Conkers took to the stage for the first time on Sunday’s edition of The Masked Singer and fans rushed to social media to theorise who could be behind the mask
Conkers made their debut on Sunday night’s edition of The Masked Singer(Image: ITV/Kieron McCarron/Shutterstock)
The Masked Singer viewers have decided that Conkers is a huge X Factor star. The ITV game show, in which major celebrities don elaborate costumes and perform pop songs whilst trying to conceal their true identity, aired its second episode of series seven on Sunday evening.
When the character Conkers made their debut on the programme, they gave three telling clues as to who they might be. Teasing viewers, they discussed “hitting the mark,” being “scared” of things, and hinted at having taken on enemies, presumably in some form of competition.
Conkers then performed Nice To Meet You by Myles Smith for judges Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Maya Jama and Mo Gilligan, and the panel was split on who might be hiding behind the mask, with a host of names thrown into the mix. Viewers at home also joined in on the speculation and flooded social media with their opinions.
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Judges and fans at home were guessing who the secret star might be (Image: ITV)
Many seemed to think it was Olly Murs, who placed second on The X Factor in 2009 behind winner Joe McElderry and recently released his eighth studio album Knees Up. One wrote: “Conkers sounds like Olly Murs deliberately singing off key,” whilst another said: “I’m saying Conkers is Olly Murs @ollymurs disguising his singing voice! Lego heart + ‘hit my Mark’ – he presents a Heart radio show with Mark Wright. “Ghosts don’t scare me” – he has a song called Go Ghost.” But others thought it might be football legend Peter Crouch, with one writing: “Think Conker is a sportsman. Getting Peter Crouchy vibes.”
The nation’s favourite guessing game has returned for its seventh series, and in the first episode, The One Show star Alex Jones was unmasked as Disc Jockey following her performance of Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club. Mo guessed that it was radio legend Annie Mac, whilst Davina thought it might be Lioness Jill Scott, guest judge Anne-Marie was not present for the performance but guessed that it was “that bird on the cake show,” meaning Dame Mary Berry. Jonathan guessed it was BBC Radio 2 star Sara Cox, and Maya Jama guessed Total Eclipse of the Heart songstress Bonnie Tyler, but evidently, all were incorrect.
Upon her unmasking, she told host Joel Dommett and the judges: “I have had a lot of fun. We love this programme, as a family, and I just thought it would be a lot of fun and that to do it for my children would be wonderful. And it’s the most bizarre experience of my life! Thank you.” Emotionally dedicating her time on the programme, Alex, who is married to Charlie Thomson, said: “Teddy, Kit and Annie, this was for you. I hope that you’ve loved it.”
Many fans were convinced it was X Factor star Olly Murs using a fake voice (Image: Getty Images)
But others seemed to think it was former footballer Peter Crouch(Image: Getty Images)
The former Strictly Come Dancing star, 48, then closed out her time on the competition with an unmasked rendition of Pink Pony Club to massive applause from the studio audience. Following her exit from the show, Alex admitted she wanted her performance to serve as an inspiration to her children.
She said: “I want them to know that overcoming fear is a good thing. I am not a singer but I gave it a go, and I think that’s the take home for them. I won’t be able to bear it but they will be so excited, hopefully it will be something special they remember when they grow up. They’ll think ‘God, our mother, do you remember when she dressed as a disc jockey and she sang on national television without any sort of voice?’”
As well as Gargoyle, other stars still in the competition include Red Panda, Can of Worms, Moth, and Sloth. On Sunday night, Monkey Business, Teabag, Toastie, Yak, Arctic Fox, and Conkers will perform for the first time.
It all came after Anne-Marie had been unmasked as Goldfish, having been performing as the lead singer of a group called No Trout in a first for the programme. After performing as Bruno Mars and Rose hit APT, the judges correctly guessed the identity of the singer.
Following her unmasking, the songstress said: “When I was at school, I had a very short attention span! I’m used to the voice just going that way [in front of me], but in the thing, it was like ‘Oh, that’s what I sound like!” She then gave her first unmasked performance for the studio audience of her signature track 2002, which famously references music icons like Britney Spears, Jay-Z and NSYNC.
The Masked Singer, ITV1/ITVX, Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th January, 6.30pm
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