Viking (UK)

Viking
Statistics
Season	UK - TMS 2
Gender	Male
Placement	7th place
Appearances
Title Card
Morten Harket
Name(s)
Biographical Information
Born	14 September 1959 (age 64)
Notability	Singer-Songwriter Lead singer of A-Ha

Viking is a masked celebrity contestant on the second UK series of The Masked Singer.

Appearance

Viking has a huge head, which is bigger than the rest of his body. He wears a silver Viking helmet with a white bison horns that are black on the end on each side which the celebrity’s head sits under. The face has eyes covered by the helmet. He has a ginger braided moustache below his nose along with a long ginger beard. His entire torso is covered by the beard. He wears dark green pants, brown leather boots, brown leather gloves on each hand, and a red cape at the back.

Songs

Week	Song Selection	Result
2	"Songbird" by Fleetwood Mac	WIN
4	"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles	BTM2
5	"Take On Me" by A-ha	SAFE
6	"The Scientist" by Coldplay	ELIM

Face-off Songs

Week	VS	Song
4	Grandfather Clock	"Crazy" by Seal

Clues

Week	Clue
2	I am Viking. You're curious who I am, I'm curious too, and that's the thing about a viking. We are a curious kind. We are explorers, we forge our own way. We discover answers, as in my career, throughout this competition, I'll be looking for a voice. Tonight, I'm battling it out with Seahorse. Good luck Seahorse from me. Vi-King.
4	I strode into my last performance, and emerged victorious from a battle with a seahorse. The panel tried to guess who I was, but by my beard, they haven't got a clue. Perhaps this evening, they will say one guess closer to who I am. Being a viking, you live by your instincts, from a young early age my natural instincts gave rise to something that would later forge my career, and it was this something that has left my footprints across great countries outside of my own. Doing my own thing, underlies everything, including breaking the rules. Vikings are not down by any chains and sometimes, success can be found when I break something. Tonight, the battle calls for me once more.
5	Last time, my fate swung in the balance, but the odds were in my favour. But one thing's for sure, this panel has no clue as to who I am. As for my identity, I'm never gonna give it up. Vikings might have been around for millennia, but my career has been one of billions. It was over a billion people who watched me do my thing. As a viking, I rely on tools I was born with and tools I can create. Take my sword for example, which was forged in the silver mines of my homeland, to serve me well in my journey. Most people head out into the world, seeking gold, but the gold I look for is creative fulfilment. Though as precious metals go, steel has proved rather useful in my career. Tonight, I strike out on my next adventure.
6	Last time, was magical, but perhaps the panel have aimed in the wrong direction with their guesses. Will tonight be tonight, they finally see the true person behind the Viking. Vikings are a nomadic sort, because we have a hunger for adventure, to us there is always that land beyond the horizon. People think vikings are all about the conquering, about the pillaging and the taking. They're not often the heroes of the tale, well this viking has written his own tale. I don't care much for trinkets and I don't feed off accolades, It feels better to give than to take. I cannot take what you cannot give. Tonight I'm swapping my sword for my voice, and I'm ready to do battle once more.

Two Lies and a Truth	Answer
I own a Blue Peter badge	✅
My first hit dialled M for Murder	❌
My early career relied on brotherly love	❌

Clue Answers
Morten's hometown of Kongsberg in Norway translates to 'King's Rock'
"Over a billion people watched me" was a clue to 'Take On Me' having over 1 billion YouTube views
"Steel has proved most useful in my career" refers to a-ha's studio album 'Cast in Steel'
A long list of notes was a reference to Morten's fame for singing very long notes
In the surveillance VT Viking said "A-ha" three times

Unmasked Answers
He was a judge on Norway's version of The Voice
The American flag was a clue to a-ha's success in the states, where 'Take On Me' reached No.1 in the billboard charts in 1985
Boyband A1 covered a-ha's 'Take On Me'
The comic book is a nod to the 'Take On Me' video, where a-ha turned into comic book characters

Final Guesses

Week	Alan's Guess	Mo's Guess	Davina's Guess	Rita's Guess	Jonathan's Guess
6	Brendan Sheerin	Ricky Wilson	Ricky Wilson	Bear Grylls	Robert Rinder

Trivia

• The Viking is the first Masked Singer contestant ever to sing their own song, second was Medusa (ES), third was Dzhoker (RUS), fourth was Monstrik (RUS).
• Viking is the fourth international contestant on the British version of the show, preceded by Daisy, Unicorn, and Monster and followed by Badger.
• Viking is the first UK contestant to sing a song titled "Crazy". He is followed by Chandelier and Mushroom.
• The costume for Viking was used in a segment of the eighteenth series of 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' as a part of a new segment known as 'The Masked Humdinger', alongside the costumes for both Bagpipes & Bush Baby.
• This costume was reused in France's fourth season as the basis for Viking.
• The judges guessed Viking to be Martin Kemp, but he was the Cat in Cat & Mouse in Season 4.
• The judges guessed Viking to be Ricky Wilson, but he was Phoenix in Season 4.

Videos

• Performances
• Unmasking
• Interview

Viking Performs 'Songbird' By Fleetwood Mac - Season 2 Ep. 2 - The Masked Singer UK

Viking Performs 'Watermelon Sugar' by Harry Styles - Season 2 Ep. 4 - The Masked Singer UK

Viking Sings 'Crazy' By Seal In A Bid For Survival - Season 2 Ep. 4 - The Masked Singer UK

Viking Performs 'Take On Me' By A-Ha - Season 2 Ep. 5 - The Masked Singer UK

Viking Performs 'The Scientist' By Coldplay - Season 2 Ep. 6 - The Masked Singer UK

Viking is MORTEN HARKET! - Season 2 Ep. 6 Reveal - The Masked Singer UK

MORTEN HARKET'S First Interview After Unmasking! - Season 2 Ep. 6 - The Masked Singer- Unmasked

Gallery

Poster for series 2 featuring Viking with Blob, Alien, Dragon, and Sausage

Viking with Blob, Harlequin, Bush Baby, Grandfather Clock, and Seahorse

Viking with Davina McCall and Bush Baby