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's season 7 competition, and we're already chopping contestants at a breakneck pace. Wednesday's new episode of Fox's hit reality singing competition series gave fans a surprising double elimination!The remaining members of the first batch of contestants — the only ones we've seen this season thus far — took the stage to sing their hearts out, before a painful double unmasking left only one singer standing.It all came down to Thingamabob, Cyclops and Firefly in Wednesday's epic showdown.

 returned for the second week of season 7 competition on Wednesday, and after four fun performances, fans had to bid farewell to another costumed contestant.This week, the same singers from last week's season premiere — including Firefly, Cyclops, Thingamabob and The Ram — all hit the stage for a second time. After some impressive performances, the audience voted and the two lowest vote-earners had to face off in a vocal duel.One of the night's biggest surprises came when the lowest vote-earners were The Ram — whom most people likely expected — and Firefly.

is back with an all new night of big performances and even bigger clues, and a whole new slate of secret celebs singing their hearts out for the show's seventh season.On Wednesday's new episode, guest panelist Eric Stonestreet will be joining the show's crew of celebrity «detectives» — including Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger — for a chance to show off his own deductive skills.In this exclusive sneak peek at Wednesday's episode, Stonestreet and the panel have heard another performance from The Ram, and the host thinks he might know who's under the elaborate costume -- and he might be someone Stonestreet knows very well.«I don't think that's Jason Sudeikis,» Stonestreet says in the clip, seemingly in response to a guess from Jeong. «But you got me on something here! Because that makes me think of somebody who's a Rams fan that I know.»«Could you be hiding yourself, Ty Burrell?» Stonestreet yells down at The Ram, who's on stage next to host Nick Cannon.«That's a good guess,» Jenny says, impressed.«I love it!» Ken exclaims.Fans will have to tune in to see if The Ram really is Stonestreet's longtime co-star, or someone totally different and completely unexpected. airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.

 returned for season 7 on Wednesday, and one of the night's most energetic performers also felt the sting of elimination! Despite a fun performance, a cute costume and an endearing attempt at a Scottish accent, McTerrier was voted out and made to unmask — but not before he accidentally unmasked himself!Before the votes were cast, McTerrier — a Scottish Terrier in a tartan kilt — delivered a lively rendition of Loverboy's «Working for the Weekend» that impressed the panel and got the audience on their feet. However, during the performance, his mask accidentally fell off and the judges quickly turned their heads to avoid identifying the contestant. «This will go down in Masked Singer history and you are by far the top dog,» McCarthy told McTerrier.After an impressive competition from Thingamabob, Cyclops, Firefly and The Ram, it was clear that McTerrier's mask would be removed for a second time.After all the show's panel of celebrity «detectives» — including Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Jenny McCarthy — made their final guesses based off only the first clue package, it was soon revealed that not one of them even came close.McTerrier removed his adorable furry helmet and revealed himself to be Food Network star and famous cake maker Duff Goldman!Goldman spoke with ET on Wednesday about his time on the show, and how wonderfully «surreal» the entire experience had been.«I try to live my life by everything I learned from watching „ Goldman said of the show's wonderfully strange qualities.

 is back for a brand new season!While the music and performances make the show great, it's the wild guessing game at the core of the show that make it such an obsession for the super fans! We're here to break down all the fresh new hints, dish on the fun spoilers and collect all the clues about the hidden celebs' secret identities.From hints buried deep in the show's various clue packages throughout the season, to some of the internet's best guesses and aggregated deductions, we're compiling a comprehensive breakdown of every piece of evidence to try and crack the case of who's under each elaborate mask.As more stars are unmasked over the course of the season, ET will update this master list with new clues and theories about the celebrity inside each costume. For now, here's a look at what we know thus far about each season 7 character! N/A N/A N/A   N/A N/A N/A  1. We see a program from the Apollo Theater that has Firefly on the cover above the words «Live Comedy»2.

 returned for season 7 on Wednesday, and one of the night's most energetic performers also felt the sting of elimination! Despite a fun performance, a cute costume and an endearing attempt at a Scottish accent, McTerrier was voted out and made to unmask.Before the votes were cast, McTerrier — a Scottish Terrier in a tartan kilt — delivered a lively rendition of Loverboy's «Working for the Weekend» that impressed the panel and got the audience on their feet.Unfortunately, impressive competition from Thingamabob, Cyclops, Firefly and The Ram, meant it would be the star's only performance.After all the show's panel of celebrity «detectives» — including Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Jenny McCarthy — made their final guesses based off only the first clue package, it was soon revealed that not one of them even came close.McTerrier removed his adorable furry helmet and revealed himself to be Food Network star and famous cake maker Duff Goldman!Goldman spoke with ET on Wednesday about his time on the show, and how wonderfully «surreal» the entire experience had been.«I try to live my life by everything I learned from watching „ Goldman said of the show's wonderfully strange qualities. “I love absurdist humor.

Nick Cannon, and 15 new costumed contestants!The show is dropping a lot of the twists it introduced in the past few seasons — including the Golden Ear competition, the Wild Card contestants and the «Take It Off» button — and going back to its roots with the contestants divided up into three teams and just letting the singing and the mystery speak for themselves.The fun starts at 8 p.m.

Natasha Bedingfield is coming along for the ride.The «Unwritten» singer — who also competed on the Fox reality competition series as The Pepper in Season 6 — has signed on to host and perform in the 50-city North American tour, called Bedingfield recently spoke with ET about getting the chance to be part of the once again, exclaiming, «I'm so excited that I get to come back, in some way!»Reflecting on why she signed on to host the tour, and why she's looking forward to traveling around the country, Bedingfield's reasoning is likely shared by many across the world. «I think it's just too much time at home! I'm so excited about going on the road,» she shared.«Singing live, it just really flows for me. It's just a real joy, and with the whole team is so much fun,» she added, noting just a few of the factors that convinced her to be a part of the experience.Alongside Bedingfield, the tour will include several fan favorite characters as well as one local celebrity at every show who will perform in a top-secret disguise.

!Before the show kicks off its seventh season next week, ET is exclusively debuting an ornate new costume that will be competing in the hotly anticipated celebrity singing competition: The Armadillo!This season is changing things up yet again when it comes to it's competition format. The show is dropping the Wild Card contestants and instead will feature all 15 singing stars divided up into three groups, known as The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly.Here's your first look at The Good's Armadillo below.The new character might have fans recalling when Ross Geller (David Schwimmer) dressed up as an armadillo to teach his son, Ben (Cole Sprouse), about Hanukkah. According to the character images and video packages released thus far in the weeks leading up the the launch of season 7, Armadillo will be joining the Scottish Terrier — known as McTerrier — as well as The Frog Prince and The Firefly.Meanwhile, rival The Bad will include Queen Cobra, They Cyclops and Ram — as well as two other costumed characters not yet revealed.

As far as comebacks go, Charlotte Church seems to be the master.The Welsh singing sensation, who was propelled to fame when she was just 12 years old, had hit the big time before she’d even reached her teens. But after selling millions of records, launching her own chat show, and even breaking America, Charlotte seemed to disappear from the public eye and has been keeping a relatively low profile for the past decade. Now, aged 35, Charlotte is ready to make her well-deserved return to the spotlight.

The Masked Singer runner-up Charlotte Church has revealed she was gifted a very special keepsake to remember her time on the ITV entertainment show. The 35 year old Welsh singing sensation, who wowed viewers every week with her impressive vocals before being unmasked on the show’s final, exclusively told OK! that although she was “sad” that she couldn’t keep her costume, the team came up with the next best thing.

It’s the show that’s kept us guessing week in, week out. But now the time has come for The Masked Singer final - and we’re already counting down the hours.The ITV entertainment series will come to a close on Saturday 12 February, as the final three take to the stage for their most memorable performances yet.Then, it’s the moment of truth, as Mushroom, Robobunny and Panda give in to the chants and 'take it off' and viewers get to see which VIP has been hiding underneath.

TV fans were talking about singer Aled Jones on Saturday night, after the legendary star was revealed to be Traffic Cone on The Masked Singer. But the Welsh singer, who found fame 40 years ago, knows there’s an even bigger buzz right now around another member of his family – his 19 year old daughter Emilia Jones. Emilia just won herself a BAFTA nod for her performance in the 2021 film CODA and as Aled spoke to OK! after his Masked Singer exit, the Jones clam were eagerly waiting to see if the critically-acclaimed movie will make the Oscars shortlist.

The Masked Singer's Rockhopper has been unmasked as Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams. Michelle, 42, was part of the hit R&B group alongside Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland.The trio were behind hit songs such as Survivor, Solider and Bootylicious. While they formed in 1990, Michelle didn't join the group until 2000, just five years before they decided to go their separate ways.

Heather Small has revealed some of the behind-the-scenes secrets of The Masked Singer after having featured on the current series. Heather, 57, was the first to leave the show on New Year’s day, bringing her time as the iconic Chandelier to an end. While she was the first to leave, the British singer, known for songs like Moving On Up and Proud, said the programme is a guessing game more than it is a singing competition, and quipped that if it was the other way round, she’d have “had something to say" about being the first contestant to go.

If you can’t get enough of ITV’s addictive guessing game The Masked Singer UK, you’ll no doubt have been scratching your head over who the remaining five famous faces could be. Now, as the final fast approaches, one of the show’s superfans thinks he’s cracked the clues and identified who is behind the masks of Robobunny, Mushroom, Panda, Rockhopper and Traffic Cone.TikTok star Matthew Seaman has an amazing track record of working out the stars’ top secret identities, including the recently unveiled Poodle as Keane singer Tom Chaplin.

Unmasked. Rudy Giuliani’s Masked Singer reveal prompted judges Robin Thicke and Ken Jeon to walk off in protest during a taping for the first episode of Season 7 of the popular Fox competition series, Deadline reports.

. During last week's taping of Fox's competition series, judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke walked off the stage after Rudy Giuliani was unmasked, multiple outlets report.ET has reached out to Fox, Jeong, Thicke and Giuliani for comment.According to , who was first to report the news, Jeong and Thicke «quickly left the stage in protest» after Giuliani, Donald Trump's former attorney, became the first contestant to be revealed in season 7.Fellow judges Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger remained onstage and bantered with Giuliani after Jeong and Thicke's exits, per the outlet. The two male judges did eventually return, reports.Giuliani isn't the first controversial contestant on The Masked Singer.

Deadline reported.While Jeong and Thicke hit the exit, the two other judges, Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger, stayed put and chatted with the former New York City mayor, the report said.Deadline did not disclose Giuliani’s costumed character or the song that sent him home early.The new season is set to premiere March 9.The popular singing competition has been known to wow the judges, fans and even hosts with its dramatic celebrity unmaskings.

Amanda Holden has dropped another hint that she is the celebrity behind the Panda on The Masked Singer. The 50 year old teased that she could be the celebrity beneath the black and white animal costume. The Britain’s Got Talent judge took to Instagram on Tuesday to post a short clip of a panda munching on a raw carrot to her stories.

is returning for a whole new season of musical madness and wonderfully wacky weirdness!Fox dropped the first-look trailer for the show's upcoming seventh season on Sunday, with a promo that was seemingly jam-packed with potential clues, and some costume reveals.The ad began with a voice over explaining that «there's a call going out to celebrities far and wide. A signal to come together for the most epic competition of all time,» and then showing the logo shining in the sky like Batman's Bat-signal. From the brief trailer, it's hinted that this season's slate of secret celebs could include a poker player, a country music songstress, a football player, some sort of jet-setting millionaire and what appears to be a wealthy socialite.

There's been another two The Masked Singer unveilings! The judges this time around were joined by Years & Years singer Olly Alexander as they tried to guess who was behind the masks. And this episode saw actress Jaime Winstone unveiled as Firework.The judges were taken aback when they learnt it was actually Jaime beneath the mask, with Rita, who is friends with the star, especially shocked. "I said your name!" Rita shouted, adding: "I am so mad I didn't keep it." The 36 year old actress admitted she'd done the show for her five year old son Raymond.

When it comes to guessing correctly on The Masked Singer UK, one TikTok star has an unbeaten track record. First, student Matthew Seaman cleverly unveiled the identity of last year’s winner Sausage, aka Joss Stone.Then he went on to work out that one of this year’s characters, Poodle, was Keane singer Tom Chaplin. Now Matthew, whose videos have been watched over 10 million times on the social media site, has shared his latest VIP prediction.

Amanda Holden has opened up on the reason she’s convinced The Masked Singer’s Panda character is secretly her Heart FM co-star and former Pussycat Doll, Ashley Roberts.The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 50, has been the suspected woman behind the mask for a while on the hit ITV show, which prompted speculation over Mushroom recently. And even her radio co-hosts Jamie Theakston, 51, and Ashley, 40, were convinced she could be, but the star quickly shut down the speculation by turning it back onto the Strictly Come Dancing runner-up instead.

Fans of The Masked Singer are convinced that underneath the mask of Mushroom is the Homes Under the Hammer’s star, Martel Maxwell. And it seems they could be on to something, as the 44 year old presenter herself has dropped a huge hint that she could be the fungi on the hit ITV singing show, as fans grilled her on whether she was a contestant. As viewers guessed who was behind the much-debated mask on Twitter, Martel, who has co-hosted the BBC property show since 2017, joined in with the conversation.

It’s hard to imagine TV royalty Davina McCall with anything other than her signature dark brunette hair, but over the weekend she threw us a major curveball by wearing blonde extensions. Appearing on ITV's The Masked Singer on Saturday night, the 54 year old changed up her usual brunette look with the help of blonde clip-ins, the handiwork of her boyfriend and hairdresser Michael Douglas. And while your guess is as good as ours as to the identity of our costumed contestants, when it came to the judging panel we think Davina’s fresh look suited her down to a tee.

Rob Beckett has now insisted that he is not behind the Traffic Cone costume on The Masked Singer UK after a long-running, cheeky prank.The 36 year old left viewers confused as he appeared to reveal himself as the mystery voice behind the popular character. He also later added that ITV were "p***ed off" at him for giving away his identity and, as a result, would not be paying him for his time on the show. However, on Saturday evening, Celebs Go Dating star Rob was forced to admit that he had been joking as the star behind the actual Traffic Cone costume had "angrily" messaged him and asked him to stop.

Russell Watson has revealed that he “knows” that The Masked Singer’s Traffic Cone is his friend, Aled Jones. The operatic singer was quizzed by Susanna Reid and Adil Ray on Good Morning Britain about whether he was behind the mask of the Traffic Cone on the hit ITV singing show. Adil even joked to “zoom in" and "check the sweat on his brow" as they grilled him.

Fans of The Masked Singer have predicted that the celebrity behind the Panda is actually animal-lover, Michelle Strachan. The Springwatch presenter has also teased that she could be the one singing underneath the loveable costume on the hit ITV show, as opposed to denying the claims. After Bagpipes was exposed as Grand Slam tennis champion Pat Cash, viewers are now focusing on the true identity of the Panda.

Todrick Hall's time on might be over, but he's keeping a truly unique souvenir to remember his journey — his incredible costume!came to a close on Wednesday with season 6's two finalists battling it out for the Golden Mask Trophy.

has a new champion, who took home the Golden Mask trophy at the end of the season 6 finale on Wednesday.

 season 6 crowned an all-new champion on Wednesday! After some truly breathtaking performances from the final two contestants, one costumed crooner ended up walking away with the Golden Mask trophy.First, we're going to look at how the night unfolded.

panel of celebrity «detectives» -- including Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Jenny McCarthy -- will all have one last chance to guess the secret identities of the stars under the elaborate costumes before they have to take them off!This season's finale is a head-to-head showdown, with The Bull and The Queen of Hearts facing off against one another and delivering two epic performances each to try and win over the crowd and take home the Golden Mask Trophy!The fun kicks off at 8

David Foster and Katharine McPhee were unmasked at the conclusion of 's Group B finals on Wednesday, but that didn't keep the pair from showering each other with love and praise.The musical couple spoke with ET on Wednesday, and despite getting the boot so close to the season finale, the pair said they «had the best time doing the show.»«They had to convince us to do it a little bit,» Foster said with a laugh, adding that the ended up having a great time getting to perform in a new and unique

 will come to an end with a truly epic finale after the Group B finals. Wednesday saw The Queen of Hearts and Banana Split face off one-on-one, during which they delivered two amazing performances each.This week, The Queen of Hearts and Banana Split each performed their traditional solo performance — which they delivered with flawless perfection.

panel of celebrity «detectives» -- including Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Jenny McCarthy -- will all be doing their best to figure out what celebs are under the elaborate costumes before they have to unmask.This week, The Queen of Hearts and Banana Split will give it their all to wow the crowd and baffle the judges in the ongoing battle for the Golden Mask trophy.