LeAnn Rimes Dishes On Sunlight Costume, ‘The Masked Singer’ Acquire

Right after successful “The Masked Singer” Season 4 Wednesday, LeAnn Rimes, the singer behind The Sunshine, has opened up about how she ended up choosing her costume.

Rimes spoke with Leisure Tonight Thursday soon after beating Aloe Blacc (Mushroom) and Backstreet Boy Nick Carter (Crocodile), who put second and third, respectively, for the Golden Mask trophy. She discovered she put in a ton of time and hard work while choosing her costume and songs.

“There was so substantially assumed that went into the costume and the music selections, it was a good deal of do the job,” Rimes told ET. “I seriously experienced a incredibly distinct story that I needed to tell and The Sunlight was like this extremely visual representation of all the things I am placing out in the environment right now with my individual songs.”

Rimes has been singing for many years and has previously produced 12 studio albums. Even so, “The Masked Singer” was a frequent problem for her. She felt that she experienced to battle for her position mainly because the individuals would place her in a box.

“It is really just my rebellious facet,” she stated, explaining that she “received to truly type of embrace that on this exhibit and essentially rejoice that. ‘Cause each and every song was diverse, from a different style.”

Aside from her internal wrestle, her alternative of costume arrived with its very own established of problems mainly because it was constricting and hefty, which someway afflicted her performances.

“It was certainly major, and staying a singer, of program singing is my target. Like, I never treatment what I seem like, I will not treatment what move I am performing, I have to audio superior,” she defined. “So it was tough to get the job done with that a lot pounds on my entire body when trying to sing these, like, seriously effective songs.”

During her time on the demonstrate, only two folks have been aware that she was The Sunshine, her partner Eddie Cibrian and her manager. Seemingly, even her youngsters did not know that Rimes was the artist behind the golden mask. 

“Eddie was the only human being who understood. Eddie and my supervisor. The children did not know,” Rimes shared. “I told [the kids] very last evening, I seemed at them at the dinner desk I was like, ‘I can lastly convey to you, I was on The Masked Singer.’ My minimal a person, he goes, ‘Dang it! I missing a guess with my mom.’ I was like, ‘Sorry, bud.'”

The “How Do I Are living” songstress had effectively held her position on the demonstrate a mystery. Nevertheless, some enthusiasts who have been pursuing the collection had now been speculating that she was element of the display, claiming some clues pointed to her early on in the season. Nonetheless, she denied it when she spoke with ET in November.

“I have been on that demonstrate now each and every season that it really is been on. I have my complete Twitter account is constantly flooded. So I am going to endlessly be on that exhibit, even next calendar year… I am not on ‘The Masked Singer,'” she mentioned at the time.

Rimes revisited the job interview and admitted that she was nervous she had not completed a very good job shutting down the rumors. The “I Have to have You” hitmaker also admitted that it was challenging for her to lie.

“When I obtained off that interview, I was like, ‘Did they consider me?! And I cannot lie due to the fact it just exhibits correct here on my face,” she shared.

Next her large reveal on “The Masked Singer” Period 4 finale, Rimes shared a clip on Instagram thanking everyone who supported her. She also despatched some enjoy to the remarkable team powering the output for making the practical experience, fun, resourceful and protected.

LeAnn Rimes attends Luli Fama manner demonstrate in the course of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2015 at Cabana Grande at The Raleigh in Miami, Florida, July 20, 2014. Photo: Getty Pictures/Aaron Davidson