The Masked Singer viewers have been left stunned as the winner of this year’s Christmas special was revealed as a major daytime TV star.
Joel Dommett, 40, returned to host the festive edition of the Saturday-night guessing game as the judges also returned.
Viewers watched as Maya Jama, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan all attempted to correctly guess which famous faces were under the masks.
Before the big unmasking, Figgy Pudding was revealed to be BBC Radio 2 Breakfast host Scott Mills.
Just Love Island host Maya, 31, correctly guessed it was the DJ underneath the costume.
Meanwhile, Baroness Floella Benjamin was revealed as the star behind Santa’s Sack and Coronation Street‘s Maureen Lipman underneath Goose A-Laying.
The Masked Singer viewers have been left stunned as the winner of this year’s Christmas special was revealed as a major daytime TV star
The festive edition of the Saturday-night guessing game was broadcast on Boxing Day ahead of the new series early next year
Viewers watched as Maya Jama, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan all attempted to correctly guess which famous faces were under the masks
Attention then tuned to who was the animated star hiding underneath Mistletoe.
Maya, Jonathan and Davina were all sure it was former X Factor host and This Morning presenter Dermot O’Leary, while Mo guessed it was Big Narstie.
It was in fact Dermot O’Leary as he removed his mask and revealed himself to the audience and judges.
Speaking after his win, the presenter said: ‘It felt good. But I think everyone knew it was me by that point.’
He added that the hardest part of the show was not being able to see whilst in the costume.
Dermot, 52, explained: ‘I had no vision at all. It’s quite claustrophobic and it’s quite tight in the costume. Which is fine as long as you deal with that.’
Meanwhile, host Joel accidentally revealed a celebrity’s identity during the recording of the festive episode, sending it into chaos.
He filmed the special earlier this year, as four new stars dressed in wacky costumes to sing while a panel attempts to guess who they are.
Maya, Jonathan and Davina were all sure it was former X Factor host 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 everyone knew it was me by that point’
Before the big unmasking, Figgy Pudding was revealed to be BBC Radio 2 Breakfast host Scott Mills
Baroness Floella Benjamin was revealed as the star behind Santa’s Sack and Coronation Street’s Maureen Lipman underneath Goose A-Laying
However, while filming Joel got into trouble with ITV bosses as he instantly recognised the laugh of Dermot’s character Mistletoe and blurted out their name.
The studio audience erupted into laughter as he dropped to the floor in shame.
Joel told The Sun: ‘I can’t believe I did it.
‘This person was chuckling in the costume and it’s a chuckle I know well and I said their name. It just came out. Their actual name!’
Joel added: ‘Thankfully, they had pretty much guessed who it was. But producers did reiterate to me that I wasn’t to do that again. I was on the naughty step.’
It comes after it was revealed The Masked Singer is set for a massive shake-up with bands set to compete in a world first – with more unmaskings than ever before.
ITV’s beloved musical whodunnit will be back on screens soon as a new batch of famous faces don elaborate disguises.
It appears the judging panel – Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Maya Jama and Mo Gilligan – have a tougher task by way of two bands entering the contest.
According to The Sun, the first episode will see fans have to deduce the identity of Goldfish, who leads a group called No Trout.
