The Serpent has slithered on back to the hospital.

The Serpent has slithered on back to the hospital. When the scaly reptile shed his skin on Wednesday's episode of The Masked Singer, he was revealed to be the Singing Surgeon himself, Dr. Elvis Francois. Francois first joined The Masked Singer family during the TMS aftershow in season 3, and he later released an EP Music Is Medicine to benefit COVID-19 relief efforts. Here, he opens up about his wild journey to The Masked Singer, why it was the experience of a lifetime for him, and his hopes of releasing more music in the near future. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I understand you're a big fan of the show, so walk me through how you got involved with this season.

 

DR. ELVIS FRANCOIS: Last season, I had the honor and opportunity of being able to share a few cover songs in the aftershow section. And I'm just such a huge fan of the show. I've followed all along. Having had that opportunity was a really cool experience, especially with how crazy work had been. Then they floated the idea of possibly having an opportunity of being a masked contestant. I was kind of stunned at first, thinking there's no way that I'm going to have time to leave the hospital for an extended period of time to be able to do that. I guess things that are meant to be tend to work out, and the timeline ended up fitting perfectly in between the ending of my residency to fellowship training. So I had a time slot where I could make it happen, and the rest was Masked Singer history, I guess. It was really cool.