“The Masked Singer ”season 14 kicks off with huge star energy, a baseball legend, and twisty double elimination

This text comprises spoilers for The Masked Singer season 14 premiere.

Welcome again The Masked Singer!

After the longest hiatus to-date for the disguised celeb singing present, the truth collection is again, and dare we are saying higher than ever?

It's definitely larger than ever: Proper off the bat within the premiere, longtime host Nick Cannon tells us the night will characteristic 10 starry performances from 10 all-new masks, certainly one of whom is teased as probably the most embellished star in TMS historical past.

The format of the episode primarily pairs everybody off into 5 teams of two. The singer with probably the most votes from every pair strikes on, and the one with the least will get despatched to the "uncommon suspects" group within the backside 5, the place, following a second vote, two will probably be despatched house.

The season's main twist, dubbed America's Insider, additionally introduces herself in pre-taped offstage movies for the viewers's eyes solely. In case you missed it, in a primary for the present, Descendants star and singer Kylie Cantrall revealed herself to the viewers on social media earlier than the season aired. All season lengthy, she'll be taking viewers inside her journey on the present underneath the Cat Witch masks. And, for the reason that episodes are taped months upfront of airing, the panelists had no thought this was occurring throughout filming. (Extra on how all of that works, right here.)

Earlier than attending to all of that, although, returning panelist Rita Ora kicks the night time off with a showy efficiency of KPop Demon Hunters smash hit, "Golden," the place she is finally joined by fellow panelists Robin Thicke, Ken Jeong, and Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg.

With a lot extra to get to, the present wastes no time in getting all the way down to brass tacks. Listed below are all of the pairings, and what everybody sings:

1) Galaxy Woman vs. Handyman

• Galaxy Woman sings "Tremendous Graphic Extremely Fashionable Woman" by Chappell Roan
• Handyman sings "Shake Your Groove Factor" by Peaches & Herb

2) Pugcasso vs. Queen Corgi

• Pugcasso sings "Peculiar" by Alex Warren
• Queen Corgi sings "Don't Rain on My Parade" by Barbra Streisand

3) Scarab vs. Croissants

• Scarab sings "Set Hearth to the Rain" by Adele
• Croissants sing "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley

4) Snow Cone vs. Stingray

• Snow Cone sings "After I Develop Up" by the Pussycat Dolls
• Stingray sings "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees

5) Googly Eyes vs. Cat Witch

• Googly Eyes sings "Flip Down for What" by DJ Snake and Lil Jon
• Cat Witch sings "Abracadabra" by Woman Gaga

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Galaxy Woman, Pugcasso, Scarab, Stingray, and Cat Witch win their respective pairings, thus sending Handyman, Queen Corgi, Croissants, Snow Cone, and Googly Eyes to the underside 5.

Earlier than attending to the ultimate vote and double eliminations, Cannon additionally shortly reveals the 5 new costumes for subsequent week: Le Who Who, Excessive Voltage, Calla Lily, Owl, and Eggplant. Oh my.

When it's all mentioned and finished, Googly Eyes has the dignity of being the primary to go house. The panel picks up on the baseball-heavy clues, and guesses accordingly. Closing predictions for Googly Eyes are: David Ortiz (Jeong), Derek Jeter (McCarthy-Wahlberg), Pedro Martínez (Thicke), and Manny Ramirez (Ora).

He unmasks himself to disclose Massive Papi himself, Baseball Corridor of Famer and legendary Boston Crimson Sox designated hitter, David Ortiz. Which suggests, towards all odds, Jeong begins the season off on prime of the leaderboard… for now.

The present then says au revoir to the Croissants. Closing guesses from the panel embrace: Jersey Shore stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Mike "The State of affairs" Sorrentino (Thicke), Tim McGraw and Religion Hill (Jeong, who else?!), Todd and Julie Chrisley (McCarthy-Wahlberg), and Spencer and Heidi Pratt (Ora).

However, in a twist certain to infuriate viewers, the Croissant duo unmasks to disclose… two blurred-out faces with query marks over them? Yup, all people has to attend till subsequent week to search out out which celeb couple is behind the flaky pastry masks.

As credit roll, Cannon tells us: "Who’re Croissants? Discover out subsequent week at 8/7 Central." Boo.

The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.

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