The Masked Singer Christmas special line-up – who are the characters?
Ho-ho-ho's these celebs hidden behind the masks?
The Masked Singer is ready to jingle bell rock this Christmas with a festive special of telly's favourite guessing game.
Ahead of its full series return in early 2025, the ITV series is holding a one-off special just for the jolly holidays, with four celebrities taking to the stage and singing Christmas favourites in one-of-a-kind costumes to get us in the spirit.
But which ones will prove to be right crackers at singing and which will be the real turkeys?
To add to the special occasion, regular judges Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan will all be back, and some famous faces are joining as their special guests following Rita Ora stepping down from the show.
While Maya Jama won't make her debut until the new series, iconic comedy duo Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French will be stepping in to the empty panel spot to help the judges guess who's behind the masks.
Here are the characters taking part in this year's special – can you guess who the celebrities behind them are?
The Masked Singer Christmas Special: Full character line-up
Star
Star by name, star by nature? This secret celebrity sure hopes so.
Let's hope their singing voice impresses the judges enough for them to sparkle and shine brightly enough on the stage this Boxing Day.
Turkey Crown
No Christmas is complete without the turkey, though this celebrity is hoping being a Turkey Crown for the night isn't a sign of their singing ability.
Armed with a Christmas classic to get is all in the spirit, and complete with a party hat crown, here's hoping this celeb doesn't make a dog's dinner out of a Christmas dinner.
Nutcracker
This squirrelly character may not have their Sugar Plum Fairy, but this Nutcracker still has some ballet-performing back up dancers for their performance.
Sure to charm audiences with their performance, will Nutcracker be nutty or nice by the time they're revealed?
Christmas Cracker
Completing the line-up with a bang, it's Christmas Cracker!
This red and green character, complete with toys and games spilling out of it, are hoping to pull a fast one and be declared the winner.
Will they prove to be the one to make the show pop off like never before?
We'll find out soon enough!
The Masked Singer: Christmas Special airs at 7.30pm on Boxing Day (26th December) on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.
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Tilly Pearce is a freelance TV journalist whose coverage ranges from reality shows like Love Is Blind to sci-fi shows like Fallout. She is an NCTJ Gold Standard accredited journalist, who has previously worked as Deputy TV Editor (maternity cover) at Digital Spy, and Deputy TV & Showbiz Editor at Daily Express US.
