EastEnders star 'let's slip' he is The Masked Singer's Bear during live interview

The soap prima was successful the mediate of an ITV News interrogation erstwhile helium made the slip-up

An EastEnders prima seemingly revealed helium was the celebrated look beneath The Masked Singer's Bear quality successful an unfortunate slip-up unrecorded on-air.

The ITV singing contention sees a big of celebrities don extravagant costumes and perform, with lone their singing dependable undisguised. So far, the latest bid has seen six radical unmasked with the latest being presenter Mel Giedroyc who was down the Teeth costume.

Other celebs unmasked truthful acold successful bid six see Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway arsenic Spag Bol; Bake Off's Prue Leith arsenic Pegasus; Carol Decker arsenic Tattoo; Macy Gray arsenic Toad successful the Hole and Mo Farah arsenic Giant Joel.

There are inactive 7 stars remaining - Wolf, Snail, Bush, Kingfisher, Bear, Dressed Crab and Pufferfish - and fans of the amusement person been chewing implicit each azygous hint to travel up with caller theories connected who they could be. One of the astir talked-about characters near connected the amusement is Bear, and fans could conscionable person been fixed their biggest hint yet.

During an ITV News interview, EastEnders histrion Richard Blackwood appeared to person fto gaffe helium is the celebrated look down the costume. When asked straight astir it by the presenter, helium seemed to stumble implicit his words.

"Just quickly, earlier we finish, are you doing The Masked Singer? Because you’re getting loads of attraction astir it this week. Can you exclusively uncover it to us?” the presenter asked.

"I could… due to the fact that you made maine consciousness truthful bully and stuff," helium began, looking flustered. "No, I can’t, I can’t. But the moves and the mode I… I mean, that’s however I would bash it.”

Social media has been afloat of theories connecting Richard to Bear. "Bear is deffo Richard Blackwood his mediate sanction is Clifford #TheMaskedSinger" said 1 amusement fan, portion a antithetic relationship wrote: "Bear - Richard Blackwood #TheMaskedSinger."

Aside from Richard, galore viewers are convinced that singer-songwriter Example, existent sanction Elliot John Gleave, is the vocalist down Bear. Another starring mentation is that it could beryllium Anthony Head. The 70-year-old played Rupert Giles successful the deed bid Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 1997 until 2003.

The Masked Singer continues time nighttime astatine 7pm connected ITV1 and ITVX