Penn & Teller ( Penn Jillette and Teller) are American magicians and entertainers who have performed together since the late 1970s, noted for their ongoing act which combines elements of comedy with magic. In another change, the show’s panelists don’t appear to be competing for a “Golden Ear” trophy based on their first impressions of each masked performer (which McCarthy has won two times, but Scherzinger won last season) this season.Penn Jillette (left) & Teller (right) on stage at The Amazing Meeting 2012 (TAM-2012) during the Saturday Keynote Presentation: "Penn & Teller - 38 Years of Magic & BS". The Season 7 contestants boast a combined 112 film appearances, 15 Grammy Nominations, eight Emmy Nominations, seven Super Bowl Performances, two Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars and two World Records. “The Masked Singer” entered Season 7 with 15 contestants, who have been divided into “The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly.” This season’s costumes include THE GOOD: Ringmaster, Armadillo, McTerrier, Firefly, Frog Prince THE BAD: Hydra, Ram, Jack in the Box, Cyclops, Queen Cobra THE CUDDLY: Baby Mammoth, Thingamabob, Lemur, Space Bunny, Miss Teddy. So far Firefly (“Team Good”) is set for the finale. Penn and Teller as Hydra joins the roster of unmasked celebrities that also includes Christie Brinkley as the Lemur, Jorge Garcia as Cyclops, Jordan Mailata as Thingamabob, Duff Goldman as McTerrier and Joe Buck as the Ram.
(Other panel guesses earlier included Statler and Waldorf “The Big Lebowski” Jeff Bridges/John Goodman/Steve Buscemi “Three Amigos” Chevy Chase/Steve Martin/Martin Short the Lonely Island guys and Trey Parker and Matt Stone.) Nicole Scherzinger went with Will Ferrell and John C. Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg went with “Sesame Street’s” Bert and Ernie. Robin Thicke thought it was “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Ken Jeong guessed “Lego Batman” Will Arnett and “Lego Joker” Zach Galiafianakis. In the duel to determine who would be unmasked, Hydra and Armadillo faced off while performing “Walkin’ the Dog,” by Rufus Thomas (Armadillo) and “Two Princes,” by Spin Doctors (Hydra).įor Hydra, Guest panelist Nicole Byer got it right: Penn & Teller. Had Hydra continued on “The Masked Singer,” Penn & Teller would have next performed “Karma Chameleon,” by Culture Club, Jillette added. “How very curious, a deck of cards that’s all jokers!” Hydra said. This week’s “mega clue” pretty much gave away their identity: It was a deck of cards, a telling hint for the Vegas magicians. Hydra was voted off after performing “Sharp Dressed Man,” by ZZ Top the previous week, Penn and Teller sang “Hey Soul Sister,” by Train. We were just inches from falling down any second.” It’s the most elaborate suit they’ve ever done. We’ve been crammed behind mirrored cabinets and tiny miserable places our entire career! The tapping of the foot was excruciating to me. “But Teller and I have spent our time hiding in little spaces with each other. What was it like inside that costume? “It was fucking hell,” he said. So many of your competition shows seem to revel in some sort of unnecessary leanness, and this show is just happy.” So we love doing all sorts of things on television, and we are not very picky.”īut “The Masked Singer” stood out, he added, because “this is so playful and so good natured and so sweet that it really wasn’t even an instant of hesitation to go on the show. And we do that by people seeing us on TV. And we’re we’ve put about a quarter billion people into our theater here in the Penn & Teller theater. “We are the longest running Las Vegas headliners in history. Why did the duo agree to participate in “The Masked Singer”? Quite frankly, “When someone calls up, we answer the phone, ‘Yes,’” Jillette said. We also picked songs that we figured wouldn’t pin our age.” I do sound like me and I do talk a lot, so our strategy was to have Teller do most of the singing, so that those voices, which nobody knows, would be the ones you concentrated on. “I have no ability to change my voice even slightly. “My voice is so damaged from years of being carny trash that I have just one voice,” Jillette said.