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A Tribute To James Van Der Beek And A Recap Of Twilight Night

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After another great episode last week and having met all the contestants of the season with Red White And Clue Night, it was time for Twilight Night! When I first heard about this Theme Night, I had no idea what it would entail, but I knew that the song A Thousand Years would be performed in some way. Before I get into the episode though, there is something that I need to bring up. I was initially on the fence about even talking about it, but after seeing that the show addressed it, I feel that I should as well. On Wednesday, February 11, we lost another member of The Masked Singer family. James Van Der Beek, The Griffin on Season 13, has passed away after a years long battle with colorectal cancer.  I am going to be completely honest with you all, five other past contestants have passed away over the years, but out of all of them, this one hit me the hardest, and for a little while, I couldn’t understand why. But now I know why it hit me as hard as it did. It’s because it felt lik...

Red White And Clue Night

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After another great episode last week with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Night, it was time for Red White And Clue Night, which was in honor of America’s 250th Birthday.  Okay, so here’s a quick little disclaimer here. At the start of the season, they announced all the theme nights that would be a part of the season… except for one, which also happened to be this one. To make things even more confusing, they showed clips of performances from this episode in the trailers for the season, so at this point, I was trying to figure out what theme night could possibly have TWO contestants giving performances with backup dancers wearing cowboy hats. At first, I thought it was Fear Night, because Eggplant’s performance had a backdrop that had the words “Bold Courage” on it, and I figured he was singing a country song, but then I was also wondering why High Voltage also had backup dancers wearing cowboy hats, and when I saw what the performances on Fear Night actually looked like, I figured t...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Night

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After an amazing episode last week with a surprising ending with Clueless Night, it was time for the exact same thing again with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Night! No, I am not even joking, two episodes in a row this season had unexpected and shocking endings. But I’m getting ahead of myself. I was obviously looking forward to this episode, as not only were we going to see four great singers again, we were also going to see the second Wildcard Contestant of the season. The episode started off in the only way that it could have, with the panelists performing the theme song to the original 1980s cartoon, which makes sense to me, as it’s one of the most iconic theme songs of all time. I think. I don’t know, I wasn’t alive at the time it was on. Much like all the other theme nights centered around pop culture franchises, there were people there in costumes of all the Ninja Turtles, and the panelists and Nick were all dressed up as the characters as well, as Robin was dressed as Raphael, J...

Clueless Night

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After another amazing episode last week with Fear Night, it was time for the next episode, Clueless Night! I was looking forward to this episode for a number of reasons, including the fact that we were going to hear several amazing singers again, and we would also be meeting the first Wildcard Contestant of the season.  The episode started off the same way that many episodes with returning contestants begin: with a group performance from all four of them of a song pertaining to that episode’s theme. In this case, the episode started off with the four returning contestants performing Kids In America by Kim Wilde. As I have said many times before, I always enjoy these group performances, as it gives all the contestants a chance to stand out together.  At this point in the episode, Nick announced two very important things, which were that we would be meeting the first Wildcard Contestant of the season, and there would also be a double unmasking. The first performer of the night w...

Fear Night

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After an amazing premiere last week, it was time for the next episode, which was Fear Night! I was greatly looking forward to this episode, as unlike how many of the recent seasons have worked, we were going to meet five new contestants, as opposed to seeing the contestants we had just seen last week with maybe one wildcard contestant. I was also intrigued by two contestants due to the trailers, but I’m getting ahead of myself. I’ll address them when I get to them. The episode literally picked up where the premiere ended, which was the unmasking of The Croissants. If you remember anything from my writeup of the premiere, you probably remember who I said they were. Well, everybody was right, as The Croissants were revealed to be Todd & Julie Chrisley. I am sure that a million thoughts are going through all of your heads right now, so I’m just going to leave it at this. This has got to be the first instance of a real life example of the Family Guy quote of someone who has been proble...

Season 14 Premiere

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After eight very long months, multiple changes of seasons, and an entire new year, it was finally time for Season 14 of The Masked Singer to premiere! To say that I was excited would be an understatement, as they had chosen to take the fall off, so this made it feel even more special as a result. And every trailer they released, as well as each piece of information they released got me even more excited. The episode started off with the only way that made sense: a performance from all four panelists of one of the biggest songs of 2025 from one of the biggest movies of 2025, Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters.  From there, it was explained how the episode was going to work.  There were going to be a total of five face-offs on the episode, and there would be one winner and one loser at the end of each of them, and from there, the two contestants with the least amount of votes would be unmasked. The first face-off of the night was Galaxy Girl vs Handyman. In Galaxy Girl’s clue packa...

What To Expect From Season 14

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Hello everybody!  As of right now, we are currently exactly four weeks until the premiere of Season 14 of The Masked Singer! And not only that, we also have quite a bit of information right now! But because I want to have as much information as possible in this post, I will wait however long I need to until I feel I have enough information to share with you all. So, with this little disclaimer out of the way, let’s get started! The first thing you need to know is that the time of its release is very unusual, as typically the show does two seasons a year, and normally, this season would actually be airing at the time I am writing this. For whatever reason, they chose to take the Fall off, in favor of returning bigger on January 7. While it made this time of year a little harder for me, I can definitely say that my expectations for Season 14 have been raised. As almost all of you can probably guess, Nick Cannon is back as host, and the panelists are once again Robin Thicke, Jenny McC...