Kate Nash, who is best known for her run of hit singles, was revealed as Monkey Business on The Masked Singer during the fifth round of ITV’s hit competition series on Saturday evening
20:21, 24 Jan 2026Updated 20:49, 24 Jan 2026
Monkey Business was unmasked on The Masked Singer tonight(Image: ITV)
Kate Nash was unmasked as Monkey Business on the latest episode of The Masked Singer. The hit series is more than halfway through its seventh outing on ITV and several celebrities are back belting out pop songs whilst concealing their identities under elaborate costumes.
As the latest episode unfolded, Kate, in costume, gave a performance of As Long As He Needs Me from the classic musical Oliver! as judges Mo Gilligan, Davina McCall, Maya Jama and Jonathan Ross, along with Little Mix star Perrie Edwards serving as a guest panellist, all shared their educated guesses as to who it could be.
After being unmasked, Kate, who is best known for songs like Foundations and Pumpkin soup, told host Joel Dommett: “I really enjoyed being the monkey. As soon as I saw the costume, I thought she was iconic!”
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Monkey Business has left The Masked Singer (Image: ITV)
She added: “I was so nervous about it but then I got really nervous about the mask coming off and how it was going to feel singing without the mask. It’s like a little comfort zone, you’re not worrying about anything else when you’re in there. It was a unique experience , it’s going to be hard to give her up.”
Her exit follows that of Marcella Detroit, who had been secretly performing as Gargoyle throughout the first four weeks of the competition. Speaking about her experience on the show, the Shakespears Sister star said: “I’m really sad to go. It’s been an incredible experience. Everyone has been so nice and so much fun. Very helpful, really kind. I got the offer at the beginning of the summer and my husband is British and we have wanted to come back to England for quite some time.
“My husband has been wonderful in that he has come to live with me in America for a few decades, but he was missing his homeland and we’ve been saying after the pandemic happened, we really want to get back to England and spend some time there.
Kate Nash was revealed as Monkey Business (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Reach PLC)
“Then we got this opportunity, the universe just put it in our laps, we were like ‘oh my god, this is so perfect’. So that was one of the reasons and I also thought it would be so much fun.”
Prior to that,Yak was revealed as former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon. Speaking about his time on the show he said: “Absolutely loved it. I’ve had a sad sack yak on my back. It’s time to go home.”
The singer later cited his appearance fee as a reason for participating on the show, saying it will “go a long way” to help him record his new album. John, also known as Johnny Rotten, left the programme in week three after The One Show’s Alex Jones and rapper Professor Green had already been unmasked in the early weeks of the competition.
The Masked Singer returns on Saturdays on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player
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