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    Who Are the Contestants Behind the Final Five on 'The Masked Dancer' — Zebra, Cotton Candy, Sloth, Exotic Bird & Tulip

    2021-01-28

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    Warning: Spoilers ahead from this week's episode:

    "The Masked Dancer" Super Six episode delivered another unmasking this week and we think it was someone the judges could have guessed, but just missed the obvious clues. They were almost too close in their guesses that they forgot some of the earlier hints from previous weeks — the answers were there all along.

    With four more episodes ahead before viewers find out who wins the first season of "The Masked Dancer," it's time to take a closer look at who we think is under the remaining final five costumes — Tulip, Sloth, Zebra, Exotic Bird and Cotton Candy. We will even talk about this week's revealed contestant, but remember we have lots of spoilers ahead. Don't proceed unless you want to know who went home this week and who we think is hidden under those creative costumes.

    Who went home?

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    In the Super Six episode, the Hammerhead went home. Underneath those bulging biceps and eager dance moves, was Vinny Guadagnino from MTV's "The Jersey Shore." While judge Ken Jeong and guest judge Whitney Cummings guessed Pauly D. from the series and Brian Austin Green went with a fellow "Jersey Shore" cast member, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino. Paula Abdul threw out Guadagnino's name randomly after the Hammerhead performed, but decided to go with YouTube personality David Dobrik as her final guess. If she had only stuck to her instincts, she would have won another week — because her strength in this game is piecing together the weekly clues.

    Those clues were fairly obvious from the get-go with Guadagnino sharing, "I gave up my dream about being a lawyer. I was depressed like I was locked in a cage." The reality show personality, who was always a strong student, abandoned his law school goals to go on the MTV show in 2009 and has been open about battle with anxiety.

    The book in one of the video packages was titled "Navigating the Shores of Life, " which points to the reality series and his Hammerhead costume easily references the Syfy original movie he appeared in, "Jersey Shore Shark Attack." The judges often got stuck on the Las Vegas clue, but "Jersey Shore" superfans know that Guadignino was a guest host in "Chippendales" at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in 2019. The good news is that he stumped all five of the panel members this — if only Abdul hadn't second-guessed herself.

    Who are the Final Five?

    If you are dying to know who is under the final five costumes, we are going to piece together a few clues and give you our best guesses. Let's see how accurate we are with only a month left in the series.

    Tulip

    Our guess: Kenzie Ziegler

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    The very first week, there was an Abby Lee Dance Center clue on a plane ticket. They split up the acronym into two parts "AL" and "DC" to confuse viewers, but that was our first tip that a "Dance Moms" cast member was doing "The Masked Dancer." Her words lead us straight to the reality show and Miller's famous weekly pyramid that pitted the young dancers against each other: "The toughest part about this competitions has been keeping mum about it to everyone I know, and especially my best bud," she shared while a pyramid popped up in the background. "We used to be super competitive. I could see she was so great at everything; I wanted everyone to see me the same way." If anyone knows who Kenzie's best friend is, it's her sister and talented dancer Maddie Ziegler.

    It felt a little strange that the panel missed the "Mother-daughter" Super Clue this week, so nobody has even thought of a "Dance Moms" cast member. Abdul should be putting her thinking cap on since she worked alongside Maddie on the judging panel on "So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation." For now, the judges are stuck on a gymnast like Simone Biles, who is too busy training for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Sarah Hyland, who is shorter than the Tulip.

    Exotic Bird

    Our guess: Jordin Sparks

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    The Exotic Bird might have been more of a challenge to guess, but this week's rose tattoo Super Clue should have tipped viewers off. After winning the sixth season of "American Idol," she rose to fame with her debut single was "Tattoo." In 2008, she suffered from acute vocal cord hemorrhaging due to overusing her vocal cords right before she was expected to join Alicia Keys' tour — this incident was referenced in the clue about her "savage bird flu." The football trophy referred to her dad, former New York Giants player Phillippi Sparks, and the apple pie was a nod to her turn in the Broadway show, "Waitress."

    Sloth

    Our guess: Maks Chmerkovskiy

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    There are so many clues that "Dancing with the Stars'" viewers are picking up on, but the judges haven't even come close to guessing the dance pro. He won season 18 of the show with Meryl Davis, so that's why you are seeing lots of references to that particular number. If "Maximum Velocity" didn't get you or saying he was the bad boy of the show, then his "Word Up" vocal hint in episode 2 surely made you think it was him. No one says "Broadway" in that particular accent, but a Chmerkovskiy — and yes, he's done two shows on the Great White Way: "Burn the Floor" and "Forever Tango."

    Cotton Candy

    Our guess: Gabby Douglas

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    The three-time Olympic gold-medal winner was on the 2012 and the 2016 gymnastic teams, dubbed the "Fierce Five" and the "Final Five." So you should be seeing a lot of references to gold and medals in her video packages. Even with her scary fall from the ring the second week, Cotton Candy knew how to land safely — it's one of the first things they teach gymnasts. There are references to the athlete moving away from home and the bullying she endured, but how she persevered in the end to become one of the most successful American gymnasts in history. Bonus points to gym fans who spotted the "Douglas Family Gold," Lifetime movie reference and the Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand lip product clue.

    Zebra

    Our guess: Oscar De La Hoya

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    He moves like a boxer, he dances like a boxer because he is a boxer. "The Golden Boy of Boxing" won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, which gives the foundation for all of the sports and gold clues in his video packages. He's active as an entrepreneur lending credibility to the business and "ZEO" clues and the Zebra is a Grammy nominee just like Oscar De La Hoya, who put out a Latin pop album in 2000. If this isn't the famous pro boxer, you can knock us out in the first round.

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