The Masked Singer season 3: Full character costumes revealed

Here they all are! (Picture: ITV)

ITV has unveiled the twelve bold new characters who’ll be taking to the stage in a bid to impress (and confuse) the panel and audience alike for the third season of The Masked Singer.

The show is set to return at the beginning of 2022, with Joel Dommett back to host again.

The panellists have been confirmed as season two returners Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Rita Ora and Mo Gilligan, who will join in with the cries of ‘take it off!’ yet again as the anonymous celebrity competitors are slowly whittled down throughout the programme.

So which characters are lining up with the hopes of joining Queen Bee (Nicola Roberts) and Sausage (Joss Stone) in the exclusive Masked Singer winners’ club?

The cast of baffling and creative performers has now been confirmed, so without further ado…

Chandelier

Chandelier has a pretty streamlined appearance (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Lighting up the room with their performance, it’s Chandelier.

Bagpipes

We really hope Bagpipes is, in fact, someone Scottish (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

As the pride of Scotland, Bagpipes will be hoping to hit the high notes.

Lionfish

Will Lionfish swim through the contest with ease? (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Hear them roar, it’s Lionfish.

Doughnuts

Is Doughnuts not everyone’s dream? (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Doughnuts looks like a sweet treat but will they run rings around everyone who tries to figure out who they are.

Traffic Cone

Taffic Cone gets the prize for this year’s most random inanitmate object costume (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Traffic Cone may be able to stop traffic in this high-vis high fashion costume.

Panda

Panda appears to be a bit of an adventurer (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Bamboo-zling those who try to guess who’s behind the mask, meet Panda.

Rockhopper

Rockhopper looks pretty snazzy (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Rockhopper will be making tweet music in a bid to peng-win.

Mushroom

Mushroom is rather glamorous (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Hoping to go all the way and be crowned champignon, it’s Mushroom.

Firework

We assume Firework will be attempting to dazzle (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Bang! Here comes Firework.

Poodle

A patterned Poodle, because of course (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Poodle promises to deliver paw-some performances.

Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard has been teased previously (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

This singer is snow joke, it’s Snow Leopard.

Robobunny

And this year’s most random creation is Robobunny (Picture: ITV/Bandicoot TV)

Is it a robot? Is it a bunny? No! It is, of course, Robobunny…

The conclusion of the last series of The Masked Singer peaked at over 10 million, and it’s probably the only show on TV that can claim to have moved viewers to tears with a dragon’s emotional rendition of Adele’s Make You Feel My Love, and to have blown away audiences with a leather-clad biking Badger’s performance of Wrecking Ball – as you do.

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Last season’s competitors included Mel B, Aston Merrygold, Sir Lenny Henry, A-ha’s Morten Harket and Sue Perkins.

Both previous series of The Masked Singer can be caught up with on BritBox.

The Masked Singer season three starts in 2022.

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