Hayley Orrantia Disappointed She Didn't Win Masked Singer Season 7

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Hayley Orrantia is The Masked Singer season 7 runner-up, but the actress admitted she wishes she would have come in first place. Hayley competed as Ringmaster on the show, and her vocals were so powerful she nearly brought panelist Nicole Scherzinger to tears. During her debut performance, she sang a rendition of «The Climb» by Miley Cyrus and even had a hint toward the singer in her clue package, which led the panelists to believe she may be a Disney alum. Nicole originally guessed «Driver's License» singer Olivia Rodrigo may be behind the costume, while Ken Jeong had another outrageous guess, insisting pop superstar Taylor Swift was on the show.

However, the panelists later changed their guesses, with Ken settling on the more realistic guess of Hailee Steinfeld and Nicole thinking it could be Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale. Ringmaster's clue package included a video of hail falling, which inspired Ken and Nicole's guesses. However, it seems it pointed to the actress' first name. The contestant also had some hints towards her role on The Goldbergs as well as her home state of Texas. None of the panelists were able to correctly guess Hayley's identity, but the star did explain that she met Nicole years ago on The X Factor, which she hinted at earlier in the season.

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Contestant Hayley did a great job on the show and made it very far, but despite her success on The Masked Singer, she still would have liked to win. The actress told EW that she still felt some disappointment when Firefly's name was called instead of hers during the finale. When asked about being disappointed, Hayley admitted, "Yes, in a way, it would be really incredible to say I won The