The Masked Singer panel in shock shake-up as judge forced to step down – and his replacements are revealed

THE MASKED Singer sheet volition acquisition a daze shake-up this bid arsenic 1 of the judges was forced to measurement down done a docket clash.

New panellist Maya Jama was already recruited to regenerate Rita Ora arsenic the popular prima had to perpetrate to filming the American mentation of the amusement astatine the aforesaid time.

Now The Sun tin uncover that comedian Mo Gilligan had to duck retired due to the fact that helium had circuit dates to screen successful the US.

ITV has lined up 2 large names to regenerate Mo for the episodes, though.

Celebrated histrion Richard E Grant volition screen the February 8 episode, whilst past year’s victor Danny Jones is successful for the last connected February 15.

The bid has already attracted different immense impermanent judges including Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, histrion Suranne Jones and Vicky McClure, positive Olympian Tom Daley.

The McFly star was crowned the victor of The Masked Singer UK successful the 5th play of the singing competition.

Danny, who hails from Bolton in Greater Manchester, has been performing with the set since 2003.

After respective performances and overmuch speculation the star was revealed to beryllium Piranha.

He blew the panel, assemblage and viewers distant with his sensational screen of Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" successful the final.

Discussing his triumph astatine the time, Danny told host Joel Dommett: ''I’ve had the astir astonishing time, I tin flight down present and conscionable beryllium Piranha and sing these songs.

"I’ve learnt truthful much, I’m capable to sing higher present conscionable from being connected this show. I americium truthful happy, convey you!''

In summation to his occurrence connected stage, Danny has besides enjoyed respective stints on-screen, participating successful fashionable tv competitions specified as I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, wherever helium took the crown arsenic King of the jungle.

Richard E Grant is simply a British actor, screenwriter and manager known for his roles successful Withnail and I (1987), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), and Star Wars: Episode IX (2019). 

Grant besides appeared successful the sixth play of the deed tv series Game of Thrones.

His different tv roles see Frasier (2004), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2019) and Suspect (2022).

Meanwhile, viewers think that the voice behind the fuzzy bear successful the existent bid whitethorn be Chaser, Shaun Wallace of ITV's The Chase.

An eagle eared spectator said: “Just gonna propulsion retired Shaun Wallace arsenic a rando conjecture for Bear.”

Another utilized his Chaser sanction from the ITV gameshow to enactment his sanction successful the mix: “Dark destroyer from the pursuit arsenic the bear? #MaskedSingerUK"

Once the sanction retired determination others seemed to leap connected the thought with one TikTok viewer saying “Shaun Wallace The Chase” and got a flurry of replies similar “I tin perceive this now!” and “Only heard the archetypal fewer words and that was already my guess.”

The Masked Singer airs Saturdays connected ITV1 and is disposable connected ITVX.