ITV The Masked Singer flooded with same complaint minutes into final as star goes 'missing'
After seven weeks of hiding behind their elaborate masks, Saturday's grand finale (February 15) will finally see Wolf, Crab and Pufferfish unmasked for the first time - with one of them crowned the 2025 winner.
So far this series, nine celebrities have been unmasked including the likes of Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway, Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith and American singer Macy Gray.
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The final three contestants will battle it out tonight with two performances, including 'one-of-a-kind' duets with three of the previously unmasked stars from this year's series.
The winner of The Masked Singer is chosen by the audience and the judging panel, made up of newest judge Maya Jama, Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross and Mo Gilligan, who are often joined by guests each week.
But as the finale kicked off, fans of the hit ITV singing contest noticed that regular judge Mo was missing, and was instead replaced by last year's The Masked Singer winner, McFly star Danny Jones, who won the 2024 series champion as Piranha.
Comedian Mo, who joined the show in 2021, was also noticeably missing from the semi-final of the show last weekend, which led fans to complain about his whereabouts and the lack of explanation for his absence.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, one viewer @cazcoup1 asked: "Where's Mo again...still no mention of why he isn't there again," as @kevwgs echoed: "Why is Mo not on the panel? Him and Davina are the best judges #MaskedSingerUK."
@claire_bear1273 also asked: "Where is Mo tonight on #maskedsingeruk," @mademetoxic said: "What happened to Mo btw. #MaskedSingerUK."
@SufcLee wrote: "although thats weird, mo gililgan, where is he. done all the series & missed the final 2 episodes #MaskedSingerUK."
@Survivinthe20s asked: "Was Mo just cancelled off the show...what happened? #maskedsingeruk," as @kellyloumugg also wondered: "Where the hell is Mo? #maskedsingeruk."
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