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The Masked Singer has come to the end of another season—and crowned another winner.
On the final of Season 6 of the Fox show, there were just two singers left. The Queen of Hearts and the Bull each fought it out for this year's Golden Mask by performing three songs—a Christmas classic, a "stripped-down acoustic" cover and an "all-out showstopper."
Both contestants were then revealed. One was a viral star (and Taylor Swift bestie), while the other is a '90s folk legend.
The Masked Singer finale also revealed who was this year's Golden Ear winner.
Who was the winner of The Masked Singer Season 6?
In the finale, Bull sung "A Holly Jolly Christmas," "You Gotta Be" by Des'ree and "Invisible" by Hunter Hayes.
The Queen of Hearts, meanwhile, did "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" and Katy Perry's "Firework."
"Firework" proved a good choice, as the Queen of Hearts had plenty to celebrate: She was named the winner of this season, joining T-Pain, Wayne Brady, Kandi Burruss, LeAnn Rimes and Nick Lachey in the Masked Singer winner's circle.
Who was Bull?
That meant that it was time to unmask Bull. First impressions for him ranged included Ne-Yo, Brain Littrell and Lil Uzi Vert. But Nicole Scherzinger guessed correctly when she said that Bull was Todrick Hall.
"She said on the first episode that she thinks she knows who it is," Hall said of this in an Entertainment Weekly interview, "but she's gonna keep her cards close to her chest. So I knew that she knew who I was the first episode after she said that."
The pair had previously recorded a song together in 2016, "Papi."
Who was the Queen of Hearts?
With the Bull unmasked, it was time to find out who the Queen of Hearts was. The judges had guessed Fergie, Idina Menzel, Carrie Underwood, and Renee Zellweger in the first, but they were all wrong. By the final, three of the four judges were certain that it was Jewel behind the mask. They were right.
In her own Entertainment Weekly interview, Jewel was pragmatic about why she decided to do the show. "My goal was to be a great, engaged, present mom, but I am also an artist. And so finding opportunities that allow you to be an artist that don't take all your time, to help you promote your music, and help you develop as an artist in ways you haven't done before, that's really valuable."
Who won the Golden Ear?
In the lead-up to the finale, Nicole Scherzinger and Ken Jeong were tied with two correct guesses each. Both had guessed David Foster and Katharine McPhee were the Banana Split, Jeong had guessed Dwight Howard was Octopus, and Scherzinger had picked Natasha Bedingfield as Pepper.
Scherzinger's guess that Hall was Bull, however, took her over the top, and broke McCarthy's two-year run as the Golden Ear winner.
"I feel like Halle Berry when she won the Oscar for Monster's Ball," the former Pussycat Doll joked.
