

So that’s, again, why I went with a different song and tried to change it up a little bit. It was actually a fun interaction with the judges and with Nick because these are all people I’ve known before for the most part, and I know that in the show since it started, they guessed me for a lot of the stuff. That would’ve been funny because I think he would’ve known, but it would have been fun interactions. You mentioned Lance doing something this season, and obviously, he would have known it was you, but how disappointed are you that your paths didn’t cross on the show? But when you sing with guys for almost 30 years, they know your voice, so there was no hiding from them. Him and Joey both texted me and were like, I like hummingbirds. Lance is doing something for the show, so he definitely guessed it. Have you heard from anyone else from *NSYNC in the past week guessing it was you? But for the most part, I didn’t want to spill the beans, so I just kind of went with what the people on production were telling me, giving me little hints here and there in what to do. No, I tried to keep it real tight-lipped and just kind of went out, and afterwards, he figured it out really quick, as did a lot of fans. Did you talk to him at all about doing this or get any advice from him? So I tried to do something a little bit different to throw them a little bit. I decided I wanted to do that because I also know that I was known for high falsetto, and I said if I do a song like that, they’re going to get it right away. They gave me some options of songs, and that one stuck out. No, I’m a big Gavin fan, I love Gavin DeGraw, and he’s a buddy of mine, really great guy. What went into your song choice ? Anything special about it? That kind of took away from some of my performance, that I was trying to think about maneuvering rather than just performing. It kept getting fogged up, and I was too busy trying to look at locations on the stage where I had to be, and I felt like it was back to one of the first times I ever performed where it was almost like I kept feet-watching a little bit to make sure I didn’t trip over anything. Yeah, I kept getting worried about the lyrics for some reason, and I was like, oh, that’s fine, they have the lyrics that I can see, but I couldn’t see out of the costume. Speaking of that costume, I was trying to figure out if you could see out of it at all based on where you were singing from… It really was neat to go out of my element yet still be kind of in my element and have such an amazing, amazing experience. I was bummed to go, but at the same time, just the little experience that I got with the show, the people that run the show, the producers, everybody involved in it was so gracious and so awesome, it was like a breath of fresh air. What made you say yes to doing The Masked Singer?Ĭhris Kirkpatrick: I’ve always loved the show, and the challenge of doing it I thought would be amazing, and it was everything I thought it would be. Here, Kirkpatrick opens up about his time on The Masked Singer, which of his *NSYNC bandmates he thinks would win the show, and more. And Hummingbird was none other than *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick! Panelists had been guessing him for seven seasons but hadn’t when it was actually him.

“Vegas Night” opened up with his unmasking, after he was eliminated in the premiere. Unfortunately, it was “Bye Bye Bye” after only one performance for Hummingbird (couldn’t resist) on The Masked Singer.
