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Ricky Wilson has shared details on how he worked out the identity behind a number of his fellow The Masked Singer competitors.
The Kaiser Chiefs frontman came runner-up in the ITV celebrity singing contest under the guise of Phoenix, after Busted star Charlie Simpson clinched the top spot on Saturday.
The 45-year-old singer-songwriter appeared on Monday morning’s instalment of Loose Women and admitted he had impersonated David Tennant during his stint, in an attempt to keep the judging panel off the scent.
However, that did not deter him from trying to piece together who was who in the other costumes and he said he managed to guess both Lulu,who was under Piece of Cake, and Katherine Ryan, who was under Pigeon.
He told the Loose Women panel: “I had an inkling of a few. Like Lulu, it was Lulu.
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The Kaiser Chiefs frontman came runner-up in the ITV celebrity singing contest (ITV)“She came out and she was Lula’s height. I’d just done a job with Lulu as well and she sang like Lulu. It was Lulu.
“Katherine Ryan, I lived in her flat for a year, so I knew it was her, just from the way she was walking around.”
Sitting in between host Ruth Langsford and panellists Coleen Nolan, Janet Street-Porter and Kele Bryan, he did stress how little the contestants saw of each other.
He said: “You see them during the group performance and you see them when we’re all on the stage being eliminated, but they keep us very separate.”
Ricky Wilson was revealed to be Phoenix (ITV)He explained the set-up during rehearsals, which would see the stars spend the majority of their days isolated in a portacabin, between a 9am arrival and 9pm departure.
He said: “You’re just sitting in a portacabin. I just watched Law and Order on TV and thought, this is the best job I've ever had.”
Busted star Charlie Simpson was unveiled as Rhino and crowned the winner on Saturday night's finale, after beating both Fawn and Phoenix, who were unmasked as All Saints star Natalie Appleton and Ricky Wilson.
The singer-songwriter appeared on Monday morning’s instalment of Loose Women (ITV)When Ricky was unveiled underneath the feathery get-up, a shocked Rita Ora shouted: “Oh my God, we did a whole show together!” after the duo worked side-by-side on The Voice.
Rita had thought that Phoenix was David Tenant and guest panellist Lee Mack had agreed.
“David Tennant, I'm very pleased with that. Yeah, I'm a bit sad I'm not David Tennant either,” Ricky joked as he stood on stage with host Joel Dommett.
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