‘Masked Singer’ Season 12 Clues: Who Is Sherlock Hound? What We Know So Far About the Contestant

Sherlock Hound is barking up the right tree on The Masked Singer season 12! The masked Celebrity impressed the judges with his super cool debut performance on the reality singing comPetition.

Clues for Sherlock Hound on ‘The Masked Singer’

Barry Zito, who performed as Rhino in season 3 of the series, served as Sherlock Hound’s Masked Ambassador this season. Barry is a former MLB player, who has some serious vocal abilities, so we would not be shocked if Sherlock Hound has some experience playing a professional sport.

“My whole family was into music,” he said in his clue package. “My grandma taught it and my old man played the keys.”

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He held a record with a diamond on it. Could this be a reference to a baseball diamond?

“I wanted to be outside running wild, not cooped up playing a cello,” he said. “When I heard rock ‘n’ roll, it unleashed a passion inside. Some might say a mystery I hadn’t solved. From there I was tracking that scent through campfires, dive bars and tour buses. I was onto something, something big.”

Barry said he had jam sessions with Sherlock Hound. The masked figure played a red guitar in the clue package.

For his debut performance, Sherlock Hound sang “Under the Bridge” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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After the performance, there was an additional clue that said Sherlock Hound had a No. 1 hit.

“I know what it’s like to be No. 1 in the world,” he told the panelists. Again, this could have a dual meaning, because he could possibly be a top athlete or a musician, or both.

Judges Guesses for Sherlock Hound

Rita Ora said that Sherlock Hound gave her rocker energy. She thought it could be someone like Eddie Vedder, Gavin Rossdale or another artists. Ken Jeong thought he had the best guess ever when he suggested Chad Kroeger from Nickelback. But it totally didn’t sound like him, and the audience would definitely agree with that point. They usually always disagree with Ken, so we’re not shocked there.

Robin Thicke said that the vocals reminded him of Brandon Boyd from Incubus. But again, it definitely did not sound like him, so we’re not totally convinced. The judges were missing the mark with their guesses. Viewers on X were also totally stumped on Sherlock Hound’s identity. One person guessed that it could be Snoop Dogg. Another guessed it could be Tim Linsicum. Another person said Darius Rucker.