The masked singer winning jokes they wanted to go home night 1

during The singer with the masksAt the end of the 12th season the Buffalos – now known as Boyz II Men – succeeded where no other team could, becoming the first band to win the Golden Mask trophy, but initially they did not have victory in mind.

“For the umpteenth time they called us… and we decided we were going to do it,” Vania Morris Exclusively stated Us Weekly For the final on Wednesday, December 18. “Because they called us a few times and we couldn’t do it. So last time we were like, ‘Okay, let’s get this over with so they never call us again.'”

Vanya, 51, and his bandmates, Nathan Morris (no relation) f Sean StockmanThey thought doing the show would be “good exposure,” but they didn’t imagine they could take home the top honor. The singer with the masks There is a history of Elimination of major recording artists during the season premiere, and the guys thought it might be their fate.

“(We thought), ‘We probably won’t win because they will know who we are. Either they’ll guess us, or if we mask our voices, we know they won’t like who we are and kick us out,” Wania recalled before Nathan, 53, interjected, “We were hoping they’d take the first night off so we could go home!”

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But once they started filming, they changed their tune. “Once we got there and saw the energy and felt the whole atmosphere, we were like, ‘Look, man, as long as we’re here, we might as well stay,'” Wania said. us. “And win. Then leave!”

Sean, 52, admitted the trio “didn’t expect much from this experience” but soon they “really got into” performing as the Buffaloes.

“It allowed us to be ourselves, believe it or not,” he explained. “The masks allowed us to reveal things about who we are as singers, who we are as people, music lovers, because a lot of people wouldn’t associate Boyz II Men with Toto or other songs we’ve done on the show, so it was nice for people to get a glimpse of our playlist, the songs and the music we love from artists We’ve enjoyed them since we were kids in some cases, so it was nice and it became deeper than just winning the whole thing.”

The guys even choked on stage during the final, which Wanya attributed to the unusual circumstances of the competition. The singer with the masks As well as the realization that filming the show brought them closer.

“What made us more emotional than anything else was the fact that we overcame a situation that most people would have bowed out of. It was really hot in those suits, and we didn’t know if we would be able to produce performances like (the final) from the beginning,” he explained. “It just felt like we were a new group to me. And we were accepted as good singers, as good performers, and we weren’t even human. … We were all Buffalo, you know what I mean? Even though we were individuals, we all played the same character and overcame every obstacle, dehydration , we overcame the anxiety, we overcame everything and sang our hearts out for the people.”

Sean agreed, adding: “It just made us realize that we still have the energy that we always had (since) 33 years ago. Sometimes, in any relationship, you tend to take the dynamics that you’ve built on for granted, and it made us refocus. It made us To remember why we did it in the first place.”

Boyz II Men aren’t about to slow down in the new year, with tour dates booked throughout July.

“A lot of people use the word ‘relevant’ in their terms, and we feel that we are relevant to each other, and that is more important to us than anything else,” Nathan said. “And as long as we remain relevant to each other, we can get right into what everyone else is doing. And we deserved a lot.”