Ken Jeong is in most cases the Masked Singer panelist who is aware of precisely who that is, however on this week’s episode, Robin Thicke is the person who’s sure he has a right kind wager.
In Us Weekly’s unique clip of the Wednesday, December 13, episode, Donut tells Robin, 46, that he used to hang around along with his “dear, sweet” dad, Alan Thicke.
“That’s so sweet,” Robin tells the thriller contestant. “That’s so kind.”
Host Nick Cannon asks whether or not that clue used to be useful, however Robin admits that it wasn’t. The trace did, on the other hand, make stronger his speculation that Donut is Tom Jones.
“My dad knew everybody,” Robin says of Alan, who died at age 69 in 2016. “But if Donut is who I think it is, I’m a lifelong fan of your voice and your bravado. And my dad had mentioned to me before he passed [that] you and him had become friendly.”
Robin additionally notes the relationship to a prior Donut clue package deal the place the performer printed that he misplaced the affection of his existence. “All that connects to one person in my heart and mind, and that would be Tom Jones, the legendary singer,” Robin explains. (Jones’ spouse, Linda Trenchard, died of lung most cancers in 2016 at age 76.)
Jenny McCarthy thinks Robin might be onto one thing along with his Jones wager as a result of Donut “feels like a legend,” however she determined to run with clues that hinted at an affiliation with a Nineteen Eighties TV display.
“Bo Duke … from The Dukes of Hazzard,” McCarthy, 51, tells her fellow panelists. “It could be John Schneider possibly. He knows how to sing. … Ken likes [that guess], which is scary.”
Along with Jones, 83, and Schneider, 63, the panelists have in the past guessed that Donut might be Stanley Tucci, Sylvester Stallone, Engelbert Humperdinck and Liam Neeson.
Donut is one in all handiest six contestants ultimate on season 10 of The Masked Singer, which kicked off in September. Donut, Candelabra and Anteater should nonetheless face off for the identify of Staff C champion ahead of they compete towards Gazelle, Cow and Sea Queen within the season finale on Wednesday, December 20.
Final month, Ashley Parker Angel — who used to be unmasked as S’extra on November 29 — stated he thinks Gazelle or Cow may just pass the entire approach. “I’m partial to the group that I was in,” he solely advised Us Weekly. “Maybe that’s why I’m biased!”
The Masked Singer airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.