The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 11

*The Masked Singer*
The Masked Singer
Season 11
	Promotional poster for season eleven, featuring "Goldfish"
Starring	Robin Thicke; Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg; Ken Jeong; Rita Ora;
Hosted by	Nick Cannon
No. of contestants	16
Winner	Vanessa Hudgens as "Goldfish"
Runner-up	Scott Porter as "Gumball"
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	March 6 –; May 22, 2024
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 10 Next →; Season 12
	List of episodes

The eleventh season of the American television series The Masked Singer premiered on Fox on March 6, 2024.^[1] The season was won by singer and actor Vanessa Hudgens as "Goldfish", with singer and actor Scott Porter finishing second as "Gumball".

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Panelists and host

Season 11 panelists and host

Robin Thicke

Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg

Ken Jeong

Rita Ora

Nick Cannon

Nick Cannon, singer-songwriter Robin Thicke, television and radio personality Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, and actor and comedian Ken Jeong all returned as host and panelists. On September 13, 2023, it was announced that recording artist and panelist of the British adaptation of the show, Rita Ora, would substitute for longtime panelist Nicole Scherzinger, as the latter stars in the West End revival of Sunset Boulevard, conflicting with the filming of the eleventh season.^[2] Ora's addition marks the first major change to the panel since the series' inception.

The second episode features season four winner LeAnn Rimes ("Sun") as an additional guest, the fourth episode included Jill Whelan and Heidi and Spencer Pratt as additional guests, the sixth episode included Transformers characters Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and Bumblebee as additional guests, and the eighth episode included Carnie Wilson of season eight runners-up Wilson Phillips ("Lambs") and Raven-Symoné ("Black Widow" from season two) as additional guests.

Production

The format is similar to its predecessor; featuring three groups, with Group A starting with five costumes and Groups B and C starting with four. Each group featured one wild card added later during the season. The panelists have one opportunity to use the "Ding Dong Keep It On" bell (introduced in the ninth season) to save one contestant, who moves to the quarterfinals with the group finalists. From there, three competed in the semifinals and two moved on to the finale.^[3]

Much like the previous three seasons of the series, the eleventh season featured the return of themed nights. Throughout the season, themes included nights dedicated to Billy Joel and Queen, musical film The Wizard of Oz, film-toy franchise Transformers, "Girl Groups", and "Shower Anthems".^[3] Additionally for the first time, themes such as "Soundtrack Of My Life" and "TV Themes" were featured once again after having already been represented in previous seasons.^[4]

Contestants

The season featured 16 celebrities split into three groups, as well as three wild card contestants who entered the competition later during the season.^[4]

The contestants are said to boast a combined total of 22 Grammy nominations, 11 platinum albums, 33 Teen Choice nominations, 108 million records sold, 1.7 billion Spotify streams, and 326 film appearances.

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Stage name	Celebrity	Occupation(s)	Episodes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13
			Group A	Group B	Group C			A		B		10	12	13
Goldfish	Vanessa Hudgens	Actor/singer	SAFE					SAFE	WIN			SAFE	SAFE	WINNER
Gumball	Scott Porter	Actor/singer		RISK						SAFE	WIN	RISK	SAFE	RUNNER-UP
Clock	Thelma Houston	Singer			SAFE	SAFE	WIN					SAFE	OUT
Poodle Moth	Chrissy Metz^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Actor/singer			SAFE	SAFE	KEPT^{[lower-alpha 2]}					OUT
Beets	Clay Aiken	Singer/politician		SAFE						SAFE	OUT
Beets	Ruben Studdard	Singer		SAFE						SAFE	OUT
Seal (WC)	Corey Feldman	Actor								RISK	OUT
Miss Cleocatra	Jenifer Lewis	Actor/singer		SAFE						OUT
Starfish	Kate Flannery	Actor	SAFE					SAFE	OUT
Ugly Sweater	Charlie Wilson	Singer	SAFE					SAFE	OUT
Koala (WC)	DeMarcus Ware	NFL Hall of Famer						OUT
Lovebird	Colton Underwood	TV personality	SAFE					OUT
Lizard	Sisqó	Singer			RISK	RISK	OUT
Sir Lion (WC)	Billy Bush	Talk show host				OUT
Spaghetti & Meatballs	Joe Bastianich	Restaurateur/TV personality			OUT
Afghan Hound	Savannah Chrisley	TV personality		OUT
Book	Kevin Hart	Actor/comedian	WD^{[lower-alpha 3]}

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WIN The masked singer won with their performance and advanced in the competition.
KEPT The masked singer was saved from elimination by a panelist using the "Ding Dong Keep It On" bell.
RISK The masked singer was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
SAFE The masked singer was safe from elimination.
OUT The masked singer was eliminated from the competition and unmasked.
WD The masked singer unmasked themselves and left the competition.
The masked singer did not perform.

(WC) The masked singer is a wild card contestant.

The celebrities who competed in the eleventh season of The Masked Singer, pictured in order of elimination (L–R):
Kevin Hart ("Book"), Savannah Chrisley ("Afghan Hound"), Joe Bastianich ("Spaghetti & Meatballs"), Billy Bush ("Sir Lion"), Sisqó ("Lizard"), Colton Underwood ("Lovebird"), DeMarcus Ware ("Koala"), Charlie Wilson ("Ugly Sweater"), Kate Flannery ("Starfish"), Jenifer Lewis ("Miss Cleocatra"), Corey Feldman ("Seal"), Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard ("Beets"), Chrissy Metz ("Poodle Moth"), Thelma Houston ("Clock"), Scott Porter ("Gumball"), and Vanessa Hudgens ("Goldfish")