Masked Singer

Dick Van Dyke, 97, concealed his iconic face and gray hair in a giant, red-headed gnome costume during the show's premiere on Fox Wednesday.

The premiere came with a double elimination with country singer Sara Evans revealing herself as the wearer of the mustang costume. [ Fox's "The Masked Singer"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/04/20/masked-singer-rudy-giuliani-reveal-ken-jeong-robin-thicke-react/7383331001/) kicked off with a legendary reveal: [Dick Van Dyke. In 2021, he received the Kennedy Center Honor, calling the prestigious arts award a "capper on my career.”

The 97-year-old Mary Poppins star described his gnome costume as "a great big like Pumpkinhead thing that I had to do," but allegedly had a great experience ...

“I wouldn't recognize them.” “Wait a minute, those guys can't sing,” said Van Dyke, laughing. [Cringey Sexcapades](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/sumner-redstone-in-love-the-cringey-sexcapades-of-a-horny-billionaire?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-020723)of a Horny Billionaire [Cate Blanchett’s](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/cate-blanchett-tar-awards-insider?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-020723)Maestro Moment “I would say it's the weirdest thing I've ever done,” said Van Dyke. It's a good thing I'm not claustrophobic.” "I had two little peepholes I can see the audience with. You look so gorgeous, you look so handsome.” So I knew I was gonna fool them. The 97-year-old Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-award winning star of stage and screen was disguised as “Gnome” on The Masked Singer. I think some people thought I was dead.” “I love you so much, we love you, the whole world loves you so much.

Dick Van Dyke, the star of 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' went on 'The Masked Singer' as The Gnome and went home week one, along with country ...

“I would say it’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever done,” Dyke [told Entertainment Weekly](https://ew.com/tv/the-masked-singer-gnome-revealed-dick-van-dyke/) ahead of the reveal. [musical-theater lover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69qSSrDIGPI) she is. Season nine of the Fox TV show premiered on February 15, revealing the Mustang (country singer Sara Evans) and the Gnome, who turned out to be the 97-year-old, [EG_T-winning](https://www.vulture.com/article/egot-emmy-grammy-oscar-tony-contenders-odds.html), definition-of-iconic Mary Poppins and The Dick Van Dyke Show star. The Masked Singer had Dick Van Dyke. Dick Van Dyke went on The Masked Singer. The Gnome’s reveal turned panelist Nicole Scherzinger into a puddle of tears, like the

Dick Van Dyke, 97, was the first of two celebrities to reveal themselves to judges Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke. The premiere ...

You look so handsome.” I’m trying to play it cool, but you look so gorgeous. The whole world loves you so much.

The Masked Singer season 9 is underway in 2023. Find out which superstar singers were unmasked in week 1.

Sara Evans, costumed as Mustang, nailed a cover of Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" on the Fox reality series.

[was charged ](https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/jay-barker-former-alabama-quarterback-married-to-sara-evans-arrested-for-domestic-violence.html)with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Evans is no stranger to covers, by the way. “I had such an awesome time being a part of the masked singer Season 9 Premiere!” Evans filed for divorce from Barker in August 2021, but it’s unclear if the divorce has been finalized. Evans’ reveal on “The Masked Singer” was a memorable one; few country stars of her caliber have competed on the show. However, she called Birmingham home for about 12 years after her 2008 marriage to Jay Barker, a radio personality and former University of Alabama quarterback. Evans lives in Nashville, as many country stars do. (Episodes of the series are filmed in advance.) Watch the clip below. “From the outside, my life may look like a shiny carnival,” Evans said in her clue package for Mustang. That means two masked celebs are eliminated each week, and one moves forward to the next episode. So tonight, I’m reining in all my horsepower as the sexy, mighty mustang. On Season 9, three celebrities perform on each weekly episode in a knockout format.

Dick Van Dyke and Sara Evans were unmasked on "The Masked Singer" Wednesday night. Evans told Fox News Digital why it was so difficult to compete in the ...

"I like songs to go deep, and I like a voice to be able to do a lot of things, because that's what I like to do. She said she didn't want to tell them what she was filming "until the last minute possible." "I just love making new music for my fans and giving them something new from me." "The first time I put it on and went out to stage, they were like, ‘Oh, no, no, no, we can see her face,’ So they had to put a second layer of covering on it," she explained. The singer is the first to admit that "it's been a long time" since she released any new music. While she did tell them she was competing on the show, she didn't give them too many details, because she wanted to "watch them watch it." "Because it was so heavy, they had to have all these straps that they strapped on the back, so once it was on, I couldn't take it off. Alabama is so beautiful, and so I'm really, really glad that they grew up there." "The weirdest guess, I think, was Suzanne Somers. The hardest part was putting on her Mustang costume, saying that she found the horse head to be a bit claustrophobic. "It was absolutely incredible," Evans told Fox News Digital about her time on the show. "The world loves you so much," Scherzinger told Van Dyke.

'The Masked Singer's season nine premiere unveiled a legendary star behind the costume. Watch and find out who it was.

“I wanted my kids to be surprised and I didn’t trust my mom not to tell people,” she explained. “So I already knew the Whitesnake song. Also unmasked on the season premiere of The Masked Singer was the Mustang. “I was positive they wouldn’t be able to guess who I was. I didn’t know Robert De Niro could sing, to tell you the truth.” But the surprise the judges got was much larger than they anticipated.

Spoiler alert! A star of stage and screen was unmasked to kick off the competition singing show's new season.

He has also been seen on the silver screen in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Dick Tracy, and his additional theatrical credits include The Girls Against the Boys and The Music Man. Van Dyke was the first to be unmasked in the season, stumping the judges, who had guessed Tony Bennett, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert DeNiro. I’ve joked with the cleverest of comedians, from Robin Williams to Ben Stiller.

Stagehands gradually removed the parts of the elaborate costume, ultimately leaving the show's panelists and audience with what panelist Ken Jeong called “our ...

I’ve just had the best time I can have.” One fan asked how Van Dyke felt about his multigenerational influence. “Everything that happened at each step was not planned — I didn’t sing or dance or act or anything — and just one thing after another, it was like learning to fly. What happened to me was such a surprise,” he added. I don’t regret a minute of it. But he was all smiles as he looked out at the reactions of the panelists and audience. But, at the same time, that’s part of the fun of the show.” “Like everybody else that I know who has done the show, the performance is a lot less than what you had hoped for because of the awkwardness of the wardrobe. “We love you so much. [People](https://people.com/tv/dick-van-dyke-still-cant-get-over-career-success-after-the-masked-singer/). Stagehands gradually removed the parts of the elaborate costume, ultimately leaving the show’s panelists and audience with what panelist Ken Jeong called “our greatest reveal ever”: Dick Van Dyke. The whole world loves you so much.

The judges and audience on 'The Masked Singer' were stunned when 97-year-old Dick Van Dyke turned out to be the person inside the gnome costume.

Season 9 of the Masked Singer premiered on Wednesday (Feb. 15), with Sara Evans being unmasked as the Mustang.

It was great because I grew up on a farm and I grew up on a horse and adore horses. or the Mustang is out of the stable! Although incorrect, she was at least in the right genre. I had such an awesome time being a part of the masked singer Season 9 Premiere! Her departure was part of a double elimination that also saw Dick Van Dyke unmasked as The Gnome. "I guess the cat's out of the bag ...

97-year-old icon Dick Van Dyke made a shocking appearance on The Masked Singer as The Gnome. Watch his disguised performance and reveal here.

[Mary Poppins Returns](https://consequence.net/2018/12/film-review-mary-poppins-returns/) and the short-lived Showtime series [Kidding](https://consequence.net/tag/kidding/). [Nick Cannon](https://consequence.net/tag/nick-cannon/) called Van Dyke “the most seasoned and decorated entertainer we have had on our show” and he has a good case, as a four-time Emmy winner and Tony and Grammy recipient among many other career accolades. Van Dyke closed the show with a rendition of the Mary Poppins number, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” which he originally performed alongside Julie Andrews in the 1964 film.