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Olympic gold medalist gymnast Gabby Douglas is the first-ever winner of “The Masked Dancer,” having scored the show’s diamond mask trophy after being revealed as Cotton Candy.
Douglas was victorious despite facing off with two trained dancers in the finale. Runner-up Sloth turned out to be “Dancing with the Stars’” Maksim Chmerkovskiy. And in third place was Tulip, who was revealed to be Mackenzie Ziegler (“Dance Moms”).
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Douglas was unmasked after dancing to “This Is Me,” by Kesha. The panelists were torn between whether the Cotton Candy was a gymnast or an ice skater. Paula Abdul figured out it was Gabby Douglas, while Ashley Tisdale named her teammate Simone Biles. Brian Austin Green thought it was Tara Lapinski, Ken Jeong named Michelle
If boxing champ Oscar de la Hoya does return to the ring, you’ll have “The Masked Dancer” to thank.De la Hoya was the next celebrity to be revealed on the show, as the person under the Zebra costume on Wednesday’s edition of the hit series. He was unmasked after dancing to Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife,” in tribute to a loved one he lost to cancer.
returned Wednesday, where the Final Five duked it out for a chance to stay in the competition. After some seriously impressive performances all around, Exotic Bird had to fly the coop.
Wednesday s episode pitted the remaining costumed contestants Exotic Bird, Cotton Candy, Sloth, Tulip, and Zebra against one another for a chance to make it to the semi-finals.
The performers also worked hard to impress the panel of celebrity sleuths including Ken Jeong, Ashley Tisdale, Paula Abdul and Brian Austin Green, as well as this week s special guest panelist,
Call Me Kat star Mayim Bialik with fancy foot work and well-hidden clues to their secret identities.
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