Warning: This post contains spoilers for Sunday night’s episode of “The Masked Singer”
It was ’90s night on “The Masked Singer” this week and inevitably, fans had to say “Bye, Bye, Bye” to some contestants (fitting, considering *NSYNC member Lance Bass was a special guest during the episode). Unfortunately, this episode marked the beginning and end of both Walrus and Milkshake’s journey.
But before we unmask, let’s review a few guesses. Thanks to an exclusive clip from TheWrap ahead of the episode, we knew that, as always, the judges were a bit all over the place on Milkshake. Ken Jeong took the theme of the episode quite literally, guessing a hip-hop artist who had a strong grip on the ’90s
“I really think this is a hip-hop artist, I think this is someone who can really rap,” Jeong said before making his final prediction. “I honestly think this could be LL Cool J!”
But, Nicole Scherzinger was careful to avoid being swayed by the night’s theme, and guessed a more recent rapper: T.I. In the end though, it wasn’t any of those rappers beneath the Milkshake mask — it wasn’t even a rapper at all. It was pro athlete Le’Veon Bell, who most recently played for the Tampa Bay Bucaneers.
Of course, when it came to Walrus, the episode’s theme was definitely a factor.
After being guessed many times over the course of “The Masked Singer” since its beginning — including this season, when Jeong suspected the mummies of being the Lawrence brothers — the rain jacket-clad sea creature was revealed to be ’90s heartthrob Joey Lawrence.
The “Blossom” star has indeed come up as a judge’s guess more than a few times over the show’s run, and as a result, Lawrence was more than happy to stop by and compete.
“The Masked Singer” airs on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.