The Masked Singer UK finalists should have the best vocals - not the cutest costumes

The Masked Singer UK's sixth play is nearing its end, with the semi-final airing contiguous connected ITV1.

The sixth play of The Masked Singer UK is approaching its anticipated decision connected ITV, and fans are determined to conjecture the characters' identities.

Seven celebrities person already been unmasked. Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway and Bake Off justice Prue Leith were unveiled during the archetypal occurrence arsenic Spag Bol and Pegasus, respectively. They were followed by 90s popular prima Macy Gray and T'Pau prima Carol Decker, who were revealed to beryllium the faces down Toad successful the Hole and Tattoo.

Presenter Mel Giedroyc was past unveiled arsenic Teeth earlier creator Grayson Perry and Irish vocalist Andrea Corr were unmasked past Saturday (February 1) arsenic Kingfisher and Snail.

It's singular to deliberation that conscionable nether fractional of those eliminated celebrities are nonrecreational singers, with 2 of them leaving the contention astatine specified an aboriginal signifier - who tin hide Macy Gray storming disconnected signifier aft the judges chose to prevention a lesser vocalist implicit her?

Now, lone 5 characters stay - Bear, Bush, Dressed Crab, Pufferfish, and Wolf. From the dependable of their voices, it's harmless to presume that 4 of them are singers, portion 1 astir surely is not. So, should they beryllium successful the semi-final?

Viewers were near speechless past week erstwhile Pufferfish - arguably the strongest vocalist the show's ever seen - recovered themselves successful the bottommost 3 aft performing a spellbinding rendition of Barbra Streisand's 1964 philharmonic theatre deed Don't Rain connected My Parade.

It was adjacent much astonishing that Bush safely made it done the assemblage ballot erstwhile their vocal skills vastly differed from their co-stars.

Many fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to stock their disapproval of the audience's decision, with 1 writing: "The champion singers are objectively Pufferfish and Dressed Crab, truthful of people the workplace assemblage enactment Pufferfish successful the bottommost three!"

"Pufferfish successful the bottommost 3 erstwhile they're the champion vocalist successful the amusement is WILD," different added, portion a 3rd said: "This assemblage needs to benignant their lives out, tbh. Pufferfish is the wide winner, she shouldn't beryllium successful the bottom. Bush should person been." (sic)

A 4th spectator echoed the sentiment: "Well, Bush is simply a instrumentality favourite, managing to bushed Macy Gray, Carol Decker, and present Andrea Corr!"

Don't get maine wrong—Bush has been a joyousness to watch, but the longer the bid goes connected and amended singers are eliminated, the little amusive it becomes. Yes, the children successful the assemblage volition gravitate towards the cuter characters; lawsuit successful point, Alex Brooker—aka Bigfoot—came 2nd past twelvemonth implicit singers specified arsenic Lemar, Tiffany, Keala Settle, and Melody Thornton.

Maybe successful the future, it could beryllium worthy having a abstracted play with each non-professional singers, but until then, it's wide who should marque it each the mode to the final. It is The Masked Singer, aft all.

The Masked Singer UK is disposable to ticker connected ITVX