MUSIC: 'The Barber Of Seville - Overture' by Gioachino Rossini
13 celebrities have graced our screens and salsa-ed in secret.
Week by week... That was incredible!
...they are eliminated and unmasked.
Take it off! Take it off!
Astronaut...
Pig...
Prawn Cocktail...
and Cactus.
Tonight, all eight remaining masked dancers
come together for the first time.
HE READS NAMES
In a Masked Dancer first...
...there's a shock exit,
as not one, not two,
but THREE celebrities are unmasked tonight.
# Who are ya? Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Who are ya? #
Yes, Joel! WHOOPING
# Who are ya? Who's that behind the mask? #
Yeah!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Welcome, everybody, to The Masked Dancer!
WHOOPING
I'm Joel Dommett, and tonight, all our remaining characters
are united at last.
That's right, we have a full house.
And call me if your boiler's broken,
because I'm the "Land-lord Of The Dance."
MUSIC: 'River dance'
I have no idea what I'm doing.
DAVINA: Yay! WhOO! AUDIENCE CHEER
Tonight, for the first time this series,
we are gonna hear our celebrities' actual speaking voices.
What? AUDIENCE: Ooh!
Yes, really.
It's all happening tonight.
In fact, it's been a particularly eventful week,
especially for one of our masked dancers,
but more on that later on.
Now, when it comes to spotting celebrities in disguise,
these guys are easily in the top, like,
seven billion in the world.
LAUGHTER
It's the panel, everybody! CHEERING
Yes. Seven billion (!)
Yay!
Oh, God, it's slippy, it's slippy.
# Who are ya? Who's that behind the mask? #
When he's around, anything is "rossible". It's Jonathan Ross!
Oh, right. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I like my detectives like I like my flapjacks...
"ow.
LAUGHTER It's Oti Mabuse!
She cries-crosses out loads of names in her book.
It's wiggeder-wiggeder-wiggeder-mac, it's Davina McCall!
Yay! I love that.
It was a good one. Oh...
and when he walks through my front door I have to remind him
"Peter, crouch."
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
Poor Peter.
I'm joking, he doesn't come to my house. It's Peter Crouch!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
And, guys, I bring very, very exciting news.
You've heard of a joker card, right? Yeah. Yes.
OK, well, tonight - you could play thejoel-ker card.
Ah! AUDIENCE: Ooh!
So if one character's identity has you royally stumped,
you can hold up thejoel-ker card
and I will reveal an all-new big, juicy clue.
Oh! But you can only use it once.
I've got one person I'm struggling with.
I've got every single person that I'm struggling with.
CROUCHYI It's tough.
When you say a person you're struggling with,
does that mean me? LAUGHTER
Good luck, everybody. Remember, the jester knows the bester!
The panel, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
All of tonight's dance routines,
the studio audience will vote for their favourites.
The two characters with the fewest votes
will then face the panel, and it will be up to them to decide
who is unmasked.
Don't forget, there are clues as far as the eye can see,
so pay close attention to the performances
as well as the clue packages,
parts of which feature stunt doubles,
or sutantodaburusu in Japanese.
But why?
Right, let's get detecting.
Try to spot the clues in the coral-ography.
It's Sea Slug!
Yeah!
My last performance took a dive into the dance hall,
but when it comes to my name, the panel are floundering.
Molly-Mae. Clara Amfo.
Maya jama. Kimberly Wyatt.
So they'll have to see what clues I give them this week.
It says 1996 on it.
OK, let's get deep for a moment.
We're in the ocean, after all.
I might be a sea slug,
but if there's one thing you can't accuse me of,
it's being sluggish.
Oh, I10, no, no, no, no.
So she's energetic. I love a challenge.
Is that a vase? Looked like it was Greek.
Ancl I've travel led the Seven Seas to put myself to the test.
Red Nose Day.
I do like to seek out new adventures,
and I'm always on the lookout for new stuff to learn.
Down under?
Take The Masked Dancer, for example.
I'm very claustrophobic,
so this was my fear factor number one.
My slug skin might be iridescent,
but there's a couple of colours you probably know me for best.
So it could be, like, a team colour. A sporting someone, yeah.
Tonight, I'm hoping to be cha-cha-cha-mazing.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Speed dating. Somebody who's been on a dating show?
Love Island?
Woo-woo! DAVI NA: Yes!
Yay!
# Let's get loud, let's get loud
# Turn the music up, let's do it Cmon, people, let's get loud,
# Let's get loud
# Turn the music up To hear that sound... #
This is an actual cha cha cha! So good!
# Let's get loud... #
Whoa!
# Ain't nobody gotta tell ya... #
I wonder if the suits are a clue, the colour.
# If you wanna live your life
# Live it all the way And don't you waste it
# Every feeling, every beat Can be so very sweet
# You gotta taste it... #
This is brilliant.
# You gotta do it You gotta do it
# You gotta prove it You gotta mean what you say
# Cmon, you know What we're here for!
# You gotta do it You gotta do it
# You gotta prove it You gotta mean what you say
# Let's go... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
DAVINA: Yeah!
# Let's get loud
# Let's get loud... #
Go on, Sea Slug!
# Let's get loud Let's get loud
OTI: Whoo!
# Turn the music up, let's do it
# Cmon, people, let's get loud
# Let's get loud
# Ain't nobody gotta tell ya What you gotta do. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Sea Slug, everybody!
Unbelievable!
I love that so much!
That's where all my old suits go.
LAUGHTER Oti, what did you think?
That was absolutely incredible, Sea Slug!
WOW!
What I loved about that was that it wasn't only just a cha cha.
You have combinations of a salsa,
you have a bit of Argentine lifts there.
So, looking at the clues, for me,
I saw a vase that was a big Greek vase,
and I thought Olympics, athlete.
Then I thought, maybe it's a runner.
Dina Asher-Smith.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, our audience seems to agree with that.
But then you did the cha cha,
and I thought, "Who could do that and run?"
Ancl that made me think Denise Lewis.
DAVINA: Oh!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I think you're probably right, it is a sporty person,
cos I was thinking Sharron Davies,
because of the sea references and all that.
I wonder whether it can be Sharron Davies in there. OK.
Peter'?
In the VT, I saw, like, a vase or an antique,
led me down the Antiques Roadshow vibe.
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
Fiona Bruce. Wow.
I danced with her at a wedding, actually.
Similar shapes.
LAUGHTER
Davina, what are you thinking?
I was thinking, there was a previous clue
where she said, "Tom Jones likes to ask me stuff",
so I'm gonna go with Vick Hope.
Yeah. Vick Hope's worked on The Voice.
Do you want another clue? Yes, please. Yes, please. Yeah.
OK, in an exciting development tonight,
we're going to hear our celebrities' actual real-life voices,
completely undistorted.
You're only getting one word, though,
but it will be meaningful.
OK, let's play Word Up.
Sea Slug, after the count of three, you will speak.
Are you ready, panel?
Yes. Yes. Here we go.
# Who are you? #
AUDIENCE: Three, two, one!
SEA SLUG: Goddess.
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
Goddess.
I know that voice. Do you know it?
What is it? Who is it? That's Denise Lewis.
Denise Lewis with that voice? Yes.
Well, who's beneath our raver from the reef?
We'll only find out when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Sea Slug!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
'Have the panel hit the snail on the head with these guesses?
'Who do you think's behind the mask?'
I really spiced things up out there tonight,
and the panel seem to think I'm sporty!
Oh, jog on.
On with the investigation now, and up next, they have to dance,
it's a "claws" in their contract.
It's Pearly King.
In my last performance, I had a right jazzy knees-up.
# I like the way you move. #
The panel thought I might be the king of the jungle.
Joe Swash? Tom Hardy.
I think it's Gino D'Acampo!
# I like the way you move. #
But they'll need to keep hunting if they want to catch my real name.
How's about I tell you an old weep and wail.
MUSIC: 'Bang A Gong' by Marc Botan And T. Rex
It's the story of a young cub.
# Get it on... #
X in the background. Right, X Factor.
He'd often stray in different directions to his pride.
Eventually, he packed up his crowded space
and ventured out into the world.
London to Hollywood.
So somebody went to America.
Thanks to a departure,
he was able to make his arrival a roaring success!
Made their name out there?
Tonight, forget Simba -
it's time for this lion to samba.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Baby, here I am I'm the man on the scene
# I can give you what you want But you gotta come home with me... #
Oh, here we go. # I've got some good old lovin'
# And I got some more in store
# When I get through Throwin' it on you
# You gotta come back for more
# Boys and things That come by the dozen
# That ain't nothin' But drugstore lovin'
# Hey, little thing Let me light your candle
# Cos, Mama, I'm sure Hard to handle now, gets around... #
JONATHAN: Go on, Pearly King. So sultry!
# Take my hand, don't be afraid
# I'm gonna prove every word I say
# I'm advertising love for free
# So you can place your ad with me
# Boys will come along A dime by the dozen
# That ain't nothing But ten cent lovin'
# Pretty little thing Let me light your candle
# Cos, Mama, I'm sure Hard to handle now gets around
# Yeah... #
He's got the moves.
INSTRUMENTAL, CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh! Whoo!
JONATHAN: Yeah!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Whoo!
Yes, Pearly King!
Jonathan, I'll come to you first.
I thought Pearly King was amazing.
Wasn't Pearly King amazing tonight? Yes.
But, you know, Pearly King's grown on me,
cos Pearly King was quite aggressive with you earlier on, wasn't he?
I feel like he's softened to me. Yeah, he's really taken to you.
LAUGHTER
You know what? I think we're getting more clues from Pearly King
when he isn't dancing... Yes. Yes.
...than when he is, because the way he is and the way he's laughing
and joking, I think it's Gino D'Acampo,
ladies and gentlemen. Whoa!
Do you know what?
How this person acts sounds like another Italian...
I think this is Bruno Tonioli.
Hold on a second.
I said to you, "Is that a professional dancer?"
And you said, "Absolutely not."
And then the next week... Yeah, yeah, yes!
Oh!
CHEERING
No, that is, that.. No, I take it back.
I do think he's danced before. I do also remember the ticket
that said Hollywood and London.
Ancl Bruno worked on Strictly and Dancing With The Stars.
I think you could well be right,
it's just going to be embarrassing for you if it is Bruno.
I'm going to lose my job, aren't I? It's fine.
LAUGHTER
So, the big X at the start of the VT could be X marks the spot,
so it could be a Mark.
I know someone who flew from London to Hollywood and interviewed people.
I'm definitely right, it's Mark Wright.
Oh!
APPLAUSE
Davina, who do you think it is?
I think that the tickets tonight, like you said,
he was working on Strictly and Dancing With Stars.
Yes. Bruno Tonioli.
OK, interesting.
Yay, high-five.
Do you guys want another clue? Yes. Yes, please.
OK, on the count of three, we're going to hear
Pearly King's actual voice. Here we go.
# Who are you? #
Budgies.
Blldgies?
Budgies. Oh, my gosh, that's not his voice.
Budgies? Oh, that has thrown you.
It's, yeah, we're just...
I don't know what's happening at this point in my career.
LAUGHTER
What's going on?!
Oh, my God!
Well, who's the big cat inside the big hat?
We'll only know when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Pearly King!
Yeah! Oh, he's great.
Are there pearls of wisdom in the panel's guesses?
Who do you think's beneath the mane?
The panel can't handle this king's moves.
I certainly was a-mane-zing.
Join us after the break, when Onomatopoeia will appear,
and their real voice you will hear. See ya!
# Who's that behind the mask? #
Welcome back to The Masked Dancer!
I'm telling you, the party doesn't stop during the break.
Crouchy was twerking
and who knew Jonathan Ross could do the helicopter?
Mad.
Dancing next, they've got more vowels
than Vorderman could ever dream of...
Eight! It's Onomatopoeia.
Last time, the panel kicked around some names.
David James. Richard Ayoade.
Could be Zachary Quinto in there.
But they're not even close to getting a result any time soon.
Result?
I think, yes, football. Footballer, result.
# Boom, boom, boom Let me hear you say way-o. # Way-o.
Life can be a game, and I'm always up for a challenge.
I am a form of wordplay, after all.
It says Columbian. Coffee beans.
But I like to stay busy, which means always starting your clay right.
Got to start your clay right. Start your day right.
A good brekkie goes a long way. Yummy.
I like to think I have natural drive.
It's good to be in control of your own journey.
That's the sign for a man.
Ancl I certainly have learned how to steer my career
in all sorts of directions.
Even though I've travel led the world,
I like to keep it green and clean if I can.
Missing donkey. Loads of football references.
Tonight, I'm bringing the drama with a theatrical jazz routine.
This is so confusing.
# First, when there's nothing
# But a slow glowing dream
# In a world made of steel
# Made of stone... #
All right, everyone, there's only one rule.
Five, six, seven, eight!
# Well, I hear the music
# Close my eyes, feel the rhythm
# Wrap around
# Take a hold of my heart
# What a feeling
# Being's believin'
# I can have it all
# Now I'm dancing for my life
# Take your passion
# And make it happen
# Pictures come alive
# You can dance Right through your life
# What a feeling
# I am music now
# Being's believin'
# I am rhythm now
# Pictures come alive
# You can dance Right through your life
# What a feeling
# I can really have it all
# What a feeling
# Pictures come alive When I call... #
That a ballet move? # I can have it all
# I can really have it all
# What a feeling. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
That was so good!
Woo-hoe'.!
That was so good. Onomatopoeia, everybody!
Such a good dancer.
I enjoyed that very, very much, Onomatopoeia.
That's so good! Crouchy, I'll come to you first,
that had everything in it.
Absolutely loved it, I have to say. I've had dreams like that.
LAUGHTER
I did love it, I did love it.
Ancl I went on another massive journey.
They mentioned green... OK.
Ancl I got right into Al Green, Rob Green, Rachel Green,
Seth Green, Eva Green.
I went to the Incredible Hulk at one stage, who's green.
Then there was football references in there.
They mentioned "right" as well, so I went...
I thought Ian Wright, potentially.
APPLAUSE Think that's a good one.
Well done. Good guess, Peter. Davina, what are you thinking?
You and I were having a chat about donkey... Yeah.
And what that means in terms of football.
Football, yeah, making mistakes,
someone who is called a donkey at a young age.
And they played for Arsenal. Correct, football.
Tony Adams. Tony Adams. Oh.
I saw the donkey, and then I thought Richard Black wood,
because he played Donkey in Shrek The Musical.
That's a brilliant idea.
Jonathan, do you think it's Richard Black wood?
Absolutely not. No.
The person I'm thinking of once wrote an introduction
for a children's book, it was for charity, about donkeys.
And I know he loves this show cos he watches it with his kids,
and that's David Tennant, ladies and gentlemen.
Oh. APPLAUSE
Can he dance like that?
Of course he can, we can all dance like that.
No. Dancing's easy, Oti, despite what you say.
Now... LAUGHTER
Everyone knows.
Do you want another clue? Yes.
Oh, hold it, before we do, do you think we should use
ourjoel-ker card? Or should we save it?
I think we're doing well on this one. OK. There are others
we're struggling on more. What do you think? Yeah, save it.
Let's save it. Save it. OK.
OK, time for another round of Word Up.
After three, Onomatopoeia is going to give us a clue
in their own undistorted voice.
Here we go.
# Who are you? #
Swan kified.
Swankified. What does swankified mean?
No-one knows! No-one knows what swankified means.
It means something that's made swanky.
Is it? Swanky? Swanky, like posh.
The voice, did you hear anything...?
It didn't sound like Ian Wright, did it, Peter?
No, it didn't, it didn't. It sounds like theatrical,
like somebody in THE THEATRE.
Well, who's taking up room inside the boom?
We'll only find out when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Onomatopoeia!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Do the panel have any idea who is Onomatopoeia?
Who do you think's behind the mask?
I had so much fun doing that routine,
but the panel, please, they're not even close.
Or are they?
After the break, Tomato Sauce causes a red alert.
# Who's that behind the mask? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Welcome back to The Masked Dancer!
# I just can't, I just can't I just can't control my feet. #
Coming up, we have a very important delivery update from Pillar 8; Post,
but right now, our next dancer loves a little "sachet",
it's Tomato Sauce.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: 'Good 4 U' by Olivia Rodrigo
Last time around, the panel thought they'd landed a scoop with my name.
I'm gonna go with Konnie Huq. Steph McGovern. Nigel la.
But are they there yet? I can't tell you that.
If anyone knows the recipe for success,
well, then, it's simply got to be Tomato Sauce.
There's so many food clues.
But what's our secret?
I think it's that we're able to make even the most drab of dishes
that much easier to digest,
even as an underripe tomato.
"Tips-n Worked in a restaurant?
I was getting a taste for achievement.
So they're very ambitious.
A hunger which I gladly indulged and now actively encourage.
To talk to some of the people I have, well, it takes some bottle.
Talk to people, so it's like a talk-show host.
But I must admit, I've been left red-faced on occasion.
I am a tomato, after all. GIGGLES
Tonight, prepare to see a Tomato Sauce get down to disco.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC STARTS
DAVI NA: Oh, yes!
# Red alert, red alert It's a catastrophe
# But don't worry Don't panic
# Ain't nothing going on But history... #
Come on, honey!
# But it's all right Don't panic
# And the music... #
Those Irish moves again.
# On and on
# The way you shake Shake, shake, shake
# Baby
# Yo, yo, yo, YOYO, YOYO
--- -#'
Whoo!
# Yo, yo, yo, YOYO, YOYO
# And the music keeps on... #
WOW!
# On and on
# And the music keeps on playing On and on... #
Yes, Tomato Sauce!
# And the music keeps on playing On and on
# The way you shake Shake, shake, shake
. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
ALL: Yeah!
Whoo!
Tomato Sauce, everybody!
I loved that, Tomato Sauce. Really, that was so wonderful.
Davina, I'm gonna come to you first.
OK. OK.
Tomato Sauce, that was amazing, well clone.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I had mentioned the name Nigel la Lawson,
cos I kept seeing the references to food, week after week,
but I feel like this is someone a smidge younger.
You've mentioned this name before.
Yeah. Because of Irish dancing.
Yes.
Ancl I know that this person works in Leeds.
Yes. Ancl we saw all those dog leads.
Yes. Ah! Underneath the bench.
Yes. So I think it's Steph McGovern.
APPLAUSE
Oh, I like it. I like it. Yes.
Peter Crouch.
Look, can I just say I'm a big fan of this sauce, by the way?
Yes! Yes!
And I've got a bit of a mad shout here, but bear with me.
OK. The dog leads -
she was on a show called Pooch Perfect,
and last week they said about the usual suspects and confession,
I thought she was in The Hustle. There was roses everywhere,
she was in Bridesmaids, and Rebel Wilson is my guess.
Oh. Ooh. APPLAUSE
Feel like that was a little bit like a sympathy clap,
but I'll go with it.
Jonathan, what are you thinking?
When I saw the dog lead, I was thinking, could the dog leads...
Could it be Clare Balding, who's famous for hosting Crufts?
Yeah. APPLAUSE
Then I was thinking, clue is in the colour, ladies and gentlemen.
It's from Simply Red, it is Mick Hucknall right there!
That's who it is! It's Mick Hucknall.
You actually get an applause for that as well. Yes.
Hello, Mick, how you doing? LAUGHTER
Somehow, that got more of an applause
than Peter's actual guess there.
Oti, what are you thinking?
First of all, that was such a fun, fun, fun, fun performance.
So well clone for that. APPLAUSE
So, there was something about tips.
This is someone who's gotten tips from her mother from cooking.
Maybe this could be Nadi ya Hussain.
APPLAUSE
But the more I see it,
I still think Steph McGovern.
APPLAUSE
I think you guys need a Word-Up Clue.
On the count of three, let's hear Tomato Sauce's clue.
AUDIENCE COUNTS DOWN
What the... BLEEP?
AUDIENCE: Oh!
What... Oh, they've got it.
Beep. Yeah. Yeah, that is Steph.
Steph, or it sounds like Steph. OK.
Jonathan, has that made you think it's not Clare Balding?
I don't know, but I'd like to squeeze Tomato's head.
LAUGHTER
Hey, not in an aggressive way, in a loving way.
Joel, could you squeeze Tomato's head for me?
DAVINA: Run!
It's actually very satisfying, yeah.
Who's bottled up in there?
We'll only find out when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Tomato Sauce.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Love you!
Have the panel lifted the lid on Tomato Sauce's identity?
Who do you think's behind the mask?
The panel had me totally blushing with all those guesses.
I mean, look at my face.
Back to the clues now.
Luckily, we're all in, so they won't get left with a neighbour.
It's Pillar 81 Post!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# just the two of us... #
In our last performance, we spread ourselves from pillar to post.
I think it's David Seaman and his wife, Frankie.
Ben Cohen and Kristina.
I'm wondering whether it's Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley.
Hey, cutie girls, here we go again.
It's great to learn a new discipline.
That sounded slightly Northern.
Yeah, yeah, Northern.
Discipline is something that's always played
a big role in both our lives.
But dancing is something we both had to learn.
There's a safe there.
What do you think that's about?
That's a nickname. Ah, OK, "Safe".
Dancing has never been Post's strong point,
although you could say he's flash at it.
Ha-ha, I've always liked a challenge.
Garden.
Someone's doing gardening.
Learning to dance has just been another set of hurdles
we've mam': to overcome.
We've had to work together to build a connection,
but there's an even bigger connection between me and my mask.
Tonight, we've got some news to deliver.
# In the morning. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Now, we were hoping to see another amazing performance
from Pillar 81 Post tonight,
but sadly, Pillar took a tumble during rehearsals,
and I am absolutely gutted to tell you that, on medical advice,
they've had to withdraw from the competition.
ALL: Aw!
I know, but that doesn't mean this case is all wrapped up.
We still need to find out who they are.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the stage Pillar 8; Post!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Pillar & Post, are you OK?
Guys, this has been absolutely mad, our first ever masked duo.
We have absolutely loved having you on the show. Yeah.
So much. Give them a round of applause.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Pillar & Post, sadly,
your time on The Masked Dancer has come to an end,
but before you reveal who's behind the masks,
panel, can we please have your final guesses?
Let's go for it. Jonathan?
First of all, it's such a shame you've had to go home...
It's devastating. ..because we've so enjoyed watching you,
and, I mean, Pillar is definitely someone who knows how to dance.
Yes. Probably a professional dancer.
Post has some moves as well,
but they're the moves of a dad at a wedding.
LAUGHTER
The clues tonight, there was one clue about,
"We had to work hard to connect together",
and there was another clue about delivering the news.
And I think these two are a couple who have both hosted
Have I Got News For You. She presents Only Connect,
and I think it could be husband-and-wife team
Victoria Coren Mitchell and David Mitchell. OK.
That's who's out there. APPLAUSE
That's interesting. Oti, what are you thinking?
So, I've got morning show, news,
and I thought Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.
JONATHAN: Oh, yeah, I can see that. APPLAUSE
I can see that.
Davina?
Erm, I started off by just looking at the stature of Post,
and just looking at the size against Pillar.
I believe that you danced or performed together on a show,
so I think it's Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff.
OK. APPLAUSE
Crouchy, what are you thinking?
I have to say, I'm not surprised that Pillar's injured,
the way that Post was throwing her around.
LAUGHTER
But yeah, he's... he's a very strong man. I said last time,
I recognise those hands, and I feel like I've got this one.
They're very much in love. I think they've worked together
on Dancing On Ice, and there was a safe in the VT.
Yes. Which was, you know,
the person I'm thinking of, his nickname was Safe Hands.
Of course, yes.
And I think it's David Seaman
and his wife, Frankie, from Dancing On Ice.
APPLAUSE JONATHAN: It's a good guess.
Wow. Well, let's see if any of you are right.
Pillar 8; Post, who's behind the mask? Everyone...
ALL CHANT: Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off!
Oh, my gosh.
Take it off! Take it off!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
It's David Seaman and Frankie Seaman, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Legendary England goalkeeper and Dancing On Ice professional.
Well done, you guys are so...
This is so good!
Oh, I'm so sad to see you go with an injury.
How are you feeling? You OK? Yeah, it's not the way we wanted to go,
but... it happens. Oh, guys, you were so... Honestly.
Weren't they so brilliant? That dance, the last dance
we saw you do together was so beautiful.
It literally stole everyone's hearts. I'm gutted for you two.
Aw, thank you. We're gutted too, actually, aren't we? Yeah, we are.
It was... It was nerve-racking.
LAUGHTER
I've played in World Cups and things,
and this is a lot worse, trust me! LAUGHTER
I mean, we got a lot of the clues, didn't we?
I got a few of them. You got a few!
We recognised your hands.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Can't miss them.
LAUGHTER
Peter, have you guys played together?
I've played against David in a very, very good Arsenal team,
but never got to play with him for England.
But he's an absolute legend of the game and one of my heroes.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
How did you find learning to dance?
My husband hates dancing.
And actually... I didn't even dance on our wedding.
LAUGHTER Really?
No. We did, like, a little smooch.
I was like, "Thought I weren't dancing?"
So, the safe meant Safe Hands, cos that was your nickname. Exactly.
What was the cruise ship? Why was there a cruise ship?
Oh, I skated on cruise ships for a few years.
That makes sense, yeah.
Can I ask you about the SR?
Sheffield and Rotherham.
ALL: Ah!
Oh, I see!
You guys have been so, so good,
and I'm sorry to see you go in this way. Yeah.
But honestly, we've enjoyed you so much this far. Thank you so much.
Yes! Give it up for David and Frankie Seaman, everyone!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Coming up, we've got performances from Odd Socks and Scissors.
See you in a few.
# Who's that behind the mask? #
Welcome back to The Masked Dancer,
where the acts keep their famous faces in sweaty places.
By that, I mean the masks.
We've still got three performances to go
before another one of our acts is unmasked,
and we're still waiting for the panel to play
theirjoel-ker card for the ultimate clue.
OK, let's get some more clues now.
You'd better wash yo'self... it's Odd Socks!
I really, really, really like Odd Socks.
# This is how we do it. #
Last time, the panel was still trying to peg a name
on this pile of Odd Socks.
Donna Air. Jill Halfpenny.
Maisie Smith. Angellica Bell.
But are they close? I'm not going to tell you that.
Three of them. Triples?
I wonder whether it was someone
who was in a band with three people.
They say that you don't really know someone
until you've walked a mile in their shoes.
But me, I like to do the same, only in socks!
Ha ha! You can really get inside the feet of a person's character.
An actor, or an impressionist.
Socks are part of the everyday ordinary,
and I like that.
Like an alien, or...?
Someone who was in, like, a sci-fi drama?
The greatest joy of a pair of socks is that you never get frosty feet.
Maybe they played a character of a kid?
There's just no nonsense with socks.
Everyone has a pair.
Socks can mingle with anybody and everybody.
Although don't forget to factor in
giving them a good clean now and then,
otherwise they'll get a bit feral. Ha ha!
Tonight, I'll leave you seeing double with my Paso Doble.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh
# Caught in a bad romance
# Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah
# Roma, roma-ma
# Gaga, ooh-la-la
# Want your bad romance
# I want your ugly I want your disease
# I want your everything As long as it's free
# I want your love
# Love, love, love, I want your love... #
CROUCHY: Ghosts. DAVINA: Ghosts! X-Files.
# I want your love And I want your revenge
# You and me could write A bad romance
# I want your love And all your lover's revenge
# You and me could write A bad romance... #
This is where they're leading, which is a male role.
# Caught in a bad romance
# Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh
# Caught in a bad romance
# Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah
# Roma, roma-ma
# Gaga, ooh-la-la
# Want your bad romance!
# I want your love And I want your revenge
# You and me could write A bad romance
# I want your love And all your lover's revenge
# You and me could write A bad romance
# Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah
# Want your bad romance! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Give it up for Odd Socks, everybody!
Oti, that was mad.
That was so odd. It was like, what is going...?
It was the dancing and then there were clues
and then there was the mouse and then there was the cheese
and then the ghosts. Mad!
But do you see there's a clue there, of a coat?
Could that be a clue?
Oh! It is like a doctor's coat.
Doctor Who. Maybe it's Jodie Whittaker?
Crouchy, what are you thinking?
Me and Davina went on a bit of a journey together, actually.
Really? So, we saw an alien,
and also, previously, I saw a school uniform.
Ancl this person was also in Sex Education,
so we're thinking X-Files... JOEL GASPS
...and I'm going Gillian Anderson. You're going Gillian Anderson?
And I'm going David Duchovny. LAUGHTER
Good teamwork. Jonathan, what are you thinking?
First of all, I'm disappointed they're playing as a team,
which I feel is like cheating. frankly.
However, there were so many great clues this evening,
one in particular.
Did you see written on the fridge, it said Grumpy Uncle Les? Yes.
What's another word for grumpy? Irritable.
Yes, and you're... Angry.
Are you happy? No, you're unhappy. Sad.
What's another word for unhappy, when you're really unhappy?
Depressed. Yes, miserable.
LAUGHTER
Ancl so, as Oti said, miserable,
and at the bottom it said Uncle Les, Les Miserables,
someone who's been on the West End in Les Mis.
There was an X on the background somewhere.
The only person I can think of who'd have something to do
with the X-Factor and Les Mis was Lucie Jones.
Yeah. So it could be Luciejones.
Do you want another clue? Oh, yes, we get the voice!
It's Word Up time, people!
# Who are you? #
Insomniac.
Has that helped? Hindered you? Hindered.
Yes, it's one of those voices that has put us completely off.
Well, who's there beneath the footwear?
We'll only know when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Odd Socks!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Have the judges paired the right celebrity to these clues?
Who do you think's behind the mask?
That was so much fun!
The panel have no idea who I am.
Fancy some more clues to cure the blues?
Their snips don't lie, it's Scissors.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Na-na-na-na na-na-na I wanna start a fight! #
Last time on the dance floor, I rocked out.
Ashley Roberts. Heidi Klum.
Helen Skelton. Kelly Rowland.
And I'm here to dance another day.
Here's the thing.
While I might not consider myself a singer
first and foremost, I've still ended up in the charts.
Could it be somebody from a musical?
It says President there, look.
Ancl I'm not talking once or twice,
but a record-breaking number of times.
I even ousted a musical legend from his post.
That was a real pinch-me moment.
Somebody who knocked Elvis off the chart?
Ancl I love how my career has continually
taken me in new directions, but that's the joy of the business,
you never know where things might lead.
Mammoth means big, big star.
I mean, did something on animals,
an animal documentary?
Ancl a lot of my opportunities
have come by pure, incredible chance.
Tonight, this pair of scissors is going solo.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
JONATHAN: Bouffant hairspray?
DAVINA: Someone who normally has a bouffant?
# Young girl, don't cry
# I'll be right here
# When your world starts to fall
# Ooh-ooh-ooh
# Young girl, it's all right
# Your tears will dry
# You'll soon be free to fly
# Ooh-ooh... #
Oti, proper dancer, yeah? Wow.
# When you're safe inside your room
# You tend to dream
# Of the heartbreak life can bring
# And what it means
# When there's no-one else
# Look inside yourself
# Like your oldest friend
# Trust the voice within
# Then you'll find the strength
# That will guide your way
# You'll learn to begin
# To trust the voice within
# Oh, yeah
# Young girl, don't cry
# I'll be right here When your world starts to fall... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Ooh-ooh-ooh
# Ooh-ooh. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Incredible.
Wow.
Give it up for Scissors, everybody!
Off?
I mean, that was honestly so breath-taking.
The quality of dance
that you have to do all those jetes and the pirouettes,
that is beautiful. Honestly, one of the best numbers we've seen.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I feel like you have some ties to America.
In the clue, you said you ousted Elvis. This is mad, right?
OK. Do you think...
this is Madonna?
LAUGHTER
Madonna did study dance, but last time I saw her,
she couldn't even walk up a flight of stairs.
LAUGHTER
Who do you think it is, Jonathan?
I was thinking, if it was a band,
and we're talking about them maybe being in a group,
maybe in a girls' group beforehand,
and for some reason, I was thinking the Sugababes,
and I was thinking, could it be Heidi from the Sugababes? Yes.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Did you see any clues in the performance at all?
DAVINA: I think the hairspray thing had a B on it.
Yeah, the B, the B was, for me, the biggest band from America,
stepped out of someone's shadow, potentially,
and the B could be Beyonce. I thought it could be Kelly Rowland.
Ooh, interesting.
My new favourite thing is when Peter gives a good guess
and he does the coolest smile. The big smile!
Because you just get, like... I'm really pleased with myself.
Yeah, you really are! Davina, what are you thinking?
This is somebody who can really dance.
And somebody that I work with on Got To Dance,
who just loved dance so much, and that's Kimberly Wyatt.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I think that's a good shout. Do you want another clue? Yeah!
Here we go, people.
# Who are you? #
Bootylicious.
That did sound like Madonna, I'll be honest with you.
Do you want to do yourjoel-ker? What do you think?
CROUCHY: Let's do the Joel card. Should we?
Let's go, come on! It's up!
EVIL LAUGHTER They're using thejoel-ker card!
AUDIENCE: 00h!
Thank you, sir.
Special delivery!
OK, Scissors, yourjoel-ker card clue is...
Pick a card, Emmy card.
That's the TV awards, isn't it? Yeah, Emmy is TV in America.
What, talent, dancing TV shows?
In America, it's Dancing With The Stars, so...
Oh, this could be Julianne Hough from Dancing with the Stars.
My heart is pumping!
Who's the total ledge with the cutting edge?
We'll only know when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Scissors!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Have the panel got a slice of the action with these guesses?
Who do you think Scissors is?
That was my favourite performance yet.
The audience loved it,
and the panel is more confused than ever.
We're getting closer to another unmasking,
but not before one last performance from Candlestick.
You won't want to miss it.
# Who's that behind the mask? #
Welcome back to The Masked Dancer!
Where we ask all of the important questions,
like, "Who? How?"
And most importantly, "Huh?!" LAUGHTER
We have just one more performance
before our studio audience vote for their favourites.
They're light on their feet, lit-erally,
because they're... they're a candlestick.
It's Candlestick!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Last time, I lit up the dance floor.
The panel are still in the dark as to who I am.
Andrew Robson. Ronan Keating.
Danny Wallace. Chris Hoy.
Maybe I can help shed some more light on things for them.
Life really is one rich tapestry, if I do say so myself,
and I do! Ha ha!
Weave a tapestry, footballer's weave.
Fashion?
And candlesticks have been a part of it, always.
You'll find us in the past,
we'll be there in the future,
and we're currently in the...
what's the word I'm looking for? Hm?
The now.
Stately home. Do you think that's a clue?
It might be an acting thing.
A candlestick will add texture to any occasion,
always in the best of taste.
We're here to bring the ambience, innit?
Somebody that works in America?
He said "innit", slang.
An cl, of course,
we're the centrepiece of any celebration.
Tonight, my jive is going to be on fire.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# One, two, three, four!
# Need a boy who can Cuddle with me all night
# Keep me warm, love me long Be my sunlight
# Tell me lies We can argue, we can fight, yeah
# We did it before... # Whoa!
# These days, I'm way too lonely
# I'm missing out, I know
# These days, I'm way too alone
# And I'm known for givin' Love away but I want
# Someone to love me... #
Whoo!
# I need someone who needs me
# Cos it don't feel right When it's late at night
# And it's just me in my dreams
# So I want
# Someone to love
# That's what I really want... #
I love this movement!
# These days, I'm way too lonely
# I'm missing out, I know
# These days, I'm way too alone
# And I'm known for givin' Love away but I want
# Someone to love me
# I need
# Someone who needs me
# Cos it don't feel right When it's late at night
# And it's just me in my dreams
# So I want... # Yeah! Ha ha! Yes!
# Someone to love
# Cos it don't feel right When it's late at night
# And it's just me in my dreams
# So I want
# Someone to love
# That's what I really want. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
So good. So good.
Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo!
Give it up for Candlestick, everybody!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oti, wasn't that so brilliant? That was fantastic.
It was so much fun, those flicks, those kicks, you were on time.
You were matching with the professional dancers as well.
It was incredible. High praise.
I'm thinking, right, maybe because they mentioned the past,
the future and the present. The now.
Maybe this is someone who has sung before.
They used to sing, then they took a break.
Maybe someone from “.5?
OK. Ancl I thought Marvin Humes.
Could be Marvin. They're all incredible dancers.
Davina, who do you think it is? I just heard one thing,
"Life is really just one rich tapestry."
And I went down a Rich-ard Wormhole.
All I was thinking about was Richards.
Richard Black wood has been past, present and future.
He has acted, he has presented, he's done comedy,
so I am gonna guess Richard Black wood. Yes!
OK, going Richard Black wood. Brilliant.
Peter'?
The tapestry thing, and this person presents the...
The Great British Sewing Bee,
and obviously there was lots of black and yellow,
tied in with the bee.
American slang was "just an average Joe",
so I thoughtjoe Lycett.
That's so good!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
That got an applause from the audience,
but I think it was definitely started by you, Davina, so...
Can he dance like that, though? Yes. Yes! He can.
No, he absolutely cannot. He totally can. Hips don't lie.
Jonathan?
Well, the big clues that we saw on stage that haven't seen before,
the dancers, they all had TA or SS written on them.
What, what is that? I wish I knew.
LAUGHTER
It was something about ambience and texture,
and I was thinking, could it be someone who actually fixes things?
Could be someone from The Repair Shop. Yeah.
I think it could be Will Kirk, ladies and gentlemen.
LIGHT APPLAUSE
I can't tell whether that was an applause
or there's, like, rain on the roof. LAUGHTER
OK, shall we have another clue? Yes, please.
OK, let's play one last game of Word Up.
Candlestick, let's make this word count.
# Who are you? #
Cheeky.
I think that could sound like Richard orjoe,
but it would be morejoe. Yeah, I know what you mean.
Who's covering their tracks with a whole load of wax?
We'll only know when the mask comes off.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Candlestick!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Are the panel starting to see the light with their guesses?
Who do you think's within the wick?
The panel threw out really good guesses tonight,
but are they getting warm?
Nah! Ha ha ha!
All of our masked dancers have performed,
and after the break, the studio audience will vote
for their favourite, and you know what that means?
Somebody's getting unmasked!
# Who's that behind the mask? #
Welcome back, everybody! I've got all my friends right here.
We have seen seven sensational routines, and now it is time
for our studio audience to vote for their favourite masked dancer.
The two acts with the fewest votes will then face our panel,
and it will be up to them to decide who is unmasked.
While the studio audience vote,
here is a reminder of tonight's performances.
# Let's get loud Let's get loud... #
# Hey, little thing Let me light your candle
# Cos, mama I'm sure hard to handle now... #
# What a feeling
# Being's believin'... #
# Ancl the music keeps on playing On and on. #
# Love, love, love I want your love. #
# When there's no-one else
# Look inside yourself. #
# Someone to love
# That's what I really want. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
The results are in.
I can reveal that, in no particular order,
the masked dancers going through to next week are...
Scissors!
Yeah!
Onomatopoeia!
Whoo!
Sea Slug!
Yeah!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Candlestick!
The final masked dancer coming back next week is...
DRUM ROLL
BUILDS
Pearly King!
# Who's that behind the mask? #
GIT. grr!
Which means, unfortunately,
Tomato Sauce and Odd Socks, you are in tonight's bottom two.
Congratulations to the rest of you. We'll see you next time.
# Who are ya? Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
Oh, the time has come.
panel please discuss amongst yourselves
and decide which character you would like to save,
Tomato Sauce or Odd Socks.
The masked dancer the panel choose will continue in the competition.
The other will be unmasked.
Davina, have the panel come to a decision?
We have.
The person that we have decided to save is...
DRUM ROLL
BUILDS
...Odd Socks. Odd Socks!
Wow! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Aww. Oh!
Odd Socks, your secret is safe for now.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Odd Socks!
Yay!
# Who are ya? Who are ya?
# Who's that behind the mask? #
Let's hear it for Tomato Sauce, everybody.
Whoo! Yay!
Sadly, your time on The Masked Dancer
has come to an end,
and in just a moment, you will be removing your mask.
But first, panel, who do you think is behind the mask?
Jonathan?
Oti did guess this person first. I think it is Steph McGovern.
OK, Steph McGovern. who are you gonna say, Off?
I think it's Steph McGovern.
Interesting. Davina?
I think it's Steph McGovern. Oh, OK!
Peter? Rebel Wilson, is my guess.
OK, well, let's see if any of you are right.
Tomato Sauce, who's behind the mask?
Take it off! Take it off!
ALL CHANTING: Take it off! Take it off!
Take it off!
CHANTING CONTINUES
# Who's that behind the mask? #
It's Steph McGovern! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Course it is! Well clone, guys.
It's Steph McGovern!
Yes! Hello. Hello, Steph.
You were so good!
Oh, I loved it. I've had the time of my life.
You're an amazing dancer!
Oh, thank you. We could tell you were having fun.
It really came across.
Cos we were having fun watching you, so much fun.
The thing that our panel got hung up on all the time
was the food references.
Yes! Everyone was going, "Chef, chef, chef!"
Packed Lunch! Packed Lunch, right? Yeah.
That's what my show's called, so it was as simple as that.
And you had tomato sauce. That's also a thing.
LAUGHTER How did you physically do this show?
So, basically, my show came off air at 2:05.
I would run, jump on the 2:15 train...
WOW!
...and then that's how I got here every time.
Does the team know? Does anyone know? Nobody knows!
Oh, that's so good!
APPLAUSE
Stomach-churning moment, what was that?
It was when I was a producer doing the news,
and I'd just been at a big party,
and I got a call saying we had to interview the Prime Minister,
so I had turned up hungover, basically,
and I ended up throwing up in the loo.
In Number 10. In 10 Downing Street? Yeah!
LAUGHTER
What did you think of some of the ridiculous guesses?
I loved some of your guesses. Mick Hucknall was one of them.
I'm still not convinced you're not Mick Hucknall.
I mean, I could be! LAUGHTER
Did you enjoy yourself? I absolutely loved it, honestly.
You know, I did Irish dancing when I was a kid,
and if someone had said to me then,
"One clay, you're going to get to perform on a shiny stage,
"dressed as a massive tomato sauce..."
I loved every minute of it. And if you could have seen my face,
under the mask, honestly, I was like that: "Yes!"
LAUGHTER
Well, we're gonna see it now, so we get that treat to come.
Honestly, you've been so great. Hasn't she been amazing on the show?
Thank you!
We love you, Steph!
Well, well done. You've been absolutely amazing.
That is all for tonight. We'll be back next week
for more plot twists and turns.
But now, performing one final time, unmasked at last,
ladies and gentlemen, it's Steph McGovern!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Yay, the eggs are back!
SONG: 'Red Alert'
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Whoo!
# Red alert, red alert It's a catastrophe
# But don't worry
# Don't panic
# Ain't nothing going on But history, yeah... #
Oh, my God, she's amazing.
# Don't panic
# And the music keeps on playing On and on... #
Come on, Jonathan. Can you handle this one?
# Shake, shake, shake, shake... #
Yeah!
# Shake, shake, shake, shake
# On and on Yo, yo, yo, yoyo, yoyo
# And the music keeps on playing On and on
# Yo, yo, yo, YOYO, Y°Y°
# And the music keeps on playing On and on
# Shake, shake, shake, shake
# Shake, shake, shake, shake. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Our remaining six strut their stuff.
HE READS NAMES
For one night only, Mo Gilligan is back.
And another famous face...
is revealed.
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