Who is Dippy Egg on The Masked Singer season 5?

During an episode of Sunday Brunch, the show's host Simon Rimmer supposedly 'leaked' that he was the show's Dippy Egg.

Speaking to Julia Sawalha, who was previously unmasked as the show's Bubble Tea, Rimmer appeared to say a little too much.

As Julia admitted she didn't know what bubble tea was, he said: "I always assumed that you picked your own costumes, because I know with me as Dippy..." He then stopped mid sentence, as Julia looked on at him in shock while covering her mouth.

Could Simon Rimmer be behind the mask? Or could Dippy Egg be one of the other celebs who have been guessed, including Gregg Wallace, Noel Fielding, Matt Lucas and more.

Read on for everything you need to know about Dippy Egg – one of the characters in the season 5 line-up.

Who is Dippy Egg on The Masked Singer UK?

Songs:

• Week 1 - Daydream Believer by The Monkees
• Week 3 - There's No Business Like Show Business by Irving Berlin and Shotgun by George Ezra
• Week 5 - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers

Clues:

• "I have just performed therefore I am frazzled, but it's not the first time that I have done dazzled."
• The word 'cake' is circled on a menu
• He is singing with an unplugged microphone
• Wellington boots sign reading: "Wellington boots must be worn on the farm. You're not on Strictly now!"
• "I'm hard on the outside, but soft in the middle."
• Guaranteed to give a cracking performance... it's Dippy Egg!
• "This is a once in a lifetime experience."
• Working with animals is 'egg-citing'
• "Sometimes I play opera and I sing too, but that's another West Side Story."
• "Think I like the quiet life of t'farm? No way. Don't mislay cos I play day and night."
• "Being a farmer, I love birdsong at sunrise. And talking about mornings, us dippy eggs love brekkie. It's the most important meal of t'day."
• "I'm egg static because today's looking all sunny side up. Live. High, low, high, low, it's off to work I go."

Guesses:

• Simon Rimmer
• Matt Lucas
• Paul Whitehouse
• Alex James
• Ade Edmondson
• Noel Fielding
• Will Mellor

Is Dippy Egg Simon Rimmer?

It looks like Simon Rimmer may have given away that he's behind the mask, and a lot of the clues seem to match up, especially the entire costume being a boiled egg – which could link to Rimmer's hosting job on Sunday Brunch.

Is Dippy Egg Gregg Wallace?

Jonathan Ross guessed that Dippy Egg could be MasterChef host Gregg Wallace, saying: "I’m thinking the world of food and someone who looks a bit like an egg... Gregg Wallace."

There are certainly a lot of food references, which could link Gregg to The Masked Singer character as for Ross's second reason, no comment!

Is Dippy Egg Noel Fielding?

Some think that Bake Off host Noel Fielding could be Dippy Egg, due to the baking references.

One viewer asked, "Could Dippy Egg be Noel Fielding?", as another tweeted: "Convinced the egg is Noel Fielding."

A third added, "The egg sounds a bit like Noel Fielding," while a fourth was adamant, claiming: "It's Noel Fielding."

When is The Masked Singer on TV?

The Masked Singer airs on ITV1, ITVX and STV on Saturdays.

Episode 4 will air on Saturday 27th January at 7pm, and will see the eight remaining characters take to the stage. At the end of the episode, one of them will be unmasked.

Episode 5 will air a little earlier due to schedule changes as a result of Six Nations coverage on Saturday 3rd February.

The Masked Singer airs on Saturdays on ITV1, ITVX and STV.

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