These ‘Masked Singer’ Clues Prove Adrienne Bailon, Raven-Symoné Are Flamingo, Black Widow

As if the identical singing voices and mannerisms aren’t enough to convince viewers that “The Masked Singer” Season 2 has been staging a “Cheetah Girls” reunion — so far in episode 2 and in tonight’s episode 4 — with Adrienne Bailon as The Flamingo and Raven-Symoné as The Black Widow, keep reading for all of the other clues from the video packages and beyond that point to these two cheetah-licious celebrities as the singers under the masks.

Proof Adrienne Bailon is The Flamingo

First set of clues (Season 2 sneak peek episode):

1. She loves her mask as much as she loves mascara.

• She’s known for loving makeup and even talks about it on her YouTube beauty channel.

2. She’s one fiery and fierce bird.

• One of the stereotypical descriptions of Latinas is that they’re fiery.
• Bailon’s Disney Channel Original Movie, “The Cheetah Girls,” featured a quote said by Raven-Symoné’s character about cheetahs being the fiercest in the jungle.

Second set of clues (episode 2):

1. “Welcome to my ZooTube channel,” she says. “Bird’s the word.”

• Bailon has a YouTube channel called “All Things Adrienne.”

2. She’s going to let everyone in on her tips and tricks for beauty, fashion to life advice.

• The trailer for her channel literally reads in the caption, “[t]ips and tricks on all things beauty, fashion, [etc].”

3. There’s a close-up of her cross necklace.

• Bailon’s outspoken about being a devout Christian, and she was in the movie, “I'm in Love with a Church Girl.”

4. She knows what it’s like to feel trapped in her career, so she left.

• The Cheetah Girls split up so they could all work on their solo projects.

5. Now she’s ready to take back control of her destiny.

• She was on the MTV Total Request Live Tour with Destiny’s Child while she was still in the girl group 3LW.
• This could also just be a reference to Destiny’s Child as a way to let people know that she was in a girl group.

6. What makes her the Flamingo: “Well, I’m sassy.”

• Another stereotypical description of Latinas is that they’re sassy.

7. She performed “Sucker” by the Jonas Brothers.

• -The Jonas Brothers were special guests for some of the days for The Cheetah Girls’ Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour.
• Bailon and Nick Jonas were on the same team (The Inferno/Red Team) for the Disney Channel Games in 2008 (they won!), and both The Cheetah Girls and Jonas Brothers performed during the closing ceremony for the 2007 and 2008 Games.

Third set of clues (episode 4):

1. “It’s your chica Flam Flam.”

• She’s using the Spanish word for “girl,” and Bailon speaks Spanish.

2. “Being here has been so dope,” she says.

• Bailon likes to use this word in real life, even recently tweeting about herself being “dope" earlier this year.

3. She went from being a hood rat to a Hollywood triple threat.

• She’s a singer, actress and talk show host (“The Real”).

4. She comes from humble beginnings with no connections in the industry, but then she was discovered by a “powerful wizard” who took her from her stoop to her dream out in Los Angeles.

• Bailon’s backstory is that she was discovered by Ricky Martin while she was singing with a church choir.

5. She’s holding an apple.

• Bailon grew up in New York City, otherwise known as the Big Apple.

6. Final clue: “When I was a kid, I wanted to be a doctor, and I even attended a medical training school.”

• Bailon attended the High School for Health Professions and Human Services in New York City and originally wanted to be an obstetrician.

Proof Raven-Symoné is The Black Widow

First set of clues (Season 2 sneak peek episode):

1. She’s going to leave people “hanging by a thread” about who she is.

• Symoné starred on the TV show, “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper,” for years in the ‘90s.

Second set of clues (episode 2):

1. She hides in plain sight.

• This could refer to Symoné hiding sexual orientation earlier on in her career.

2. There’s a painting of a peach.

• Symoné went to art school, which is where the painting comes in. As for the peach, she was born in the peach state of Georgia and starred on the short-lived ABC Family (now Freeform) series, “State of Georgia.”

2. There’s a quick close-up of the small TV.

• Symoné is known for being a TV actress.

3. A Sagittarius symbol appears onscreen.

• With Dec. 10 as her birthday, Symoné is a Sagittarius.

4. She’s been living in the public eye for years.

• She started modeling when she was two and acting, on “The Cosby Show,” when she was three.

5. There’s a close-up of the burnt orange couch with a crown sitting on top of it.

• She acted in “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.”

6. “You’re in my house now,” she says. “Welcome to my empire.”

• Symoné currently stars on Disney Channel’s “Raven's Home,” and she previously guest-starred on Fox’s “Empire.”

7. She gives an evil laugh.

• Symoné once dressed up Cruella de Vil, a villain who often laughed in an evil manner, for Halloween.

8. There’s a table of tarot cards, crystals and candles.

• Symoné played a psychic on her show, “That’s So Raven,” and is back as that character for “Raven’s Home.”

9. “She’s a little edgier, darker and more alien than you know me to be,” she says.

• Fans know her from Disney Channel, where stars are made out to look very prim and proper.
• Symoné was in Disney’s alien-filled space movies, “Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century” and “Zenon: Z3.”

10. She performed “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” by Whitney Houston.

• Houston was an executive producer on Disney’s “The Cheetah Girls” movie.

Third set of clues (episode 4):

1. She’s had to embody a “squeaky-clean image” since she was a very little kid, but she’s never felt like she’s fit the part.

• As mentioned before, Symoné had to play the part of a perfect, little kid and teenager while on “Hangin' with Mr. Cooper” and on Disney Channel.

2. She’s seen knitting.

• Her “Raven’s Home” character is a fashion designer.

3. A plaque for a song or album getting certified as platinum, or something in that realm, is shown.

• The first “The Cheetah Girls” soundtrack went double platinum, her first “That’s So Raven” soundtrack went gold and the second “Cheetah Girls” soundtrack went platinum.

4. She’s seen on the TV with a spray-paint can and graffiti on the wall behind her.

• Again, the actress is also an artist.

5. All people know about her in this competition is her voice and her “badonkadonk.”

• Symoné mentions her butt or does a lot of physical comedy featuring her butt on both “Raven’s Home” and its predecessor.

It was clear who’s singing underneath the Black Widow and Flamingo masks from the first episode they appeared in but after tonight’s episode? There’s no doubt a “Cheetah Girls” reunion has been going on under everyone’s noses — and underneath their masks. And, with both of them making it through this latest round, it seems the party’s just begun for these cheetah sisters.

“The Masked Singer” airs on Wednesdays on Fox at 8 p.m. EDT.