ITV The Masked Singer UK Chicken Caesar’s identity revealed: All the clues it was Alexander Armstrong

The next character of the series was voted off of The Masked Singer UK 2024 on Saturday night, after Air Fryer, Bubble Tea, Owl, Eiffel Tower, Chicken Caesar and Piranha took part

The Masked Singer: Alexander Armstrong revealed as contestant

The Masked Singer UK has axed its next contestant with Chicken Caesar unmasked as Alexander Armstrong on the ITV series.

The show returned last Saturday night, with panellists Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross and Mo Gilligan trying to work out the identity of six new characters, with guest Charlie Simpson, although Rita Ora was back for this weekend. Confirmed for on Saturday night were Air Fryer, Bubble Tea, Owl, Eiffel Tower, Chicken Caesar and Piranha.

Also taking part are Cricket, Weather, Marypole, Bigfoot, Dippy Egg and Rat, who featured in the first episode of the series, where Weather was revealed as Dionne Warwick. Music icon Dionne left the panel starstruck as she unveiled herself as the star under the costume. She then shared her joy at being asked to do the series but admitted the struggles she faced trying to disguise her voice on the show.

The Masked Singer UK has axed its next contestant with Chicken Caesar unmasked as Alexander Armstrong on the ITV series(ITV)

During the latest episode, Chicken Caesar went against Piranha, before dropping a slew of clues. The judges pointed out the character had a Geordie accent, as well as a clue about Rose. Taking to Twitter, now X, viewers thought Chicken Caesar could be comedian Chris Ramsey, who is married to Rosie Ramsey.

However, in a huge twist, it was revealed that Chicken Caesar was Alexander, 53. The TV star and comedian is known for the likes of Pointless, Armstrong and Miller and Classic FM. Explaining the slew of clues on the show, it was revealed the BRIT Award was actually the Classic BRIT Awards, which Alexander hosted. Other clues included: “I’m a great Roman Explorer”, which was a nod to presenting the documentary Rome’s Invisible City.

Elsewhere, “LXX is 70 in Roman numerals, a reference to Alexander’s year of birth 1970”, “Chicken Caesar’s accent was a nod to Alexander being born in the North East” and “history and friend in the city, hinted to starring in Horrible Histories: The Movie with Kim Cattrall”.

In a huge twist, it was revealed that Chicken Caesar was Alexander, 53(ITV)

Taking to Twitter, now X, viewers were quick to share their shock as one person said: “Omg Alexander Armstrong!!! Me and my sister guess him every year and this is the first year we didn’t”, a different account put: “Would never have gotten Alexander Armstrong!” while another added: “OMG! Alexander Armstrong?! The Pointless host?! #MaskedSingerUK.”

It comes as host Joel Dommett couldn’t wait for the show to start and previously said: “Honestly, they are the best costumes ever. If they don’t make you smile, well, get out! Air Fryer is unbelievably silly. It’s so liberating to be a part of a show where first of all, people really enjoy it and also from my point of view, any idea I have, it’s fair game. Even when it comes to the suits!

“I think we’ve definitely got some of the best vocalists we’ve ever had on the show and we’ve had some really incredible ones in the past. The show goes through an interesting meandering of, we are all here for all the new characters, but then maybe the better singers start to get through in the last rounds, usually the final. Let’s be honest, it’s usually really incredible singers left at that point. This year I really do feel like we’ve got some of the best we’ve ever had.”

Talking about the costumes, Jonathan Ross said: “I love all of them. I really loved Weather. I thought that was a really beautiful, quite romantic, quite poetic-looking costume. I liked Piranha a lot. They’re fun, I have to say. Bubble Tea is great. Well, Bubble Tea and Air Fryer make the show very, very modern, don’t they? There’s a couple of phrases that weren’t in common conversation two or three years ago, and now we’ve got them dancing on primetime ITV1!”

The Masked Singer UK airs Saturdays at 7PM on ITV1 and ITVX. * Follow Mirror Celebs and TV on Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Threads.