With The Masked Singer heading into its fourteenth season, the panel and host say there are nonetheless loads of well-known faces they’re hoping will someday step onto the stage—some extra practical than others.
Forward of the season 14 premiere, Parade requested Nick Cannon, Rita Ora, Ken Jeong, Robin Thicke, and Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg which celebrities they’d most like to see compete on the present. Their solutions ranged from heartfelt to wildly formidable.
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Nick Cannon & Rita Ora Shoot For the Moon
Cannon didn’t hesitate when requested to call his dream contestant.
“Barack Obama,” stated the longtime host of the present. “I’ve been saying it since season 1.”
When Ora identified simply how unrealistic that sounded, Cannon doubled down, joking that the previous president would possibly even have the time.
“What? The president of the USA of America?!” Ora exclaimed, to which Cannon replied, “He was the president. He ain’t been doing nothing for like eight years.”
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“He is been doing stuff!” countered Ora, to which Cannon stated, “I imply, he is acquired the time to return hang around with us.”
“What about Michelle Obama?” puzzled Ora.
Cannon stated the previous First Woman would “be much more wonderful,” however she’s a busy girl.
“What about Oprah?” stated Ora, to which Cannon laughed and stated, “See, now you are getting unrealistic. Oprah ain’t approaching this present.”
Ora’s picks leaned towards movie-star fantasy.
“For me, I feel it could be somebody like Idris Elba or… like a James Bond,” she stated. “I actually wish to meet them in actual life,” which made Cannon snigger, and he countered, “I feel Obama would do it earlier than Idris would do it.”
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Ken Jeong Went Fully Out of Left Subject
Jeong, as anticipated as arguably the wackiest member of the panel, took a barely completely different strategy.
“I say this on a regular basis,” he stated. “The individuals who have been on the present—I simply need contestants who proceed to like the present.”
Then got here his surprising title—Cybill Shepherd.
When pressed, Jeong clarified the reference, citing her position in Moonlighting, whereas Thicke chimed in along with his personal reasoning.
“I simply at all times favored Cybill Shepherd,” Thicke stated. “She’s simply actually fairly, and I grew up watching her.”
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Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg: Redemption, Star Energy and Pure Fandom
McCarthy Wahlberg’s dream casting concepts got here with a transparent emotional throughline.
“If I had a magic wand and acquired to decide on anyone on this present, in fact I might need… Britney Spears,” she stated. “We’re all about redemptions, coming again, and nice tales. So I really feel like Britney could be somebody we’d all be rooting for.”
She additionally named one other artist who, in her view, would dominate the competitors— and it is somebody we already know she adores.
“I might love Carrie Underwood,” McCarthy Wahlberg added. “Carrie Underwood would simply slay on our present. I’d geek out if she ever got here on.”
Whether or not the panel’s dream contestants are practical or not, Cannon says season 14 is shaping as much as be one of many present’s largest but, with themed nights impressed by main pop-culture franchises and a lineup of extremely achieved stars beneath the masks.
The Masked Singer returns for Season 14 on Wednesday, January 7, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.
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