The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 11
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The eleventh season of the American television series The Masked Singer premiered on Fox on March 6, 2024.[1] The season was won by singer and actor Vanessa Hudgens as "Goldfish", with singer and actor Scott Porter finishing second as "Gumball".
| The Masked Singer | |
|---|---|
| Season 11 | |
 Promotional poster for season eleven, featuring "Goldfish" | |
| Starring | |
| Hosted by | Nick Cannon |
| No. of contestants | 16 |
| Winner | Vanessa Hudgens as "Goldfish" |
| Runner-up | Scott Porter as "Gumball" |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | March 6 – May 22, 2024 |
| Season chronology | |
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| List of episodes | |
Nick Cannon, singer-songwriter Robin Thicke, television and radio personality Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, and actor and comedian Ken Jeong all returned as host and panelists. On September 13, 2023, it was announced that recording artist and panelist of the British adaptation of the show, Rita Ora, would substitute for longtime panelist Nicole Scherzinger, as the latter stars in the West End revival of Sunset Boulevard, conflicting with the filming of the eleventh season.[2] Ora's addition marks the first major change to the panel since the series' inception.
The second episode features season four winner LeAnn Rimes ("Sun") as an additional guest, the fourth episode included Jill Whelan and Heidi and Spencer Pratt as additional guests, the sixth episode included Transformers characters Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and Bumblebee as additional guests, and the eighth episode included Carnie Wilson of season eight runners-up Wilson Phillips ("Lambs") and Raven-Symoné ("Black Widow" from season two) as additional guests.
The format is similar to its predecessor; featuring three groups, with Group A starting with five costumes and Groups B and C starting with four. Each group featured one wild card added later during the season. The panelists have one opportunity to use the "Ding Dong Keep It On" bell (introduced in the ninth season) to save one contestant, who moves to the quarterfinals with the group finalists. From there, three competed in the semifinals and two moved on to the finale.[3]
Much like the previous three seasons of the series, the eleventh season featured the return of themed nights. Throughout the season, themes included nights dedicated to Billy Joel and Queen, musical film The Wizard of Oz, film-toy franchise Transformers, "Girl Groups", and "Shower Anthems".[3] Additionally for the first time, themes such as "Soundtrack Of My Life" and "TV Themes" were featured once again after having already been represented in previous seasons.[4]
The season featured 16 celebrities split into three groups; as well as three wild card contestants who entered the competition later during the season.[4]
The contestants are said to boast a combined total of 22 Grammy nominations, 11 platinum albums, 33 Teen Choice nominations, 108 million records sold, 1.7 billion Spotify streams, and 326 film appearances.
| Stage name | Celebrity | Occupation(s) | Episodes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Group A | Group B | Group C | A | B | ||||||||||
| Goldfish | Vanessa Hudgens | Actor/singer | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER | ||||||
| Gumball | Scott Porter | Actor/singer | RISK | SAFE | WIN | RISK | SAFE | RUNNER-UP | ||||||
| Clock | Thelma Houston | Singer | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| Poodle Moth | Chrissy Metz[a] | Actor/singer | SAFE | SAFE | KEPT[b] | OUT | ||||||||
| Beets | Clay Aiken | Singer/politician | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| Ruben Studdard | Singer | |||||||||||||
| Seal (WC) | Corey Feldman | Actor | RISK | OUT | ||||||||||
| Miss Cleocatra | Jenifer Lewis | Actor/singer | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
| Starfish | Kate Flannery | Actor | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| Ugly Sweater | Charlie Wilson | Singer | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| Koala (WC) | DeMarcus Ware | NFL Hall of Famer | OUT | |||||||||||
| Lovebird | Colton Underwood | TV personality | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
| Lizard | Sisqó | Singer | RISK | RISK | OUT | |||||||||
| Sir Lion (WC) | Billy Bush | Talk show host | OUT | |||||||||||
| Spaghetti & Meatballs | Joe Bastianich | Restaurateur/TV personality | OUT | |||||||||||
| Afghan Hound | Savannah Chrisley | TV personality | OUT | |||||||||||
| Book | Kevin Hart | Actor/comedian | WD[c] | |||||||||||
- WIN The masked singer won with their performance and advanced in the competition.
- KEPT The masked singer was saved from elimination by a panelist using the "Ding Dong Keep It On" bell.
- RISK The masked singer was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
- SAFE The masked singer was safe from elimination.
- OUT The masked singer was eliminated from the competition and unmasked.
- WD The masked singer unmasked themselves and left the competition.
The masked singer did not perform.
(WC) The masked singer is a wild card contestant.
The celebrities who competed in the eleventh season of The Masked Singer, pictured in order of elimination (L–R):
Kevin Hart ("Book"), Savannah Chrisley ("Afghan Hound"), Joe Bastianich ("Spaghetti & Meatballs"), Billy Bush ("Sir Lion"), Sisqó ("Lizard"), Colton Underwood ("Lovebird"), DeMarcus Ware ("Koala"), Charlie Wilson ("Ugly Sweater"), Kate Flannery ("Starfish"), Jenifer Lewis ("Miss Cleocatra"), Corey Feldman ("Seal"), Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard ("Beets"), Chrissy Metz ("Poodle Moth"), Thelma Houston ("Clock"), Scott Porter ("Gumball"), and Vanessa Hudgens ("Goldfish")
Week 1 (March 6) - "Season 11 Premiere: Rita We Love Your Ora"
Guest performance: Panelist Rita Ora performs "Who Are You" by The Who
Guest performance: LeAnn Rimes performs "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland
Guest performance: Panelist Robin Thicke performs "My Life"
Week 4 (March 27) - "TV Theme Night"
Guest performance: The panel performs "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" by Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle (from Gilligan's Island)
Week 5 (April 3) - "Group C Finals: Shower Anthems Night"
Group performance: "Shower" by Becky G
- After being unmasked, Sisqó sang his signature song "Thong Song" as his encore performance.
Group performance: "We Are the Champions"
- After being unmasked, Wilson sang The Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" as his encore performance.
Guest performance: The panel performs "Wannabe" by Spice Girls
Week 9 (May 1) - "Group B Finals: Soundtrack Of My Life"
Group performance: "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi
Week 10 (May 8) - "Quarter Finals: Final Four"
Week 11 (May 15) - "Road to the Semi Finals" and "Semi Finals: Then There Were Three"
Group performance: "Higher Love" by Kygo feat. Whitney Houston
- After being unmasked, Houston performed her signature song "Don't Leave Me This Way".
Week 12 (May 22) - "Season 11 Finale: One Mask Takes It All"
- ^ Metz previously appeared during the fifth season as a guest panelist.
- ^ a b While in the middle of their unmasking and per the chanting of the audience, panelist Rita Ora used the "Ding Dong Keep It On" bell to save Poodle Moth from elimination, allowing the portrayer to keep their mask on and continue in the competition.
- ^ a b While being interviewed by Cannon, Hart immediately unmasked himself claiming it to be a prank on the panel and Cannon.
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