SPOILER ALERT: The story below reveals the identities of the contestants who were eliminated on Wednesday night (May 1). The masked singer.
Over the years, The masked singer has served up some fun and funky costume duos including Snow Owls (Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black), Banana Split (Katharine McPhee and David Foster), Beach Ball (Honey Boo Boo and Mama June) and Hydra (Penn & Teller) .
The tradition continued this season with The Beets, who made their sensational debut last month The Wizard of Oz night when they collaborated on Michael Bublé's “Home,” before singing the 1982 Billboard Hot 100 No. 30 hit by The Pointer Sisters “I'm so excited.” The men's voices blended so perfectly that Rita Ora gushes, “The beets just made it!”
The singers returned on Wednesday night (May 1) for a performance they said was inspired by becoming dads, with their emotional rendition of Whitney Houston's 'One Moment in Time' breaking into tears on the Soundtrack of My Life night . The blend of their soulful vocals – one high and sweet, the other warm and rich – drew gasps from the judges and audience alike as they hit every note with ease.
The clues about the two didn't help matters at all, with one describing himself as “the ladies' man” and the other “the tough guy”, although they admitted they “couldn't be more different” and never tried to outdo the each other but rather worked together “like a good girl group”.
The speculation was everywhere, from the podcast and Arrested Development The actor's co-stars Will Arnett and Jason Bateman, with K-Ci & JoJo and members of Boyz II Men, as well as country duo Dan + Shay, Steve Martin and Martin Short, Brooks & Dunn and another comedy duo, Scrubs co-starring Donald Faison and Zach Braff. Ken Jeong, as always, was way off with his Josh Groban/Brian McKnight guess.
After joining Team B's track to Bon Jovi's “It's My Life” and returning to sing Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes' “(I've Had) The Time of My Life” during the Battle Royale against Gumball on Wednesday night, unfortunately, the Beets failed to advance to the quarterfinals. And even though the Internet figured out who they were early on, the judges blocked their identities American Idol Season 2 winner and runner-up and best buds Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, both 45. In addition to remaining friends, the dynamic duo have toured together numerous times over the years, including last year for the Twenty The tour, celebrating their two-decade anniversary Idol debut.
The night also saw the reveal of Seal, who turned out to be 1980s child star and rocker Corey Feldman. But before that, Advertising sign spoke with Aiken and Studdard before their elimination to find out why their “adult vegetable” costumes were the hardest ever on the show, how they've stayed so close over the years, and why Ruben was mad that they didn't came out on top. again.
I'm sure you feel differently, but of all the costumes in the show so far, yours seemed the easiest to move around.
Studdard: Absolutely not! I felt so uncomfortable and out of place in this suit because we literally couldn't see things. The only thing we could see was right in front of us. So trying to play with these costumes was daunting.
Aiken: What? Gosh I'd say it's the opposite! I want to claim a privilege here and say that Reuben and I — yes, a lot of people have more elaborate costumes and that made the beets more adorable in their simplicity — but if you look at the beet itself it covers our entire body down to the our knees, then our hands are completely inside the Beetroots, so we just have our wrists out, no hands or really any legs. If you're watching, we only move from the knee down. It was simple, but almost impossible to move. I think that was the hardest, Ruben.
He told me about dedicating Whitney Houston's song to dads, what a touching moment.
Studdard: [laughs] I was just trying to remember all the words!
Aiken: And don't fall off the stage!
Studdard: Anytime you think about the people who mean the most to you, it's special. Dedicating most of my shows to my kids now has been the joy of my existence. Everything I do on stage, whether people know it's me or not, is for them.
Aiken: It was interesting because it was about picking a song that spoke to our story or life or career and that song didn't mean anything in particular to any of us, other than watching Whitney sing it in a stadium . But the lyrics obviously relate to our times Idol and how this show changed our lives and it was interesting to do it on the same network where we started and on stage in front of a studio audience. So much for it Masked singer has parallels with Idol — even though so much is completely opposite and different — but it was nice to experience it again 21 years after we experienced it Idol.
Whose idea was it to be on this show, and was there something tempting for you to dress up, given how well-known your story is?
Studdard: I was definitely excited to be on the show. I don't know if my original desire was to play with my brother, but to have the opportunity to continue what we've been doing…we did our 10-year tour, we were actually on the road doing the Masked singerso it only made sense in the world that we get the chance to close out the 20-year reunion with a bang as the most disgusting condiment they've put out.
Aiken: Are you telling me you don't like beets Ruben? I love beets. That's how old I am. No kid likes beets, but as we've gotten older I've found that I like beets now. That's what adults do, so it was only fitting that we were a grown-up vegetable.
Oh boy, I'm not going to Google “vegetables for adults!” Switching gears completely, you're both dads, did you watch the show with your kids before you said yes?
Studdard: I watched the show but my son is three so he has no idea what it is and my daughter is a baby.
Aiken: We had both seen the show and I think we had even talked to each other over the years as it was on the air about how cool it would be to do it, but Ruben was busy and I hadn't appeared at all, so when Reuben put me on stage again for this tour, I think the show saw that we were out to do something together. We're not a duo that records together, so I think they're saying, 'wait a minute, Reuben and Clay are on tour together, but people might not think of them as a duo, so that might be a way to trick the audience. “, so it worked out great for us.
Be honest now, what was scarier: singing on Idol as a newcomer without a mask or trying to sing in that costume?
Studdard: The song continues Idol for sure.
Aiken: The interest Idol for me it was obviously scary every week because you worry about going home because there's stakes and it's your life and your career. On Masked singer we didn't have that concern at all. We went off tour to do it and went back on tour after that and came in knowing we were going to have fun and laugh and have fun. I never worried about falling off the stage Idol. I definitely worried about that every time we played this show.
You placed one and two on Idol, so you're disappointed to be leaving Masked singer after only a few shows?
Studdard: I was disappointed to leave… I want to win everything. I don't care if it's marbles or jumping – and I know I can't do that much – but I want to win.
Aiken: Ruben and I have a very different philosophy on this and I reminded Ruben of that Masked singer it's not a singing competition. It's a singing performance, but it's barely a competition because there are so many other factors in it. I wasn't bothered by the loss and I know damn well we sang the living s–t out of that Whitney Houston song! So I'm not worried about us when it comes to that. I've lost things many times before so I'm much more used to it. Reuben has never lost anything before so it was a little tougher on him [laughs].
After 20 years, why do you think your friendship has endured and continued to bring you together like this?
Aiken: Because I don't mind losing! And this with marbles and jacks and jumping jacks and everything. I lost to him in everything.
Studdard: [Laughs] Despite our obvious differences, we faced a situation that tended to draw us closer to each other. American Idol it was very different than it is now and we relied on each other a lot. We had to depend on each other to be current, to be polite because we lived with each other. And not just for Clay and I, but I think the majority of our cast mates, we've found a way to remain a family 20 years into the show.
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