Robopine | Russian Dolls | Seashell | Yetiīe sure to make your predictions to influence our reality TV racetrack odds. Do you think we are correct in our guess about the real name of the Russian Dolls? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section with your best guesses. That will happen if they loses a popular vote or win the show. We will only find out if we were right that the Russian Dolls are Hanson when they are unmasked. They were soon dropped by their new label, which would explain the mention by the Russian Dolls in Week 1 of “being put on a shelf.”
Their star burned bright for several years but faded after Hanson changed record companies in 2000. Zac was in a motorcycle accident in 2019 that resulted in him, like the Russian Doll in Week 3, being “rushed to the hospital.”īesides performing with his brothers, Taylor also fronts the band Tinted Windows, which would account for one of the Russian Dolls saying in Week 1 that he also does his own thing. Those shots of snow in Week 1 video package put us in mind of Hanson’s first Christmas album, “Snowed In.” The contestants can brag of 25 gold and platinum discs Hanson’s debut studio album, “Middle of Nowhere,” went quadruple platinum. As a whole, this season’s contestants have contended for music’s top prize 26 times.Ĭollectively this season’s contestants have moved 55 million albums Hanson account for more than a quarter of those, with sales totalling 16 million. And in Week 3, there was a letterman jacket with an “M” – we read that as another reference to this smash hit, which bagged Hanson three Grammy nominations: Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Pop Duo/Group. In Week 6, the Russian Dolls said they sang for a president Hanson performed “Mmmbop” for Bill Clinton. As a group, the season 5 contestants on “The Masked Singer” have released nine singles that achieved such sales. In 1996, Hanson hit number one with “Mmmbop.” That earworm sold 1.5 million copies and was certified platinum. The following year, they released their first album, “Boomerang,” which was reference in host Nick Cannon‘s clue, “What Goes Around … Comes Around.” Hanson made one of their first TV appearances on Carman’s “Yo Kidz” in 1994. The Week 1 clues package included a shot of the brothers’ initials in the sign “Mizfitz Toy Store.” That spelling also signals another connection to the brothers. They began their musical career in the early 1990s with a capella performances around their hometown of Tulsa.Ĭluedle-Doo told us that Russian Dolls can have as many as 15 replicas between them, the Hanson brothers have 15 children as follows: Taylor (7), Zac (5) and Issac (3). That certainly matches with the bio of these boys from Oklahoma. In Week 6, the Russian Dolls revealed that they got their start by performing in parking lots and softball fields. Jeong and McCarthy Wahlberg each have two points so far.We think that the Russian Dolls are another chart-topping trio: the Hanson Brothers (Isaac, Taylor and Zac). The show’s panelists are also once competing for a “Golden Ear” trophy based on their first impressions of each masked performer (which McCarthy won last time). The Season 5 contestants boast a combined 26 Grammy nominations, nine multi-platinum singles, four Academy Award nominations, three Super Bowl appearances, six gold medals and two world records.
The competition returns next week with Season 5 finalists: Black Swan, Piglet, Robopine, Russian Dolls, Chameleon and Yeti. This season’s costumes include Raccoon, Seashell, Black Swan, Snail, Grandpa Monster, Phoenix, Chameleon, Russian Doll(s), Porcupine, The Piglet and the wildcards Orca, Crab and Bulldog. Here is the first reveal toward Cluedle-Doo’s identity: “I have a connection to another mischievious Masked Singer from the past: The Gremlin.” (That was Mickey Rourke, unmasked in Season 4.) But until now, his identity has been kept completely under wraps. New this season is the masked celebrity “Cluedle-Doo,” who has been offering additional hints about each contestant. Host Nick Cannon was there and passing out the Maskys trophy - which, he marveled, looked a lot like him. Panelists, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Thicke and Ken Jeong also got a week off from the guessing game.