{"id":516391,"date":"2026-03-05T17:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516391\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:41:11","slug":"80s-pop-star-revealed-as-eggplant-on-the-masked-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516391\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201880s Pop Star Revealed as Eggplant on \u2018The Masked Singer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt seems so hard to believe but the Eggplant was eliminated from The Masked Singer<\/a> on Wednesday night (March 4), and Jack Wagner<\/a>, the soapie star and former pop artist, was revealed to be the man under the purple helmet.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis week, Fox<\/a>\u2019s quirky celebrity singing contest took a turn to the dark side with its Ozzfest Night, a celebration of the music of the late British rocker Ozzy Osbourne.<\/p>\n

\n\tJust days after appearing at the 2026 BRIT Awards to receive Ozzy\u2019s honor<\/a> for outstanding contribution to British music, the rock legend\u2019s daughter\u00a0Kelly Osbourne\u00a0was back on our boxes as guest panelist. It wasn\u2019t Kelly\u2019s first time on The Masked Singer; she appeared as Ladybug way back in 2019\u2019s Season 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs the latest episode got underway, contestants Eggplant, Galaxy Girl, High Voltage and Pangolin performed Ozzy\u2019s debut solo single from 1980 \u201cCrazy Train,\u201d a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n

\n\tEggplant and High Voltage didn\u2019t have the right spark and found themselves in the bottom two, and entered into battle with renditions of Black Sabbath<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0\u201cIron Man.\u201d This time, High Voltage had the energy. Eggplant was out.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe producers of The Masked Singer must\u2019ve known the Eggplant character would raise eyebrows for anyone familiar with emojis. Wagner took it like a champ. \u201cWell, I love new characters. So this was certainly a challenge to bring life to the Eggplant. It\u2019s just such a thrill,\u201d remarked Wagner, who had stints on General Hospital, Santa Barbara, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Melrose Place.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a pop artist, Wagner landed four songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1980s, including a No. 2 best with 1984\u2019s \u201cAll I Need.\u201d The album of the same name is one of his three titles to crack the all-genres Billboard 200 albums tally.<\/p>\n

\n\tWagner had a distant connection with Ozzy. He revealed he had worked with Osbourne\u2019s wife, Sharon, for a scene on Bold and the Beautiful. \u201cWe did a bed scene,\u201d he said, leaving the comment hanging. \u201cI was a very good boy, but we did share a hug together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNone of the panelists guessed Wagner was behind the Eggplant, although Ken Jeong was close. He figured the celebrity was another General Hospital alum and former pop star, \u201cJessie\u2019s Girl\u201d singer Rick Springfield.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Eggplant sent packing, the remaining competitors in this Season 14 of The Masked Singer are High Voltage, Pangolin, Galaxy Girl, Stingray, Cat Witch, Pugcasso and Crane.<\/p>\n

\n\tWagner as Eggplant heads for the exit, following Heidi Montag (Snow Cone), Billy 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).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems so hard to believe but the Eggplant was eliminated from The Masked Singer on Wednesday night…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[58695,49,48,75,374,167433],"class_list":["post-516391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bbnews","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-fox","tag-the-masked-singer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516391","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=516391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}