“There’s no way”: Masked Singer finale causes chaos
Warning! Spoilers ahead.
The fourth season of The Masked Singer Australia has drawn to a dramatic close, with the results of the finale causing a stir online.
Mirrorball, Rooster and Snapdragon were the three contestants still left in the competition, with Mirrorball taking out the win.
However, as the masks came off, fans were suspicious as to how the famously clueless Dave Hughes managed to pull a surprisingly niche and accurate guess out of the bag at the last minute.
Mirrorball's identity was unveiled, revealing former Pussycat Dolls member Melody Thornton as the winner.
The 37-year-old singer was pegged as the star inside the Mirrorball costume before the season even began, as die-hard Pussycat Dolls fans could pick her voice from the teaser advertisements.
But her name never came up among the judges all season, with Mel B instead frequently guessing she was her former PCD bandmate Nicole Scherzinger.
Nicole was always PCD’ lead singer, with the other members (including strong vocalist Melody) barely having any solo lines.
Which made judge Dave Hughes’ sudden guess of Thornton after her final performance come as a shock – particularly given his habit of making outlandish guesses throughout the season.
Some viewers questioned how Hughes would suddenly pick the winner after a season of clangingly wrong guesses, asking whether Hughes was perhaps fed the guess so viewers wouldn’t ask “who?” when Thornton was unmasked.
Absolutely ridiculous. So obvious they’ve told Hughesy to say Melody Thornton. They’ve built it up for him to finally get one right #MaskedSingerAU
— 𝒥𝒥 (@AcousticAri) August 28, 2022
There’s no way Dave would know who melody Thornton is. Hell, if it wasn’t for her upstaging Nicole shersawerser, I don’t think I’d know her either and I was in peak pussycat dolls demographic. #MaskedSingerAU
— Georgia Duncan (@_georgiarae) August 28, 2022
The producers definitely would’ve told Dave Hughes to guess Melody Thornton because:
a) They want him to finally get one right
b) It would be kind of sad if no one guessed her all season (and instead guessed Nicole)
c) As if Hughesy listened to Don’t Cha#MaskedSingerAU
— Lachlan Guertin (@LachlanGuertin) August 28, 2022
Coming in second, the Snapdragon was unmasked as Sheldon Riley: the distinctively-voiced former The Voice and The X Factor contestant and Eurovision entrant.
Third place went to the Rooster, who was unmasked as singer and actor Hugh Sheridan.
Image credits: Channel Ten