{"id":426194,"date":"2026-02-15T00:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/426194\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T00:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:17:09","slug":"masked-singer-fans-work-out-toasties-identity-before-final-as-big-clue-seals-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/426194\/","title":{"rendered":"Masked Singer fans work out Toastie&#8217;s identity before final as big clue &#8216;seals it&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toastie, Conkers and Moth are the final three celebs to be unmasked<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toastie alongside host Joel Dommett on The Masked Singer\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2_EMB-Bandicoot-TV.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Toastie alongside host Joel Dommett on The Masked Singer\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Toastie alongside host Joel Dommett 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 for its final show of the series as we all find out who is inside the remaining three costumes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Toastie, Moth and Conkers will battle it out to take the top spot as they go head to head in front of the celebrity judging panel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After weeks of speculation, fans are getting their best guesses locked in ahead of the grand final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And Toastie has been one of the most divisive contestants on 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, with many stuck on their identity after their incredibly soulful performances.<\/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-certain-conkers-33422894\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Masked Singer fans &#8216;certain&#8217; Conkers isn&#8217;t Ben Shephard after clue &#8216;gave it away&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Still, many <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 Singer<\/a> viewers are sure they have nailed it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They have matched up the clues and the voice to one star &#8211; <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/loose-women\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Loose Women&#8217;s<\/a> Brenda Edwards.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brenda Edwards on Loose Women\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771114629_246_0_LDBR_MEN_140126_Brenda.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Viewers think Brenda Edwards could be behind the mask\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Viewers think Brenda Edwards could be behind the mask(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In 2005, she finished in fourth place on the second series of <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/x-factor\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">The X Factor<\/a> and has an incredible voice that would certainly fit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And the clues appear to hint at the ITV star as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A visual clue showed a glimpse of three famous names from Bolton: Vernon Kay, Sara Cox, and Peter Kay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And Brenda has strong links to the town. She performed at Bolton Wanderers FC&#8217;s stadium for The Big Bolton Carol Concert in December 2022, a charity event supporting her late son Jamal Edwards&#8217; trust and other local causes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She also starting &#8216;grafting&#8217; young, singing in church when she was eight years old and singing on various recordings while working full-time as an accounts-payable manager in the 1990s before her big break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She can also &#8216;hold her own with royalty&#8217; as she performed at the Royal Variety Performance with the cast of Paddington The Musical, where she plays Mrs Brown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Despite the mounting speculation, Brenda quickly dismissed fans who pointed to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Responding to a fan online who said she was clearly Toastie, Brenda hit back: \u201cToastie is Mica Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fans don&#8217;t believe her though and are continuing to pin their hopes on her being inside the costume.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">We will all find out tonight on ITV1 as The Masked Singer final airs at 7pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toastie, Conkers and Moth are the final three celebs to be unmasked Toastie alongside host Joel Dommett on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,347,126574,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-426194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-itv","11":"tag-the-masked-singer","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426194","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=426194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}