{"id":389954,"date":"2026-01-25T16:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389954\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:27:15","slug":"masked-singer-fans-know-who-conkers-is-as-telling-tv-clip-resurfaces-after-ultimate-deception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389954\/","title":{"rendered":"Masked Singer fans &#8216;know&#8217; who Conkers is as telling TV clip resurfaces after &#8216;ultimate deception&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Masked Singer UK star has had fans guessing their identity &#8211; now viewers are certain they have cracked the mystery celeb<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Conkers.jpg\" alt=\"Conkers on The Masked Singer\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/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\">The Masked Singer is back tonight &#8211; and for the first time all the remaining characters in the competition will all be performing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Joel Dommett will be back to host proceedings as the celebrity panel &#8211; Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Mo Gilligan and Maya Jama &#8211; and viewers at home try their best to crack the identities of the celebs inside the wacky costumes from their voice and a few puzzling clues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Conkers is set to give their third performance tonight, having already given us their renditions of Nice To Meet You by Myles Smith and Jump Around by House of Pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Read more <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/showbiz-tv\/masked-singer-fans-suss-moth-33253434\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Masked Singer fans &#8216;suss&#8217; Moth as they say &#8216;got to be her&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Clues so far for Conkers have included:<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a &#8220;Knight&#8221; to remember, you&#8217;ve come to the right placeI&#8217;ve shown this Conker, is up for any challenge, even if I\u2019d rather hide in my shellIt doesn\u2019t take much to put a fright in this Knight, although ghosts don\u2019t scare meI\u2019m a Knight of Passion for Feasting, Fighting and F- Facing my Fears, of which there\u2019s rather a lot.I\u2019m no stranger to Secret, Scandals and Shock RevealsThis Conker has played many parts, but I\u2019m not looking for credit<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Viewers are convinced it is <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Good Morning Britain<\/a> and Tipping Point host Ben Shephard inside the Conkers costume, despite his appearance on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/the-masked-singer\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">The Masked Singer<\/a> last weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_ECR_170126_benshephard.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Shephard on Masked Singer\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Ben Shephard's appearance left some viewers confused\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Ben Shephard&#8217;s appearance left some viewers confused(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He joined the celebrity panel to share his guesses &#8211; but notably Conkers wasn&#8217;t performing on the show and viewers are convinced it was the &#8216;ultimate deception&#8217; by show bosses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ben is definitely not afraid of ghosts, having presented the show Mystery Map where he investigated haunted locations like the Guy Fawkes Inn. He&#8217;s also no stranger to secrets, scandals and shock reveals working on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/this-morning\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">This Morning<\/a> and he even had a run-in with conkers on the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">ITV<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The resurfaced TV clip appears to have thrown further suspicion on the TV presenter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Last year, while presenting from the studio, Ben and co-host Cat Deeley linked to Craig Doyle in the This Morning forest for a segment about using conkers as a cleaning hack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"JWPlayer_poster-image___jQGK\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/vid69271d3728750222847374.jpg\" alt=\"videoHeadline\"\/>This Morning: Ben laughs at conkers cleaning hack segment glitch<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But the section quickly went awry as they lost the feed, with Ben conceding: &#8220;It&#8217;s all fallen apart, you rub a couple of conkers together and that&#8217;s what happens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fans are convinved that producers were pulling the &#8216;ultimate deception&#8217; having the star as a guest on the show to put them off the scent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One wrote on X: &#8220;Still say Ben Shepherd is conkers despite his appearance tonight #maskedsingeruk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A second said &#8220;Now we can truly ask ourselves the question, Is Ben Shephard &#8220;not&#8221; Conkers, or is he playing the ultimate deception in Masked Singer history Is he on the panel tonight and back &#8220;singing&#8221; next week and everyone is completely unaware? &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Absolutely think that if Conkers is @benshephard , having him as a guest judge this week is GENIUS\u2026!&#8221; a third added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Masked Singer UK star has had fans guessing their identity &#8211; now viewers are certain they have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,347,126574,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-389954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-itv","tag-the-masked-singer","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389954","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=389954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}