Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 1 of “The Masked Singer,” “Season Premiere: Who Can It Be Now?” which aired September 25 on Fox. As a singer, John Elway is a great football player.
The gridiron legend and two-time Super Bowl champ (XXXII, XXXIII) with the Denver Broncos was the first celebrity to be unmasked on “The Masked Singer” as the show’s Season 12 kicked off on Wednesday night.
For Leaf Sheep, Ken Jeong got it right with Elway. Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg thought it was another NFL legend, Tom Brady. Robin Thicke also went football, with Troy Aikman.
Rita Ora said it was Billy Bob Thornton. Elway sang “I Like It, I Love It,” by Tim McGraw, for his performance. “These days, I’m a little sluggish,” Elway, as the Leaf Sheep, said in the pre-taped package voiceover introducing his number. “But you should have seen me in my prime.
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