{"id":352869,"date":"2026-01-05T05:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/352869\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T05:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:58:07","slug":"the-masked-singer-fans-recognise-toastie-immediately-by-hidden-accent-and-all-the-clues-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/352869\/","title":{"rendered":"The Masked Singer fans recognise Toastie immediately by ‘hidden accent’ – and all the clues fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Masked Singer is back with new celebs inside wacky costumes – but Toastie appears to have already been rumbled by viewers thanks to their distinctive accent<\/p>\n

19:36, 04 Jan 2026Updated 19:36, 04 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

\"ToastieToastie delivered an impressive debut performance(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

The Masked Singer is back with a brand new series and has already got people shouting increasingly unlikely names at their TVs.<\/p>\n

A whole new host of contestants – including Moth, Can of Worms, Red Panda, Conkers, Arctic Fox, Toastie, Monkey Business, Sloth, Garogyle and Teabag – are trying to hide their identities from the public.<\/p>\n

But fans are already certain thet know exactly who is behind the Toastie.<\/p>\n

Viewers reckon they have rumbled the star inside the costume after only their first performance on the hit ITV show on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Read more The Masked Singer fans rumble Arctic Fox’s identity in seconds as ‘voice gives it away’<\/a><\/p>\n

They flooded social media with messages about Birmingham TV queen Alison Hammond ‘definitely’ being the cheesy mystery.<\/p>\n

Some said they had heard a give-away Brummie accent underneath the fake Liverpool accent they were trying to put on.<\/p>\n

\"JoelJoel Dommett and Alison Hammond on I’m A Celebrity(Image: Joel Dommett Instagram)<\/p>\n

Clues for Toastie included:<\/p>\n

faced some critique in the paststarted grafting straight awaya diamond – presents live TV under pressure on This Morninga clown – could point to Alison’s huge larger than life personalitycalendar with date August 20 circled – The date it was announced Alison was nominated for the Best TV Presenter award at the National Television Awards in 2025peacock feathers’I’m a rebel with a cause, a few causes in fact’ – Alison supports many charities including Shelter, Cure Leakaemia, Macmillan Cancer Support.<\/p>\n

The Great British Bake Off Host has appeared on the show before, although not on a main series. She was Witchetty Grub on an I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Special in 2022.<\/p>\n

Viewers were certain it was Alison<\/a> inside the costume and wrote on X: “Alison Hammond? Brummie accent in the VT, couple of references to masterchef and I\u2019m sure she was on the celebrity version.”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m guessing that Alison Hammond is Toastie,” another said. A third commented: “Toastie is @AlisonHammond,” and a fourth echoed: “Omg Stoppppp why do I hear ALISON HAMMOND.”<\/p>\n

“Toastie sounds like Alison Hammond,” another fan said. And another viewer wrote: “TOASTIE SOUNDS LIKE ALISON HAMMOND.”<\/p>\n

The Masked Singer has returned with a change this year as there are now two unmaskings in every show.<\/p>\n

Not only is once celebrity sent home, but a masked lead singer of a band is unmasked on each show too.<\/p>\n

In the first episode, The One Show star Alex Jones was unmasked as Disc Jockey following her performance of Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club.<\/p>\n

After being unmasked, she told host Joel Dommett and the judges: “I have had a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

“We love this programme, as a family, and I just thought, it would be a lot of fun and that to do it for my children would be wonderful.<\/p>\n

“And it’s the most bizarre experience of my life! Thank you.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Masked Singer is back with new celebs inside wacky costumes – but Toastie appears to have already…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[11859,96,347,126574,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-352869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-alison-hammond","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-itv","11":"tag-the-masked-singer","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}