After a eight weeks of jaw-dropping celebrity reveals and incredible performances, the winner of The Masked Singer 2026 has been revealed.
As ever, panellists Maya Jama, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan and special guest Samantha Barks watched on as the final three acts competed to be crowned the champion.
After epic performances from Moth, Toastie and Conkers, it was Moth who left a lasting impression and was announced as this year’s winner. But it all came down to reveal who was behind the mask, and it was none other than Keisha Buchanan.
In second place was Conkers who revealed themselves to be Ben Shephard, while Toastie finished in third and was unmasked as Mica Paris.
Moth. ITV
Asked how it felt to win, Keisha said: “I can’t believe I got through it. It was so grueling but beautiful. I did a song that I’ve never done, like Whitney [Houston], I’ve never sung a Whitney song! Aerosmith, that was the scariest one.
“Whitney and Aerosmith were the hardest because I knew her, I never wanted to do her songs because I loved her so much. She was an amazing person. And Aerosmith, I just can’t rap to save my life so it was such a challenge.”
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Over the course of the competition, a number of famous faces headed out on stage to perform to the best of their abilities, all while hoping to keep their identities a secret from the audience and the panel.
But as the guessing game heated up, more clues about their true identities were revealed each week which led to the unmaskings of Disc Jockey and Teabag in the first week as Alex Jones and Professor Green respectively.
Their unmaskings were followed by Yak, who was unveiled as Sex Pistols frontman John Lyndon, then Gargoyle who was actuallt Shakespears Sister’s Marcella Detroit.
The first of the double unmaskings saw Monkey Business unveiled as singer Kate Nash, and Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke was revealed to be behind the mask of Artcic Fox.
In the weeks that followed, Harry Hill was unveiled as Red Panda, Ben Fogle as Sloth and JLS star Marvin Humes was revealed to be Can of Worms.
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