{"id":484778,"date":"2026-02-19T07:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484778\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:25:11","slug":"taraji-p-henson-as-scary-spice-on-masked-singers-spice-girls-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484778\/","title":{"rendered":"Taraji P. Henson As Scary Spice on Masked Singer’s Spice Girls Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tYo, I\u2019ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want. \u201cThe Masked Singer<\/a>\u201d guest panelist Taraji P. Henson<\/a> \u2014 unmasked earlier this season as Scarab<\/a> \u2014 is back on next week\u2019s \u201cSpice Girls Night\u201d episode, dressed as Scary Spice. Zig-a-zig, ah!<\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s no new episode of \u201cThe Masked Singer\u201d this week, given the tough Winter Olympics competition. Instead, Fox is repeating its 2024 special \u201cThe Real Full Monty,\u201d feauring the late James Van Der Beek, who starred in the event to raise funds and awareness for the Colorectal Cancer Alliance.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut when \u201cThe Masked Singer\u201d returns next week for \u201cSpice Girls Night,\u201d Henson will be there in costume as \u201cScarab Spice, aka Scary Spice,\u201d and Variety has two first looks:<\/p>\n

\n\tThe episode will feature contestants singing iconic Spice Girls songs, including Crane (singing \u201cSay You\u2019ll Be There\u201d), Snowcone (singing \u201cWannabe\u201d) and Pugcasso (singing \u201cToo Much\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd Henson won\u2019t be the only panelist dressed as a Spice Girl. Here are the others:<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tJenny McCarthy Wahlberg as Baby Spice on \u201cSpice Girl Night\u201d <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrae Patton<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tRita Ora as Posh Spice on \u201cSpice Girl Night\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrae Patton<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tRobin Thicke as Ginger Spice on \u201cSpice Girl Night\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrae Patton<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tKen Jeong as Old Spice on \u201cSpice Girl Night\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tHigh Voltage, Pangolin, Eggplant, Galaxy Girl, Stingray, Cat Witch, Pugcasso, Snow Cone and Crane remain in the competition as \u201cThe Masked Singer\u201d returns next week.<\/p>\n

\n\tBilly Ray Cyrus (Owl), Teddi Mellencamp (Calla Lily), Claudia Oshry (Queen Corgi), Taraji P. Henson (Scarab), Tone Loc (Handyman), Tiffany Haddish (Le Who Who), Todd and Julie Chrisley (Croissants) and David \u201cBig Papi\u201d Ortiz (Googly Eyes) are the celebrities unmasked so far on \u201cThe Masked Singer\u201d Season 14.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Masked Singer\u201d Season 14 themed episodes include a tribute to \u201cStar Trek,\u201d the \u201890s comedy \u201cClueless,\u201d the comic franchise \u201cTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\u201d and the blockbuster \u201cTwilight Saga\u201d films. Also Fox\u2019s new \u201cFear Factor\u201d reboot will feature host Johnny Knoxville in a \u201cFear Factor: House of Fear Night,\u201d and an \u201cOzzfest Night\u201d honors late rocker Ozzy Osbourne, including a special tribute by \u201cMasked Singer\u201d alum Kelly Osbourne (Season 2\u2019s Ladybug) saluting her father\u2019s musical influence.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 18 Masked contestants in Season 14 include Eggplant, Pugcasso, Queen Corgi, the Croissants, Owl, 14 Karat Carrot, Snow Cone, Galaxy Girl, High Voltage, Googly Eyes, Scarab, Handyman, Crane, Le Who Who, Pangolin, Stingray, Cat Witch and Calla Lily.<\/p>\n

\n\tPer the show, the Season 14 contestants have sold a combined 94 million records, received 47 Teen Choice Award nominations, 12 Emmy nominations, two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one Tony Award win and one Academy Award nomination.<\/p>\n

\n\tPast \u201cThe Masked Singer\u201d winners include T-Pain as Monster (Season 1), Wayne Brady as Fox (Season 2), Kandi Burruss as Night Angel (Season 3), LeAnn Rimes as Sun (Season 4), Nick Lachey as Piglet (Season 5), Jewel as Queen of Hearts (Season 6), Teyana Taylor as Firefly (Season 7), Amber Riley as Harp (Season 8), Bishop Briggs as Medusa (Season 9), Ne-Yo as Cow (Season 10), Vanessa Hudgens as Goldfish (Season 11), Boyz II Men as Buffalos (Season 12) and Gretchen Wilson as Pearl (Season 13).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Masked Singer\u201d 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 format created by Mun Hwa Broadcasting Corp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yo, I\u2019ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want. \u201cThe Masked Singer\u201d guest panelist Taraji…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,36676,167433,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-484778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-taraji-p-henson","12":"tag-the-masked-singer","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}