

I would compartmentalize each thing, whether it’s the choreography, or the singing part or the puppeteering. And so that’s exactly the way I went about it with this. And to be successful on Sunday it starts the previous Sunday in reviewing your past game and then ramping up for the next game with the appropriate preparation. To prep for “The Masked Singer,” Sanchez said he employed some of the skills he learned after a decade playing for the NFL: “I’ve learned how to do that, how to create a routine for whatever I’ve done. I was like, ‘Whoa, it’s gonna take some practice.'” “And then hit some choreography spots, and then sing. “Then I realized I was going to have to put my hand in this weird position, move the mouth, and then with my other hand, move the hand of the puppet,” he said. Sanchez said he didn’t quite know what he was in for at first, and assumed that the “puppet” would be a small hand toy. Everybody’s kind of like, why are you doing this? And what are you practicing for?”

“Just put some dumbbells in it and made it like 35 to 40 pounds and started belting out tunes in the house. “I also wore a really heavy backpack when I would practice at home,” he said. Meanwhile, Aussie pop royalty Natalie Imbruglia is Evens to be the cute Panda.Sanchez said he practiced by getting a bit winded and exhausted before singing, to emulate what his experience would be like on stage, wearing the costume. "Other characters who are bamboozling viewers a bit more include Lionfish and Firework, where comedian Eddie Izzard and actress Michelle Keegan are 11/10 and 6/5.

"Doughnuts and Poodle are tipped to be footy legend Michael Owen and TV presenting royalty Paul O'Grady at 4/9 and 8/11 respectively, while other odds-on favourites include Irish actress Aisling Bea to be Mushroom at 5/6 and fiery American tennis star John McEnroe to be Bagpipes at 5/6. They include comedian and actress Aisling Bea to be Mushroom (5/6) and football legend Michael Owen to be Doughnuts (4/9), while TV royalty Paul O'Grady is nailed on to be Poodle (8/11) with tennis star John McEnroe down to be Bagpipes (5/6).īetfair spokesperson Sam Rosbottom said: "After just one weekend of this edition of the Masked Singer, armchair sleuths already seem confident of some of the celeb identities behind the amazing costumes. With the new series of Masked Singer under way for 2022, there are already odds-on favourites to be behind the costumes after just one show.
