When it came time to unmask, two panelists namelyJenny McCarthy-WahlbergandKen Jeong guessed Jason Derulo and Usher, respectively.
In something of a Christmas miracle, they were right.
What has the reception been like for your new music?
Wasp in the season 12 finale of ‘The Masked Singer’.Credit:Michael Becker / FOX
There’s so many moving parts to create an album.
It’s all Broadway and music to me.
Everything felt very connected.
Mario attends the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ in May 2024.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty
So this whole journey has just been beautiful.
But yeah, the album’s out right now and I’m excited to take it on tour.
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Ne-Yo (a.k.a.
Was he the reason you did the show?
No, no, no.
I wouldn’t say he is the reason why I did the show at all.
Ne-Yo told me what things to watch out for, what to expect backstage.
So you’ve really got to become one with your costume.
I mean, this is something that I learned.
And the hardest part about it was not being able to take the costume home afterwards.
I could have put that in the contract, but we thought about it too late.
No, I think their instincts were pretty good.
So it was just merging those characters.
How hard was the giant stinger to dance with?
Oh man, you’re the first person to ask about it.
And it happened a few times during rehearsal, but then I got used to it.
I didn’t want the first time for me to feel it to be on stage.
Be honest, did you figure out that you were going upagainst Boyz II Men in the finale?
Boyz II Men, I’ve been hearing these voices since I was a kid, studying their vocals.
And they’re part of my R&B Mount Rushmore, period.
There’s no question if I was to name a group it would be Boyz II Men.
They would be No.
So it’s something I definitely respect them for, what they’ve done with R&B.
