainly not least, Sun was crowned the Season 4 winner and turned out to be LeAnn Rimes.Īccording to Fox, all 16 contestants from Season 4 - but 17 celebrities, because of the Snow Owls - combined have “sold more than 281 million records worldwide, appeared in more than 5,120 episodes of television and 204 films, appeared in five Super Bowls, have four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one Academy Award nomination and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People.”
Mushroom was named this season’s runner-up and was unveiled as Aloe Blacc. Then it was time to pick a Season 4 winner and unmask the trio.Ĭrocodile came in third place and was revealed to be Nick Carter.
On tonight’s finale, finalists Crocodile, Mushroom and Sun all performed again for panelists Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke, as well as “The Masked Singer” super fans voting from home.Īlso Read: Nick Cannon's Cartoon Santa Makes a Bad Christmas Pun in 'Masked Singer' Holiday Singalong Teaser (Exclusive Video) Elvis Francois), Whatchamacallit ( Lonzo Ball), Snow Owls ( Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black) Squiggly Monster ( Bob Saget), Lips ( Wendy Williams), Baby Alien ( Mark Sanchez), Giraffe ( Brian Austin Green), Gremlin ( Mickey Rourke) and Dragon ( Busta Rhymes). The first 13 were Seahorse ( Tori Kelly), Jellyfish ( Chloe Kim), Popcorn ( Taylor Dayne), Broccoli (Paul Anka), Serpent ( Dr. The two-hour finale included a recap of Season 4 of the wacky Fox singing competition, which saw the unmaskings of 16 contestants in total. The fourth season of “The Masked Singer” came to a close Wednesday with the identity reveals for the final three contestants, one of whom was awarded the Golden Mask trophy by the end of the episode. (Warning: Major spoilers ahead for the Season 4 finale of “The Masked Singer.”)