Two stars eliminated from The Masked Singer during semi-final
The identities of Sloth and Can of Worms have been revealed during Saturday night’s semi-final of the ITV singing competition.
Radio host and former JLS singer Marvin Humes has been unmasked as Can of Worms on The Masked Singer and becomes the second contestant to be eliminated from the semi-final.
Humes, 40, was eliminated from the ITV singing competition show on Saturday night, joining English broadcaster and adventurer Ben Fogle, 52, who was unmasked earlier on in the episode as Sloth.
Prior to his elimination, Humes performed two songs – a rendition of the Cha Cha Slide by DJ Casper, before a version of Ordinary People by John Legend.
Judge Mo Gilligan was the only member of the panel to guess Humes’ identity correctly.
Following his unmasking, he said: “Been the best show I’ve been a part of.
“Thank you so much to everyone.
“It’s been amazing.”
He later added: “What’s really strange for me is I haven’t sung by myself in a long time. I’m used to being with three other guys on stage and that’s quite a comfort. A bit of security.
“Although I’m completely masked, it’s still been quite strange being out on my own singing. Which I’ve enjoyed, and even when the mask came off, I fully enjoyed it.
“It was nice doing something by myself where singing was concerned. When the band (JLS) finished, I didn’t really do any solo music that way, so yeah, it’s been really cool.”
After he was unmasked, Humes also waved to the camera to his youngest kids, Valentina and Blake, who did not know he was performing on the show.
Meanwhile, Fogle, who performed an enthusiastic rendition of We All Stand Together by Sir Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus, was eliminated earlier on in the episode.
Hosted by Joel Dommett, none of the judges, which consisted of comedian Katherine Ryan, who joined as a special guest, Gilligan, Jonathan Ross, Maya Jama, and Davina McCall, guessed correctly.
Among the guesses the judges put forward were Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews, Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley and financial journalist Martin Lewis.
Fogle described the experience was “so joyous” and “so fun” after he was unmasked.
He said: “I am so happy to have got this far.
“I’m not a natural-born singer, but it’s been so joyous.
“I think one of the reasons I really wanted to do this is that we so often stereotype people, and we make assumptions about who they are, what they can do, stick in your lane, but I think you reach a point in life when you can’t take yourself too seriously.”
Moth, Conker and Toastie will perform again next week during the finale where their identities will be revealed.
The Masked Singer returns on Saturday at 7pm on ITV and ITVX.
