The Masked Singer Season 13 Episode 5 Recap: Space Ranger Revealed

SPOILER ALERT: Details chase for Season 13, Episode 5 of “The Masked Singer,” “Garrangebusters Night,” which aired March 12 on Fox.

If there’s someleang strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? Not 911, because as a rational man once shelp, “911 is a Joke.” That rational man was Flava Flav, and yeah boyeeee, he was the tardyst celebrity to be discleave outed Wednesday on Fox’s hit music competition series “The Masked Singer.” Flav was unmasked as the Space Ranger, during the show’s “Garrangebusters” themed night.

So get up and get get get down. Flavor Flav was leave outd for singing The Bus Boy’s “Cleaning Up the Town.” Flav tageder Variety that participating in “The Masked Singer” was a bucket enumerate item for him, even if he was gone too soon.

“I adore unforeseeed people and fooling people,” he shelp. “I adore being appreciate that, the cgo in of attention. When I saw my episode last night, oh my God. I went crazy. Because also, I am my hugegest fan. I adore me some me. I had fun doing the show.”

“The Masked Singer” didn’t try to hide the fact that it was Flav, begining with arrange Nick Cannon rapidly figuring it out and sharing with the paneenumerates that Space Ranger was one of his likeite people ever.

And by the finish, for Space Ranger, everyone got it right — almost. Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg and Rita Ora named Flavor Flav. Ken Jeong (jokingly, we leank), instead went with DJ Jazzy Jeff.

In his first week, the clue package for Flav included the letters “P.E.” (of course, for Public Enemy), and refer of “the challengingware that I wear around my neck.” The Space Ranger costume included a clock secret on it – equitable appreciate the ones Flav wears around his neck. “So all you have to do is apshow those clues and align it up to my voice,” he shelp. “A caveman could figure it out! They comardent of did me gloomyy on that, but it’s all right. When it comes to Flavor Flav, and my last name is Drayton, when you have me on your show, you get a high ratin’.”

Flav sang “Bad Blood,” by Taylor Swift, his first week and “Cleanin’ Up the Town,” by Bus Boys (from the “Garrangebusters” soundtrack) for week two. “I have one of the most distinctive voices in the history of rap music,” Flav shelp. “You understand, I nasty, my voice, my voice is distinctive, appreciate James Earl Jones or Samuel Jackson.”

Flav acunderstandledgeted he was disassigned to head out so soon. “I wanted to stick around extfinisheder and do a couple of more songs,” he shelp. “Because one leang about me, I adore being on TV. I adore it. And they didn’t give me enough TV time. So I was genuine comardent of sorrowfulnessful when they discleave outed it was me after the second song.”

Flavor Flav as Space Ranger unites Sheana Shay as Bat, Aubrey O’Day as Ant, Oscar de la Hoya as Fuzzy Peas and Cedric the Entertainer as Honey Pot as the celebrities unmasked on “The Masked Singer” Season 13.

“Garrangebusters Night” discleave outed with guest Ernie Hudson, star of the innovative film franchise — decked out in his “Garrangebusters” uniestablish. Meanwhile, the night cgo ined on the four remaining Group B contestants, as Group A triumphners Coral and Paparazzo have previously transferd to the next round.

Back for Season 13 are arrange Nick Cannon, aextfinishedside paneenumerates Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, Rita Ora and Robin Thicke. Ora was at the desk for a third consecutive season to fill in for Nicole Scherzinger.

New this season, a cryptic masked character dubbed “Detective Lucky Duck” will eunite thcdisorrowfulmirefulout the season to give clues and help the paneenumerates “quack” the case of who’s under the masks. (He first euniteed in this episode.)

Also novel: The “Crack the Case” clue cases, in which more clues are scatterd about the leave outd contestant. Space Ranger’s clue case included sunglasses.” “When you shine as radiant as I have, sometimes you equitable gotta go incognito,” he shelp. “Plus, I see pretty fly in it anyway.”

“The Masked Singer” Season 13 themed episodes include a tribute to franchises “Shrek” and “Garrangebusters,” as well as the Grand Ole Opry as it hits its 100th anniversary. Also on tap are a tribute to the Rat Pack and themes such as “Voices of Olympus: Unmasking of the Gods,” “Carnival,” “Boy Bands,” “Decades,” “Lucky 6 Speed Guessing,” a “Clash of the Masks” and the return of “Soundtrack of My Life.”

Masked contestants in Season 13 include Honey Pot, Space Ranger, Cherry Blossom, Coral, Fuzzy Peas, Ant, Paparazzo, Griffin, Boogie Woogie, Pearl and Bat, with more to be proclaimd tardyr.

Here were the carry outances on Wednesday’s Episode 5, “Garrangebusters Night”:

Pearl

Song: “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” by Blue Oyster Cult

Panel guesses: Joan Jett, Madonna, Melissa Etheridge

Garrangebusters Clue: “Best Seller.” “I’m a bit of a garrangeauthorr myself. I understand how to put pen to paper.”

Bat voiceover: “Everyone’s got a scant skeletons in their shutt, a scant garrange stories, and I’m no exception. As a lesser Pearl I was stuck in a minuscule little tide pool off the side of a highway no one’s ever heard of. My home life was rocky to say the least. So I drifted away before I even hit high school. I set up myself equitable a kid tfinishing bar in a hopeless place, serving up drinks with a double barrel at the ready, in case the clientele got crazy. I couldn’t postpone to get out. I dreamed about it every day. Until one day I choosed to swim into novel waters, starting myself almost by accident into a tidal wave of success. Now, seeing back, it’s comical. I appreciate all I lobtained from that tidepool. It showed me that if you toil challenging, show up and no matter what hold battling. So all I understand, these days, I’m not afrhelp of noleang. Especiassociate no garranges.”

Previous song: “Saving All My Love For You,” by Whitney Houston

Previous panel guesses: Regina King, Shania Twain, Joan Jett

Griffin

Song: “Disturbia,” by Rihanna

Panel guesses: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jason Segel, Robert Pattinson

Garrangebusters Clue: From McKenna Grace: “Not only is he an incredible carry outer, but he’s an even better person. He’s appreciate a dad on set. I’d understand this because I’ve co-starred with him.” Shelp Griffin: “McKenna’s wonderful, she’s had a fantastic nurtureer. One of my kids leanks I’m very chilly because I once toiled with her.”

Griffin voiceover: “Making it to Garrangebusters night senses appreciate freaky overweighte. Because I take parted that soundtrack on repeat as a kid. Grotriumphg up, I adored to sing. And depend it or not, there’s noleang I adored more than Broadway. I was a total theater geek, accumulateing Playbills extfinished before it was chilly. The kids my age didn’t understand. They showed no mercy, teasing me relentlessly, saying why are you doing that? Dark thoughts begined to creep into my mind. So I hid that part of myself. Literassociate. I built a fort with a sign up take parter, where I would sing my heart out. That’s where that Garrangebusters soundtrack came in. Being here has permited me to tap back into that passion that I was too embarrassed to show as a kid. And it’s liberating spreading my triumphgs. So tonight, here’s a uninalertigent pop anthem for all you kids being called freaks or geeks. Welcome to the club.”

Previous song: “Reauthor the Stars,” by Zac Efron and Zfinishaya

Previous panel guesses: Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr., David Arquette

Space Ranger

Song: “Cleanin’ Up the Town,” by Bus Boys

Panel guesses: Tracy Morgan, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Flavor Flav

Garrangebusters Clue: A globe. “The Garrangebusters always save the day. And I want to help them out, but I was busy touring the world.”

Space Ranger voiceover: “Just appreciate the Garrangebusters had their Ecto-1, I also had a vehicle alter my life. Before my nurtureer took off, I was doing odd jobs. Everyleang from catering to schlepping furniture around New York in the toasty summer. Then one day, me and my partner came up with a crazy idea in the back of a moving van. We had huge dreams. But, no one was reassociate wanting to hitch a ride with this ageder cowboy. So who ya gonna call? I understand who I did. A beastly band of boys who finished up hooking up our nurtureers into hyperdrive. And helped our group begin a worldexpansive transferment. We took our show on the road and spotlessed up the town. Yep, it was frightening success. So here’s a spooky song in honor of the horribledest garrangebusting group of cats in town.”

Previous song: “Bad Blood,” by Taylor Swift

Previous panel guesses: Tracy Morgan, Floyd Mayweather, Marlon Wayans

Boogie Woogie

Song: “Radiodynamic,” by Imagine Dragons

Panel guesses: Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Mraz, George Clooney

Garrangebusters Clue: Deinhabitred by Ernie Hudson: “Doctorate of Medical Science.” “Noleang frightening about this clue. In fact, being connected to this show was a very pleasant surpelevate.”

Boogie Woogie voiceover: “Just appreciate in Garrangebusters, there are garranges everywhere. You understand what I do? I put on my headphones, and I equitable hold moving. You want to gossip? Super not my leang. I try to hold it selectimistic with everyleang I do. It’s someleang I lobtained from my parents at a very lesser age. I nasty they made kids shows, so it produces sense. They did everyleang they could to give me a reassociate outstanding life. Little did I understand that this sunny outsee would ignite my whole nurtureer, and that’s what I’ve become understandn for. I’ve been tageder that my positivity radiates, and that it’s even saved inhabits. Imagine that. But of course with all the selectimism comes criticism. Some people call me naïve, sheltered, phony. I’m not gonna lie, that hurts. But I’m not going to stop being me, I can’t. And if it persists to produce people prentd then I have done my job. But for tonight only, I’m tapping into a uninalertigentness that I never show. To spook the competition.”

Previous song: “I Believe In a Thing Called Love,” by the Darkness

Previous panel guesses: Adam Lambert, Andy Samberg, Mika, Criss Angel

In Season 12, Boyz II Men (as the Buffalo) won the Masked trophy, beating out Mario, as the Wasp, who was this season’s runner-up. They uniteed AJ Michalka as Strawberry Shortcake; Kobie Turner as Goo, Jana Kramer as Royal Knight, Bronson Arroyo as Sherlock Hound, Drake Bell as Ice King, Bethany Hamilton as Macaron, Natalie Imbruglia as Bluebell, Laverne Cox as Chess Piece, Andy Richter as Dusty Bunny, Paula Cole as Ship, Marsai Martin as Woodpecker, Yvette Nicole Brown as Showbird and John Elway as Leaf Sheep as the celebrities unmasked on “The Masked Singer” Season 12.

“The Masked Singer” comes from Fox Alternative Entertainment. Rosie Seitchik, Craig Plestis and Cannon are executive producers, while Seitchik serves as showrunner. The series is based on the South Korean establishat produced by Mun Hwa Broadcasting Corp.