(Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for The Masked Singer Season 12 finale.)

And with that, another winner was crowned The Masked Singer– and it is the first group to receive this honor!

In the season 12 finale, the Buffalos and Wasp each appeared twice more, and in the end it was the former who emerged victorious. And while Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg was the first to figure out who they were (with a connection to her and Donnie Wahlberg’s early days), by the end all the other panelists were on board. Yes, Buffalos were Boyz II Men!

Below, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman and Wanya Morris talk about their time on the show.

Congratulations on winning.

Shawn Stockman: Thank you very much. It was so much fun. We had such a great time, man. It was hot in the suits but we enjoyed it.

How does the win feel, especially having taken some time to absorb it and now looking back on the entire season?

Nathan Morris: You know what? Honestly, I’m happy. I like that. I consider it an MTV award for us. We’ll never get one of these. This is what I like. I think it’s cute.

What made you say yes to it? The Masked Singer? Did any of you have concerns?

Vanya Morris: We all had concerns. When we found out we were doing it, we actually thought, Okay, so they’ll know who we are. So, first of all, we have to change our voices. We also have to choose songs that they wouldn’t think we would sing, and we really don’t want to do that. Hopefully they’ll find out who it is and let us go sooner.

N Morris: Start us in the first round.

W. Morris: Because that was probably the first week, two weeks that we had off, and it was like we didn’t want to do anything. So we wanted to just sing the songs and not sing them to the best of our ability. And yet, you know what I’m saying, whether we get through or anything, but halfway through the show we realized that wasn’t a possibility when they put us in the bottom two spots. And that’s when we thought, “Okay, goodbye everyone.” We have to do what Boyz II Men does. Do you know what I’m saying? And that’s the blessing of knowing each other as a group, because once we were in the bottom two groups, I could feel the shift in energy. We looked at each other through our little noses. We were like…

N Morris: It’s time, brother.

What did you pay attention to when choosing songs for the semi-finals and finals? These performances were spectacular.

N Morris: Well, we were hoping that these songs would be at the forefront. We didn’t know that they would be pushed into the background because we knew that when they sang these songs they would know exactly who we were. With the other songs, which were more poppy, we were able to delve a little bit and change our voices, and the other guys sang things that they don’t normally sing. But on some other songs we couldn’t even hide the fact that we were really Boyz II Men for the song to be well received. So it was fun choosing them. Some of these were their decisions and some were our decisions. But yeah, overall it was just a matter of figuring out what we were trying to hide in some songs and the others we just knew we could do it really well.

What achievement were you most proud of?

W. Morris: I have a lot of them now.

Stockman: All the songs had their own unique energy that I think we all empathized with. The thing I like about performing with these guys is that we become method actors. We fall into the character of the records. It was like every song had a new feeling that I enjoyed, and it was also energizing because it was challenging because we were in these suits and what was at stake and all that other stuff. So each song brought its own energy to it. When we were all done, we all patted ourselves on the Buffalo shoulder and thought, “Yeah, that was awesome.”

Was there a performance where you felt like you could win?

W. Morris: Yes, there were a few of those. After looking at the ones I saw, I thought, oh yeah, this one, it’s going to conquer us. But the last two, the last two?

N Morris: Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

W. Morris: I was smiling in this suit and singing, and I look at the people in the audience and I see their faces and I see people crying. I thought, this must be a joke, man, this is over. I thought to myself, give us the trophy immediately. We don’t even have to reveal our mask.

N Morris: We will fight.

W. Morris: Yes, we fought.

Stockman: This was the first time a girl had been made to cry in a buffalo suit.

Discuss the panelists’ guesses. Jenny was the first to recognize her and she spoke about her connection to her and Donnie’s early days of dating. So did you come here expecting that she might be the one to find you out?

W. Morris: I was afraid. I was afraid of it because she, Donnie and I hung out a lot during that tour. Dinner, riding the bus with them, kicking the crib, things like that. That’s why I was afraid that she would notice my behaviors because I’m always aroused around her. I don’t turn it off in or out of the Buffalo suit. So I thought she would know who I was. But I think she knew me or us because she could tell straight away it was Boyz II Men. She was like, “Oh yeah, that’s Vanya.” Yeah. Oh yes, this is Nate.

N Morris: But she also knows us personally. That’s the thing. Vocally, Robin knows the singing because he grew up with us, and the fact that we tried to trick him early on threw him off. Because he doesn’t know us personally, but if he had known us personally, he probably would have understood.

W. Morris: Yes, I agree.

What will you all take away from the entire experience?

W. Morris: I think what I’ll take away from this experience is that Boyz II Men can do anything as long as we’re together, and as long as we grab these microphones and think about music at the same time, there’s nothing we can do. It can’t be overcome, especially when it comes to it. Appearances in Buffalo suits or naked.

Stockman: Well, we don’t do that, but yes, I agree. I agree. I agree.

What surprised you most about your participation? The Masked Singer?

N Morris: Well, how mysterious they were. I mean, I knew it was The Masked Singer, but I mean, you have to wear gloves, hats and hoodies. Nobody, you can’t even see the knuckles on the hand and they were really anal about it. I mean, it takes some getting used to, but I knew it would be mysterious, but I didn’t expect it to be like this.

Stockman: Yeah, it was weird arriving on set and I was like, “Okay, you have to put your mask on now.” So they gave us these little visors and gloves and these hoodies. I mean, I guess the point is that they have no idea whether it’s the color of their skin or not. So yes, they kept our identities secret very carefully.

W. Morris: When we walked in the Buffalo suits, they also told us: If you have your heads on and nothing else on, you should still be the Buffaloes. Be in character. If you can do it head-on, you’re in character. So we had to be clear about it.

N Morris: The part was when we were talking to each other, “Hey, Wan, I mean, burgundy or whatever,” the color, we were playing around and accidentally called each other by name.

Who had the easiest time with the costume and who had the hardest time?

N Morris: I think I had the hardest time and that was because I was jumping all over the place the whole time and I was just out of breath. I mean, even when we weren’t singing, it was like I was moving and sweating, but it was obviously part of the fun, but it was also part of bringing the suit to life. But I think I overdid it.

Stockman: Yes. Nate went inside. It was more vivid than it had ever been in all the years we had known him.

N Morris: Yes. I overdid it. I searched for air. I had problems.

The Masked SingerSeason 13 premieres, Wednesday, February 12, 8/7c, Fox