THREE Masked Singer legends will return for this year’s finale – including a huge American singer.
This series has been one of the ITV show’s most popular runs yet, with peak viewing figures across the board as household names including Kate Garraway and Mel Giedroyc have been unmasked.
Now The Sun can reveal the incredible stars returning for the final on February 15.
Claire Richards from Steps will be back as Knitting and last year’s champion Danny Jones returns as Piranha.
And US singer Keala Settle from The Greatest Showman is back as Air Fryer.
The show icons will all duet with this series’ final three.
Costumes including Bush, Bear, Dressed Crab and Snail remain in the running with celebrity guesses so far as wide-ranging as Natalie Cassidy and Jamie Lynn Spears to Nile Rodgers and Simon Le Bon.
It comes after American superstar Macy Gray stole the show earlier in the run when she stormed off stage and refused to be unmasked.
She was gutted to be voted off third as Toad in the Hole and so threw a diva strop.
Last night there was a double elimination ahead of next week’s semi-final.
Kingfisher and Snail were the characters unveiled.
Artist Sir Grayson Perry, 64, was behind the colourful bird and said after his exit: “I was gutted when I got knocked out. I had two really lovely songs lined up for next week.
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“And then I was going to do ‘Stick Season’ by Noah Kahan. That’s a great song. Lots of words though. Very hard to learn but I had it nailed and I was really looking forward to it.”
While singer Andrea Corr was Snail, whose unmasking left Davina McCall in shock.
Andrea said: “I had such a good time, everyone’s been lovely, it’s been really joyous. I wanted to do it for the children.”
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[boxout headline=”Who won The Masked Singer 2025?” featured-image=”32646117″ intro=”Much to the delight of telly fans, The Masked Singer came back in 2025.”]Twelve celebrities were hidden behind intricate costumes, with their identities concealed.
Pufferfish – This year’s winner had flawless vocals throughout the competition. West End powerhouse Samantha Barks told the audience she’d loved every second of the series.
Dressed Crab – Former American football player turned jazz singer Gregory Porter was the man behind the crustacean. He duetted with Keala Settle, who previously competed as Air Fryer, in the final.
Wolf – Wet Wet Wet heartthrob Marti Pellow was unmasked as the rugged character. McFly’s Danny Jones, who won last year’s show as Piranha, was on the panel in the final and paid his respects to the Scottish crooner.
Bush – she didn’t fool viewers and the judges were so close, but Bush was in fact EastEnders legend Natalie Cassidy. Davina McCall came closest, guessing Morgana Robinson, who does a mean impression of the Sonia actress
Bear – another success for new judge Maya Jama as she guessed correctly that the singing Bear was none other than singer, songwriter Example – real name Elliot Gleave.
Snail – this singer certainly fooled the judges as the mask was lifted to reveal Andrea Corr. Jonathan Ross admitted to being a huge fan of The Corrs.
Kingfisher – everyone was convinced this was Harry Hill, but the mask was lifted to reveal artist Sir Grayson Perry, who is known for his alter-ego Claire.
Teeth – this character baffled judges and viewers with their changing voice. They were finally unmasked as former Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc. None of the panel managed to guess it was her.
Tattoo – despite Davina McCall saying “you sound the same” after this character was unmasked, none of the judges guessed it was 80s singer Carol Decker, whose hit China In Your Hand was a No1 hit for five weeks.
Toad In The Hole – a massive diva strop saw the character storm off the stage after the judges voted them off. They later returned to be unmasked as singer Macy Gray.
Pegasus – the mythical horse was revealed to be Prue Leith, with judge Jonathan Ross correctly guessing her identity.
Spag Bol – this character was first to be unmasked and was none other than Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway.
Plus there was one extra unmasking this season, with Giant Joel – a caricature of host Joel Dommett – unveiled as double-double Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah.