NARRATOR: 'It's the outrageous dance show
'where celebrities strut their stuff...
'..in secret, leaving you and the panel...'
Oh! '..to think on your feet
'and decide... who...'
# We're cool for the summer... #
'It was Pig that went all the way home.'
CHANTING: Take it off, take it off, take it off!
JOEL DOMMETT: It's Joanna Page!
Joanna!
'..As another Famous Five put their best feet forward.'
That was extraordinary.
'And another top-secret celebrity...'
No idea who it is.
That was out of this world.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE DAVINA MCCALL: Oh, my God!
# Who are ya? Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
MUSIC: 'You Should Be Dancing' by The Bee Gees
CHEERING
# My baby moves at midnight
# Goes right on till the dawn
# My woman takes me higher
# My woman keeps me warm
What you doin' on your bed?
# Ah What you doin' on your bed?
# Ah You should be dancing, yeah
# Dancing, yeah... #
DAVINA: Come on! Oh!
Come on, Joel.
# A-a-a-a-a-a-h
# You should be dancing, yeah... #
CHEERING
# You should be dancing, yeah. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE JONATHAN: WOW!
Give it up for our amazing masked dancers
and disco bloots, everybody!
# Who are ya?
Who's that behind the mask? #
This is The Masked Dancer,
and I am a very out-of-breath Joel Dommett!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
You know what's even better than dancing?
Trying to guess who's dancing,
and if you're no good at that, it's OK, neither are these guys.
It's our panel, everybody. CHEERING
This cane life is great!
Whoa. Whoo!
This Ross will make you jump jump, it's Jonathan Ross.
Hello, everyone. Hello, hello. Hello,Joel.
My dancing skills moved her to tears.
Well, he was definitely crying. It's Oti Mabuse!
This is crazy, but here's my number, so "McCall" me maybe,
it's Davina McCall! Ahh.
Yes.
And finally, he's my favourite Peter after Parker, Pan and bread...
Aw! Love pita bread.
...it's Peter Crouch! Yeah!
Guys... I have been dying to hear what the expert has to say
about my opening number, so I have to ask...
Crouchy, how was my dancing? LAUGHTER
The lines weren't perfect in extension,
but the chasse was exceptional.
CHEERING
My-My favourite movement was this one, the pimp walk.
Oh, you like that? You were like this, yeah, with your stick!
Oh! Go, Joel, go, Joel, go, Joel.
You were amazing. Thank you. That was so cool.
I felt like a dad at a school play, you know.
When you know, no matter how bad it is,
you've got to say it was great, and, Joel, it was great.
Thank you. Yes!
Our panel, everybody! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
when'. 'lay! That was so good.
Our masked dancers are backstage
getting ready to wow this studio audience.
After all five performances, the two acts with the fewest votes
will compete in the dance jam...
Mmm-mmm, that sounds delicious.
...and one of them will be unmasked.
Don't forget... there are clues everywhere,
even in the performances,
so don't take your eyes off the stage.
And pay very close attention to tonight's clue packages,
parts of which feature stunt doubles.
You know the ones I mean.
First up tonight, you can dance with them,
but DO NOT run with them, it's Scissors!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE OK, so, here come the clues.
# Who are ya? Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
In my last performance,
I cut some shapes on the dance floor.
The panel think they've figured me out.
I think it's Cat Deeley. Emma Stone.
Emily Blunt. Ashley Roberts.
But I think they've barely scratched the surface.
CHEERING
# Turn up the music Turn down the lights... #
There's an elephant in the room, and her name is Scissors.
Someone who's worked with an elephant? Wildlife program me?
# It's about damn time... #
I've not always been front and centre,
but I do like the limelight.
50,000 seats, so it's somebody who's really used to, like...
Sold-out gigs.
Even if I haven't actively sought it out.
# OK, all right It's about damn time. #
Sometimes, not getting something
is the way to get something, do you know what I mean?
Like, life can imitate art, as they say.
She looked like she was striking a pose there.
I'm not making this clear.
What I'm trying to say is that sometimes it helps
to have a little bit of the X Factor in your life.
# Let's groove tonight
# Share the spice of life... # It's certainly been mine.
Tonight on that dance floor, it's paper, scissors, rock.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Whoo-hoo! Go, Scissors! Oh, yes, go on, Scissors.
Look at her, she's fierce, I love her. Yeah!
# Na-na-na-na, na-na, “a Na-na-na-na na-na
# I guess I just lost my husband I don't know where he went
# So I'm gonna drink my money I'm not gonna pay his rent, nope
# I got a brand-new attitude And I'm gonna wear it tonight
# I wanna get in trouble I wanna start a fight
# Na-na-na-na, na-na, na I wanna start a fight
# So, so what? I'm still a rock star
# I got my rock moves And I don't need you
# And guess what? I'm having more fun
# And now that we're done I'm gonna show you tonight
# I'm all right I'm just fine
# And you're a tool So, so what?
# I am a rock star I got my rock moves
# And I don't want you tonight
# The waiter just took my table And gave it to Jessica Sim
# I'm gonna get in trouble My ex'll start a fight
# Na-na-na-na, na-na, na He's gonna start a fight
# Na-na-na-na, na-na, na We're all gonna get in a fight
# So, so what? I'm still a rock star
# I got my rock moves And I don't need you
# And guess what? I'm having more fun
# And now that we're done... # This is brilliant! Yeah!
# I'm all right I'm just fine
# And I don't want you tonight
# Ba-da-da-da, da-da. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Scissors! Whoa!
Yes!
Yes, yes! Yes! Amazing.
Give it up for Scissors, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Yeah! Wow.
Oti, how good was that? That was out of this world.
It was great. Amazing!
CHEERING
You just always bring the party, from beginning to end. Yeah.
You were so consistent with your performance,
so consistent with your energy.
Oh, my goodness, we're like, "Yeah!"
Who do you think it is, Oti? I have no idea.
LAUGHTER
You have one of the most incredible bodies
I have ever, ever seen. Yes.
It's amazing. You must be known for your body.
Never said that to me. LAUGHTER
Ancl then I have to also think,
who can actually do that choreography?
Ancl I was looking at the clue package,
and you said that you weren't always in the foreground.
Then I thought, OK, maybe girl group or someone who can sing.
I also saw sold-out concerts, and I think
this is Ashley Roberts from the Pussycat Dolls.
OK. Good guess.
It's a good guess. Davina, what are you thinking?
Look at that, striking a pose. How you're standing.
That is so model-y, and all of the catwalk strutting that you're doing.
Also, the German flags in the hot dogs. Yes.
Frankfurt is a place in Germany. Could it be Heidi Klum? Yes.
She's a model, also a judge on many reality TV programmes.
And they said not getting something is the way to get something,
so, as a panel list on a show, you're not getting anything,
but she did get loads of awards for being the best reality judge.
Yeah. So she's brought it tonight, and I think that's Heidi Klum.
Yeah! Nice.
That... Wait, that is possibly my best guess this series.
That was a good guess.
That was the best you've clone so far.
Jonathan, you've got to say something nice, say something nice.
Well, you're-you're wrong. LAUGHTER
If you look at the clues, I'll tell you why.
There was the sausage, frankfurter with the German flag on.
Who lives in Frankfurt?
I know a dancer who lives in Frankfurt. Ooh, stop it.
Her name is Motet Mabuse. Stop it!
Your sister lives in Frankfurt, doesn't she?
Yes, she does. That is not my sister's body. What?
This is my sister's body. OK, point taken. This is...
That accent, the American accent's very good. Do you believe it?
I believe it, I believe in the accent.
Obviously, X Factor was mentioned. Yes.
Ancl sold out 50,000 seats, but not front and centre,
so potentially someone who was in Destiny's Child,
did X Factor US,
performed on the German X Factor, as well,
is Kelly Rowland. Kelly Rowland.
Very good. That was my first "whoo"!
Yay. OK...
Yeah, Peter, yay!
I was really proud of that, I was really proud of that.
Do you need some more clues? Yes. Yes, please.
OK, it's time for a game of two lies and a truth.
You'll hear three clues about Scissors,
but only one of them is the truth.
Scissors, give us your first clue, please.
I tried to find love before finding fame.
So, on a dating... Does that mean a dating show?
Maybe. Oh, I know who that could be.
Next clue.
Burlesque took an unexpected turn.
Oh. I mean, that's Pussycat Dolls, isn't it?
Yeah, that was, Burlesque. I had a night out like that once.
LAUGHTER
Took me ages to get those stockings off.
You still haven't given their jacket back.
The third one, please.
A dumb decision led to a very fizzy mouth.
Which one is true?
If it's the "find love before fame",
Amanda Holden was a contestant on Blind Date before she was famous.
Yeah. Yeah. She's danced on stage, I've seen her,
she was in The Boy Friend in the West End,
so it could be Amanda Holden. Wonderful stuff, guys.
Whose guesses are a cut above the rest?
We'll only know when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Scissors.
So s-s-sexy!
'Are the panel's guesses cutting it, or a little blunt?
'Who do you think's behind the mask?'
This is the hardest secret I've ever had to keep.
I've been chomping at the bit to reveal who I am.
Don't go anywhere, because after the break,
Prawn Cocktail gets fish-ical.
CHEERING
# Who's that behind the mask? #
Welcome back to The Masked Dancer!
The show that puts the "shh" in "shuffle".
Sho many shecrets! LAUGHTER
We still have four performances to come
before the "shtudio" audience votes for their favourite,
but it's now back to the clues.
Keep 'em peeled. It's Prawn Cocktail. Shh!
# Who are ya? Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
SONG: 'One Night Only' # Ooh
# Don't have the time
# You've got one night only One night only... #
'Last time around, things got off to a great "a la start".'
The panel gave a menu of names.
Jessica Ennis-Hill. Alison Steadman. Shirley Ballas.
Mary Berry, ladies and gentlemen! LAUGHTER
But they haven't got me yet.
# OK... #
Now, you might think a prawn cocktail is a classic,
and you don't mess with a classic.
Classic, older, like a mid-life person?
But let me let you in on a secret.
I'm here to change the recipe.
#just watch me now... # Is it a chef, do you think?
I've always clone things my way.
There's a plane. Likes to travel over the world?
Sometimes, it's been said that I've had a problem with authority.
To that I say, well, maybe a little.
# just watch me now just watch me, just watch me... #
Ancl you can't be a prawn cocktail
without being a little bit saucy, can you?
Of course, I try to know when to speak up
and when to remain quiet.
That's important in my job.
"Remain quiet". As in chat show host?
# ms': watch me now... #
Tonight, I'm about to get physical
as I strut my stuff on the dance floor.
# just watch me now just watch me, whoo! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Mussels? A gym! A gym. It's a fitness person.
# Common love isn't for us
# We created something phenomenal
# Don't you agree? Don't you agree...? #
Clearly lots of working out. Yes!
# You got me feeling diamond-rich
# Nothing on this planet Compares to it
# Don't you agree?
# Who needs to go to sleep
# When I got you next to me...? # Oh, here we go.
# All night, I'll riot with you... # CHEERING ESCALATES
# I know you got my back And I know I got you
# So come on, come on Come on, come on
# Come on, come on
# Let's get physical
# Lights out, follow the noise
# Baby, keep on dancing Like you ain't got a choice
# So come on, come on Come on, come on
# Come on
# Let's get physical
# All night, I'll riot with you
# I know you got my back And I know I got you
# So come on, let's get physical
# Let's get physical, physical... #
DAVINA AND OTI CHEER
# Physical, let's get physical
# Come on, phy-phy-phy-physical
# Lights out, follow the noise... #
So hard.
# Baby, keep on dancing Like you ain't got a choice
# So come on, come on Come on, come on
# Come on, let's get physical. #
DAVINA AND OTI CHEER, APPLAUSE
Give it up for Prawn Cocktail, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
So good! Oh, I loved that.
Wow. Davina, it was like one of your DVDs!
I mean, way better than any of my DVDs. That...
You need to get Prawn Cocktail involved.
That Swiss ball action, that was quite complicated,
the dance moves... That was. ..that Prawn Cocktail did.
That was really, really good.
It's just everything about this is screaming,
"I've clone something in the fitness arena."
Yeah. I mean, obviously, you're a fit person.
I can see that. Yeah. LAUGHTER
Wow! Look at that squat! Oh, boy.
Fit. When you say that you've got a problem with authority,
I thought maybe a journalist or somebody who was quite hard-hitting,
who likes to kind of take the opposing view to people.
Who are the really great journalists?
Then I thought, "Who did a great fitness DVD?"
Ancl that is Lorraine Kelly. Yeah! APPLAUSE
Good guess, Davina. JONATHAN: Not a bad guess.
Crouchy. Yeah. Is it Lorraine Kelly?
I don't know. This prawn's really unnerving.
LAUGHTER
It's, er... It's an amazing head. LAUGHTER
OK, yeah. Oh, dear me. Erm...
LAUGHTER ESCALATES
Guessing-wise, on the VT, it was a party.
And then, obviously, the clearing of the glasses.
Someone who works in the Rover's Return,
I thought, which was Liz McDonald.
LAUGHTER
I shouldn't call her Liz McDonald. Her name's Beverley Callard.
Jonathan, what are you thinking? Looking at the clues again,
you said something about "don't mess with the classics".
"I'm an authority on this.
"I know when to speak and to remain quiet."
I'm thinking it's someone who maybe does do interviews or hosts a show.
Yeah. Who's an authority on classical music?
Could it be Myleene Klass, ladies and gentlemen? Yeah!
DAVINA: That is a very, very good guess.
Oti, what are you thinking? Oh, gosh.
It's so funny, I feel like I know you...
Yes. ..just from your mannerisms.
I've been around you somewhere.
I know how your body moves, how you finish it off.
I just can't say. So I'm gonna go with the clues.
Ancl I like what you said with the authority,
with the journalists.
I think this could be Susanna Reid from GMB.
APPLAUSE
Very clever. Want another clue?
Yes, please. Yes! Yes, bring it on.
OK. It's two lies and a truth time. CHEERING
Prawn Cocktail, can we have your first clue, please?
I'm not only surf, but turf.
Oh. Second clue, please.
I know how to keep a fire going.
And the third one, please?
People always told me I sounded wrong.
OK, what are you thinking, Jonathan? Which one is true?
The surf and turf clue makes sense if you think about someone
who's advertised that washing powder on TV, which was Dani Dyer.
APPLAUSE
You just got a clap for Danny Dyer.
Did he just get a clap for Danny Dyer?
The daughter, Dani Dyer, not the dad. Oh, sorry.
LAUGHTER
Sorry, OK.
"I've always sounded wrong"?
I think that's the true one. I think that's the true one.
Oti, it could be someone
that you have been fairly close to and you should've gotten.
Someone "sounded wrong",
and sometimes, people with a certain accent,
you don't expect them in a certain job. Yes.
So people with a more working-class accent,
you don't expect them to do hard-hitting documentaries,
like Stacey Dooley.
APPLAUSE
Well, you'll only see "The Prawn Identity"
when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Prawn Cocktail!
# Talk to me, baby
# I'm goin' blind From this sweet, sweet cravin'
# Whoa-oh I-I-I-I-I-I, I keep on hopin'
# We'll eat cake by the ocean, uh! #
'The panel have witnessed the fitness,
'but have they worked out who Prawn Cocktail is?
'Who do you think's behind the mask?'
That performance was something to "shell-e-brate",
and hopefully, they won't be pulling my head off soon.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Don't go switching, because coming up,
Pillar and Post and Odd Socks hit the masked dance floor.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome back to The Masked Dancer!
Er, guess which celebrity we've got dancing next?
No, seriously, guess. That's the whole point of the show.
LAUGHTER Time for our next act.
Signed, sealed, delivered, they're yours,
it's Pillar and Post.
Oh, yeah. Your favourites, your favourites.
My absolute favourites.
# just the two of us
# We can make it if we try
#just the two of us... # CRASHING
Wh00p$!
# Stop Whoa, yes, wait a minute, Mr Postman
# Wait Wait, Mr Postman... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
In our last performance,
we lifted more than just the panel's spirits.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden. Rochelle and Marvin Humes.
Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg.
Dwayne johns on and Kevin Hart, ladies and gentlemen.
We found ourselves in the bottom three.
But the panel saved us to dance another clay.
Pillar and Post! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# There's no combination of words
# I could put On the back of a postcard... #
Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm funny.
Although I don't think I'd have made it as a comedian
because my delivery is awful.
PILLAR: Ha-ha. Oh, clear!
# It's always better When we're together... #
What's that? Er, tea bags.
They say opposites attract, but in many ways,
we're quite similar,
even though we're from different elements.
# There's never been Friends like us... #
What does that say? Des. That's football.
Des Lynam?
Ancl speaking of elements,
it's fair to say you had a second wind.
Second wind? "You had a second wind"?
Second wind, it's a sporting term.
I did, and I found more than just my feet again, too.
Could be a rugby player.
Ancl that was that. Bob's your uncle, as they say.
PILLAR: Oh, listen to him, he's so wise (!)
# When we're together It's like a million bucks... #
Tonight, we're pushing the envelope
and partnering up for another performance.
Oh, bottles. Caps!
Caps. Ah, yeah, this is... Yeah, yeah, yeah.
# There's never been Friends like us. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I understood loneliness
# Before I knew what it was
# Oh, I would be nothing
# Without you holding me up
# Now I'm strong enough For both of us
# Both of us, both of us
# Both of us... # CHEERING
# I am a giant
# Stand up on my shoulders Tell me what you see
# Cos I am a giant... # CHEERING
# We'll be breaking boulders Underneath our feet
#I am,I am,I am,I am
# I am, I am a giant
# Oh... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I am a giant
# Stand up on my shoulders
# Tell me what you see
#I am,I am,I am,I am
# I am, I am a giant... #
Oh, they're definitely a couple. Oh, yeah, gotta be.
#I am,I am,I am,I am
# I am, I am a giant, oh... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
CH EERING ESCALATES Whoa!
# Giant. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Loved that. Pillar and Post, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Oh, my God.
We've had our first proposal.
JONATHAN: Wow. That was so...
Aww! That was so good. That was so lovely.
I really enjoyed that. Oh, my God. Did she say yeah? Did she say yes?
OK, she said yes, thank God for that.
CHEERING Look at that.
Well, God, that.. Davina, I'm gonna come to you first.
That was extraordinary!
Yeah. OTI: Yes! Yes, yes!
That was incredible. So good.
Post! Post, you, in particular, have upped your game in a major way.
Those lifts, I don't know what they're called or anything.
What were they called? Lifts.
There were so many. They were spinning round!
There was the helicopter. The helicopter!
APPLAUSE Stop it! It was amazing.
I thought she was going in the crowd at one point. Yeah!
He's gonna let go, and it's just gonna fly.
There was something that they do, it's called "the slingshot",
where she stands on the shoulders, and she just drops...
Yes! That was mad. ..and then she slides.
That was crazy. It's so scary, but you did it so slick.
With masks! Beautiful. With masks. They didn't fall off!
I thought we were gonna see who she is.
You were, like, just sat on his shoulder like a parrot.
It was incredible. LAUGHTER
just sat there. I don't want to excite you too much,
but me and Peter are working on doing a slingshot on the last show.
LAUGHTER I cannot wait.
We've been working on it. Who's gonna go on top? Obviously me!
Peter's gonna be on your shoulder and his legs on the floor.
LAUGHTER
I'm gonna take people's eyes out in the back row!
So, I think it's someone sporty. Yes.
And we, Peter and I, are having a bit of an argument
over rugby or football. I've gone rugby.
So I think that it's a dancer and a sportsperson,
and I think it's Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff. Very good.
I think that's a very good guess. Yes.
APPLAUSE You know what, they also...
They also mentioned an uncle in the VT.
I know that Ben Cohen,
George Cohen was his uncle, who won the 1966 World Cup.
Whoa. I did not know that!
Bit of knowledge for you there.
Well, look, and the caps as well, the caps on the bench.
Yes. Yes. JONATHAN: Caps for playing.
You thought it was caps for football.
I thought it was for rugby.
You've got lots of caps, but you've also been on the bench a lot.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I know... I know my benches.
LAUGHTER
I feel like I know who this is. I feel like I know those hands.
What? That's one of the creepiest things you've ever said, Peter.
I'll be honest here. I feel like I do.
Erm, I'm feeling the football kind of vibe.
I think the bottle tops were caps. Yes.
The teabag, I know this person's from Yorkshire...
Oh. Yes. ..and drinks Yorkshire tea.
He might've clone an advert for them.
Des on the VT... Yeah. ..which could be Des Lynam.
Oh. Yes. Ancl I noticed Bob, and Bob...
Post can't even look at you.
LAUGHTER Post cannot even look at you!
Ancl Bob Wilson was this person's goalkeeping coach at Arsenal...
CROWD: Ooh!
...and I think it's David Seaman and his wife, Frankie Seaman.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I absolutely agree. David Seaman. Who do you think it is?
I think it's David Seaman and Frankie.
Do you think? OK. You're agreeing with Peter, I like that.
I agree with Peter.
Me and Peter are on the same page, every single page.
All right, you two! It was, honestly...
Jonathan, who do you think it is?
Peter seemed very convincing then.
Although I also found it slightly creepy when he went...
GRUFFLY: "I know those hands." LAUGHTER
I'm trying to make sense of the clues on the trees,
cos that one says "arbre" which is French for tree,
and that one says "baum" which is German for tree.
So I wonder whether there's someone who's...
Did David play for German...
a German team and a French team ever, or...?
I don't believe so. Do you think he's been there on holiday?
I think he's definitely been there. OK, could be that.
But I'm trying to make sense of what's on Pillar's waist there,
"SR", and, of course, the... the name that screams to me
is Susanna Reid again,
and I'm wondering whether it's Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley.
LAUGHTER
Do you want a clue? Yes, please. Yes, please.
OK, let's get you under another clue with two lies and a truth.
Pillar and Post, your first clue, please.
We started out on different arms.
Were they married to other people? Different arms.
Hear your second one, please?
Our names can be found on an assassin's notepad.
What's an assassin's notepad?
OK, third one, please. Maybe in a movie?
Between us, we've got a large gob and a sting in our tail.
LAUGHTER
Yeah, that could be... I think the first one.
You think the first one? I think the first one. Divorcees?
Maybe married to other people first. Yeah, I agree.
OK. Whatever happens, they've got a great "courier" ahead of them.
ALL: Oh!
Career, courier. It's Pillar and Post, everybody!
# This is My rock and roll love letter to you
# Gonna sign it, gonna seal it Gonna mail it away. #
'Are the panel delivering with their guesses?
'Who do you think our duo is?'
Wow! How good was that?
But have the panel guessed us?
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
On with the investigation now.
I've never met them, but they do know my auntie and "ankle".
LAUGHTER It's Odd Socks!
# You spin me right round... # No!
# Baby, right round Like a record, baby
# Right round, round, round... # ODD SOCKS CHEERS
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# So, what a man gotta do? What a man gotta do...? #
Last time, I had the whole country up on their feet dancing.
# What a man gotta do...? #
The panel were trying to sniff me out.
Jessie Wallace. Nadia Sawalha.
Maisie Smith. Could be Emma Willis in there.
But they'll have to be quick on their feet if they want to catch me.
# La, la. # CHEERING
MAN: Mark it.
MAN: Odd Socks interview, take one.
Is it someone who makes films or TV? He said, "Mark it."
"Mark it". Market!
There's a whole host of reasons why Odd Socks shouldn't work,
but they do.
Everyone loves a mismatch.
# Eye-popping, gate-crashing... #
Look at the costumes on the line. Costumes on the line.
'I certainly like to mix things up.
'You can mix and match and still be presentable.'
Oh, panto? Maybe panto. There's a clown's uniform. Yeah.
Maybe that's because there's not really a set uniform
in my line of work.
An actor tries on different roles.
Ancl while I didn't really have a proper training
until later in life,
I'm certainly not "the new kid on the sock".
# And we're gonna be Out of our heads tonight... #
It's fair to say that my abilities
have always been part of my family genes.
What's the washing line about?
Soap. SoaP- Soap. SoaP-
But that's just a technicality! ODD SOCKS CHUCKLES
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Starfish or something.
# This is how we do it
La-la, la, la, la, la... #
Come on! # This is how we do it
# It's Friday night
# And I feel all right
# The party's here on the west side
# Sol reach for my 40 Then I turn it up
# Designated driver Take the keys to my truck
# You gotta get your groove on Before you go get paid
# So tip up your cup And throw your hands up
# And let me hear the party say
# I'm kinda buzzed And it's all because
# This is how we do it... # OTI AND DAVINA CHEER
# South Central does it Like nobody does
# This is how we do it
# To all my neighbours You got much flavour
# This is how we do it
# Let's flip the track Bring the old school back
# This is how we do it Do it, do it, do it. #
# This speech is my recital... # Oh!
# I think it's very vital
# To rock a rhyme That's right on time
# It's tricky, tricky, trick Here we go
# It's tricky to rock a rhyme... # CHEERING ESCALATES
# To rock a rhyme That's right on time, it's tricky
# It's tricky, tricky Tricky, tricky
# It's tricky to rock a rhyme
# To rock a rhyme That's right on time, it's tricky
# T-t-tricky, tricky Tricky, tricky... #
CHEERING
# It's tricky to rock a rhyme... # Oh!
# To rock a rhyme That's right on time, it's tricky
# It's tricky, tricky Tricky, tricky. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yes!
PETER: That was good.
Give it up for Odd Socks, everyone!
Yes, Odd Socks!
Oh, so good. Yes!
That was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen with my eyes.
And I loved it. I loved it. Oh, wow! Oh!
The dance battle. JONATHAN: Come on.
I thought that Socks was on fire tonight.
Yeah! Yes! CHEERING
Loved it, absolutely loved it. No idea who it is, but...
LAUGHTER
I mean, my guess is the dance routine threw me a little bit
cos I was looking at the VT, and it had lots of different things.
I saw the school uniform on the lion.
I thought, "Is it someone who's, you know, helped schools?"
I don't think it's Marcus Rashford, I'll be honest.
LAUGHTER
Ancl then there was a Llama, I thought breakfast TV.
Ancl the person that I wanna go for...
There was a vacuum in there which represented air.
I thought the school uniform represented Byker Grove,
and the person I'm thinking of's Donna Air.
APPLAUSE Ah!
Davina?
So, I saw the soap box, I thought somebody from a soap
and somebody that's been in EastEnders and in Corrie
but has also been a winner on Strictly.
A winner? Jill Halfpenny.
Good guess, Davina, good guess. APPLAUSE
Very confident there.
The audience is sort of confidently agreeing with you. I like that. Yes!
Jonathan, what are you thinking?
I was going down the same sort of route as Davina.
What? I was thinking about the soap opera thing,
and I was thinking about at the beginning,
when the person with the clapper board said, "Mark it."
Yeah. Really clever. Ancl then we saw the launderette.
Yes! So that's making me think EastEnders,
and the school uniform on the line was making me think
it may well be someone who was in that
who was a younger performer in it. Yes.
I was thinking, "Could it be Maisie Smith in there?"
APPLAUSE Yes. Yes.
Oti, you said Maisie Smith last time, didn't you?
I did say Maisie Smith. I also said Emma Willis last time.
Yeah. But for me, my clue kind of went on the magazine that was there.
It had something to do about money, and I know a presenter...
Yeah. ..same way, who hosts a live show
that is all about market and money and how to get by
on The Martin Lewis Money Show.
I thought this could be Angellica Bell. Oh! Yeah!
APPLAUSE Could be. Could be.
Do you want more clues? Yes, please.
OK, we need a game of two lies and a truth.
Odd Socks, let's hear your first clue, please.
Just call me information o'clock.
Well, that would be... Yeah. ..Angellica.
Angellica. Interesting.
Let's have your second one. Being a fan girl created my career.
Oh. Amazing. Interesting.
Last one.
I was extremely lucky to land a meaty role.
Meaty. Meaty role, butchers. Oh, that could be...
That could be Maisie Smith, cos she plays Tiffany Butcher...
APPLAUSE AND GASPS Yeah! ..which is a meaty role.
PETER: Oh, nice. Come on, guys, look at us!
Well clone, Jonathan. Look at us!
That was a real gasp from the audience there.
LAUGHTER Have the panel got it all sewn up?
We'll only know when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Odd Socks!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE # You spin me right round
# Baby, right round Like a record, baby
# Right round, round, round. #
'Guessing Odd Socks' identity is no mean feat.
'Who do you think's behind the mask?'
I'm not worried. The panel are nowhere near guessing me.
I'm running circles around them.
After the break, Candlestick takes it to the wax.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE # Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome back to The Masked Dancer,
where there are clues everywhere, except on me.
In the words of my schoolteachers, I'm completely clueless.
LAUGHTER
Oh, we have just one more performance before we find out
who will go head to head in the dance jam!
AUDIENCE: Ooh! Mmm, delicious.
LAUGHTER
Now, there's no match for this dancer...
but does anyone have a lighter?
It's Candlestick!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
CAN-CAN MUSIC
Last time, I burned bright,
but I found myself in the bottom three.
Candlestick!
That's only lit a fire under me, instead of on me,
to do even better.
The panel were so blinded by my light...
judge Rob Rinder. Olly Murs.
Keith Lemon. Boris Johnson.
...they can't see who I really am.
CHUCKLES
# Light it up... #
Being on stage is certainly nothing new to me.
On stage... Singer, maybe.
But gee whiz! That was something, wasn't it?
# Light it up... #
The whole experience was simply brilliant.
Now, I must pop this down on paper before I forget.
He's a writer, maybe.
He said "pop". Maybe a pop star.
Maybe writes his own songs.
After all, we must learn to cherish the good moments.
That's important.
Life can be so fast-paced.
It's up and down... can he be Australian?
Or the city Dundee in Scotland.
I've certainly accomplished many things in quick succession.
I would like to say you are the author of your own fate.
However, my first gig was certainly unexpected.
Though the rest, as they say, is history.
Candlestick is a quite athletic person. Yeah.
Tonight, I'm ready to get down to that Afrobeat.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Look at you in that dress Girl, you dangerous like a gun
# Give them you, nothing less Girl, you murder everyone
# Your love is a killer
--- -#'
Look at the way they dance.
# Huh, somebody ca“ the pope Pope
# Cos the way that you looking Is so cold
# If you ain't ready Then you need to go home
# Everywhere I can see her Rolling on the solo
# She got me begging, hold on Hold on
# And she all up on me Like a logo... #
What on earth is this?! Come on!
# My baby, let's go, go, go
# She kill 'em with a dance She murder with her waist
# Everybody watching When she turn up in the place
# She already at the finish line With her pace
# And shawty went down Then she went low
# Gave it to her badder That she in a relay
# The craziest thing is She don't know
# How beautiful she is every day
# Look at you in that dress Girl, you dangerous like a gun
# Give them you, nothing less Girl, you murder everyone
# Your love is a killer
'Yeah
# Yeah, look at you
# Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no You murder-der-der-der me
# 0h, no, no, no, no, no, no
# You murder-der-der-der me
# Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no You murder-der-der-der me
# 0h, no, no, no, no, no, no
# You murder-der-der-der me
# Your love is a killer
# Yeah
# Look at you Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no... #
Whoa!
# Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no You murder-der-der-der me
# Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no Girl, you dangerous like a gun
# Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no Girl, you murder everyone. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh! That was fun.
That was... That was AMAZING!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, my God, amazing.
Give it up for Candlestick, everybody!
CH EERING Candlestick!
That was... lit.
LAUGHTER
Oti? I love this show!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Ancl that's because of you. That was absolutely mind-blowing.
I felt like I was home in the kitchen with my family,
just going, # Look at me, look at you... #
Oh, God. OK, OK, OK, OK, OK.
Ah, have to do my job.
So, I think you are an athlete.
I saw, when you were having tea, it said "Dundee".
You also had those sticks with coconuts that were red,
and then I thought maybe
not just plays for Dundee, also plays for Liverpool.
Ancl then, he also has a new book out.
With the quills, yeah.
Yes, with the quill. So I think this is Andrew Robertson.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Andrew Robertson? Don't think jurgen's gonna be too pleased!
LAUGHTER
Davina, who is it?
I thought possibly somebody who is a writer.
They were born in Dundee, and...
a kind of comedian used to kind of not being always up front -
he's sometimes on panels and things like that -
so I thought Danny Wallace.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Jonathan, what did you think? First of all, I loved the dance.
You said it took you back to your kitchen. Yes.
Took me back to my kitchen when I was a kid.
We used to have power cuts, so we had candles all the time.
Reminded me of the good old days as well.
I'm finding you the hardest one to guess.
I was going through clues, changing my mind.
There was "gee whiz" and "life is really exciting".
Made me think of Ronan Keating, Life ls A Rollercoaster.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Who are you thinking, Peter?
I went down the author route, cos of the quill,
so I thought it could be Charles Dickens...
LAUGHTER "Jane Austen, Shakespeare.
None of them can dance like that.
Ancl it wouldn't be Dickens - he's doing Strictly this year.
LAUGHTER
I thought there was loads of references
to "fast" and "pace", "quick succession".
I know someone who went to Dundee University -
potentially, I might have just made that up -
and that's Chris Hoy.
DAVINA: Oh! JOEL: Ooh.
The thighs!
There are big thighs there.
JONATHAN: He's got Chris' sort of build, hasn't he?
I just don't know if he can dance like that. Do you want more clues?
Yes, yes, yes.
Time for one last round of Two Lies And A Truth.
Candlestick, please give us your first clue.
Hanging with my chums is hashtag goals.
"Hanging with my chums is hashtag goals."
Let's hear your second one.
When you're around me, time is of the essence.
"When you're around me, time is of the essence."
When we think of time,
we think of the Time Lord, Doctor Who.
It could be Matt Smith in there. APPLAUSE
Matt Smith makes sense with "succession" -
succession refers to the Crown, he was in The Crown.
What about someone from Countdown? No.
LAUGHTER
Let's have your third one.
I keep circular shapes in one of my chambers.
"Keep circular shapes in one of my chambers."
Could be Dwain Chambers. Keeps, you know, circular medals.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I feel like this has really, really flummoxed you.
Yes! Yeah, it's a tough one.
Well, you'll only put a name to this old flame
when the mask comes off at the end of the game.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Candlestick!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Who can dance like that? No footballer can dance like that.
I bet some can.
'Have the panel snuffed the wick with their guesses?
'Who do you think is behind the mask?'
That performance was candle-LIT.
Hopefully, I haven't added too much fuel to the fire
as to who I really am! LAUGHS
CHEERING
Who will our studio audience vote to save,
and who risks being unmasked at the end of the show?
Find out after the break.
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome back to The Masked Dancer.
Look at them all there.
Feels like all of the contents of that weird drawer in your house,
do you know what I mean? LAUGHTER
We've seen five amazing routines,
and now it's time for our studio audience
to vote for their favourite.
The two acts with the fewest votes will then compete
in a showdown crossed with a hoedown,
crossed with a throw down. Yes, it's the Dance jam, people!
CHEERING
After which, one of them will be unmasked.
While our audience vote,
here is a reminder of tonight's performances.
# And guess what? I'm having more fun
# And now that we're done
# I'm gonna show you tonight
# I'm all right. #
# All night, I'll riot with you
# I know you got my back Ancl you know I got you
# So come on Come on
# Come on Come on
# Let's get physical. #
SONG: 'Giant'
CHEERING
Whoa!
# I'm kinda buzzed And it's all because
# This is how we do it
# South Central does it Like nobody does
# This is how we do it. #
# 0h, no, no, no, no, no, no
# Girl, you dangerous like a gun
# Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no Girl, you murder everyone. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Wow.
The results are in.
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
I can reveal, in no particular order...
the masked dancers going through are...
AUDIENCE SHOUT NAMES
Candlestick!
On; Yay!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Big favourite.
Odd Socks! OTI: Yeah!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
joining Odd Socks and Candlestick is...
AUDIENCE SHOUT NAMES
Pillar and Post!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Wow.
That means, Scissors and Prawn Cocktail,
you will be performing again.
Whoa. And the rest of you, you can head off down the tunnel.
Congratulations. Well done, guys.
Wow. So good!
Oh!
Well done.
Oh... So good! Oh!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Now, Scissors and Prawn Cocktail,
it's time for tonight's Dance jam.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, it's gonna be so good.
After each of you have danced, the panel will decide
who will remain in the competition and who will be unmasked.
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
Performing first...
it's Scissors!
Wow, here we go. Go on, Scissors!
Go, Scissors!
Oh! Attitude, girls, love it.
DAVI NA: Yeah!
# It's time for me to take it
# I'm the boss right now
# Not gonna fake it
# Not when you go down
# Cos this is my game
# And you better come to play... #
This is "I'm gonna show you."
# Uh, huh, huh So you say I'm complicated
# That I must be out my mind
# But you've had me underrated... #
OTI: Yeah!
# What's wrong with being What's wrong with being
# What's wrong with being... #
That's a Beyonce move.
# What's wrong with being What's wrong with being
# What's wrong with being confident?
# What's wrong with being
# What's wrong with Being confident? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Amazing. Oh, incredible.
Thank you, Scissors!
Yeah! Wow.
Wow, wow. Hard to beat.
So good. Next in the Dance jam, it's Prawn Cocktail.
PETER". Yeah. Whoa:!
# I come home, in the mornin' light
# My mother says, "When you gonna Live your life right?"
# Oh, Mother, dear We're not the fortunate ones
# And girls, they wanna have fun
# Oh, girls just wanna have
# That's all they really want... #
Yes! Come on!
# When the workin' day is done
# Oh, girls, they wanna have fun
# Oh, girls just wanna have fun
# Girls, they wanna
# Wanna have fun
# Girls, they wanna have
# They just wanna, they just wanna
# When the workin' day is done
# Oh, girls, they wanna have fun
# Oh, girls just wanna have fun
# Girls, they wanna have... #
Whoo!
# Girls, they wanna have. #
Yeah!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
WOW!
Wflhey! Oh!
Give it up for Prawn Cocktail, everyone!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh! Now please welcome back to the stage Scissors!
Whoo!
So tough, right?
# Who are ya? Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? # Yes, Scissors.
Love that.
Before the panel decide who will be unmasked,
we've got time for a quick game of It's Not Me, It's You.
Our Dancejammers here are going to share one last clue,
BUT the clue could be about them or their opponent.
Panel, listen carefully,
Scissors, let's have your clue, please.
The big four-oh was a significant milestone for me.
JOEL MIMICS: "The big four-oh was a significant milestone for me."
LAUGHTER
OK, one of you's 40.50, is that about Prawn Cocktail or Scissors?
Well, if you're thinking...
I went Liz McDonald, do you know what I mean? Like...
I've got no idea! Don't ask me.
I think it's about Scissors. I think it's about Scissors.
Do you think? BOTH: Yes.
Interesting.
I'm not getting involved if it's about women's age.
I said, I said it's Heidi Klum.
Yeah. Ancl I think she is 40.
OK, do you want Prawn Cocktail's clue?
ALL: Yes.
Prawn Cocktail, give us your clue.
I'm slow at collecting awards.
I think football, I think you're right.
Collecting awards. Oh, awards!
I thought you said balls. I'm obsessed by balls tonight.
Obsessed with balls. What's going on, Davina?
"I'm very slow at collecting awards."
Which person is that about? Scissors, Prawn Cocktail?
Prawn Cocktail. It's about Prawn Cocktail.
Yeah. Once again, I'm not gonna answer, cos if I say whoever it is,
it means the other one's 40, so I'm still not getting involved.
Best to stay out. OK.
Well, that concludes our clues.
Panel, it's time for you to decide who will be unmasked,
Scissors or Prawn Cocktail.
And you don't have long - get discussing!
All will be revealed after the break.
CHEERING
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome back to The Masked Dancer. Woo!
Scissors and Prawn Cocktail have completed in the Dance jam,
but only one of them can go through
alongside Pillar and Post, Odd Socks and Candlestick.
The other will be unmasked. AUDIENCE: Ooh...
It's decision time. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Crouchy, can you please give us the name of the masked dancer
the panel would like to save?
The Prawn, although at first was very, very unnerving...
LAUGHTER
...| absolutely loved that little prawn by the end.
JOEL LAUGHS
Scissors, incredibly sharp. AUDIENCE LAUGHS
Um, loved the performance. HE LAUGHS
Little pun there. Like that one?
Um, but the masked dancer we would like to save is...
AUDIENCE CHANTING
...Scissors.
# Who's that behind the mask? # CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Scissors, congratulations!
Well done. We will see you again very, very soon.
Head off down the tunnel, Scissors, well done!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who's that behind the mask? #
Prawn Cocktail... AUDIENCE: Aw.
...unfortunately, your masked journey has come to an end,
but before you reveal your identity,
panel, who do you think is behind the mask?
I feel like I know you and your mannerisms even now,
and I think this is Stacey Dooley.
Ooh, interesting. AUDIENCE: Ooh.
Well, if you remember who said... OTI LAUGHS
...Stacey Dooley first this evening, ladies and gentlemen,
then you'd be looking in my direction.
I got it first. JOEL LAUGHS
It is Stacey Dooley in there, ladies and gentlemen. OK.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Davina, who do you think it is?
I mean, this sounds completely ridiculous now,
but it was from the workout idea.
I am going to stick with Lorraine Kelly.
LAUGHTER I like it.
That moves swiftly into my guess of Beverley Ca lla rd,
who played Liz McDonald. LAUGHTER
What a weekend that would be, eh? DAVINA LAUGHS
Oh, my God. Well, let's see if any of you are right.
Prawn Cocktail, who are you?
Who are you? Take it off!
ALL CHANTING: Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off! Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off!
Take it off! Take it off! Take it off! Take it off!
# Who's that behind the mask? #
It's Stacey Dooley! CH EERING
Well clone, guys.
Award-winning presenter, documentary maker Stacey Dooley.
Oti knew!
Yes! You were so good! You see!
Do you know, I had the time of my lifetime.
Did you? Oh, loved it, I loved it.
I just wanted to pretend to be, like, a daft, drunk, annoying aunt.
LAUGHTER
I think we nailed it. What was the fitness thing, Stacey?
I'm not fit at all. I think they just threw that in
to throw you off, Davina. It worked well!
What was funny was you solved all of the clues,
but you attributed it to different people often.
Davina, you were so close,
you were saying how it was someone who listens.
Journalist, but I just had completely the wrong generation.
LAUGHTER
And Liz McDonald wasn't a great shout.
LAUGHTER
We got most of the bits, cos we were right,
it was the sleepover show you do, wasn't it?
DAVINA: Yes! And then, of course, initially, when you started,
people thought there shouldn't be a woman with your accent
doing this kind of show, so you had a push-back against that.
Sol do think that I got you.
Oh, my gosh, what?
Who got Stacey first?
I got Stacey first! Hold it, you say that...
Who said Stacey...? I showed him my book!
Who said Stacey first?
I showed you my book!
Stacey, who said you first?
I think Oti clocked, I do.
No! Thank you, thank you.
Stacey, Stacey, what was the problem with authority that you had?
That's when I was sort of causing havoc when I was a kid.
I was a bit sort of... outrageous.
But I'm so boring now.
I'm, like, really straight-laced. LAUGHTER
I'm really, really not rock 'n' roll at all.
Tell us about the plane clue. Yes, what was that?
I used to work at Luton Airport. Oh, well, that's a big one.
The It's Not Me, It's You was about collecting awards slowly.
Was that you?
That was me, cos I was awarded an MBE,
but then I never got round to picking it up.
LAUGHTER
Why did you choose a prawn?
I wanted to be something really daft.
I didn't want to be anything, like, sexy or girly.
Ancl it was funny, cos I said, "Why don't I be something gross,
"like a bin or a prawn?" So it's perfect.
It's worked out perfectly! You're still sexy!
What you think your friends and family are gonna say?
No-one knows. Does no-one know?
Does Kevin not know? Kev knows, my boyfriend knows.
Has he been helping you with your dance routines at night and stuff?
No, he won't dance unless he's being paid.
LAUGHTER
No, it's been a scream, it's been a total, total scream.
Aw. Really enjoyed it.
Thank you so much, you've been really lovely.
Thank you! It was amazing. Honestly, Stacey,
you've been absolutely amazing.
Give it up for Stacey Dooley, everybody.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
You have been so wonderful.
What a reveal! We'll see you again next week for another one.
Stay here for The Voice. But now,
performing one final time, unmasked at last,
ladies and gentlemen, it's Stacey Dooley!
DAVINA: Stacey! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you.
SONG: 'Physical'
# Common love isn't for us... # Come on, girl!
# We created something phenomenal
# Don't you agree? Don't you agree?
# You got me feeling diamond-rich
# Nothing on this planet Compares to it
# Don't you agree?
# Who needs to go to sleep When I got you next to me?
# All night, I'll riot with you... # CHEERING
# I know you got my back And I know I got you
# So come on, come on Come on, come on
# Come on, come on
# Let's get physical... #
Go on, Stacey! # Lights out, follow the noise
# Baby, keep on dancing Like you ain't got a choice
# So come on, come on Come on, come on
# Come on
# Let's get physical
# All night, I'll riot with you
# I know you got my back And I know I got you
# So come on, let's get physical.
# Physical, physical. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
SHE LAUGHS
MUSIC: 'Ride Of The Valkyries' by Wagner
You want the clues? You can't handle the clues!
NARRATOR: 'Five of your favourite masked dancers...' Yes!
'..Dance until they drop.'
It was so good!
'One will step out and be unmasked.'
Who's behind the mask?!
'Get ready for TV's wildest guessing game.'
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