Wednesday marked a double elimination night on The Masked Singer in advance of the season finale next week. Although both unmasked celebrities are well-versed in hit songs, only one of them is presently embroiled in a legal dispute with his former famous bandmate.
Looking to take the one remaining spot in the finale were the three remaining singers left in Group C: Candelabra, Donut and Anteater. Soundtrack to My Life was the theme for Wednesday, which featured songs that symbolize significant occasions in their lives.
Who is currently wearing a few additional masks and who will be competing for the Golden Mask trophy the following week is detailed below.
Following their rendition of the Chuck Berry classic “Johnny B. Goode,” Anteater was the initial vocalist to withdraw from the competition. Names such as Steven Van Zandt, Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, and John Cougar Mellencamp were among the judges’ informed picks.
However, none of those suppositions were vindicated, as it was disclosed that Anteater was in fact John Oates, the rock duo Hall & Oates’s singer-songwriter. Darryl Hall is suing Oates, which has been in existence for over five decades, despite the fact that the duo have had 33 Billboard Hot 100 singles, sold 14 million albums, and been in the public eye for the past few weeks.
Naturally, this did not come up during Oates’ farewell address to the show; instead, he remarked that it was “one of the best things” he had ever accomplished, citing the anonymity and freedom of performing while wearing a mask as justifications.
Regarding his decision to don the anteater costume, Oates provided Billboard with the ideal explanation, one that the judges will surely be appalled by due to the self-evident indication it entails.
On the 1982 Hall & Oates hit “Anteater,” Oates speculated, “Perhaps there was a subtle connection between ‘Man Eater’ and Anteater, which I thought might be a subtle clue without being a clue.”
