{"id":286407,"date":"2026-02-07T23:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/286407\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T23:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:32:08","slug":"masked-singers-conkers-has-to-be-huge-star-as-fans-list-5-clues-that-prove-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/286407\/","title":{"rendered":"Masked Singer&#8217;s Conkers &#8216;has to be&#8217; huge star as fans list 5 clues that prove it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans are convinced that a very famous singer will be stepping out from the costume when their time comes to an end on The Masked Singer UK<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Conkers on The Masked Singer\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_Conkers.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Conkers on The Masked Singer\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Conkers on The Masked Singer(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">We&#8217;re almost at the end of The Masked Singer with the final fast approaching next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Tonight, the remaining five celebrities &#8211; Moth, Can of Worms, Conkers, Toastie and Sloth &#8211; will perform again tonight in front of celebrity panelists Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Mo Gilligan and Maya Jama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They are all competing for a place in the final of the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">ITV<\/a> show after weeks of managing to keep their identities hidden from the great British public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But fans think they know who Conkers is for certain ahead of the semi final. Numerous viewers suspect it is <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/take-that\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Take That<\/a> star Mark Owen inside the costume &#8211; and there are quite a few clues that point to the singer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Read more <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/showbiz-tv\/masked-singer-fans-expose-can-33383504\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Masked Singer fans &#8216;expose&#8217; Can of Worms as clue means it &#8216;can&#8217;t be anyone else&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One Reddit user posted: &#8220;Sorry to burst your bubble but it&#8217;s Mark Owen. Fox clue on the honey, he has a daughter called Fox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Ghosts don&#8217;t scare him, he had a song called Ghosts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The football clues point to his try out for a local team before he was in Take That and also he&#8217;s done Soccer aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Big brother clue he won Celebrity <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/big-brother\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Big Brother<\/a> in the 2000s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The biggest clue though is his voice, it sounds soo much like him, when he sings!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Other <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/the-masked-singer\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Masked Singers<\/a> fans have also agreed that they can hear Mark when Conkers sings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One wrote on X, formerly Twitter: &#8220;Guys I spent weeks saying it wasn&#8217;t but I think conker could just be Mark Owen trying to hide his voice after that last performance. His wee lisp keeps coming out every now and then. #maskedsingeruk #maskedsinger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And another added: &#8220;I&#8217;ve been a Take That fan for years and it really, REALLY, sounds like Mark Owen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">We will find out soon enough who is inside each of the remaining costumes, as the show returns to ITV tonight at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>Who has been unmasked so far on The Masked Singer?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">We&#8217;ve already seen seven stars unmasked:<\/p>\n<p>Red Panda &#8211; Unmasked as Harry HillArctic Fox &#8211; Unmasked as Anton Du BekeMonkey Business &#8211; Unmasked as Kate NashGargoyle &#8211; Unmasked as Marcella DetroitYak &#8211; Unmasked as Johnny RottenDisc Jockey &#8211; Unmasked as Alex JonesTeabag &#8211; Unmasked as Professor Green<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans are convinced that a very famous singer will be stepping out from the costume when their time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,8642,24830,104935,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-286407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-itv","12":"tag-take-that","13":"tag-the-masked-singer","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}