LeAnn Rimes won season four of The Masked Singer on Wednesday after performing as the Sun on the hit Fox Show.
The 38-year-old country star won the coveted Golden Mask Trophy after voting by panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger, as well as the studio audience and superfans at home.
Mushroom finished in second place and turned out to be recording artist Aloe Blacc, 41, who dedicated his performance on the show to his seven-year-old daughter Mandela.
The winner: LeAnn Rimes won season four of The Masked Singer on Wednesday after performing as the Sun on the hit Fox Show
Crocodile finished in third place and Nick Carter, 40, of the Backstreet Boys removed his reptilian mask.
LeAnn after removing her Sun mask told show host Nick Cannon, 40, that participating on the show was an ‘overwhelming experience’.
‘I didn’t expect this to be this much work, I have to say. …I was thinking like, ”Oh, come on. This will be easy. This will be fun.” And it was a blast,’ said the Grammy-winning singer.
‘I’ve totally been brought back to when I was a kid. And I remember I was five years old when I told everyone I wanted to sing. And I’ve always wondered, like, how I knew at that age that I wanted to sing. And I kind of discovered it again behind this mask, and it was to give and receive love. And that’s, like, totally what happened,’ LeAnn added.
Country star: The 38-year-old country star won the coveted Golden Mask Trophy
Ken, 51, told LeAnn that every song she performed on The Masked Singer ‘was like an album in of itself’.
‘And I felt like you took me as a listener on a journey and just really bared your soul, and I’ve never felt that on this show before,’ Ken told the singer.
LeAnn earlier during the finale performed the 2007 song The Story by Brandi Carlile that she previously covered for her Remnants album.
High praise: Ken Jeong told LeAnn that every song she performed on The Masked Singer ‘was like an album in of itself’
Final song: LeAnn earlier during the finale performed the 2007 song The Story by Brandi Carlile that she previously covered for her Remnants album
The singer during her clues package reflected on her position in the show while reflecting on her career.
‘You know, I’ve been in the industry a really long time, since I was a kid. Depending on when you discovered me has probably influenced who you think I am. You might see me as the little girl with big dreams, or a pop princess, or the more grounded woman I am today. But as the Sun, for the first time in my career, I’ve gotten to show that I’m all of those things and more,’ she said.
The Sun during the semifinals brought the panelists to tears with her emotional rendition of When The Party’s Over by Billie Eilish and said her finale song was a ‘tribute’ to the person who has encouraged her to fly.
Hard work: ‘I didn’t expect this to be this much work, I have to say. …I was thinking like, ”Oh, come on. This will be easy. This will be fun.” And it was a blast,’ said the Grammy-winning singer
Third place: Crocodile finished in third place and Nick Carter, 40, of the Backstreet Boys removed his reptilian mask
Second place: Mushroom finished in second place and turned out to be recording artist Aloe Blacc, 41, who dedicated his performance on the show to his seven-year-old daughter Mandela
‘Our bond is a testament that love really does conquer all,’ she said.
LeAnn has been married since April 2011 to actor Eddie Cibrian, 47, after it was revealed they had an affair while both were married.
Eddie has sons Mason, 17, and Jake, 13, with ex-wife Brandi Glanville, 48.
The trophy: Nick presented Sun with her Golden Mask trophy
Brandi before the show aired took to Twitter to root for LeAnn while misspelling her name.
‘Hope my kids bonus mom The Sun” Leanne Rines wins the masked singer tonight #Spitfire,’ Brandi tweeted for her roughly 805,000 followers.
The Sun after her finale performance explained to host Nick what it has meant for her to perform on the show.
Before show: Brandi Glanville before the show aired took to Twitter to root for LeAnn while misspelling her name
‘Honestly, the best part of this has been people being able to feel the essence of me without the preconceived idea of who or what I am. And I feel like for the first time, people are actually hearing me and feeling me,’ she said.
‘And that makes me really happy,’ Sun added with her voice cracking.
The holiday-themed finale featured the three finalists giving the panelists gifts after their performance.
Holiday theme: The holiday-themed finale featured the three finalists giving the panelists gifts after their performance
Sun gifted Robin, 43, with an enormous amount of mistletoe while thanking him for all the compliments and encouragement during the season.
Jenny and Nicole, 42, correctly guessed that Sun was LeAnn, while Robin guessed Katharine McPhee and Ken picked Mandy Moore.
Nicole picked up on several blue clues as a reference to LeAnn’s song Blue that won her a Grammy at age 14, while Jenny jumped on a northern lights clue and remembered that LeAnn starred in the movie Northern Lights that also featured Eddie.
Good guess: Nicole Scherzinger correctly guessed that Sun was LeAnn
Crocodile for the finale performed Open Arms by Journey, while Mushroom took on the Stevie Wonder hit song I Wish.
Jenny was the Golden Ear winner for season four with four correct First Impression guesses.
The Masked Singer will return for season five in 2021.
Good ear: Jenny was the Golden Ear winner for season four with four correct First Impression guesses