the masked singer will emotionally destroy you if you get too attached to anybody and their stories. anyway here's wonderwall and the fucker who platonically stole my heart (likely eyestrain under the cut)
Had to dig into the art archives for these! Some old Snow Owls art from when I was teen! These two still hold a special place in my heart to this day. I was obsessed with these two for a good year. Beautiful voices, amazing costume, they had it all! 🩵 Even made me a country fan for about a year lol.
Just don't remind me of when I talked about Clint Black for a 10th-grade French class presentation (a ducking partner project, how do I still have that friend?) when everyone else did super famous pop stars. 😭😭😭 I cringe every time.
Thinking about Viper and Beagle and how absolutely amazing they are
emo bitch x cutie softie dynamic >>>>>>>>>
(*cough* british version of astroturtle *cough*)
Premiere date: Feb 2nd (02/02/2020) right after SB
Clues: There will be clues (video clips?) aired/shown during SuperBowl (commercials) on Feb 2nd
Clues/Clue packages: will be presented differently this time...to make the guessing harder.
Voiceovers: This season the clue package voice overs apparnetly won’t be done by the celebs themselves, who are in the costumes, but by their family members/relatives/friends - people, who know them. (Why not hire a VO actor to read all of the contestants clues instead of involving more people - because the more people that know the identities the harder the secret is to keep, right?)
SEASON 3 COSTUMES:
A-Z
Astronaut
Banana
Bear
Elephant
Frog
Kangaroo
Kitty (Cat)
Llama
Miss Monster
Mouse
Night Angel
Rhino
Robot
Swan
Turtle
Taco
T-Rex (EDITED TO ADD: JUST REVEALED)
White Tiger
And based on the order of the revealed masks, it looks like they are divided into three groups in the following way (these are my guesses based on the order in which each mask was revealed, but there could be mistakes in my guesses):
Edited: to correct the names/masks of the 6 contestants in group A, because it’s not the first 6 costumes revealed. Same with Groups B & C. The order of costume reveal is not the order they’re divided into groups of six.
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GROUP A (1)
(Pink) Miss Monster Mask (looks female & she is short!)
Robot Mask (looks male, but he is short-ish; costume: vintage robot)
Llama mask (looks male; costume: tourist w. a camera style)
Turtle Mask (ETA: sounds male, & he is short-ish, could be a team-sports baller - athlete, but sounds like he can sing; costume: punk style leather)
White Tiger Mask (looks male & he is very tall - looks to be around/almost 2m)
T-Rex Mask (looks male; costume: Reneissance/Shakespeare style look) PS. it seemed to be something resembling a 2-headed dragon or so.. so 2 people in one costume or like llama, who has two sets of legs... but instead...it’s a “dinosaur”)
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This year the US show has record number of masks/celebs (18), so they are divided into 3 groups (last year it was 16 and 2 groups). And this year the show is filmed and airs differently. First the first group filmed all their episodes, then the second group, and lastly the third group (filming currently). Then only after that all remaining contestants from each group are “united” and compete against each other in the “quarter finals”.
And they also air the episodes this way: First three episodes are group A. And since each week one mask is voted out, then in the end that leaves 3 masks standing in Group A “finale”. Then next three episodes (eps 4-6) is group B. And then next three eps (eps 7 - 9) is Group C. That means that during the first 9 episodes each group competes separately.
Then all remaining 9 contestants (3 + 3 + 3 from each group) get together, and form one group...and the show continues as known from previous seasons. And still each week one (or in some weeks 2) masks are voted out. Til only 3 remain by the Finale episode. This means that S3 has most likely 15 episodes or so (depending on how many weeks have double-eliminations between episode 10 and The Finale)
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Each costume looks kinda male or female. But you cannot judge the gender of the celeb under it by the look of the costume. If the costume is pink and/or has a dress, it’s not definitely a female celeb wearing it, though they do prefer to use pink for girls & blue for boys...so far. And if the costume is dressed in a suit, it’s not definitely a male celeb wearing it.
Some costumes, which show the persons physique more, make it a lot easier to guess who is wearing it (their gender, their size - height & bodytype), but even then there could be curveballs thrown in there.
I have added guesses on who I think is wearing the costume (male or female celeb) based on how much of the person can be seen under the costume. And based on whats shown in the video clips, and promo pics...the little clues about the celebs that we’ve gotten. Some of these estimates might be off.
We know based on the little info that has come out that there is (at least) one very tall celeb in the costume (Taco, Tiger?). And we know that at least two contestants are not very tall (a bit or quite a bit shorter than the shows host, Nick C., who is 6 feet..or so = about 180cm tall).
Regarding height: When Turtle, Miss Monster, Kangaroo & White Tiger stand next to each other, then they are in order of height with Tiger the tallest & Turtle & Miss Moster the shortest. Miss Monster is quite a bit shorter than host Nick. Robot is also shorter than host Nick. Other short or short-ish contestants include: astrounaut...
IF we assume that (like in most of the time on this format) there are equal number of male & female contestants, then... that makes the guessing based on just the costumes easier...on which one each is.
in total: 69 Grammy nominations (so at least a one or few big(ger) names from music world) EDITED on Feb 3rd: - 25 (the number of noms that the Robot, the 1st mask voted out, has) = 44 left for the remaining 17 contestants
in total: 88 gold record (so at least one or a few big(ger) names from music world) EDITED on Feb 3rd: - 12 or more...depending on which ones count here (as far as I know all or almost all of the Robot’s albums have gone Gold and/or Platinum, and he’s released over 10 albums + mixtapes etc) = 76-ish left for the remaining 17 contestants
in total: 11 super bowl appearances (this doesn’t mean that they’ve played during SB, it also includes all apperances during SB games...like performing during half-time, ...any celeb appearance during the game/broadcast...)
in total: 3 stars in the (Hollywoood) “walk of fame” (so at least 3 big names, who have been given a star there)
in total: 160 tattoos (this means at least a few celebs, who have a lot of tattoos, because 160 divided by 18 gives us 8-9 per person, but I’m guessing some have none/max 1, and some have more than 10) EDITED on Feb 3rd: - 86 (the number of tattoos that Robot, the 1st mask voted out, has - his tattoos made up about half of all the tattoos) = 74 left for the ramaining 17 contestants
in total: 1 title in the “Guinness Book of World Records”** - this one could be easy to figure out if someone took the time to check the list of record holders in those books...
** There are quite many celebs, who have been in Quinness World Record Book. It doesn’t have to really be a “real record” - it can be something like “reached 1 million followers on IG the fastest” or “took the most selfies in a limited timeframe”. Some of the famous people, who have/had in 2019 (when they were cast) or have had titles of Guinness Records include: Eminem, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Justin Bieber, Dolly Parton, Ozzy Obbourne, The Rock, RDJ (kinda, thanks to his fans), Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lawrence, Cristiano Ronaldo (athlete), Alex Rodriguez (athlete)
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And that is basically all theyve revealed so far. Which I personally consider a plus. And I hope that theyve really upped their game, and dont make guessing so easy. For profesisonal singers among the contestants their voice alone will give them away most times (examples: Leopard, Rottweiler last season... who have such unique, well known voices). So it’s a bit more challenging for people guessing for the clues not to be so easy. Which is why I hope they really made the clues harder...like they have promised in the previews.
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SPOILERS: We have knows for a little while who would be eliminated first. Because weve seen the four costumes that make it to the last epsiode of Group A (ep 3x03) - Kangaroo, Monster, Tiger, Turtle. Since the Robot was unmasked first, that means Llama will be unmasked next (on Web, Feb 5th). We know this because they always miss that they’ve included soem revealing bits in their promos (or include the pictures/clips on purpose). They accidentally included an image of the last four masks for griup A. And you can also determine who stays for how longif you pay attention to the clips - you can tell how many different performances each mask has - cause for some they include just one, for some several, and the more different songs/performances the further they make.
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How many different perdormances from each mask/contestant have they included in their promos/promo clips (this means: they persorm AT LEAST this many different songs):
For @spacedustthethisuser but also for @awes0m3sauxe because yay fellow TMS fans!
A TSOMC episode from a while back (as in, from February, hence why there’s a Winter Olympics reference in there)
If I haven’t mentioned it, “Connection” is just a way of saying “human that wore the Mask”. Anyway, onward!
TSOMC: “Take a Crack at It”
*We open on a little bistro’s table in District 2, where the tall and fluffy Thingamajig is enjoying his breakfast with a few fellow Masks…or, at least, he’s TRYING to.*
Thingamajig: *puts a bite of scrambled eggs into his mouth and instantly coughs part of it back up* Umm…*picks at the goo with his claws to find the chives hidden within* Eh. Can’t be that bad.
Butterfly, flapping her wings on the other side of the table: I have no idea why you asked for EGGS.
Thingamajig: And a milkshake. *points to his drink* But I had to get that brought over from 8, so the rest is local. (Because Milkshake from Season 8, haha)
Butterfly: *sighs and unfurls her proboscis, slurping up a glass of nectar she got from Flower*
Egg: *trots up in three steps and smiles at Thing’s food preference* Mind if I season that a little more to your taste?
Thing: *squints behind his glasses* Boy—*cut off as Egg adjusts his overcoat’s sleeves (causing more chives to fall out)* Ugh.
Egg: Oh, don’t look so mopeyyyy. They’re delicious if you give them a chance…some Masks might say, “magical”. *suppresses the urge to giggle and walks off again*
Butterfly: *whispers, antennae pointing to her friend* You know he’s poisoning you.
Thing: *shrugs* That I do, but I’ve tasted worse…like that time Eagle tried to fry up some chicken.
Butterfly: *in remembrance* That shit DISSOLVED…*would blink in surprise if she had eyelids* Thing?
Thing: *fur now an even paler shade of green than normal* Sorry, uh…everything’s getting kinda white…an’ oblong…
Butterfly: *grumbles to herself: I might have to slap that fuckin’ piece o’ poultry…*
Thing: *swallows down a few more bites with a small, ever-widening grin* Feels…sorta nice. Swimmin’ in egg yolk’s a nice consistency…*definitely spacing the hell out*
Butterfly: *flaps her wings with such strength that some powdery scales come off, causing a skull below her to sneeze despite his lack of a nose* What the…SKELLY?
Skeleton: *pops back up to full stature after having laid there as a pile of bones for the past who-even-knows-how-long* Make sure you fold those beauties in every now and then…not great for the sinuses. *snrks and wipes off his clearly-snot-free face (don’t think about it too hard because I assure you he isn’t)*
Butterfly: *scoots her chair back, gets up, and does as she was asked…except, when a bipedal butterfly folds in their wings, it just means they stick out straight behind them* Uh-huh. Very helpful, I’m sure.
Skeleton: *taps his exposed teeth before noticing Thing* Yeesh and a trombone, what happened to YOU? (“Yeesh and a trombone” because Skelly has a band director’s soul ^^)
Thing: *leaning forward in the chair and licking his plate clean with his eerily long blue tongue* Mm…who was gonna tell me eggs were this good…
Egg, now skating casually around the rim of a frozen puddle some feet away: I’ll make them sunny-side-up for your second plate, honey! *holds a glimmering hand to his hat and mystically duplicates the accessory into a plate of two fried eggs* Heheh.
Skeleton: Ah, the crackly one’s at it again, is he?
Butterfly: *slugging one fist into her open palm* Wish I could slug these babies up his nose…*lifts the two insectoid legs on her sides (we love interpreting characters as part person and part animal in the best ways)*
Skeleton: *holds his bony hands up* Whoa, whoaaaa, there, chrysalis. I slapped him once for a skit…*rubs the back of his neck* Went poorly.
Butterfly: *tilts her head* How poorly?
*flashback shot of Skeleton running up to Egg*
*slap*
*crack*
Egg: *tilts his hat, face magically reforms* …Hmph.
Skeleton: *terrified eye twitch*
*return to present*
Skeleton: It was bad. Real bad. He snuck in my house that night, hung me by my fingers and sawed my tibia in half with a skate.
Butterfly: Well, I don’t have tibias. *cracks her knuckles (do not think about how a boneless creature can crack knuckles)*
Egg: *skates forward before jumping and clicking his heels in mid-air, making his shoes' blades vanish* What's all this I hear about bones?
Skeleton: *hides behind Butterfly as she unfurls her wings again* Nothing.
Butterfly: The Mask with the gold ribs on his chest is scared of breakfast food...*rolls her compound eyes and watches Thing grab the new plates* How long's this going to last?
Egg: *tilts his hat up* Until I get bored. *looks at Skeleton and traces the places where the bony Mask broke his face a few months ago*
Skeleton: *shrinks back even further, his suit crinkling up like an accordion laid to rest* Mmmm...*scared mumbling*
Butterfly: *antennae twitch* Hey, ya loser, we all know you're flaunting yourself around with these Winter Olympics lately. Just cause your Connection has a little spotlight doesn't mean you have to go around stealing it for yourself.
Egg: Bold of you to think I'm not like this all the time.
Butterfly: I've known you for 6 years, I KNOW you're always this way. But usually not this damn MUCH! *flaps wings again*
Egg: *crosses his arms* Now, here's an idea. My ice could have a little more glitz to it. And you have a lot of shiny powder on those wings...
Butterfly: *slaps his hand away* Touch them and I'll beat you harder than any whisk could.
Egg: *hand to chest* RUDE!
Thing: *hasn't been hearing any of this and is still just going to town on all the eggs* Omnomnomnomnomnomphnomnarfnomnarfnomnomphnomnom...
Skeleton: *steps out to say something* Are you going to do something to us, too?
Egg: *stops, then taps his chin* I was thinking of it…sure! *waves his hands to show that peppercorns have now appeared between his fingers* Ssstay still!
Butterfly: *shoots out an insect leg in surprise*
*crack*
Egg: *stutters and looks down (yolk is now staining his beaded jacket)*…I will pin you to my WALL! *pulls back and rushes forward, peppercorns battering Butterfly's wings*
Egg: Shut it, you pile of dust and disease! *steps forward* Thingamajig, I'd like you to WATCH THIS. *grits his teeth and aims one foot for the nearest insectoid wing*
Thing: *lifts his head in a daze* Yeah...oh, Egg, that looks painful! *covers his mouth and snaps from his trance*
Egg: *chokes and coughs out a glob of yolk as he notices that Skeleton took off his golden rib-corset and clamped it around him* FUCK you!
Skeleton: *steps back and brushes off his hands* Don't call me dust and we won't have that problem again.
Egg: *pries the rib decor off and instantly heals himself (almost, that is - Masks can heal themselves just enough to keep going, but full recovery takes a day or two in the case of most injuries)* Just BECAUSE I'm easy to break doesn't mean you SHOULD break me!
Butterfly: You were gonna tear my wing off!
Thing: He was gonna WHAT?? Aw, I'm never eating chives again...
Egg: Oh, I know you're not full yet, gorgeous…
Thing: *holds up his paws* Straight. (As in, "I'm straight.")
Egg: FUCK! *stomps his foot like a little bitch (which, I mean, he is)*
Skeleton: *puts his hands on his hips* Well, I'm proud of these bones. *pats Egg on the shoulder* Feeling better after all that...?
Egg: *death glare* I'm going to TREE'S house and I don't want to TALK to you assholes! *trots off in the opposite direction*
Butterfly: *playfully crunches the top of Skeleton's hat down* Not bad for a sack of bones.
Skeleton: Better than saying I'm fulla disease. *squats and shakes himself like a dog (the rattling bones are enriching!)*
Thing: *stomach growls* Crap...who wants something to eat that won't make my hearing get all muffled? *whaps the side of his head like he's trying to get water (or, more likely, egg white) out of his ears*
Butterfly: We could go over to 5 and ask Piglet for some bacon...don't look at me like that, he can conjure it. And butterflies like salt.
Skeleton: *shrugs* As long as I get the chewy bits. I mean, the REALLY chewy bits.
Thing: *stands up and scuffs his paws a little on the pavement* Yeah, I'll give you my gristle, Skel. And then we're playin' fetch with Rottweiler.
Skeleton: *claps his hands with a little rattle* I KNEW I cleaned my femurs for a good reason!
Butterfly: *laughs* I'l be your referee. *flaps her wings and flies off down the road with the others following her*
*swivel cut to Tree’s tinsel-trimmed home, then a shot from the inside*
Egg: *laying on the couch with a damp rag on his forehead* They’ll pay for this…I’m sensitive, you know…
Tree (#5 above): Oh, I know, my friend, but you must well inside your sorrow. If you stay still all night, I’ll let you take me skating tomorrow! *taps Egg’s nose; he smiles*
Egg: Oh, I hope so…*rolls over (soft cracking sounds emanate from him)* Bleh.
Tree: *sighs and goes to brew them both some pine-needle tea*
