After a week without an elimination, The Masked Singer is back to culling its herd of lovably creepy creatures. There's no telling who's going to get the boot next, although we can be sure it'll be a while before we see the face of one of the strongest players in the game, the Astronaut. Still, there's ample proof of his identity: country singer Hunter Hayes.
We should have known at the start of the season when The Masked Singer boasted that this go-round's lineup was the most accomplished by far, and we can definitely put Astronaut in the mega-talented camp. From Day 1, his performances have been...out of this world, to say the least. It's not far-fetched at all to assume he's a professional singer, and combined with one very important clue that's been a clear giveaway, we can safely wager that this world-class warbler is Hayes. How do we know? Let's start from the most recent performance.
In Week 11, Astronaut made his identity even clearer when a clue package included a reference to the White House and an accordion, only backing up what we've known for several weeks now. The objects were in the Astronauts carry-on luggage; Hunter performed at the White House as a kid in the Clinton era, and he's known to play the instrument.
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How about his second week, when he called Stevie Wonder a friend before performing "Signed, Sealed Delivered?" It turns out that Hunter Hayes and Stevie Wonder have performed together twice -- on Dancing with the Stars and the ACM Awards, where they looked totally adorable hanging out together in the press room. Then there was the time a clue package included a Hawaiian lei -- a nod to one his favorite places in the world and where he wrote a song, "Heartbreak." On another occasion, Astronaut said something about "help from someone from an organized crime family." Hayes, as it turns out, is good buddies with Godfather star Robert Duvall.
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Of course, Astronaut's voice shouldn't be overlooked either. Last year, he released an album entitled Wild Blue, which includes a title track that makes allusions to a love of space. Astronaut has made a number of references to being in the business since he was a kid, as Hunter Hayes has.
The biggest, most telltale clue came not from the show itself. One of the accolades The Masked Singer touted about its performers at the beginning of the season was that one performer holds a Guinness World Record -- and Hayes has one for playing a record number of shows (10) in 24 hours. Making it even more of a solid certainty, a recent clue package showed Astronaut holding an actual album that shattered in his hand -- a "broken record" that's without a doubt a reference to that Guinness feat. It's definitely him!
The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Fox.
The Masked Singer Der Astronaut kehrt im Finale zurück
Als Astronaut gewann Max Mutzke 2019 "The Masked Singer". Für das Finale der neuen Staffel kommt der Sänger nun zurück.
Der als Astronaut verkleidete Sänger Max Mutzke (38, "Horizont") gewann im vergangenen Jahr "The Masked Singer" vor Gil Ofarim (37, Grashüpfer) und Bülent Ceylan (44, Engel). Im Finale der zweiten Staffel, am 28. April live ab 20:15 Uhr auf ProSieben, wird Mutzke nun als Astronaut zurückkehren und dem diesjährigen Sieger den Pokal überreichen, wie der Sender bekannt gibt.
Zuvor wird Mutzke an der Seite von Ruth Moschner (44) und Rea Garvey (46) versuchen, als Rategast herauszufinden, welche Promis unter den vier verbliebenen Masken stecken. Im großen Finale dabei sind das Faultier, der Hase, der Drache und der Wuschel. Moderator Matthias Opdenhövel (49) wird wieder durch die Show führen.
"Das ist ein ganz tolles Symbol"
Bisher mussten in dieser Staffel sechs Promis ihre Masken ablegen. Model Franziska Knuppe (45) war als Fledermaus zu sehen, Sängerin Stefanie Heinzmann (31) steckte im Dalmatiner-Kostüm, ihr Kollege Angelo Kelly (38) war die Kakerlake, Schauspielerin Rebecca Immanuel (49) gab sich als Göttin aus und TV-Moderatorin Caroline Beil (53) schlüpfte in eine Roboter-Verkleidung. Zudem hatten zwar viele bereits darauf getippt, trotzdem war es eine große Überraschung, als in der vergangenen Woche der 84-jährige Komiker Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden als Chamäleon enttarnt wurde.
Mutzke kann es gar nicht erwarten, wieder ins "The Masked Singer"-Studio zurückzukehren. "Ich freue mich total auf die Demaskierungen, weil ich sicher bin, dass ich ein paar der Promis persönlich kenne", verrät der Sänger in einer aktuellen Pressemitteilung. "Und ich bin total auf den Moment gespannt, wenn der Sieger seine Maske abnimmt und ich den Preis überreichen darf - von Gewinner zu Gewinner. Das ist ein ganz tolles Symbol."
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- Max Mutzke
- The Masked Singer
- Gil Ofarim
- Bülent Ceylan
- ProSieben
- Ruth Moschner
- Rea Garvey
- Dieter " Didi " Hallervorden
- Pro7
- Matthias Opdenhövel
- Franziska Knuppe
- Stefanie Heinzmann
- Angelo Kelly
- Rebecca Immanuel
- Caroline Beil