Vanessa Hudgens Explains Why She Did 'Masked Singer' After Winning the Season

Vanessa Hudgens is opening up about her decision to become a contestant on The Masked Singer.

The 35-year-old actress was disguised as the Goldfish this season on the Fox competition series and her fans immediately knew it was her thanks to her unique singing voice.

Vanessa won the season and now she’s talking about her experience on the show.

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Why did she do it?

“It came at the perfect time,” she told ET. “We were on strike and I was trying to figure out my next move, and this is the space that I actually could work in.”

She also told Variety, “It was an interesting time in our industry. We were in a strike and just kind of figuring out where to make the next move. My fans have been so supportive and just love it whenever they get anything of me singing. They had been asking for that for quite some time. I was like, this is the perfect opportunity to give that to them — and see who the real fans are.”

Vanessa talked about how the experience affected her as a person.

“I’ve been in the spotlight for many, many moons now, and there’s just a preconceived idea, I think, when you see yourself on stage, that you’re familiar with,” she said. “And being able to take that away and be completely stripped of that and show up as myself and feel completely free to do so, because I was completely covered up really just gave me a sense of freedom that I hadn’t had in a minute. And it was really empowering.”

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