Who is Eggplant on 'The Masked Singer' Season 14? One specific clue may have completely exposed his identity
'The Masked Singer' Season 14 has been playing a long game with Eggplant. And Episode 5, branded "Red, White, and Clue Night," might have finally tipped the whole disguise over. Earlier in the season, the panel tossed out names with confidence. Robin Thicke floated Martin Short, and Rita Ora backed Nathan Lane. Those ideas sounded fun. But they started to wobble once Eggplant returned to the stage with Lenny Kravitz's 'American Woman'. After that number, the guesses shifted fast and wildly. Ken Jeong jumped to Billy Joel. Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg leaned toward Daryl Hall. Thicke landed on Kenny Loggins. Solid musicians, all of them, but still wrong.
Because one specific clue from that patriotic-themed episode blew up all of those theories. In his clue package, Eggplant dropped a story that sounded almost too big to be fake. He described unexpectedly showing up at what he called the most legendary gathering in pop music history: the recording session for 'We Are the World'. According to him, the invitation came directly from Quincy Jones, and before he fully understood what was happening, he was suddenly standing in a room packed with roughly 45 music giants. That detail matters. Eggplant didn't frame himself as a background extra either.
He said he had already tasted chart success at the time, yet he was still awestruck by the presence of artists like Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, and Bob Dylan. At one point, he recalled Michael Jackson personally telling him that he loved his album and admired his voice, encouraging him to keep going. That story isn't vague Hollywood nostalgia. It's very specific. And it lines up almost beat for beat with Jack Wagner's real-life experience. In 2024, Wagner shared an almost identical memory in an interview with The Harbor Magazine.
He explained how Jones invited him to observe the 'We Are the World' recording because Wagner was signed to Jones' label and sitting at the top of the pop charts at the time. He has openly talked about being present not as a singer on the track, but as an invited guest, there to witness history. Wagner also recalled Michael Jackson praising his record and his voice. He even called it the "biggest night" of his life. And once you lock onto Jack Wagner, the rest of Eggplant's breadcrumbs suddenly stop feeling random and start snapping into place.
During "Fear Night" earlier this season, Eggplant hinted at decades of experience, mentioning a career that stretches back roughly half a century. Wagner is currently 66 and has been playing guitar since he was a teenager, long before his television fame kicked in. Then there was the hot sauce bottle clue from "Red, White, and Clue Night," labeled "Hot 100 Sauce," paired with a line about success being hot, hot, hot." That wasn't just spicy humor. Wagner's 1984 single 'All I Need' climbed all the way to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, holding strong near the top in early 1985.
Eggplant's visual hints have also nodded repeatedly toward acting roles, which fit Wagner's résumé almost too well. A purple vegetable sporting a bandage alongside flashing ambulance lights immediately brings 'General Hospital' to mind. There, Wagner played Frisco Jones. Medical imagery could also point toward his time on 'Melrose Place' as Dr. Peter Burns. Even a siren reference lines up with his appearance on the series 'Sirens' in the mid-1990s. Despite all that, not everyone is fully on board. Just Jared continues to push the Martin Short theory. But the chart placements, recording-room history, and very specific Jones connection simply don't line up with him.
