The Masked Singer leaves viewers aghast as Red Panda’s identity is revealed

As The Masked Singer UK 2026 heats up, with the semi-final next week, another celebrity has been revealed in an electrifying elimination.

Tonight, Can of Worms, Toastie, Conkers, Moth, Red Panda, and Sloth all performed for panellists Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Maya Jama, and Mo Gilligan.

But sadly for Red Panda, despite all their attempts to conceal their identity with cryptic clues and remain in the competition by delivering entertaining performances, the game is up.

And upon the character’s elimination, viewers were stunned to find Harry Hill beneath the mask.

Previous guesses from the panel included Tom Fletcher of McFly, Professor Brian Cox, comedian Alan Carr, and podcaster Chris Ramsey.

Elsewhere in tonight’s episode, the elusive Mole Dommett was also unmasked, having debuted on the scene a couple of weeks ago to help the panel with their guessing.

But after directing them to various clues and assisting with their detective work, the furry creature – whose name is, of course, a play on that of host Joel Dommett – turned out to be Olly Murs all along!

It’s certainly been an eventful seventh series of The Masked Singer thus far, as we kicked off with the arrival of two house bands, fronted by Goldfish and Emperor Penguin.

The pair were soon unmasked as pop star Anne-Marie and Little Britain comedian Matt Lucas, who both joined the panel as guest stars when the contest got fully underway.

In our first official elimination of the series, The One Show host Alex Jones left everyone aghast by revealing that she was Disc Jockey, as not a single person predicted she would be.

And the surprises just kept coming, with the next week seeing rapper Professor Green lift off Teabag’s costume, despite the panel guessing it could’ve been Richard Osman or Judge Rinder.

In the third week, we had Yak’s unmasking, with Sex Pistols icon John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, underneath, before another music legend, American singer-songwriter Marcella Detroit, was unveiled as Gargoyle.

Then, most recently, ITV treated us to a double whammy, unmasking both Monkey Business and Arctic Fox last weekend.

Musician Kate Nash was the one underneath Monkey Business’s incredible costume, again, with no one expecting the Foundations hitmaker to be uncovered as the voice they’d been listening to.

As for Arctic Fox, the glamorous character transpired to be none other than Anton Du Beke, who put all his Strictly Come Dancing performing experience into practice to go undetected week after week.

Now, just five contestants remain in the show, all of whom are hoping to take the torch from last series’ winner Samantha Barks and be crowned champion in the final.

The Masked Singer continues next weekend on ITV1 and ITVX.

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