The Grammy-nominated singer and minister says he became a new person after competing as Panther on the show.
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode ofThe Masked Singer.
It was viva Las Vegas on this week’s episode ofThe Masked Singer.
Panther on ‘The Masked Singer’ season 8.Michael Becker / FOX
The panelists had a tough time with Panther and got caught up on his height.
Ultimately no one guessed that he was minister and Grammy-nominated singerMontell Jordan.
MONTELL JORDAN:Absolutely.
Montell Jordan.Paras Griffin/Getty Images
I have a single I put out with my son.
We did a song called “Daddy’s Home.”
That was my most recent release, and I’m working on a jazz album right now.
What can you tell us about it?
I have had a heart’s passion because one of my good friends is Dave Koz.
One of the new things this season is that second performance, the Battle Royale.
Yeah, the second performance was, I mean, it is a bloody battle.
[Laughs] That’s all I can say.
It is a bloody battle.
And I think my opponent was phenomenal.
It’s a big creative win I think for the world to get to do that.
So I had a bloody battle.
The panel freaked out when you were unmasked they were so surprised.
What was going through your mind when you were up there?
And when they did that, then this is the time when it’s actually me.
That was part of it going in, why I did the show.
And music doesn’t define me, I define music.
Do you know what song you would have performed if you made it to the next week?
I would have murdered that song.
Another thing you’ve got coming up is next year’sSpecial Forces.
What compelled you to do that series?
Yeah,Special Forcesis something that I never thought I would do.
When it was introduced to me, I didn’t even know the show existed overseas.
To see people change, to see people transform, we needed to be able to have no fear.
Did you have a similar motivation for being onThe Masked Singeror were they totally different for you?
I have multiple No.
Panther got a chance to liberate me to do that.
Out of both shows, I’ve become a new person.
What did you learn about yourself?
I don’t know if that makes any sense.
Whereas it’s normally the other way around.
I did things that I did not know I was capable of.
And so, that means that I learned that there’s more to me than I even dreamed of.
