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Toad In The Hole walks off stage before revealing identity on The Masked Singer

Toad In The Hole was unmasked after singing Sunny by Bobby Heb and It Must Have Been Love by Roxette.

Joel Dommett hosts the Masked Singer
Joel Dommett hosts the Masked Singer (Scott Garfitt/PA)
By Hannah Roberts, PA Entertainment Reporter

ITV reality series The Masked Singer faced a snag on Saturday night when contestant Toad In The Hole walked off stage after the panellists chose to save the celebrity dressed as Bear.

Host Joel Dommett promptly welcomed the character back and American R&B singer Macy Gray was revealed to be the famous face beneath the costume.

The contestants, who are dressed in elaborate costumes, sing to a panel of celebrities who guess their identity and if they are unable to secure enough votes from the audience, and then the panellists, they are unmasked.

Macy Gray performing on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2003
Macy Gray performing on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2003 (Yui Mok/PA)

Asked by comedian Dommett, 39, if she had fun on the show, Sweet Baby singer Gray simply answered: “Yeah”.

Panellist Jonathan Ross apologised to Gray, in a joking manner, for Dommett’s shorts, with the show’s host saying he really appreciated her being on the show.

Gray, 57, performed on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2000 and 2003 and is known for songs including I Try, which won the best female pop vocal performance Grammy in 2001.

Earlier in the programme, she performed Sunny by Bobby Hebb and panellist Mo Gilligan guessed the singer could be US musician Tracy Chapman.

Bear, who wore a Shakespearean-style outfit, performed Miami by Will Smith, while the character Bush sang Hold My Hand by Jess Glynne.

Elsewhere, new panellist, Maya Jama said Pufferfish’s performance of Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper was “stunning”.

Wolf performed Copacabana (At the Copa) by Barry Manilow and special guest Suranne Jones said the famous face behind the mask could be Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley, while panellist Davina McCall guessed Duran Duran vocalist Simon Le Bon.

Bear and Toad In The Hole performed again after Wolf, Bush and Pufferfish were saved.

Bear performed Stay by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, while Toad In The Hole sang It Must Have Been Love by Roxette, with the panellists ultimately choosing to save Bear.

Last weekend, Sir Mo Farah was revealed as the celebrity inside the costume portraying host Dommett.

The Masked Singer continues on Saturdays on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.

Harriet Rose hosts The After Mask on ITVX and YouTube: The Masked Singer UK.