TooFab spoke to Kramer after she was unmasked because the Royal Knight on Thursday, the place she shared how doing the present helped her achieve confidence once more as a performer.

“It was nice. I had a lot extra enjoyable as a result of I really feel like, although typically I am assured, there’s different instances the place I am simply not assured in any respect,” she shared.  “And my vanity… I feel again in my like 20s and 30s, I used to be undoubtedly extra self-conscious.”

“I’d all the time say … ‘I am not the perfect singer,’ as a result of I all the time knew there was somebody higher that was on my label, or I solely bought my document deal as a result of I used to be on One Tree Hill, and all these issues,” she continued. “And so I feel I all the time type of held myself again as a result of I used to be by no means praised as the individual that had a superb voice.”

“So with this doing this present, I used to be in a position to achieve somewhat confidence doing it as a result of I did not put the strain on myself. I did not care in regards to the judgment.”

Kramer stated she was additionally “pleasantly shocked” by each the feedback from followers who guessed her early on, and the judges commentary.

“They had been evaluating me to some singers that it have insane voices. So I used to be like, ‘Okay, perhaps I am not as dangerous as I believed,’” Kramer quipped.

And the followers have been throwing her title within the ring for just a few weeks now, with Kramer telling TooFab that she was “shocked” by how many individuals had been proper on the nostril about her TMS performances throughout her three-episode run on the present.

“After I go to the remark part on Masked Singer, they’re like, ‘It is Jana Kramer! It is Jana Kramer!,’ which I used to be shocked that so many individuals would guess me,” Kramer stated when requested who she thinks will probably be shocked to see her unmasked.

“So I do not know, as a result of I really feel like I do have — I haven’t got the perfect voice. I’ve a really distinct voice, so I really feel just like the those that know me know,” she continued. “They’re like, ‘You possibly can attempt to idiot us and attempt to say, effectively, I do not know.’ I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is bizarre. I’ve by no means watched that present. Why do you assume it is me?’ And so they’re like, ‘Shut up.’ So, I do not assume there will be any surprises, truly.”

As for the way she feels about the place she landed through the season, Kramer stated she made to “precisely” the place she thought she’d make it through the competitors.

“There’s so many superb singers, and I used to be proud of doing the three episodes. I used to be truly, simply so thrilled and so as a result of I knew I wasn’t going to go all the way in which. So in my thoughts once I know I am not going to go all the way in which to one thing, I am like all proper, ‘Let’s simply get in a pair episodes after which return to my kiddos,’” she defined. “So it was so enjoyable, and I used to be actually proud of it, and there is unbelievable expertise on there, so it wasn’t unhappy that I solely bought three episodes.”

Kramer’s TMS efficiency is not the one factor she’s grateful for — as this Thanksgiving she’s additionally getting the prospect to spend time along with her household in Michigan, a few of whom are assembly her and husband Alan Russell’s one-year-old son, Roman, for the primary time.

“We’ve got the bigs, Jolie and Jace,” Kramer stated of her eldest kids, 8 and 5, whom she shares with ex, Mike Caussin. “So we are literally in Michigan proper now … with the household and my grandma will get to satisfy Roman for the primary time. So it is a particular little Thanksgiving for certain. Our dude.”

Getting to observe the present along with her husband and three kids is full circle for the proud mama, who has had years of ups and downs within the public eye, together with each her public break up from Caussin and abusive first marriage to Michael Gambino.

“It’s totally full circle. I am very grateful and I hope that it provides hope to different folks which can be both misplaced or they you’re feeling hopeless and that they don’t seem to be going to have that fairy story ending as a result of I feel it is on the market for everybody,” Kramer gushed. “It is simply if we if we seize it or not.”

Whereas Kramer’s 2021 divorce from Caussin was a messy one, the pair are on good phrases nowadays, with the One Tree Hill alum even having him on her Whine Down podcast — and together with him within the fortunate few to learn about her TMS efficiency.

And although the present did take her away from her kiddos, Kramer stated it is one thing she’d gladly do once more sometime.

“I imply, pay attention, I take each expertise that I do and I discover one thing that I can study from and develop from, and so I’m all the time open to to something,” she stated.

The Masked Singer heads into the Quarterfinals and strikes again to its common evening subsequent Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.