{"id":287624,"date":"2026-02-12T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/287624\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:56:09","slug":"two-time-grammy-winner-owl-is-unmasked-on-the-masked-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/287624\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Time Grammy Winner \u2018Owl\u2019 Is Unmasked on \u2018The Masked Singer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFor one achy breaky contestant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/the-masked-singer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-masked-singer\" data-tag=\"the-masked-singer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Masked Singer<\/a> came to an abrupt end on Wednesday night, Feb. 11 when Owl was eliminated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe latest episode of Fox\u2019s quirky singing series celebrated Twilight and Valentine\u2019s Day. Christina Perri opened with a performance of \u201cA Thousand Year,\u201d her song from the vampire romance franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs the competition got underway, Cat Witch sang \u201cIt Will Rain\u201d by Bruno Mars; 14 Karat Carrot performed \u201cTainted Love\u201d by Gloria Jones; Stingray hit \u201cBad Habits\u201d by Ed Sheeran; and Owl went with \u201cWhite Wedding\u201d by Billy Idol.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/billy-ray-cyrus\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOwl and Stingray faced the axe, and both battled with performances of Pat Benatar\u2019s \u201cLove Is a Battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn the end, Owl had to fly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUnder the mask was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/billy-ray-cyrus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Ray Cyrus<\/a>, the country star who had a massive global hit in 1992 with \u201cAchy Breaky Heart,\u201d which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTo younger generations, Cyrus is probably best known as the father of Miley and Noah, and the collaborator with Lil Nas X, whose 2019 version of \u201cAchy Breaky Heart\u201d logged 19 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, a then record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be with y\u2019all,\u201d he said after the big reveal. \u201cYou know, it\u2019s been a lot of fun. Music changes everything, music changes lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPanelists Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Rita Ora and Robin Thicke all failed to guess who was under the helmet. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s very rare that none of us get it right,\u201d remarked Thicke, \u201cespecially for such a big name and a big star and somebody we\u2019ve guessed so many times. So to be able to fool all of us, that\u2019s quite an accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith the benefit of hindsight, the veteran singer did give some handy pointers. There was a \u201c1992\u201d sign, pointing to the year of Miley\u2019s birth, and the release of his signature song. And an image of a billy goat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnd with this Saturday, Feb. 14 marking Valentine\u2019s Day, the reference to the \u201clady in red\u201d was a clue to his lady. \u201cAn angel came into my life named Elizabeth Hurley,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith the departure of Cyrus, a two-time Grammy Award winner, just 10 contestants remain in this season 14 of The Masked Singer, including all three wildcards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the unmasking below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For one achy breaky contestant, The Masked Singer came to an abrupt end on Wednesday night, Feb. 11&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7932,146,85,46,80595,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-287624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbnews","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-the-masked-singer","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}