McCarthy Wahlberg guessed Monica and Jeong went with Demi Lovato. I’m proud of the fact that we were all able to work together to get to a point where I could go out there and do what I need to do.”īlack Swan, “The Masked Singer” Courtesy of Foxįor second place Black Swan, Scherzinger got it right with JoJo, and Rimes agreed. And I was like this isn’t it, this is not performing right now. You know what it feels like to sing and perform.
There was a point the beginning where I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to do this. That’s definitely the most challenging part of the show. “I said, well get rid of that and I’d rather be hot than not be able to breathe. The ice vest became to constricting, however. They had an ice vest on to keep me cool because it was super hot in there, as you can imagine.” Especially in the beginning, I was having a really tough time catching my breath in there. “You don’t go into it thinking it’s going to be a cakewalk but I didn’t really appreciate how heavy the costume would be,” he said. Like most contestants, Lachey said performing in the costume was tougher - and hotter - than he expected. I try to focus much more on if they figure out who I am so be it but, but we’ll go out there and still give a great performance.” I honestly didn’t try to get too caught up in that part of it. “They all they all know me from other things we’ve done together and working together on other projects. “I was pretty sure that they were going to recognize my voice just because I’ve worked with everyone on that judging panel before,” he said. Guest panelist LeAnn Rimes also picked Lachey. Nicole Scherzinger was close with a boy band, but she guessed Backstreet Boys’ Brian Litrell. Robin Thicke and Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg got it right with Lachey. “So when they presented that to me as the first option I said, ‘hey this is a sign, I’m supposed to be the Piglet.’” “I’m from Cincinnati, which is known as ‘Porkopolis,’ the city of the Flying Pig and my production company is called Flying Pig Prods.,” Lachey said. The serendipity continued to the Piglet costume, which Lachey immediately fell in love with. I’m just thankful that it all worked out kind of last minute.” My kids will love it and it will be a fun kind of journey for us to all take together. “So when it came up, I thought it was, hey, this is another shot.
“My kids have always been a huge fan of the show and so it was definitely something on my radar,” he said. Lachey said he was a late addition to this season’s competition, and was on a skiing trip with his buddies when producers called just four days before the first episode taped.