The Masked Singer Thread Two : can we dippy our eggs into some correct guesses? Maypole we'll be corrickkect this time.

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Sorry for cheesy title! Join us for some light bickering, name dropping of people we have never heard of and the annual discussion of how famous people from Glee are.

I totally agree. He’s lovely to look at and seems like a genuinely nice person, but doesn’t do anything for me. He was very good on The Traitors Uncloaked the other day - he’s obviously really into the show and was very kind to poor Brian about how he’d come across.

God, I would have know Blur/Oasis no issue. I was very pleased for them but it's no Judith Keppel level. I think it depends what you associate with things. He said it as the year he started uni and so he would definitley know what year that was. I knew it was the year before I got married.

DH is usually amazing at that stuff and can tell you every number one from some years in the 80s but he thought it was 96. Knowing me, I would have got the year right and the sum wrong!

Those were the last , sighing days of good music and charts excitement....

Maypole is Nicole Sherzinger

The body shape works but the singing voice isn't quite right. Nicole has quite an operatic flavour to her voice . Maypole really does sound like Rita singing. Maypole also can't quite manage high notes so, if it's a singer, it's one who is used to auto tune and over production.

I presume someone has already guessed David Seaman as Bigfoot?

He had to leave early due to his wife's injury and I believe she injured her foot...

Hmm. Maybe I am overthinking it 🤣

Bigfoot is 100% Alex Brooker - it's not even debatable!
You can see the way he moves, the way he dances.
In fact, last night you could even see that he has shorter arms within the costume. It also sounds exactly like him. Because it is him.

It's actually a clever costume, that none of the panel are questioning the gait, and just assuming it's part of the crutch/bandage of the costume.

Yes, 100% him.

Like I said yesterday, somehow they have even made it look facially like him!

One of the Bigfoot clues was about being linked to a sporting rhinoceros.

https://www.leedsrhinosfoundation.org/leeds-rhinos-foundation-sign-up-alex-brooker-for-pdrl-team/

But they often have a guest judge in addition to the 4 main judges so if she's there they do that - if she's not, the guest judge replaces her.

Yes, good point!

When do all the acts appear in the same show? It’s going to get a bit weird if Rita is Maypole and there keep being different excuses why she isn’t on the panel.

OTOH she's not there next week when Maypole isn't either.

Does anyone really believe Shirley Ballas has an arse covered in tattoos including her boyfriend's name?

Yes. Why would she lie about that?

Fyi

I don't remember the tattooed arse clue otherwise I'd definitely have thought it was Cheryl

I think it's her too. Not like she can do the US version

Why did Shirley Ballas Have a Scottish flag and tartan on rat's costume-is there any Scottish connection? There are not too many great singers this year......

She probably went to Edinburgh once

Maypole sounds like Cheryl Cole singing, if CC had had singing lessons.

It can't be Cheryl Cole she is a terrible singer ! Best one was her performing with Gary Barlow at the queen's 60th jubilee. My ears have never recovered

Someone's probably already said it, I've skimmed the thread but haven't taken it all in. Cheryl Cole not only has a son called Bear, but the other clue was I speak Italian and Spanish and Girls Aloud had a single 'Can't Speak French' So you could say both of them would fit.

I very rarely have the foggiest idea about any of the clues, so I was quite impressed with myself knowing those two. Small things and all that.

Someone had an Irish flag in their clues last year for no reason whatsoever!

Reactivating for later.

In fairly disgusting news, DS is demanding I take him out to the gym at 7.30! So I will have to pause and then catch up...

I may therefore lurk away form thread in second half to avoid spoilers.

Honestly, this is an extraordinary piece of parental sacrifice.