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“I didn’t know until right now exactly how much winning this would mean,” Fox said. “This is all I’ve done my whole life and I’ve been able to be blessed a lot to make a lot of people happy but I haven’t always been happy myself. It’s taken me all this time to find my joy again wearing a mask and having no preconceived notions from anyone about what I can do.”
PanelistRobin Thickesuspected comedianWayne Bradywas under the Fox costume, whileKen Jeongand McCarthy guessed actor, singer andBeat ShazamhostJamie Foxx.
“I never thought I’d be so emotional about this,” Flamingo said. “I was told I would never amount to anything. And even though I’ve doubted myself, I’m determined. I’m hard working. I have truly had the time of my life. I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you.”
McCarthy, 47, stuck with her previous guess ofThe Realco-host andCheetah GirlsstarAdrienne Bailon, andNicole Scherzingeragreed. Even Thicke jumped from his earlier hypothesis of Fantasia Barrino to Bailon. But Jeong insisted singerFergiewas under the Flamingo.
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Scherzinger, 41, stuck with her suspicion ofGleealumDarren Criss, while Jeong, 50, tossed out actorDave Francoand McCarthy went with singerJason Mraz.
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“This has been life-changing,” Bailon, 36, said after being unmasked. “I never thought that I would love performing again. This has just been so crazy. I can’t thank you guys enough. It’s been the best thing I’ve ever done.”
Cannon continued to reveal Fox as the winner, leaving Rottweiler in second place. When Rottweiler removed their disguise,American IdolvetChris Daughtrywas exposed.
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“I wanted to do something fun,” the father of two, 39, explained of why he joined the show. “I wanted to challenge myself. [I] saw last yearT-Pain won, I was like, aw, I just want to do this. It looks like so much fun. I had no idea how challenging it was going to be. Andmy kidshave no idea I’m doing this so I’m so pumped for them to see this.”
The most highly anticipated moment of the evening came when it was Fox’s turn to unveil his identity. And like many of the panelists hypothesized, the Fox turned out to be Brady.
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“I wanted to tell you so much,” the host, actor and Broadway star, 47, told Cannon after being the last celebrity revealed.
“This has been the coolest, most amazing, most touching, most challenging weirdest, this is the weirdest — and I hostLet’s Make a Deal,” said Brady, who denied earlier in the season to PEOPLE thathe was Thingamajig. “But really, I’m going to take this with me forever.”
The Masked Singerwill return to Fox after theSuper Bowlin February. A commercial break during Wednesday’s finale teased four of the season 3 disguises: a Beverly Hills resident dressed as a mouse, a country star disguised as a robot, a celebrity underneath a banana outfit, and a female version of Monster from season 1.
source: people.com
