The Masked Singer UK’s Owl was revealed to be none other than ITV icon Lorraine Kelly on Saturday.
The moment left viewers and judges stunned as the broadcaster, 64, took off her huge mask to a wild applause from the studio audience.
Rita Ora, Mo Gilligan, Jonathan Ross and Davina McCall were joined by Ellie Goulding on the panel, however nobody managed to guess it was in fact Lorraine who had been strutting her stuff on stage.
With host Joel Dommet exclaiming: ‘This might be one of the best reveals we’ve ever had on the show!’.
Unable to wipe the huge smile off her face, Lorraine gushed: ‘I’ve loved being Owl, I’ve loved every single second, the show is so joyful.’
The Masked Singer UK ‘s Owl was revealed to be none other than ITV icon Lorraine Kelly on Saturday
The moment left viewers and judges stunned as the broadcaster, 64, took off her huge mask to a wild applause from the studio audience
Rita Ora , Mo Gilligan, Jonathan Ross and Davina McCall were joined by Ellie Goulding on the panel, however nobody managed to guess it was in fact Lorraine who had been strutting her stuff on stage
Viewers at home rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, totally gobsmacked following the reveal with one gushing: ‘I never saw that… Lorraine!’.
And: ‘Lorraine Kelly! I am shooketh!’.
Someone else wrote: ‘You could have given me 1000 guesses and I’d never have gotten Lorraine Kelly’.
With another adding: ‘Nope! Another week where I’ve been completely wrong! Lorraine Kelly is Owl! Love this show!’.
A fourth typed: ‘Lorraine Kelly #maskedsingeruk …did not see that one coming!’.
And a fifth added: ‘ Lorraine Kelly is Owl wow’.
With a sixth saying: ‘That was a shock didn’t know Lorraine could sing!’.
While someone else commented: ‘Owl was Lorraine Kelly?! WHAAAAAT?’.
Unable to wipe the huge smile off her face, Lorraine gushed: ‘I’ve loved being Owl, I’ve loved every single second, the show is so joyful’
Host Joel Dommet exclaimed: ‘This might be one of the best reveals we’ve ever had on the show!’
Lorraine admitted she was surprised the judges didn’t pick up on her Scottish accent
Shocked viewers took to social media
Lorraine later admitted she was shocked that the panel didn’t pick up on he Scottish accent.
Saying: ‘I worked really quite hard to try and not be too Scottish, but I thought they would get me right away, and I thought it was hilarious who they were saying’.
‘It was really funny. I was really pleased that they didn’t get me’.
She also revealed that her family would be shocked by the news after keeping her appearance on the show a secret.
‘My daughter just won’t believe it, because she’s always teasing me about the fact that when we sing along in the car, I just make up the words to songs’.
The broadcaster later took to Instagram to break her silence following the episode’s broadcast and said in a pre-recorded video
She also shared a behind the scenes snap of herself in costume
‘She wouldn’t even think that I’m going to be able to do this because first of all, I’ve never sang in front of anybody, and also because I can’t remember the words of any tunes’.
The broadcaster took to Instagram to break her silence following the episode’s broadcast and said in a pre-recorded video: ‘Hi there, yes, it was me, I was Owl on The Masked Singer, congratulations if you guessed it’.
‘One of the clues, of course, was about Dundee United. I’m right here at Tannadice Park [football ground] a lot of you got the clue about the tangerines. So well done if you did it!’. Before ending the clip by revealing host Joel would be joining her on her ITV show to on Monday.
The Masked Singer, Saturdays at 7pm on ITV1, ITVX & STV