‘Masked Singer': Octopus on How Designer Made Show’s Tallest-Ever Costume for Him

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Season 6 premiere of “The Masked Singer.”)The first contestant bumped off “The Masked Singer” Season 6 happens to be the one who sported the Fox singing competition’s tallest-ever costume: Los Angeles Lakers player Dwight Howard.Of course, coming in at 6’ 10” when unmasked, it was only natural that the NBA star would need his “Masked Singer” look, Octopus, to at least match his height — if not tower over that stage even more than Howard already would without the more-than-8-foot-tall, eight-legged costume.Luckily, “Masked Singer” costumer designer Marina Toybina was up for the challenge.“Yes, we had conversations about the outfit,” Howard told TheWrap in an interview ahead of his “Masked Singer” Season 6 premiere unmasking. “I enjoyed the whole process of, you know, getting the color schemes and then trying to figure out how this outfit is going to work and everything. And it came out great....