A popular High School Musical star has won the latest season of The Masked Singer in the US.
During the season finale, Goldfish and Gumball battled it out for the top title, with Goldfish belting out a cover of Blondie’s Heart of Glass and Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John.
Meanwhile, Gumball impressed the audience and the judges with a cover of Sam Smith and Disclosure’s Latch and Styx’s Renegade.
Goldfish ultimately came out on top, and was revealed to be former Disney star and High School Musical alum Vanessa Hudgens.
After her win, Vanessa said being Goldfish gave her “the freedom to purely just do something that I love.”
“It’s been so long since I’ve been able to do that,” she explained. “It makes me so emotional because I really do love it so much. It fills my soul, truly.”
“As a little girl I was never really great at expressing myself. It’s not really something I grew up around. But lately, I have been on a journey of self-discovery and being here I’ve been able to express myself so freely.”
“I come from a working class family that has no connection to Hollywood whatsoever, so there’s no reason I should have made it. But I’m proof that with enough love, hard work and dedication, you can truly do anything.”
The runner up, Gumball, was also revealed to be Hart of Dixie and Friday Night Lights star Scott Porter.
Speaking to the judges, he said: “The experience has been unreal and it’s been wonderful to show what I am capable of musically.”
“I’ve been on TV for almost two decades non-stop, and yet being here, I feel like I’ve finally gotten to show who I really am.”
Other stars who took part in season 11 of The Masked Singer in the US include Kevin Hart (Book: Eliminated Week 1), Savannah Chrisley (Afghan Hound: Eliminated Week 2), Joe Bastianich (Spaghetti and Meatballs: Eliminated Week 3), Billy Bush (Lion: Eliminated Weed 4), Sisqo (Lizard: Eliminated Week 5), Colton Underwood (Lovebird).
The lineup also featured DeMarcus Ware (Koala: Eliminated Week 6), Charlie Wilson (Ugly Sweater: Eliminated Week 7), Kate Flannery (Starfish: Eliminated Week 7), Jenifer Lewis (Miss Cleocatra: Eliminated Week 8) Corey Feldman (Seal: Eliminated Week 9), Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken (Beets: Eliminated Week 9), Chrissy Metz (Poodle Moth: Eliminated Week 10), Thelma Houston (Clock: Eliminated Week 11).
