Chris Kirkpatrick Is Hummingbird On ‘The Masked Singer’: Interview – Hollywood Life

Hummingbird was unmasked as NSYNC member Chris Kirkpatrick initially of The Masked Singer’s September 28 episode. For Chris, doing The Masked Singer was a double win for him. “I really like the present. And extra importantly, I really like a problem, and that is each of these mixed,” he advised HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY.

Chris confirmed off his vocals throughout the season 8 premiere. HollywoodLife requested Chris if he reached to fellow NSYNC member Joey Fatone, who got here in fourth place in season 1, earlier than he went on the present. “I didn’t attain out to him, however he positively is aware of,” Chris mentioned. “You may’t sing with 4 guys for nearly 30 years and — realizing that they watch the present — that they received’t determine it out. I imply, it was fairly apparent. He texted me instantly, ‘Hey, nice job, Hummingbird.’ There was no placing the wool in entrance of his eyes.”

The 50-year-old singer was candid that performing within the Hummingbird costume was “powerful” at instances. “There have been positively some constrictions that usually if I needed to go do a backflip on stage, I wasn’t doing it within the Hummingbird costume. However it was enjoyable to form of change who I used to be and attempt to turn out to be a personality,” Chris continued.

Chris selected to sing Gavin DeGraw’s “I Don’t Need To Be” for his efficiency. “I attempted to do one thing that was not in my excessive falsetto or my excessive voice as a result of I figured if I did a type of, they might form of determine me out instantly,” Chris advised HollywoodLife. “So I went with one thing somewhat decrease and one thing that will form of throw them off of not listening to my voice on file doing that kind of track.”

Chris admitted that he initially didn’t inform his son, Nash, about him being on The Masked Singer as a result of “he has a extremely huge mouth.” Nevertheless, Chris and his spouse did reveal Chris’ Masked Singer shock to little Nash on the night time of the season 8 premiere.

“He laughed. He thought it was actually cool,” Chris mentioned of his son’s response to his dad because the Hummingbird. “He needed to see it once more a few instances. He’s really simply in the previous couple of months been discovering NSYNC as properly. He likes to sing, it’s actually cool to listen to him singing random NSYNC songs out of the blue. Simply because he’ll be doing one thing and simply begin spitting out the lyrics of one of many songs. I’m like, I didn’t even know you knew that.” The Masked Singer season 8 airs Wednesdays on FOX.