Current:Home > InvestThe Masked Singer's UFO Revealed as This Beauty Queen -StockSource
The Masked Singer's UFO Revealed as This Beauty Queen
View
Date:2025-04-14 08:04:35
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! (874)
Related
- Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
- When is 'AGT' on tonight? Where to watch next live show of Season 18
- '100 days later': 10 arrested in NY homeless man's 'heinous' kidnapping, death, police say
- Chicago TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on a string of robberies
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- Family of South Carolina teacher killed by falling utility pole seeks better rural infrastructure
- Ex-49ers QB Trey Lance says being traded to Cowboys put 'a big smile on my face'
- An Atlanta-area hospital system has completed its takeover of Augusta University’s hospitals
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
- Boston will no longer require prospective spouses to register their sex or gender to marry
Ranking
- Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires
- High school football coach arrested, charged with battery after hitting player on sideline
- Election deniers rail in Wisconsin as state Senate moves toward firing top election official
- Gabon’s wealthy, dynastic leader thought he could resist Africa’s trend of coups. He might be wrong
- Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump
- Teachers go on strike in southwest Washington state over class sizes
- Judge finds defrocked cardinal not competent to stand trial for sex assault
- California sues school district over transgender 'outing' policy
Recommendation
Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
What makes Idalia so potent? It’s feeding on intensely warm water that acts like rocket fuel
Alex Murdaugh’s Son Buster Speaks Out on Dad’s Murder Conviction in Tell-All Interview
National Cinema Day collects $34 million at box office, 8.5 million moviegoers attend
DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders’ anger after racist killings in Jacksonville
Unclear how many in Lahaina lost lives as Hawaii authorities near the end of their search for dead
Fergie Gives Rare Look at Her and Josh Duhamel’s Look-Alike Son Axl on 10th Birthday