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"Maximum Power" on "The Masked Dancer": "I'm actually very happy that the thing finally came off"
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The mystery has been solved: the Dutch pop singer Eloy de Jong was eliminated in the semifinals of the ProSieben show "The Masked Dancer".
The 48-year-old received the fewest viewer votes in Cologne on Thursday evening and had to take off his mask.
For the past few weeks, he had performed as "Maximum Power" in a purple and orange hero costume with a glittering lightning bolt on his chest.
"I'm actually quite happy that the thing finally came off," said the singer after taking off his mask.
But he enjoyed the dancing a lot.
De Jong rose to prominence in the early 1990s as a member of the boy band Caught in the Act.
Several clues had already put the jury on the singer's trail: Tulips were presented as an indication - De Jong was born in The Hague. Finally, Alexander Klaws from the guessing team guessed de Jong, while his colleague Steven Gätjen suspected the entertainer Bürger Lars Dietrich was under the mask. Guest judge Annemarie Carpendale also gave Benjamin Boyce a tip. At that time he sang together with de Jong on Caught in the Act.
With its costume and choreography with robotic elements, »Maximum Power« earned a lot of praise from the jury.
In his own words, de Jong wasn't as happy with the disguise as the advice team: he actually doesn't like to dress up, the musician said after his performance.
The tight costume also made the choreography difficult.
The 48-year-old was audibly panting several times while dancing.
In the show, the jury and viewers try to guess disguised celebrities based on their dances and with the help of clues.
Ex-boxer Axel Schulz and singer Ute Lemper had already been exposed in the first two episodes.
The remaining four masks will be revealed in the finals on January 27th.
A dancing crayon, a monkey, a mouse and a kind of mop that ProSieben dubbed “Zottel” are still in the competition for “The Masked Dancer”.
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