Lulu has been unmasked! (Picture: Getty)
The Masked Singer UK is back and in full swing – and we’ve had our second elimination of the series!
Despite giving it her all, it wasn’t enough for Piece of Cake to win enough votes from the audience, leading to Scottish singer Lulu being revealed as the celebrity underneath the mask.
Judges Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Mo Gilligan and Rita Ora were left stunned as the pint-sized pop icon took off her mask, but viewers at home had already caught on, thanks to the telling clues in her VT.
Explaining why she wanted to be a Piece of Cake, 74-year-old Lulu joked that she’s just ‘so sweet.’
Delving into the clues that left the panel puzzled, Lulu revealed that the reference to a ‘well’ was her truly iconic line, ‘Wellllllll, you know you make me wanna shout!’, in one of her biggest hits, which she performed for the studio audience.
Other clues included her being a ‘birthday gift,’ which was a nod to Oprah Winfrey flying her out to the States to surprise Sidney Poitier for a 70th birthday bash.
Lulu amazed the panel with her iconic vocals as Piece of Cake (Picture: ITV)
Meanwhile, a heart-shaped balloon with the word, ‘Shh’ written on referenced her track Oh Me Oh My.
Of course, Lulu greeting viewers by saying, ‘Hello, lovers’ was referencing her backing band from the sixties, called The Luvvers – despite judge Rita believing this was a nod to Kylie Minogue’s single, All The Lovers!
The panel were amazed after the star vocalist was unveiled, but the Twitterverse had already seemed to suss out her identity long before.
‘How did they not know that was Lulu seriously!?’, one stunned fan tweeted.
Lulu rose to fame many decades ago with her band The Luvvers (Picture: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Pride In London)
‘I would have liked to hear Lulu for a few more rounds’, wrote one gutted viewer.
They weren’t the only one raging that Lulu was the second contestant out, as one said they were ‘disgusted’ with her being eliminated.
‘Imagine being called vocal detectives on national TV and not guessing LULU of all people… Shame on you’, one told the judges.
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Shout hitmaker Lulu joins Chris Kamara in the unmasked club, who was revealed underneath Ghost’s sheet in episode one.
Characters including Rhino, Rubbish, Jellyfish, Fawn, and Jacket Potato now remain to battle it out for the title of Masked Singer series 4 champ.
The Masked Singer continues Saturdays on ITV.
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