'TV's biggest cover-up is back.
'This is The Masked Singer.
'Where the biggest superstars sing in secret.'
JOEL DOMMETTI It's Mel B!
It's Ne-Yo!
Michael Owen!
CeeLo Green!
It's joss Stone!
'Now 12 brand-new celebrities compete to stay anonymous.
I am so confused.
'Our panel of detectives return,
'helping the nation decide...'
EXCLAMATIONS, AP P LAUS E
'..who is behind the mask.'
DAVINA SCREAMS What?!
'Tonight...
'Six celebrities face off.
'Knitting versus jellyfish.
'Otter versus Ghost.
'And Cat 81 Mouse versus Phoenix.
'One will be eliminated and unmasked.
'This is The Masked Singer.'
# Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who are ya? Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask?
# Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Happy brand-new series of The Masked Singer!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Wow!
We've been waiting all year for this.
With 12 incredible new characters, ready to amuse and confuse yous,
it promises to be our most bonkers series yet.
And 2023 is gonna be our year, people.
And are you ready to guess with the best?
Well, the best within walking distance of the stage!
LAUGHTER It's our panel, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Let's go!
I'm skipping, I'm skipping.
Oh!
Whoo! Whoo!
Ooh, ooh. He's back.
Like a sexy Quality Street.
LAUGHTER
I've got a theme for your intros, guys.
They're all New Year's resolutions.
Who's gonna take up yoga? Or, as I like to call it, Mo-ga!
It's Mo Gilligan! Oh, thank you.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Namaste.
Namaste.
Her resolution is to "McCall" me more.
Yes. It's Davina McCall.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I will, I promise.
Her New Year's resolution is to "Ora-der" less takeaway.
That's true. It's Rita Ora!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
And, finally, his resolution is to spend more time
on the "Ross trainer" -
it's Jonathan Ross! I could do with it.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I could do with it. I told you.
Jonathan, are you ready to get 2023
off to a completely ridiculous start?
Yeah, my New Year's resolution this year is to stop working out so much.
LAUGHTER I'm at the gym too often.
I'm gonna give myself some me-time.
I'm gonna lie on the bed and watch TV a little bit.
Do that, cos you are in such peak condition now.
LAUGHTER You can afford to do that.
I mean, if you can be too fit, I am. Yeah, yeah.
Rita, Jonathan just pipped you to the post last series.
Are you ready to take back the title of top detective?
It's really, it's winding me up that he won, honestly.
It annoys you. Really winding me up.
It could be Davina, it could be Mo, but, you know what? It's Jonathan.
And that's just the most annoying thing in the world.
But, to be honest, I love, love, love being here.
I don't really care, at the end of the day, who wins.
I just can't wait to keep watching these performances.
Exactly what a loser would say.
LAUGHTER
Davina, will you be changing tactics this series?
Yes, definitely.
I'm gonna be good.
LAUGHTER Oh, that's it,
you're changing your tactics.
I think you are good. It's a new tactic.
Mo! Yes, Joel? Have you got any New Year's resolutions?
I don't believe in resolutions.
I believe whatever happened in the past should stay in the past.
So, if I owe you that money, it's in the past now.
LAUGHTER OK, fair enough.
Happy Clue Year! And good luck. Here's our panel, everybody.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Tonight, our masked singers will go up against each other
two at a time. After each Face Off,
the studio audience will vote for their favourite
and the acts with the fewest votes will go into the bottom three.
It will then be down to our panel to decide who is unmasked.
Our first Face Off is...
Knitting versus jellyfish.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Where there's a wool, there's a way. It's Knitting!
MUSIC: 'Where's Me jumper?' by Sultans Of Ping FC
# Wait a minute
# Where's me jumper? Where's me jumper? #
Wow.
# Where's me jumper? Where's me jumper? #
That's so cool.
Oh, I love it.
I actually have a jumper like that.
APPLAUSE
They're our masked "stinger" - it's jellyfish!
MUSIC: 'Electric Avenue' by Eddy Grant
# Electric Avenue... #
Beautiful, very elegant.
I like the nails.
# ..rock down to Electric Avenue. #
I have a lampshade like that.
Jellyfish, oh!
Ooh, the fingers, ooh!
HE LAUGHS
Ooh, I like it. Don't forget,
there are clues as far as the eye can see.
Unfortunately, for me, that's not very far.
LAUGHTER And paying close attention...
I can't actually read with these on.
Paying close attention to tonight's clue packages,
parts of which feature...
AUDIENCE SHOUTS OUT
Correct! I didn't think anybody listened to that bit!
LAUGHTER
Time now for our first act.
If they were Scottish, it would be Wool-iam Wool-ace.
Freedom!
It's Knitting.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
A great big, warm hello and cuddle.
I'm Knitting.
That sounds like Lancaster to me. Yeah, it does.
I'm made of wool.
That means I'm warm, comforting and cosy.
Ooh, morning. Morning TV?
You can use me to make something to wrap around you to keep you warm.
The curtain pull-back. Maybe it's West End?
Hold me in your arms to bring comfort,
or just go wild and let your imagination fly.
MUSIC: 'Coat Of Many Colours' by Dolly Parton
# That my Momma made for me... #
I'll try to present myself fairly
and promise not to string you along in this competition.
Somebody creative. A designer?
But I won't lie. Sometimes, you'll find I can be a little bit crafty.
# ..in my coat of many colours My Momma made... #
Magpie! What's that?
Newcastle.
So, with all that said, it would seem that tonight,
I will "knot" be going home!
# ..made just for me. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
JONATHAN: Yeah!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE SONG: 'Remember'
# Doing just fine now it's over
# I've been moving on Ancl living my life
# But occasionally, I lose composure
# Ancl I can't get you out of my mind
# If I could go back in time
# I'd do things differently, yeah
# I wouldn't think twice
# I'd distract myself Think of someone else
# But every now and then You remind me
# It's only when I'm lying in bed On my own
# Ancl I wake up and I don't see Your name on my phone
# It's in the moments Where I think that I'm better alone
# That's when I remember That's when I remember
# Every time I walk past your house In the rain
# And I tell myself That you were the biggest mistake
# Ancl just when I think I'm finally doing OK
# That's when I remember That's when I remember
# My friends tell me I shouldn't listen... #
I don't know the voice.
# To the voices That go round in my head
# So I try to delete All the memories... #
Might be a West End voice. Yeah, for sure.
# if I could go
# Back in time
# I'd do things differently I wouldn't think twice
# I'd distract myself Think of someone else
# But every now and then You remind me
# It's only when I'm lying in bed On my own
# Ancl I wake up and I don't see Your name on my phone
# It's in the moments Where I think that I'm better alone
# That's when I remember That's when I remember
# Every time I walk past your house In the rain
# And I tell myself That you were the biggest mistake
# Ancl just when I think I'm finally doing OK
# That's when I remember That's when I remember
# It's only when I'm lying in bed On my own. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Yes!
Knitting, everybody!
So good. So good!
So good.
You are amazing.
Jonathan, how wonderful was that?
Wasn't that a fabulous start to the show, everyone?
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
So much energy, such a great choice of song.
The clues - this is what I was looking at.
2020 on the ends.
I thought 20/20 vision - or is it someone who's got terrible eyesight
and wears glasses? I don't know.
I mean, that's random. We're looking at a ball of wool singing!
How is that any more random than that?
LAUGHTER
I'm thinking they said they're crafty.
Is it someone who's clone a TV show with crafts on, like Blue Peter?
Could it be Konnie Huq?
APPLAUSE
Good, audience liking that.
Davina?
I saw the curtain tie. Mm, me too.
I thought maybe that meant curtains, theatre.
Yes, yes.
I'm feeling like that's a Lancastrian accent.
So, theatre actor, from the North,
and she was very shy in this movie
and like a little mouse and all cuddly,
but then she had this amazing singing voice.
I know who you're gonna say. Jane Horrocks. Yes.
So, she was in this film called Little Voice.
APPLAUSE
Oh, audience really agreeing with you, Davina!
Rita, what are you thinking?
You are somebody who's got a really great voice,
because you do have a great tone.
Professional singer. It's trained.
And then I went down thinking somebody that's a bit more in film,
and then I thought Samantha Barks.
Oh! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Yeah. Thank you!
Mo. joeU
How are you? I'm not bad, how are you?
I'm just stood next to some knitting.
LAUGHTER
When I looked at the clue packages, I seen morning,
then obviously Lancashire.
My good friend on The Big Breakfast is Aj Odudu.
She loves crafts, she's always doing her home up.
She can sing.
Do you guys need some help? Yes. I think you do.
Well, you're in for a treat, because it's time to play Riddle Me This,
where our characters give us a clue wrapped in a riddle.
So get those thinking caps on, people.
Can we have your riddle, please?
Just remind me, how many miles are there in a marathon?
26.
26. Ancl if you run, you get stitches.
That's good! Could it be someone
who's run the marathon?
APPLAUSE
I did a marathon. How long did you last?
I did it over two years,
I did a little bit every clay, but that's not the point.
LAUGHTER
Well, are the panel in a bit of a tangle?
We'll only know when the mask comes off. It's Knitting, everybody!
MUSIC: 'Where's Me jumper?' by Sultans Of Ping FC
# Wait a minute Where's me jumper?
# Where's me jumper?
Oh, no. #
"Wool" the panel's guesses prove correct?
Who do you think's behind the mask?
I'd better "thread" carefully.
The panel are making some good guesses.
Only joking! They're a bunch of woollies!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
After the break,
jellyfish sings one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
Brr. just got a bit of a chill. Did anyone else feel that?
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who's that behind the mask? #
Welcome back to The Masked Singer,
where you find out whom is in the costumes
while I find out how to use the word "whom".
LAUGHTER Right, whom's next?
Wibble-wobble, wibble-wobble, jelly on a stage.
It's jellyfish!
Yay! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who are ya? Who's that behind the mask? #
MUSIC: 'Good Vibrations' by The Beach Boys
# The colourful clothes You wear... #
Hey, it's me, jellyfish.
Welcome to my beach.
It said Loa Goa.
Goa, that's India.
# She's giving me excitations... #
jellyfish are transparent. We're blessed.
What you see is what you get.
# Good vibrations. #
I'm getting a free-spirited vibe off this person.
That's a fossil, it's an ammonite.
But we're also bioluminescent.
Isn't that a bodacious word?
I think she's, like, a real artist.
It means that we create our own light -
and that's me.
I'm all about the love.
In fact, I'm an advocate for it.
"Me" and "shell" - Michelle.
Ah, yes! That's a great one.
I'm here to shine bright and have a good time.
And if I win? Well, I've won unexpectedly before.
She's won a competition. Unexpectedly, though.
Tonight, will I sink or swim?
All I'm saying
is you'd better get ready for this jelly.
# Yeah, light it up. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yeah!
SONG: 'Sweet Child O' Mine'
Come on! Yes!
# She's got a smile That it seems to me
# Reminds me of childhood memories
# Where everything was as clear As the bright blue sky... #
Wow! Great voice.
# Now and then when I see her face
# She takes me to that special place
# And if I stare too long I might break down and cry... #
Whoo!
# Whoa, oh, oh Sweet child 0' mine
# Whoa, oh, oh, oh Sweet love of mine... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# She's got eyes as blue as skies
# As if she thought of rain
# I'd hate to look into those eyes
# Ancl see an ounce of pain
# Whoa, oh, oh Sweet child 0' mine
# Whoa, oh, oh, oh Sweet love of mine... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Whoa, oh, oh
# Sweet child 0' mine
# Whoa, oh, oh, oh Sweet love of mine
# Oh, oh, oh, oh!
# Oh, oh, oh Sweet child 0' mine
# Oh, no, no, no
#No.#
SUSTAINED NOTE
NOTE CONTINUES
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
That was fantastic!
Give it up for jellyfish, everyone,
and their incredible band. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I loved that. Your voice! Rita?
I LOVE your voice.
You are out of this world, honey.
Yes. That was amazing. So good.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE So beautiful.
This woman comes from soul. Yes. You can hear it.
It just oozes out of your skin, your bones.
You are just so perfect. This is somebody who won a show,
but I don't think she won it unexpectedly.
I think she deserved to win this show.
She has recently become a mother, you know, so she shines from within.
She loves love.
Alexandra Burke was my guess.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Jonathan?
You had "Goa" and "Loa" on the sign.
Is Goa a clue because of India, or is it G-O-A,
which could mean General of the Army?
I was thinking, could it be Michelle Keegan?
APPLAUSE
Davina, who is it?
Obviously, your singing is off-the-charts breathtaking,
captivating. You had us all kind of like...
I saw the M and the E together and then the shell next to it,
so I thought ME-shell.
ME-shell.
I thought maybe Michelle Visage.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I like that. Mo, what are you thinking?
There was a lot of positivity and love.
Lot of love in the room right now. Mm-hm.
So I thought, who it could be, it could bejudi Love.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It's all about the love.
But then I thought, "Ooh, singer."
There's a lot of lights going on there.
Cost-of-living crisis - that'll be expensive on your bill.
LAUGHTER But I've seen the lights
and thought, who's got a song called Lights? It could be Ellie Goulding.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Do you want another clue? Yes!
Let's get you another clue with a game of Riddle Me This.
Find the answer, find the clue.
Let's hear your riddle, jellyfish.
Wait, did you hear an accent of some sort?
She might be American.
Also, you must be a voice on some sort of animation show.
"Good vibes". Yeah, voice of an animation.
Christina Aguilera.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE She did Shark Tale.
It's a difficult one, guys.
Who's squished inside this fish?
We'll only know when the mask comes off.
Let's hear it for jellyfish, everybody.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: 'Electric Avenue' by Eddy Grant
# And then we'll take it higher. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
JOEL: ls there something fishy about the panel's guesses?
Who do you think's behind the mask?
JELLYFISH: What an electrifying first performance.
But the panel have gone all jelly
trying to figure out who this fish is.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
So, studio audience, who do you want to keep in the competition -
Knitting or jellyfish?
The winner will be safe
and the other will go into tonight's bottom three.
Please welcome back Knitting and jellyfish.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Studio audience, remember,
you are voting for your favourite masked singer.
Vote...
HOW.
We'll have the results for you right after the break.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome back to The Masked Singer.
Before the break,
our studio audience voted for their favourite masked singer -
Knitting or jellyfish.
The winner will stay in the competition,
but the other risks being unmasked at the end of the show.
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
And I can reveal the masked singer with the most votes
and keeping their mask firmly on is...
CHEERING
Jellyfish! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Congratulations, jellyfish. Ah.
So good. Head off down the tunnel. You've been amazing.
Well done!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, Knitting.
Aw!
Sadly, that means you're in tonight's bottom three.
Later, the panel will decide whether you'll keep singing or be unmasked,
but, for now, give it up for Knitting, everyone.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Well done!
Head off down the tunnel. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
She could sing. Yeah, she's great.
# Who's that behind the mask? #
But who will be joining them? It's time for our next Face Off.
It's Otter versus Ghost.
Yay! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
It's warm in here, but it's about to get "Otter"!
It's Otter!
MUSIC: 'Splish Splash' by Bobby Darin
Otter! # Long about a Saturday night... #
Yes! # There was a splishing and... #
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
HE LAUGHS
AP P LAUS E I love that.
APPLAUSE
Now, who you gonna call?
Ghost!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
SPOOKY CARNIVAL MUSIC
Whoo!
Love it!
Go there, Ghost.
Oh, God, oh!
JOEL LAUGHS
Looks like me when I'm trying to change a duvet cover.
LAUGHTER
Up first, I can't believe it's not Otter.
It's Otter!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
OK, Splash, that's a show.
Diving show.
Oi, no dive-bombing! There's rules.
That spells out RADA.
Yeah. Actor.
What's Up, peeps?
It's your fave fur-ball, Otter.
Welcome to my water park.
Swimmer, maybe?
Otters are naturally curious creatures -
and just a little bit naughty. Ha-ha-ha!
MUSIC: 'juice' by Lizzo
We're playful.
Shamrock. Irish.
Although you might've seen me in more serious light...
So, has done serious TV or serious acting?
...you could say I'm especially known for my resilience.
I can thrive in places a lot couldn't.
But who am I?
What was that, a vicar?
Mate, I am out of this world!
Tonight, you'd better get your notepads ready,
because you're going to want my otter-graph!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
SONG: 'I'm Always Here'
# Some people stand in the darkness
# Afraid to step into the light... #
WOW, OK!
# Some people need To help somebody... #
SHE LAUGHS
# When the edge of surrender's In sight
# Don't you worry
# It's gonna be all right... #
Whoo! Yeah.
# Cos I'm always ready
# I WON'T let you Out of my sight... #
Yes, Otter! Come on!
# I'll be ready
Whenever you fear
# Oh, don't you fear I'll be ready
# Forever and always
# I'm always here
# In us we all have the power
# But sometimes It's so hard to see... #
What is that? Is that a hamster?
This is the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life.
# It's just human nature to me
# Don't you worry
# It's gonna be all right... #
CLAPPING IN TIME TO MUSIC
# Cos I'm always ready
# I won't let you out of my sight
# I'll be ready
Whenever you fear
# Oh, don't you fear I'll be ready
# Forever and always
# I'm always here
# Forever and always
# I'm always here. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I'm coming in for a swim! Otter, everyone!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Give it up for this thing - I don't know what this is.
It's a hamster. Is it a hamster?
Oh, give it up for Otter, everyone!
Yeah. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
What do you think, Mo?
Oh, that was "otter" this world.
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
Have you seen the clues? It says "rule and diving advice".
RADA - it's a famous drama school.
Mm. Then I seen the vicar as well.
This was a comedic actor. She was in Fleabag.
She had a love relationship of the vicar.
It's Phoebe Waller-Bridge, that's who it is.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Davina?
What are you thinking?
I've gone slightly older.
An actress, who is Irish,
who was in Harry Potter. Oh!
Harry Otter.
Harry Otter!
So, I'm gonna say Fiona Shaw.
Rita, I'm gonna come to you next.
OK, there was a shamrock, and it got me thinking, OK, Irish.
But then I saw the splash at the beginning of the VT
and I thought maybe it could be someone who was on that show.
Una Healy from The Saturdays.
Una Healy's a good shout. Love that. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Jonathan, what are you thinking, my friend?
They've covered a lot of bases with the clues -
a comic actor who is resilient.
One of my favourite sitcoms of all time is Father Ted.
Oh, yeah. And, if you remember,
Mrs Doyle in that... LAUGHTER
Could it be Pauline McLynn from the Father Ted series?
Hm. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
But, either way, that was otter-ly amazing!
Oh, Jonathan's getting involved!
Oh, I like it when you get involved in the puns, Jonathan.
Wait, I've got one, I've got one. That ought a do it!
I beg your pardon?
That "otter" do it, I got it!
That OTTER do it. Oh, I didn't do it right.
One more time.
Do it again. Guys, ready?
Go on, we're all gonna laugh. That "otter" do it!
LAUGHTER
Get out of here! Thank you.
You stop, you stop.
You're too good. LAUGHTER
You! Do you want some more clues?
Please. OK.
Can we have your riddle, please, Otter?
Ah, so they should be heard and not seen,
which makes me think they're someone who works in radio.
Ooh. Or, like, an author of some sort.
Mm. Well,
who's the cutie in the wetsuity?
We'll only know when the mask comes off.
Let's hear it for Otter, everyone! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: 'Splish Splash' by Bobby Darin
Well done.
# Moving and a-grooving. #
I love Otter. Love Otter.
JOEL: Are the panel clambering in the right direction?
Or has Otter left them treading water?
OTTER: Well, that went swimmingly.
The panel's guesses are way downstream.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Well, Otter blew this case right out of the water.
But now, woo-ooh!
Woo-ooh!
Is he OK? Woo-ooh!
I think you get the idea. It's Ghost!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
SONG: 'The Addams Family'
SONG: 'Monster Mash'
# I was working in the lab Late one night
# When my eyes beheld An eerie sight... #
GHOST: Woo!
Boo! I'm Ghost,
and this is my gaff.
I don't think this person's Scottish.
# He did the monster mash... #
Chances are, you've heard me wailing.
I've wailed with some of the best.
He must've rubbed shoulders with the stars. Or done duets.
I like to haunt all of the rooms in the house,
from the cellar to the attic.
That's where I read scary stories.
Cash In The Attic. Through The Keyhole.
SONG: 'Ghost Town'
# This town ls coming like a ghost town... #
Spooky things are one of my top ten favourite things ever.
There's not a single thing I can think of that I like more.
Question is...
Vote now.
Social media.
Maybe there's a TV show where they vote on.
Tonight, I've got it, so I'm gonna haunt it.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Yeah.
SONG: 'Save The Last Dance For Me'
# You can dance Every dance with the guy
# Who gives you the eye
# Let him hold you tight... #
Ha-ha!
# You can smile Every smile for the man
# Who held your hand Beneath the pale moonlight
# But don't forget Who's takin' you home
# Ancl in whose arms you're gonna be
# So, darling Save the last dance for me... #
Scottish. Do you think so?
# Oh, I know that the music's fine
# Like sparklin' wine Go and have your fun
# Laugh and sing But while we're apart
# Don't give your heart to anyone
# Cos don't forget Who's takin' you home
# Ancl in whose arms you're gonna be
# So, darling Save the last dance for me
# Don't you know I love you so
# Can't you feel it when we touch?
# I will never, never let you go
# I love you, oh, so much... # I know who it is!
Who? MO LAUGHS
# Cos don't forget Who's takin' you home
# Ancl in whose arms you're gonna be
# So, darling
# Save the last dance for me... #
APPLAUSE
# Save the last dance for me... #
Save the last dance, Jonathan. You can have the first one as well.
# Save the last dance for me. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Look at Ghost's face! They're clapping, look.
Oh, give it up for Ghost, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, argh!
Ghost is funny.
This costume is making me laugh so much
at how wonderfully basic it is, I absolutely love it.
LAUGHTER Jonathan, how good was that?
Well, I mean, it wasn't the best singing we've heard tonight,
but it was wildly entertaining, wasn't it, everyone?
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Woo!
I certainly loved the spirit you brought to the performance...
GROANS
...although that last note is gonna haunt me for quite some time.
LAUGHTER
Are you Scottish, or are you putting that on?
Is it Nicola Sturgeon in there, ladies and gentlemen?
LAUGHTER
The yes/no, vote now, that made me think of TV shows where you vote.
I'm guessing it might be the voice of Love Island -
could it be lain Stirling?
Ooh, I would love that! APPLAUSE
I swear to you I wrote that down.
Where did you write it down? Look!
It's a good shout. Then I was thinking of Dr Alex.
That's someone from Love Island.
Oh, I think that's great. Davina, what are you thinking?
So, Scottish, then I thought, oh, a singer...
LAUGHTER ..before I heard Ghost sing.
I'm pulling at straws here - Marti Pellow.
You know, Four Weddings Ancl A Funeral, Love ls All Around.
A funeral, ghosts.
LAUGHTER
Marti, if you're watching, I'm sorry.
LAUGHTER Mo, what you thinking?
I know who it is.
ALL: Ooh!
I know who it is. Who?
And guess what? I'm not telling you. LAUGHTER
It really sounds a lot like john Bishop.
Ooh.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
And then the red boots, cos he's from Liverpool.
That's good! Do you guys want another clue?
Yes. We need one.
It's riddle time. Let's hear your riddle.
A head.
What's a drink with a head? Guinness, a pint of bitter?
Immortal. I'm coming to the conclusion
that Scottish accent is not a genuine Scottish accent.
LAUGHTER
But it could be a Scottish person
putting on more of a Scottish accent.
Or an English person putting on a Scottish accent
and not caring about the fact he can never go back to Scotland again.
LAUGHTER
OK, who's our ghost with the most?
We'll only know when the sheet comes off.
Give it up for Ghost, everyone.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Ooh!
Woo!
JOEL: Have the panel given up the ghost with their guesses?
Who do you think's beneath the sheet?
GHOST: The panel think I am eerie-sistible.
They'll never figure out who I am.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
So, studio audience, who do you want to see perform again,
Otter or Ghost? The winner will be safely through,
while the other could be unmasked at the end of the show.
Please welcome back Otter and Ghost, everyone!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Woo!
ALL: Woo!
Wonderful stuff.
Studio audience, you are voting for your favourite masked singer.
Vote...
HOW.
The results are in.
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
Can't tell whether you think it's tense,
or whether you're talking about the ghost!
LAUGHTER
I can reveal the masked singer with the most votes
and keeping their identity hidden is...
CHEERING
...Otter!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Head off down the tunnel, Otter.
Well done, so good.
My God, I love Otter.
Yeah.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, Ghost, everyone. ALL: Aw!
That means you're in tonight's bottom three.
Later, the panel will decide
whether you'll stay in the competition or be unmasked,
but, for now, ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Ghost!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Coming up, it's Cat & Mouse versus Phoenix
in our last head-to-head of the night.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome back to The Masked Singer, the show with masks and singers.
It does exactly what it says on the tin.
LAUGHTER
Before the break, our studio audience saved Otter,
leaving Ghost in tonight's bottom three,
but who will be joining them?
It's time for our final Face Off of the night -
Cat & Mouse versus Phoenix.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
These two are performing together. You've got to be "kitten" me!
It's Cat & Mouse!
SONG: 'One Way Or Another'
# I'm gonna find ya
# I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya Get ya... #
Wow! I love Cat.
# I'm gonna win ya
# I'll get you, I'll get you... #
Come on, then, guys.
# One way or another. #
This is good, I like this one.
Hello. Ooh, this is nice.
If everyone could stroke me, that'd be absolutely wonderful, thank you.
Did someone order the hot wings?
It's Phoenix!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
SONG: Austria: Rise Like A Phoenix
WOW!
Look at him.
Confident.
That's incredible.
Whoa, whoa!
First up, I've just heard they were having a scrap backstage.
I hope they've hissed and made up!
It's Cat 8; Mouse! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
PHONE RINGS
CALLER: 'Someone's stolen the cheese!'
I see. Stolen.
Then this is a role for me.
Cat, the feline detective.
20 million what?
Followers? 20 million views?
The suspect is...
Me, Mouse!
Catch me if you can!
I'm no stranger to the legalities of my position,
so I aim to get right to the point with this case.
Cases - do they solve mysteries?
Listen to him! I might be a mouse,
but it looks like it's him who knows how to spin out a tale.
I think they're a couple.
I don't think they're a couple.
But I'm gonna use all the tricks up my sleeve.
He's gonna have to be fast if he wants to catch me!
Look at the colours, they're all
different colours. Spice Girls!
I hope the audience will be paying attention,
because tonight, I'm bringing the mouse down.
I don't think so!
That's one trap I won't be falling into.
MOUSE LAUGHS
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Who don't love cheese?
I love cheese. I love cheese.
SONG: 'Anything You Can Do'
# Anything you can do I can do better
# I can do anything better than you
# No, you can't Yes, I can
# No, you can't Yes, I can, yes, I can... #
Sounds American.
# Anything you could be I could be greater
# Sooner or later I'd be greater than you
# No, you're not Yes, I am
# No, you're not Yes, I am, yes, I am
# I could shoot a partridge With a single cartridge
# I could hit a sparrow With a bow and arrow
# I could live on bread and cheese
# Ancl only on that? Yeah
# So could a rat
# Any note you could reach I could go higher
# I can sing any note Higher than you
# No, you can't Yes, I can
# No, you can't
HIGH-PITCHED I # Yes, I can... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I can drink my liquor Faster than a flicker
# Oh, I could drink quicker Ancl get even sicker
# I could open any safe... #
I feel like she is professional. I think they're both actors.
# Any note you can hold I can hold longer
# I can hold any note Longer than you
# No, you can't Yes, I can
# No, you can't
# Yes, I can Yes, I ca-a-a-a-a-an
SUSTAINED NOTE
Whoo!
# Yes, I can
# Yes, you can! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Bravo. Pshew!
Cat & Mouse, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, wonderful stuff, Cat 8; Mouse.
It was so silly. I really enjoyed it. Rita?
OK, so, duos, right? You've got Mickey and Minnie Mouse,
Torn and Jerry.
Torn and Jerry got me thinking of all the Toms,
then I went down the route of Tom Fletcher.
If I go back to the VT, "spinning out a tale" -
Torn Fletcher has released books,
kids' books, that spin. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
His wife was in a trap. You mentioned a trap on the VT.
She won I'm A Celebrity. That's good.
Giovanna.
Maybe that's the duo, Tom Fletcher and Giovanna Fletcher.
That's a good guess! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Jonathan?
The 20 million threw me. Yeah.
I couldn't work out what that meant. Could it be 20 million sales?
Maybe, if they're from a TV show, 20 million viewers.
I'm thinking is there a slang term for a million? I don't think so.
But 1,000 is a G.
Yeah. So a million would be ten GGs.
50,20 million's 20 GGs.
Is it someone who's got 20 horses? Geri Halliwell, now Geri Horner,
she's got horses. Who's the cat if it's Geri?
Maybe it's Geri and just some bloke?
LAUGHTER
What did you think, Davina?
You know, I've been watching you and your physicality
and how you are together,
and I think that you are workmates.
I do not think that you are partners.
Ooh.
Possibly Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard.
APPLAUSE Ooh!
What do you think, Mo?
That was so good.
# Anything you can do I can do better!
# No, you can't! Yes, I can. #
When I looked at the clues,
I felt like we were watching a kind of double act.
One of the clues I've seen, telly,
link that with someone who's also a book author.
I thought David Walliams and Matt Lucas,
but I think, size-wise, that's not them.
LAUGHTER Do you guys want an extra clue?
Yes.
OK, let's play another round of Riddle Me This.
Take it away, guys.
RITA GASPS jade from Little Mix
and her partner, who's in Rizzle Kicks!
Peter Cheese! LAUGHTER
jade Thirlwall and Jordan Stephens.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE JOEL: That's a good shout.
It could be Emma Bunton, because we've seen the spices.
The Spice Girls and ginger. SHE GASPS
Emma Bunton, and her partner is called Jade.
Oh, my God, you're right! jadejones.
APPLAUSE
We'll only see who's the cat inside the hat
and the mouse inside the trou-sers when the mask comes off.
Give it up for Cat 8; Mouse, everyone!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Well done, guys.
Whoo!
Give it up for Cat 8; Mouse!
Mo, I think you might be right. 100%.
We haven't got a clue. MO LAUGHS
# One way or another. #
JOEL: Anything the panel can do, can you do better?
Who do you think's behind the mask?
What a performance! I really am top cat.
Hey, I think you'll find it was me who stole the show tonight!
Looks like the cat's not out of the bag just yet.
MOUSE LAUGHS
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
After the break, our final masked singer takes to the stage.
But now, if you fancy winning big, I've got exactly what you need.
It's the prize that keeps on giving.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Welcome back to The Masked Singer.
Tell you what, we were having a great laugh during the break.
The panel were all chatting and telling jokes,
and I, er, I got to watch from a distance.
LAUGHTER Time now for our next act!
I see you baby, shaking that "ash". It's Phoenix.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE OK.
Well, hi, how do you do?
Phoenix. Pleasure.
I am rather hot, aren't I?
Ha-ha-ha!
He's hot, you can tell.
Oh, we all know the legend, the phoenix, the bird of fire.
I think an actor, cos that voice,
the way he's delivering the lines.
Rising from the ashes, born anew.
Someone who is reinventing themselves.
Of course, I'm familiar with reincarnation.
It's a mystery, but I know how to follow a trail.
Reincarnation, so coming back from the dead?
However, a phoenix chick?
They're quiet. They go unnoticed.
Getting a lot of Game Of Thrones vibes.
Then they burst into flames
and set the world on fire.
Well, tonight, I'm spreading my wings.
Watch me light up the stage.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Wow! Wow, look at that costume!
SONG: 'Get Lucky'
# Like the legend of the phoenix
# All ends in beginning... #
Wow.
# What keeps the planet spinning
# Yeah
# A force from the beginning
# We've gone too far
# To give up who we are... #
Oh, I love this!
# So let's raise the bar
# And our cups to the stars
# She's up all night till the sun
# I'm up all night to get some
# She's up all night for good fun
# I'm up all night to get lucky... # Wow!
# We're up all night to the sun
# We're up all night to get some
# She's up all night for good fun
# She's up all night to get lucky
# Like the present Has no ribbon... #
Whoo! Wow.
# You're the gift That keeps on giving, yeah... #
I know this voice.
# ..I'm feeling
# Do-be-do-do
# If you wanna leave, I'm with it
# Coming along... #
OK, go, Phoenix!
# Cos we've come too far
# To give up who we are
# So let's raise the bar
# And our cups to the stars
# She's up all night to the sun
# I'm up all night to get some
# She's up all night for good fun
# I'm up all night to get lucky
# We're up all night to the sun
# We're up all night to get some
# We're up all night for good fun
# We're up all night to get lucky. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
JOEL: Loved that!
I love it!
Phoenix!
Oh, Phoenix, I don't like it when you look at me, it's so scary.
I know, it is, it's quite daunting. It's when he does the head tilt.
Ooh, hello, OK, this is quite nice.
Heavens above!
Oh-ho-ho!
Phoenix. Stop looking at me like that.
I can't tell whether he hates me or he fancies me.
LAUGHTER
I love it. Jonathan, I'll come to you first.
That was an amazing performance. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I love the way you're in character.
The way he moves his head like a bird is so much fun to watch.
You've got so much confidence and so much charisma -
you're used to being the centre of attention. Yes.
Here's who I think it is, and the clues all add up.
There was a suit of arm our -
well, this person appeared on stage in Hamlet.
"I know how to follow a trail" -
this is someone who's played a detective as well on TV.
The Phoenix is a Harry Potter movie,
but I'm thinking this person has been in a Harry Potter movie,
not necessarily that one.
Who reincarnates on TV on a regular basis?
DAVI NA: Actors. Doctor Who.
Oh, Doctor Who!
I think it is David Tennant, ladies and gentlemen!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MO: That's good. That's a good guess.
I think it is. Ancl I know he's a fan of the show,
I know he watches it with his kids, so I think...
Look at the movement, that's David Tennant every clay!
Who do you think it is, Rita?
I am so confused.
I just don't know why I went down this route.
You said reincarnation - a lot of the times,
I feel like bands, when they separate,
they have their own careers,
and then I went down the Take That route,
and then you were orange, and I just thought ofjason Orange.
Ooh. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Davina?
I LOVE Phoenix.
Also, little bit scary, in a kind of quite an exciting way.
Ooh! LAUGHTER
Reincarnation, I was thinking about somebody who was a child actor
and who had been reincarnated later in life.
Somebody like Nicholas Hoult...
I love Nicholas! ..who was in About A Boy.
OK. Mo?
So, I was watching a program me called Who Do You Think You Are,
and their family survived the Great Fire of London.
I think it could be Joe Sugg.
APPLAUSE Ooh, OK. Joe Sugg, the YouTuber.
Cos of the hair, just thought of it just now.
Maybe Simply Red, Mick Hucknall. Mick Hucknall.
DAVINA: You actually made Phoenix laugh then.
LAUGHTER
Do you want another clue? Yes!
Well, Phoenix should have prepared a riddle,
so let's hope for the best.
Phoenix, over to you.
Tennant could be a tenant of a house.
Hmm. Yeah... Ah, that's true.
You know what?
That clue didn't help us at all.
LAUGHTER
Who's playing hide and seek beneath the beak?
We'll only know when the mask comes off.
Give it up for Phoenix, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE So wonderful.
SONG: 'Rise Like A Phoenix'
# Seeking rather than vengeance. #
JOEL: Did the panel "get lucky" with their guesses?
Who do you think's behind the mask?
PHOENIX: I'm delighted with my performance.
Hoping to keep the flame burning
throughout the rest of the competition.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
So, studio audience, who do you want to save,
Cat & Mouse or Phoenix?
The winner will stay in the competition,
the other will join tonight's bottom three.
Please welcome back Cat & Mouse and Phoenix!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
JOEL: Love that.
Remember, studio audience,
you are voting for your favourite masked singer.
Vote...
HOW.
The results are in. APPLAUSE
I can reveal the masked singer with the most votes is...
CHEERING
...Phoenix! # Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Ah!
Wonderful stuff, Phoenix.
Well done. Head off down the tunnel, my friend.
APPLAUSE Wondefim stufi.
Bye, Phoenix!
SONG: 'Rise Like A Phoenix'
Oh, sadly, Cat 8; Mouse, that means you're in tonight's bottom three
and, very soon, the panel will decide
if you'll stay in the competition or be unmasked.
But, for now, everybody, give it up for Cat 8; Mouse!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE # Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
In just a few minutes, Knitting, Ghost or Cat 8; Mouse
will be revealing their true identity,
so don't go anywhere! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome back to The Masked Singer.
Jellyfish, Otter and Phoenix
have secured their places in the competition,
but for Knitting, Ghost and Cat 8; Mouse,
their fates lie in the hands of our panel.
Here's a reminder of all three performances.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# It's only when I'm lying in bed On my own
# Ancl I wake up and I don't see Your name on my phone. #
# Ancl in whose arms you're gonna be
# So, darling Save the last dance for me. #
# I can do anything better than you
# No, you can't Yes, I can
# No, you can't Yes, I can, yes, I can. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
This is it.
Mo, who have the panel decided to save first?
Oh, this is tough, because everyone's really been good.
The person we have decided to save first...
AUDIENCE CALL OUT NAMES
...is...
Knitting! # Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yeah!
Mo, please tell us the second masked singer you'd like to save.
The person we've decided to save is...
...Cat & Mouse!
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Give it up for Cat 8; Mouse and Knitting, everyone.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Well done!
# Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? # CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, Ghost, woo-ooh!
Well, sadly,
your time on The Masked Singer has come to an end.
In just a moment, you'll be removing your mask -
well, your sheet. But first... LAUGHTER
...panel, who do you think it is? You first, Jonathan.
I think it is the voice of Love Island,
lain Stirling.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Good guess. Rita?
I'm gonna stick with the Love Island clue as well.
Dr Alex. Dr Alex, OK. Davina?
I'm gonna go with Marti Pellow.
APPLAUSE OK. Mo? What you thinking?
I think you are someone that makes people laugh,
and I think you're john Bishop.
That's who I'll go for. OK.
Like that. All right.
Well, there's only one way to find out, people.
It's time to reveal the identity
of our masked singer, Ghost.
Who's behind the mask?
ALL CHANTING: Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off! Take it off!
Come on!
Who is it?! Take it off!
Take it off! Take it off!
# Who's that behind the... #
LAUGHTER
Oh! What the... What's going on?!
It's another mask. What?!
Well, take this one off!
ALL CHANTING: Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off! Who is it?
Take it off! Take it off! Take...
# Who's that behind the mask? #
It's Chris Kamara!
Yay!
It's Chris! Football and broadcasting superstar.
Chris Kamara, ah, I love you.
You, too, mate. I love you, man.
I was so close.
LAUGHTER
Your voice is so recognisable from listening to you, football...
"I don't know, Jeff!" LAUGHTER
And I said Scouse at the end, I was like...
I'm not a Scouser!
LAUGHTER
I'm from Middlesbrough.
I've got to say, though, Chris, that is a good look for you.
Look at this, you look great.
You look good.
Hey, you, slaughtering my singing.
Come on, that last note, I don't know what song you were on,
but it wasn't the one you started with!
What was the reference "from the cellar to the attic"?
The cellar to the attic. I present Cash In The Attic.
I said Cash In The Attic! Oh!
I said that!
I feel bad, cos I know you can sing. I think it was cos you...
Cos you had an album out that did really well,
you had that Christmas album out. Yeah, two.
Ancl you've... I remember now a clue about him duetting,
cos you've sung with a lot of big stars, haven't you?
I have. Robbie Williams. Oh, wow.
Dannyjones. We'll do a duet one day.
I love that. Oh, Rita, that would be fabulous.
I'll hold you to that.
Yeah!
It was amazing. Really good.
I love you, Chris. And thanks to the audience, thank you.
You were so good, man. Have you had fun?
Oh, absolutely.
My grandkids, we will sit round together,
cos they'll have no idea, and they love this show. Aw!
They just sing, "Take it off! Take it off!"
Ancl it's gonna be you! Ancl Grandad's gonna turn round.
Oh, absolutely brilliant.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE I love that.
Give it up for Chris Kamara, everybody.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
We'll be back next Saturday night with more singing and secrets,
but now, one final time, unmasked at last,
ladies and gentlemen, it's Chris Kamara!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
SONG: 'Save The Last Dance For Me'
# You can dance Every dance with the guy... #
I love this.
# Let him hold you tight
# You can smile Every smile for the man
# Who held your hand Beneath the pale moonlight
# But don't forget Who's takin' you home
# Ancl in whose arms you're gonna be
# So, darling Save the last dance for me
# Save the last dance for me
# Ooh, ooh
# Save the last dance for me. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Yeah!
Yes, Kammy!
Thank you!
'Six brand-new celebrities go head-to-head.
'Jacket Potato versus Fawn...
'..Rubbish versus Pigeon,
'and Piece Of Cake versus Rhino.'
Ah, that was fantastic. You absolutely smashed it.
'But only one will be unmasked.'
Oh, my God!
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