Niecy Nash guest hosted the premiere, which unveiled a beloved celebrity no one expected.
The costumed circus is back!
It’s quite a feat thatThe Masked Singerpremiered in January 2019 and it’s already on its fifth season.
Kermit the Frog.Everett Collection
Before the season premiere debuted tonight, producer Craig Plestisfilled EW inon all the add-ons.
We can look forward towildcard contestants, a Cluedle-Doo character who doles out hints and mischief, and more.
However, one adjustment producers couldn’t plan for was the addition ofNiecy Nashas guest host.
Jeong’s fellow OGsRobin Thicke,Jenny McCarthy, andNicole Scherzingeralso returned.
Unsurprisingly, by the end of the night, the jar was already $50 richer.
This season, there are only 10 non-wildcard contestants.
As Scherzinger summed it up, the performance was “so creepy but so magical.”
Next up was Snail, who left behind a trail of digital goo as he moved across the stage.
He performed Hall & Oates' “You Make My Dreams (Come True).”
Seashell then took the stage to show off her great voice with Roxette’s “Listen to Your Heart.
Then coming straight from the dumpster was Raccoon.
No, really the stage set for the singer’s performance featured a garbage can.
He channeled Steven Tyler with energetic, scream-like singing for the Troggs' “Wild Thing.”
It was a surprise, then, that none of the panelists guessed the Aerosmith frontman.
Instead, names like Sammy Hagar, Mike Tyson, Gary Busey, and Nick Nolte were tossed around.
(EW has another idea about Raccoon’s celebrity identity.)
Season 5 might be touted as a game changer but some things never change!
It came time for the viewers at home and the panelists to vote for their favorites.
Nash then revealed Snail was going home.
McCarthy’s first guess, Adam Carolla, would’ve been better.
Nobody on the panelists' table expected it to be Kermit, because, why would they?
“You know it’s as they say,” Kermit said after his reveal.
“It’s not easy being green, but sometimes it’s even harder being a snail.”
