The Masked Singer Christmas special leaves viewers stunned as winner Mistletoe is revealed as huge TV icon
The Masked Singer viewers were stunned when it was announced that the winner of this year’s Christmas special was a major daytime TV star.
Joel Dommett, 40, is back to host the festive version of the guessing game on Saturday night, and so are the judges.
Viewers watched as Maya Jama, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan tried to correctly guess which famous faces were under the masks.
Before the big unmasking, Figgy Pudding was revealed to be BBC Radio 2 Breakfast presenter Scott Mills.
Just Love Island host Maya, 31, correctly guessed that the person under the costume was the DJ.
Meanwhile, Baroness Floella Benjamin has been revealed to be the star behind Santa’s Sack and Coronation Street’s Maureen Lipman is the star behind Goose A-Laying.
The Masked Singer viewers were stunned when it was announced that the winner of this year’s Christmas special was a huge daytime TV star
The festive version of the Saturday night guessing game was released on Boxing Day ahead of the new series early next year.
Viewers watched as Maya Jama, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan tried to correctly guess which famous faces were under the masks.
Attention then turned to who the animated star was hiding under the Mistletoe.
Mo guessed it was Big Narstie, while Maya, Jonathan and Davina were sure it was former X Factor presenter and This Morning presenter Dermot O’Leary.
In fact, it was Dermot O’Leary who took off his mask and revealed himself to the audience and the judges.
Speaking after his win, the presenter said: ‘It felt good. But I think at that point everyone knew it was me.’
He added that the hardest part of the show was not being able to see it in costume.
Dermot, 52, explained: ‘I had no vision. It’s quite claustrophobic and quite tight inside the costume. It’s okay as long as you deal with it.’
Meanwhile, host Joel accidentally revealed the identity of a celebrity during the recording of the festival episode and threw things into chaos.
Earlier this year, he filmed the special in which four new stars dressed in outlandish costumes sang and a panel tried to guess who they were.
Maya, Jonathan and Davina were sure it was former X Factor presenter and This Morning presenter Dermot O’Leary, while Mo guessed it was Big Narstie.
Speaking after his win, the presenter said: ‘It felt good. But I think at that point everyone knew it was me.’
Before the big unmasking, Figgy Pudding was revealed to be BBC Radio 2 Breakfast presenter Scott Mills
Baroness Floella Benjamin has been revealed to be the star behind Goose A-Laying’s Santa’s Sack and Coronation Street’s Maureen Lipman
But Joel ran into trouble with ITV bosses during filming when he instantly recognized Dermot’s character Mistletoe’s smile and blurted out their names.
The studio audience burst into laughter as he fell to the ground in shame.
Joel told The Sun: ‘I can’t believe I did this.
‘This person was giggling in the costume and it was a giggle I knew very well and I said his name. It just came out. Their real names!’
Joel added: ‘Luckily they pretty much guessed who it was. But the producers reiterated to me that I would not do this again. ‘I was in a naughty phase.’
It comes after it was revealed The Masked Singer is set for a major change, with more unmasks than ever before, with groups set to compete in a world first.
ITV’s hit musical Whodunnit will soon return to screens with a new batch of famous faces donning elaborate disguises.
The judging panel (Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Maya Jama and Mo Gilligan) appear to have a tougher task due to two groups entering the competition.
According to The Sun, in the first episode, fans will have to deduce the identity of Goldfish, who leads a group called No Trout.
