‘The Masked Singer’s Panther Revealed: I Wanted To Show ‘Different Sides Of Me’

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Montell Jordan was revealed as the Panther in Vegas Night on Masked singerwith Chris Kirkpatrick as Hummingbird and Jeff Dunham as Pyrrhus. The R&B singer has been a longtime fan of the show and wanted to be able to show “different sides” of herself.

“I think this is an opportunity for me to allow people to see and hear different sides of me, not through the lens of someone they think I should be an artist,” says Montell. HollywoodLife ONLY. “I want people to be able to hear and feel something different and be like, oh, that’s coming from that guy, and be pleasantly surprised that they can now take me out of the box I was in. put in.”

Montell sang a great rendition of “Feel Good” on the September 28 episode. He explained why he chose that particular song. “It was interesting because it was Michael Buble who remade the song, and when they presented it to me, I said, ‘Oh, that’s Michael Buble. That’s great, but here’s a Nina Simone the song.’ So just with the idea of ​​bringing back the performance art of a Buble but to bring back the passion and original feeling of darkness but the hope behind the song the way Nina presented it, I tried trying to bring the two together to bring pain and ingenuity through Panther’s performance. I knew it as soon as I heard it. It’s a song that I want to sing. It was a song that I wanted to record one day in my life on a jazz project, so it all came together,” he said.

The “This Is How We Do It” singer transforms into a “very royal” Panther on Masked singer. “Under the energetic lights, I really broke out in a sweat,” admits Montell. “I think even after wearing the mask, I still couldn’t stop sweating from the heat. I feel like burning is going on underneath there. So it’s hard to sing a great song without a mask, so all the performers and artists who are singing with the mask have become more difficult. “

His pack of clues refers to the singer’s 2012 death hoax. “I only talk about it because it was an eye-opening moment for me,” said Montell. “It was an opening moment for me that if it was for me, if it wasn’t a hoax, what would happen in the world would have been a bunch of people posting saying, the guy was doing ‘This is how We Do It’ died. That, for me, is not enough for me. For me, it was not a good life for me to be remembered that way. I am husband. I am a father. I am grandpa or grandpa. I am a leader. I am a speaker. All of these things made me do what I am doing now. I don’t want people to think he’s the one who sang this song. I am much more than that. “

Early 2023, Montell will return to TV in new FOX series Special Forces: Final Test. Montell reveals why he wants to challenge himself again in a program that tests his physical, mental and emotional resilience.

“I think it’s the craziest thing I’ve probably ever done in my life, and probably one of the most rewarding,” he revealed. “My wife and is trying to help the soon-to-be married couple. We do marriage ministry together. We are trying to help save a million marriages. That is important to us. We’ve also launched a virtual church in the past few weeks. At the beginning of 2022, we felt like in our hearts, in our walk of faith, that what the Lord was telling us was to start a church, you couldn’t be afraid. There’s no room for fear, so when you have this opportunity, Special Forces came up, it was like, well, these are the things I fear the most. I can not swim. I don’t like heights. There are things I dread, but if there is no room for fear to guide people who are going through the most terrifying things of their lives when you are facing cancer or you are facing divorce or you’re facing some kind of illness, some kind of breakdown, you have to face it. “

He continued, “In order for me to be able to lead people through their greatest fear, I have Special Forces I faced my biggest fears, and they threw them at me on day one. What we went through there with that team, now I’ve made some lifelong friends. We talked and we remain connected to this day, so I made a new family by being in the desert under the most ridiculous circumstances. I also have a great respect and appreciation for our armed forces. ” Masked singer Season 8 airs every Wednesday on FOX.