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Why The Masked Singer's Season 9 Finale Reveal Might Be A Major Bummer For American Idol Fans

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Nick Cannon in The Masked Singer

Warning! The following contains spoilers for The Masked Singer Season 9 finale. Read at your own risk!

The Masked Singer closed out Season 9 with an epic finale. The two final competitors, Macaw and Medusa, battled it out onstage for the Golden Mask trophy, and one of them would join the list of eliminated Season 9 contestants. Host Nick Cannon announced the big winner of the competition at the end of the episode, and if you're an American Idol fan, you might've had some painful flashbacks when it happened. 

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