The Masked Singer - ITV

A friend of mine has just told me her theory on the cryptic clue where Harlequin dropped something and couldn't pick it up...

it was "Out of reach, so far..."!

Yes, pretty conclusive if you ask me.

I've no idea which male lead she played, but it's a Week 1 clue, so I wouldn't expect it to be something well known or obvious. Her Wiki page is pretty sparse, so it's possible she did a lot of stuff that isn't included, and it could very easily have been a school production or similar.

I didn’t watch this last year but this year stuck in lockdown it became one of my highlights of the week. Best bit was the absolute joy that most of the singers seemed to experience in performing anonymously and how much fun they had. I know it was cheesy TV and some of it doesn’t bear close analysis (e.g. no one on the panel spotting Lenny Henry) but what a tonic it was every Saturday night.

Coming to an arena near you next spring. Hosted by Joel Demmett, with celebrity guest judges!

Returns for a new series this weekend!

The tour is a good money making idea but if spoilers get out there it will totally ruin it unless they change contrestants/characters over

Yes I’m watching and agree - there’s no obvious ones that stand out to me (unlike Lenny Henry last year for example).

A couple of my unlikely guesses are:

Mushroom - Aisling Bea
Lionfish - Craig Revell Horwood
Rock Hopper - Kimberley Wyatt

Not confident in any of those! The clues have been too generic so far and the programmes are far too long but enjoyable fluff nonetheless!

Good guesses though, you've got me wondering about Lionfish particularly.

I've got a suspicion that Traffic Cone might be an older snooker player, perhaps the shape they referred to might be a triangle rather than a cone.

I was a bit disappointed with some of the clue reveals for
I'm very intrigued about Robo-Bunny, that must surely be two separate voices. I believe some of the international versions of the show have had multiple persons representing a single character before now, I think the music trio Hanson were featured a while back in the US version.

Still, it's such a ridiculous show it continues to be a real tonic to watch. I like how they make an effort with the backing dancers to do a decent routine each time.

CRH did the Masked Dancer so would he do both ?

Which character gave a clue saying they were the first winner or first one. I know it was said about who SeaLion was but didn't someone else say that?

If it was Traffic Cone could that be Paul Potts?

David Seaman could be Doughnut according to some people and size looks about right heightwise.

Poodle looks likely to be some sort of Camp Icon. Paul O'Grady for his love of dogs has been mentioned and Rocketman was totally his teenage era plus he'd have the legs to wear the outfit. Although his sharp scouse accent was certainly very well disguised if it is him.

I tend to agree there must be two voices in Robo bunny, one very mediocre and one quite a bit better. I've watched all the seasons of the US version and they do have pairs or trios etc but I think they usually have separate costumes. On one series they had 3 Russian dolls I think and two snow owls on another.  

I thought that Bagpipes sounded exactly like Greyson Perry but I think he's a slightly obscure person in terms of the types of celebrities they get on the show. 

On the American version, 99% of the people can sing, even if they're not actually singers and it's kind of annoying that the panel say things like 'wow, you can really sing' about someone who can only just carry a tune. But I still really enjoy the programme and am always intrigued by who everyone is!

Do you mean the Chandelier… that’s already been unmasked?