[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Masked Singer Season 12 Episode 8 “Miley Cyrus Night.”]
The ice thawed for some movie star contestant within the newest episode of The Masked Singer.
Forward of the Group C finals subsequent week, Royal Knight, Strawberry Shortcake, Sherlock Hound, and Ice King took to the stage to carry out Miley Cyrus’ hits. And sadly for Ice King, it was his final. However that meant discovering out who’s below the masks: actor and musician Drake Bell.
Under, Bell opens up about his time on the present.
What made you say sure to doing The Masked Singer?
Drake Bell: Effectively, I had completed The Masked Singer in Mexico, and it simply appeared like one thing so enjoyable, one thing out of my consolation zone, and I had a blast doing that and was so shocked when the American model known as and requested me to do it. So I type of already had a little bit little bit of expertise and had a blast doing that, so I believed it’d be so enjoyable to come back and do the American model.
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Was there something about that have that you just saved in thoughts for this one?
I feel simply getting used to singing with that huge head on. I imply, you actually are type of—getting used to acting on stage and singing reside and every part, it undoubtedly acquired me able to not be so encumbered by this outfit.
Did you’ve got any hesitations about saying sure this time?
No, I used to be excited to do it and able to have enjoyable once more, and surprisingly, this costume was much more accommodating than the one which I had in Mexico. Yeah, it was only a ton of enjoyable.
Talking of that costume, what appealed to you about it?
Yeah, the primary time I noticed my costume, I imply, I simply noticed the drawing and was blown away. I liked the entire idea. I liked the colour scheme, the all type of one colour, however completely different tones, and yeah, I liked the massive mustache and I liked it. And man, you don’t understand whenever you’re in rehearsal what the manufacturing worth goes to be behind you. And so when you get on stage and also you’re really doing the efficiency and you’ve got all of the dancers and the dancers are of their wonderful costumes and the wonderful choreography occurring round you, it’s type of such as you’re on a trip simulator at an amusement park or one thing, however in actual life, it’s simply wonderful.
Did you must make any adjustments to any of your performances due to the costume?
No. The choreographers and everybody had been actually good at accommodating for the costume, and we might be taught among the strikes with out the costume on after which go in and rehearse every part with the headpiece on and every part. And I’m not a dancer. Studying the choreography was—that’s what’s so enjoyable about this present is it fully takes you out of your factor. I imply, sure, I carry out on stage, I’m on tour proper now. I’m performing 4 nights per week, however I play with a guitar on and I’ve my dancers behind me and my band, and I’m not up there doing these slick choreographed dance strikes like we had been studying for the present. In order that’s one other nice expertise is simply type of being fully taken out of your factor and one other a part of the problem as properly.
What went into your tune selections?
Effectively, every evening has a sure theme after which we get to decide on songs in these themes. The primary tune that I selected, “Tonight Tonight,” I like that tune. And it was really actually cute as a result of after I was rehearsing, my son was within the background and he’s three years previous, and he would are available and begin singing the tune, and I’m like, oh, okay. That’s superior. It was so cute. After which for the Miley Night time, [“Midnight Sky”] was simply the tune I used to be drawn to essentially the most. I simply thought it had such a cool retro, ‘80s type of vibe, and I actually love classic and retro issues, and I’m an previous soul, so I like previous music, traditional rock and stuff like that. In order that’s what drew me to that tune.
As a result of there are these theme nights, was there a style that you’d’ve favored to sort out for those who continued?
Yeah, I’d’ve liked to do an Elvis tune or Michael Jackson or one thing from the period of music that I’m an enormous fan of.
Discuss in regards to the panelists guesses, as a result of Jenny did guess proper.
Yeah, no, I used to be actually shocked when Jenny acquired it. However it’s actually attention-grabbing listening to panelists guess different singers—and different nice singers like Joe Jonas, and I’m like, actually? As a result of as a singer, I don’t know, perhaps different singers have completely different experiences, however you by no means actually love listening to the sound of your voice and also you’re at all times like, man, is that any good? Does this sound any good? And so listening to the panelists’ guesses of different actually gifted singers was fairly humbling. It was a pleasant factor.
Did you come into this anticipating anybody from the panel particularly to determine you out?
No, I didn’t suppose anybody would guess me. However typically you suppose the clues are a useless giveaway, however then you consider it and also you’re like, properly, yeah, if you realize who’s below there, then you possibly can go, okay, I get how that linked. However you probably have no clue, then you definitely actually acquired to do some investigative work.
And in addition typically the clues are open to interpretation.
Precisely, precisely.
What are you going to remove from the complete expertise?
Quite a bit. I feel that placing your self, like I mentioned, in an expertise that’s completely out of your factor, being actually nervous in regards to the choreography or singing reside in entrance of the panel that additionally has gifted singers and I feel that it type of provides you the chance, whenever you’re offered with different experiences or alternatives that you just’re like, oh, I don’t know if I’d be capable of do this, that is perhaps too troublesome, to type of simply go, you realize what, let’s simply go on the market and have enjoyable.
The Masked Singer, Wednesdays, 8/7c, Fox