Two contestants narrowly miss out on place in The Masked Singer final

Rapper Example and EastEnders prima Natalie Cassidy person missed retired connected a spot successful The Masked Singer last aft being eliminated from the ITV world show.

The instrumentalist and producer, existent sanction Elliot Gleave, was unveiled arsenic the personage down the Bear disguise erstwhile helium was voted retired aft the 5 remaining contestants performed during Saturday’s semi-final.

After the masked celebrated faces sang for a 2nd time, histrion Cassidy was eliminated from the amusement and unmasked arsenic Bush.

Example delivered a soulful show of She by Elvis Costello during the show, with Love Island big Maya Jama correctly guessing it was the instrumentalist and grounds producer.

Fellow panellist broadcaster Jonathan Ross thought it could beryllium documentary shaper Louis Theroux, presenter Davina McCall opted for comedian Romesh Ranganathan and impermanent panellist Richard E Grant chose Shakespeare In Love histrion Joseph Fiennes.

After being unmasked, Example said helium knew helium had to “do thing antithetic each week” arsenic his accustomed singing dependable was excessively distinctive.

He added that the acquisition had been “great” and explained that immoderate of his clues had been obscure arsenic helium has “done truthful galore weird, random things implicit a 20-year career”.

During the show, Cassidy gave a joyful rendition of Abba classical Thank You For The Music for her archetypal show and sang Stay (I Missed You) by Lisa Loeb for her second.

Grant thought it could beryllium Harry Potter prima Miriam Margolyes down the disguise and Jama went down the histrion way arsenic good with EastEnders’ Maisie Smith, which Ross agreed to earlier opting for Coronation Street prima Angela Griffin, portion McCall went for comic Morgana Robinson.

Following her reveal, the histrion said: “It’s been 1 of the champion jobs I’ve ever done.”

Cassidy, champion known for her long-running relation arsenic Sonia Fowler successful BBC soap EastEnders, added: “I deliberation my small 1 volition emotion it. My small Alfie, my large nephew, loves the show, truthful he’s going to beryllium thrilled.

“And I deliberation my 14-year-old is going to spell either way. She’s either going to accidental ‘Mum I’m truly arrogant of you’ oregon ‘This is the astir embarrassing thing’.”

The semi-final kicked disconnected connected Saturday by Wolf releasing their interior rocker with a rendition of Rebel Yell by Billy Idol.

Jama guessed it could beryllium Blue vocalist Lee Ryan down the disguise owed to singing and acting references, portion Ross thought it could beryllium US prima Adam Lambert and Grant opted for vocalist Billy Idol himself.

They aboriginal performed a stripped backmost mentation of Don’t Dream It’s Over by Crowded House, with Ross reasoning the acquisition could mean it was vocalist Sir Cliff Richard.

Dressed Crab showed disconnected their almighty vocals arsenic they took connected Suddenly by Billy Ocean for their archetypal song, with their 2nd being a lively mentation of Hit The Road Jack by Ray Charles, which made Ross see it could beryllium US prima John Legend.

Meanwhile, McCall and Jama were some convinced it was either US histrion and vocalist Billy Porter oregon Grammy victor Gregory Porter.

Pufferfish delivered a gentle rendition of Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For? with Jama describing them arsenic having the “voice of an angel” and starring her to conjecture it could beryllium Pussycat Dolls prima Nicole Scherzinger.

The contestant showed disconnected their vocal scope further successful their 2nd opus by performing One Night Only by Jennifer Hudson.

Ross thought US histrion Lea Michele could beryllium down the almighty vocals, portion Grant opted for Bridget Jones’s Diary prima Renee Zellweger and McCall went with histrion Samantha Barks, who starred arsenic Elsa successful the West End accumulation of Frozen.

Last week 2 contestants were eliminated successful a treble unmasking up of the semi-final, with Kingfisher revealed arsenic Sir Grayson Perry portion vocalist Andrea Corr of The Corrs was unveiled arsenic Snail.

Dressed Crab, Pufferfish and Wolf volition vie successful the expansive finale adjacent week.

The Masked Singer, hosted by Joel Dommett, continues connected Saturdays connected ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.