A new king has been crowned on âThe King of Mask Singerâ!
On the March 24 broadcast,Sausage Rice Cake Sausage Rice Cake and Spring Rain began the competition with Aileeâs âSinging Got Betterâ and Hyorinâs âGoodbye,â respectively.
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Sausage Rice Cake Sausage Rice Cake moved onto the next round and Spring Rain took off her mask to reveal herself as LABOUMâs Soyeon.
During the second round, Kim Seongju performed Yoo Jae Haâs âSad Letterâ (literal title) while Gulliver sang Roy Kimâs âOnly Then.â After Gulliver was announced as the winner of this round, Kim Seongju took off his mask and turned out to be actor Choo Dae Yup.
Sausage Rice Cake Sausage Rice Cake and Gulliver went head-to-head with their rendition of IZIâs âEmergency Roomâ (literal title) and Lovelyzâs âDestinyâ respectively for the third round. Sausage Rice Cake Sausage Rice Cake lost this round and was revealed to be former âProduce 101â contestant Kim Juna.
Klimt performed Lee Soraâs âTrack 9,â but Gulliver received more votes and became the newest king of âThe King of Mask Singer.â Gulliver commented, âIâm so happy that I donât know what to say. Iâll sing good songs for you.â
MC Kim Sung Joo commented, âThis is a very meaningful king from the first at idol special of âThe King of Mask Singer.'â Klimt then took off her mask and revealed her identity as Matildaâs Haena.
Haena first debuted in 2013 with Kiss & Cry then appeared on Mnetâs âSuperstar K Season 6â after the groupâs disbandment where she was the only female solo contestant to make it to the top 11 finalists. She then debuted with Matilda in 2016 and has been acting on stage in musicals such as âThe Great Gatsbyâ and âJekyll and Hyde.â
About making it to the third round of âThe King of Mask Singer,â Haena said, âI didnât expect this at all. I thought that I would be happy just making it past the first round, and it was unbelievable when I became the king. I had such happy times that I questioned if these kinds of things could happen to me. Thank you so much.â
After the broadcast, Haena shared a photo of with her mask backstage, along with clips of her âJekyll and Hydeâ co-stars watching her on âThe King of Mask Singer.â
She wrote, âHello! This is Klimt Haena. First, thank you so so much for loving my voice! This was something unimaginable even when I appeared on the idol special. I was able to heal every week thanks to âThe King of Mask Singer.â From all of your warm cheers to the praise and advice from the seniors in the celebrity panel, it was a time where I learned and felt a lot. Also, there were many people who were sure that it was me and contacted me, but Iâm not good at lying, so I couldnât reply. Iâm really sorry. The clips are my lovely âJekyll and Hydeâ team who watched the broadcast today. They sent me their moved emotions and laughter. To my lovely Matilda, âJekyll and Hydeâ team, family, friends, CEO, director, âThe King of Mask Singerâ producing director, writer, and staff, Yoon Sun, Ye Seul, Suk Young, So Young, Ha Yun, Eun Bin, and everyone who loved my singing, thank you and I love you a lot. I hope many of you will come watch âJekyll and Hyde,â and please love Matilda a lot. Iâll work hard to sing from here on out!â
Haena added hashtags, âThe King of Mask Singer,â âKlimt,â as well as Matilda members âHaena,â âDanA,â âSemmi,â and âSaebyeol.â
Check out her reveal below: