This digit has a triple meaning for Jojo. The Week 2 clues package also highlighted the number 5 on a watch and the Week 4 package included a photo of a nickel, which is worth five cents. We also saw the Black Swan standing out against the snow Sweden is a northern country with a long winter. JoJo dated soccer star Freddy Adu, an American who plays in Sweden, for a year. That week, the Black Swan was featured on a Wanted poster which included the phrase “Reward Voucher,” with an emphasis on the first letters JoJo had a small role in the 2006 Robin Williams comedy “RV.”Īlso in Week 2, the Black Swan flashed a red card that is used by referees in soccer. We read the “X” from Week 2 as a reference to JoJo’s stint as a guest judge on “The X Factor,” Simon Cowell‘s singing competition. That rapper won season 1 of “The Masked Singer” disguised as the Monster. Jojo has readily admitted the mistake she made when she decided to replaced her mother as her manager.Īlso in Week 2, Cluedle-Doo told us that “Black Swan has covered a monster.” JoJo recorded a version of T-Pain‘s big hit “Can’t Believe It” in 2008. Back in Week 2, the Black Swan revealed that there had been a rift with someone close to her just as she became famous. JoJo has often spoke of her humble beginnings and credits her mother for believing in her. In Week 7, the Black Swan recalled her early years being raised by a single mother.
This achievement earned her a coveted platinum record as a group, the season 5 contenders can brag about 25 gold and platinum records. This hit single propelled sales of her self-titled first album to more than a million.
We are absolutely certain that the Black Swan is JoJo, who was only 13 when she topped the charts with “Leave (Get Out)” back in 2004. Keep reading if you want to know as we have all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the name of the Black Swan. But they are way off with their guesses that this is Nelly Furtado, Kesha, Demi Lovato or Ashley Simpson. And before his unmasking, the panelists believed Piglet was either Lachey, Brian Littrell or Jeremy Renner.īased on their number of correct first impression guesses, the judge who won Season 5’s Golden Ear Trophy was McCarthy, who also won the inaugural Golden Ear Trophy in Season 4.Īlong with Nick Lachey’s Piglet, JoJo’s Black Swan and Wiz Khalifa’s Chameleon, the entire lineup of now-unmasked “Masked Singer” Season 5 contestants include Kermit the Frog (Snail), Caitlyn Jenner (Phoenix), Mark McGrath (Orca), Logan Paul (Grandpa Monster), Danny Trejo (Raccoon), Bobby Brown (Crab), Tamera Mowry-Housley (Seashell), Tyrese Gibson (Robopine), Hanson (Russian Dolls) and Cannon, who very stealthily competed as the Bulldog on one episode before returning to host the show following his recovery from COVID-19.The judges are on the right track with their theory that the Black Swan is someone who started her career as a child. For Black Swan, they thought JoJo, Normani, Monica and Demi Lovato. The judges’ guesses for Chameleon were Khalifa, Gucci Mane and 2 Chainz. Chameleon came in third and was unveiled as rapper Wiz Khalifa. Second place went to Black Swan, who turned out to be singer JoJo. The contestant with the most votes was Piglet, who was crowned the winner and then unmasked to reveal singer and actor Nick Lachey. Then, as all good things must come to an end, the panelists and audience voted for who they wanted to see win the Golden Mask Trophy. LV, Black Swan belted out Michael Bolton’s “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” and Piglet sang Journey’s “Faithfully.” Then we got to Nick Cannon celebrating the good times that led to this finale, before it was time for the three remaining contestants to perform one last time in front of judges Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong, Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Thicke and Rimes, who served as guest judge.įor their final performances, Chameleon rapped “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio ft.