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Series 5 of The Masked Singer UK premiered on December 30, 2023 and concluded on February 17, 2024.

Contestant Progress[]

Rank Photo Contestant/Celebrity Ep. 1 Ep. 2 Ep. 3 Ep. 4 Ep. 5 Ep. 6 Ep. 7 Ep. 8
A B A B Part 1 Part 2 Part 1 Part 2
1st TMS-UK S5-Piranha Piranha - Danny Jones WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE 1st
2nd TMS-UK S5-Bigfoot Bigfoot - Alex Brooker WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE 2nd
3rd TMS-UK S5-Cricket Cricket - Lemar WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE 3rd
4th TMS-UK S5-EiffelTower Eiffel Tower - Tiffany WIN SAFE BTM2 BTM3 SAFE ELIM
5th TMS-UK S5-AirFryer Air Fryer - Keala Settle WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM
6th TMS-UK S5-Maypole Maypole - Melody Thornton BTM3 SAFE SAFE ELIM
7th TMS-UK S5-DippyEgg Dippy Egg - Nicky Campbell BTM3 BTM2 SAFE ELIM
8th TMS-UK S5-Owl Owl - Lorraine Kelly BTM3 BTM2 ELIM
9th TMS-UK S5-BubbleTea Bubble Tea - Julia Sawalha BTM3 ELIM
10th TMS-UK S5-Rat Rat - Shirley Ballas WIN ELIM
11th TMS-UK S5-ChickenCaesar Chicken Caesar - Alexander Armstrong ELIM
12th TMS-UK S5-Weather Weather - Dionne Warwick ELIM
The contestant won The Masked Singer UK.
The contestant was a runner-up.
The contestant placed third.
The contestant was safe from elimination.
The contestant won the face off.
The contestant lost the face off and was placed in the bottom but was not eliminated.
The contestant lost the face off and was placed in the bottom & was eliminated.
The contestant did not participate in the episode.

Trivia[]

  • This is the first UK series:
    • Where the winner of the previous series appears in the first episode as a Guest Panelist.
    • To have a contestant with a screen that can change the expression of the face (Keala Settle as Air Fryer)
    • Where a female contestant places 9th (Julia Sawalha as Bubble Tea)
    • Where a foreign contestant from another country is unmasked in the series premiere (Dionne Warwick as Weather)
    • To have former contestants who didn't win as guest panelists.
    • Where a contestant sang a panelist's song (Melody Thornton as Maypole)
    • Where a contestant from that season was a guest panelist. (Lorraine Kelly as Owl)
    • To have an all-male finale (Lemar as Cricket, Alex Brooker as Bigfoot, and Danny Jones as Piranha)
    • To have all finalists with a perfect track record.
    • To have a contestant sing a different song rather than her main performance when being unmasked (Tiffany as Eiffel Tower)
    • Where only male contestants perform on the same episode.
  • This is the second UK series:
    • Where a regular panelist is absent from episodes (Rita Ora). The first of these was Series 1 where Ken Jeong was absent from episodes.
    • Where a female contestant places 6th during the quarter-finals (Melody Thornton as Maypole)
    • Where the first performer of the series doesn't make it to the final (Melody Thornton as Maypole)
    • With more than 2 male semifinalists (Lemar as Cricket, Alex Brooker as Bigfoot and Danny Jones Piranha)
    • To have a singer perform a song that has already been sung:
    • Where "Clue or False" replaced "Two Lies and A Truth".
    • To have more than one mask that was American (Dionne Warwick as Weather, Melody Thornton as Maypole, Keala Settle as Air Fryer and Tiffany as Eiffel Tower)
    • Where a contestant sings their own song.
  • This is the third UK series:
    • With first episode clues (Riddle Me This from Series 4 onwards)
    • Where a Group B contestant makes it to the Top 2 sing-offs and wins the show (Danny Jones as Piranha)
    • To have duet performances (Cricket with Mushroom, Bigfoot with Phoenix, and Piranha with Fawn)
    • Where a song that the winner did not previously sing in the competition is played after they won ("Feels So Good" by Shane Codd & Bryn Christopher)
    • Where a contestant becomes safe throughout the UK Series and fails to reach the final (Keala Settle as Air Fryer)
    • To have themed weeks in episodes 3 and 4.
    • To have a contestant who was previously on another show. (Dionne Warwick as Weather, who was Mouse on the American version and Melody Thornton as Maypole, who was Mirrorball on the Australian version.)
    • With "It's Not Me, It's You".
  • This season features the least amount of contestants guessed correctly by the judges, with only 3. (Dionne Warwick as Weather, Lemar as Cricket, and Alex Brooker as Bigfoot.)

Episodes[]

# Image Title Airdate
1 TBA "Episode 1" December 30, 2023
Before the first celebrity's true identity is revealed at the end of the show, six brand-new masked singers compete in matches like Maypole vs. Cricket, Bigfoot vs. Dippy Egg, and Weather vs. Rat. As we wonder once more who is behind the mask, expect even more challenging clues, incredible performances, and stunning reveals.
2 TBA "Episode 2" January 6, 2024
Joel Dommett serves as host as a new group of mask-wearing vocalists, including Air Fryer, Bubble Tea, Owl, Eiffel Tower, Chicken Caesar, and Piranha, compete not to reveal who they are.
3 TBA "Episode 3" January 13, 2024
Joel Dommett, Rita Ora, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, and Mo Gilligan are joined by special guest Olly Murs as five masked singers compete, and the third celebrity gets eliminated.
4 TBA "Episode 4" January 20, 2024
Joel Dommett, Rita Ora, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, and Mo Gilligan are joined by special guest Jennifer Saunders as five masked singers compete, and the fourth star is eliminated.
5 TBA "Episode 5" January 27, 2024
Joel Dommett, Rita Ora, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, and Mo Gilligan are joined by special guest Ellie Goulding as all eight remaining masked singers take to the stage.
6 TBA "Episode 6" February 3, 2024
It’s a double elimination tonight as seven masked singers become five. At the end of the show, the two celebrities will be unmasked, and their identities are revealed. Who will be hiding?!
7 TBA "Episode 7" February 10, 2024
The remaining five disguised celebrities take to the stage in the semi-final as Lorraine Kelly joins panellists Rita Ora, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, and Mo Gilligan try to guess their identities. It's also a double elimination, so at the end of the show, two contenders will be unmasked, leaving three to compete in the final. Hosted by Joel Dommett.
8 TBA "Episode 8" February 17, 2024
Last in the series of the singing contest hosted by Joel Dommett, Comedian Rob Brydon joins regular panelists Rita Ora, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan for the final of the competition as the three remaining singers compete to impress - before one of them is crowned the ultimate champion.

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