As The Masked Singer UK 2026 heats up, with the semi-final subsequent week, one other superstar has been revealed in an electrifying elimination.
Tonight, Can of Worms, Toastie, Conkers, Moth, Purple Panda, and Sloth all carried out for panellists Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Maya Jama, and Mo Gilligan.
However sadly for Purple Panda, regardless of all their makes an attempt to hide their id with cryptic clues and stay within the competitors by delivering entertaining performances, the sport is up.
And upon the character’s elimination, viewers have been surprised to search out beloved comic Harry Hill beneath the masks.
Earlier guesses from the panel included Tom Fletcher of McFly, Professor Brian Cox, comic Alan Carr, and podcaster Chris Ramsey, with Mo significantly pissed off after guessing Harry was Kingfisher for the entire of the 2025 collection.
‘I’d prefer to apologise to Alan Carr,’ Harry joked after his unmasking, having imitated the Chatty Man’s distinctive voice to throw everybody off the scent.
Clues in Purple Panda’s VTs concerned a make-up artist dancing in rave gear, which pointed in the direction of Harry’s previous TV present Harry Hill’s Clubnite, whereas the can of ‘XL tomato soup’ was a nod to the quilt of his DVD Harry Hill’s Cream of TV Burp.
Among the many more unusual hints was a line about ‘following your nostril’, which was in reference to Harry having the ability to play the nostril flute.
And, in typical Masked Singer vogue, the clues actually have been everwhere – even on his costume. Purple Panda’s apparel featured a clapperboard, which was pointing in the direction of The Harry Hill Film.
Reacting to the 61-year-old You’ve Been Framed host’s reveal, viewers took to X in shock.
‘Harry Hill!! as if!! Yearly i’ve guessed him and the one 12 months I don’t he’s on!’, wrote @mrsdazo.
@atvfriend added that they have been ‘satisfied’ Purple Panda was Superstar Traitors winner Alan, because of the impression, whereas @DizzyEllena1 mentioned Harry was ‘wonderful’ on the present.
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‘I’m loving this resurgence of Harry Hill into public life’, wrote @Tales_TimeLord, whereas a string of others demanded that TV Burp be revived.
Talking in a post-unmasking Q&A, the TV Burp legend acknowledged how ‘just about yearly’, his identify pops up in reference to the programme, as he’ll obtain textual content messages asking if he’s behind sure characters – so, he lastly determined to provide it a go for actual.
‘It’s tempting generally to take your self a bit too critically,’ he mentioned of participating. ‘I feel beforehand, when the concept had come up, I assumed, “Oh no.” However truly, it’s actually good enjoyable.’
Requested how he stored his Masked Singer stint a secret, he defined: ‘I’d have advised them [his children], however my spouse mentioned no, don’t inform them. And he or she’s a superb liar. Fairly a worryingly good liar.
‘I got here again from filming sooner or later, and certainly one of them was at residence. She mentioned, “The place’s Dad been?”, and my spouse mentioned, “He’s been doing a pilot with Alan Carr.”
‘It’s all the time Alan Carr. I’m sorry to maintain mentioning him.’
He initially sang The Trammp’s 1976 hit Disco Inferno, which was scrapped from the launch episode on the final minute on account of its lyrics and the fiery imagery. Simply days earlier, 40 folks have been killed, and over 100 have been critically injured in a bar fireplace in Switzerland.
Purple Panda subsequently remained absent from the edit for a couple of weeks earlier than making a comeback.
Elsewhere in tonight’s episode, the elusive Mole Dommett was additionally unmasked, having debuted on the scene a few weeks in the past to assist the panel with their guessing.
However after directing them to numerous clues and aiding with their detective work, the furry creature – whose identify is, after all, a play on that of host Joel Dommett – turned out to be Olly Murs all alongside!
It’s actually been an eventful seventh collection of The Masked Singer so far, as we kicked off with the arrival of two home bands, fronted by Goldfish and Emperor Penguin.
The pair have been quickly unmasked as pop star Anne-Marie and Little Britain comic Matt Lucas, who each joined the panel as visitor stars when the competition obtained totally underway.
In our first official elimination of the collection, The One Present host Alex Jones left everybody aghast by revealing that she was Disc Jockey, as not a single individual predicted she can be.
And the surprises simply stored coming, with the following week seeing rapper Professor Inexperienced carry off Teabag’s costume, regardless of the panel guessing it may’ve been Richard Osman or Choose Rinder.
Within the third week, we had Yak’s unmasking, with Intercourse Pistols icon John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, beneath, earlier than one other music legend, American singer-songwriter Marcella Detroit, was unveiled as Gargoyle.Then, most not too long ago, ITV handled us to a double whammy, unmasking each Monkey Enterprise and Arctic Fox final weekend.
Musician Kate Nash was the one beneath Monkey Enterprise’s unbelievable costume, once more, with nobody anticipating the Foundations hitmaker to be uncovered because the voice they’d been listening to.
As for Arctic Fox, the glamorous character transpired to be none apart from Anton Du Beke, who put all his Strictly Come Dancing performing expertise into observe to go undetected week after week.
Now, simply 5 contestants stay within the present, all of whom are hoping to take the torch from final collection’ winner Samantha Barks and be topped champion within the remaining.
The Masked Singer continues subsequent weekend on ITV1 and ITVX.
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