Current:Home > reviewsThe Masked Singer's UFO Revealed as This Beauty Queen -EquityZone
The Masked Singer's UFO Revealed as This Beauty Queen
View
Date:2025-04-18 05:23:57
The person behind the UFO is out of this world.
The Masked Singer character was revealed May 3 as former Miss USA and Miss Universe Olivia Culpo, who sang Amy Winehouse's "Tears Dry On Their Own" for the British Invasion theme.
The judges had guessed she was Molly Sims, Lily Collins, Gigi Hadid or Rebecca Romijn. With the model out of the running, Macaw, California Roll and Medusa will advance to the semi-finals next week.
"I was really nervous when I sang my first song," Olivia, 30, said on camera. "But I'm really excited to have made it this far. This experience has exemplified going out of my comfort zone and being more vulnerable than I ever have before. So much of my career is based on the way I look physically, so adding value through my energy or my singing, it feels like there is more that I have to offer. And I'm getting older, so I have to hold on to something. Joking!"
Olivia—who recently got engaged to NFL player Christian McCaffrey—told E! News after the unmasking that she kept her involvement in the show a secret from her loved ones, including her sisters and her fiancé.
"It's super top secret," she said. "My family has such a big mouth. They've proven their inability to keep secret, so I just didn't go there."
She said she was initially familiar with the Fox show because of her friendship with judge Nicole Scherzinger.
"I've always been following the show through her," Olivia told E!. "I have a lot of friends who have been on the show had really good things to say about it. I just wanted to have fun, and I wanted to challenge myself in a way that I had never done before. There were obviously things that I was worried about as anybody would be doing something that's so new and outside of their comfort zone, but I was shocked that I made it past the first night."
While it may have been out of the ordinary for her, Olivia relied on some tried and true tricks to keep calm before performances.
"Whenever I had a recital or performance or chamber music growing up, I would eat a banana, and it really does calm your nerves," she shared. "It's something about the potassium in it. I don't know, but that's my routine. So for The Masked Singer, I did the same, and you know, with everything that I've ever done. Everybody knows that I have a banana before I go on stage."
What's next for Olivia? Read more about her wedding planning process here.
veryGood! (51155)
Related
- Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
- Why Saving the Whales Means Saving Ourselves
- How to ‘Make Some Good’ Out of East Palestine, Ohio, Rail Disaster? Ban Vinyl Chloride, Former EPA Official Says
- Marylanders Overpaid $1 Billion in Excessive Utility Bills. Some Lawmakers and Advocates Are Demanding Answers
- California DMV apologizes for license plate that some say mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel
- How Auditing Giant KPMG Became a Global Sustainability Leader While Serving Companies Accused of Forest Destruction
- Utilities Seize Control of the Coming Boom in Transmission Lines
- Western Firms Certified as Socially Responsible Trade in Myanmar Teak Linked to the Military Regime
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- 3 dead in Serbia after a 2nd deadly storm rips through the Balkans this week
Ranking
- At site of suspected mass killings, Syrians recall horrors, hope for answers
- Selena Gomez Confirms Her Relationship Status With One Single TikTok
- Citing ‘Racial Cleansing,’ Louisiana ‘Cancer Alley’ Residents Sue Over Zoning
- You Must See the New Items Lululemon Just Added to Their We Made Too Much Page
- Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
- James Cameron Denies He's in Talks to Make OceanGate Film After Titanic Sub Tragedy
- Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe
- John Akomfrah’s ‘Purple’ Is Climate Change Art That Asks Audiences to Feel
Recommendation
Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
Shakira Steps Out for Slam Dunk Dinner With NBA Star Jimmy Butler
History of Racism Leaves Black Californians Most at Risk from Oil and Gas Drilling, New Research Shows
How to ‘Make Some Good’ Out of East Palestine, Ohio, Rail Disaster? Ban Vinyl Chloride, Former EPA Official Says
Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
Stop Buying Expensive Button Downs, I Have This $24 Shirt in 4 Colors and It Has 3,400+ 5-Star Reviews
A Proposed Utah Railway Could Quadruple Oil Production in the Uinta Basin, if Colorado Communities Don’t Derail the Project
Federal Regulations Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills