Elephant became the eleventh disguised celebrity to be eliminated from the fun-filled mystery music show The Masked Singer South Africa.
The man behind the tusks turned out to be larger-than-life stand-up comedian Jason Goliath.
When elephant stepped onto The Masked Singer South Africa stage, he jiggled his way into the hearts of the show’s panel of detectives and fans.
J’Something, Sithelo Shozi and Somizi Mhlongo showered Ellie with compliments while trying to figure out the true identity of the adorable character with a big voice and floppy ears.
However, one king-sized comedian cannot fool another. It took “sergeant” Skhumba Hlope one song to pin down Elephant as his funny friend Jason.
Initially, his fellow investigators questioned Skhumba’s call, but when Elephant trumpeted before the second performance that he is into video games, J’Something changed his mind.
In another episode, Somizi spotted Elephant wearing a one-of-a-kind wedding ring that once glistened in the studio during a particular radio interview.
Only Skhumba stuck to his guns, being “dead-sure” time after time that it was Jason.
This week, the six remaining masked performers faced off in pairs. It was Lion versus Rhino, Tree versus Lollipop, and Fox versus Elephant.
After being outfoxed by his glamorous competitor, Elephant found himself in the dreaded danger zone alongside Lion and Lollipop.
This time, the detectives were allowed to save one mask. So, they sent Lion back to his lair, leaving Lollipop and Elephant behind for the final vote.
With Elephant receiving the fewest votes, the detectives had one more shot at guessing who the gentle giant was.
Sithelo reverted to Jub-Jub, a name she locked down in previous episodes, while J’Something and Somizi aligned with Skhumba on Jason Goliath.
Somizi remembered who wore that wedding ring on Elephant’s finger.
As he dropped his massive trunk, Jason hooted, to the audience’s delight, that he had lost 20kgs since The Masked Singer South Africa started.
Goliath said he was by Skhumba trying to out him every week.
Friendship, for what? he scolded the heavyweight detective, who once laughed about his big belly and called him “not that handsome”.
“This is the most difficult, physically challenging, magnificent fun, humbling, wonderful, beautiful experience I have ever done,” said Goliath.
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