TooFab spoke to the Vanderpump Tips alum after her elimination and unmasking Wednesday night, the place she revealed why The Masked Singer trumped her years-long dream of being on Dancing with the Stars.

“This was my Dancing with the Stars. It was. I on a regular basis had pictured myself on Dancing with the Stars as a result of the primary season. I’m like, ‘In some unspecified time in the future I’m going to try this current.’ I in no way pictured myself on The Masked Singer,” she shared. “And this was one factor like, in no way in my wildest needs — within the occasion you went once more and requested little Scheana, ‘Do you assume in some unspecified time in the future you’ll be on nationwide primetime television singing in a dressing up of a bat?’ No. So, to have the flexibility to get this opportunity, and to not should audition for it, to have it provided to me like, ‘Hey, we want you for this character.’ It felt so great.”

She continued, “it gave me that confidence improve that I actually really feel like I’ve misplaced in 11 years of being on a actuality current, and I’m like, what? Whether or not or not I sound good or not, whether or not or not I get made gratifying of or not, I’m partaking in a single factor large for myself and I’m really freaking proud, and I hope my daughter is just too.”

Shay initially turned down the present to be on TMS, telling TooFab concern and her nerves obtained the most effective of her, nonetheless lastly, she decided to “face her fears” head on and go for it.

“I’ve obtained really gnarly OCD, and this was publicity treatment on 100. It was really a tricky no at first. Took a little bit of convincing, a terrific identify with [producer] Deena Katz, and … I thought-about it, and I was like, ‘ what? I must say certain to further points. I don’t must miss out on alternate options because of I’m afraid, afraid of being made gratifying of’ — nonetheless singing on nationwide television on prime time, keep, with no backing monitor or auto-tuned mic? I was just like, ‘I don’t discover out about this. I have no idea if that’s for me,’ nonetheless we did it,” Shay acknowledged.

“Unbelievable experience. Basically essentially the most great manufacturing employees. I was in order that sad. It was over so rapidly,” she added.

Being behind the masks of The Bat gave Shay some freedom as correctly.

Separated from the “villain” character she’s been portrayed to be over time on VPR, when she stepped on The Masked Singer stage, Shay was able to easily be herself.

“So free,” she acknowledged of what that second felt like. “I suggest, to solely come out on stage, I did my extreme kick and I was just like, ‘That’s so gratifying. No one is conscious of it’s me. My voice is distorted.’ I had no thought I was going to have as quite a bit gratifying as I did. And I’m in order that glad that I didn’t let concern overcome me. And I acknowledged certain.”

The costume, which Shay known as “iconic,” actually wasn’t as cumbersome as a result of it appeared, giving the very fact star the room to bounce and saunter all through the stage as she carried out her rendition of the Sabrina Carpenter hit, “Espresso.”

“The highest actually wasn’t as heavy as I believed it was going to be. There was room to breathe. They did should put like a bicycle helmet beneath it because of my head is small and it was type of tilting. And I’m like, ‘If I switch a little bit of bit and it falls off.’ In order that they cranked the bicycle helmet really tight. And I was like, ‘We’re good. We’re not going to fall off,’” Shay revealed.

“After which they added a slit into the costume because of if I made it to my second music, there was going to be that splits second,” Shay acknowledged of the dance switch she was going to do had she superior to the next spherical. “So I was like, ‘I would love the slit on this costume to do the splits.’ And we didn’t get there, nonetheless that’s okay. I had quite a bit gratifying doing it.”

Attempting ahead, Shay, who is able to star in season 2 of The Valley, will not be ruling out any further rivals reveals, considerably if The Traitors comes calling.

“I imagine this season has been so entertaining. So it’s such an unimaginable current. I fell in love with it ultimate season,” Shay acknowledged of the Peacock sequence. “This season, I suggest, it might not disappoint. And I’m like, ‘That’s my new super fan second.’ Like, I’m obsessive about that current. It’s merely, it’s so good.”

She added, “This was new for me with the rivals sequence, nonetheless you perceive, whether or not or not I get despatched dwelling the first night, which I suggest, it’s on a regular basis disappointing, however moreover in hindsight, I’m like, ‘ what? Let’s depart them wanting further instead of being like, ‘why is she on this current?’ So I’m very proud of my effectivity. I’m so pleased with how each little factor shook out for me. And we’ll see what’s subsequent.”

The Masked Singer continues subsequent Wednesday with “Ghostbusters Evening time” at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.